Corporate Earnings Announcements for the Second Week of August

Looking for some interesting moves in some stocks this upcoming week? Check out the companies that will be reporting earnings this week.

If earnings exceed analysts' expectations, the stocks can shoot up. If the numbers underperform, the stock can tank. Then again, occasionally, stocks don't move the way you would have expected.

Anyway, many traders use earnings plays for trading strategies. Also, option traders look for high implied volatility of stocks for for option selling strategies.

Here are many of the enormous number of stocks reporting earnings this week:

Monday

AGN
ARNA
NILE
HTZ
MAIN
BID
TSN
WBMD

Tuesday

AMSC
CECE
CHTR
COH
EXC
GWPH
LSCC
MWW
SCTY
VRX
DIS
YELP

Wednesday

BUFF
RL
SHAK
SLW
WEN

Thursday

BABA
HIMX
M
JWN
NVDA
PBR
RT
JET

Friday

AYA
BAM
JCP
JHX

If you like interesting stock lists like this, be sure to check out many of the free stock lists at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

What Do You Think of Mark Cuban Saying He Will Sell Stocks of Companies that Move for Tax Reasons

Most people have heard of billionaire, Mark Cuban, a star investor on the Shark Tank TV show and owner of the Dallas Mavericks. There has been much in the news recently about companies that are moving their tax base out of the United States to other countries, in order to reduce taxes. Cuban has stated that if he owns the stock of such a company, he will sell it.

In a tweet on Twitter (TWTR) on July 25th, Cuban said "If I own stock in your company and you move offshore for tax reasons I'm selling your stock. There are enough investment choices here."

So there are a few issues here. First, what stocks does Cuban own? He is a major owner of Reading International (RDI), which is in the motion picture theater business and real estate business, and Immediatek (IMKI), which is in the online backup and file storage business. And I haven't seen anything in the news about those companies moving out of the US.

He bought one million share of J. C Penny (JCP) last year. He also owned the intellectual property company, often referred to a a patent troll firm, Vringo (VRNG) as of last year.

Unless he runs for office, or is a major shareholder (generally 10% or more), or discloses holdings in an interview, it is very difficult to find out all the stocks that he owns.

Now what do you think? Is it any big deal that some companies are moving to save on taxes? Is it a good thing or a bad thing? If so many companies are starting to do this, are corporate taxes to high? If we lower corporate taxes, will it encourage more companies to startup and/or move to the US?

Looking forward to your feedback.

Top Retailer Short Squeeze Plays for Stock Traders

A short squeeze takes place when an excessive amount of short sellers have shorted a stock, the stock comes out with good news, and the price of the stock spikes by an excessive amount, because all the short sellers have to scramble to cover their positions by buying in their shares, often due to the fact that they are getting margin calls.

Potential short squeeze plays have several metrics for comparison purposes. One of the most popular metrics is the Short Interest Ratio, also known as the Days to Cover. What this measures is the number of days it would take the short sellers to cover their positions based on the average daily trading volume. The longer it would take to cover, the higher the ratio. Another analysis is the number of shares short as a percentage of float. The higher the percentage, the greater the chance that an upside shock would drive up the price.

The retailer sector has many short squeeze plays to choose from, whether it's retailing technology or retailing food. Here are some examples. Shown is the name of the company and the short interest ratio, in other words the number of days it would take the short sellers to cover their positions based on recent volume.

Roundy's (RNDY) 18.4

Safeway (SWY) 16.1

Saks (SKS) 12.8

RadioShack (RSH) 11.6

GameStop (GME) 7.6

Barnes & Noble (BKS) 7.3

J.C. Penney (JCP) 7.3

SUPERVALU INC. (SVU) 5.5

Any positive news could cause these stocks to skyrocket.

If you like interesting stock lists like this, check out the many free stock lists at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Disclosure: Author didn't own any of the above at the time the article was written.

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the First Week of October

Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends'. This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only in bull markets. In flat or choppy markets, your have to be extremely careful.

In order to be entitled to the dividend, you have to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date, and you can't sell the stock until after the ex date. The actual dividend may not be paid for another few weeks. WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has compiled a downloadable and sortable Excel list of the stocks going ex dividend during the next week or two. The list contains many dividend paying companies, all with market caps over $500 million, and yields over 3%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date and the yield.

Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN) market cap: $1.6B ex div date: 10/1/2010 yield: 4.9%

The Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) market cap: $54.6B ex div date: 10/1/2010 yield: 3.6%. By the way, several Canadian banks are going ex dividend early October. You should check out the article on high yield Canada banks.

Christopher & Banks Corporation (CBK) market cap: $276.9M ex div date: 10/5/2010 yield: 3.1%

J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (JCP) market cap: $6.0B ex div date: 10/6/2010 yield: 3.1%

The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found at wsnn.com. (If you have been to the website before, and the latest link doesn't show up, you may have to empty your cache.) If you like dividend stocks, you should check out the high yield utility stocks and the Monthly Dividend Stocks at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com or WSNN.com.

Dividend definitions:

Declaration date: the day that the company declares that there is going to be an upcoming dividend.

Ex-dividend date: the day on which if you buy the stock, you would not be entitled to that particular dividend; or the first day on which a shareholder can sell the shares and still be entitled to the dividend.

Record date: the day when you must be on the company's books as a shareholder to receive the dividend. The ex-dividend date is normally set for stocks two business days before the record date.

Payment date: the day on which the dividend payment is actually made, which can be as long at two months after the ex date.

Don't forget to reconfirm the ex-dividend date with the company before implementing this technique.

Disclosure: Author does not own any of the above at the time article was written.

By Stockerblog.com

Top Domain Names are Owned by Publicly Traded Companies

Owning a strong domain name can be a valuable asset, due the the fact that a good name can receive a lot of direct 'type-in' Internet traffic, bypassing search engines. Here is a list of leading domain names and the publicly trade stocks that own them them.

Asthma.com Glaxosmithkline plc (GSK)
Book.com Barnes & Noble, Inc. (BKS)
Books.com Barnes & Noble, Inc. (BKS)
Baby.com Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
Cat.com Caterpillar Inc. (CAT)
Flowers.com 1-800-Flowers.com Inc. (FLWS)
Flu.com MedImmune, division of AstraZeneca plc (AZN)
Gift.com J. C. Penney Company, Inc (JCP)
Icecream.com Nestle (NSRGY.PK)
Loans.com Bank of America Corporation (BAC)
Movie.com Comcast (CMCSA)
Movies.com Comcast (CMCSA)
Pets.com Petsmart Inc. (PETM)
School.com Office Depot, Inc. (ODP)
Tv.com CBS (CBS)
Video.com Disney (DIS)

By Stockerblog.com

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Second Week of July 2010

Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends'. This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only in bull markets. In flat or choppy markets, your have to be extremely careful.

In order to be entitled to the dividend, you have to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date, and you can't sell the stock until after the ex date. The actual dividend may not be paid for another few weeks. WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has compiled a downloadable and sortable Excel list of the stocks going ex dividend during the next week or two. The list contains many dividend paying companies, all with market caps over $500 million, and yields over 3%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date and the yield.

Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI) market cap: $5.5B ex div date: 7/7/10 yield: 3.28%

J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (JCP) market cap: $5.5B ex div date: 7/7/10 yield: 3.45%

Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (MMC) market cap: $12.6B ex div date: 7/7/10 yield: 3.44%

NSTAR (NST) market cap: $3.8B ex div date: 7/7/10 yield: 4.53%

The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found at wsnn.com. (If you have been to the website before, and the latest link doesn't show up, you may have to empty your cache.) If you like dividend stocks, you should check out the high yield utility stocks and the Monthly Dividend Stocks at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com or WSNN.com.

Dividend definitions:

Declaration date: the day that the company declares that there is going to be an upcoming dividend.

Ex-dividend date: the day on which if you buy the stock, you would not be entitled to that particular dividend; or the first day on which a shareholder can sell the shares and still be entitled to the dividend.

Record date: the day when you must be on the company's books as a shareholder to receive the dividend. The ex-dividend date is normally set for stocks two business days before the record date.

Payment date: the day on which the dividend payment is actually made, which can be as long at two months after the ex date.

Don't forget to reconfirm the ex-dividend date with the company before implementing this technique.

Author does not own any of the above.

By Stockerblog.com

Who Owns the Best Domain Names

If you have been reading my articles regularly, you would notice that I do a lot of reporting on domain names, since so much money has been made from buying and reselling domain names and also turning them into online businesses and monetizing them. Recently, I've reported on one letter domains and two letter domains that have been put up for sale.

Some domains, such as insure.com, have sold for over $1 million. If you ever wondered what publicly traded companies have top generic domain names, here are some of the major ones.

Asthma.com Glaxosmithkline plc (GSK)
Book.com Barnes & Noble, Inc. (BKS)
Books.com Barnes & Noble, Inc. (BKS)
Baby.com Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
Cat.com Caterpillar Inc. (CAT)
Flowers.com 1-800-Flowers.com Inc. (FLWS)
Flu.com AstraZeneca plc (AZN)
Gift.com J. C. Penney Company, Inc (JCP)
Icecream.com Dreyers, division of NESTLE (NSRGY.PK)
Loans.com Bank of America Corporation (BAC)
Pet.com Petsmart Inc. (PETM)
Pets.com Petsmart Inc. (PETM)
School.com Office Depot, Inc. (ODP)
Tv.com CBS (CBS)
Video.com Disney (DIS)

By Stockerblog.com