Emerging Growth StocksCombines fundamental analysis and quantitative screens to uncover small, fast-growing companies that have the potential to become market leaders.
We have ten new additions to our Emerging Value rankings this week.
US Airways (LCC #2) is an airline operating under the US Air and US Air Express brands. While high fuel costs continue to be a headwind, LCC has reported strong operating results featuring continued profitability, strong demand, good pricing power, and record passenger yields. Management sees strength "across the board" and no...
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Although fourth quarter GDP missed expectations, growth levels looked healthy on the surface. As we expected, though, most of the gain came from highly volatile inventory changes. Real final sales, which exclude inventories, eroded dramatically from third quarter levels and increased at the slowest pace since Q1 2011.
The economy seems poised to weaken substantially and grow below trend in Q1...
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BriefingTrader Column: The overnight action was an unmitigated risk asset party off of mildly positive headline flow (a bit of unexpected strength in official Chinese PMI, though not present in HSBC China PMI; basically in-line final numbers for Eurozone PMI; and a clearly stronger-then-expected UK PMI; all while maintaining acceptable levels of EU inflation).
I suppose a lot of folks were...
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The North American shale boom was heralded as a game-changer for natural gas. It was and still is. Shale gas production has reinvigorated natural gas production growth, transforming gas into a real, viable alternative to fossil fuels. What the boom has not been good for is natural gas prices.
Shale production and warmer weather have yielded a supply imbalance in natural gas, causing...