| Nissan Hopes to Make the Price of Owning Electric and Gas Cars Equal Greentech Media submits: by Michael KanellosEarlier this year, Nissan (NSANY) brought a prototype of its electric car to the States (see review and video here). Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Ford: Running on Empty? Jason Shade submits: Ford Motor (F) (11.44) reported solid fourth quarter earnings Thursday morning. The automaker posted .43 per share in the 4Q, which was .17 better than analysts projected. Revenues also were 22% higher in this past quarter compared to the same quarter in 2008 as the company raked in $35.4 billion. The company highlighted its return to profitability and talked up its positive operating-related cash flow.Despite the glowing financial report, the stock barely idled, finishing out the day in the red.Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Shipping Update: Positive Change on the Margin Calafia Beach Pundit submits: The last time I featured this chart was Aug. '09. It's a relatively obscure measure of shipping costs, but it focuses on the North Atlantic, and it compares current shipping rates to the total operating cost of running a ship, including return on equity. Complete info can be found here. For the past year it has contradicted the Baltic shipping index, which has soared. Last August I thought that it had bottomed. As this chart shows (if you have a magnifying glass), I was a little early on my call, but now it does indeed look like it bottomed late last December.Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Tesla: Post-Open Slump Wall Street Cheat Sheet submits: By Elliot TurnerOn its opening day, shares of Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA) soared despite broader market weakness. Exactly one week later, Tesla could not catch a bid in a broad-based market rally that saw nearly every stock without major news close in the green. Speaking of green, it was a particularly strong day for green stocks, a group of which Tesla is a part of. First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR) the leading stock in the solar sector closed sharply higher, up 5.42%.Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Just One Stock: A Pork Producer and More, Integrated from Shipping to Sugar Tom Samuels submits: Several times a week, Seeking Alpha's Jason Aycock asks money managers about their single highest-conviction position - what they would own (or short) if they could choose just one stock or ETF. Tom Samuels is founder and managing partner of Palantir Capital Management, a fee-based RIA based in Houston. He has more than 25 years of investment management and research experience, and previously was chief investment officer of Stavis, Margolis Advisory Services. If you could only hold one stock position in your portfolio (long or short), what would it be? Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |