25 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Defense News Roundup: Raytheon Ships Torpedoes As the U.S. Navy Raises CANES
Defense News Roundup: Raytheon Ships Torpedoes As the U.S. Navy Raises CANES
25 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Investors Find Burger King’s Doughnut Pursuit Tasty
Investors Find Burger King’s Doughnut Pursuit Tasty
Restaurants got a boost Monday, rising 1% as investors cheered a possible burger-doughnuts combination if Burger King Worldwide (BKW) acquires Tim Hortons (THI). The restaurants group is in the upper third among the 197 industry groups tracked by IBD, ranking No. 60. That’s an improvement from No. 115 six weeks ago. Burger King gapped up and soared 20% to a new high in massive volume Monday.
25 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Lockheed Martin Says F-35 Passing Its Tests
Lockheed Martin Says F-35 Passing Its Tests
Lockheed Martin said Monday that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program enjoyed a good August, successfully completing several milestones, including its 400th flight and, on Aug. 13 at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., firing a missile. The F-35 has completed 19,500 hours of flight time. The defense contractor expects the Marines to attain F-35B operational capacity next year.
25 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Why Some Low-Volume Breakouts Can Still Work
Why Some Low-Volume Breakouts Can Still Work
In whatever you do, sometimes conditions don’t go according to plan. Rain or other bad weather can kill your plans for a weekend picnic or stop you from going out on a cross-country bike ride. In the CAN SLIM investing method, one key thing that IBD always stresses is before you invest in stocks, they should have big volume breaking out of bases.
25 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on ETF Managed Portfolio Landscape Sees Consolidation
ETF Managed Portfolio Landscape Sees Consolidation
Assets in ETF managed portfolios remained flat in the second quarter, according to a new report. But a dive beneath that bland finding reveals a more interesting nugget about this fast-growing subindustry: Investor dollars are increasingly concentrated in the hands of a select few firms.
25 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Gilead, Autohome Make Big Moves To New Highs
Gilead, Autohome Make Big Moves To New Highs
Numerous stocks making new highs on Monday certainly meet the C in IBD’s CAN SLIM investment paradigm. C stands for the quality of current earnings and sales growth. The best companies tend to show an increase of 25% or more in the latest quarter before they begin outstanding price runs to new highs. Gilead Sciences (GILD) continues to prove this point.
25 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Amazon to buy game streaming service Twitch for $970M
Amazon to buy game streaming service Twitch for $970M
The all-cash deal will give Amazon an extraordinarily popular streaming video arm—one that could actually rival Google’s YouTube.