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2013-09-10 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | What A Changing Dow Means For Investors | We have Charles Martin Hall to thanks for many major industrial advances of the 20th century. His discovery of the process of aluminum smelting produced many breakthroughs in food services, packaging, automobiles and aerospace.
But Hall and the company he founded are no longer held in such high esteem on Wall Street.
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2013-09-10 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Major Shakeup Coming to DJIA, Dow ETF - ETF News And Commentary | In somewhat of a surprise move, it has been announced that the ultra-popular Dow Jones Industrial Average will be swapping a few of its components. In fact, three companies will be shifted out of the 30 stock benchmark, making room for a new trio of companies.
The three companies on their way out include Alcoa ( AA ) ,... |
2013-09-05 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Mining-Ferrous & Non Ferrous Stock Outlook - Sept 2013 - Industry Outlook | A Brief Overview
Metals, given their characteristics -- high strength, durability, conductivity and aesthetic appeal -- command a pivotal role in daily life and economic development. The global population growth, phenomenal rise in the Chinese economy, urbanization in the Asian countries and the increasing requirements... |
2013-09-05 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Mining-Ferrous & Non Ferrous Stock Outlook - Sept 2013 - Zacks Analyst Interviews | A Brief Overview
Metals, given their characteristics -- high strength, durability, conductivity and aesthetic appeal -- command a pivotal role in daily life and economic development. The global population growth, phenomenal rise in the Chinese economy, urbanization in the Asian countries and the increasing requirements... |
2013-09-04 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Alcoa Merges Groups to Create Alcoa Recycling - Analyst Blog | Alcoa Inc. ( AA ) announced that it will merge Evermore Recycling LLC, its used beverage can (UBC) procurement group, with its aluminum scrap purchasing group to create a new single group called Alcoa Recycling.
Evermore Recycling recycles aluminum in the packaging market and the aluminum scrap purchasing group recycle... |
2013-09-03 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Benzinga Market Primer: Tuesday, September 3: Obama Gambles On Congress Vote For Military Intervention In Syria | US President Barack Obama called on Congress on Monday to vote on the authorization of military action in Syria. The President is expected to continue rallying for support on Tuesday as the Syrian government braces for an attack by evacuating military bases and the surrounding areas.
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2013-08-30 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Market Close Report: NASDAQ Composite index closes at 3,589.87 down -30.43 points | Friday's session closes with the NASDAQ Composite Index at 3,589.87. The total shares traded for the NASDAQ was over 1.25 billion. Declining stocks led advancers by 3.2 to 1 ratio. There were 598 advancers and 1915 decliners for the day. On the NASDAQ Stock Exchange 17 stocks reached a 52 week high and 19 those reachin... |
2013-08-30 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Alcoa Breaks Ground on Tennessee Expansion - Analyst Blog | Aluminum giant Alcoa Inc. ( AA ) broke ground on a $275 million expansion of its Tennessee operations. This is Alcoa's second U.S. automotive expansion to meet increasing demand for light, durable and recyclable aluminum sheet for auto production.
Once the expansion is complete by mid-2015, Alcoa expects to create 200 ... |
2013-08-27 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Leadership Promotions at Alcoa - Analyst Blog | Alcoa Inc. ( AA ) has announced some promotions that will increase its business development and asset management capabilities worldwide. The changes will enable the company in strengthening the working environment, and ensure heath and safety of its employees.
Alcoa's Vice President, Human Resources - Mike Barriere has... |
2013-08-22 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | New Stock Coverage: Time to Hit the Brakes on Tesla Motors Inc? | Salman Rushdie for Fed head ? Unfortunately, the Bombay native has absolutely no time to spare time right now, what with all his attention understandably focused on the economic crisis currently consuming the subcontinent . Still, as our top central banker, he could certainly be counted on to deliver a much more palata... |
2013-08-21 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Market Close Report: NASDAQ Composite index closes at 3,599.79 down -13.80 points | Wednesday's session closes with the NASDAQ Composite Index at 3,599.79. The total shares traded for the NASDAQ was over 1.4 billion. Declining stocks led advancers by 2.15 to 1 ratio. There were 804 advancers and 1729 decliners for the day. On the NASDAQ Stock Exchange 31 stocks reached a 52 week high and 27 those reac... |
2013-08-21 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Dow, S&P 500 Finish Lower, Despite Post-Fed Bounce | "What a wild day," observed Schaeffer's Senior Technical Strategist Ryan Detrick, CMT. "It was calm until the Fed minutes came out, and then it was a wild ride. In the end, the bears took control, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) finished lower for a sixth straight day. You can dissect the Fed minutes all you... |
2013-08-16 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Alcoa to Close or Curtail Capacity - Analyst Blog | Aluminum giant Alcoa Inc. ( AA ) announced that it will shut down or curtail 164,000 metric tons of smelting capacity in the U.S and Brazil as part of its smelting capacity review. Alcoa is taking this step to maintain its competitiveness as aluminum prices have declined to four-year lows.
Alcoa announced that it will ... |
2013-08-15 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Traders See Alcoa Inc Sinking Through Fall | Puts are trading at 11 times their normal rate today in Alcoa Inc's ( AA ) options pits, with about 30,000 puts total having changed hands so far. More than one-third of that action has taken place at the October 7 strike, where over 10,000 contracts have crossed the tape in a series of mid-to-large-sized blocks.
All o... |
2013-08-13 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Market Close Report: NASDAQ Composite index closes at 3,684.44 up 14.49 points | Tuesday's session closes with the NASDAQ Composite Index at 3,684.44. The total shares traded for the NASDAQ was over 1.61 billion. Declining stocks led advancers by 1.02 to 1 ratio. There were 1252 advancers and 1281 decliners for the day. On the NASDAQ Stock Exchange 73 stocks reached a 52 week high and 19 those reac... |
2013-08-09 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Stock Market News for August 9, 2013 - Market News | Benchmarks minted gains after three consecutive days of losses, propelled by better-than-expected Chinese trade data and satisfactory initial claims numbers. Encouraging earnings from major companies also boosted investors' sentiment yesterday. The three days of losses owed much to investors' jitters after two fed offi... |
2013-08-06 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Alcoa Inc. (AA) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for August 07, 2013 | Alcoa Inc. ( AA ) will begin trading ex-dividend on August 07, 2013. A cash dividend payment of $0.03 per share is scheduled to be paid on August 26, 2013. Shareholders who purchased AA stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 18th quarter that AA has paid the same ... |
2013-08-02 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Q2 Earnings Scorecard: Commodity Stock Hits and Misses | 2013′s second quarter earnings season was perhaps not what many analysts had expected, as companies across all sectors reported both hits and misses. In the commodity space, Alcoa ( AA ) had set the tone for the start of the season, beating estimates despite falling aluminum prices. And while other commodity stocks als... |
2013-07-31 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | X Factor: 5 Stocks Reaching Their Ex-Dividend Date on August 7 | Many stocks will reach their ex-dividend date next Wednesday, which is significant for investors as the seller of the stock on that date, not the buyer, receives the most recent dividend.
A stock must be bought one day before the ex-dividend date to claim any dividends that have been announced but not yet paid. The com... |
2013-07-30 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Benzinga Market Primer: Wednesday, July 30: Futures Higher After Asia Turnaround | Futures Higher After Asia Turnaround
U.S. equity futures rose slightly in early pre-market trade as Asian shares reversed losses from Monday and rose overnight. Market now look to earnings and the flood of economic data that begins today and continues through the rest of the week for direction.
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2013-07-19 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | How Do You Call a Bottom? - Real Time Insight | It has long been my view that calling a turn in the global economy is best done by calling a turn in industrial metals markets. This week offered me a first hint on that turn.
As you may or may not know, aluminum prices -- a core industrial metal -- remain near three-year lows. A respected consensus of 40 metals analys... |
2013-07-16 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Emerging Markets Beset By China Softness, Currency Gyrations | By Jim Kelleher :
The investing world is full of unforeseen consequences. When Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke spoke of winding down QE at his fateful press conference on 6/19/13, the bond market predictably tanked. Stocks wobbled too; but just a few weeks later, stocks have righted themselves. More than 70% of stocks trade ... |
2013-07-11 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Why You Should Ignore Wall Street's Earnings Estimates | If you have kids, you may remember the Sesame Street segment "Which One of These Things Does Not Belong Here?"
You may also remember the tune that went along with it: "One of these things is not like the others, one of these things just doesn't belong, can you tell which thing is not like the others, by the time I fini... |
2013-07-10 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | July 10: Is Tapering No Longer a Hurdle for Stocks? - Economic Highlights | Stocks are within striking distance of reclaiming the all-time high reached less than two months back, with the pullback resulting concerns that the Fed was getting ready to pare back its QE program. We will get more clarity on the Fed question this afternoon with the release of the minutes of the Fed's June meeting. A... |
2013-07-10 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Why You Should Ignore Wall Street's Earnings Estimates | If you have kids, you may remember the Sesame Street program, "Which One of These Things Does Not Belong Here"?
You may also remember the tune that went along with it, "one of these things is not like the others, one of these things just doesn't belong, can you tell which thing is not like the others, by the time I fin... |
2013-07-10 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Is Taper No Longer an Issue for Stocks? - Ahead of Wall Street | Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Stocks are within striking distance of reclaiming the all-time high reached less than two months back, with the pullback resulting concerns that the Fed was getting ready to pare back its QE program. We will get more clarity on the Fed question this afternoon with the release of the minutes of ... |
2013-07-10 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Stocks Market News for July 10, 2013 - Market News | An encouraging start to the second quarter earnings season propelled indices higher on Tuesday. Better-than-expected reports on the home front coupled with positive earnings reports have lifted investor sentiment recently. Benchmarks finished in the green for the fourth consecutive day. Investors overlooked the Interna... |
2013-07-09 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Three Financials Set to Top Earnings Estimates - Investment Ideas | Alcoa AA unofficially kicked off earnings season yesterday with a decent report. The Aluminum giant actually came in line with the Zacks Consensus of 7 cents and came up slightly short on the revenue side. The report was initially viewed with a positive light due to the increase in aluminum demand Alcoa was seeing.
Tha... |
2013-07-09 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Homebuilders Lead the Charge | This morning, the International Monetary Fund cut its 2013 growth forecast for the US to 1.7% from 1.9%. The IMF's global 2013 forecast was also lowered from 3.3% to 3.1%. US markets rallied on the day ahead of tomorrow's Fed minutes release and Ben Bernanke's speech. The S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) finished the day up 0.7%... |
2013-07-09 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | After Hours Most Active for Jul 9, 2013 : SIRI, MO, MU, AA, QQQ, INTC, DE, FB, S, NOK, ECA, MSFT | The NASDAQ 100 After Hours Indicator is up .41 to 2,984.73. The total After hours volume is currently 29,253,697 shares traded.
The following are the most active stocks for the after hours session :
Sirius XM Radio Inc. ( SIRI ) is -0.005 at $3.59, with 3,604,187 shares traded. As reported by Zacks, the current mean re... |
2013-07-09 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Pre-Market Most Active for Jul 9, 2013 : SIRI, BP, AA, APU, BAC, NOK, AMRN, KNDI, HTSI, SPIL, DELL, CONE | The NASDAQ 100 Pre-Market Indicator is up .76 to 2,966.89. The total Pre-Market volume is currently 6,315,015 shares traded.
The following are the most active stocks for the pre-market session :
Sirius XM Radio Inc. ( SIRI ) is +0.08 at $3.56, with 3,216,809 shares traded. As reported by Zacks, the current mean recomme... |
2013-07-09 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | July 9: Expectations from Q2 Remain Low - Economic Highlights | Even though we've "unofficially" entered Q2 earnings season with Alcoa's ( AA ) top-line beat reported after the bell Monday, we're ramping-up to the busy time like an avenue in Chicago. Aside from earnings reports from Yum! Brands ( YUM ), JPMorgan ( JPM ) and Wells Fargo ( WFC ) in the latter half of the week, there ... |
2013-07-09 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Alcoa Posts 2Q Loss, Beats on Sales - Analyst Blog | Alcoa Inc. ( AA ), the largest U.S. aluminum producer, posted a loss of $119 million or 11 cents per share in the second quarter of 2013 compared with a loss of $2 million or break-even per share in the year-ago quarter. The loss includes $195 million related to restructuring due to plant closures and legal expense.
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2013-07-09 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Q2 Expectations Low, Guidance Key - Ahead of Wall Street | Tuesday, July 9, 2013
This is Mark Vickery, covering for Sheraz Mian while he records an early-morning interview.
Even though we've "unofficially" entered Q2 earnings season with Alcoa's ( AA ) top-line beat reported after the bell Monday, we're ramping-up to the busy time like an avenue in Chicago. Aside from earnings... |
2013-07-08 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Benzinga Market Primer: Monday, July 8: Earnings Season Begins! | Futures Gain Into Earnings Season
U.S. equity futures rose in early pre-market trade heading into the unofficial start of earnings season after the bell as Alcoa (NYSE: AA ) is expected to report second quarter results.
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The Troika finished its review of Greece's progress under... |
2013-07-08 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Stocks at Technical Inflection Point as Earnings Await | Editor's Note: Todd posts his vibes in real time each day on our Buzz & Banter .
It's a new day, a new week, and for many, a new month. With the holiday stretch behind us and earnings dead ahead-starting with Alcoa ( AA ) tonight-we'll have no shortage of news to digest as we swelter into the sweet spot of the summer.
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2013-07-08 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | July 8: Earnings in the Limelight - Economic Highlights | Friday's strong jobs report shed a positive light on the labor market and likely increased the odds of Fed 'tapering' in the coming months. The bond market's move towards pricing in such an outcome has thankfully not become a problem for the stock market, at least not yet. We will know more later this week as minutes o... |
2013-07-08 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Stock Downgrades: Unpleasant Surprise Inside for Intel Corporation | American equities celebrated the week of July 4 by declaring their independence from Cairo's crisis, Portugal's plight, and an ominous increase in oil prices. That unholy trinity failed to derail Wall Street, which posted its second straight week of increases. School's out for summer but Scholastic ( SCHL ), whose Twil... |
2013-07-08 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Pre-Market Primer: Dell Inc. Offer Gets ISS Blessing; Futures Higher Before Start of Earnings Season | Stock futures pushed higher today as investors prepare for the second quarter earnings season.
Wall Street rallied after better-than-expected jobs data on Friday. The US economy added 195,000 jobs, but the unemployment rate stayed stuck at 7.6%.
No major economic releases are due today. Dow (INDEXDJX:.DJI) futures gain... |
2013-07-08 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | The Case for Alcoa | Traditionally, today’s earnings release by Alcoa (AA) represents the beginning of earnings season proper. The Earnings per Share (EPS) number will be looked at against a consensus estimate of $0.06, but it is the discussion of the outlook in the subsequent call that is of most interest to market watchers. Alcoa is stil... |
2013-07-08 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Alcoa Beats on the Top Line - Analyst Blog | Traditionally known as the kicker-offer of earnings season each quarter, Alcoa ( AA ) has begun to get investors' juices flowing after the bell when the American aluminum giant posted earnings of 7 cents per share on revenues of $5.85 billion in the quarter. The initial Dow component to report met EPS estimates while c... |
2013-07-08 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | After-Hours Earnings Report for July 8, 2013 : AA, WDFC | The following companies are expected to report earnings after hours on 07/08/2013. Visit our Earnings Calendar for a full list of expected earnings releases.
Alcoa Inc. ( AA ) is reporting for the quarter ending June 30, 2013. The mining company's consensus earnings per share forecast from the 12 analysts that follow t... |
2013-07-08 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Stock Upgrades: Priceline.com Inc Is Going Places | It is not just sunny Spain where the bulls are currently running amok . Animal spirits have been unleashed again on Wall Street, where the S&P 500 (^GSPC) rose 1.59% in four holiday-curtailed trading sessions to advance for a second straight week. Steinway Musical Instruments ( LVB ), whose ticker symbol pays homage to... |
2013-07-08 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | After Hours Most Active for Jul 8, 2013 : S, NLSN, INTC, FB, ORCL, NOK, AA, CSCO, MSFT, GILD, IGT, JNPR | The NASDAQ 100 After Hours Indicator is up .42 to 2,966.55. The total After hours volume is currently 37,248,967 shares traded.
The following are the most active stocks for the after hours session :
Sprint Nextel Corporation ( S ) is +0.06 at $7.13, with 197,114,512 shares traded. S's current last sale is 101.86% of th... |
2013-07-08 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Will Earnings Growth Bottom in Q2? - Earnings Trends | The June jobs report has put the spotlight back on the Fed and what it will do to the QE program in the coming months. But hopefully the Q2 earnings season will provide enough of a distraction to not let the Fed become a full-time fixation for the market.
Given how low expectations have come down over the last few mont... |
2013-07-08 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | EU Finance Ministers Approve Greek Aid Tranche, US Markets Tread Water | Overnight, Asian markets closed lower following outsized gains in the US dollar last Friday. The Japanese Nikkei (INDEXNIKKEI:NI225) fell 1.4%, and the Chinese Shanghai Composite fell 2.44%. European markets began the day higher and closed near their highs of the day. After the European close, EU finance ministers were... |
2013-07-08 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Will Earnings Growth Bottom in Q2? - Earnings Outlook | The June jobs report has put the spotlight back on the Fed and what it will do to the QE program in the coming months. But hopefully the Q2 earnings season will provide enough of a distraction to not let the Fed become a full-time fixation for the market.
Given how low expectations have come down over the last few mont... |
2013-07-05 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Solid Employment Report Causes Spike in Interest Rates | Overnight, all of the Asian indices were in the green on news that the Chinese government had set up several special economic zones within the country, which have typically resided in the Guangdong Province. Japanese indices were up more up than 1.5% while Chinese indices all closed in positive territory. Yesterday, wh... |
2013-07-05 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Spurred Higher by Jobs Report, Dow Settles Above 15,000 | "Some of today's strength was us simply catching up with the rest of the world," opined Schaeffer's Senior Technical Strategist Ryan Detrick, CMT. "While the jobs data got the headlines, we can't forget that the rest of the world rallied big-time yesterday while we were closed." Against this backdrop, the Dow Jones Ind... |
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2013-07-05 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Checking out The Investment Landscape in Front of Q2 Earnings - Analyst Blog | As the new guy at Zacks, I thought I would introduce myself by providing a few thoughts as we enter the upcoming earnings season for Q2.
First, I like to get a lay of the land from a historical perspective and examine seasonality. July has tended to be a positive month for the S&P 500, but the breadth of the gain is no... |
2013-07-05 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Stock Upgrades: Unilever N.V. Flies High on the Wings of Dove | Amid revolution in Egypt, denial proved profitable for American equities. Wall Street decoupled from a widening crisis in Cleopatra country to end up modestly in Wednesday's truncated trading session. Ahead of July 4 barbecues, it was "south of the border"-flavored stocks that instead gave investors the most food for t... |
2013-07-03 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Market Close Report: NASDAQ Composite index closes at 3,443.67 up 10.27 points | Wednesday's session closes with the NASDAQ Composite Index at 3,443.67. The total shares traded for the NASDAQ was over 0.9 billion.
Advancers stocks led declining by 1.27 to 1 ratio. There were 1349 advancers and 1064 decliners for the day. On the NASDAQ Stock Exchange 63 stocks reached a 52 week high and 9 those reac... |
2013-07-03 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Undeterred by Global Concerns, Stocks Veer Higher | "The U.S. markets shook off worldwide selling in a very nice fashion today," observed Schaeffer's Senior Technical Strategist Ryan Detrick, CMT. "Sure, volume was light and it was a half-day. Still, it was impressive given how things looked in the morning." The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) started in the red, but... |
2013-07-03 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Alcoa Completes 6% Notes Redemption - Analyst Blog | Aluminum giant Alcoa Inc. ( AA ) declared the early redemption of its entire 6% Notes due Jul 15, 2013, in the aggregate principal amount of $422,463,000. The Notes holders were paid $1,002.60 per $1,000.00 aggregate principal amount of the Notes with accrued and unpaid interest up to, but excluding, the redemption dat... |
2013-07-03 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Pre-Market Most Active for Jul 3, 2013 : ZNGA, ASX, BAC, DELL, SIRI, ZTS, AA, MT, BBRY, ARMH, QQQ, BUD | The NASDAQ 100 Pre-Market Indicator is down -3.45 to 2,926.18. The total Pre-Market volume is currently 2,925,843 shares traded.
The following are the most active stocks for the pre-market session :
Zynga Inc. ( ZNGA ) is +0.12 at $3.39, with 854,796 shares traded. ZNGA's current last sale is 111.88% of the target pric... |
2013-07-01 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Alcoa to Shut Fusina Smelter in Italy - Analyst Blog | Aluminum giant, Alcoa Inc. ( AA ) announced that it plans to permanently close its Fusina primary aluminum smelter in Italy. The announcement was made to reduce costs as well as to improve its competitiveness. Alcoa had already curtailed activities at the facility in Jun 2010.
The planned closure of the facility will r... |
2013-06-28 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Fed to Reclaim Spotlight - Earnings Preview | Market anxieties about the future of the Fed's QE program have eased a bit after clarifications from Fed officials that no imminent tapering decision was in the cards. Bernanke was fairly explicit in his guidance on the issue, but the bond market's reaction appears to have forced the Fed into retreat. At least that's h... |
2013-06-25 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Stock Market News for June 25, 2013 - Market News | Benchmarks slumped on Monday following a sell-off in Chinese equity markets coupled with investor concerns about the Fed trimming its bond buying program in the future. Chinese stocks took a battering on Monday and logged their biggest sell-off in more than four years. The market opened sharply lower on Monday but reco... |
2013-06-25 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Alcoa and OJC RUSNANO Sign MOU - Analyst Blog | Aluminum giant, Alcoa Inc. ( AA ) and Open Joint Stock Company (OJSC) RUSNANO signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to produce technologically advanced oil and gas aluminum drill pipe finished with a life-extending antiwear coating. The life of the aluminum pipe is expected to be extended by 30% to 40% in aggressi... |
2013-06-24 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Alcoa and Boeing Reach Recycling Deal - Analyst Blog | Aluminum giant, Alcoa Inc. ( AA ) announced that it has formed a close-loop program with The Boeing Company ( BA ) to considerably increase the recycling of internal aluminum aerospace alloys. The aerospace alloys are used during the production of Boeing airplanes.
The move will recycle aerospace-grade aluminum alloys ... |
2013-06-21 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Post-Fed, but Pre-Earnings - Earnings Preview | The market was looking for clarity from the Fed about the future of the QE program. But it didn't like the surprisingly explicit timeline from Chairman Bernanke, and has been in a somewhat downbeat mood ever since.
The after-effects of the Bernanke announcement and the resultant impact on benchmark interest rates will ... |
2013-06-20 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | The Crucial Advice From Buffett You're Probably Ignoring | The latest rankings of the world's richest people show that telecom magnate Carlos Slim of Mexico is again on the top of the heap, followed by Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
Both of these men amassed dizzying fortunes primarily with one investment: Gates with Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Slim with America Movil ( AMX ) ... |
2013-06-20 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Alcoa Wraps Up Aluminum Lithium Expansion - Analyst Blog | Aluminum giant Alcoa Inc. ( AA ) announced that it has completed the expansion of aluminum lithium alloy production capacity at its Kitts Green plant in the UK to meet the growing demand for aluminum lithium alloys. Alcoa expects revenues from aluminum lithium to rise four-fold over the next six years to nearly $200 mi... |
2013-06-14 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Looking Ahead to Q2 Earnings Season - Earnings Preview | The market's focus is justifiably on the Fed this week given the buzz surrounding the 'Taper' talk. I don't expect a categorical statement out of the FOMC on Wednesday, but it would not be unreasonable to expect Bernanke to provide more clarity on his thinking on the QE question in the post-meeting press conference tha... |
2013-06-12 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Chatham to Buy Hyatt Place Pittsburgh - Analyst Blog | Chatham Lodging Trust ( CLDT ), a lodging real estate investment trust (REIT), inked a deal to acquire a Pa.-based property - Hyatt Place Pittsburgh/North Shore - for $40 million (including customary pro-rated amounts and closing costs). The move marks the company's efforts to spread its presence in high-end markets an... |
2013-05-31 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Stock Downgrades: Scotts Miracle-Gro Not Hitting Pay Dirt | Wall Street's old saw "Sell in May and go away" cut no ice with investors this year, perhaps not surprising since tool titan Stanley Black & Decker ( SWK ) was just taken down a notch . Dow Industrials (^DJI) advanced a lucky 21 points and are poised to round out a surprisingly strong month.
Some stocks did buck a broa... |
2013-05-30 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Alcoa Downgraded by Moody's - Analyst Blog | Aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. 's ( AA ) unsecured debt ratings were downgraded by Moody's Investors Service to Ba1 from Baa3. Moreover, the rating agency assigned a Ba1 Corporate Family Rating and a Ba1-PD Probability of Default Rating. Moody's attributed the downgrade to lower aluminum prices and weak aluminum industry... |
2013-05-30 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Benzinga Market Primer: Thursday, May 30 | Futures Slightly Lower After Wall Street Sell-Off, Surge in M&A
U.S. equity futures traded slightly lower in early pre-market trade after another sell-off Wednesday despite an upswing in M&A activity. Several deals have been announced this week and the M&A market has remained strong in 2013, a key sign of corporate con... |
2013-05-29 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Alcoa-Ma'aden JV Completes First Wetlands System - Analyst Blog | Aluminum giant, Alcoa Inc. ( AA ), and The Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma'aden) announced the completion of an engineered wetlands wastewater management system in Saudi Arabia at the Ma'aden-Alcoa joint venture project site.
The system is the first-of-its-kind and is expected to reduce water demand by nearly two mill... |
2013-05-24 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Stock Upgrades: Changing Tides Makes Procter & Gamble a Better Bet | A week that began with Tumblr is ending with I'll Tumble For Ya . Stocks slid for a second straight session amid Tokyo troubles and fears here of a hard landing for quantitative easing. Bucking a bad day for blue chips, an upgradedHewlett-Packard ( HPQ ) surged some 17.10%. Its $3.63 advance took it above $24, the pric... |
2013-05-23 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Market Close Report: NASDAQ Composite index closes at 3,459.42 down -3.88 points | Thursday's session closes with the NASDAQ Composite Index at 3,459.42. The total shares traded for the NASDAQ was over 1.77 billion.
Advancers stocks led declining by 1.06 to 1 ratio. There were 1288 advancers and 1213 decliners for the day. On the NASDAQ Stock Exchange 27 stocks reached a 52 week high and 14 those rea... |
2013-05-23 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Alcoa Cuts Energy for Wheels - Analyst Blog | Alcoa Inc. ( AA ) announced that its Alcoa Wheel and Transportation Products casthouse expansion at Barberton, Ohio, facility is expected to cut down half of the total amount of energy that is used to recycle aluminum for forged wheels. This is expected to reduce greenhouse gases and increase the overall efficiency and... |
2013-05-20 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Market Close Report: NASDAQ Composite index closes at 3,496.43 down -2.54 points | Monday's session closes with the NASDAQ Composite Index at 3,496.43. The total shares traded for the NASDAQ was over 1.69 billion.
Advancers stocks led declining by 1.19 to 1 ratio. There were 1361 advancers and 1144 decliners for the day. On the NASDAQ Stock Exchange 151 stocks reached a 52 week high and 3 those reach... |
2013-05-20 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Stocks Little Changed as Slow News Day Draws the Focus to the Fed | "Despite indexes being largely flat on the day, there were tons of stocks making big directional moves, both up and down," observed Schaeffer's Senior Trading Analyst Bryan Sapp. "This is an ideal environment for a trader, as there are tons of opportunities on both sides of the market." To kick off the week, the Dow Jo... |
2013-05-17 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Alcoa Defers Construction in Quebec Smelter - Analyst Blog | Aluminum giant Alcoa Inc. ( AA ) announced that it will delay the construction of a potline at its Baie-Comeau smelter in Quebec as part of a revised modernization schedule and will start preparing for the upgrade by investing $100 million over the next three years and permanently closing the plant's two Soderberg potl... |
2013-05-16 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Markets Shift Slightly Lower Following Flood of Economic News | "As poor as today's economic data was, the good news was we saw some solid earnings," said Schaeffer's Senior Technical Strategist Ryan Detrick, CMT, of a day where the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) bounced around breakeven for much of the day, notched (another) new all-time high, and settled 42 points lower. "Ear... |
2013-05-13 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Market Close Report: NASDAQ Composite index closes at 3,438.79 up 2.21 points | Monday's session closes with the NASDAQ Composite Index at 3,438.79. The total shares traded for the NASDAQ was over 1.59 billion. Declining stocks led advancers by 1.2 to 1 ratio. There were 1130 advancers and 1354 decliners for the day. On the NASDAQ Stock Exchange 97 stocks reached a 52 week high and 9 those reachin... |
2013-05-12 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Smith & Wesson: Despite Headline Risk, This Gun Stock Is an Attractive Buy | The recent gun-related tragedies in the U.S., particularly the Newtown massacre in December 2012, has had a profound impact on the firearms industry. Putting politics aside on this issue, historically, in times of higher public interest in gun control legislation, sales and profits of these companies have soared. This ... |
2013-05-07 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Alcoa to Expand Tennessee Facility - Analyst Blog | Aluminum giant Alcoa Inc. ( AA ) announced that it will expand a plant in Tennessee and boost its capacity to produce aluminum sheet for the automotive industry. Alcoa will spend $275 million on the facility over the next three years to support automotive producers' plans to use more aluminum sheet to increase fuel eff... |
2013-05-02 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Alcoa Considering Cutbacks - Analyst Blog | Alcoa Inc. ( AA ) has announced the possibility of a cutback in aluminum production. The company said that it will review 460,000 metric tons of smelting capacity over the next 15 months for potential curtailment. Alcoa is taking this step to maintain its competitiveness as aluminum prices have declined by more than 33... |
2013-04-26 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Market Close Report: NASDAQ Composite index closes at 3,279.26 down -10.73 points | Friday's session closes with the NASDAQ Composite Index at 3,279.26. The total shares traded for the NASDAQ was over 1.62 billion. Declining stocks led advancers by 1.68 to 1 ratio. There were 918 advancers and 1538 decliners for the day. On the NASDAQ Stock Exchange 40 stocks reached a 52 week high and 14 those reachi... |
2013-04-26 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Lackluster Day Driven by GDP News Caps a Strong Week | "Early this morning, all the talk was about the first-quarter GDP report, which came in a little below expectations," summarized Schaeffer's Senior Equity Analyst Joe Bell, CMT. "This failed to damage the market too much, as it had a pretty mixed day and not a lot of direction either way." For its part, the Dow Jones I... |
2013-04-16 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | After Hours Most Active for Apr 16, 2013 : INTC, CSCO, YHOO, QQQ, BAC, TSM, MSFT, S, AA, TWO, WFT, ORCL | The NASDAQ 100 After Hours Indicator is down -2.19 to 2,836.22. The total After hours volume is currently 47,206,517 shares traded.
The following are the most active stocks for the after hours session :
Intel Corporation ( INTC ) is -0.01 at $21.92, with 7,306,411 shares traded. RTT News Reports: Intel Q1 Profit Down -... |
2013-04-12 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Market Close Report: NASDAQ Composite index closes at 3,294.95 down -5.21 points | Friday's session closes with the NASDAQ Composite Index at 3,294.95. The total shares traded for the NASDAQ was over 1.43 billion. Declining stocks led advancers by 1.47 to 1 ratio. There were 1009 advancers and 1485 decliners for the day. On the NASDAQ Stock Exchange 53 stocks reached a 52 week high and 15 those reach... |
2013-04-10 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Alcoa Technology Licensed to Chemetall - Analyst Blog | Aluminum giant Alcoa inc. ( AA ) is licensing its pre-treatment bonding technology to Chemetall, a division of Rockwood Holdings, Inc. ( ROC ), in an exclusive global distribution pact. The Alcoa 951 is a breakthrough technology and is the new pre-treatment bonding standard for aluminum sheet, extrusion and casting sup... |
2013-04-09 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | After Hours Most Active for Apr 9, 2013 : LO, QQQ, T, MSFT, KO, ORCL, KRG, CSCO, AA, MTCN, MU, FB | The NASDAQ 100 After Hours Indicator is up .23 to 2,804.9. The total After hours volume is currently 26,267,632 shares traded.
The following are the most active stocks for the after hours session :
Lorillard, Inc ( LO ) is unchanged at $41.25, with 3,516,351 shares traded. LO's current last sale is 89.67% of the target... |
2013-04-09 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | What to look for this earnings season? - Ahead of Wall Street | Tuesday, April 9, 2013
A minor cottage industry of sorts springs into action around this time every quarter to prove that Alcoa's ( AA ) results tell us something about how other companies' results will be in the earnings season. Take all of those comments with a spoonful of salt. Yes, demand for aluminum products now ... |
2013-04-09 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Mid-Morning Market Update: JC Penney Falls As Cliffs Natural Resources Rallies | Following the market open Tuesday morning, the Dow traded up 0.07 percent to 14,623.98 while the NASDAQ rose 0.15 percent to 3,227.44. The S&P also rose, increasing 0.11 percent to 1,564.51.
Index Technicals: The S&P 500 looks to be overtaking 1,560 with 1,570/1,575 highs acting as the next resistance.
The Dow looks to... |
2013-04-09 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Dow Rallies to Another New High, While S&P 500 Falls Short | "All in all, it was a light news day. Alcoa ( AA ) kicked off earnings season, but didn't react much, as the stock closed flat," noted Schaeffer's Senior Technical Strategist Ryan Detrick, CMT. Still, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) notched another new record high in afternoon trading, while the S&P 500 Index (S... |
2013-04-08 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | After Hours Most Active for Apr 8, 2013 : AA, CX, TWX, KO, MTG, PNC^P, AMAT, QQQ, AKAM, AAPL, VCSH, INTC | The NASDAQ 100 After Hours Indicator is up .66 to 2,786.79. The total After hours volume is currently 17,398,095 shares traded.
The following are the most active stocks for the after hours session :
Alcoa Inc. ( AA ) is -0.1 at $8.29, with 4,685,717 shares traded. RTT News Reports: Alcoa Q1 Profit Rises, Beats View - Q... |
2013-04-08 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | UPDATE: U.S. Stocks Range-Bound Slightly Lower; Alcoa Pre-Market Gains Foiled | After futures pointed to a fractional gain for the big three U.S. stock indexes, equities opened the week with a slight fake, slipping modestly at the open. With no significant economic data releases on the calendar for today's session, market participants will likely turn their attention to another round of quarterly ... |
2013-04-08 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Benzinga Market Primer: Monday, April 8 | Futures Creep Higher Despite Korean Tensions, Weak Payrolls
U.S. equity futures crept higher in early pre-market trade Monday despite North Korea increasing rhetoric over a missile test and following Friday's much weaker than expected Non-Farm Payrolls report. It is widely expected that North Korea will test a missile,... |
2013-04-08 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | After-Hours Earnings Report for April 8, 2013 : AA, SHLM, MG, ANGO | The following companies are expected to report earnings after hours on 04/08/2013. Visit our Earnings Calendar for a full list of expected earnings releases.
Alcoa Inc. ( AA ) is reporting for the quarter ending March 31, 2013. The mining company's consensus earnings per share forecast from the 15 analysts that follow ... |
2013-04-08 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Stock Market News for April 8, 2013 - Market News | A disappointing report on the jobs market dampened investor confidence, dragging the major indices into negative territory. The S&P 500 logged its worst weekly decline of the year, following a series of weaker-than-expected numbers from the jobs market. The government jobs report showed that U.S companies are hiring at... |
2013-04-08 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | EPA Issues ROD to Alcoa - Analyst Blog | Aluminum giant Alcoa Inc. ( AA ) announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) has issued a Record of Decision (ROD) relating to the remediation of the Grasse River. This is in sync with the Proposed Remedial Action Plan issued in Oct 2012.
Alcoa, USEPA, the NY Department of Environmental Conservation... |
2013-04-07 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Weekly 3-Year Low Highlights: AA, NJ, KGC, YZC | According to the GuruFocus list of 3-year lows : Alcoa Inc., Nidec Corporation, Kinross Gold Corporation, and Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited have all reached their 3-year lows.
Alcoa Inc ( AA ) Reached 3-Year Low of $8.24
The prices of Alcoa Inc. ( AA ) shares have declined close to the 3-year low of $8.24, which ... |
2013-04-05 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Jobs Number Disappoints, Stocks End the Week in the Red | "While there has been continuing news out of North Korea, what really hit the markets today was the worse-than-expected nonfarm payrolls number for March," explained Schaeffer's Senior Equity Analyst Joe Bell. "This poor number sent most sectors deep into the red for most of the day, as technology stocks especially lag... |
2013-04-04 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | Choppy Trading Session Resolves to the Upside | "The S&P 500 Index experienced an inside day today," noted Schaeffer's Senior Options Strategist Tony Venosa, CMT, pointing out that the index's total daily trading range (1,552.52 to 1,562.60) was contained within yesterday's intraday range. "Market participants were clearly awaiting tomorrow's employment report for M... |
2013-04-04 00:00:00+00:00 | AA | After Hours Most Active for Apr 4, 2013 : QQQ, BAC, BX, CSCO, MSFT, GE, INTC, FFIV, PGR, AA, SWY, NWSA | The NASDAQ 100 After Hours Indicator is down -6.09 to 2,788.83. The total After hours volume is currently 34,690,128 shares traded.
The following are the most active stocks for the after hours session :
PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 ( QQQ ) is -0.13 at $68.30, with 5,041,139 shares traded. This represents a 13.76% in... |
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