Tuesday, April 15, 2014

For Investors Only: Entergy, Laredo Petroleum, Coca-Cola, Johnson & Johnson

Updates

Later, 12:29 p.m. Central Time: three companies of interest traded at 52-week highs -- ECA, ERF, and SLB.

Later, 11:50 a.m. Central Time: GLRI goes public today. Microbes to eliminate the need for fracking?
 
Original Post
Market futures up; oil down.

Entergy guides Q1 EPS well above consensus; raises FY14 EPS guidance, due in part to colder weather: Co issues upside guidance for Q1 (Mar), sees EPS of ~$2.28 vs. $1.15 Capital IQ Consensus Estimate.

Laredo Petroleum expects a Q1 loss on derivatives of approximately $31.1 million. [I've talked about this (derivatives) before.]

Coca-Cola reports EPS in-line, revs in-line.

Johnson & Johnson beats by $0.06, reports revs in-line; raises FY14 EPS guidance, in-line.

Intel (37 cents) and Yahoo (37 cents) will both report after market close.

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The ten most under-rated Beatles songs (according to someone else):

Top Ten Underrated Beatles Songs, The Beatles

Why they matter:
  • some of these are "classic" Beatles; back to their roots
  • some of the riffs
  • homage to American rockabilly
  • Ringo
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Talk Radio

Up until last week the biggest difference in format between the "Rush Limbaugh Show" and the "Savage Nation Show" was the number of phone calls taken. Rush takes "none" though he leads you to believe he talks many. Mike Savage is basically only a call-in radio show, completely different from Rush.

Last week we learned that Mike Savage, having moved to early afternoon, following Rush, taking Sean Hannity's former spot, is killing Rush in the ratings. Again, "Savage Nation" is killing Rush in ratings.

This past week I've noted a huge format change in the "Rush Limbaugh Show." He is now taking lots and lots of calls, and taking them earlier in his show.