Market Update

World Markets Struggle; Russia GDP Shrinks 7.9%

123jump.com Staff
01 Feb, 2010
New York City

Indexes in Europe and Asia declined on the worries that further tightening by China will affect global commodities markets. Copper, tin and gold declined. Tenaris SA dropped on weak revenues. Vivendi SA declined on a jury verdict. Ryanair increased on smaller than expected loss.

Eaton Corp. Q4 2009 Earnings Call Transcript

123jump.com Staff
31 Jan, 2010
New York City

Sales fell 10.3% to $3.13 billion and net income rose 29.4% to $211 million or $1.25 a share. Strong continued margins in this business, 15.2% in the quarter. Operating EPS declined by 62%. This is compared to 2008. Then the change in operating EPS came down by some 72%.

Siemens AG Q1 Earnings Call Transcript

123jump.com Staff
31 Jan, 2010
New York City

Revenues fell 11% to

Caterpillar Q4 Earnings Call Transcript

123jump.com Staff
31 Jan, 2010
New York City

Revenues fell 39% to $7.9 billion & net profit fell 65% to $232 million or 36 cents per diluted share. Machinery and Engines operating cash flow was about 3 billion in 2009. Redundancy costs should be favorable compared with 2009. While redundancy costs were $706 million in 2009.

SanDisk Q4 Earnings Call Transcript

123jump.com Staff
01 Feb, 2010
New York City

Revenues rose 44% to $1.24 billion and net income was $340 million or $1.45 per diluted share. Q4 product gross margin of 44% on a GAAP basis and 45% on a non-GAAP basis was higher than we had anticipated due to less price decline and stronger cost reduction which was 20% per gigabyte.

Boston Q4 2009 Earnings Call Transcript

123jump.com Staff
01 Feb, 2010
New York City

Revenues fell 3% to $377.9 million and net income was $53.3 million or 38 cents per diluted share. The company has strong capital position with cash balances of $1.4 billion and a comfortable leverage position. core operating performance exceeded our budget by $0.025 per share.

Yahoo! Q4 Earnings Call Transcript

123jump.com Staff
01 Feb, 2010
New York City

The search engine reported quarterly revenue declined 4% to $1.73 billion. Net quarterly income was $153 million helped by the gradual improvement in online advertising and lower operating expenses. The company earned 11 cents a share compared to a loss of 22 cents a share a year-ago quarter.

1-800-Flowers.com Q2 Earnings Call Transcript

123jump.com Staff
30 Jan, 2010
New York City

Revenues fell 5.2% to $238.5 million and net income was $15.3 million or 24 cents per diluted share. Gross margin increased 180 basis points to 41.8% compared with 40% in the prior-year period. Cash and investments position was $46.4 million compared with $51 million a year ago.

Union Pacific Q4 Earnings Call Transcript

123jump.com Staff
31 Jan, 2010
New York City

The largest railroad operator in North America reported a 12% drop in revenue to $3.75 billion and a 16.6% drop in net income to $551 million due to recession which was offset to some extent by lower expenses. Earnings per share came in at $1.08 as against $1.31 in the prior year period.

Techs Lead U.S. Indexes Lower; Dollar Gains

123jump.com Staff
29 Jan, 2010
New York City

Stocks in New York and Asia declined but indexes in Europe closed higher. Tech stocks led the decliners on the weaker than expected prospects of earnings growth. U.S. consumer confidence declined and the dollar edged higher.

Metals Weakness Drag Australian Stocks

Mayank Mehta
29 Jan, 2010
New York City

Stocks in Australia closed lower after a weakness in metals prices. Investors also worried that weak job market in the U.S. will forestall global economic recovery. More home owners struggle to pay mortgages as Australian home prices surge. New Zealand budget deficit increases.

Japan Indexes Drop 2%, Chipmakers Plunge

Mayank Mehta
29 Jan, 2010
New York City

Stocks in Japan declined on the worries that earnings at chip companies will be lower. Toyota also halted sales in North America of eight models and recalled as many as 1.8 million cars in Europe. Advantest Corporation led the decliners in the Nikkei 225 Stock Average with a loss of 10.2%.

Spain Deficit of 11.4%; European Markets Up

Mayank Mehta
29 Jan, 2010
New York City

European markets indexes closed higher. Greek bonds rebounded. Spain estimated 2009 deficit of 11.4% and said it will be trimmed to 3% by 2013. Spain also increased retirement age to 67 from 65. Bulgari SpA fourth quarter revenue falls 5% to

UK Home Prices Rise; Connaught Plunges 11%

Mayank Mehta
29 Jan, 2010
New York City

UK home prices in January edged up 1.2% and are now only 12% lower than their peak in October 2007. Consumer confidence index edged higher in January after dropping for three months in a row. Connaught Plc plunged 11% after its chief executive stepped down.

Rates on Hold in India; Higher Bank Reserves

Mayank Mehta
29 Jan, 2010
New York City

The RBI mopped up additional liquidity by increase cash reserve ratios for banks but left rates unchanged. The RBI also raised its outlook for the economic growth to 7.5% from 6.9% and indicated the rate can be sustained in the next fiscal year. Central government has nearly completed its borrowing.