$PAY: Barron's(12/31) Beaten-Down VeriFone Could Climb 35%

Barron's(12/31) Beaten-Down VeriFone Could Climb 35%
Dec 29 at 00:08
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By Alexander Eule

 Change is usually accompanied by anxiety. with the emergence of the
digital wallet, investors are taking it out on VeriFone Systems, the dominant
maker of payment-card terminals found on retail counters. Among the top 1,000
U.S. retailers, VeriFone has 70% of the terminals. Investors are worried the
business could evaporate as merchants use smartphones and tablets to accept card
payments.
      Always a volatile stock, VeriFone has had its shares cut in half since
April, to a recent $28.70. Investors are now valuing the stock at just nine
times fiscal 2013 earnings, versus a 10-year average of 18. VeriFone's fiscal
year ends in October.

(HLF) Herbalife (NUS) Nu Skin: Suspect Ponzii Scheme Stocks That Look To Continue Lower

Barron's: Ackman Spares No Venue In Trying To Extinguish Herbalife

  Activist hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman launched a remarkable crusade
Thursday by renting a Manhattan auditorium to make a three-hour, 334-slide
argument that the $5 billion New York-listed Herbalife is worth zero. Funds
run by his Pershing Square Capital Management have a large short- sale bet
against the stock (ticker: HLF) of the multilevel marketer of vitamins and
weight-loss shakes.
      In TV appearances last week and a new Website (factsaboutherbalife.com),
Ackman alleged that Herbalife is a pyramid scheme, which is illegal. The Los
Angeles-based outfit should be targeted by regulators, said Ackman, but soon
enough will run out of new recruits to push its products. His firm estimates
that millions of people have lost $3.8 billion in failed attempts to get rich
by recruiting still other people to buy and sell Herbalife items.
      The company has vigorously denied such charges in the past and said it
will hold an analyst meeting during the week of Jan. 7, 2013 to respond to the "
distorted, outdated and inaccurate information" from Pershing Square.
Herbalife's furious Chief Executive Michael O. Johnson called Ackman's
allegations "bogus" and seemed to threaten the money manager -- telling CNBC
that "the United States will be better when Bill Ackman is gone."
      The money manager pledged to make a charitable donation of his profits
from the short sale, including a guaranteed donation of $25 million to the Ira
W. Sohn children's cancer foundation, which co-sponsored Ackman's unusual Dec.
20 jeremiad. With just a few days left before Pershing Square's year-end
performance measurement, the firm's Herbalife position will likely benefit from
the stock's 38% drop on the week, to $27.27.
      The shares are down 40% since Barron's warned that Herbalife and
multi-level rival Nu Skin (NUS) disguised the failure rates of their recruits
("Where Beauty Is Skin Deep," May 14). Nu Skin shares fell last week to
$34.51, leaving them some 18% below their May level.


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Facebook target raised to $33 from 28 at Cantor Fitzgerald

Facebook target raised to $33 at Cantor Fitzgerald -- FB
continues to win on mobile (Stock Price: 27.71)
Dec 19 at 06:39
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  Cantor Fitzgerald raises their FB tgt to $33 from $28 on: 1) rollover
of their DCF-derived PT to FY13 from FY12, 2) more confirmation of Facebook's
traction on mobile with user-engagement showing material acceleration in
November, and 3) growing mobile monetization. In all, they view Facebook as a
prime beneficiary of growth in mobile advertising/e-commerce and view its shares
as an attractive play on this trend.


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$AAPL could break $500 hard tomorrow in the early am

Barron's Blog/Tech Trader Daily: AAPL: Citi Cuts to Hold, Target to $575 on Rising iPhone, Tablet Competition

 http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-12-16/citis-apple-coverage-tag-trio-downgrades-aapl-neutral-price-target-cut-100-575



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(RIMM) 50 day moving average looking to cross the 200 day

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Monday Stocks To Watch: (MW) Bad News is Priced In (GRPN) Soars on (GOOG) Potential Bid

 (MW) Barron's -  Hey There, Handsome Dec 8 at 00:08

     Shares of Men's Wearhouse came apart at the seams last week after the retailer of men's tailored clothing reported disappointing third-quarter earnings and sharply reduced its fourth-quarter and full-year profit guidance. The stock opened 12.5% lower on Thursday morning, and ended the week off 6%, at $30.48.  
     Don't believe us? Prices for men's apparel have climbed by more than in any year since the late 1980s, an indication of strong demand. And department stores such as Macy's (ticker: M) and Nordstrom (JWN) have said men's clothing is among their fastest-growing departments.
      What's more, the bad news seems fully reflected in the company's shares
(MW). After its dressing-down, Men's Wearhouse trades for just 10.3 times estimated earnings of $2.97 a share for the fiscal year ending January 2014. That's well below other specialty-apparel chains and near the bottom of the company's historic valuation range. Back out $2.71 in net cash per share, and the price/ earnings ratio is even lower. If traffic rebounds next year, as expected, the shares could rally 25%, to $38. Investors can console themselves with a 2.4% dividend yield while they wait.


 (GRPN) Barron's Blog/Tech Trader Daily: GRPN Soars 23%: Google Might Consider a Bid, Says Bloomberg Dec 7 at 19:46

      Could the $6 billion deal that never happened be back on the table?       Bloomberg's Douglas MacMillan this afternoon writes that the rise today in Groupon ( GRPN) shares of 88 cents, or 23%, to $4.69 was prompted by rumors that Google ( GOOG) might consider bidding for the company, citing remarks by Tom Forte of Telsey Advisor Group.
      Google and Groupon representatives declined to comment to MacMillan, he notes.
      Groupon also, apparently, canceled an upcoming appearance at an investment conference hosted by Sterne Agee, it was reported earlier today by wire services.
      Google was rumored to be shopping for Groupon two years ago, and willing to pay $6 billion, but was ultimately rebuffed by Groupon before the e-commerce company went public, according to press reports at the time.
      Google shares ended the day down $6.92, or 1%, at $684.21.

 


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