This morning. Yield curve continues to flatten and of course the fed minutes are on the way 2 00 p. M. Eastern time. Road map begins with target shares plunging after the Company Issues guidance. Call will begin in just over an hour. Goldman sachs downgrading equities saying theres no particular reason to own them. And fed minutes are coming out later today as the dollar hits a sevenweek high. Four years ago today facebook went public at the nasdaq. Shares priced at 38, now closer to 120 on a day where Mark Zuckerberg is set to meet with some u. S. Conservatives. First up, mixed picture on retail, target beats on quarterly profit but revenues and comps miss, Current Quarter guidance, lows better than expected results, comps up 3 surpassing home depot for the First Time Since 2010. And staples beats on the top and bottom line. Hard to remember a time where lowes its routinely the bridesmaid here, not this time, jim. Used to be for about four or five years during a period before frank bl
That got clobbered when they reported earnings and roared higher. As people seemed to predict the bad news. Overlook it, or just said, hey, maybe it wasnt as bad as i thought. These stories are behind a lot of the recent rally. Including today with the rally 212 points. I ignored the fact that Kimberly Clark had fallen from 127 to 122 off the quarter, until the interview began. Right at the top of the intervie you just asked point blank, if the decline made any sense to him at all. Because it sure didnt make sense to me, given how well the company was doing. He promptly agreed. We went over not only was the quarter a miss, so to speak, but there were many line items much, much better than expected. It seemed obvious, that i did a little homework. They did the big pirouette and surged from 122 to 133. 50, hitting an alltime high. The sellers they were just plain wrong. Next up, lets talk clorox. Heres a similar situation. Sill love the quarter. Because it showed some incredible margin i
Here. Well discuss it with mr. Hays in terms of the decisions they made and what ive heard, of course, is how serious those conversations were. Last april and may, when they began. When they were revisited from the honeywell side in september, when they sent utx a letter. Most recently last week when they made a new proposal at 108 a share, 40 ownership of the combined company, 42 a share in cash. 22 premium to the then stock price. So, a lot to talk to mr. Hayes about. Not to mention my man here, mr. Cramer, always has questions when it comes to the fundamentals of the company. Sure. You get this combination going. Its hard not to say, look, we can finally deal with boeing and airbus. On a level playing field. The partners for Success Program that boeing has had has crushed a lot of these companies. You put these two together, they could have muscle against boeing. Like that. Utx doesnt seem to be it is a combination that would pass antitrust muster. Thats something well focus on. Doe
Longer term if the stories change oar even better. Some from before earnings, and some from after positive interviews, so i know what im talking about. 5 to 615, but the wall street looking for 6. 40. I dont know i read the notes. Listened to the Conference Call and read the analyst comments. It seems like kimberlyclark had a lot of good things to say, there was some onetime missions that i do my best, by the way, not to look at the stock when i do this work, because im convinced the holders of so manywh stocks are renters, really. That to take your cue from the immediate action is just plain stupid, so i noticed the fact they had fallen from 127 to 122 off the quarter until the th interview began. Right at the top of the interview, i asked him make any sense to him at all . It for a close today. The sellers they were just plain wrong. Next up, lets talk clorox. Heres a similar situation. Sill love the quarter. Because it showed some incredible margin improvement because energy costs w
Change oar even better. Some from before earnings, and some from after positive interviews, so i know what im talking about. Recently we had five ceos come on mad money. They all fit the bill, the narrative is exactly what im talking about. First up was tom faulk, ceo of kimberlyclark. His company showed tremendous growth, no matter, the company said it projected the headline number 2016 earnings of 595 to 615, but the wall street looking for 6. 40. I dont know i read the notes. I heard the press release, listened to the Conference Call and read the analyst comments. It seems like kimberlyclark had a lot of good things to say, there was some onetime missions way, not to look at the stock when i do this work, because im convinced the holders of so many stocks are renters, really. That to take your cue from the immediate action is just plain stupid, so i noticed the fact they had fallen from 127 to 122 off the quarter until the interview began. Right at the top of the interview, i asked