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UPDATE 1-Albemarle plans $100 mln cost cuts to counter low prices

Albemarle Corp said on Wednesday it had started a cost control program targeting over $100 million in savings over the next two years, as the world’s largest lithium producer grapples with a fall in prices on near-term oversupply concerns. Albemarle did not provide any further details on the program on Wednesday. Albemarle reported an adjusted profit of $1.53 per share for the third quarter, in line with its preliminary estimates last month when it had also cut profit and sales forecast for the year. …read more […]

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Hedge Funds Have Never Been This Bullish On West Bancorporation, Inc. (WTBA)

Our extensive research has shown that imitating the smart money can generate significant returns for retail investors, which is why we track nearly 750 active prominent money managers and analyze their quarterly 13F filings. The stocks that are heavily bought by hedge funds historically outperformed the market, though there is no shortage of high profile […] …read more […]

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Did a Merger Make This 9.7% Yield More Secure?

In the summer of 2018, I analyzed the safety of master limited partnership (MLP) Energy Transfer Partners. At the time, the stock received a “C” rating.
The issues were that cash available for distribution (CAD), a measure of cash flow for MLPs, was heading lower and the company’s debt was too high.
Four months later, the MLP merged with its parent company, Energy Transfer Equity, and renamed itself Energy Transfer LP (NYSE: ET).
Let’s take a look at the new combined company and see if the distribution (partnerships pay distributions instead of dividends) is any safer.
CAD is soaring. This chart says it all.
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Fitbit reports a 12% fall in revenue

Wearable device maker Fitbit Inc reported its first drop in revenue in five quarters on Wednesday as it faced intense competition from deeper-pocket companies such as Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd , underscoring challenges for buyer Alphabet Inc’s Google.

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