Cisco Systems

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The following exchange traded funds ended the week in the neighborhood of their 52-week highs. The share price of each is more than 20% higher than at the beginning of the year as well. Barclays Long B Leveraged S&P 500 Total Return ETN (NYSE: BXUB) is more than 22% higher than at the...

The European situation was the focus at this past weekend's G20 meeting. Even as a bailout of Greece seems to be all but set, several eurozone members teeter on the brink of recession. On top of that comes the backlash from Iran over sanctions due to its nuclear development efforts. See also:...

There will be plenty more quarterly reports this week for analysts and traders to peruse. On the schedule are Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS), PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP), Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), Visa (NYSE: V), Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS), Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFM) and Yum! Brands (NYSE:...

Many of the S&P 500 have already reported results for the most recent quarter. But lots of earnings reports are scheduled for this week. Among those reporting are General Motors (NYSE: GM), as well as the first of a wave of results from retailers: Macy's (NYSE: M), Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) and...

EchoStar (NYSE: SATS) is scheduled to report third-quarter 2011 results Monday, November 7. EchoStar, which was spun off from Dish Network (NASDAQ: DISH) in January of 2008, reported a profitable second quarter, its fourth in a row. The question is whether the company can reverse that quarter's...

The focus this week, at least initially, will no doubt be on the effect of the downgrade of U.S. debt. But there will be plenty more earnings as well, including reports from Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS), News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWS), Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) and Aol (NYSE: AOL). The parade of retail...

Piper Jaffray has published a report on Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) after the network company announced restructuring plans. In the report, Piper Jaffray wrote that, "After recent media speculation surrounding previously announced restructuring plans, Cisco formally announced details regarding...

Cisco Like Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) is a giant in its core product domain, commanding a dominating market share in the high-end router market. Like Advanced Micro Device, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) to Intel, Juniper Networks (NASDAQ: JNPR) is the only...

Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) and NetSuite (NYSE: N) reached new 52-week highs of $26.26 and $38.13 per share, respectively, in Friday's trading session. Fortinet, which recently partnered with Indian tech firm Sify (NASDAQ: SIFY), has been speculated about as a takeover target for a company such as...

Auriga is out with its report today on Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO), lowering its PT from $19 to $16. In a note to clients, Auriga writes, "We maintain our Hold Rating on Cisco, but reduce our price target to $16 from $19 as we expect growth and margin pressures to continue due to commoditization...

Cowen has downgraded Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) from Outperform to Neutral.

Morgan Keegan is out with its report today on Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO), maintaining Outperform. In a note to clients, Morgan Keegan writes, "We maintain our Outperform rating on Cisco. Long term traffic and network evolution trends still favor Cisco while repositioning leaves the near term...

Jabil Circuit (NYSE: JBL) is set to report third-quarter fiscal 2011 results Tuesday, June 21, after the markets close. Analysts are looking for the tech company to report that earnings grew 29.8% from a year ago to $0.57 per share. Sixty days ago, that consensus earnings estimate was the same. The...

Sterne Agee is out with its report today on Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO), lowering its PT from $29 to $25. In a note to clients, Sterne Agee writes, "We maintain our BUY rating on CSCO as we believe that investors underestimate a turnaround. Our 12-month price target of $25 is based on what we...