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C, HAL, RRC, ZION, ECBE Expected To Be Lower After Earnings Releases on Monday

^{Published on 2010-10-15 07:49:42, Last Modified on 2010-12-22 18:53:29 - WOPRAI}
 

October 15, 2010 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / www.squeezetrigger.com is monitoring the performance of all stocks with earnings being released Monday, October 18th and determining how the stocks have performed after their last 12 quarterly, 6 quarterly and October earnings reports. Citigroup (NYSE: C), Halliburton (NYSE: HAL), Range Resources (NYSE: RRC), Zions Bancorp (NASDAQ: ZION) and ECB Bancorp (NASDAQ: ECBE) are all expected to be lower after their earnings are released Monday. The movement of stock prices in the days and weeks leading to and following these earnings announcements may follow a predictable pattern. Most companies stock price histories show random or unpredictable movements around earnings dates. But some seem to repeat the same pattern quarter after quarter, year after year. The # of Reports in the table below shows how many previous quarterly reports comprise the indicator that predicts how a stock will act after its earnings are released. The specific technology used to make these predictions is available for a low monthly fee at http://www.squeezetrigger.com/services/strat/mh.php . The following stocks are expected to go lower after earnings are released Monday:

Symbol Company # of Reports Quarter Release Time

C Citigroup Inc 12 quarters Q3 Before

HAL Halliburton Company 12 quarters Q3 Before

RRC Range Resources Corp. 12 quarters Q3 After

ZION Zions Bancorporation 12 quarters Q3 After

ECBE ECB Bancorp Inc. 12 quarters Q3 After

Earnings, or profits, drive stock prices. The market values a company based on its current and anticipated future ability to make money. The market takes the earnings pulse of a company four times per year when quarterly reports are issued. When this information is released it can often be a trend-changing or a trend confirming event because the information is so vital to the market's perception of the vitality of that company.

This technology is designed to help the stock trader identify those companies that seem to have a consistent pattern of movement before or after the earnings release date, based on the history of earnings releases for that company. It combines a calendar of expected earnings releases with a history of past earnings releases in a way that lets you see if a pattern exists.

Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C), a global financial services company, provides consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a range of financial products and services, including consumer banking, credit cards, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, and wealth management. The company has two primary segments, Citicorp and Citi Holdings. The Citicorp segment operates as a global bank for businesses and consumers with two primary businesses, Regional Consumer Banking and Institutional Clients Group. The Regional Consumer Banking business provides traditional banking services, including retail banking, branded cards, and small commercial banking in North America, Asia, Latin America, and Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The Institutional Clients Group business provides securities and banking services, including investment banking and advisory services, lending, debt and equity sales and trading, institutional brokerage, foreign exchange, structured products, cash instruments and related derivatives, and private banking; and transaction services consisting of treasury and trade solutions, and securities and fund services. The Citi Holdings segment has three businesses: Brokerage and Asset Management, Local Consumer Lending, and Special Asset Pool. The Brokerage and Asset Management business, through its 49% stake in Morgan Stanley Smith Barney joint venture and Nikko Cordial Securities, offers retail brokerage and asset management services. The Local Consumer Lending business provides residential mortgage loans, retail partner card loans, student loans, personal loans, auto loans, commercial real estate, and other consumer loans, as well as western European cards and retail banking services. The Special Asset Pool business is a portfolio of securities, loans, and other assets. Citigroup Inc. has approximately 200 million customer accounts and operates in approximately 140 countries. The company was founded in 1812 and is based in New York, New York.

Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) provides various products and services to the energy industry for the exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas worldwide. It operates in two segments, Completion and Production, and Drilling and Evaluation. The Completion and Production segment provides production enhancement services, completion tools and services, and cementing services. Its production enhancement services include stimulation, pipeline process, sand control, and well intervention services; completion tools and services comprise subsurface safety valves and flow control equipment, surface safety systems, packers and specialty completion equipment, intelligent completion systems, expandable liner hanger systems, sand control systems, well servicing tools, and reservoir performance services; and cementing services consist of bonding the well and well casing, while isolating fluid zones and maximizing wellbore stability, and casing equipment. The Drilling and Evaluation segment provides field and reservoir modeling, drilling, evaluation, and well construction solutions that enable customers to model, measure, and optimize their well placement and reservoir evaluation activities. Its services include fluid services, drilling services, drill bits, wireline and perforating services, testing and subsea services, software and asset solutions, and consulting and data management services. The company serves national, integrated, and independent oil and gas companies. Halliburton Company was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Range Resources Corporation (NYSE: RRC), an independent natural gas company, engages in the exploration, development, and acquisition of natural gas properties in the southwestern and Appalachian regions of the United States. The companya�s southwestern operations include the drilling, production, and field operations in the Barnett Shale of north central Texas, the Permian basin of west Texas and eastern New Mexico, the east Texas basin, the Texas Panhandle, the Anadarko basin of western Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Mississippi. As of December 31, 2009, Range Resources Corporation had 1,854 net producing wells and approximately 886,000 gross acres under lease in the southwestern region. Its Appalachian operations include tight-gas, shale, coal bed methane, and conventional oil and gas production in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, New York, and West Virginia. The company owned 8,052 net producing wells, approximately 4,000 miles of gas gathering lines, and 2.3 million gross acres under lease in the Appalachian basin. It sells gas to utilities, marketing companies, and industrial users. Range Resources Corporation had 3.1 Tcfe of proved reserves. The company was formerly known as Lomak Petroleum, Inc. and changed its name to Range Resources Corporation in 1998. Range Resources Corporation was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.

Zions Bancorporation (NASDAQ: ZION), a multi bank holding company, provides various banking and related products and services in the United States. The company offers community banking services, including small and medium-sized business and corporate banking services; commercial and residential development, construction, and term lending services; retail banking services; treasury cash management and related products and services; residential mortgages; and trust management services. It also provides personal banking services to individuals, including home mortgages, bankcard, installment loans, home equity lines of credit, checking accounts, savings accounts, time certificates, safe deposit facilities, direct deposits, and automated teller machine access. In addition, the company offers small business administration lending services; secondary market agricultural real estate mortgage loans; municipal finance advisory and underwriting services; early-stage capital primarily for start-up companies; and check imaging and clearing software. Further, Zions Bancorporation, through its nonbank subsidiaries, offers hardware, software, and services related to remote imaging, electronic capture, and clearing of paper checks; and medical claims imaging, lockbox, and Web-based reconciliation and tracking services. Additionally, the company provides wealth management services, including financial and tax planning; trust and inheritance services; over-the-counter, exchange-traded, and synthetic derivative and hedging strategies; quantitative asset allocation and risk management; and an array of investment strategies. As of December 31, 2009, Zions Bancorporation offered its banking services through 491 branches and 602 ATMs in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah, and Washington. The company was founded in 1873 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.

ECB Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: ECBE) operates as a bank holding company for The East Carolina Bank, which provides general and community-oriented commercial and consumer banking services to small and medium-sized businesses and individuals in North Carolina. The company offers various deposit products, including business and individual checking accounts, NOW accounts, money market checking accounts, savings accounts, and certificates of deposit. It also provides term and installment loans, business and personal lines of credit, equity lines of credit, overdraft checking credit, real estate loans, consumer installment loans, and commercial and industrial loans, as well as credit cards and related plans. As of March 31, 2010, the company operated 24 full service banking offices and 1 mortgage loan origination office. ECB Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Engelhard, North Carolina.

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