MORGAN STANLEY RESEARCH

CONOCOPHILLIPS (COP.N): EARNINGS STRONG; MAINTAIN OVERWEIGHT

Strong 1Q Results: COP's Q1 2006 EPS of $2.34/share was in line consensus expectations. We are maintaining our 2006, 2007 and mid-cycle EPS estimates at $9.15/share, $8.75/share and $6.20/share, respectively.

E&P Results Strong: Results in E&P exceeded expectations as higher production

I am amazed that the Feds announcement to cease publicizing M3 reports did not get the headlines it deserved. Then it hit me, the financial press quickly figured out that the "little people" would not understand it anyway, so why report on it. This makes sense.

Now for astute investors who really understand what is going on, it’s a different story. Unfortunately, that leaves us, and t

Here we go again. Boston Scientific (BSX) was co-founded by John E. Abele and Peter M. Nicholas in 1979.

One of the younger Nicholas boys happens to be a Director with the company, and he purchased 10,000 shares a few days ago at $22.17. I have been watching the Nicholas clan for quite some time, and they are rarely wrong in regards to the timing of their purchases.

As you are

Shares of Anheuser Busch (BUD) are up almost 5% this morning after the company reported higher-than-expected earnings. The stock is currently trading at $44.67, up $2.04.

The company said "first-quarter net sales rose to $3.76 billion from $3.56 billion a year earlier. Total beer volume rose 10.9 percent, wi

As I have mention in previous journal posts, I am in the process of launching a web based financial newsletter called John Mugarian's Dynamic Growth.

Dynamic Growth allows investors to take advantage of the tremendous profit-making opportunities in no-load sector funds and exchange traded funds (ETF's).

In our initial backtest (June 2001 through Septem