Will 'Exciting Things Happening At Burger King' Pay Off For Investors?

By Saibus Research:In our August report on McDonald's Corporation (MCD), we analyzed and evaluated its strong performance from 2002-2012 as well as the slowdown in its recent performance.

By John Gordon:It's happened again: McDonald's (MCD) weak same store sales results for October announced today threatened to take down the entire restaurant space stock platform.

By John Gordon:Over the next two weeks several "pure play" restaurant franchisers will be reporting earnings: Dunkin Brands (DNKN), Burger King (BKW), and DineEquity (DINE).

Andrew Wilkinson submits: Monsanto Co. (MON) – Bulls are grazing on Monsanto Company options today with shares of the seed manufacturer rising as much as 3.5% during the session to hit an intraday- and 10-month high of $75.09 by 12:35pm in New York. Shares of the maker of agricultural products are up nearly 60% since October 5, 2010.

Andrew Wilkinson submits: Xerox Corp. (XRX) – A sizable short straddle initiated on Xerox Corp. this morning suggests one strategist foresees limited movement in the price of the underlying shares going forward. Shares of the world’s leading enterprise for business process and document management are up 1.80% at $11.94 as of 11:45 am in New York.

Andrew Wilkinson submits: Micron Technology, Inc. (MU) – Renewed rumors that the memory chip maker could be the target of a leveraged buyout by private equity investors looking to take the company private inspired an options feeding frenzy today. Micron’s shares responded to speculative musings by rising as much as 6.30% to an intraday high of $7.76.

By John Gordon:Restaurants will be struggling like never before to generate positive comparable sales this quarter. Moderate weather last winter drove above norm sales and traffic then, and the publicly traded restaurants are now up against those numbers.

By BH News Wire:McDonald's (MCD) stock was one of the top performing stocks of the last year and a half. On January 20th, shares were up 37.38 percent over a one year span as the stock's low beta and the company's increasing earnings attracted investors. When the market flattened out at the beginning of 2012, McDonald's shares hovered around the $100 mark, reaching an all time high of $102.22.