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Daily Archives: December 4, 2006

Select Analyst Calls (DEC 4, 2006)

Posted: December 4, 2006 at 8:01 am

ABFS cut to Sell at Merrill Lynch.ACAS started as Outperform at KBW.AKAM started as Outperform at Cowen.AINV started as Outperform at KBW.ALTR raised to Buy at AGEdwards.ALU cut to Sector ...
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The Chinese Take On Google In Japan

Posted: December 4, 2006 at 6:03 am

Stocks: (BIDU)(GOOG)(YHOO)Baidu, the Chinese search engine company, is moving into the Japanese market Yahoo! and Google have the largest market shares in the Japanese market while Baidu gets about 50% ...
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Ten Most Undervalue Stocks: Anheuser-Busch

Posted: December 4, 2006 at 5:47 am

The series on most undervalued stocks will look at company's cash flow, price to sales rations, balance sheet, earnings portential and future P/E forecasts to find shares that trade at ...
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Europe Market Report December 4, 2006 AXA, Vivendi Up

Posted: December 4, 2006 at 5:26 am

Markets in Europe were up modestly at 5.25 New York time.The FTSE was up .4% to 6,044. BEA was down 1.7% to 384. BP was up .5% to 570.5. BT ...
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Media Digest December 4, 2006 Reuters, NYT, WSJ

Posted: December 4, 2006 at 5:12 am

Stock: (RTRSY)(DJ)(YHOO)(ERIC)(QCOM)(PFE)(GOOG)(BA)According to Reuters, the CEO of Ericsson is more optimistic that there will be a deal between his frim and Qualcomm. Ericsson has complained that Qualcomm overcharges for royaltied ...
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Westwood Holdings Gains As Volume Jumps 280%

Posted: December 4, 2006 at 4:47 am

From Volume Spike InvestorShares of westwood Holdings Group (WHG) gained more than 5% on Friday as volume spiked 280% above the 3-month daily average.There were no significant news releases or ...
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The Monday Edition- US Economy & Opportunities In Turkey

Posted: December 4, 2006 at 4:44 am

By Yaser Anwar, CSC of Equity Investment IdeasIn this week's Monday Edition I plan to talk about 1) US Economic Outlook 2) Images- 'Insider Activity Sector Wise' and widely held ...
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Traditional Indexation, Fundamental indexation, and Market Spirits

Posted: December 4, 2006 at 4:42 am

From Value DisciplineNot exactly a subject that makes your socks roll up and down. Most value “guys” don’t give a moment’s thought to indexation...we believe that through application of our ...
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Is DELL Cooking the Books?

Posted: December 4, 2006 at 4:37 am

By Willaim Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatAs accounting geeks, we are always on the lookout for examples of misleading company financial reports.  In particular, it is a neat find ...
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Semiconductor Fundamentals Likely to Bottom Soon – We Hope

Posted: December 4, 2006 at 4:34 am

By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatAs we anticipated, the latest semiconductor sales report suggests that supply and demand imbalances will no longer worsen, as it now seems likely ...
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Asia Market Report December 4, 2006 NEC Down, Yahoo Japan, Cathay Pacific Up

Posted: December 4, 2006 at 4:28 am

Stocks:  (CAJ)(FUJ)(NIPNY)(HMC)(SNE)(NTT)(TM)(CHL)(CHU)(PCW)(HBC)Asian markets were narrowly mixed.The Nikkei was down .1% to 16,304. Bridgestone was down .6% to 2485. Canon was down 1.2% to 6010. Daiwa Securities was up .4% to ...
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