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Daily Archives: December 28, 2006

Sirius Shareholders Surrender (XMSR)(SIRI)

Posted: December 28, 2006 at 5:22 am

Just last December, Sirius shares were near $8. They hit a multi-year low yesterday at $3.50. And, there seems to be no catalyst to turn them back North again.The Motley ...
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A Reprieve For Boston Scientific (BSX)

Posted: December 28, 2006 at 5:12 am

Put back the crash carts. Boston Scientific is up and walking. A sharp decline in coated drug stents, brought on by studies that they may cause heart problems, has not ...
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The “Sell” Signs On Wal-Mart (WMT)(BBY)

Posted: December 28, 2006 at 4:58 am

Wal-Mart's sales may not rebound at all. At least not in the US during 2007.The chain is blaming store remodelling and a large new line of women's cloths for much ...
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Media Digest 12/28/2006 Reuters, FT, NY Tmes, WSJ, Barron’s

Posted: December 28, 2006 at 4:45 am

According to the FT, the Apple board did not approve CEO Steve Jobs option grants in 2001, but documents were created to make it appear there was an approval. (AAPL)Reuters ...
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Nasdaq Short Interest, December 2006

Posted: December 28, 2006 at 4:29 am

Below is the short interest for stocks traded on the Nasdaq as of December 15, 2006 as compared to November 15.Wednesday, December 27, 2006 Largest Short PositionsRankDEC 15NOV 15CHANGE1 Nasdaq-100 ...
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Asia Markets 12/28/2007 NTT Down, China Unicom Up

Posted: December 28, 2006 at 4:24 am

Stocks:  (CAJ)(FUJ)(HIT)(HMC)(NTT)(NIPNY)(SNE)(TM)(CHL)(CHU)(CN)(PCW)(HBC)Asia markets were lead by a strong performance on the Hang Seng.The Nikkei was up a fraction at 17,225. Canon was down .9% to 6650. Bridgestone was down 1.5% ...
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On the Dow’s Normalized Earnings Yields for 1935-2006

Posted: December 28, 2006 at 4:08 am

From Gannon On InvestingBefore tackling the subject of what kind of returns investors can expect from the stock market over their lifetime (and what a "fair" value for the Dow ...
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Is Cogent A Turnaround Candidate for 2007?

Posted: December 28, 2006 at 4:06 am

From Value DisciplineBeaten down stocks can often be value traps and turnaround candidates often take much longer to turnaround than one expects. The danger of being too early can result ...
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Will Massive Upgrades Be Enough to Counter Product Cycle Blues for Adobe (ADBE)?

Posted: December 28, 2006 at 4:03 am

From William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatWe recently took profits on our Adobe (ADBE) position because we have noticed the stock tends to trade down following the release of ...
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SAP Looks to Improve Productivity – Its Own!

Posted: December 28, 2006 at 4:01 am

From William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatWhile Oracle (ORCL) has been buying up applications software makers to grow, rival SAP has been bulking up its sales force. Now it ...
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Novastar Financial (NFI) & Apple Computer (AAPL)

Posted: December 28, 2006 at 3:57 am

By Yaser Anwar, CSC of Equity Investment IdeasNovastar Financial (NFI)The US expects to have rate cuts by 2nd half of 07. If that happens you can expect sub-prime mortgage lenders ...
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S&P 500 2007 Price Forecasts

Posted: December 28, 2006 at 3:54 am

From Ticker SenseBloomberg surveys a number of equity analysts on a weekly basis for their S&P 500 price forecasts.  Below is a list of their most recent 2007 year-end price ...
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IBM Trading Up on an Upgrade from ThinkEquity

Posted: December 28, 2006 at 3:53 am

From Ticker SenseIBM is currently trading up about 70 cents on an upgrade from ThinkEquity.  The firm raised the stock from a Sell to a Buy this morning and increased ...
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Consecutive Up and Down Days

Posted: December 28, 2006 at 3:51 am

From Ticker SenseBelow is a list of the S&P 500 stocks that have been up or down the most consecutive days.  Stocks highlighted in red have performed poorly following times ...
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