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Daily Archives: January 16, 2008

Cramer Revisits An Oversold Tech Value (ADCT)

On tonight's MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer said he was sticking with his stance in finding technology companies that are either oversold or overlooked in the current market malaise ...
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Cramer Goes MO MO on Defensive (MO, RAI)

On tonight's MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer said that despite this being one of the worst markets he's seen in his career he wants you to stay in the ...
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Wal-Mart Lives Up To A Promise: Doing Well In A Recession (WMT, TGT, COST)

Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) is managing to actually hold up well in an environment where almost all retail and consumer discretionary stocks are stinking up the stock exchanges.  It seems that ...
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52-Week Low Club (ABK, AKAM, C, CPKI, EBAY, FFIV, FUL, NMX, PMI, ZQK, SGMS, STXS, TTI, XRX, ZBRA)

After the financial meltdown and after the new tech wreck, many of the same stocks and same REIT's keep appearing over and over on the list of new 52-week lows.  ...
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Would Fannie & Freddie Lift Conforming Limits in Stimulus Package? (FRE, FNM)

If you look at the share prices in Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE) and Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) you might wonder if this is euphoria over the fact that there is ...
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A Disconnect In Online Broker Stocks (SCHW, AMTD, ETFC)

TD Ameritrade (NASDAQ: AMTD) is set to report earnings tomorrow morning.  What is interesting is that Joe Moglia's discount broker is down today, while Charles Schwab (NASDAQ: SCHW) is trading ...
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Medallion Financial Corp. Interview: 24/7 Wall St. Exclusive (TAXI, HMR)

When you have ridden in a taxi cab, have you ever thought of the business metrics behind the business of being a cab driver?  I have.  Medallion Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:TAXI) ...
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Goldman Sachs Hints At $1,000 Gold Potential & Weaker Dollar (ABX, GLD, NEM, AU, BVN, GFI, FCX)

Goldman Sachs is RAISING ITS 2008 GOLD FORECASTS factoring for a recession in the U.S. in both Q2 and Q3 2008, leading to a weaker U.S. Dollar target of $1.51/Euro ...
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Goldman Sachs on Steel & Metals in 2008 (NUE, ZEUS, RS, ATI, X, SCHN, AKS)

Goldman Sachs is out with a call covering the steel stocks.  We'll be keeping this one shortened to keep it in a summary format.  Goldman is noting that US STEEL ...
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CPI Reading Showing At Least Some Inflation Containment

The Consumer Pricing Index for DECEMBER 2007 is showing that prices on the consumer level are not running out of control.  The CPI came in at +0.3% on nominal CPI ...
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AMBAC Comes Clean & Runs The Gauntlet (ABK, MBI)

Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: ABK) has finally come clean, but this coming clean is so brutal that it will be dirty. Below are some of the summary changes, many ...
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Another Big Disappointment From Sun (JAVA)

Sun Microsystems (JAVA) just can't seem to get things right. Sun expects to report revenues for the second quarter of fiscal 2008 of approximately $3.60 billion, an increase of approximately ...
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Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ADCT, ADSK, BSX, EL, FFIV, PCZ, TLAB, GTS, VRTX)

These are not at all the only analyst calls that 247WallSt.com is looking at today in an active negative market, but these are 10 of the more influential calls that ...
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BEA Capitulates; Oracle Wins (BEAS, ORCL)

After essentially a near-decade of rumors, bids, rejections, and infighting, BEA Systems (NASDAQ: BEAS) is finally being acquired.  The company has capitulated and Larry Ellison's empire is the winner.Oracle Corp. ...
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ASML Falls In Silicon Earnings Soup (ASML)

Chip-equipment supplier ASML Holding NV (NASDAQ: ASML) is seeing shares under pressure after it posted earnings out of The Netherlands this morning.  ASML posted flat results with a net profit ...
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