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Daily Archives: January 22, 2008

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AFL, AXP, ABX, CATM, KSS, LOW, LULU, MDAS, MET, MHS, TNK)

Posted: January 22, 2008 at 8:47 am

It is going to be hard to get traders to care about mere upgrades and downgrades on a day when the Federal Reserve did an inter-meeting emergency rate cut to ...
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Bernanke Delivers Emergency Rate Cuts

Posted: January 22, 2008 at 8:32 am

The Federal Reserve has decided to finally take action to at least catch up to the markets with an inter-meeting emergency rate cut.  The FOMC has announced a 75 basis ...
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Pre-Market Stock News (January 22, 2008)

Posted: January 22, 2008 at 8:21 am

On a day that DJIA futures are indicating a -500 point drop in the market, it is pretty hard to focus on the individual news out there in each stock.  ...
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Good News From Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)

Posted: January 22, 2008 at 7:58 am

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)  announced record sales of $16.0 billion for the fourth quarter of 2007, an increase of 16.6% as compared to the fourth quarter of 2006.Net earnings ...
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Is Iomega Ready For A Comeback? (IOM)

Posted: January 22, 2008 at 7:51 am

If you have been trading stocks for more than 10-years, you will remember that Iomega (NYSE: IOM) used to be a monster stock for a brief period of time.  That ...
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Bank of America Earnings Fall Short (BAC)

Posted: January 22, 2008 at 7:15 am

Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) has just posted earnings at $0.05 EPS, while First Call had estimates at $0.18 on last look.  Net income was actually $268 million in the ...
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Reuters Survey Shows Earnings Estimates Plunge

Posted: January 22, 2008 at 7:03 am

A survey of earnings estimates at S&P 500 companies shows that their outlook for Q1 is for growth to be only 4% with a 4.2% increase in the second quarter.That ...
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Will the Fed Intervene Early?

Posted: January 22, 2008 at 6:56 am

Today is going to be a critical day in the financial markets.  U.S. markets were closed on Monday while it was a financial blood bath on Monday in the E.U. ...
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Sovereign Funds Bring Bad Image With Cash (C)(MER)

Posted: January 22, 2008 at 6:43 am

Getting a much-needed investment when a company is in deep trouble is nice. But, when it damages the firm's public reputation it takes away some of the joy of surviving.According ...
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Has Motorola (MOT) Bombed Again?

Posted: January 22, 2008 at 6:34 am

Early indications are the that new Motorola Razr2 may not have had such a hot fourth quarter. According to Bloomberg "Motorola probably sold 2 million Razr 2s, the slimmer camera ...
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Can Microsoft (MSFT) And AT&T (T) Save The Bull Market?

Posted: January 22, 2008 at 6:24 am

Of the earnings that will hit over the next week, none are as important as Microsoft (MSFT) and AT&T (T). Both have broad business which touch consumers and businesses worldwide. ...
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The Four Safest Stocks In The World (MSFT)(MO)(XOM)(PG)

Posted: January 22, 2008 at 6:08 am

The market may be down 600 points today. If the selling picks up, it is hard to predict a bottom.There are a very few shares which should be a good ...
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Europe Starts To Hold The Line, Markets Recover (BP)(DT)

Posted: January 22, 2008 at 5:43 am

Markets in Europe have gained back most of their sell-offs at 5.40 AM Eastern time.The FTSE is off .1% at 5,571. BHP Billiton (BHP) is up 1.9% to 1259. BP ...
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Europe Begins To Turn Tide

Posted: January 22, 2008 at 4:14 am

Some shares in Europe are beginning to recover and the FTSE is now down less than 1% at 4.12 AM New York time.Douglas A. McIntyre ...
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Media Digest 1/21/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: January 22, 2008 at 4:12 am

According to Reuters, S&P futures are down 5.3%. Reuters writes that Yahoo! (YHOO) plans to cut several hundred jobs.Reuters reports that GM (GM) has unveiled a China-made hybrid.Reuters writes that ...
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