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Daily Archives: August 13, 2008

U.S. Inflation Versus E.U. Recession

Posted: August 13, 2008 at 4:26 pm

Thursday is going to be a key economic event day for traders who trade just about everything.  You could almost consider it an Olympic boxing match titled US INFLATION VS. ...
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52-Week Low Club (CCJ, CPN, CECE, CROX, GGP, TWB)

Posted: August 13, 2008 at 2:40 pm

As the markets went back to triple-digit losses, there were many more new stocks (and repeat performers) on the 52-week low club today.  Many of these look just like ...
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IPO FILING: Changing World Technologies

Posted: August 13, 2008 at 2:28 pm

Changing World Technologies Inc. filed yesterday for an initial public offering.  While a share count and price range are not indicated, the filing is for up to $100 million in ...
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Insurers Sell Risk Management Via Verisk IPO (HIG, TRV, CNA, AFG, AIG, ACE)

Posted: August 13, 2008 at 2:08 pm

A company called Verisk Analytics Inc. has filed to come public via an initial public offering in a securities sale of up to $750 million worth of class A common ...
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Cramer with Google’s Eric Schmidt… $750 (GOOG, MSFT

Posted: August 13, 2008 at 1:07 pm

On today's Olympic-shortened MAD MONEY break now at 1:30 PM on CNBC, Jim Cramer interviewed Eric Schmidt, Chairman & CEO of Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG).  Cramer said that in ...
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GM and the Moody’s Gorilla, Round 16 (GM, F)

Posted: August 13, 2008 at 10:06 am

If you believe that the bond rating agencies either matter or still offer any relevance in the post-meltdown (or is it mid-meltdown?) world, then you can see they are at ...
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Energy Watch Part I: Alternative Energy’s Biggest Losers (HYDG, NBF, BIOF, PEIX, XNL)

Posted: August 13, 2008 at 9:15 am

We have been reviewing which publicly traded energy companies have lost the most value in the past year, and we are breaking these down by sector and by sub-sector. While ...
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Wednesday’s Day Trader Alerts (NVDA, LVLT, CSIQ, CREE)

Posted: August 13, 2008 at 8:34 am

This morning over at VSinvestor we identified several key stocks that the more active and day trading crowds will want to watch.Canadian Solar (NASDAQ: CSIQ) under major pressure after earningsCree ...
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Can Longs Buyout Save Drug Store Sector? (LDG, CVS, RAD, WAG)

Posted: August 13, 2008 at 7:39 am

Longs Drug Stores Corporation (NYSE: LDG) is trading way up this morning after last night's announcement that CVS Caremark Corporation (NYSE: CVS) will acquire the company.  In a definitive agreement ...
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Early-Bird Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (PHM, TOL, CCOI, LVLT, PCZ, TWB, TWT, WCN, WW)

Posted: August 13, 2008 at 6:34 am

These are not all of the analyst calls out there but these are some of the calls we see having an impact on trading this Wednesday morning with more than ...
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24/7 Wall St. Most Overpaid CEO Of The Day: Insulet Corp (PODD) CEO Duane DeSisto

Posted: August 13, 2008 at 6:32 am

Insulet (PODD) reported earnings well below Wall St. expectations and revised its forecast for the rest of the year down. The stock is set to open off today. According to ...
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24/7 Wall St. Biotech Report: Short-Selling And Splits (AMGN)(CELG)

Posted: August 13, 2008 at 5:49 am

Short sellers moved out of biotech stocks in the latest period according to Biohealth Investor. The short interest in Amgen (AMGN) dropped 22% and Calgene (CELG) fell 20%. (more...) ...
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Banks: Selling Debt To Lose More Money

Posted: August 13, 2008 at 5:36 am

Banks that claim they are off-loading risk may be making a case which is a bit overblown.Recently, Citigroup (C) and RBS (RBS) dumped loans to private equity firms including Blackstone ...
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The Foreclosure Problem: Death By A Thousand Cuts

Posted: August 13, 2008 at 5:11 am

The rate of foreclosures continues to accelerate. That generally means that banks are dumping them as fast as they can. Banks don't want to own houses. And, why should they? ...
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The Dangers Of Overreacting To The Current Economic Environment: Whole Foods Market (WFMI) And Tween Brands (TWB)

Posted: August 13, 2008 at 4:53 am

Subprime lenders like New Century Financial, Novastar, and, to a large extent, Countrywide Financial, learned a hard lesson in the dangers of operating businesses as though the then-current good economic ...
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