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Daily Archives: January 14, 2009

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Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (MDRX, AAUK, EBAY, HNZ, SOLR, ITG, NVO, SI, SCR, PCU, STP, VISN)

Posted: January 14, 2009 at 8:03 am

These are most of the general analyst calls we have seen with downgrades or negative implications this Wednesday morning in the early pre-market trading hours:Allscripts-Misys (NASDAQ: MDRX) Cut to Neutral ...
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Analysts Downgrading Oil Patch (NOV, PDE, REP, SII, STO, SU, RIG)

Posted: January 14, 2009 at 7:56 am

It is probably no huge shock that downgrades are coming more than upgrades now that oil has come down so much.  Too bad these were not the calls several months ...
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Downgrading Hedgies, Private Equity & Financials (BX, FIG, GLG, IVZ, JNS, OZM, STD, TROW)

Posted: January 14, 2009 at 7:50 am

There is an interesting trend where Barclays has essentially cut its rankings on hedge fund and private equity operators. Here are the calls, plus a call elsewhere on a bank: ...
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Early Bird Analyst Upgrades (AUO, CLB, LAB, SKM, SOHU)

Posted: January 14, 2009 at 7:33 am

These are some of the early bird upgrades and positive research calls we have seen from Wall Street analysts this Wednesday morning with more than two hours to the open:AU ...
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OPEC And The States Conspire To Raise Gas Prices

Posted: January 14, 2009 at 6:32 am

The price of gas is going up. Saudi Arabia, the lead member in OPEC, says that it is serious about cutting production this year. Last year's cuts did nothing to ...
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Coke (KO), A Sugar High, And A Smile

Posted: January 14, 2009 at 6:22 am

Coca-Cola (KO) has decided to market its flagship product as a way for people beaten down by the recession to feel better about themselves and the world around them.The soft ...
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Banks: Losing $100 Billion In One Quarter (C)(JPM)(WFC)(BAC)(GS)(MS)(UBS)(CS)(DB)

Posted: January 14, 2009 at 6:02 am

The conventional wisdom was that 2008 would be the worst year for bank losses in years, but that it would be the bottom. The damage of mortgage-backed securities has moved ...
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China: No Joy In Being World’s No.3 Economy

Posted: January 14, 2009 at 5:35 am

China reworked its 2007 GDP growth numbers and that put it ahead of Germany in total GDP, making it the third largest economy in the world. The revision seems a ...
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Why Citigroup (C) Never Mattered

Posted: January 14, 2009 at 4:45 am

Sandy Weill created Citigroup (C) because he wanted to run the world's largest financial services company. He had lost this opportunity earlier in his career, but he did find a ...
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The Recession Damages R&D Spending (AAPL)(PFE)(MSFT)(GOOG)(DNA)

Posted: January 14, 2009 at 4:22 am

Thomas Alva Edison accumulated 1,093 US patents over his lifetime. Most R&D operations are not that efficient. Corporations hate research. It is expensive. The scientists know more about a company's ...
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Media Digest 1/14/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 14, 2009 at 4:00 am

According to Reuters, Citigroup (C) has begun the process of breaking itself into pieces.Reuters reports that Chrysler is in deal talks about selling assets to Renault or Magna.Reuters reports the ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 1/14/2009

Posted: January 14, 2009 at 3:19 am

Markets in Asia were mostly higher.The Nikkei rose .3% to 8,438.The Hang Seng was up .1% to 13,682.The Shanghai Composite rose 3.5% to 1,929.At the open in Europe, the FTSE ...
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