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Monthly Archives: January 2009

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Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (AXL, ARCC, FSLR, F, GOOG, HOG, JBL, LEA, MYL, RYAAY, UL)

Posted: January 21, 2009 at 7:43 am

These are some of the top upgrades and positive calls we have seen from analysts on Wall Street this Wednesday morning:American Axle (AXL) Raised to Hold from Sell at Deutsche ...
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Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (AINV, BHI, BAC, WFR, MBT, OZM, SPWRA, STP, VIP, WMT)

Posted: January 21, 2009 at 7:40 am

These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades or cautious calls we are seeing from Wall Street this Wednesday morning:Apollo Investment (AINV) Cut to Neutral from Overweight at JPMorgan.Baker ...
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What If Housing Does Not Recover This Year

Posted: January 21, 2009 at 6:21 am

Many economists, perhaps a majority of them, think that housing will bottom sometime in the second half of this year and prices will begin to move back up in 2010.The ...
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The Sony (SNE) System For Handling Layoffs: Fight Them

Posted: January 21, 2009 at 6:02 am

At most companies when the CEO says it's time to go, it's time to go. Not at Sony (SNE). The CEO, Sir Howard Stringer, wants to dump a bunch of ...
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The Cellular World Turns Ugly As Ericsson (ERIC) Cuts (AAPL)(NOK)(RIMM)(T)(S)(ALU)

Posted: January 21, 2009 at 5:46 am

The business of selling handsets and cellular service was supposed to be close to "recession proof". A number of citizens in place like China and India still do not have ...
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SEC: Did Apple (AAPL) Board Do The Right Thing On Jobs Health

Posted: January 21, 2009 at 5:26 am

If the CEO of a public company is sick, does the board has to tell the world? How sick? Life threatening? Enough to keep the person out of his work ...
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Media Digest 1/21/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 21, 2009 at 3:57 am

According to Reuters, the financial crisis may speed up the approval of the Treasury Secretary.Reuters reports that Fiat has set a deal to own 35% of Chrysler.Reuters reports that an ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 1/21/2009

Posted: January 21, 2009 at 3:20 am

Markerts is Asia fell sharplyThe Nikkei was off 2% to 7,902.The Hang Seng fell 3.3% to 12,537.The Shanghai Composite was of .5% to 1,955At the open in Europe, the FTSE ...
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All’s Well With Microsoft (MSFT) Except Its Plans

Posted: January 20, 2009 at 9:40 pm

The Daily Racing Form's take on Microsoft's (MSFT) fourth quarter is that there was nothing good about it. The company missed earnings and will have to fire almost 10,000 people. ...
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IBM (IBM): Corporate America’s Last Man Standing

Posted: January 20, 2009 at 9:23 pm

The number of large American companies which have effectively dodged the falling safe of the recession can be counted on most people's fingers and toes. Wal-Mart (WMT) has done remarkably ...
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For US Banks, The Glass Is 1% Full (RBS)(C)(BAC)(WFC)(JPM)(FNM)(FRE)(AIG)

Posted: January 20, 2009 at 9:02 pm

The raging debate about the largest American banks is whether their stock market values should be zero. Economist Nouriel Roubini, the most highly paid pessimist in the world, recently said ...
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Moody’s Raises TD Ameritrade, Above Junk (AMTD)

Posted: January 20, 2009 at 7:51 pm

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: AMTD) has been caught up in much of the same malaise affecting other financial and brokerage firm stocks.  The company posted a drop of more ...
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IPO Withdrawal: Stallion Oilfield Services

Posted: January 20, 2009 at 4:46 pm

A Houston-based company called Stallion Oilfield Services, Inc. has withdrawn its plans for an initial public offering.  While the company did not formally call its reason as being "market conditions," ...
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IBM Scores While Others Can’t (IBM)

Posted: January 20, 2009 at 4:30 pm

International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) has posted some mixed earnings with earnings at $3.28 EPS and revenue at $27.01 billion.  Thomson Reuters (First Call) had estimates of $3.03 EPS and ...
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The 52-Week Low Club (BAC)(C)(WFC)(JPM)(STT)(AAPL)(DNDN)

Posted: January 20, 2009 at 4:07 pm

The carnage among financial stocks is so complete, that they are listed here witht thier lows:Bank of America (BAC): $5.17, Citigroup (C): $2.80, Wells Fargo (WFC): $14.02, JP Morgan (JPM): ...
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