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Monthly Archives: January 2009

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The World Of Oil Prices: Iran, Hamas, and Israel: Who Benefits?

Posted: January 5, 2009 at 9:59 am

Analysts already noted  the increase in oil prices resulting from the fighting in Gaza. Neither the Palestinians nor the Israelis controls any oil--as the late Israeli Premier Golda Meir famously ...
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Deutsche Bank Cuts Estimates On Citigroup (C) On Loan Losses

Posted: January 5, 2009 at 9:30 am

Deutsche Bank said the biggest issue U.S. banks will face in 2009 is loan losses. The firm expects commercial bank loan losses for the industry to increase from 1.5% (3Q08) ...
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Second Round Analyst Downgrades (AINV, T, GSIC, MFE, NVLS, SNH, TSO, TXRH, VZ)

Posted: January 5, 2009 at 9:24 am

It seems that the early bird analyst calls did not capture the notion that analysts are starting 2009 with more opportunities to downgrade stocks.  Here are some additional pre-market analyst ...
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Jobs & Apple Come Out On Health Concerns (AAPL)

Posted: January 5, 2009 at 9:08 am

Steve Jobs, and the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) board of directors, have decided to come out with a full pre-MacWorld attack to address the health of Steve Jobs and some ...
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The Unfortunate Reality of Housing Subsidies

Posted: January 5, 2009 at 8:06 am

John Tamny, RealClearMarkets "Recession Slows Migration in U.S." was a recent Wall Street Journal headline. Since new jobs are frequently the main reason people move, the story wasn't a big ...
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Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALTR, AMZN, BCE, BIIB, LEAP, PDLI, CLUB, VAR, AUY)

Posted: January 5, 2009 at 7:36 am

It is still fairly thin in analyst upgrades and downgrades as this week marks the return of investment banking and research departments from what is nearly a two-week hiatus.  Here ...
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Is Pfizer About To Be On Acquisition Path? (PFE, AMGN, WYE, GILD, BMY, LLY, SGP, CELG, GENZ, BIIB)

Posted: January 5, 2009 at 7:15 am

There may be some speculation that drug giant Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) is looking at expansion through acquisitions.  The FT reported that the world's largest pharmaceutical company is willing to ...
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Drowning, Detroit Faces More Competition

Posted: January 5, 2009 at 6:27 am

Detroit has gone to the government well and collected enough money to get it through to late March. It will present forecasts to the government based on cutting costs, keeping ...
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Rethinking Old Tech Stocks As New Utilities (CSCO, DELL, INTC, MSFT, ORCL)

Posted: January 5, 2009 at 6:21 am

It seems that no matter what the market does, investors still want to see which old tech stock is the one to own for the year ahead.  Everyone still remembers ...
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Tech, One Of The Last Hopes For Consumer Spending, Hits The Exits (DELL)(SNE)(AAPL)(RIMM)(PALM)(SIRI)

Posted: January 5, 2009 at 6:12 am

Spending on cars, clothing, jewelry, furnishings have moved down 20% or more over the last few months. There has been a lot of research that consumers were still willing to ...
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Madoff: Fortune Favors The Bold

Posted: January 5, 2009 at 5:44 am

"Fortes fortuna adiuvat"--VirgilThe question comes up over and over again. How could a massive fraud, which probably went on for well over thirty years, have gone undetected by federal regulators? ...
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Media Digest 1/5/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 5, 2009 at 4:05 am

According to Reuters, Obama may seek take cuts of over $300 billion.Reuters reports that the SEC examined Madoff eight times over 16 years.Reuters reports that the Fed and European Central ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 1/5/2009

Posted: January 5, 2009 at 3:24 am

Stocks in Asia were broadly higher.The Nikkei rose 2.1% to 9,043.The Hang Seng was up 3.1% to 18,516.THe Shanghai Composite rose 3.3% to 1,881.At the open in Europe, the FTSE ...
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A Government Safety Net For The Unemployed: A Tax Cut And 10% Jobless Rate

Posted: January 4, 2009 at 2:10 pm

Unrelated and often random comments from the incoming Congress and administration are beginning to create a tapestry of remarkable pessimism and diminished hope. No one believes now that the ...
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The Bloomberg Survey: Jobs Numbers Will Get Worse

Posted: January 4, 2009 at 8:50 am

There is no good news in the most recent Bloomberg survey of economists regarding the unemployment situation in the US. The new poll indicates that "The U.S. economy probably lost ...
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