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Monthly Archives: February 2009

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Online Brokerage Review: Day Traders Haven’t Avoided Market Malaise (ETFC, AMTD, SCHW)

Posted: February 18, 2009 at 8:55 am

We now have all three of the large online brokerage giants out with their monthly metrics for Janury.  We wanted to compare E*TRADE FINANCIAL Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC), TD AMERITRADE Holding ...
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Housing Starts Show Market Is Far From Bottom

Posted: February 18, 2009 at 8:40 am

It may take a lot more than the new mortgage assistance program being put together by the Administration to stop the sickening fall in housing prices. According to the Commerce ...
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Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (COF, CELG, ROCK, MOD, SNN, AFL, AMX, SPSS, VQ, WMS)

Posted: February 18, 2009 at 7:31 am

These are ten of the top pre-market analyst calls for upgrades and downgrades we have seen from Wall Street this Wednesday morning with more than two hours until the market ...
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At GE (GE) Immelt Skips His Bonus

Posted: February 18, 2009 at 6:37 am

GE (GE) CEO Jeff Immelt voluntarily gave up a $12 million bonus. His salary was also frozen at $3.3 million. While the announcement may play well with shareholders, the ...
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China Pushes “Bad Bank” As Good Policy

Posted: February 18, 2009 at 6:19 am

Now that the economies of the West are near ruin, China likes to push its form of national financial management and monetary policy as a better road not taken by ...
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McDonald’s (MCD) Storms China

Posted: February 18, 2009 at 5:58 am

McDonald's (MCD)  is planning to open 500 new stores in China over the next three years. Why? Because it can. McDonald's is one of a tiny handful of large American ...
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GM (GM): Trading $16.6 Billion For 47,000 Jobs

Posted: February 18, 2009 at 5:40 am

GM (GM) says it needs more money from the federal government or it will run out of cash next month. It has made some progress with its creditors and the ...
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Media Digest 2/18/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 18, 2009 at 3:54 am

According, to Reuters, GM (GM) and Chrysler have asked for another $22 billion. Reuters reports that the SEC has charged Alan Stamford with "massive fraud." Reuters reports that Trump's image ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 2/18/2009

Posted: February 18, 2009 at 3:16 am

Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei fell 1.5% to 7,734. The Hang Seng was up .5% to 13,007. The Shanghai Composite fell 4.7% to 2,210. At the open in ...
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Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway Disclose Holdings A to G (BRK-A, AXP, BAC, BNI, KMX, KO, CMCSA, CDCO, COP, CEG, COST, GCI, GE, GSK)

Posted: February 17, 2009 at 5:54 pm

It's that time again.  Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) have filed with the SEC showing what the Oracle of Omaha owns in public stocks as of the ...
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Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway Disclose Holdings H to R (HD, IR, IRM, JNJ, KFT, LOW, MTB, MCO, NLC, NKE, NSC, NRG, PG)

Posted: February 17, 2009 at 5:50 pm

The second group is out, and here are the year-end holdings of Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A).   This filing shows the holdings alphabetically as "H to R" ...
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Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway Disclose Holdings S to Z (BRK-A, SNY, STI, TMK, USB, USG, UNP, UPS, WBC, WMT, WPO, WFC, WLP, WSC)

Posted: February 17, 2009 at 5:48 pm

The final list of Warren Buffett's year-end stock holdings from Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) are out and we broke them down alphabetically with this being the "S to Z" ...
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California Kills Its Part Of The Federal Stimulus Program

Posted: February 17, 2009 at 2:31 pm

California has decided to demonstrate how quickly a state can dig a hole and swallow up most of the money the national stimulus package is supposed to put into its local ...
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Stanford And Madoff: What Happens When People Want Their Money

Posted: February 17, 2009 at 1:03 pm

Running a financial scam during a long bull market may actually not be very hard. People believe that they can get consistent outstanding concerns. When the market turns bad, investors ...
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Activist Jana Unloads Major Financial Stocks (ACE, AET, BAC, CI, LEHMQ, TROW, THG, WFC)

Posted: February 17, 2009 at 12:55 pm

Some investors love activist hedge funds.  They can correct many anti-shareholder practices or policies.  But it seems that the power of activists has been limited in the current economic environment.  ...
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