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Monthly Archives: April 2009

Top Analyst Downgrades (AKAM, BMY, KMX, ESLR, GOL, HGSI, MON, SCHN, TDC, UA, DIS, WFMI)

Posted: April 3, 2009 at 7:04 am

These are the top pre-market analyst downgrades and negative research calls we have seen from Wall Street early this Friday morning: Akamai Tech (AKAM) Cut to Hold at Citigroup. Bristol-Myers ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades (STD, DVN, ELN, RIMM, TJX, VOD)

Posted: April 3, 2009 at 6:55 am

These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive research calls we have seen early this Friday morning: Banco Santander (STD) Raised to Outperform at KBW. Devon Energy ...
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Letting Banks Use TARP Money To Make Profits On Other Banks

Posted: April 3, 2009 at 4:41 am

A lot of people and members of Congress are upset that banks that took TARP money may buy toxic assets from other banks. There does not seem to be any ...
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Can The Weak Stocks Catch Up Now? (MSFT)(HPQ)(CSCO)(INTC)(SHLD)(JWN)(TGT)(XOM)(BP)(COP)

Posted: April 3, 2009 at 4:23 am

The person who first said that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link has never lifted a V8 out of a Ford Mustang. But, the analogy works ...
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Reconsidering Apple (AAPL)

Posted: April 3, 2009 at 4:13 am

For a company which may have the most well-regarded premium brand in the world, Apple’s stock has been certainly been buffeted by unsatisfied investors. The shares have recovered some since ...
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The 24/7 Wall Street-Channel Checkers Look At GameStop (GME)

Posted: April 3, 2009 at 4:04 am

As part of The 24/7 Wall St--The Channel Checkers survey series, 0ver the past week, The Channel Checkers surveyed 24 GameStop (GME) and EB Games (same parent company) stores across the ...
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Weekly AAPL Headline Roundup: April 3

Posted: April 3, 2009 at 3:59 am

The iPhone dominates this week’s top stories, aggregated from 24/7 Wall St. partner Apple Investor News: •  Two new iPhone models coming? Lazard Capital Markets analyst Daniel Amir tells CNET ...
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Media Digest 4/3/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 3, 2009 at 3:02 am

According to Reuters, Congress passed the Obama budget Reuters reports that cautious optimism greeted plans from the G-20 summit. Reuters reports that banks are considering buying toxic assets sold by ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 4/3/2009

Posted: April 3, 2009 at 2:19 am

Markets in Asia were mixed The Nikkei rose .3% to 8,749. The Hang Seng fell .4% to 14,463. The Shanghai Composite was off .2% to 2,420. In Europe, at the ...
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Credit Card Interest Rates Keep Rising

Posted: April 2, 2009 at 4:36 pm

If you have been expecting that all of the lower rates and all of the government bailout money was going to make your credit cards cheaper, perhaps you may need ...
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Rally & IPO Reception Could Heat IPO Market Again (CYOU, SOHU, MJN, BMY, LOPE)

Posted: April 2, 2009 at 4:01 pm

It has been no secret that the market for initial public offerings has been one of the biggest ghost towns in the financial markets.  The secondary markets and the bond ...
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RIM Beats Its Own Targets (RIMM)

Posted: April 2, 2009 at 3:23 pm

Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) posted earnings of $0.90 EPS and $3.46 billion in revenue.   Thomson Reuters (First Call) had estimates of $0.83+ EPS and $3.4 billion in revenue. ...
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S&P 500 Pushes Toward 25% Gain Since March 9th

Posted: April 2, 2009 at 1:52 pm

At 842, the S&P is pushing near a 25% gains since it bottomed for the year-to-date at 677 on March 9th. The bank stocks continue an extraordinary run over that ...
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RIM Earnings to Dictate Smartphone Trends? (RIMM, AAPL, PALM)

Posted: April 2, 2009 at 11:23 am

Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) is set to report earnings after the close of trading today.  The maker of the BlackBerry, or 'CrackBerry,' has Thomson Reuters (First Call) estimates ...
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Why Facebook Can’t Succeed

Posted: April 2, 2009 at 11:19 am

Letting readers call all the shots is great for community but bad for business By Edmund Lee of The Big Money Facebook, the world's largest social network, suffered under the ...
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