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Daily Archives: May 20, 2009

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At $62 Oil & $900 Gold, ETF’s Compete In Reflation Trade (DBA, GLD, SLV, JJC, USO, DBC)

Posted: May 20, 2009 at 1:42 pm

While the Fed has noted nothing about inflationary pressures, we have started seeing yet another return to the reflation trade as the economy seems to be bottoming out and all ...
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FOMC Hints At Keeping Rates Low & Still Buying Securities

Posted: May 20, 2009 at 1:11 pm

We have just gotten the minutes from the FOMC meeting that ended on April 29. 2009.  What we were looking for were comments regarding a potential exit strategy for near-zero ...
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YRC Worldwide Files To Raise Capital (YRCW)

Posted: May 20, 2009 at 12:13 pm

YRC Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ: YRCW) has not been without its  problems.  We recently saw reports about how it was trying to raise funds from the government and we have just ...
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Is the Stimulus Stimulating Jobs? We May Never Know for Sure

Posted: May 20, 2009 at 12:00 pm

by Olga Pierce, ProPublica The Obama administration has unveiled its plan for measuring how well the stimulus package works, and the bottom line is: Many questions will remain unanswered. While ...
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Second Week of Oil Inventory Declines Running ETFs (USO, OIL)

Posted: May 20, 2009 at 9:47 am

It looks like we are seeing the second week of draws in crude oil and oil products.  The Department of Energy is confirming data from the EIA last night showing ...
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Social Networks Are Big, And Commercial Failures (TWX)(GOOG)(YHOO)(MSFT)

Posted: May 20, 2009 at 9:39 am

The most provocative question about huge social networks like MySpace, Facebook, and YouTube is whether they will ever make money despite the tens of millions of users that they have. ...
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Petrobras Seems The Winner in China’s $10 Billion Loan (PBR, SNP, XOM, CVX)

Posted: May 20, 2009 at 8:26 am

The $10 billion loan from the China Development Bank to Brazil's Petroleo Brasiliero SA, known as Petrobras (NYSE: PBR), has been finalized.  This deal has been in our pending file ...
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Does Palm Deserve Its Tenfold Rise? (PALM, AAPL, RIMM)

Posted: May 20, 2009 at 8:07 am

Palm, Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM) has been on a tear of late.  It was just Monday that shares were hitting fresh 52-week highs and that was after being one of last ...
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Evermore Shares at Evergreen Solar (ESLR)

Posted: May 20, 2009 at 7:57 am

Solar panel maker Evergreen Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:ESLR) has begun a secondary offering of common stock to raise $60 million.  The company plans to offer the underwriter, Piper Jaffray & Co., ...
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SolarWinds IPO Debuts With Strength (SWI)

Posted: May 20, 2009 at 7:31 am

SolarWinds, Inc. (NYSE: SWI) is set to debut in an initial public offering this Wednesday morning.  We got a premium pricing at $12.50 for 12.11 million shares, which is higher ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades (ADI, IRE, COST, NOK, PG, PLD, RDS-A, SOLF, TSN)

Posted: May 20, 2009 at 6:39 am

These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive research calls we have seen from Wall Street early this Wednesday morning: Analog Devices (ADI) Raised to Buy at ...
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Cellphone Sales Down, But Not For Apple (AAPL)

Posted: May 20, 2009 at 6:39 am

Cellphone sales dropped worldwide in the first quarter, but concerns that Apple (AAPL) iPhone sales may have been hurt appear to be overblown. According to IT research firm Gartner, cellphone ...
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NetFlix (NFLX) Flanks Its Competition Again

Posted: May 20, 2009 at 5:10 am

NetFlix (NFLX) is making another move to keep it ahead of rivals including Amazon (AMZN) and Blockbusters. It will adding its video-on-demand service to the Microsoft (MSFT) Window Media software. ...
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Intel (INTC) Intends To Bite The Hand That Feeds It

Posted: May 20, 2009 at 4:58 am

Intel (INTC) plans to introduce a PC operating systems for low-end machines. The software is based on Linux, an open source platform that allows developers to create products that are ...
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Vulture Investors May Be The Key To Arresting Falling Home Prices

Posted: May 20, 2009 at 4:42 am

The housing market and housing starts are still facing deep and intractable problems. Mortgage rates may be low, but bank standards for home loans are higher. No financial firm wants ...
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