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Monthly Archives: May 2009

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Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway Q1-2009 Holdings P to Z (BRK-A, PG, SNY, STI, TMK, USB, USG, UNH, UNP, UPS, WBC, WMT, WPO, WFC, WLP, WSC)

Posted: May 15, 2009 at 4:02 pm

Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A)(BRK-B) holdings for the first quarter of 2009 are now out for the cut off date here of March 31, 2009.  There are ...
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AmEx Joins Card Issuers With Double-Digit Charge-Offs (AXP, WFC, C)

Posted: May 15, 2009 at 2:06 pm

American Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) is probably feeling a little lucky today.  On a day that the market is lower its shares are only down 2% after the company disclosed ...
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T. Boone Pickens & BP Updated Stock Holdings (ANR, APC, COG, CHK, CNX, DVN, FLR, FWLT, HAL, MEE, OXY, STR, SLB, SU, RIG, WFT)

Posted: May 15, 2009 at 11:37 am

This morning we got to see the new equity holdings of T. Boone Pickens, via his BP Capital Management, L.P.,  as of March 31, 2009.  Some of the higher stakes ...
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AAPL Weekly Headline Roundup: May 15

Posted: May 15, 2009 at 11:28 am

A light week, but still some interesting news-bits, from 24/7 Wall St. partner Apple Investor News: (more...) ...
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Tales From the Hedge Fund Crypt

Posted: May 15, 2009 at 10:33 am

The Biden family legal flap and Andrew Cuomo’s investigations shed light on the era of shadow banking. By Mark Gimein of The Big Money What is it about siblings and the ...
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Hidden Benefit of DryShips Getting Waivers (DRYS)

Posted: May 15, 2009 at 9:24 am

DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) is seeing its shares surge on news that it has received waivers from lenders.  We have been expecting this for some time, and fairly recent reports ...
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XOMA’s Hijack Financing On News (XOMA)

Posted: May 15, 2009 at 8:46 am

XOMA Ltd. (NASDAQ: XOMA) has seen shares on a tear yesterday and then again this morning. It was late yesterday that the company said it would also be entitled to ...
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Yingli Deal Brings Some Attention To Solar (YGE, AES, CSIQ, JASO)

Posted: May 15, 2009 at 8:17 am

Photovoltaic solar maker Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) has announced a framework agreement with a subsidiary of AES Corporation (NYSE: AES) to supply PV solar modules to ...
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Gold ETF’s Try To Interpret Anglogold Earnings (AU, GLD, GDX)

Posted: May 15, 2009 at 8:09 am

With gold back well above the $900.00 mark, it seems that the SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD) and the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSE: GDX) are trying to interpret ...
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Inflation Stays Tame

Posted: May 15, 2009 at 7:38 am

The Labor Department has just released its inflation data via Consumer Price Index readings, and it seems that inflation is still remaining tame.  The headline and nominal CPI came in ...
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New Wave of Secondary Offerings (AWR, ENR, FIG, PL, SMTB, WAL)

Posted: May 15, 2009 at 6:37 am

We are seeing yet another wave of secondary offerings that have priced between yesterday's close and this morning. The offerings we have seen come to more than $1 billion and ...
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Early Bird Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ENS, ERIC, SHW, UDR, BT, BLDR, PCAR, VE)

Posted: May 15, 2009 at 6:19 am

It is looking a bit light on the analyst calls from Wall Street this morning.  Here are Friday's top upgrades and downgrades seen with more than two hours until the ...
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GM (GM) Dealer Closings: Another 100,000 Jobs Lost?

Posted: May 15, 2009 at 5:15 am

GM (GM) is about to notify about 20% of its dealer network that it will not renew its contracts with them when they expire next year. By most estimates well ...
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No Recovery In Europe Means No Recovery Elsewhere

Posted: May 15, 2009 at 5:03 am

The GDP of the Euro-zone is larger that that of the US and it is in just as much trouble. In the 16-nation alliance GDP dropped 4.6% last quarter. Germany's ...
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Nationalizing The Bank Of America (BAC) Board Of Directors

Posted: May 15, 2009 at 4:48 am

The federal government seems to think that many of the directors on the Bank of America (BAC) board are not qualified to serve. To solve that problem, the bank is ...
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