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Daily Archives: June 18, 2009

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Smith & Wesson Diversifying In New Buyout (SWHC)

Posted: June 18, 2009 at 4:02 pm

Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: SWHC) is growing.  The gunsmith has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Universal Safety Response Inc., a privately held full-service security systems solutions ...
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One Teekay Raising Cash For The Other Teekay (TNK, TK)

Posted: June 18, 2009 at 3:33 pm

Teekay Tankers Ltd. (NYSE: TNK) now plans to sell 7,000,000 shares of common stock in a public secondary offering.  This is a bit of an unusual offering as the company ...
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BlackBerry, CrackBerry, EarningsBerry… When Good Isn’t Good Enough (RIMM)

Posted: June 18, 2009 at 3:13 pm

Research-in-Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) report its highly awaited earnings today.  The BlackBerry maker posted $0.98 EPS and $3.42 billion in revenues. The Thomson Reuters estimate was $0.94 EPS on $3.42 ...
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The Gartman Call: Shorting Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK-A, BRK-B)

Posted: June 18, 2009 at 12:14 pm

If you follow charts, money-flows, and ways to play macro-trends, you probably know who Dennis Gartman is.  We know that you know who Warren Buffett is, and Gartman's call as ...
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Giving Ag, Potash, and Fertilizers A Second Chance (MON, POT, MOS, IPI, AGU, CF, MOO)

Posted: June 18, 2009 at 11:53 am

Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON), Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. (NYSE: POT), Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) and Intrepid Potash,Inc. (NYSE: IPI) are all recovering at least some from yesterday's major drops.  ...
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ETF’s To Short Some BRIC Countries, With Leverage (EPV, JPX, BZQ, SMK)

Posted: June 18, 2009 at 11:19 am

ProShares has just launched four new exchange-traded funds.  While these are not "all" BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China), BRIC investors will now get a couple of more tools to ...
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Giving Away Vegas To Get Traffic in Vegas (WYNN, LVS, MGM)

Posted: June 18, 2009 at 10:40 am

If you have ever stayed at the Wynn resort or the even newer Encore in Las Vegas, you will know that calling either a high-end resort and casino destination may ...
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Big Holder Chasing STAAR Surgical (STAA)

Posted: June 18, 2009 at 9:47 am

STAAR Surgical Company (NASDAQ: STAA) has been on a roaring run of late.  In mid-May this stock was under $1.00.  After news of the company getting a nod for its ...
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R-I-M Expected Earnings Reaction Climbing (RIMM, AAPL, NOK, PALM)

Posted: June 18, 2009 at 8:56 am

Research-in-Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) is set to report earnings after the close of trading today.  This will be a key report that can impact rivals such as Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: ...
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SLM & DOE, Salvation Of A New Tune (SLM)

Posted: June 18, 2009 at 8:28 am

Sallie Mae, or SLM Corp., (NYSE: SLM) is soaring this morning.  In fact, it looks like the stock was briefly trading above $9.00 for the first time since it became ...
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Green Shoots In Weekly Jobs Data, Sort Of

Posted: June 18, 2009 at 8:09 am

There have been hopes, over and over, that the jobs data would get better.  Or at least less-bad as we have been discussing for about 3 or 4 months when ...
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Blackstone Heading Deeper Into China (BX)

Posted: June 18, 2009 at 7:57 am

Blackstone Group LP (NYSE: BX) looks like it is going to get a much stronger foothold in China.  A report from Reuters has the private equity giant in talks with ...
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Is There An Oil Story Behind the Iranian Elections?

Posted: June 18, 2009 at 7:27 am

By John Tamny of RealClearMarkets   Writing about last week's presidential election in Iran, the Wall Street Journal's Bret Stephens observed that the plebiscite was "so transparently rigged that the ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades (ANF, KOF, HTZ, HEW, ING, LNC, VZ)

Posted: June 18, 2009 at 6:41 am

These are the top analyst upgrades and positive research calls we have seen from Wall Street this Thursday morning with about two hours until the market opens: Abercombie & Fitch ...
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Top Analyst Downgrades (T, ADP, GNTX, HAR, JCI, PAYX, YRCW)

Posted: June 18, 2009 at 6:38 am

These are the top pre-market analyst downgrades or cautious research calls we have seen from Wall Street this Thursday morning with about two hours until the market opens: AT&T (T) ...
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