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Monthly Archives: June 2009

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Significant Moving Average Tests For DJIA and S&P 500 (DIA, SPY, SDS)

Posted: June 22, 2009 at 11:59 am

We won't go as far as to say that the DJIA and the S&P 500 are directly correlated even after the recent rebalance.  However, there is one common notion on ...
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Gold Fields Drops Pursuit of New Capital (GFI)

Posted: June 22, 2009 at 10:52 am

Gold Fields Ltd. (NYSE: GFI) has just filed to withdraw a securities shelf registration statement.  It lists circumstances in the securities markets, although that seems a tad odd when you ...
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Solar Players Looking Again Like Leveraged Oil Trades (FSLR, STP, SPWRA, LDK, ENER, TAN, PBW, CSIQ)

Posted: June 22, 2009 at 10:05 am

Investing in solar and alternative energy stocks comes with many risks.  We have often referred to many of these companies as being essentially nothing more than very leveraged speculative oil ...
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How Microsoft (MSFT) Makes It Back To $35

Posted: June 22, 2009 at 9:02 am

Microsoft traded at more than $35 in late 2007. It has not traded anywhere near that level since early 2008. Most analysts blame the poor reception for the company's latest ...
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Obama’s Regulatory Changes Are Hopeless

Posted: June 22, 2009 at 8:30 am

John Tamny of RealClearMarkets In a major speech last week in which he rolled out his vision for financial regulatory reform, President Barack Obama said he has "always been a ...
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If Apple’s Disclosure Practice Becomes Corporate America’s Norm… (AAPL)

Posted: June 22, 2009 at 8:28 am

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is holding up rather well when you consider the weekend news that Steve Jobs had a liver transplant.  Unless you are Steve Jobs himself, the bad ...
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SIRIUS XM Unit Raises More Cash (SIRI)

Posted: June 22, 2009 at 7:37 am

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) has announced this morning that its XM Satellite Radio Inc. wholly owned indirect subsidiary is offering $350 million in principal amount of Senior Secured ...
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Brighter Morning for Chip Stocks (INTC, MRVL, ALTR, PWER, TXN)

Posted: June 22, 2009 at 7:14 am

We are seeing a mixed lot of news in chip-land for semiconductor stocks this morning, but the news we have seen so far looks like it is getting the week ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ACN, ASCA, KMX, DNDN, FRO, MEOH, PGR, VRSN, WAT)

Posted: June 22, 2009 at 6:23 am

These are the top ten analyst upgrades and downgrades we have seen from Wall Street early this Monday morning with more than two hours until the market opens: Accenture (ACN) ...
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Good News For GE (GE): Siemens See Stimulus Revenue

Posted: June 22, 2009 at 5:27 am

It should be considered significant good news for GE (GE) that Siemens (SI) says its revenue from global stimulus packages would be huge. According to Reuters, the conglomerate claims that ...
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What If Companies Don’t Hire People Back?

Posted: June 22, 2009 at 5:03 am

It is normal for businesses to hire people back after a recession. The improvement in employment usually lags GDP recovery, but the trend is part of a normal cycle that ...
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The Jack Welch College Opens For Business

Posted: June 22, 2009 at 4:45 am

Jack Welch, former head of GE (GE), is too old to be a CEO and is overexposed as an "on air" pundit who spends his time giving opinions on CNBC. ...
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Can Boomer’s Children Save Housing?

Posted: June 22, 2009 at 4:26 am

It is a nifty, logical, and overly optimistic theory. Housing demand will rise as the children of the baby boomers hit their late twenties and thirties and need homes where they can raise ...
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The Death Of Brands: Passing Up Advil For Aspirin

Posted: June 22, 2009 at 4:04 am

Who needs Advil when it is more expensive than aspirin and probably does no better at reducing pain? Who needs Starbucks (SBUX) when Maxwell House has just as much caffeine? ...
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Housing Market Disaster Worsens

Posted: June 22, 2009 at 3:43 am

The brief moment of hope that housing had hit a bottom and that both the rate of home sales and prices would improve is slipping away. The pressures that will ...
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