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Monthly Archives: July 2009

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FOMC Minutes Hint At Exit Strategy

Posted: July 15, 2009 at 1:13 pm

Usually FOMC minutes do not matter so much because much of the data is known or assumed, but when monetary policies are in the midst of an inflection point or ...
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Oil Inventories Show Mixed Demand (USO, OIL)

Posted: July 15, 2009 at 9:37 am

The Department of Energy has just released its weekly oil inventories.  As this is the summer driving season, we saw a drop in crude and a build in gasoline inventories.  ...
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AMR Sets Low Bar For Airline Sector Earnings (AMR, CAL, LUV)

Posted: July 15, 2009 at 8:23 am

AMR Corp. (NYSE: AMR) has some pretty disappointing figures, at least until you compare them to analyst expectations.  AMR posted earnings of -$1.39 on a net basis and -$1.14 EPS ...
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Key Analyst Upgrades in Technology (ADBE, ALU, BBBB, CSCO, JNPR, INTC)

Posted: July 15, 2009 at 7:56 am

We have five standout analyst calls in coverage this morning's analyst universe for technology stocks.  While Intel is in here, there are actually several other more important calls on the ...
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The Global Credit Crisis: Another Flavor Of Pessimism

Posted: July 15, 2009 at 7:39 am

Investor Mark Mobius gets placed in the pantheon of money men including Soros and Buffett. He may not be as rich, but he has been in the market for decades ...
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CPI Indicates Inflation Is Elusive

Posted: July 15, 2009 at 7:36 am

The June reading for the Consumer Price Index, the measure for retail inflation, is a bit different than the Producer Price Index hike seen yesterday.   The headline CPI came in ...
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When High Charge-Offs Start Looking Good (COF)

Posted: July 15, 2009 at 6:42 am

Capital One Financial Corp. (NYSE: COF) has some more dismal data regarding the monthly credit card defaults and delinquencies.  The defaults rose again in June, bolstered by weak economic data ...
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Yingli Expanding in America (YGE)

Posted: July 15, 2009 at 6:18 am

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) is going harder after the solar market in North America.  The Chinese PV Manufacturer is opening two coastal U.S. headquarters offices in ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ALU, CHS, PLCE, DB, GS, IGT, ICE, MCO, WSII, PAR)

Posted: July 15, 2009 at 6:08 am

These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen from Wall Street with about two and a half hours until the market opens: Alcatel-Lucent ...
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Bank of Japan Looking Recession-Lite

Posted: July 15, 2009 at 5:07 am

The Bank of Japan has made a economic projection that has at least a bit of cautious optimism.  While it is not declaring the recession entirely over, the BOJ kept ...
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If Uncle Sam Takes Mortgages and Becomes Landlord

Posted: July 15, 2009 at 4:44 am

What if the government adopted a new strategy on how to keep homes occupied by delinquent and troubled owners by letting them stay in the house as a renter?  This ...
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A World Where All Technology Products Are Free (GOOG)(AAPL)(MSFT)

Posted: July 15, 2009 at 4:09 am

Many of the 65,000 Apps available at the Apple (AAPL) iPhone store are free. Microsoft (MSFT) is going to give away an online version of its new Office software. It ...
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No Gravity In China’s Stock Markets

Posted: July 15, 2009 at 3:52 am

The Shanghai Composite, the best measure of China's equities markets, traded at 1,700 last November, when it appeared that the GDP growth of the world's most populous nation was moving well below ...
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The Bumbling At AIG (AIG) Continues

Posted: July 15, 2009 at 3:38 am

AIG's (AIG) management has repeatedly promised that it will get taxpayers back every dime of the $180 billion that the government has put into the insurance company in one form ...
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How Many More Bailouts After CIT (CIT)

Posted: July 15, 2009 at 3:27 am

The Wall Street Journal has been carefully following the story of CIT's (CIT) liquidity crisis. News that the firm is in trouble caused customers to draw down several hundred million ...
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