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Monthly Archives: July 2009

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Can Intel (INTC) And Dell (DELL) Both Be Right?

Posted: July 15, 2009 at 3:16 am

Dell (DELL) delivered a pessimistic forecast about it recent sales and the short-term period ahead, indicating that the PC market is still in trouble. A number of industry analysts expect ...
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Media Digest 7/15/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: July 15, 2009 at 2:42 am

Reuters:   The US may give CIT (CIT) short term loans. Reuters:   Intel (INTC) issued a positive forecast and indicated that the PC market may be improving. Reuters:   The US CPI ...
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Yum!’s Domestic Numbers Head South (YUM)

Posted: July 14, 2009 at 3:35 pm

Yum! Brands Inc. (YUM) has reported earnings.  The owner of KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut posted $0.63  EPS after a gain and $0.50 EPS outside of items and $2.48 ...
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Intel Calling For Seasonal Strength (INTC, SMH)

Posted: July 14, 2009 at 3:21 pm

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) posted earnings, and the chip and processor giant made $0.18  in non-GAAP EPS and $8.02 billion in revenues.  Thomson Reuters estimates of $0.08 EPS on $7.27 ...
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Online Jewelry Sales Heating Up? (NILE)

Posted: July 14, 2009 at 1:53 pm

Generally speaking, it takes one significant analyst call to move a stock 10%.  Yet today, that is exactly what we are seeing in shares of Blue Nile Inc. (NASDAQ: NILE).  ...
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Health Net’s Major Loss.. Likely Lesson For All Insurers (HNT, HUM, AET, UNH)

Posted: July 14, 2009 at 11:42 am

Health Net Inc. (NYSE: HNT) is one of today's worse performers on the heels of losing its Pentagon health insurance contract.  The Pentagon picked Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) and UnitedHealth ...
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Can Intel Earnings Shake Dell’s Shadow? (INTC, DELL, AMD, TXN, MSFT)

Posted: July 14, 2009 at 10:03 am

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) is set to report earnings today after the close of trading.  The processor and chip giant has Thomson Reuters estimates of $0.08 EPS on $7.27 billion ...
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CSX Rises, But Shows Why Warren Buffett Is Worried on Rails (CSX, BNI, NSC, UNP, BRK-A)

Posted: July 14, 2009 at 9:07 am

CSX Corp. (NYSE: CSX) is showing exactly why Warren Buffett has been so pessimistic lately. Q2 2009 earnings were $308 million or $0.78 EPS.  This is down from $385 million, ...
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Don’t Buy Into Brown and Sarkozy’s Oil ‘Speculations’

Posted: July 14, 2009 at 8:57 am

By John Tamny of RealClearMarkets In the Wall Street Journal last week, French president Nicolas Sarkozy teamed up with U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown on a piece meant to reduce ...
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Caveats Confuse the June PPI & Retail Sales Data

Posted: July 14, 2009 at 7:41 am

Producer Price and Retail Sales are out for the month of June, and there is some good news and some bad news. Those prices look higher on the surface, with ...
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Goldman Sachs Proves the Golden Slacks Name (GS)

Posted: July 14, 2009 at 7:29 am

Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) has just come out with a quarter that will please everyone.  Unfortunately, this was telegraphed by recent analyst calls with above-estimate forecasts.  The investment banking ...
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Sun’s Quarter Gives Oracle A Bit Less Than It Bought (JAVA, ORCL)

Posted: July 14, 2009 at 7:19 am

The good news for Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) shareholders is that the vote for the Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) buyout is still set for this week.  The bad news ...
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The Big Morning Movers Analysis

Posted: July 14, 2009 at 7:07 am

Several stocks will make major moves at the open. Noven (NOVN) is up on a buyout. Changes in military healthcare buying may effect Aetna (AET), United Health (UNH), and Humana ...
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J&J’s Earnings Win Muted By Currency Impact (JNJ)

Posted: July 14, 2009 at 6:56 am

DJIA component Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) has come out with earnings slightly ahead of estimates.  The medical and consumer products giant posted $1.15 EPS vs $1.11 estimates and revenues ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades (BK, NILE, LLL, NTRS, PRU, VMW, YHOO)

Posted: July 14, 2009 at 6:32 am

These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive research calls we have seen from Wall Street early this Tuesday morning: Bank of New York Mellon (BK) Raised ...
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