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Monthly Archives: July 2009

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Crazy or Gutsy? The Call for $2 on General Electric (GE)

Posted: July 8, 2009 at 7:35 am

We rarely have time to watch video interviews from around the web early in the morning, but what choice is there when someone is calling for General Electric Co. (NYSE: ...
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Mixed Data on Oil Rig Counts (BHI)

Posted: July 8, 2009 at 7:17 am

Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE:BHI) has released its June data for rig counts.  The bad news is that there are still some drops being recorded in rig counts from May, and ...
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Reversal Call in First Solar (FSLR)

Posted: July 8, 2009 at 7:07 am

Shares of First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) are rising this morning for a change.  ThinkEquity raised the rating on the solar leader to a BUY rating from an already somewhat ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (APD, CHTT, CTXS, FCX, PLAB, QCOM, SAP, PCU, STM, HOT)

Posted: July 8, 2009 at 6:16 am

These are the top ten pre-market analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen from Wall Street analysts this Wednesday morning with about two and a half hours until the ...
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New Airline Price Wars

Posted: July 8, 2009 at 5:13 am

Airline price wars are back, just when carriers cannot afford them. The price of  jet fuel is up. Passenger traffic is down. Southwest (LUV) is offering fare as low as ...
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Pickens Plans To Kill His Alternative Energy Dream

Posted: July 8, 2009 at 5:02 am

T Boone Pickens is old and tired. He made his billions of dollars in the oil business. He planned to build his legacy on alternative energy. Pickens  has worked to ...
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Google’s (GOOG) Anemic Attack On Microsoft (MSFT) Windows

Posted: July 8, 2009 at 4:42 am

Google (GOOG) says it will create its own PC operating system. The first reaction to the news is that it is a threat to Microsoft (MSFT) Windows. That is almost ...
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The Great American Credit Card Debt Foregiveness Program

Posted: July 8, 2009 at 4:17 am

The Administration has gone to great lengths to put together a package of programs to allow worthy homeowners who are having trouble meeting their mortgages to modify home loans to cut ...
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It Is Easier To Fall Into Bankruptcy In A Recession

Posted: July 8, 2009 at 3:53 am

It seems pointless to spend a lot of time proving that companies are more likely to go bankrupt during a recession. Margins are hurt by bad sales. Firms cannot easily ...
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Media Digest 7/8/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: July 8, 2009 at 3:11 am

Reuters:   The economic crisis will dominate the G8 summit. Reuters:   A NY court ruled against AIG (AIG) in a battle with former CEO Greenberg. Reuters:   Google (GOOG) will launch an ...
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Asia Market And Europe Open 7/8/2008

Posted: July 8, 2009 at 2:24 am

Markets in Asia fell. The Nikkei dropped 2.4% to 9,421. Toyota (TM) fell on concerns about the economy. The Hange Seng dropped. .7% to 17,734.  PetroChina (PTR) fell on dropping ...
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Morgan Stanley’s Credit Analyst Lends Weight To Equity Fears (MS, DFS, RGS, KLIC, AAI)

Posted: July 7, 2009 at 3:49 pm

An appetite for risky assets that has sent small-cap and emerging market stocks and junk bonds flying since March now is getting more scrutiny from a market heavyweight.  Greg Peters, ...
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ETF/ETN Investors Have To Watch CFTC Speculation/Limitation Rules (USO, UNG, GAZ, OIL, JJC, GLD)

Posted: July 7, 2009 at 12:46 pm

We are witnessing a pivotal moment in investing history.  After a decade of opening up all markets to the public and to more speculators with exchange traded products, some might ...
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BioHealth Business Daily (CI, AET, MYL, JAZZ, PTIE, GSK, ALNY, FOLD, HALO, AOB, STEM)

Posted: July 7, 2009 at 11:03 am

Here are some of the top stories affecting key drug and biotech stocks that are covered in-depth today at BioHealthInvestor.com: Cigna corp. (NYSE: CI), Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET), and other ...
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Quantifying Triple Leverage ETF Performance vs. Target Index (FAS, FAZ, BGU, BGZ, ERX, ERY)

Posted: July 7, 2009 at 10:04 am

Direxion has issued its semi-annual report for its triple leverage ETF holders and there are some interesting revelations here.  While there are many others covered, we wanted to demonstrate some ...
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