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Monthly Archives: July 2009

Trimble Earnings… a Prelude to Garmin? (TRMB, GRMN)

Posted: July 28, 2009 at 4:35 pm

Trimble Navigation Limited (NASDAQ: TRMB) is a very different company than Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: TRMB).  Trimble offers advanced positioning product solutions to commercial and government users.  Garmin is the GPS ...
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Casino Earnings Duel: Wynn vs Las Vegas Sands (WYNN, LVS)

Posted: July 28, 2009 at 3:23 pm

We have two very pertinent earnings this week for casino and resort investors from rivals Wynn Resorts, Limited (NASDAQ: WYNN) and Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS). Wynn will release ...
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The Big Dig State Takes The Lead on Wind Power

Posted: July 28, 2009 at 1:10 pm

Offshore wind projects that generate no emissions and can generate energy for millions of homes and businesses along the East Coast. They make good old-fashioned horse sense. They have ...
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Bracing For Energy Giants’ Earnings (COP, APA, XOM, FSLR, CVX)

Posted: July 28, 2009 at 12:55 pm

We have already seen earnings from Valero Energy Corp. (NYSE: VLO) and BP Plc (NYSE: BP), and these figures are acting to keep a lid on oil stocks.  There is, ...
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24/7 Wall St. TV: The Public Turns Against The Fed

Posted: July 28, 2009 at 12:03 pm

A new Gallup poll shows that only 30% of those asked said the Fed was doing an “excellent or good” job. The figure was 53% when Alan Greenspan was chief ...
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Nuclear Stocks Reacting to USEC Woes (USU, CCJ, NLR, URZ, DNN, URRE, PESI)

Posted: July 28, 2009 at 11:26 am

We have already covered the nuclear winter blow-up over at USEC Inc. (NYSE: USU) after the DOE declines to issue a guarantee for it long-pending loan application.  What we wanted ...
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Consumer Confidence Heads The Wrong Way

Posted: July 28, 2009 at 10:11 am

The Conference Board's reading on consumer confidence 46.6 for July, down from an unrevised figure of 49.3 in June.  Bloomberg had the consensus reading pegged at 50.0, and it also ...
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Nuclear Winter: Uncle Sam Punts USEC (USU)

Posted: July 28, 2009 at 9:37 am

It seems that all the talk about getting off of coal-power and reducing dependence on foreign energy is still just rhetoric.  USEC Inc. (NYSE: USU) announced this morning that the ...
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Case-Shiller Price Index Gains, Sort Of

Posted: July 28, 2009 at 9:10 am

The Case-Shiller housing price data is a lower-impact housing number because of the notion that the data is older than some other reports already on the market.  This morning's data ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (SPSS, X, VICL, AMGN, ARIA, LCRD, DB, COH, CHKP)

Posted: July 28, 2009 at 8:57 am

The following are some of the top stocks to watch for active trading today based on pre-market and after-hours volume activity. There are links through to more detailed coverage and ...
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Valero… Pain Today, Pain Tomorrow (VLO)

Posted: July 28, 2009 at 8:48 am

Valero Energy Corp. (NYSE: VLO) did manage to beat earnings, at least if you consider a two-penny beat versus a wide loss after a warning as a beat.  The refiner's ...
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Consolidation in Pre-Paid Wireless (VM, S, LEAP)

Posted: July 28, 2009 at 8:22 am

It turns out the Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM) has a solid value after all.  Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) has decided to acquire Virgin Mobile USA.  The total equity ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AET, APD, ADSK, ENOC, LEN, ERIC, MET, PRGO, PM, VECO)

Posted: July 28, 2009 at 7:37 am

These are the top Wall Street research calls with analyst upgrades and downgrades early this Tuesday morning: Aetna (AET) Raised to Sell from Conviction Sell List at Goldman Sachs; no ...
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Movie Unit Sinks Viacom (VIA)

Posted: July 28, 2009 at 7:16 am

Viacom (VIA) had a bad quarter, which was to be expected. Media companies are suffering from drops in advertising revenue and the number of consumers who subscribe to their content ...
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Foreclosures Become A Bank’s Best Friend

Posted: July 28, 2009 at 6:02 am

The Washington Post has talked to some economists who have confirmed what many analysts already believed. Banks are often better off allowing homes to go into foreclosure than they are ...
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