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Monthly Archives: July 2009

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Rig Counts Climb With Higher Oil (BHI, USO, OIL)

Posted: July 24, 2009 at 12:23 pm

Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE: BHI) has released its newest data on rig counts for the last week, and it seems that oil and gas producers might finally be increasing their ...
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Trading The Minimum Wage For Inflation

Posted: July 24, 2009 at 10:58 am

The federal minimum wage gets a boost to $7.25 an hour today, a move that may hurt the low-wage earners the Obama administration is trying to help. The result ...
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iShares Silver ETF Gets Another Competitor (SLV, SIVR, DBS, USV, AGQ, ZSL)

Posted: July 24, 2009 at 10:25 am

In the world of metals and commodity ETF products, the iShares Silver Trust (NYS: SLV) has been the go-to ETF for traders wanting exposure to the price of silver as ...
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Rigel’s Troubled Arthritis Treatment

Posted: July 24, 2009 at 10:03 am

Biotehc firm Rigel's (RIGL) rheumatoid arthritis drug candidate R788 did not meet its primary endpoint in Phase IIb clinical trial, probably putting in question the company’s goal of securing ...
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The Death of the Carbon Fund ETF (ASO)

Posted: July 24, 2009 at 9:40 am

There are ETF and ETN products for just about everything.  Equities, commodities, and more.  This is even one for "Eu Carbon Allowances," but not for long.  XShares Advisors LLC has ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (RIGL, MSFT, SPWR, ALGN, AMZN, JNPR, ERIC, SEPR)

Posted: July 24, 2009 at 7:49 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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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (SCHW, HSY, LEAP, PCS, MSFT, NFLX, POT, PLD, RSH, SPWRA)

Posted: July 24, 2009 at 6:45 am

These are the top ten analyst upgrades and downgrades we have seen from Wall Street this Friday morning with about two hours until the market opens for trading: Charles Schwab ...
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No Struggle In China IPO Market

Posted: July 24, 2009 at 5:01 am

The local stimulus package may be causing a bubble in the Chinese stock market. Investors may simply have unprecedented access to capital. The market may also be reacting well to the ...
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Sunset For Ma Bell

Posted: July 24, 2009 at 4:30 am

AT&T (T) appropriately makes the point that its earnings now are driven by its cellular business and its new fiber broadband. The company now has 79.6 million wireless subscribers. The ...
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Microsoft (MSFT) Has To Get Smaller

Posted: July 24, 2009 at 4:06 am

Microsoft’s (MSFT) revenue dropped 17% in the second quarter, and worse, sales dropped in all five of the firm’s operating units. The recession and the decline in PC sales are ...
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Dow 14,000

Posted: July 24, 2009 at 3:56 am

The media made a big deal of the fact that the DJIA rose above 9,000 for the first time in nearly eight months. The index was under 6,550 in early ...
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Media Digest 7/24/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT. Bloomberg

Posted: July 24, 2009 at 2:54 am

Reuters: Microsoft's (MSFT) results and forecast were weak. Reuters:   CIT (CIT) may sell its aviation finance business. Reuters:   Fatigue at the Fed is leading to questions about its expanded role. ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 7/24/2009

Posted: July 24, 2009 at 2:27 am

Markets in Asia were mostly higher. The Nikkei rose 1.6% to 9,945. The Hang Seng was up .5% to 19,913. PetroChina (PTR) moved up with th eprice of oil. The ...
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Cramer Divides the Palm and Apple Tie (PALM, AAPL)

Posted: July 23, 2009 at 5:43 pm

Jim Cramer came on CNBC's MAD MONEY with a call that many will agree with and many will be upset about because he has been positive on the mobile internet ...
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SunPower Surprise Leads Solar Shares Higher (SPWRA, FSLR, STP, ENER)

Posted: July 23, 2009 at 4:12 pm

SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWRA) has managed to do what many were not expecting.  It blew the doors off of estimates.  Non-GAAP operating income for the quarter was $26.8 million, or ...
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