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Monthly Archives: August 2009

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Boeing’s (BA) CEO Finds A Scapegoat

The launch of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner has been delayed so often that it would be comical except that the aerospace firm’s shareholders and customers are not laughing. Boeing trades at ...
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GAIN, or FOREX.COM, Files For IPO

GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc., and online provider of retail foreign exchange trading and related services with the FOREX.COM portal, has just filed to come public via an initial public offering.  ...
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How the Legacy Airlines Lost So Much Altitude Since 9/11

By Robert Herbst After losing over $5 billion last year, the airline industry is now on course to lose a similar amount for 2009. This projected loss comes after the ...
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Whitman & Third Avenue Launch Focus Credit Fund (TFCVX, TFCIX, TAVFX)

If you do not know M.J. Whitman or the Third Avenue Management Inc. family of mutual funds, then you are probably not a value investor.  Whitman and his team have ...
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Chicago Purchasing Managers Showing Some Growth

The reading for Chicago Purchasing Managers for August is now back in positive territory.  The adjusted August figure is 50.0 vs. 43.4 in July.  A reading above 50.0 is growth, ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (AIG, BJS, BHI, GENZ, FNM, FRE, HGSI, MVL, DIS)

These are Monday's top day trader and active trader alert stocks.  We have links through to each with more detailed price/volume analysis over at VSinvestor.com: American International Group (NYSE: AIG) ...
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When Banks and Brokers Downgrade Each Other (BAC, MS)

It is usually a wonder when you see bank and brokerage firms analyst upgrades or downgrades on competitors in the bank and brokerage sector... Are they really downgrading themselves?  That ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades (APSG, BWA, CBI, ETH, GME, PIR, TD, WSM)

These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive research calls that we have seen from Wall Street firms early this Monday morning: Applied Signal (APSG) Raised to ...
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Top Analyst Downgrades (AGO, CP, KOF, GENZ, SHAW)

These are some of the top early-bird analyst downgrades and cautious research calls we have seen from Wall Street analysts early this Monday morning: Assured Guaranty (AGO) Cut to Neutral ...
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Audits Of The Fed May Begin Soon

Barney Frank and other Congressmen are anxious to pass a law that would allow the government to audit the Fed including what its assets are, how they are lent, who ...
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For AT&T (T), The Apple (AAPL) iPhone Is A Bust

There are two ways to look at the economic relationship between Apple (AAPL) and AT&T (T) and both may be accurate. AT&T says it has signed up 10 million subscribers ...
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Economists Make Their Case For Inflation

The latest poll by The National Association of Business Economists shows that 41% believe that the Fed's actions will cause inflation during the next two years. The top reasons cited ...
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The Fed’s $14 Billion Paper Profit

The Fed has made so many bank loans, most of them short term, over the last several quarters that it would bound to lose money. But, it hasn't so far. The agency ...
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Tax Avoidance And The 2011 GDP Dip

UK investment banks are preparing to pay many of their big earners at the beginning of 2010 to avoid an income tax on April 5. The Times points out that ...
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Lockerbie And Crude Ethics

The Times of London claims that people within the British government turned over convicted Lockerbie bombing participant Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi to Libya as part of an attempt to secure ...
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