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Daily Archives: August 6, 2009

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Another $10.7 Billion For Fannie Mae (FNM)

Posted: August 6, 2009 at 7:28 pm

For those who want to know how much worse that housing market is getting they need look no further that the quarterly results of Fannie Mae (FNM). The mortgage operation ...
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NVIDIA Returns To Profits One Quarter Early (NVDA, AMD)

Posted: August 6, 2009 at 4:48 pm

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) is back to profitability.  Yep, profits. The graphics chipset leader posted $0.07 non-GAAP EPS.  This is down almost half from last year's $0.13 EPS, but it ...
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Crocs Cash For Clunkers Earnings (CROX)

Posted: August 6, 2009 at 4:26 pm

Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX) is soaring in the after-hours session on its earnings report.  The numbers were ahead of plan enough that many might think Crocs was the winner in ...
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Buffett & Berkshire Earnings Likely Get Last Laugh On Derivatives (BRK-A)

Posted: August 6, 2009 at 1:18 pm

Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) will get much of the attention after the big jobs report on Friday.  The insurance giant, holding company, and conglomerate reports earnings ...
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Charts vs. Fundamentals: How High Can Gold Go? (GG, ZLC, GLD, GDX, ABX)

Posted: August 6, 2009 at 11:18 am

This morning's move in gold may have seemed like an anomaly as gold briefly traded up over $970.00 per ounce.  The shiny yellow stuff rose $2.28 at $964.78 as of ...
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24/7 Wall St. TV: GM Wants To Be No.1

Posted: August 6, 2009 at 11:16 am

GM’s new chairman Edward E. Whitacre Jr said that one of his major goals is to make certain that the No.1 US car company stays N0.1. GM will find it ...
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Is the Avago IPO For You? (AVGO, HPQ, A)

Posted: August 6, 2009 at 10:28 am

Avago Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: AVGO) is today's IPO.  The deal priced 43.2 million shares at $15.00 per share to raise approximately $621 million.  This was at the high end of ...
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CEO Pessimism Grows, Troubling Employment Outlook

Posted: August 6, 2009 at 10:04 am

Chief Executive magazine has released its latest CEO Index.  We follow this more closely now in order to try to gain insight about what the top brass of major companies ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (BAC, CSIQ, CSCO, FUQI, MAIL, OSK)

Posted: August 6, 2009 at 9:00 am

These are this morning's top day trader and most active alert featured stocks.  There is more detailed price and volume analysis on links for each stock over to VSInvestor.com: Bank ...
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Weekly Jobs Data Previews Unemployment Tomorrow

Posted: August 6, 2009 at 8:37 am

The weekly jobless claims came in at 550,000, a drop of some 38,000 from a revised figure of 588,000 last week.  Unfortunately, we saw an increase in the continuing jobless ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (CHK, DD, FIG, FITB, KIND, MMC, MINI, STI, UNTD, VCLK)

Posted: August 6, 2009 at 7:51 am

These are the top ten pre-market analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street research this Thursday morning: Chesapeake Energy (CHK) Cut to Hold at Argus. DuPont (DD) Raised to ...
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Investment Banks And Lawyers Make $1 Billion On AIG (AIG)

Posted: August 6, 2009 at 6:11 am

Everyone is making money off of the break-up and financing of AIG (AIG) except the insurance company itself and the taxpayers who put up $180 billion to save it. One ...
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The Car Industry Shake-Out And The Rise Of The Hybrid

Posted: August 6, 2009 at 5:54 am

Most major car companies offer hybrid vehicles. They get better gas mileage and throw off less pollution. They tend to be more expensive than gas-powered models because of their relatively ...
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A Judge May Kill Bank Of America (BAC) Settlement With SEC

Posted: August 6, 2009 at 5:38 am

Almost the entire fight to save the American financial system and punish those responsible for it has gone on in the executive and legislative branches. The third leg of the ...
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Health care And The Rising Rate Of Dementia

Posted: August 6, 2009 at 5:01 am

The population is aging and along with it the number of people with dementia and Alzheimer’s is likely to rise rapidly. Demented seniors and Alzheimer’s victims can live for years ...
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