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Monthly Archives: August 2009

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Media Digest 8/31/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: August 31, 2009 at 4:03 am

Reuters:   The best investment for Chinese companies may be the nation's own 1.3 billion person home market. Reuters:   Japan's Democrats took power. Reuters:   Economists say there is no need for ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 8/31/2009

Posted: August 31, 2009 at 3:24 am

Markets in Asia fell. The Nikkei was off .4% to 10,493. Toyota (TM) was down over 1%. The Hang Seng was off 2.1% to 19,668. The Shanghai Composite was down ...
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Schaeffer’s Investment Research: Exaggeration At Its Finest

Posted: August 30, 2009 at 12:47 pm

Schaeffer’s Investment Research of Cincinnati, run by Bernie Schaeffer, has been sending out e-mail promotions which are as clever as they are opaque. The solicitation  is to join the Elite Trader ...
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The Unusual Suspects (ATVI, AIG, ALTH, TREE, GOOG, PAY, EXPO, WIRE, AXYS)

Posted: August 29, 2009 at 12:00 pm

We have almost a whole new slate of stocks in this week's round of "The Unusual Suspects" for key stocks traders need to keep an eye on for the week ...
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24/7 Wall St. TV: August Cars Sales, And Beyond

Posted: August 28, 2009 at 1:54 pm

August light vehicle sales in the US have to be good. The “clunkers” program produced almost 700,000 sales. The industry might as well enjoy it while its lasts. September and ...
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Trader Crack: AIG Goes To $100 (AIG, C, BAC, HIG, MET, YHOO)

Posted: August 28, 2009 at 1:50 pm

The DJIA has risen for eight straight days and the verdict is still out as to how today's close will go.  With major indexes trading over 50% above their March ...
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More Rigs Chasing Higher Oil (BHI, OIH, USO, OIL)

Posted: August 28, 2009 at 1:42 pm

Rig Counts Chasing Oil Prices (OIH, USO, OIL) The weekly rig count data from Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI) is out, and this last week we are seeing a bump ...
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Starbucks Snags S&P Upgrade (SBUX)

Posted: August 28, 2009 at 11:44 am

The debt ratings agencies might be tarnished on many fronts, but traders for debt and equities still pay attention to debt ratings agencies when they raise ratings on companies.  That ...
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Intel Guidance Highlights Peers & Comps (INTC, AMD, MSFT, NVDA, MU, DELL)

Posted: August 28, 2009 at 9:31 am

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) is raising guidance this morning.  What is interesting is that this may actually highlight the strength among its peers and competitors more than it drives Intel ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (MRVL, OVTI, DELL, AIG, ARUN, SVA)

Posted: August 28, 2009 at 8:57 am

These are this Friday morning’s top day trader and active trader alerts with links through to each story with more detailed price and volume analysis over at VSInvestor.com: Marvell Technology ...
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Analyst Dumps Agriculture & Fertilizers (MOS, POT, MOO)

Posted: August 28, 2009 at 8:14 am

This morning is looking a little rough for some of the farming, agriculture, fertilizer, and potash stocks.  We have seen a downgrade in the sector from UBS this morning.  Potash ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ABX, BDX, BMY, FUN, JCG, NEM, NENG, SNY, ZOLT)

Posted: August 28, 2009 at 8:03 am

These are this morning's top pre-market analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from Wall Street early this Friday: Barrick Gold (ABX) Started as Hold at Jefferies. Becton Dickinson (BDX) Started as ...
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Why The Stimulus Program Is Slow Going: 2,200 Applications For Broadband Funds

Posted: August 28, 2009 at 6:01 am

Part of the $787 billion stimulus package is $28 billion set aside to improve the nation's broadband infrastructure. According to USA Today, some of the applications are 500 pages long. ...
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Apple (AAPL) Finally Gets Its China Deal

Posted: August 28, 2009 at 5:43 am

Apple (AAPL) finally has its deal to distribute the iPhone in China after months of rumors and speculation. China Unicom (CHU), the second largest wireless carrier on the mainland, says ...
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Americans Watch Nine Billion YouTube Videos In A Month

Posted: August 28, 2009 at 5:32 am

US internet users watched 8.9 billion videos on Google (GOOG) sites last month. Ninety-nine percent of those were from YouTube. According to comScore, Google had 42% of the online video ...
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