The Return Of Speculation
The volatility late last year and in March should have pushed all of the speculators out of the US stock markets. Very few investors made money and a number of ...Read Full Story »
Monthly Archives: August 2009
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Famous Last Words: “In many important respects, financial markets are returning to normal.”
Most real financial catastrophes play out over a period of years, or they would not be catastrophes at all. The markets are disrupted briefly by an event or two and ...Read Full Story »
Media Digest 8/28/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: Price cuts on video consoles by Microsoft (MSFT) and Sony (SNE) have causeD the competition in the field to heat up. Reuters: AIG's (AIG) new CEO says he is ...Read Full Story »
Asia Markets And Europe Open 8/28/2009
Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei rose .6% to 10,534. Toyota (TM) was flat. The Hang Seng fell .6% to 29,123. The Shanghai Composite was off 2.9% to 2,861. ...Read Full Story »
Dell Scores One… Early (DELL)
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) has reported earnings. The PC-giant posted earnings of $0.24 EPS and $12.76 billion in revenues. Thomson Reuters had estimates for the former PC-leader at $0.23 EPS ...Read Full Story »
Dell Earnings on Deck (DELL, AAPL, HPQ)
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) is about to report earnings. Thomson Reuters has estimates for the former PC-leader at $0.23 EPS and $12.59 billion in revenues. For next quarter those targets ...Read Full Story »
August Car Sales: An Anomaly And A Short One (F)(TM)HMC)
August light vehicle sales in the US have to be good. The "clunkers" program produced almost 700,000 purchases. The industry might as well enjoy it while its lasts. September and ...Read Full Story »
Can Altria Raise Dividend Indefinitely? (MO, PM, RAI, LO)
Some companies are unmatched on the rate at which they pay out their dividends. Former DJIA component Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE: MO) definitely falls into that category, as do many ...Read Full Story »
Boeing Suppliers Not Chasing Boeing News (BA, SPR, BEAV, HON, COL, LMIA, TIE, PCP, GE, ETN, PH, BW)
This morning's news out of Being Co. (NYSE: BA) about the 787 Dreamliner setting a maiden flight date before the end of this year and scheduling preliminary deliveries into Q4-2010 ...Read Full Story »
24/7 Wall St. TV: Vonage Mirage
Shares of Vonage (VG) decreased from their peak price of the day yesterday as investors raised concerns about the company’s rapid stock valuation increase. Vonage traded as high as $2.63 ...Read Full Story »
Nat-Gas Inventories Keep Rising (UNG, OIH)
The weekly data out of the Energy Information Administration for natural gas inventories is only further adding salt on top of the wound for those hoping for higher natural gas ...Read Full Story »
Petrobras: Gov’t Investment and Venezuela Woes (PBR)
Petroleo Brasileiro (NYSE: PBR), or what we call Petrobras, has had a busy week. This stock has recovered handily off of lows from early July, but all summer it has ...Read Full Story »
Paulson Adds Citi to B of A, Goldman, and JPMorgan Holdings (C, BAC, COF, GS, JPM)
Paulson & Co. Inc. has become a very influential firm that can now move a market after John Paulson made billions from properly betting against the fate of the US ...Read Full Story »
Top Day Trader Alerts (AIG, BA, C, HGSI, IMMU, ENER, VG)
These are this Thursday 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: American International ...Read Full Story »
Jobless Claims Staying High
The data from the Labor Department on weekly jobless claims is out, and it is continuing to be a dragging number. Many keep hoping for improvements, yet they remain elusive. ...Read Full Story »
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