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Monthly Archives: August 2009

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The Coming Swine Flu Recession

Posted: August 24, 2009 at 5:14 am

There was a lot of analysis that went on when the early cases of swine flu were reported from Mexico. The WHO began to talk about a pandemic which raised ...
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Larry Ellison: The Return Of The Dollar A Year Man

Posted: August 24, 2009 at 5:01 am

Steve Jobs worked at Apple (AAPL) for $1 a year in 2000, just before the launch of the iPod which completely changed the company’s fortunes and made him astonishingly wealthy. ...
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Media Digest 8/24/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: August 24, 2009 at 3:57 am

Reuters:   A faltering stock market may make it hard for China to cut financial support to the capital markets. Reuters:   Roubini warned of a double dip recession. Reuters:   Warner Chilcott ...
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Asia Market And Europe Open 8/24/2009

Posted: August 24, 2009 at 3:19 am

Markets in Europe were sharply higher. The Nikkei rose 3.4% to 10,581. The Hang Seng rose 1.5% to 20,500. Sinopec (SNP) and PetroChina (PTR) both jumped. The Shanghai Composite was up 1.2% ...
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The Unusual Suspects (MELA, FSLR, GENZ, GERN, JEC, SHLD, SIRI, CRM, SPPI)

Posted: August 22, 2009 at 11:16 am

It's the weekend, and that brings about the review of "the unusual suspects" for strange activity or for being key stocks under review for the week ahead.  There are some ...
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White House Deficit Estimate To $9 Trillion From $7.1 Trillion

Posted: August 22, 2009 at 7:53 am

The Administration quickly and fairly quietly raised its budget deficit forecast  for the next ten years to $9 trillion from $7.1 trillion, an astonishing 27% increase. The new estimate is ...
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Meredith Whitney’s Good News… Only 300 Bank Failures (BAC, C)

Posted: August 21, 2009 at 2:51 pm

Notorious bank analyst Meredith Whitney of Meredith Whitney Advisory Group is out with some new harsh predictions calling for the demise of more banks.  It is actually not all really ...
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Higher Oil Brings Mixed Data on Rig Counts (BHI, OIH, USO, OIL)

Posted: August 21, 2009 at 1:13 pm

Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE:BHI) has released its weekly data on rig counts, and it seems that the suddenly higher oil prices are reversing some declines.  There has still been no ...
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Are Housing Gains A Sham? (XHB, ITB, URE, HD)

Posted: August 21, 2009 at 12:21 pm

This morning's July data for existing home sales, or used homes, posted another gain and this makes it the fourth consecutive month, according to the National Association of Realtors.  This ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (SIRI, CRM, FNM, FRE, BRCD)

Posted: August 21, 2009 at 9:04 am

These are this Friday’s top day trader and active stock alerts.  We have more detailed data on volume and price analysis with links through to VSInvestor.com on each stock: SIRIUS ...
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Analysts Duel Over Solar Stocks (ASTI, CSUN, ENER, ESLR, FSLR, SFUN, STP, SPWRA, YGE)

Posted: August 21, 2009 at 8:26 am

Jefferies has made some key downgrades in the solar sector this morning.  There are few other calls that were upgrades from rival firms, but the downgrade seems to be more ...
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Prison For China Pirates Of Microsoft Products

Posted: August 21, 2009 at 6:10 am

There are a number of estimates of what piracy in China costs American software companies. Most are in the $2 billion to $4 billion range. It could be much more ...
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Housing: The Well-To-Do Start To Default

Posted: August 21, 2009 at 5:47 am

No one was particularly surprised that the Mortgage Bankers Association’s National Delinquency Survey showed defaults reaching record levels. The delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one-to-four-unit residential properties rose to ...
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Starbucks (SBUX) Lowers Prices, Or At Least Some Of Them

Posted: August 21, 2009 at 5:24 am

Starbucks (SBUX) has come up with a plan to lower prices on many of its drinks and raise prices on others. The process is almost certainly not random, but the ...
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Why GM Should Run The National Stimulus Program

Posted: August 21, 2009 at 5:01 am

In its history, GM never made an important decision in less than ninety days. That changed recently when the auto maker said it would reimburse its dealers for money they ...
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