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Monthly Archives: September 2009

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Media Digest 9/18/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: September 18, 2009 at 3:55 am

Reuters:   If China opens its financial markets it could cause a huge bubble. Reuters:   US regulators may ban "flash" trading. Reuters:   Buffett may control the Kraft (KFT) decision to buy ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 9/18/2009

Posted: September 18, 2009 at 3:22 am

Markets in Asia fell. The Nikkei was off .7% to 10,371. The Hang Seng fell .8% to 21,585. China Mobile (CHL) and HSBC (HBC) were up. The Shanghai Composite dropped ...
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Palm Stock Sale & Short Interest Trump Earnings (PALM)

Posted: September 17, 2009 at 4:18 pm

Palm Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM) is out with earnings, although the key is going to be what the interpretation is over its Palm Pre sales.  The GAAP loss was huge, but ...
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24/7 Wall St. TV: eBay (EBAY) Shares Hurt By Skype

Posted: September 17, 2009 at 2:34 pm

\ eBay (EBAY) shares are trading down about 2% at $23.96 on news that a company owned by Skype’s founders has filed a filed a copyright suit against the VoIP ...
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Key Tech Majors Hit New 52-Week Highs (AAPL, BIDU, CIEN, CTXS, EBAY, GOOG, JNPR, TLAB, WDC)

Posted: September 17, 2009 at 1:51 pm

While the markets have started to sell off by what feels almost as 'sharply,' we have noticed late morning that a huge number 0f major technology stocks have hit 52-week ...
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Fed Says We’re All Richer Now… Do You Feel It?

Posted: September 17, 2009 at 1:48 pm

The Federal Reserve has released some key data in its quarterly "flow of funds" report that shows Americans actually saw a gain in wealth in the Second Quarter of 2009.  ...
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S&P Knocking Down Another $578 Billion in CDO Ratings

Posted: September 17, 2009 at 11:45 am

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services is making a house-cleaning exercise which could have a broad impact on the ratings of thousands of already-troubled securities.  S&P is changing its ratings criteria ...
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State Street’s New Preferred Stock ETF (STT, PSK)

Posted: September 17, 2009 at 10:49 am

Investors have just been given one more trading instrument meant to track a less-followed investment class.  State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) has announced that its State Street Global Advisors has ...
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Solarfun Looks ‘Good Enough’ (SOLF)

Posted: September 17, 2009 at 9:48 am

Solarfun Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NASDAQ: SOLF), a photovoltaic cell and PV module maker in China, is trading higher after the company gave guidance.  The outlook for the third quarter ...
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The 24/7 Wall St. Interview With Ford CEO Alan Mulally

Posted: September 17, 2009 at 9:10 am

24/7 Wall St. sat down with Alan Mulally, who has been Ford’s (F) CEO for three years, on September 15. The interview covered Ford’s major plans, the global car markets, and ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (AMR, DRYS, ORCL, RNN, USB, YMI)

Posted: September 17, 2009 at 9:01 am

These are this Thursday morning's top pre-market day trader alert and active trader alert stocks moving on unusual trading volume.  We have a link through to more color and analysis ...
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The Great Jobless Recovery

Posted: September 17, 2009 at 8:39 am

The Labor Department has come out with its weekly jobless claims, and we are still seeing nothing much more than a jobless recovery.  The number came in down 12,000 on ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades (FWLT, GNW, ITRI, NUE, SPR, SNCR, STI, SYNA, USB, VIA)

Posted: September 17, 2009 at 8:13 am

These are this Thursday morning's top analyst upgrades and positive research calls seen from Wall Street: Foster Wheeler (FWLT) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs. Genworth (GNW) Raised to Buy ...
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Top Analyst Downgrades (ABB, MT, BDK, BWA, GR, KR, MHS, SNDA)

Posted: September 17, 2009 at 8:11 am

These are this Thursday morning's top pre-market analyst downgrades and cautious research calls from Wall Street firms: ABB (ABB) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank. ArcelorMittal (MT) Cut to Hold ...
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Twitter, Skype, And The Trouble With Free Internet Services

Posted: September 17, 2009 at 5:57 am

Twitter has just raised capital at price that values the company at about $1 billion. A collection of private investors have agreed to buy two-thirds of Skype from eBay (EBAY), ...
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