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Monthly Archives: September 2009

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An IPO Coming Tied To Autos, Really… (GS, CPRT)

Posted: September 15, 2009 at 2:10 pm

KAR Holdings, Inc. is going to sound like a bit of a strange initial public offering if you have gotten used to the dismal US auto industry.  The company has ...
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24/ Wall St. TV: Rakoff Decision=The SEC Will Be Changed Forever

Posted: September 15, 2009 at 1:25 pm

Federal District Judge Jed S. Rakoff was supposed to a approve a $33 million settlement between the SEC and Bank of America (BAC) over the issue of the financial firm ...
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Factory Shifts About To Get Longer?

Posted: September 15, 2009 at 12:44 pm

This morning's data from the Commerce Department underscores that even a mild return of demand could create a massive relaunch of the United States manufacturing engine without much job growth.  ...
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In A123 Battery IPO, Buffett Indirectly Wins (AONE, BRK-A, GE, QCOM, MOT, SCMR, AB, PG, AAPL)

Posted: September 15, 2009 at 11:35 am

Next week is still supposed to mark the initial public offering of what me be a very hot IPO.  Auto electric-battery maker A123 Systems Inc. is tentatively set to launch ...
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SPAC Developments Heating Up (NAQ, CLA, GHQ, TTY, CADUF, GHC, PAX, TCW, IAQGU)

Posted: September 15, 2009 at 9:50 am

For the first time in more than a year, a special purpose acquisition company, a SPAC, saw its shares broke through their trust value prior to a deal vote. In ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (BBY, BCRX, C, DNDN, ING, LXRX, YHOO)

Posted: September 15, 2009 at 8:57 am

These are this morning’s top pre-market day trader alert stocks.  We have more color and more detail on price and volume analysis linked through to each at VSInvestor.com: Best Buy ...
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PPI Brings Some Inflationary Data

Posted: September 15, 2009 at 8:38 am

The inflation bugs finally got some good gossip to discuss around their campfire.  The nominal PPI data was listed as +1.7%, but the core reading on an ex-food and energy ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades (MT, AVGO, CAH, EBAY, NFLX, NVS, STX, WDC, XRX)

Posted: September 15, 2009 at 7:43 am

These are this Tuesday morning's top analyst upgrades and positive research calls that we have seen from Wall Street research with about two hours until the market opens: ArcelorMittal (MT) ...
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Top Analyst Downgrades & Cautious Calls (BCE, GLW, FLIR, GOV, GR)

Posted: September 15, 2009 at 7:39 am

These are this Tuesday morning's early-bird analyst downgrades and cautious research calls seen from Wall Street with about two hours until the market opens: BCE (BCE) Cut to Neutral at ...
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Citigroup (C) May Try To Buy Back Government Shares

Posted: September 15, 2009 at 6:03 am

Citigoup (C) may try to buy back some of the shares that the US government got when it bailed out the bank. Taxpayers own 34% of Citi and it may ...
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The World’s Millionaires Are Disappearing

Posted: September 15, 2009 at 5:51 am

The number of millionaire households in the world dropped from 11 million in 2007 to 9 million last year, a fall of almost 18%, according to The Boston Consulting Group. ...
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The Economy: Public Still Scared To Death

Posted: September 15, 2009 at 5:34 am

You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time. but you cannot fool all of the people all of the ...
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The Rakoff Decision: The SEC Will Be Changed Forever

Posted: September 15, 2009 at 5:12 am

Federal District Judge Jed S. Rakoff was supposed to a approve a $33 million settlement between the SEC and Bank of America (BAC) over the issue of the financial firm ...
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A Voice Of Gloom At The Fed

Posted: September 15, 2009 at 4:58 am

Janet L. Yellen is the head of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and a voting member of the Fed's Federal Open Market Committee. She is highly pessimistic about ...
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Media Digest 9/15/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: September 15, 2009 at 4:04 am

Reuters:   China say data show the US tire tariffs are unfair. Reuters:   A Fed policy debate has begun now that the recession is over. Reuters:   The world's wealth is down ...
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