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Daily Archives: October 5, 2009

Top Analyst Upgrades (COF, CMCSA, CMA, CNXT, CVG, DEPO, DTSI, QSFT, SY, WFC, WEN)

Posted: October 5, 2009 at 7:23 am

There were many more upgrades than downgrades seen early this Monday morning.  These are top upgrades and positive research calls from Wall Street analysts we have seen so far: Capital ...
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Top Analyst Downgrades (AMD, FOLD, AMAG, FITB, PLCM, TIVO)

Posted: October 5, 2009 at 7:17 am

These are this Monday morning's top early-bird analyst downgrades or cautious research calls from Wall Street firms: Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Cut to Market Perform at FBR. Amicus Therapeutics (FOLD) ...
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Brazil Olympic Stock Plays Feeling Lofty (EWZ, BRF, BZF, BBD, BRP, BTM, BAK, PDA, EBR, ABV, ELP, SID, CPL, ERJ, GFA, GGB, GOL, ITUB, NETC, PBR, TAM, TNE, TSP, VALE, VIV, VCP)

Posted: October 5, 2009 at 7:01 am

Investing into emerging markets where the Olympics are headed is supposed to be a safe bet, in theory.  Despite a flat close for stocks in the U.S. on Friday, Brazilian ...
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The Improbable Success Of Cash4Gold

Posted: October 5, 2009 at 6:15 am

Cash4Gold is a low-rent business that buys cheap TV time to promote its program for people to send it gold in exchange for cash. Turn that old jewelry into money. ...
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Henry Paulson’s Little White Lie

Posted: October 5, 2009 at 5:52 am

It seems that Henry Paulson was a bit too optimistic about the prospects of several banks which received TARP funds at the end of last year. The Treasury Department's inspector ...
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Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) Wins Again

Posted: October 5, 2009 at 5:33 am

Some times it seems like Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) has a single-sided coin that always comes up heads. Documents recently released show that if CIT (CIT) fails, Goldman get $1 billion ...
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The Failure Of The Bank Of American Board To Have A “CEO-In-Waiting”

Posted: October 5, 2009 at 5:12 am

There has been a great deal of risk that Bank of America's (NYSE:BAC) Ken Lewis would leave as the firm's CEO. He was replaced as the company's chairman. He has ...
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Unemployment Problems Will Get Much Worse

Posted: October 5, 2009 at 4:51 am

Alan Greenspan stated the obvious recently when predicted unemployment would rise over 10% soon. He also said that extending unemployment benefits should not be considered a part of the stimulus ...
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Media Digest 10/5/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: October 5, 2009 at 4:01 am

Reuters:   A bear market could kill the extraordinary rally in corporate bonds. Reuters:   Treasury will announce three more funds are buying toxic assets. Reuters:   Bank of America (BAC) will select ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 10/5/2009

Posted: October 5, 2009 at 3:26 am

Markets in Asia were narrowly mixed. The Nikkei was down .6% to 9,674. The Hang Seng moved up .3% to 20,434. The market in Shanghai was closed. At the open ...
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