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Monthly Archives: October 2009

VMware Delivers (VMW)

Posted: October 21, 2009 at 4:11 pm

VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) has just posted its Q3 earnings report of $0.24 EPS on a non-GAAP basis on $490 million in revenues.  Thomson Reuters had estimates at $0.20 EPS ...
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52-Week High Club

Posted: October 21, 2009 at 4:09 pm

Autodesk Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) rallied over 5% to a yearly high of $27.26 after the company's shares were upgraded to "buy" by Kaufman Brothers LP, who set their 12 month ...
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Bove Dumps Wells Fargo (WFC)

Posted: October 21, 2009 at 3:54 pm

Dick Bove of Rochdale Securities may have been responsible for today's sell-off as many banking stocks fell late in the day.  Bove has downgraded Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) ...
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Today’s Unusual Options Activity (ABX, CAT, EXPE, JAVA, CS)

Posted: October 21, 2009 at 3:06 pm

These are today's unusual options trading patterns seen late in the afternoon.  We have provided links over to VSInvestor.com for more details on each situation: There have been two large ...
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Earnings on Deck: VMware & EMC (VMW, EMC)

Posted: October 21, 2009 at 1:55 pm

After the close of trading today, we will get a look at the earnings report from VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW).  The company's former parent and still-majority shareholder (by far) is ...
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AGA Medical Debuts During Cautious IPO Market (AGAM)

Posted: October 21, 2009 at 11:02 am

It was just over the weekend that we noted how cautious the initial public offering market has become.  What a difference a couple months can make.  Today marks the debut ...
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DOE Mixed Inventory Driving Oil Prices (OIH, DIG, USO, OIL)

Posted: October 21, 2009 at 10:50 am

The Department of Energy's weekly energy inventories data is giving another mixed picture similar to last week.  The difference is that this was more in-line with expectations that what we ...
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Is Buffett Becoming A Lagging Indicator? (BRK-A)

Posted: October 21, 2009 at 10:18 am

Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) was out yesterday talking up "enormous progress" that has been made since a year ago.  His comments came from an interview and ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (10/21/2009) (TWX)(AAPL)(BKS)

Posted: October 21, 2009 at 9:16 am

Updated throughout the day. Updated at 1.11 PM EST:  Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) will sell First Republic for $1 billion.  (The Deal) Updated 1.05 PM EST:  Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) may be ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (YHOO, ISRG, PLCM, SNDK, FNM, FRE)

Posted: October 21, 2009 at 9:04 am

These are this morning's top pre-market day trader alert stocks for Wednesday.  We have more detailed analysis and data on each stock linked through to VSInvestor.com: Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) ...
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Mixed Earnings Picture At Buffett’s Banks (WFC, USB, BRK-A, V)

Posted: October 21, 2009 at 8:33 am

This morning's banking reports from Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) and US Bancorp (NYSE: USB) might as well be called the Warren Buffett banking reports, or the banking earnings ...
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Boeing (BA) Earnings: Time For CEO Jim McNerney To Leave

Posted: October 21, 2009 at 7:57 am

Financial results and news out of Boeing (NYSE:BAC) has been getting worse by the month as the company delay its new 787 and a revamped version of the 747. Today ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (ACE, ADSK, ADP, BCS, EAT, EP, LXK, NRG, PAYX, TRV)

Posted: October 21, 2009 at 7:56 am

These are this Wednesday's top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations which we have seen early on from Wall Street research calls: ACE Limited (ACE) Started as Outperform at RBC ...
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Macau: The New Las Vegas

Posted: October 21, 2009 at 6:08 am

Based on industry figures, Las Vegas casinos will only bring in about $4.8 billion this year. Receipts in Macau rose 22% to $3.8 billion in the third quarter. While casino ...
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The Idea Of Breaking Up The Largest Banks Gains Ground

Posted: October 21, 2009 at 5:52 am

Former Fed chief Paul Volker has argued that America's largest banks should be broken up to prevent a situation in which another credit crisis would force the government to spend hundreds of ...
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