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Monthly Archives: October 2009

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Asia Markets And Europe Open (10/20/2009)

Markets in Asia were higher. The Nikkei rose 1% to 10,337. The Hang Seng was up 1% to 22,531. PetroChina (NYSE:PTR) rose. The Shanghai Composite was up by 1.5% to ...
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Apple (AAPL) Beats Street Forecasts !!! Mac Stars

Wall St.'s forecasts for Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) were much, much too low. EPS for the September quarter was $1.82. Most analysts had the number pegged closer to $1.74. In the same ...
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Texas Instruments (TXN)

Texas Instruments Inc. (NYSE: TXN) just reported its quarterly earnings. On a non-GAAP basis, the chip giant's earnings were $0.42 EPS and revenues were down 15% at $2.88 billion.  Thomson ...
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52-Week High Club

CF Industries Holdings Inc (NYSE: CF) rallied over 4% to a yearly high of $95.06 after Agrium Inc. announced that it had extened its offer to acquire CF Industries holding ...
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5 DJIA Components Reporting Tuesday (CAT, DD, PFE, KO, UTX)

We have provided some basic details on Tuesday's earnings reports from DJIA components Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT), DuPont or EI DuPont de Nemours & Co. (NYSE: DD), Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE), ...
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The VIX Becomes Worthless (VXX, VXZ)

The CBOE Volatility Index, or the VIX, has become almost a useless barometer in the current environment.  With the VIX's nickname being called "The Fear Index," this is probably no ...
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Home Builders Already Cautious, Get More Cautious (XHB, ITB)

The prior data out of the National Association of Home Builders had been improving for three consecutive months.  New data for October came out today showing that the index slipped.  ...
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The Back-Door Play on Advertising in China (IDI, FMCN, VISN, AMCN, LAMR, CCO)

Ideation Acquisition Corp. (AMEX: IDI) gave us a volume spike alert over at VSInvestor.com, and it is very unusual to see a special purpose acquisition company suddenly have exponential trading ...
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Are Price Cuts Undermining Wal-Mart (WMT) Earnings?

Walmart (NYSE:WMT) has cut prices on products from food to book downloads to toys. It offers $4 prescriptions at its in-store pharmacies. Does the world's largest retailer make any money ...
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Nuveen: Florida Closed-End Muni Funds Roll Into National Funds (NIO, NPM, NEA)

Nuveen has been the largest player in single-state municipal bond closed-end and open-end bond funds for years and years.  If you look in Barron's each week under closed-end mutual funds ...
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Claymore Brings New China Stock ETF (YAO, HAO, TAO)

Claymore Securities is launching a new exchange-traded fund for investors to get one more method exposure to the Chinese stock market.  The new ETF is the Claymore/AlphaShares China All-Cap ETF ...
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SPAC Votes Coming (TTY, EDS, NAQ, CLA, EST, TCW)

SPACupdate.com has provided 24/7 Wall Street with some exclusive coverage on key issues coming up in the realm of special purpose acquisition companies.  2020 ChinaCap Acquirco (NASDAQ: TTY; NASDAQ: EDS) ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (10/19/2009) (YHOO)(POT)(SYMC)(CME)(AAPL)

Updated throughout the day         Updated  3.34 PM EST:  Consensus figures for Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) earnings may be significantly too high (Barron's) Updated 1.14 PM EST:  The whisper number for Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) is ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (ALLI, IPCS, FNM, FRE, AMGN, CIT)

These are this morning's top day trader alert stocks with more detailed data on price, volume, and further analysis with links to each stock over at VSInvestor.com: Allion Healthcare, Inc. ...
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Sprint Finally Acquires iPCS (S, IPCS)

Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) has finally figured a way to cure its affiliate lawsuits.  The wireless operator is acquiring iPCS, Inc. (NASDAQ: IPCS) in a merger valued at approximately ...
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