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Monthly Archives: October 2009

Top Day Trader Alerts (ACPW, JPM, FAS, BMTI, INTC, DRYS, MESA, CNO)

These are this morning's top day trader and active trader alert stocks.  We have much more detailed analysis on most with links through to each stock over at VSInvestor.com: Active ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades (AMR, ANSW, ABX, CSCO, CAL, CSC, EMC, GG, HOG)

These are this Wednesday's early upgrades and positive research calls which we have seen out of Wall Street firms this morning: AMR Corp. (AMR) Raised to Overweight at Barclays. Answers ...
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Top Analyst Downgrades (AGCO, AIV, AAI, JBLU, TSCO, VLO)

These are this Wednesday's top early-bird analyst downgrades and cautious research calls out of Wall Street: Agco Corp. (AGCO) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan. Apartment Investment & Management Co. (AIV) ...
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JPMorgan Sets Very High Bar For Financial Peers (JPM, FAS)

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) has just posted very impressive earnings.  The cleanest bank in America reported earnings of $0.82 EPS and revenues were $26.62 billion versus $0.52 ...
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Kitchen Worker Gets AIG (NYSE:AIG) Retention Bonus

AIG (NYSE:AIG) is a meritocracy. One of the firm's best kitchen workers got a $7,70o retention bonus as part of the firm's plan to keep key employees. According to the FT, the ...
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Exports And The Problem With The “China Miracle”

The rate at which China's exports are dropping has slowed and that means its economy is growing well. Exports and manufacturing account for too large a portion of GDP for that not ...
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The Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) Results May Not Be Good For PCs

The immediate reaction to Intel's (NASDAQ:INTC) results, which were better than expected, is that they signalled an improvement in the PC industry. Intel provides about 70% of PC chips. The ...
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24/7 Wall St. Interview With Investment Strategist Ed Yardeni

24/7 Wall St. interviewed Ed  ">Yardeni to talk about trends in the economy and the signs he looks for to help determine what he thinks is likely to happen in the ...
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Media Digest 10/14/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Reuters:   Aggressive trading in gold in China may be pushing the price of the metal up. Reuters:   Blackstone's (NYSE:BX) CEO says the worst of the crisis is over. Reuters:   The ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 10/14/2009

Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei dropped .3% to 10,051. The Hang Seng moved up 1.7% to 21,839. PetroChina (NYSE:PTR) and Sinopec (NYSE:SNP) moved up on oil prices. The ...
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52-Week High Club

Pier 1 Imports Inc. (NYSE: PIR) rallied over 11% to a yearly high of $5.01 after Dow Jones reported that the company had entered into an agreement to sell its ...
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Intel Bedazzles (INTC, SMH, USD)

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) has just reported earnings and gave guidance for the quarter ahead.  The processor giant posted $0.33 EPS and $9.39 billion in revenues.  Consensus estimates from Thomson ...
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Conseco Scores Paulson & Co. Investment (CNO)

Conseco, Inc. (NYSE: CNO) was a mixed blessing today after the close.  The firm is diluting shareholders with a secondary offering, but it also announced that the esteemed firm Paulson ...
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US Natural Gas ETF Discloses Strategy Changes & Risks (UNG)

The United States Natural Gas (NYSE: UNG) is disclosing some current and future changes to its investment vehicle strategy in its attempt to manage its size and to track the ...
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Top Financial Earnings on Deck (JPM, GS, C, BAC, PRSP, FAS, FAZ)

This week is the week we have 6 DJIA components reporting earnings as the first real week of earnings season, but the big financial stocks reporting will set the tone ...
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