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Monthly Archives: October 2009

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

Posted: October 14, 2009 at 8:49 am

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)

Posted: October 14, 2009 at 7:41 am

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)

Posted: October 14, 2009 at 7:38 am

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)

Posted: October 14, 2009 at 7:14 am

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

Posted: October 14, 2009 at 6:08 am

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”

Posted: October 14, 2009 at 5:43 am

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

Posted: October 14, 2009 at 5:27 am

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

Posted: October 14, 2009 at 4:59 am

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

Posted: October 14, 2009 at 4:03 am

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

Posted: October 14, 2009 at 3:26 am

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

Posted: October 13, 2009 at 4:33 pm

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)

Posted: October 13, 2009 at 4:20 pm

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)

Posted: October 13, 2009 at 4:15 pm

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)

Posted: October 13, 2009 at 2:50 pm

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)

Posted: October 13, 2009 at 2:03 pm

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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