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Monthly Archives: October 2009

Mosaic Misses A Low Bar, Yet Holds Up (MOS)

Posted: October 5, 2009 at 4:43 pm

The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) was one stock where we noted that the bar for earnings expectations was  very low.  The fertilizer and potash player came even lower.  It posted $0.23 ...
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52-Week High Club

Posted: October 5, 2009 at 4:04 pm

Banco Bradesco Sa (NYSE: BBD) hit a early high of $20.79 today, carried by the hype surrounding South American banks over the past few weeks.  The company is also undoubtably ...
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S&P Quasi-Endorses GE’s NBC Universal Plans (GE, CMCSA)

Posted: October 5, 2009 at 2:59 pm

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has reviewed the ramifications of reports about General Electric Co.'s (NYSE: GE) plans for NBC Universal.  The ratings agency has said that a partial sale ...
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Should Ciena Be Pursuing Nortel Assets? (CIEN, NRTLQ)

Posted: October 5, 2009 at 2:05 pm

We have been looking into the report from Ciena Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN) late this morning that the company is in advanced discussions to acquire substantially all of the optical networking ...
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Technical Analysis Predictions For Q4 (SPY, UUP, UDN, GLD, TLT, TBT)

Posted: October 5, 2009 at 1:02 pm

Maybe it is time after a 50%+ gain in the major equity indexes, or maybe it is just everyone getting into the October bearish mode.  We are hearing more and ...
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Conde Nast Woes, An Opportunity For The Knot? (KNOT)

Posted: October 5, 2009 at 11:49 am

The Knot, Inc. (NASDAQ: KNOT) may just have become an indirect beneficiary of the old print media world dying one publication at a time.  The Wall Street Journal and CNBC ...
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Services Sector Back To Growth, At Least Some

Posted: October 5, 2009 at 10:21 am

The service sector is now back to expanding, even officially, according to the ISM non-Manufacturing data just released.  The Institute for Supply Management's Non-Manufacturing Business Survey came in at 50.9% ...
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Another Busy SPAC Merger Week (GHC, IAN, DSP, FTBK)

Posted: October 5, 2009 at 9:50 am

This week kicks off a month’s worth of deal votes guaranteed to keep SPACs’ volume up into November.  SPACUpdate.com has noted how the asset class has already been highlighted for ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (10/5/2009)

Posted: October 5, 2009 at 9:23 am

Updated throughout the day. Update 10.03 AM: NetApp (NTAP) may be on a short list of tech buy-out targets but does not appear to have any real suitors.  (Barron's) Update 9.55 ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (FOLD, BRCD, COF, FITB, SCLN, TRID, WFC)

Posted: October 5, 2009 at 9:10 am

These are this morning's top day trader alerts and active trader alert stocks for Monday.  We have more details on volume and price analysis on each stock covered at VSInvestor.com: ...
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It’s Pointless to Worry About Income Inequality

Posted: October 5, 2009 at 8:22 am

John Tamny The great Canadian economist Reuven Brenner noted in his 1983 book, History: The Human Gamble, that periods of massive income inequality frequently lead to economic innovation. Simply put, ...
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Nouriel Roubini Blasts The Rally With Tank-Warning

Posted: October 5, 2009 at 8:20 am

Dr. Doom, or Nouriel Roubini, has come out predicting that stocks and commodities may tank when they figure out that the recovery is far short of the recovery that is ...
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24/7 Wall St. TV: Bankruptcies Rise Sharply

Posted: October 5, 2009 at 7:30 am

Personal bankruptcies posted a big increase in September, not a surprise as unemployment races toward 10%. The American Bankruptcy Institute reports that the September 2009 consumer filing total reached 124,790, ...
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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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