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Monthly Archives: October 2009

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Brazil Olympic Stock Plays Feeling Lofty (EWZ, BRF, BZF, BBD, BRP, BTM, BAK, PDA, EBR, ABV, ELP, SID, CPL, ERJ, GFA, GGB, GOL, ITUB, NETC, PBR, TAM, TNE, TSP, VALE, VIV, VCP)

Posted: October 5, 2009 at 7:01 am

Investing into emerging markets where the Olympics are headed is supposed to be a safe bet, in theory.  Despite a flat close for stocks in the U.S. on Friday, Brazilian ...
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The Improbable Success Of Cash4Gold

Posted: October 5, 2009 at 6:15 am

Cash4Gold is a low-rent business that buys cheap TV time to promote its program for people to send it gold in exchange for cash. Turn that old jewelry into money. ...
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Henry Paulson’s Little White Lie

Posted: October 5, 2009 at 5:52 am

It seems that Henry Paulson was a bit too optimistic about the prospects of several banks which received TARP funds at the end of last year. The Treasury Department's inspector ...
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Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) Wins Again

Posted: October 5, 2009 at 5:33 am

Some times it seems like Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) has a single-sided coin that always comes up heads. Documents recently released show that if CIT (CIT) fails, Goldman get $1 billion ...
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The Failure Of The Bank Of American Board To Have A “CEO-In-Waiting”

Posted: October 5, 2009 at 5:12 am

There has been a great deal of risk that Bank of America's (NYSE:BAC) Ken Lewis would leave as the firm's CEO. He was replaced as the company's chairman. He has ...
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Unemployment Problems Will Get Much Worse

Posted: October 5, 2009 at 4:51 am

Alan Greenspan stated the obvious recently when predicted unemployment would rise over 10% soon. He also said that extending unemployment benefits should not be considered a part of the stimulus ...
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Media Digest 10/5/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: October 5, 2009 at 4:01 am

Reuters:   A bear market could kill the extraordinary rally in corporate bonds. Reuters:   Treasury will announce three more funds are buying toxic assets. Reuters:   Bank of America (BAC) will select ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 10/5/2009

Posted: October 5, 2009 at 3:26 am

Markets in Asia were narrowly mixed. The Nikkei was down .6% to 9,674. The Hang Seng moved up .3% to 20,434. The market in Shanghai was closed. At the open ...
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WMT

Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) Medicine Is The Solution To The Health Care Crisis

Posted: October 4, 2009 at 6:06 pm

Americans have known that we have had a health care crisis since our country was created.  We have chosen to depend on doctors and nurses and hospitals to provide care ...
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The Unusual Suspects (AA, MOS, YUM, CVC, CIT, LOCM, RVSN, WFC)

Posted: October 4, 2009 at 10:34 am

It is the weekend and that means a review of last week's unusual suspects and a review for key stocks in the week ahead.  Technically earnings season gets its first ...
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Bankruptcies Skyrocket In September

Posted: October 3, 2009 at 9:33 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 filings total reached 124,790, ...
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Bing Starts To Lose Market Share (GOOG)(MSFT)(YHOO)

Posted: October 3, 2009 at 8:03 am

Bing's rapid ascent as a new favorite among web searchers may be over. The Microsoft (MSFT) product had picked up market share since it was launched in early June. The ...
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52-Week High Club

Posted: October 2, 2009 at 4:29 pm

Pepsi Bottling Group (NYSE: PBG) hit a yearly high of $37.37 today after PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) filed a proxy indicating it would complete its acquisition of Pepsi Bottling Group regardless ...
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oil

Conoco Issues Cautious Update, While Exxon CEO Calls for More Taxes (COP, CVX, XOM)

Posted: October 2, 2009 at 12:00 pm

Oil major ConocoPhillips Corp. (NYSE:COP) released its third quarter 2009 interim update this morning, and while the news was not altogether positive, the company's share price is up nearly ...
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First Solar Makes a Sale (ENB, FSLR, YGE, TSL, STP)

Posted: October 2, 2009 at 10:45 am

Canadian oil and gas pipeline company Enbridge Inc. (NYSE:ENB) today announced that it would purchase a 20 megawatt solar generation plant from First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR). No purchase price was ...
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