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Monthly Archives: October 2009

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Credit & Equity Analyst Ratings Duel at Palm (PALM)

Posted: October 28, 2009 at 11:36 am

Palm Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM) has lost that massive stock surge that we saw for what felt like way too long throughout 2009.  There are two key analyst calls that now ...
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DOE Oil Inventories Back Up (OIH, DIG, USO, OIL)

Posted: October 28, 2009 at 10:44 am

We have just seen this week's latest Department of Energy weekly oil inventory data.  The new report is on the heels of a sudden rise in oil prices followed by ...
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New Home Sales Highlight Softness (XHB, ITB, DHI, LEN)

Posted: October 28, 2009 at 10:26 am

The Commerce Department has just shown a report that new home sales for the month of September turned south.  This may increase the call for that first time home buyer ...
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Key SPAC Deals on Deck (HLD, EST, NAQ, CLA)

Posted: October 28, 2009 at 9:42 am

SPACupdate.com has been bringing 24/7 Wall Street waves of data on the resurgence of special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs.   After a string of successful mergers, two coming to vote ...
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Biotech IPO Filing: Aldagen, Inc. (ALDH)

Posted: October 28, 2009 at 9:31 am

We have just seen a biotech company named Aldagen, Inc. file for an initial public offering of common stock.  This will trade under the proposed stock ticker "ALDH" on NASDAQ.  ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (10/28/2009) (UBS)(SNE)(BCS)(CBS)

Posted: October 28, 2009 at 9:13 am

Updated throughout the day. Update 12.05 PM EST:  UBS (NYSE:UBS) may spin off PaineWebber  (Breakingviews) GMAC has asked the Treasury Department for several billion more dollars in loans. (NYTimes) Barry Diller's IACI ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (AMD, APOL, ETFC, ILMN, LVLT, PVTB)

Posted: October 28, 2009 at 9:07 am

These are this morning's top day trader and active trader alerts from us with links through to updates and more detailed price-volume analysis with a link to each stock at ...
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Durable Goods… Something For Everyone

Posted: October 28, 2009 at 8:40 am

Durable Goods for the month of September did come in positive, but under expectations.  As a reminder, this is the most volatile of all of the large economic numbers.  Orders ...
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Two IPOs On Deck (ADUS, VSI, BX)

Posted: October 28, 2009 at 8:16 am

We have two initial public offerings today.  We have a poor pricing from Addus HomeCare Corporation (NASDAQ: ADUS) and a solid pricing from a Blackstone interest in the Vitamin Shoppe ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (AKS, APOL, BP, CRDN, RX, SNDK, STI, TGT, TXN, WYNN)

Posted: October 28, 2009 at 7:29 am

These are this Wednesday's top 10 seen analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations which we have seen from Wall Street research calls: AK Steel (NYSE: AKS) Raised to Buy at Citigroup. ...
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More Bizarre Pay Czar News

Posted: October 28, 2009 at 6:13 am

A new analysis from The Wall Street Journal shows that pay czar Kenneth Feinberg raised the salaries of most of the executives over which he has jurisdiction. The paper reports ...
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US Consumer Confidence Up For The First Time Since 2007

Posted: October 28, 2009 at 5:55 am

The new Nielsen Global Consumer Confidence poll taken during the first two weeks of the month shows that the US had its first positive numbers since 2007. Reuters was given ...
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Only Sixty Shopping Days Until Christmas

Posted: October 28, 2009 at 5:18 am

The very most important corporate earnings for the last quarter are, with few exceptions, out now and October unemployment numbers will be released in a week. Third quarter GDP figures ...
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The Genius Of The Consumer And The Failure Of Car Brands

Posted: October 28, 2009 at 5:05 am

Consumer Reports came out with its annual new car reliability survey. The study is widely anticipated because it  pre="it ">is based on the opinions of 1.4 million people and because the ...
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Interview With Caribou Coffee CEO, Michael Tattersfield

Posted: October 28, 2009 at 4:30 am

Caribou Coffee (NASDAQ: CBOU) is a retail and commercial coffee vendor.  Its stock has soared more than 500% this year, well outperforming its peer group.  24/7 Wall St. had an opportunity to ...
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