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Daily Archives: November 19, 2009

Pimco’s Gross Says Buy Utilities

Posted: November 19, 2009 at 7:31 pm

PIMCO's chief Bill Gross puts out a regular letter in which he shares his investment advice with the public. Invoking the memory of Will Rogers, a Depression-era comic, Gross describes the ...
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52-Week High Club (DCI, NTAP, TSL)

Posted: November 19, 2009 at 7:05 pm

Donaldson Company Inc (NYSE: DCI) rose over 8.5% to a yearly high of $45.19 after the air filter maker reported 3Q earnings of $0.45 per share, beating analyst estimates.   ...
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Dell Very Disappointing… Very (DELL)

Posted: November 19, 2009 at 4:07 pm

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) reported earnings of $0.17 EPS as a headline, but the clean number is $0.23 EPS on a non-GAAP basis and $12.9 billion in revenues.  Thomson Reuters ...
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Black Friday Gimmicks & Desperation, A Win For Consumers (WMT, BBY, COST, TGT, KSS, GPS, M, JWN, MA, AMZN)

Posted: November 19, 2009 at 12:54 pm

We are right at a week away from the highly awaited Black Friday for 2009's holiday and Christmas season.  As you likely know, this is THE day that retailers look ...
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Make or Break Earnings for Dell (DELL)

Posted: November 19, 2009 at 12:30 pm

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) is set to report earnings after the closing bell today.  Thomson Reuters has estimates pegged at $0.28 EPS and $13.18 billion in revenues.  For the coming ...
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AMERITRADE Shelf Registration Spurs E*TRADE Speculation Further (AMTD, ETFC, SCHW)

Posted: November 19, 2009 at 11:38 am

TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: AMTD) has just filed an automatic shelf registration statement with the SEC today, which many rumor mongers may jump on and point to the notion ...
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The More Focused, and More Opaque, Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK-B, BNI, UNP, NSC, GS, GE, TIF, HOG, WMT, COP, XOM, WFC, RSG, DOW, ETN, WBC, MCO, WLP, UNH, GSK, SNY, GCI, WPO)

Posted: November 19, 2009 at 8:59 am

This was an important week for investment guru and billionaire watchers to see which gurus were holding which stocks.  The full public equity holdings of Warren Buffett via Berkshire Hathaway ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (INTC, HOTT, HOLI, NLST, CMED, MVIS)

Posted: November 19, 2009 at 8:57 am

These are this morning's top day trader alerts and active trader alerts in stocks early on Thursday.  We have more details and analysis over at VSInvestor.com for each stock: Intel ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (11/19/2009) (BA)(AMTD)(MWW)(NWSA)(AAPL)

Posted: November 19, 2009 at 8:45 am

Updated throughout the day. Update 12.50 PM EST:  Boeing (NYSE:BA) could lose a $7.5 billion order for fighter planes to Brazil if the US Senate does not confirm Obama's nominee ...
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Jobless Data Trying to Hang in There

Posted: November 19, 2009 at 8:37 am

The Labor Department has just released its figure for weekly jobless claims.  The figure came in at 505,000 in the last week, exactly in-line with the Bloomberg consensus data.  ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (ABC, ASML, CAH, CVS, ESRX, INTC, MRVL, MHS, SOLF, TXN)

Posted: November 19, 2009 at 8:12 am

These are this Thursday's top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls: AmerisourceBergen (NYSE: ABC) Started as Buy at UBS. ASML (NASDAQ: ASML) Cut to ...
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US Recovery Expected To Outpace Europe

Posted: November 19, 2009 at 6:10 am

The OECD expects the economic recovery in the US to be significantly better than in Europe. In its new Economic Outlook survey the agency says US gross domestic product (GDP) is ...
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GE (GE) Waves Goodbye To A Strong 2010 Performance

Posted: November 19, 2009 at 6:00 am

John Rice, chief executive of GE's technology infrastructure division, told Reuters that he expects results at his business to be weak in 2010. "We're not expecting a significant growth rate next ...
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GM’s Non-IPO IPO

Posted: November 19, 2009 at 5:48 am

Both the government and GM management are talking about an IPO at the end of 2010 that would allow the taxpayers to get the money that they put into the ...
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Obama Warns About “Double Dip” Recession

Posted: November 19, 2009 at 5:35 am

The President is supposed to talk about how much the economy is improving, not how bad it could be. Mr. Obama broke with the approach by saying that "It is important ...
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