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Monthly Archives: November 2009

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Bill Gates Goes Deeper Into Autos (AN, MSFT, KMX, BRK-A)

Posted: November 2, 2009 at 5:23 pm

We noted just last week that Bill Gates was getting more entrenched in the waste disposal sector.  It turns out that Mr. Gates is getting deeper into the auto-retailing sector ...
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Stanley Wants Bigger Tool Works (SWK, BDK, SNA)

Posted: November 2, 2009 at 4:57 pm

The tool sector for builders and home repair is about to get a lot smaller for investors looking for diversification of company choices to invest in.  The Stanley Works (NYSE: ...
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Chinese Hotel IPO: 7 Days Group Holdings Limited (SVN, HMIN)

Posted: November 2, 2009 at 4:38 pm

7 Days Group Holdings Limited is national economy hotel chain based in China, and it has just filed to come public via an Inital Public Offering.  No terms were disclosed other ...
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Mixed Earnings Metrics on Chesapeake (CHK)

Posted: November 2, 2009 at 4:27 pm

Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) has put to bed at least some of the concerns over how much lower natural gas prices seen earlier this year were going to affect ...
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Bankruptcy Watch

Posted: November 2, 2009 at 4:05 pm

VeraSun Energy Corporation (OTC: VSUNQ), which filed for Chapter 11 protection on July 31st 2009, announced that the 158 million shares of common stock in the company have been cancelled.  The shares ...
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Recently Completed SPAC Deals Tripped up by De-Listing Threats (TMI, WLBC, CNWHF)

Posted: November 2, 2009 at 3:56 pm

SPACupdate.com provides daily reports and e-mails covering blank checks, their targets and relevant trading data.  The team has provided 24/7 Wall Street with many examples of solid developments in special ...
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CIT Highlights Risks in Junkier Financial Stocks (CIT, FNM, FRE, ABK, C, ETFC, AIG, PMI)

Posted: November 2, 2009 at 3:36 pm

It is of little surprise that CIT Group, Inc. (NYSE: CIT) is seeing clobbered today.  The company has finally filed its pre-packaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy package and that has CIT ...
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Did Obama Further Temper Unemployment Expectations?

Posted: November 2, 2009 at 3:03 pm

Today's market weakness is being attributed to a myriad of issues, with most profit taking being attributed to added valuation after huge gains not meeting up to the current economy.  ...
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Coal IPO Hikes Planned Sale (CLD, RTP, ACI)

Posted: November 2, 2009 at 2:03 pm

It seems that there is no caution in all the pending Initial Public Offerings coming to market.  Cloud Peak Energy, Inc. is raising the amount targeted for its capital raise ...
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24/7 Wall St. TV: Another Pay Outrage: University Presidents Making Over $1 Million

Posted: November 2, 2009 at 1:36 pm

Wall St. executives are apparently in for their best pay day in history, despite the fact that the collapse of the credit markets and the beginning of one of the worst recessions ...
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Ancestry.com on IPO Deck (ACOM)

Posted: November 2, 2009 at 1:16 pm

This week we are expecting to see the market absorb the pending initial public offering from Ancestry.com Inc.  The company has a very unique niche and business model in that ...
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Can Hyatt IPO Beat Current IPO Doldrums? (H, HOT, MAR)

Posted: November 2, 2009 at 12:45 pm

Late Friday night, after a really poor market day, Hyatt Hotels issued an amended S-1 for its planned initial public offering.  Because of last week's market volatility, we are getting ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (11/2/2009) (LVS)(PFE)(PLX)(BK)(ODFL)(PALM)(AAPL)

Posted: November 2, 2009 at 9:58 am

Updated throughout the day. Updated 1.05 PM EST:  Las Vagas Sands (NYSE:LVS) will try to raise $2.5 billion though an IPO in Hong Kong  (AP) Updated 11.12 AM EST: Pfizer ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (CIT, DNDN, F, HGSI, MOT)

Posted: November 2, 2009 at 9:57 am

This is a strange morning for day trader alerts.  There are not dozens and dozens of stocks in the big news, but those that are moving are moving big.  We ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (BIIB, INCY, MOT, CMCSA, JWN, ODP, PALM, RIMM, RCL, YUM)

Posted: November 2, 2009 at 9:25 am

These are this Monday's top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms: Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) Raised to Buy at Jefferies. Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ: INCY) ...
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