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Daily Archives: December 8, 2009

TI.. Good, Not Good Enough (TXN)

Posted: December 8, 2009 at 4:41 pm

Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE: TXN) raised guidance at its mid-quarter update.  The problem is that looks like it has already been baked into the cake after seeing rivals make their ...
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52-Week High Club (FDX, QDHC, RWC)

Posted: December 8, 2009 at 4:04 pm

FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) rose over 3.5% to a yearly high of $90.62 after the nations second largest package shipping company announced that it will report earnings of $1.10 per ...
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Hedge Funds Back to $2 Trillion in Assets

Posted: December 8, 2009 at 3:05 pm

The hedge fund industry is back to having assets worth more than $2 trillion in November, according to Hedgefund.net.  The gain of 3.39% came to $2.037 trillion for the hedge ...
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Tiger Brand Death (PEP, ACN, AXP, ERTS, NKE)

Posted: December 8, 2009 at 2:07 pm

Tiger Woods has been the dominating news force over the last week.  It has been such a distraction that we have even worried that this would take everyone's eyes and ...
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Auto Customer Satisfaction: Discountinued Pontiac And Saturn Do Well

Posted: December 8, 2009 at 1:50 pm

J. D. Power and Associates released its new 2009 sales satisfaction index. The survey covers responses from 48,000 people and "is measured for five factors: dealership facility; salesperson; paperwork/finance process; delivery process; ...
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CIT Group Exits Bankruptcy, Wiping Out Old Holders (CIT, CITGQ)

Posted: December 8, 2009 at 1:38 pm

CIT Group Inc. (OTC: CITGQ) is emerging from bankruptcy.  The company has just announced that its prepackaged plan of reorganization was confirmed by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the ...
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Cisco Analyst Day: Chambers Outlines Challenge & Opportunity (CSCO, EMC, VMW, HPQ, COMS)

Posted: December 8, 2009 at 12:22 pm

Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is hosting its analyst day today, and we have been listening to comments and reviewing some of the data at its slide show.  CEO John ...
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Greece’s Rating Woes Weigh on Greek ADRs (NBG, OTE, CCH, DRYS, DSX, EXM, NM, TOPS, TNP)

Posted: December 8, 2009 at 10:48 am

Fitch Ratings joined in with a downgrade of Greece's credit rating following a similar action yesterday by Standard & Poor's. The downgrade this morning was to "BBB+" from "A-"... and ...
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New ETF Launch: Chinese Tech Stocks (CQQQ, BIDU, NTES)

Posted: December 8, 2009 at 10:03 am

Claymore Securities, Inc. is launching the Claymore China Technology ETF (NYSE: CQQQ).  This is said to be the first exchange traded fund with a specific focus on the Chinese technology ...
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Talbots Surprising SPAC Merger (BPW, TLB)

Posted: December 8, 2009 at 9:47 am

The world of special purpose acquisition companies is already a strange one that offers a bit of individualized private equity via the stock market.  The deal between BPW Acquisition Corp. ...
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First Solar Goes Deeper Into Canada (FSLR, ENB)

Posted: December 8, 2009 at 9:25 am

First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) has news on the wires this morning that the company and Enbridge Inc. (NYSE: ENB) have entered into an expanded agreement on the Sarnia Solar ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (12/8/200) (S)(AAPL)(GOOD)(MOT)

Posted: December 8, 2009 at 8:56 am

Updated throughout the day. Updated 2.33 PM EST: Hollywood companies may buy some game publishers including Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:ERTS) and Take-Two (NASDAQ:TTWO) (Barron's) Updated 9.54 AM EST:  Sprint's (NYSE:S) customer ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (CELG, DDRX, PEET, GMCR, GERN, YONG, XLNX)

Posted: December 8, 2009 at 8:35 am

These are this Tuesday's top four day trader and active trader alert stories.  We have more details and analysis via links to each story at VSInvestor.com: Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) ...
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24/7 Wall St. TV: McDonald’s (MCD) Sales Slow Near A Halt

Posted: December 8, 2009 at 8:07 am

McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) same-store sales have been one of the corporate bright spots during the recession. Now that the recovery in underway, the world's largest fast food chain's traffic has stagnated. ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (BIDU, EQR, FTR, JASO, ERIC, MOT, S, STP, SYY, TWC)

Posted: December 8, 2009 at 7:54 am

These are this Tuesday's top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen early this morning from Wall Street research calls: Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) Started as Hold at Kaufman Bros. ...
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