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Daily Archives: December 17, 2009

Nike’s Comments on Future with Tiger Woods (NKE)

Posted: December 17, 2009 at 7:01 pm

Most people in America now are probably not as interested in what Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) did for earnings after the closing bell today, but the Tiger Woods story is ...
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S&P Supports Amazon.com… Pullback an Opportunity? (AMZN)

Posted: December 17, 2009 at 6:24 pm

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) may have found a new friend.  Standard & Poor's has come out late in the day with a research note with "positive" credit implications for Jeff ...
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Fannie & Freddie Christmas Gift: No Foreclosures (FNM, FRE)

Posted: December 17, 2009 at 5:03 pm

It seems that Uncle Sam does not want to be the Grinch this Christmas and is giving a gift of no foreclosures during the holidays.  At least its GSE mortgage ...
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Palm’s Slight of Hand (PALM)

Posted: December 17, 2009 at 4:38 pm

Palm Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM) is one of the companies many investors have felt is an at-risk entity.  Yet its reaction after the earnings call today is not signaling that.  The ...
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RIM’s (RIMM) Quarter: No Damage From Apple (AAPL)

Posted: December 17, 2009 at 4:17 pm

Research In Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) posted earnings after Street consensus was $3.78 billion in revenue and $1.04 a share. Guidance was for $3.6 billion to $3.85 billion and EPS of $1 to ...
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Oracle Shows How It’s Done, Still Wants Sun (ORCL, SAP, JAVA)

Posted: December 17, 2009 at 4:17 pm

Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) has posted its earnings at $0.29 EPS on a GAAP basis, but $0.39 EPS on a non-GAAP basis.  Revenues were $5.86 billion for the quarter.  Thomson ...
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52-Week High Club (APWR, PIR)

Posted: December 17, 2009 at 4:02 pm

A-Power Energy Generation Systems (NASDAQ: APWR) rose over 10.3% to a yearly high of $20.60 after the Chinese power system manufacturer announced that it signed a deal to supply turbines ...
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Risks in Exxon-XTO Merger? (XOM, XTO, CVX, BP, RDS-A, CHK)

Posted: December 17, 2009 at 2:58 pm

It seems that the huge game-changing deal between Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) and XTO Energy Inc. (NYSE: XTO) may have more than just one risk associated with it.  The ...
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Gold May Be Dead For Rest of 2009 (GLD, GDX, ABX, GG, NEM, GDXJ)

Posted: December 17, 2009 at 12:59 pm

If there was a single trading event for investors, traders, and speculators from early October to early December, it was not stocks and was not bonds.  It was not even ...
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RIM/Blackberry Network Down Nationwide?

Posted: December 17, 2009 at 10:48 am

News is coming in from Blackberry users that the Research In Motion network is down nationwide and the Blackberry access is impossible. Nice news right before RIM (NASDAQ:RIMM) earnings. Update: ...
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Moody’s Calls Bottom in Homebuilders, Sort Of (XHB, ITB, HOV)

Posted: December 17, 2009 at 10:46 am

Moody's Investors Service has raised the bias and outlook on the U.S. homebuilder sector this morning.  Its report was titled "U.S. Homebuilding Industry Shows Signs of Stability" and the ratings ...
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Worst PR Of The Day: Sen. Ted Kaufman

Posted: December 17, 2009 at 10:09 am

Sen. Ted Kaufman may be the most self-aggrandizing member of Congress. His office sends out press releases ever few days about his stances on the financial services industry and other ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (FSLR, EZCH, YONG, C, SQNM)

Posted: December 17, 2009 at 9:03 am

These are this Thursday's top day trader alerts and active trader alerts.  We have links to more details and analysis over at VSInvestor.com for each stock: First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (12/17/2009) (GE)(AMR)(AIG)

Posted: December 17, 2009 at 8:52 am

Updated throughout the day. Tudor Investments will close its largest fund to investors  (Bloomberg) Steve Cohen of SAC made money illegally trading on the RCA buyout by GE (NYSE:GE)  (Cohen's ...
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Meredith Whitney Pans Goldman & Morgan (GS, MS)

Posted: December 17, 2009 at 8:14 am

Financial stocks were already looking mixed at best early this morning with the largest offering in capital markets history pricing last night for a trade today.  But Meredith Whitney, of ...
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