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Daily Archives: December 28, 2009

Apple: When Speculators Rule Over Investors (AAPL)

Posted: December 28, 2009 at 7:14 pm

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) closed at another new all-time high today of $211.61 and $213.95 on an intra-day basis.    What is actually far more important than reports of a ...
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IPO FILING: Codexis Inc. (CDXS, MAXY, RDS-A)

Posted: December 28, 2009 at 5:41 pm

Codexis, Inc. has filed its paperwork with the SEC for an initial public offering.  The company plans to trade under the ticker "CDXS" on NASDAQ.  Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs ...
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Case-Shiller ETFs Bite The Dust (UMM, DMM)

Posted: December 28, 2009 at 4:56 pm

The death of an ETF is generally viewed as a failure or as an ill omen for other related ETF's.  Today that is not the case despite the death of ...
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IPO Filing: Excel Trust, A REIT Soon-To-Be (EXL)

Posted: December 28, 2009 at 1:38 pm

There was an interesting filing for an initial public offering that was put in at the SEC after most investors, brokers, advisors, and traders had already headed home either for ...
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Crude Prices Headed North (OIH)(USO)(OIL)

Posted: December 28, 2009 at 12:46 pm

Crude oil futures rose to their highest point in seven weeks this morning, trading above $79/barrel. Cold, snowy weather in the Northeast and the Midwest are the likely suspects ...
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Mixed Tech-Leader Short Selling, Only Partial Tell (AAPL, AMZN, CSCO, MSFT, GOOG, YHOO, INTC, ORCL, QCOM, RIMM, QQQQ)

Posted: December 28, 2009 at 11:22 am

We have seen what appears to be a mixed bag of shares listed in the short interest of the most active NASDAQ tech stocks traded day in and day out.  ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (AAPL, AMCS, IBM, CGEN, UAUA, FNM, FRE, VICL)

Posted: December 28, 2009 at 8:47 am

We have compiled Monday's top pre-market day trader and active trader alert stocks.  There is a link to each story for more detail and analysis at VSInvestor.com: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (12/28/2009)

Posted: December 28, 2009 at 8:44 am

Updated throughout the day. Shoppers may have spent a little more this holiday season than last  (CNBC) JAL may file for Chapter 11  (Reuters) Cascade Bancorp (NYSE:CACB) withdrew a $93 million ...
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JAL Could Be First Huge Airline Chapter 11 In Years

Posted: December 28, 2009 at 8:32 am

By Douglas A. McIntyre A number of media, including the Nikkei business daily, are reporting that the Japanese government is considering taking its huge flagship carrier JAL into bankruptcy. The ...
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Stimulating By Saving

Posted: December 28, 2009 at 8:27 am

By John Tamny of Forbes In his essential book The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith observed that "Capitals are increased by parsimony, and diminished by prodigality and misconduct." Or, put ...
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Job Cuts Outstrip Berkshire Hathaway Shares (BRK-A, BNI)

Posted: December 28, 2009 at 6:52 am

There was an interesting filing out during the Christmas holiday showing that Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) weren't in the holiday spirit for much of 2008.  There ...
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Number Of Car Dealers Down By More Than 10,000 Since 1970

Posted: December 28, 2009 at 5:37 am

There were 30,800 car dealerships in the US in 1970. There were 20,770 in the country in 2008 and that was before hundreds of locations where closed by large car ...
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A Very Sharp Rise In Mortgage Rates May Damage Housing Recovery

Posted: December 28, 2009 at 5:14 am

It is not clear whether there is a housing recovery underway in the US. Home sales have, in some cases, picked up. Most of the activity has been due to ...
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Media Digest 12/28/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 28, 2009 at 3:59 am

Reuters:   New airport security measures could hurt airline revenue. Reuters:   US holiday retailers were up 3.6% according to one report. Reuters:   A bankruptcy filing by JAL is possible to handle ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open (12/28/2009)

Posted: December 28, 2009 at 3:33 am

Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei was higher by 1.3% to 10,634. The Hang Seng was down .2% to 21,480. The Shanghai Composite rose 1.5% to 3,167. At the ...
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