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Monthly Archives: December 2009

Schwab Only Partial Read on Online Brokers (SCHW, ETFC, AMTD)

Posted: December 14, 2009 at 12:45 pm

Charles Schwab Corp.(NASDAQ: SCHW) is acting as a drag on the online brokerage firms today.  Schwab warned that its fourth quarter results would come in weak due to lower trading ...
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SPAC Developments Ramping Into Year-End (KWIC, TWO, UEI, ARR, AXG, NLX, BPW, TLB, URX)

Posted: December 14, 2009 at 9:52 am

To close out the year, SPACs are pumping out deals one after another. However, as of late, some blank checks have not fared as well, and the NASDAQ and OTC ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (AMZN, AXA, C, JAVA, ORCL, CAMD, XTO, V)

Posted: December 14, 2009 at 9:07 am

There are many key movers in day trader alert stocks this morning on news events.  We have covered each story with a link to more detail and analysis over at ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (12/14/2009) (AAPL)(GOOG)(AOL)

Posted: December 14, 2009 at 9:03 am

Updated throughout the day AOL (NYSE:AOL) is in talks to sell its ICQ operations to Russian interests.  (various) Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) will launch a new handset to be sold directly to consumers by-passing ...
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Bubble: Seeking A Useless Word’s Ban

Posted: December 14, 2009 at 8:34 am

John Tamny for Forbes The dictionary definition of the word "bubble" is "a nearly spherical body of gas contained in a liquid." But economists, market commentators and politicians have hijacked ...
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ExxonMobil & XTO: Big Oil Gets Even Larger (XOM, XTO)

Posted: December 14, 2009 at 8:19 am

Big oil is about to get even larger.  Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) and XTO Energy Inc. (NYSE: XTO) announced an all-stock merger transaction valued at $41 billion.  This merger, ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (AOL, ARMH, XOM, FNSR, MJN, PALM, PMCS, RSH, SBIB, V)

Posted: December 14, 2009 at 8:08 am

These are Monday's top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls: AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) Started as Underperform at Credit Suisse. ARM Holdings (NASDAQ: ARMH) ...
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Citigroup (C) To Repay Government, But Payment May Come Too Early

Posted: December 14, 2009 at 5:58 am

There is finally news that Citigroup (NYSE:C) is close to repaying the government as much as $20 billion to return TARP funds so it can get out from under the government's thumb on issues such as compensation and board ...
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Toyota (TM) Means To Be First To The Plug-In Car Business

Posted: December 14, 2009 at 5:36 am

It is not entirely clear that consumers want plug-in electric cars, but that is not keeping Toyota (NYSE:TM) from marketing one, probably in two years. Hybrids are less expensive and ...
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The Google (GOOG) Phone And The Beginning Of The End For RIM

Posted: December 14, 2009 at 5:21 am

RIM's (NASDAQ:RIMM) stock has recovered some after several weeks of selling off due to the strength of the sales of the rival Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone. In the meantime, RIM has ...
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Kraft (KFT) Has Lost The Battle For Cadbury (CBY)

Posted: December 14, 2009 at 5:03 am

Kraft (NYSE:KFT)' s hostile bid for Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) carries a value of $16.3 billion. Cadbury shares have recently traded above the level of the Kraft bid and the US company lost ...
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What Did Abu Dhabi Get For Dubai Bailout?

Posted: December 14, 2009 at 4:49 am

Abu Dhabi did the unexpected. It provided fellow member of the United Arab Emirates Dubai $10 billion in funds. Four billion dollars of that will go to give support for Dubai's real ...
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Media Digest 12/14/2009 Abu Dhabi Bails Out Dubai Reuters, WSH, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 14, 2009 at 3:52 am

Reuters:   Abu Dhabi supplied Dubai with $10 billion in bail out funds. Reuters:   Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) is optimistic about its fight against Kraft (NYSE:KFT). Reuters:   Arcelor Mittal could cut 10,000 jobs. Reuters:   ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 12/14/2009

Posted: December 14, 2009 at 3:18 am

Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei fell a fraction to 10,106. Toyota (NYSE:TM) and Mitisubishi UFJ (NYSE:MTU) fell The Hang Seng rose .8% to 22,078. The Shanghai Composite was ...
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The Unusual Suspects (ADBE, BBY, NKE, ORCL, RIMM, AMZN, AXA, BMY, MJN, OSIP, UUP, V, WFC)

Posted: December 13, 2009 at 9:47 am

The second half of December is supposed to be when trading volume starts slowing down.  That does not look to be the case for this coming week, and this list of the unusual ...
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