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Monthly Archives: December 2009

China Finally Buys A Western Car Company

Posted: December 13, 2009 at 8:02 am

After a year of false starts in which Chinese car and manufacturing interests have tried to buy Hummer and have kicked the tires at Volvo. a mainland firm, Beijing Automotive, ...
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Implications of Major S&P Component Changes (MJN, MBI, V, CIEN, CLF, DYN, KBH, GMCR, BTH, CHP, CVG, ROST, CLF, SNH, ATW, DY, KELYA, ELY)

Posted: December 12, 2009 at 11:24 am

Standard & Poor's often makes S&P index changes for the S&P 500, the S&P Mid-Cap 400 and the S&P Small Cap 600 at the end of the year.  This probably ...
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Christmas Tree Sales, A Leading Economic Indicator, Are Strong

Posted: December 12, 2009 at 7:19 am

How can economists get a handle on holiday retail sales trends? Watch Christmas tree sales. The theory seems plausible. People who can afford to pay $20, $40, or $100 for a ...
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From Scandal to Finance: Tiger Woods Top Financial Pieces

Posted: December 11, 2009 at 4:48 pm

Tiger Wood said he would take an "indefinite" leave from golf, putting his endorsements, the income of the PGA Tour, and PGA charities all at risk. As we expected, the ...
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House Of Representatives Passes Huge Financial Services Package

Posted: December 11, 2009 at 2:51 pm

The House of Representatives passed HR 4173, known as The Wall Street Reform And Consumer Protection Act off 2009.  The vote was a close 223 to 202. The bill now goes ...
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Rig Counts Mixed On Oil Prices (OIH, USO, OIL)

Posted: December 11, 2009 at 1:22 pm

The weekly rig count data from Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE: BHI) is out, and it seems that the corrective phase in the price of oil is starting to create mixed ...
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Revisiting Short Interest: Short Squeeze Candidates (PALM, GRMN, DISH)

Posted: December 11, 2009 at 12:32 pm

As we saw yesterday, short sellers have increased their bets against several companies that we find interesting  and may be acted on.  Short sellers had covered their positions in Palm ...
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Apple-Nokia Patent Wars Heating Up (AAPL, NOK, QCOM, BRCM, RIMM, RMBS)

Posted: December 11, 2009 at 10:38 am

Patent lawsuits are nothing new in the world of technology.  And the patent suit from Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) against Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) may have just taken a turn.  ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (12/11/2009) (PG)(BK)(MSFT)

Posted: December 11, 2009 at 8:43 am

Updated throughout the day. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) will buy Opalis Software  (Barron's) Updated 9.47 AM EST  The CEO of Bank of New York (NYSE:BK) is once again a candidate for the ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (DNDN, CIEN, DEER, SNSS, CBK)

Posted: December 11, 2009 at 8:38 am

These are this morning's top day trader and active trader alert stocks.  There is much more detailed analysis and data on each stock story via a link to VSInvestor.com: Dendreon ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (AOL, BNI, GLW, FFIV, NCR, NOK, STI, TJX, VCLK, YHOO)

Posted: December 11, 2009 at 7:46 am

These are the ten top analyst calls in upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen early this Friday from Wall Street research calls: AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) Started as Outperform ...
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Recession Buster: McDonald’s (MCD) To Offer Breakfast For $1

Posted: December 11, 2009 at 6:23 am

The McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) Dollar Meal has found a new home in the morning. A number of press reports quote the fast food chain management as saying that it will offer ...
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A New Sovereign Debt Problem: IMF Stops Payments To Ukraine

Posted: December 11, 2009 at 5:57 am

The IMF has grown tired of increasing government spending in Ukraine. The agency had agreed to loan the nation $16.8 billion to offset its large national deficits. It is now ...
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A National Sales Tax To Cure What Ails The National Debt

Posted: December 11, 2009 at 5:40 am

Politicians and economists are forever coming up with new ideas to lower the national debt which is now more than $12 trillion and growing rapidly. The New York Times reports that the ...
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Moody’s Still Concerned About US And UK Debt

Posted: December 11, 2009 at 5:22 am

Moody's (NYSE:MCO) made comments about its ratings on US and UK sovereign debt that were meant to calm the markets. Early in the week the credit agency said that one ...
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