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Monthly Archives: December 2009

Big Ben Talks Down The Dollar

Posted: December 7, 2009 at 1:48 pm

Friday's surprisingly strong job report sent the dollar soaring (NYSE: FXE, FXB, FXA, FXY).  Skittish currency traders got the impression that the improvement in the job market might prompt the ...
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Chart Set-Ups in Apple (AAPL)

Posted: December 7, 2009 at 11:02 am

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has come into some trouble as far as its stock charts are concerned, which is why it was one of the lead-in stories of ten stocks ...
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IPO Filing: Language Line Services

Posted: December 7, 2009 at 10:07 am

Language Line Services Holdings, Inc. is the latest company which has filed to come public via an initial public offering.  The terms were not disclosed, but for filing purposes it ...
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24/7 Wall St. TV: RIM (RIMM) Shrugs Off China News

Posted: December 7, 2009 at 9:50 am

The market shrugged off news that RIM (NASDAQ:RIMM) has a new distribution partner in China, perhaps because early sales results for the Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone have been so poor. RIM, ...
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Amgen: Stock Buyback vs. Debt Repayment (AMGN)

Posted: December 7, 2009 at 9:49 am

Do you have to worry when biotech giants decide to spend their hard-earned cash repurchasing their own stock rather than using the cash to go purchase new pipelines?  That is ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (AAPL, S, SOMX, CTIC, NVDA, AMD, INTC)

Posted: December 7, 2009 at 9:02 am

These are this morning's top day trader and active trader alerts.  We have more detailed data and analysis over at VSInvestor.com via links on each story and stock: Apple Inc. ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (12/7/2009) (CMCSA)(INTC)

Posted: December 7, 2009 at 8:54 am

Updated throughout the day. Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) may drop the name NBC from the name of NBCU  (NYTimes) Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) may open retail stores in the UK (The Times) Citigroup (NYSE:C) is ...
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This Is the Fed Pundits Want to Be Independent?

Posted: December 7, 2009 at 8:21 am

By John Tamny of Forbes Despite a collapsed dollar at all-time lows when compared with gold and nearly every major foreign currency, U.S. Federal Reserve officials are quite sanguine about ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (AGU, ABX, BRCD, DD, JNPR, MMC, POT, SPWRA, STP)

Posted: December 7, 2009 at 7:39 am

These are Monday's top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from early Wall Street research calls: Agrium Inc. (NYSE: AGU) Raised to Buy at UBS. Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE: ...
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Value Track: Revisiting Stocks The Rally Left Behind (ABT, MO, AWK, BKC, ENER, GENZ, KR, ORB, WMT, LEAP, PCS)

Posted: December 7, 2009 at 6:50 am

It was early in October before earnings season kicked off into full thrust when we first reviewed many large or actively traded stocks which had not participated in the stock ...
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China To Press Consumer Spending

Posted: December 7, 2009 at 6:05 am

China's leaders say the plan to keep their stimulus package in place, make capital available at low-cost, and work to increase consumer spending within the country's borders will last into ...
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A Comeback In E-Commerce Spending

Posted: December 7, 2009 at 5:49 am

By Douglas A. McIntyre The days of $800 million e-commerce spending are back, presenting the possibility that online sales have made a significant rebound from last year. According to recent ...
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Wall St. Pay Packages Start To Push Best Bankers Out The Door

Posted: December 7, 2009 at 5:47 am

RBS (NYSE:RBS) is about to lose almost 1,000 bankers due to pay restrictions set by the UK government. The Times of London reports that the managers and traders will move to companies where ...
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An “Extra” $200 Billion In Tarp Money To Burn Hole In Government’s Pocket

Posted: December 7, 2009 at 5:24 am

The Treasury Department announced over the weekend that its TARP losses will be $200 billion less than expected. Banks are paying back money at an unexpectedly rapid pace. There are ...
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Tech Companies Move To The Mall (AMZN)(AAPL)(MSFT)

Posted: December 7, 2009 at 5:02 am

There was a rumor, unconfirmed by Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), that Jeff Bezos’ company would open stores in the UK. It would follow Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) into the world of ...
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