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Monthly Archives: December 2009

Secondary Offerings Keep Mounting (ED, KMP, VNR, AGO, USEG)

Posted: December 1, 2009 at 10:14 am

There is still a flood of secondary offerings coming down the pipe.  We have secondaries from Consolidated Edison Inc. (NYSE: ED), Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: KMP), Vanguard Natural ...
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Coffee Roaster War Brewing (DDRX, PEET, GMCR)

Posted: December 1, 2009 at 9:29 am

The acquisition of Diedrich Coffee, Inc. (NASDAQ: DDRX) is getting even more heated.  We have seen a raised bid from Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEET) to acquire Diedrich's ...
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GM China Sales May Pass US For First Time

Posted: December 1, 2009 at 9:02 am

GM reports that the company and its joint ventures sold 177,339 vehicles in China in November, an increase of 110%. GM's sales in the US were down by a third in the first ...
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SPACs’ Dead Deals, New Deals and Deal Votes (URX, KWIC, CFQCF, TGY, NSAQ, GSMEF)

Posted: December 1, 2009 at 8:53 am

We have been given some exclusive coverage on the recent developments in special purpose acquisition companies and blank check companies from SPACupdate.com this morning.  There are deal updates and calendar ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (12/1/2009) (ETFC)(AMTD)

Posted: December 1, 2009 at 8:39 am

Updated throughout the day. The Somali pirates claim to have started their own "stock exchange"   (CNBC, Reuters) E*Trade (NASDAQ:ETFC) will probably not be sold to TDAmeritrade (NASDAQ:AMTD)  (The Street) Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (AIG, GES, HGSI, NLST, SEED, FEED)

Posted: December 1, 2009 at 8:38 am

These are this Tuesday's top pre-market day trader and active trader alert stocks.  We have more detailed volume and price data and analysis on each stock with a link to ...
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A Defense of Short Selling

Posted: December 1, 2009 at 8:09 am

By John Tamny of Forbes "Without short sellers, 'there would be no one to criticize and restrain the false optimism that always leads to disaster.'" ~ Bernard Baruch   Amid ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (ADBE, BBT, BA, CLWR, FITB, ITRI, NFLX, NVAX, TTM, WBSN)

Posted: December 1, 2009 at 8:05 am

These are this Tuesday morning’s top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls: Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE) Started as Market Outperform at JMP Securities. BB&T ...
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Car Loan Delinquencies Rocket Up

Posted: December 1, 2009 at 7:33 am

TransUnion reports the auto loan delinquency moved up sharply in the third quarter. The national 60-day auto delinquency rate (the ratio of auto loan borrowers 60 or more days past ...
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China Economy Surging, But Where Will Goods Go

Posted: December 1, 2009 at 6:13 am

China's manufacturing economy appears to have almost completely recovered. The purchasing managers’ index released by HSBC Holdings Plc rose to a seasonally adjusted 55.7 from 55.4. A second measure, The Purchasing Managers' ...
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CBO: Healthcare Overhaul Does Little To Decrease Premiums

Posted: December 1, 2009 at 6:00 am

One of the most important aspects of the huge healthcare program working its way through Congress is that the $800 billion or more that will be spent to improve the ...
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Commercial Real Estate Defaults Soar

Posted: December 1, 2009 at 5:43 am

There have been warnings for months that commercial real estate defaults would be the next plague to bank earings. Then Dubai indicated that it would default on some of its ...
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The Worst Is Over For Credit Card Companies, Or Maybe Not (BAC)

Posted: December 1, 2009 at 5:10 am

The head of the credit card operations at Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) believes that credit card write-offs will not continue to rise, and that they hit their high point in ...
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The Renaissance Of E-Commerce (M)(JWN)(AMZN)(WMT)(TGT)

Posted: December 1, 2009 at 5:05 am

There are bits of research that say holiday e-commerce sales rose in the double digits over the Thanksgiving weekend and did even better on Monday. E-commerce sales have risen as a ...
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Media Digest 12/1/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NY Times, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 1, 2009 at 3:59 am

Reuters:   A $25 billion debt plan for Dubai World helped calm markets. Reuters:   GE (NASDAQ:GE) and Vivendi agreed to value NBCU at a price which gives the French company $5.8 ...
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