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Monthly Archives: December 2009

The Government’s Loan Modification Program Does Not Have To Fail

Posted: December 22, 2009 at 5:05 am

The government’s “Home Affordable Modification Program”  needed $75 billion of taxpayer money to alter home loans so that these loans could be more affordable for creditworthy homeowners who could ...
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Media Digest 12/22/2009 Greece Debt Downgraded By Moody’s: Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 22, 2009 at 3:57 am

MarketWatch:   Moody's (NYSE:MCO) downgraded Greece's debt to A2 from A1 and said it had a negative outlook on the nation's sovereign paper. Reuters:   The FBI is probing a cyber attack on Citigroup ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open (12/22/2009)

Posted: December 22, 2009 at 3:27 am

Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei rose 1.9% to 10,379. Toyota (NYSE:TM) rose sharply. The Hang Seng was up .7% to 21,092. The Shanghai Composite fell 2.3% to 3,051. ...
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52-Week High Club (X, AET, CI, AA, HGSI)

Posted: December 21, 2009 at 4:17 pm

United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) rose over 6.5% to a yearly high of $52.47 after the United States objected to a requestion by China that the World Trade Organization ...
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Stem Cell Stocks Rise, Led By Athersys Inc. (ATHX, NBS, STEM)

Posted: December 21, 2009 at 2:33 pm

Stem cell stocks (tracked in Tickerspy's Stem Cell Stock's Index (*RXSTM) are up over 7% today, led by Athersys Inc (NASDAQ: ATHX).  Athersys Inc. rose as high as 395% this ...
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Unusual Options Trading Alerts (AAPL, GOOG, AMZN, RIMM, GLD, BIIB, MU)

Posted: December 21, 2009 at 1:42 pm

We have compiled several options chains we are watching today now that the DEC-2009 PUTS/CALLS have expired on Friday.  Much of this likely options roll-outs continuing, but we are seeing ...
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Was Microsoft’s Liddell Promised GM CEO Job?

Posted: December 21, 2009 at 11:08 am

Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) departing CFO Chris Liddell will join GM as Vice Chairman and CFO, according to several media reports. GM is so badly damaged that the move could not even ...
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E*TRADE New CEO… Chances of Buyout Changing? (ETFC, C, AMTD, SCHW, GS, MS)

Posted: December 21, 2009 at 10:37 am

E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) has some good news this morning, although this could actually be bad news for those hoping for an immediate takeover.  The company has been without ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (12/21/2009)

Posted: December 21, 2009 at 9:17 am

Updated throughout the day. Dubai World will meet with creditors but offer no proposals (various). China's sovereign fund CIC will get a new infusion of $200 billion (FT) Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (CHTT, BMY, POT, MOS, MOO, PALM)

Posted: December 21, 2009 at 9:09 am

These are this Monday's top day trader and active trader alert stocks with a link through to each story at VSInvestor.com for more detailed data and analysis: Chattem Inc. (NASDAQ: ...
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A Falling Dollar Hurts Our Importers, Too

Posted: December 21, 2009 at 8:50 am

John Tamny of Forbes The great Austrian economist Ludwig Von Mises long ago wrote that "accountancy is not perfect. The precision of its statements is only illusory." In particular, Von ...
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Top 10 Anlayst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (AA, AIRV, BCSI, DEER, INTC, PALM, MA, PSA, STX, V)

Posted: December 21, 2009 at 8:06 am

These are this Monday's top 10 analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, and Initiations seen in Wall Street research calls: Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: AA) Raised to Overweight at Barclays. Airvana Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRV) ...
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China’s New Shopping Spree

Posted: December 21, 2009 at 6:21 am

China is likely to invest another $200 billion into its sovereign fund CIC, according to the FT. CIC is known for taking non-controlling interests in companies, especially when they are based outside China's ...
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A TARP For Dubai

Posted: December 21, 2009 at 6:08 am

To: Sultan Ahmed bin Bin Sulayem of Dubai: Dear your magnificent munificence: Several banks that are owed more than $10 billion by Dubai World and Nakheel will be visiting your desert kingdom this ...
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Ten Stocks To Sell In The Ten Days Before Year-End

Posted: December 21, 2009 at 5:33 am

Many investors use the last few weeks of each year to sell stocks on which they have posted losses to help their tax position. Other investors simply clean the dead ...
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