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Monthly Archives: January 2010

24/7 Wall St. 2010 Best And Worst Managed University Endowments: Harvard, Yale, And Duke Worst

Posted: January 31, 2010 at 8:56 pm

The National Association of College and University Business Officers released its analysis of the financial performances of the endowments at 842 institutions which have a combined $306 billion in assets. ...
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Inspector General Calls Much Of TARP A Failure, Warns Of New Housing Price Inflation

Posted: January 31, 2010 at 1:37 pm

The Office of The Special Inspector General for The Troubled Asset Relief Program said in a quarterly report that the program may have saved the banking system but that it has ...
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Jobs Say Google “Don’t Be Evil” Stance Is “Bullshit”

Posted: January 31, 2010 at 8:18 am

Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) used to serve on the Apple board of directors. He left, presumably, because of a growth in competition between the two companies. That competition ...
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Tesla: The First US Car Company IPO Since 1956

Posted: January 30, 2010 at 8:27 am

The last US auto company IPO was in 1956 when the Ford (NYSE:F) family decided to sell part of its company to the public while maintaining voting control though a special ...
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The January Barometer Curse Returns (DIA, SPY, QQQQ, YTEC, GLD)

Posted: January 29, 2010 at 6:55 pm

Friday marked month-end for January in the financial markets.  There have been many efforts out there to discuss the market's direction, but perhaps the one issue that traders will be ...
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Nuveen’s Unusual Municipal Fund Issuance (NFZ, NZW, NVJ)

Posted: January 29, 2010 at 6:00 pm

Nuveen Investments has made an unusual filing that under normal circumstances might not matter.  But we live in a near-zero rate world now where investors are looking for more interesting ...
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It’s Here! Tesla Motors Files For IPO

Posted: January 29, 2010 at 4:59 pm

Tesla Motors, Inc. has finally filed for an initial public offering.  The maker of the electric roadster and electric sedan filed to sell up to $100 million in common stock ...
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AIG Discloses 2008 Troubled Derivatives Hand (AIG, BAC, GS, UBS, BCS)

Posted: January 29, 2010 at 3:43 pm

American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG) has released more information on many of the troubled Maiden Lane III derivatives transactions.  These are those contracts that helped to knock the company ...
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Amazon Reigns Online: Could Offline Be Next? (AMZN, AAPL, WMT, TGT)

Posted: January 29, 2010 at 3:02 pm

Quarterly results at Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) beat even the company's own high estimates for revenue and profits. A lot of that was due to the success of the company's ...
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Oil Rig Counts Still On The Rise (BHI, OIH, USO)

Posted: January 29, 2010 at 1:10 pm

The rig counts are still mostly heading in the right direction, at least they are if you want to see a robust oil sector along with some oil price stability.  ...
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WisdomTree’s Shrinking ETF Portfolio (WSDT, DBT, DRF, DBR, DPN, DPC, DDI, DGG, DEB, EEZ, USY)

Posted: January 29, 2010 at 12:04 pm

WisdomTree (Pink Sheets: WSDT) has become fairly well-known in the world of exchange traded funds.  But today is a sad day for ETF traders, and is just further evidence that ...
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Weekend Bargain Hunters Visiting PIIGS (PT, IRE, AIB, IRE, NBG, OTE, CCH, DRYS, DSX, SNF, EWP, BBVA, STD, REP, TEF)

Posted: January 29, 2010 at 11:31 am

First it was Iceland, then came the PIIGS... This is of course the acronym for Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain.... although this is really an issue of PIGS front ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (1/29/2010) (CHRD)(VMW)(TM)

Posted: January 29, 2010 at 8:44 am

Updated throughout the day. Germany and France are putting together a rescue package for Greece  (various) Obama may seek $55 billion to develop nuclear plants  (Bloomberg) Toyota (NYSE:TM) has discovered ...
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5.7% GDP Helping Markets, Comparisons Come With Caveats

Posted: January 29, 2010 at 8:40 am

It has to sound like the recovery of the century when you hear that the first look at fourth quarter Gross Domestic Product rose to +5.7%.  Dow Jones had estimates ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (COF, CAT, CERN, CHKP, MOT, PCYC, POT, SNDK, TTWO, URBN, WMT)

Posted: January 29, 2010 at 8:32 am

These are this morning's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Capital One Financial (NYSE: COF) Raised to Buy at SunTrust. Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) ...
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