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Monthly Archives: January 2010

The Bank Tax Is The First Tax Of Many

Posted: January 15, 2010 at 4:57 am

The Administration is proposing that large banks pay a tax based on .15% of total assets minus high-quality capital, such as common stock, and disclosed and retained earnings. Federal Deposit ...
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Media Digest 1/15/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 15, 2010 at 3:53 am

Reuters:   China says there are ways to resolve problems with Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), but the US is uncertain. Reuters:   Oil fell to $79 over concerns about the US economy. Reuters:   Intel ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open (1/15/2010)

Posted: January 15, 2010 at 3:26 am

Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei .7% to 10,982. The Hang Seng fell .3% to 21.654. The Shanghai Composite was up .3% to 3,224. At the open in Europe, ...
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Spying on JPMorgan Chase Earnings (JPM, BAC, GS, WFC, XLF, FAS)

Posted: January 14, 2010 at 6:49 pm

Jamie Dimon and friends over at JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) will kick off the earnings season for the major money center banks and too-big-to-fail institutions on Friday in ...
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Haiti Donations, Company-by-Company (MS, JPM, BAC, GS, JEF, WFC, WMT, TGT, RAD, MCD, YUM, KO, PEP, K, GIS, GOOG, DIS, CA, T, VZ, WU, MGI, UTX, UPS, ABT, AMGN, HUM)

Posted: January 14, 2010 at 6:23 pm

We have compiled from press releases and from company announcements a company-by-company donation and effort pledge to help in the relief efforts after the disastrous earthquake in Haiti.  These are ...
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Fifteen Percent Unemployment For Two More Years

Posted: January 14, 2010 at 6:14 pm

The chart that shows what the Congressional Budget Office believes the unemployment level will be is buried deep in the one of the charts in the new “The Policies For ...
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Intel’s Beat & Raise (INTC, AMD, MSFT, SMH)

Posted: January 14, 2010 at 4:29 pm

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) had a great day ahead of its earnings report today based upon expectations that it would beat earnings and raise guidance.  The processor and chip giant ...
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Vonage Loses Its CFO (VG)

Posted: January 14, 2010 at 4:24 pm

Vonage Holdings Corporation (NYSE: VG) just disclosed in an SEC filing something that many investors do not like to see, even if it is in small stocks.  The company noted, ...
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Previewing Intel Earnings Fallout (INTC, AMD, MSFT, SMH)

Posted: January 14, 2010 at 1:57 pm

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) is probably going to set the tone and set the bar of expectations for most large technology stocks this earnings season.  Thomson Reuters has estimates for ...
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Energy Companies Raising More Cash (BRY, BWEN, KYN, MWE, REXX)

Posted: January 14, 2010 at 1:02 pm

We have already seen a flood of secondary offerings from many companies in many sectors either sold or filed this week.  The strong market is giving many companies a window ...
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Schwab New ETFs Hit Small-Cap and Emerging Markets (SCHW, SCHC, SCHE)

Posted: January 14, 2010 at 12:22 pm

Charles Schwab Corp. (NASDAQ: SCHW) has launched two new ETF products today.  The Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF (NYSE: SCHC) and the Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF (NYSE: SCHE) have ...
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Kodak Going After Apple & R-I-M, Yesterday’s Trading Beware (EK, AAPL, RIMM)

Posted: January 14, 2010 at 10:09 am

Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK) was a huge mover yesterday on no news.  The trading was actually muted, but it was the huge amount of options trading that came in ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (1/14/2010) (YHOO)(VZ)

Posted: January 14, 2010 at 9:09 am

Updated throughout the day. Time Warner Cable (NYSE:TWX) may announce a dividend (Barron's) Soros Management will open a Hong Kong office.  (Bloomberg) The AP and Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) are close to ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (AONE, SAP, ORCL, ROSG, SEED, EK)

Posted: January 14, 2010 at 9:00 am

These are this Thursday's top early bird day trader and active trader alert stocks moving on unusual volume.  We have more detail and analysis on VSInvestor.com and we have provided ...
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Jobless Data Heads Wrong Direction

Posted: January 14, 2010 at 8:45 am

The Labor Department has released its weekly jobless claims data.  The figure came in as a gain of 11,000 in the jobless line at 444,000.  We had a consensus expected ...
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