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Monthly Archives: January 2010

Soros & Prechter: A Gold Bubble Ripe To Burst… (GLD, SGOL, GDXJ)

Posted: January 28, 2010 at 8:35 am

Gold has been on a tear and has performed better than stocks in recent years.  But we have now seen a pullback and gold is back under $1,100.00 per ounce.  ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (APC, ATK, COF, ELY, FLEX, NFLX, QCOM, STI, WCRX)

Posted: January 28, 2010 at 8:18 am

These are this Thursday's top 10 analyst calls for upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research: Anadarko Petroleum (NYSE: APC) Raised to Overweight at Barclays Capital. Alliant Techsystems ...
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14 IPO Updates for 2010 (BX, INTC, QCOM, NVS, CNVO, EVDY, FFN, GNRC, GRM, CTC, IRWD, JKS, MOTR, QNST, RYI)

Posted: January 28, 2010 at 7:45 am

The IPO market is off to a rough start so far in 2010.  We have seen very recent developments in deals on deck to price from CBOE Holdings Inc., Convio Inc., Everyday ...
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Ford Profits As Toyota Sinks

Posted: January 28, 2010 at 7:19 am

Toyota's (TM) reputation in the US is in the process of being destroyed due to safety concerns about its most popular models which have caused recalls and a production hiatus ...
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College Endowments Plunged In 2009

Posted: January 28, 2010 at 6:04 am

The National Association of College and University Business Officers reports that college endowments lost a substantial part of their value in 2009. A Wall Street Journal analysis of the report says ...
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Sovereign Debt Reaches Junk Bond Status

Posted: January 28, 2010 at 5:45 am

Michael Milken, the junk bond king, who lost his reputation and hair piece when he went to prison for violation of securities laws in 1990, would appreciate the struggles of Portugal and ...
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In Defense Of Geithner

Posted: January 28, 2010 at 5:11 am

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was cross-examined yesterday by the House Oversight and Government Reform committee. The lawmakers could not understand why AIG (AIG) got $182 billion in taxpayer bailout cash. They said ...
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Honda And Ford To Benefit As Toyota Recall Grows

Posted: January 28, 2010 at 5:07 am

By Douglas A. McIntyre Toyota's (TM) recall of cars with floor mat and accelerator problems is likely to spread to Europe where many of the same defects exist. That would ...
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Amazon Will Have To Cut Kindle Prices Sharply

Posted: January 28, 2010 at 4:53 am

Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon (AMZN), does not want to see Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple (AAPL), take away the e-reader market with the new Apple iPad. The ...
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Airlines Increase Fuel Hedge Programs (DAL)(UAUA)

Posted: January 28, 2010 at 4:37 am

By Paul Ausick of 24/7 Wall St. United Airlines (UAUA) today reported a fourth-quarter loss of $176 million, EPS -$1.05, compared with average estimates of an EPS of -$1.47. The ...
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Media Digest 1/28/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 28, 2010 at 3:57 am

Reuters:   The Toyota (NYSE:TM) recalls grew to 8 million. Reuters:   Citigroup (NYSE:C) is considering selling its real estate unit. Reuters:   Wall St. will fight Obama's plan for the banking system. ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open (1/28/2010)

Posted: January 28, 2010 at 3:28 am

Markets in Asia were higher. The Nikkei rose 1.6% to 10,414. Honda (NYSE:HMC) and Sony (NYSE:SNE) rose. Toyota (NYSE:TM) fell on recall news. The Hang Seng rose 1.6% to 20,351. ...
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Short Sellers Increase Bets Against Telecom

Posted: January 27, 2010 at 7:11 pm

Short sellers made bets across the board against the telecom industry for the period that ended January 15. Investors may be worried about price wars amongh carriers and handset companies ...
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Qualcomm Slams Investors With New Targets (QCOM, QQQQ)

Posted: January 27, 2010 at 5:36 pm

Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) is falling into the category of the stocks we wanted to avoid this earnings season.  That category is companies with mediocre or poor earnings reports after ...
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Two (or Three) SIRIUS XM Upgrades in One Day (SIRI)

Posted: January 27, 2010 at 4:25 pm

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is a very under-followed stock considering how the company has such a cult following, millions of subscribers, and that its market cap is close ...
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