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Monthly Archives: April 2010

Today’s Best Market Rumors (4/19/2010

Posted: April 19, 2010 at 9:11 am

Updated throughout the day. Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS) will pay its London bankers a total 3.5 billion pounds. (Times of London) French firm L’Occitane Groupe plans a China based IPO ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Watch 4.19

Posted: April 19, 2010 at 8:58 am

Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AAP, AGN, CL, GLW, EMC, GS, PALM, LUV, S, TROW)

Posted: April 19, 2010 at 8:30 am

These are the top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Monday morning: Advance Auto Parts Inc. (NYSE: AAP) Cut to Neutral at UBS. ...
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The Goldman Scandal Is Much Ado About Nothing

Posted: April 19, 2010 at 8:24 am

By John Tamny, Forbes The story about the alleged Goldman Sachs scandal is that there's no story.  With no client base ever monolithic, it's apparent that Goldman served clients with ...
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Toyota Will Pay $16 Million Fine, But Guilt Gets Dodged

Posted: April 19, 2010 at 5:54 am

According to many media sources, Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE: TM) will pay the $16.4 million penalty levied on it for not disclosing sticking pedal information which eventually caused the company ...
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Greece: Germany Stays Ambivalent

Posted: April 19, 2010 at 5:49 am

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel cannot make up here mind about the bailout of Greece. That is probably for a reason that his been well-articulated. The German people do not want to ...
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The IMF Says Global Economy Is On Fire

Posted: April 19, 2010 at 5:21 am

The IMF said that the growth of the global economy is heating up and that worldwide GDP will be 4% this year. Last October the estimate was as low as ...
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The $390 Billion San Francisco Earthquake

Posted: April 19, 2010 at 4:10 am

According to United States Geological Survey, there is a 50% chance or better of an earthquake measuring 7 or greater on the Richter scale hitting San Francisco in the next 75 ...
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Media Digest 4/19/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 19, 2010 at 3:51 am

Reuters:   Goldmand Sachs Group, Inc (NYSE: GS) are standing behind the company. Reuters:   Chinas said the chances of the yuan rising are more likely. Reuters:   Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM) is ...
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US Airlines Losing $22 Million Per Day While European Airports Remain Closed

Posted: April 18, 2010 at 2:10 pm

Robert Herbst, airline analyst and founder of AirlineFinancials.com, estimates the five US passenger airlines with European operations are collectively losing $35.8 million in revenue per day since Friday, April 16 ...
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Favorable ETF Trends Showing Inflows (FAS, FAZ, SPY, QQQQ, IJH, VWO, EEM, RSX, EWW, JNK, HYG, TBT)

Posted: April 18, 2010 at 11:07 am

The end of this last week and weekend reviews showed how the highly volatile Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (NYSE: FAZ) and the Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares ...
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Goldman Sachs May Have Known About Charges For Nine Months

Posted: April 17, 2010 at 6:12 pm

Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE: GS) was warned about pending charges against it as early as nine months before the SEC charges were brought. SEC rules apparently do not require a ...
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The Unusual Suspects (AVAV, AAPL, BSX, C, GGP, GS, HSP, LULU, PALM, GLD, FAZ, FAS)

Posted: April 17, 2010 at 12:04 pm

This weekend's edition of the Unusual Suspects would have probably been all about earnings, earnings, earnings.  Friday's SEC-Goldman news changed that.  Our cast of characters for this coming week's Unusual ...
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FDIC Total Bank Closings Hit 48–Details Of The Eight Latest

Posted: April 17, 2010 at 10:20 am

The FDIC announced the details of eight more bank closings, bringing the 2010 total to forty-eight. The current pace would put total bank failures to nearly 200 this year. Those ...
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China Raises Down Payment for Second Homes

Posted: April 17, 2010 at 10:06 am

By Fu Tao and Feng Zhe, Caixin Minimum down payments for second homes increased to 50 percent, as part of an aggressive policy to counter overheating in the property market ...
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