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Monthly Archives: April 2010

10 DJIA Components Hit New 52-Week Highs (AXP, BAC, CAT, CSCO, GE, HD, HPQ, INTC, JPM, MCD)

Posted: April 14, 2010 at 4:32 pm

When investors see 52-week highs in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and in the S&P 500 and NASDAQ, the obvious statement is "of course there are many stocks hitting 52-week ...
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Dell Ups its Stake in the Mobile Market, Sort Of

Posted: April 14, 2010 at 3:28 pm

In one of the more ho-hum announcements in recent memory, Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) and Spain's Telefonica S.A. (NYSE :TEF) today announced a strategic alliance to "develop future products and ...
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Looking For Better Gold Prices (GLD, SGOL, GGN, NEM, GDX)

Posted: April 14, 2010 at 3:24 pm

Gold needs a breather.  All of the same reasons that gold ran from $900 to $1200 are still in place outside of the catastrophic meltdown scenario on every investor's mind ...
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Today’s Biggest Index Movers: Kidney Dialysis, Platinum, and Semiconductors

Posted: April 14, 2010 at 3:20 pm

Kidney Dialysis and Treatment Stocks Up 7.8% today This otherwise inert sector is being buoyed by the announced $112 million acquisition of the Dialysis Corporation of America (NASDAQ: DCAI) by U.S. ...
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The Ultimate JPMorgan Chase Earnings Cheat Sheet

Posted: April 14, 2010 at 12:47 pm

JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) announced earnings that beat expectations and in the process said that its investment banking business was critical to its improved numbers. The big bank earned $3.3 billion ...
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Pickens, With $95 Oil Call, Touts Natural Gas Over Foreign Oil (CLNE, WPRT)

Posted: April 14, 2010 at 12:28 pm

T. Boone Pickens has seen his share of ups and downs, and his share of success and failure.  The octogenarian billionaire is testifying in Washington D.C. today to get Americans ...
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Smartphone Competition to Cut RIM’s Shares in Half

Posted: April 14, 2010 at 12:02 pm

Less than two years ago Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) was a $150 stock. Recently, however, pressure from new smartphones, particularly the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone, taken together with ...
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New Solar Analyst Coverage Yields Some Surprises (TSL, YGE, SOLF, FSLR, JASO, CSIQ, STP, SPWRA, PBW, TAN)

Posted: April 14, 2010 at 11:47 am

Auriga USA has given some surprising new analyst coverage of the renewable technologies sector with eight solar stocks today. The company's initial review is "positively biased for 2010" with "momentum ...
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BioHealth Business Daily (ACAD, AEN, DNDN, EXAS, ITMN, MIPI, OREX, OSIP, RNN, SLXP, VVUS)

Posted: April 14, 2010 at 11:31 am

We are seeing many news-related movers in today's edition of the BioHealth Business Daily.  ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACAD), Adeona Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMEX: AEN), Dendreon Corporation (NASDAQ: DNDN), Exact Sciences ...
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DOE Data Keeps Favoring Refineries (OIH, USO, VLO, SUN, HES)

Posted: April 14, 2010 at 10:43 am

The weekly data from the Department of Energy has some very big surprises, some of which are bullish for oil and some of which are good for the consumer.  The ...
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Forget DJIA 11,000… S&P 1,200, Then NASDAQ 2,500

Posted: April 14, 2010 at 10:12 am

Investors have been cheering for the Dow Jones Industrial Average to break above 11,000 for days and weeks, and we are now considerably above it now that two DJIA components ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (SIRI, INTC, LLTC, SMH, AMD, KLIC, MOS, POT, JPM, BAC, C)

Posted: April 14, 2010 at 8:16 am

These are this morning's top day trader and active trader alerts seen trading actively on news or in reaction to peers.  We have more detail and analysis over at VSInvestor.com ...
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Apple Will Delay Overseas Launch Of iPad Until End Of May

Posted: April 14, 2010 at 8:03 am

Apple, Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) has done too good a job marketing its iPad in the US. Or, it underestimated the number of units it would need to start to sell the ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (4/14/2010)

Posted: April 14, 2010 at 7:51 am

Updated throughout the day. Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) lost 61% of the value of its $8.8 billion global fund  (Bloomberg) OPEC is not interested in cutting production as the price ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Stock Market Report 4.14

Posted: April 14, 2010 at 7:34 am

Twitter has, by most estimates, 75 million visitors a month, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter ...
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