Monthly Archives: April 2010

Case-Schiller Home Data Goes Up–To Zero

Posted: April 27, 2010 at 9:43 am

The S&P-Case-Schiller housing data for February looked good year-over-year. Otherwise, most of the numbers were relatively poor. The research showed that "the annual rates of decline of the 10-City and ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (GS, AAPL, AIG, NEXM, LXK, TLAB)

Posted: April 27, 2010 at 9:12 am

We have several big movers this morning in our day trader and active trader alerts. Two current favorites... Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) is down 1% ahead of the ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors

Posted: April 27, 2010 at 8:40 am

Updated throughout the day. UAL (NASDAQ: UAUA) and Continental (NYSE: CAL) are fighting over the respective value of their companies as they attempt a merger. A class action suit brought by ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AIG, BA, CX, GOOG, HRB, INTC, NVDA, SANM, TASR, VVUS)

Posted: April 27, 2010 at 8:26 am

These are ten of the top analyst calls seen so far this Tuesday morning from the upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street firms: American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG) ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Stock Market Update 4.27 The Wisdom Of Crowds?

Posted: April 27, 2010 at 8:22 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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The Global Imbalance Myth

Posted: April 27, 2010 at 8:05 am

By John Tamny of Forbes A popular opinion held by economists and writers is that "global imbalances" caused the global financial crisis. Ben Bernanke unsurprisingly embraces this fallacy with great ...
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Ford Soars

Posted: April 27, 2010 at 7:29 am

Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F]) reported first quarter 2010 net income of $2.1 billion, or 50 cents per share, a $3.5 billion improvement from first quarter 2009, as strong selling ...
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Will RIM’s New Operating System Save It Market Share?

Posted: April 27, 2010 at 6:25 am

Research-in-Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) will release a new operating system which it says will allow its customers to move around the internet more quickly and make the use of its screen ...
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Auto Sales Probably Took A Sharp Dive In April: Toyota, Ford, And GM Will Fight For No.1 Spot

Posted: April 27, 2010 at 5:57 am

The incentives that drove March domestic car sales have begun to go away. These were driven primarily by manufacturers who needed to match Toyota's (NYSE: TM) discounts as it tried to regain ...
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Americans Regain Their Faith In Stock Market

Posted: April 27, 2010 at 5:35 am

The DJIA fell from over 14,000 in October 2007 to under 6,600 in March 2009. It was a historic drop that left many Americans without savings or retirement funds and drove many ...
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Short Sellers Exit Citi, Feed On Ford

Posted: April 27, 2010 at 5:13 am

Short-sellers walked away from Citigroup (NYSE: C),dropping their position by 20% in the period that ended May 15. They could not have anticipated that the Treasury would sell a huge amount ...
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Media Digest 4/27/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 27, 2010 at 3:59 am

Reuters: A new panel to address the budget deficit will start work. Reuters: A lawyer for Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) said it is not an "evil empire." Reuters: The ...
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24/7 Wall St.: List Of Financial Reform Vote By Senator

Posted: April 26, 2010 at 7:08 pm

The vote on the "original bill to promote the financial stability of the United States by improving accountability and transparency in the financial system, to end "too big to fail", ...
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Testimony Of Goldman Sachs CEO Llyod Blankfein, Without Comment

Posted: April 26, 2010 at 6:17 pm

Here is the transcript of the testimony that Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) CEO Lloyd Blankfein will give tomorrow, April 27. A number of the media have tried to make the ...
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Wal-Mart Hit With Court Ruling On Discrimination, Costs Could Be Huge

Posted: April 26, 2010 at 4:55 pm

The UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT made a ruling today that could cost Wal-Mart a lot of money in federal court and in the court of public ...
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