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Monthly Archives: April 2010

The Unusual Suspects (ARMH, DEAR, ETFC, GE, GES, MED, PALM, RSH, RIG, USG)

Posted: April 24, 2010 at 7:45 am

This week's big coming attractions via The Unusual Suspects could have been all about earnings again as the earnings onslaught continues.  Our big events we are watching for this coming ...
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FDIC Closes Four Banks, Year’s Total Now 57

Posted: April 23, 2010 at 7:47 pm

The FDIC closed four more banks today,  all four in Illinois,  bringing the year's total to 52. The agency late in 2009 made member banks prepay their insurance so that the agency, nearly out ...
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Next Week’s Can’t Miss Earnings (BIDU, ABX, BRCM, CVX, COP, CIT, CME, CMCSA, GLW, DRYS, EK, EXPE, XOM, FSLR, F, HIG, MOT, PG, S, V, WM, MMM)

Posted: April 23, 2010 at 2:13 pm

The earnings floodgate is still open next week, and frankly it looks like there are even more S&P 500 companies reporting earnings than there were this week.  The big earnings ...
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An Oil Rig Count Disappointment (BHI, OIH, USO, RIG)

Posted: April 23, 2010 at 1:21 pm

The rig counts are not higher this week despite $80+ oil remaining.  Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI) has issued its weekly rig counting data, and we are watching the Oil ...
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The Month’s Biggest Index Losers: Chinese Agriculture, Genetic Analysis, and Agricultural Chemical And Fertilizer Stocks

Posted: April 23, 2010 at 1:03 pm

There were strong losses in three Tickerspy indexes over the most recent 30-day period. This month's biggest losers are in Chinese agriculture, genetic analysis, and agricultural chemical and fertilizer stocks. Chinese agriculture stocks are down ...
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Xerox Making a Comeback – Again (XRX, AAPL, ADBE, MSFT, IBM, HPQ, DELL)

Posted: April 23, 2010 at 12:51 pm

In the late 1990s, shares of Xerox Corp. (NYSE:XRX) topped $60. When the high-tech industry imploded in 2001, Xerox shares fell to below $5. Since then the shares have risen ...
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Angela Merkel Begins To Walk Away From Greece

Posted: April 23, 2010 at 12:31 pm

Angela Merkel, Germany's Chancellor, is about to walk away from offering aid to Greece. That will almost certainly lead to Greece's default on its sovereign obligations. Greece does not have ...
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The Real Housing News–Average Home Price Down To $214,000

Posted: April 23, 2010 at 11:07 am

Sales of new single-family houses in March 2010 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 411,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the ...
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The New Greek Financial Terms

Posted: April 23, 2010 at 10:57 am

Maybe you remember the "Bear Market Financial Terms"... If you are getting as sick of the daily financial news out of Greece and its financial games as we are, here ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (MSFT, AMZN, ERIC, BUCY, PALM, WDC)

Posted: April 23, 2010 at 9:07 am

These are this morning's top day trader and active trader alerts.  Most are earnings related and this is just a select group of stocks on the move during the earnings ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (4/23/2010)

Posted: April 23, 2010 at 9:02 am

Updated throughout the day. The US is planning to sell its stake in American International Group, Inc (NYSE: AIG) (NYPost) "Goldman Sachs was both an underwriter and an investor in Lloyds ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Watch 4.23 Wisdom Of Crowds?

Posted: April 23, 2010 at 8:48 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 (CVX, COP, XOM, NUE, PLD, Q, VZ, WDC, YGE)

Posted: April 23, 2010 at 8:06 am

These are ten of the top analyst calls in upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning: Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) Started as Top Pick at ...
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Greece Begs

Posted: April 23, 2010 at 6:15 am

Greece  petitioned Eurozone nations and the IMF for the funds necessary to keep it  solvent, according to several media sources. The Eurozone countries have made a "promise" to join the International Monetary ...
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Lehman Wind Down Costs Hit Three Quarters Of A Billion Dollars

Posted: April 23, 2010 at 5:56 am

How much does it cost to clean up the Lehman Bros. bankruptcy mess? Hundreds of millions of dollars, apparently. The firm that provides the liquidation service for the court, Alvarez ...
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