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Monthly Archives: May 2010

The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Stock Market Report 5.7 The Wisdom Of Crowds?

Posted: May 7, 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 have ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (ATVI, AIG, CROX, FSS, GXDX, HANS, LVS, RDN, PMI, SQNM, TRMA)

Posted: May 7, 2010 at 8:48 am

Calling for pre-market most actives on a day after what happened Thursday is not the easiest task.  Still, there are many movers from the likes of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ABB, AEIS, CROX, FSYS, MELI, PCS, PMI, RDN, GOLD, SQNM, UHS)

Posted: May 7, 2010 at 8:08 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning: ABB Ltd. (NYSE: ABB) Started as Buy at ING. Advanced ...
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Despite Crash, Many Stocks Rose (ABVT, AOL, CBEY, CKP, CAAS, CI, CNK, CLWR, RDEN, HTRN, HNT, IO, ITMN, KERX, MED, PCS, PACR, PPO, TDC, TIE, ABCO)

Posted: May 7, 2010 at 7:31 am

Yesterday was a Cluster-something or an outright debacle.  The stock market was a sea of red, but outside of inverse-ETF products there were actually many winners.  We tried to look ...
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As Oil Spills Into Gulf, Drillers Seek Permission To Attack The Arctic

Posted: May 7, 2010 at 6:11 am

If nothing else, the big oil companies are audacious. Just as thousand of barrels of oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon blowout in the Gulf, Shell Oil is in the ...
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The Germans Knuckle Under

Posted: May 7, 2010 at 5:54 am

Whether the Germans wanted to flaunt it or not, they have always been the economic linchpin of the Eurozone. They were, until last year when China pulled ahead, the world's ...
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The Oil Spill: Where Are The Remedies When They Are Needed

Posted: May 7, 2010 at 5:39 am

It is one thing to make a mistake and another to be unprepared to fix it. That is particularly true with the means of correction are at hand. BP plc (NYSE: ...
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Apple Starts To Run Out Of iPads

Posted: May 7, 2010 at 5:25 am

Someone blundered. After Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) ran low on iPads for its overseas launch and then had to delay shipments of the tablet sold on its website, its U.S. stores ...
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NASDAQ Cancels Trades On 296 Companies

Posted: May 7, 2010 at 5:08 am

Acknowledging that there may have been human error in the very sharp but temporary drop in stock prices yesterday, the NASDAQ has canceled trades on dozens of stocks that were made ...
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Media Digest 5/7/2010

Posted: May 7, 2010 at 3:54 am

Reuters:   Stocks fell in Asia and Europe as the pound and euro fell. Reuters:   The GOP's attempt to kill a consumer watchdog program was not successful. Reuters:   The Goldman Sachs ...
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Nasdaq Will Cancel Trades, NYSE Arca May As Well.

Posted: May 6, 2010 at 7:21 pm

Nasdaq Operations said it will cancel all trades executed between 2:40 p.m. to 3 p.m. showing a rise or fall of more than 60 percent from the last trade in ...
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Why The DJIA Will Renew Its Assault On 12,000

Posted: May 6, 2010 at 7:12 pm

The DJIA will once again begin its move toward 12,000 after the market collapse of the last several days. The quick drop of almost 1,000 points on May 6 seems to have been due ...
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The Month’s Biggest Index Losers: Chinese Agriculture, Chinese Solar, and Semiconductor Fabricators

Posted: May 6, 2010 at 5:44 pm

There were strong losses in three Tickerspy indexes over the most recent 30-day period. This month's biggest fallers are in Chinese Agriculture, Chinese Solar, and Semiconductor Fabricators. Chinese agriculture stocks continue to decline, and are down ...
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Did a Software Glitch Cause The Market Crash?

Posted: May 6, 2010 at 3:19 pm

Part of the drop that took the DJIA down almost 1,00o points to under 10,000 is being blamed on software glitches at the exchange. Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) dropped 21% in ...
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Oil Spill Causes NOAA To Close Regions In The Gulf

Posted: May 6, 2010 at 2:12 pm

NOAA is restricting fishing for a minimum of 10 days in federal waters most affected by the BP oil spill, largely between Louisiana state waters at the mouth of the ...
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