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Monthly Archives: June 2010

Top Day Trader Alerts (AAN, BIDU, BKS, CTRP, MU, RMBS, RZ)

Posted: June 29, 2010 at 8:43 am

There are many stocks on the move this morning.  The active trader and day trader alerts seen so far this morning in the pre-market are Aaron's, Inc. (NYSE: AAN), Baidu, ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (6/29/2010)

Posted: June 29, 2010 at 8:38 am

Updated throughout the day. "Deutsche Bank AG, Commerzbank AG and Bayerische Landesbank passed a stress test that evaluated how about 25 European lenders would weather an economic downturn, said three ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Stock Market Report 6.29.2010 The Wisdom Of Crowds

Posted: June 29, 2010 at 8:23 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 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ACPW, ATHN, AH, CNP, COV, CTRP, POT, RLOC, RYL, TWX, USB, VOD)

Posted: June 29, 2010 at 8:20 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research early this Tuesday: Active Power Inc. (NASDAQ: ACPW) Started as Overweight at Thomas Weisel. ...
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Goldman Sachs Says to Buy Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK-B)

Posted: June 29, 2010 at 8:07 am

Warren Buffett likes Lloyd Blankfein.  Now Goldman Sachs likes Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A, BRK-B).  In new coverage this morning, Goldman Sachs has initiated Warren Buffett's conglomerate with a BUY ...
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US Car Sales Expected To Crater In June

Posted: June 29, 2010 at 7:48 am

Domestic car sales are expected to move into reverse in June. That should be expected after a year of monthly increases--some of them breathtaking. Edmunds expects every major car company ...
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10 Safest Dividend Stocks By Sector (MMM, PG, WMT, MSFT, PFE, KO, YUM, V, VZ, AEP)

Posted: June 29, 2010 at 7:08 am

Investors love the safety of dividends. 24/7 Wall St. wanted to look for some of the safest dividends in the large-cap universe.  Many of course are DJIA components, as you ...
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Greek Strike Resume: Another Threat To GDP

Posted: June 29, 2010 at 6:21 am

Greek unions stages another series of strikes over austerity plans. It leads to the question of whether labor slowdowns will cut GDP by harming tourism and other key industries. If ...
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Law Firm Prepares Class Action Suit Against Apple Over iPhone 4

Posted: June 29, 2010 at 6:03 am

Law firm Kershaw, Cutter & Ratinoff is at work lining up plaintiffs for a suit against Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) over the alledged antenna problems on its iPhone 4. The ...
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As Alex Gains Strength, Gale Force Winds May Hit The BP Clean Up

Posted: June 29, 2010 at 5:49 am

Tropical storm Alex may become a hurricane in the next 24 to 48 hours. Its most likely path is to hit land near the Texas-Mexico border. Alex  may send gale ...
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Facebook Gets Another $120 Million Investment

Posted: June 29, 2010 at 5:34 am

"Never give a sucker and even break; never wise up a chump" -- WC Fields Facebook does not need anymore investment capital. It has raised several hundreds million in the ...
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Danone Plans To Make Money On 10 Cent Yogurt

Posted: June 29, 2010 at 5:15 am

Danone plans to make money selling 10 cent yogurt in places where people have less than $1 a day to spend on food.  The price of some Danone products will ...
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A Telsa $226 Million IPO: A Road To Disaster

Posted: June 29, 2010 at 4:59 am

Telsa's IPO priced at $17, above the anticipated range of $14 to $16. The company sold 3.3 million shares and raised $226 million. The IPO was the first for a ...
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Media Digest 6/29/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NY Times, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: June 29, 2010 at 4:03 am

Reuters:   The financial reform bill may be delayed until mid-July. Reuters:   The storm in the Gulf may delay oil clean-up. Reuters:   Oil fell to $77. Reuters:   Baidu Inc (NASDAQ: BIDU) ...
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Shanghai Composite Down 4.3% As Investors Panic

Posted: June 29, 2010 at 3:28 am

The Shanghai Composite sold off 4.3% just as US investors headed to the beaches for the July 4th weekend. Concerns about the recovery, particularly in Europe, sent the euro falling ...
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