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Monthly Archives: July 2010

Qualcomm’s Good Enough Earnings (QCOM)

Posted: July 21, 2010 at 4:17 pm

Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) has just beaten earnings expectations for its fiscal third quarter and raised guidance for the fourth quarter.  The CDMA chipset leader reported adjusted earnings of $0.57 ...
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This Month’s Biggest Index Gains: Chinese Solar, MLPs, and Chile Stocks and ADRs

Posted: July 21, 2010 at 4:15 pm

Three Tickerspy indexes posted substantial gains over the last 30-day period. This month’s biggest index gainers are Chinese solar, MLPs, and Chile stocks and ADRs. Chinese solar stocks have gained 19.7% ...
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Investing in Lithium Gets Easier, Finally an ETF (LIT, SQM, FMC, ROC, AONE, XIDE, ABAT, HEV, ULBI, CBAK, VLNC)

Posted: July 21, 2010 at 3:44 pm

Investing in global Lithium demand trends just became much easier. An ETF is coming out this week called the Global X Lithium ETF.  It is not a commodity fund but ...
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Bernanke Pledges More Growth, Without Many New Tools

Posted: July 21, 2010 at 2:52 pm

Keeping rates low indefinitely does act as a stimulus of its own.  Keeping rates at zero without any rate hikes to what would still be low rates also takes away ...
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Bill Miller: Large-Caps at Once in a Life Opportunity (LM, XOM, KMB)

Posted: July 21, 2010 at 2:20 pm

Legg Mason Inc. (NYSE: LM) portfolio manager Bill Miller has gone out on a limb in his July investing outlook.  Although Miller's observations do have many truths when it comes ...
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Dearborn Bancorp, A Turnaround That Can’t Stay Turned Around (DEAR)

Posted: July 21, 2010 at 1:36 pm

Maybe some turnarounds just can't turn around.  Or maybe they just can't 'stay turned around.'  Dearborn Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: DEAR) was an unlikely bank success a quarter ago and the ...
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Apple iPad Teams With Magazine Industry: Good Bad & Ugly

Posted: July 21, 2010 at 12:44 pm

It’s been a while since I reported on my iPad–which, since those first few posts, has convinced about 2.7 million more people to give it a try. It’s now become ...
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Chinese Deny #1 Ranking in Energy Consumption

Posted: July 21, 2010 at 12:19 pm

The ink was barely dry on a report from the International Energy Agency that China now topped the US in energy consumption when the Chinese government called the report "not ...
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Global Cash Access Loses Largest Customer (GCA, GPN)

Posted: July 21, 2010 at 11:22 am

Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCA) just became Global Cashless Access if you look at the trading volume today.  A death spiral volume alert was seen at VSInvestor.com this ...
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A Premium Bidding War in Rent Car Merger (DTG, CAR, HTZ)

Posted: July 21, 2010 at 9:55 am

Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc. (NYSE: DTG) is about to get a new bid, or so it seems.  Avis Budget Group Inc. (NYSE: CAR) is expected to jump in and ...
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BP’s New Storm Watch Ahead in Gulf Spill (BP)

Posted: July 21, 2010 at 9:35 am

The BP plc (NYSE: BP) clean-up in the Gulf of Mexico has a new worst friend that is maybe coming over for dinner.  A possible tropical storm, cyclone, or depression ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (AAPL, BP, APA, CYT, GILD, GENZ, SQNM, YHOO, VMW, EMC)

Posted: July 21, 2010 at 9:00 am

Day traders and active traders have many big movers to watch this morning.  We are seeing key moves in Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), BP plc (NYSE: BP), Apache Corp. (NYSE: ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (7/21/2010)

Posted: July 21, 2010 at 8:48 am

Updated throughout the day. BP plc's CEO Tony Hayward will step down, or not (Times of London, Reuters) AIG (NYSE: AIG) picked Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) and Goldman Sachs ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (NLY, APA, STD, GMR, GILD, GS, HOG, WFR, STX, SQNM, SFL, STT, YHOO)

Posted: July 21, 2010 at 8:24 am

These are some of this Wednesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE: NLY) Raised to Outperform at FBR. Apache ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Stock Market Report 7.21.2010 The Wisdom Of Crowds

Posted: July 21, 2010 at 8:17 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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