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Monthly Archives: July 2010

The Twenty Poorest Nations In The World

Posted: July 6, 2010 at 4:32 pm

A thousand dollars or less per person per year in GDP - the consequence of poverty, genocide, years of war, lack of natural resources, poor farm management, and limited access to ...
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BRIC Alert: Brazilian Consumer ETF Coming (BRAQ, ABV, BRFS, GFA)

Posted: July 6, 2010 at 2:50 pm

We are about to get a new ETF this week for investors who love chasing the BRIC trends for Brazil, Russia, India, and China.  The Global X Brazil Consumer ETF ...
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More Big Drug & Biotech Mergers Likely (SNY, AMGN, BIIB, GENZ, BSX, JNJ, HGSI, DNDN, AUXL, VRTX, AMLN, LLY, WCRX, CBST)

Posted: July 6, 2010 at 2:24 pm

Sanofi-Aventis SA (NYSE: SNY) was a bit of a stalking horse news item on a week that many investors and traders started taking off for a long weekend.  The company ...
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Behind Goldman Sachs’ Upgrade from J.P. Morgan (GS, JPM, MS, DB)

Posted: July 6, 2010 at 1:02 pm

After weeks of downgrades following charges of civil fraud, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE:GS) got some good news this morning. Analysts at fellow banker JP Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) ...
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Price Hikes For Stamps… More Failure of Government Enterprise

Posted: July 6, 2010 at 12:34 pm

Higher postage prices are heading your way.  Uncle Sam and the great U.S. Postal Service have decided that the best mechanism out there now will be a price hike.  While ...
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BP Recovery Quantities Far Short of Promised Capacity

Posted: July 6, 2010 at 12:03 pm

Less than a month before the Macondo well blew out and the Deepwater Horizon exploded and sank killing 11 workers, BP plc (NYSE:BP) had filed a document with federal regulators ...
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This Month’s Biggest Index Losers: Radio, Chinese Advertising, and Cancer Treatment Stocks

Posted: July 6, 2010 at 11:58 am

Heavy losses were sustained in three Tickerspy indexes over the last 30-day period. This month’s biggest index losers are in radio, Chinese advertising, and cancer treatment stocks. Radio stocks are down ...
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The Coming Margin Pressures at Apple (AAPL)

Posted: July 6, 2010 at 11:04 am

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has hit product after hit product.  While this will sound very bullish to the Apple addicts,  investors are concerned about sales of the new iPhones during ...
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ISM Falls, Another Sign Of Economic Fall

Posted: July 6, 2010 at 10:20 am

"The NMI (Non-Manufacturing Index) registered 53.8 percent in June, 1.6 percentage points lower than the 55.4 percent registered in May, indicating continued growth in the non-manufacturing sector, but at a ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (BP, CTIC, C, CLF, FIS, JASO, SNWL)

Posted: July 6, 2010 at 9:06 am

There are many stocks on the move this morning for day traders and active traders.   BP plc (NYSE: BP), Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTIC), Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C), Cliffs Natural ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (7/6/2010)

Posted: July 6, 2010 at 8:41 am

Updated throughout the day. BP plc (NYSE: BP) has approached sovereign funds about investing capital to keep other oil companies from attempting to take it over (Reuters) News Corp (NYSE: ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Stock Market Report 7.6.2010 The Wisdom Of Crowds

Posted: July 6, 2010 at 8:29 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 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AAPL, BAC, BP, BUCY, DB, FDO, GS, JOYG, LLTC, RFMD)

Posted: July 6, 2010 at 8:25 am

These are some ten the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research early this Tuesday: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) estimates cut at Kaufman. Bank of America ...
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More Storm Systems Form In The Gulf: National Hurricane Center

Posted: July 6, 2010 at 8:02 am

More storm systems are forming in the Gulf of Mexico, a sign the the threat to the oil clean-up may increase with the hot weather in the region of the ...
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Analysts And Companies May Begin To Cut Q3 Earnings Numbers

Posted: July 6, 2010 at 6:10 am

Second quarter earnings are set, at least for those firms on a calendar year. The period was fairly strong economically, except perhaps for June. That means that some earnings could ...
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