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Monthly Archives: August 2010

How High Will Gold Prices Rise?

Posted: August 31, 2010 at 8:50 pm

These days investors frustrated by a shaky stock market believe that all that glitters is gold. Futures in the precious metal for December delivery may hit $1,500  an ounce next ...
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The States Where America Spends The Most (And The Least) Per Person

Posted: August 31, 2010 at 7:41 pm

The US Census came out with its annual report, the "Consolidated Federal Funds Report for Fiscal Year 2009:  State and Country Areas" on how much the federal government spends on ...
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Census Outlines Endless Government Spending Growth

Posted: August 31, 2010 at 4:04 pm

The U.S. Census Bureau has disclosed the endless spending and obligations of the federal domestic spending programs.  The numbers for spending increases during 2009 are mind-boggling.  Federal domestic spending rose ...
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Dow 30 Winners and Losers

Posted: August 31, 2010 at 3:05 pm

(DD, MCD, BA, CAT, KFT, AA, HPQ, MSFT, BAC, CSCO, VZ, T, IBM, CVX, TRV, KO, PG, MRK) For the calendar year through August 30th, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ...
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FOMC Minutes Indicate Investment Bias

Posted: August 31, 2010 at 2:12 pm

So far it has only been Kansas City Fed President Hoenig who has dissented against the policy of no or low rates.  There may not be a direct change on ...
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Obama’s Fickle Friends On Wall Street

Posted: August 31, 2010 at 1:26 pm

Andrew Ross Sorkin of the New York Times today waxed eloquently on how quickly President Obama's friends on Wall Street deserted him.  It was remarkable, however, that they stood by ...
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Tech Giants Hitting 52-Week Lows (ASML, CA, CSCO, CSC, FLEX, IM, INTC, RIMM, YHOO)

Posted: August 31, 2010 at 11:30 am

Whether you are a value investor, a bargain hunter, or a short seller looking for stocks with more vulnerability, chances are that your screening candidates and watch list stocks may ...
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Conference Board Finds Some Confident Individuals

Posted: August 31, 2010 at 10:23 am

The economic data has been atrocious from jobs to housing and now we are getting some earnings warnings as companies are realizing that they cannot stick by the guidance offered ...
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Chicago PMI Follows the Rest: Wrong Way!

Posted: August 31, 2010 at 10:01 am

The reading for the Chicago Business Barometer for August just hit the lows of 2010.  The reading of 56.7 compares to a reading of 62.3 in July.  Dow Jones had ...
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The Top Ten Cities For June Price Increases And Decreases

Posted: August 31, 2010 at 9:23 am

The new S&P/Case-Shiller is out for June. Several cities showed substantial improvements from May. The big winners: Minneapolis    +2.5% Detroit   +2.5% Chicago   +2.5% Atlanta  +1.7% Washington  +1.7% New York  +1.3% ...
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Case-Shiller Shows Home Prices Improve

Posted: August 31, 2010 at 9:16 am

The real estate market is getting better, at least according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices. The data showed what most experts have known for some time. June was a ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (8/31/2010)

Posted: August 31, 2010 at 8:56 am

Updated throughout the day. Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) will release new versions of the iPod Touch and Nano the week (various) The head of China's central bank may have left ...
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Top Active Trader Alerts (ASML, BRCD, DGIT, ENER, ID, MON, SEED, SKS, TASR)

Posted: August 31, 2010 at 8:40 am

Active traders have many stocks to choose from this morning, but there are fewer stocks than normal which are trading way up or way down.  The top stocks for active ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (8/31/2010) Japan Trouble, Google Magic Mail

Posted: August 31, 2010 at 8:30 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 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ANF, DGIT, GPS, GPRE, KYN, RAX, RTP)

Posted: August 31, 2010 at 8:16 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes this Tuesday morning: Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) Raised to Outperform at BMO ...
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