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Monthly Archives: September 2010

Chase Website Still Down Intermittently

Posted: September 15, 2010 at 10:51 am

The Chase.com website is still down off-and-on, probably due to a huge influx of traffic created by the demand of customers who want access to their accounts after a one-day ...
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Greenspan Plays Crypt Keeper for Council on Foreign Relations

Posted: September 15, 2010 at 9:37 am

Alan Greenspan spoke today at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, and he is not exactly the biggest bull.  On the stimulus, the crypt keeper says the obvious: ...
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Top Active Trader Stock Alerts (AU, ARNA, BZH, HRBR, LVLT, NBIX, NOVL, SVNT, UTSI, RDWR)

Posted: September 15, 2010 at 9:04 am

There are many active stocks this morning with big price changes for active traders and day traders to look over.  We are monitoring shares of AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. (NYSE: AU), ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Preview (9/15/2010) Housing, Retirement

Posted: September 15, 2010 at 9:02 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 (ARNA, ARMH, DRYS, GMR, GSK, NOK, OSG, SONC, TK, VLCM, WBD)

Posted: September 15, 2010 at 8:42 am

These are some of the top analyst research calls for upgrades, downgrades, and initiations this Wednesday morning on Wall Street: Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARNA) Cut to Market Perform at ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (9/15/2010)

Posted: September 15, 2010 at 8:31 am

Updated throughout the day. China's largest banks may have to increase their capital ratios. (Bloomberg) China IPOs are largely being handled by local banks, pushing international investment houses out of ...
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Mortgage Demand Tanks

Posted: September 15, 2010 at 8:13 am

The Mortgage Bankers Association released its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending September 10, 2010.  The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 8.9% ...
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5 Tech Giants Likely to Follow Cisco’s Dividend (CSCO, MSFT, INTC, AAPL, DELL, HPQ, WDC, STX, EBAY, AMZN, EMC, VMW)

Posted: September 15, 2010 at 6:30 am

You probably already know now that Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) has promised to pay a dividend of 1.5 to 2% initially for 2011. After a multi-year period of dead ...
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New Kindle Ads Savage iPad

Posted: September 15, 2010 at 6:17 am

In new ads recently posted on YouTube which may make it to TV, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) has savaged the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad based both on price and the trouble ...
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Low-Cost Airlines Thrash Traditional Airlines In Quality Measures

Posted: September 15, 2010 at 5:49 am

Customer satisfaction among travelers who fly on low-cost carriers is substantially higher than for people who use traditional airlines. JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU) tops a recent evaluation of service among carriers ...
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China Currency Problems Go On Trial In The House

Posted: September 15, 2010 at 5:20 am

The Obama Administration has hoped to avoid an attempt by Congress to seize the ability to negotiate with China on the value of the yuan. It has almost always been ...
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In Race Toward Financial Health, Greece Clears A Very Low Bar

Posted: September 15, 2010 at 4:53 am

Many investors in sovereign debt and euro zone nations which put up hundreds of billions of dollars are anxious to see if Greek moves toward default on its national paper. ...
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Media Digest (9/15/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: September 15, 2010 at 4:02 am

Reuters:   Japan intervened to cap the yen for the first time in six years. Reuters:   Business sentiment in Asia slipped for the third quarter period. Reuters:   Gold remained near a ...
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Jim Cramer Sees Highest Apple Earnings Targets of All Analysts (AAPL, BBY, XOM, MSFT)

Posted: September 14, 2010 at 7:35 pm

Jim Cramer has long been an Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) bull.  In fact, he's been one of the most bullish voices on Steve Jobs regardless of all the potential pitfalls ...
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Buffett Keeps Dumping Moody’s (BRK-B, MCO)

Posted: September 14, 2010 at 7:16 pm

If there is a single stock that really no longer deserves nor needs to be kept in the Warren Buffett stock portfolio of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B), it is ...
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