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Monthly Archives: October 2010

Visa Gives Shareholders A Pay Raise (V, MA)

Posted: October 20, 2010 at 4:45 pm

Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) just joined the ranks of companies hiking their annualized dividend  payments.  This is the second annual hike in a row.  The increase was bumped up by ...
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eBay Earnings Dwarfed by Buyback (EBAY)

Posted: October 20, 2010 at 4:28 pm

eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) is out with its earnings and the online auction giant reported $0.40 EPS and $2.25 billion in revenues.  Thomson Reuters had estimates of $0.37 EPS and ...
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Subscriber Adds Drive Netflix (NFLX)

Posted: October 20, 2010 at 4:16 pm

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) is out with its earnings and the film rental giant reported earnings of $0.78 EPS and $553.2 million in revenues.  Thomson Reuters had estimates of $0.72 ...
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Fed’s Beige Book Acts As Economic Upgrade

Posted: October 20, 2010 at 2:27 pm

The newest Beige Book from the Federal Reserve might make you wonder why on earth quantitative easing is necessary.  Low growth is still okay, but the jobs issue is still ...
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Earnings Season Curse on High-Priced Stocks? (IBM, AAPL, ISRG, VMW, NFLX, AMZN, BIDU, GOOG, PCLN, GS, EMC, INTC)

Posted: October 20, 2010 at 2:00 pm

There is an interesting theme that has been worth looking deeper into so far this earnings season.  High-priced stocks that have seen significant runs higher have a bias against the ...
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Boeing, Airlines Flying High on Earnings (BA, DAL, LCC, AMR, LUV, UAL, JBLU, FAA)

Posted: October 20, 2010 at 12:42 pm

Today's earnings reports from Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) and three airlines have put a little jet fuel into the market. Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE: DAL), US Airways Group, Inc. ...
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Trading Gold Pullbacks on Charts (GLD, IAU, PHYS, SGOL, GLL, DZZ, DGZ)

Posted: October 20, 2010 at 11:04 am

Tuesday's drop in gold may be a culmination of many things and Wednesday's attempt at a recovery needs to be watched closely.  Profit taking, China rate hike, currency extremes with ...
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Troubles Mount in BHP and Potash Corp. Merger (BHP, POT, MOS, IPI, MOO)

Posted: October 20, 2010 at 9:48 am

Practically from the time of the announcement by BHP Billiton plc (NYSE: BHP) that it was offering $38.6 billion to acquire Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. (NYSE: POT), the provincial ...
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Today’s Must Watch Stock Alerts (ABK, AMLN, LLY, ALKS, BAC, CTIC, CREE, DEAR, FSII, ISRG)

Posted: October 20, 2010 at 8:55 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Some of the most active stocks or ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AMLN, BAC, KOF, LLY, JNPR, MOS, NIHD, STRA, WDC)

Posted: October 20, 2010 at 8:32 am

These are some of this Wednesday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Amylin Pharmaceuticals,  Inc. (NASDAQ: AMLN) Cut to Hold at Citigroup; Cut to ...
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Buffett’s Favorite Bank Gets It Done (WFC, BRK-A, C, BAC, JPM)

Posted: October 20, 2010 at 8:07 am

Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) managed to beat earnings this morning.  Warren Buffett's favorite bank posted a gain of 19% in net income of $3.15 billion, translating to $0.60 ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report 10/20/2010 US Mrkt Up? Global Mrkt Down, YHOO Up, Education Down

Posted: October 20, 2010 at 7:48 am

Twitter  has, by most estimates, 145 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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Today’s Best Market Rumors (10/20/2010) Mac Launch, GE Bid

Posted: October 20, 2010 at 6:58 am

Updated throughout the day. GE (NYSE: GE), United Technologies (NYSE: UTX), and Honeywell (NYSE: HON) are all considering a bid for BEA Systems aerospace business (Reuters) The NY State Attorney ...
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An America Low On Education And Graduation

Posted: October 20, 2010 at 6:00 am

Americans continue to stay out of diploma lines. The American Council On Education has issued a new report that says "today’s young adults are no better educated than the baby ...
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France And The Dawn Of The “Open Ended” Labor Stoppage

Posted: October 20, 2010 at 5:26 am

Strikes and labor stoppages around Europe have increased in number and intensity. The increase has occurred as workers protest the effects of pending austerity programs planned by several nations which ...
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