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Monthly Archives: October 2010

Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (ABK, AAPL, ARMH, CTIC, CWTR, INFN, MSFT, OGXI)

Posted: October 19, 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 (ANF, AAPL, EAT, CREE, DLTR, AIXG, FLR, HL, INTC, DGX, ANDE, VECO, VMW)

Posted: October 19, 2010 at 8:28 am

These are some of this Tuesday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) Cut to Sell at Brean Murray. ...
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Big Earnings Mix From Coca-Cola (KO)

Posted: October 19, 2010 at 8:21 am

Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is out with mixed earnings.  Third quarter earnings rose 9% to $2.06 billion, while earnings on a per share basis rose to $0.88 EPS from $0.81 ...
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China Rate Hike, Dollar Aid

Posted: October 19, 2010 at 7:39 am

Raising rates is generally good for a currency, and in the case of China a rate hike there is actually good for the US Dollar due to that implied peg.  ...
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BofA Loss Clouds Credit Improvements

Posted: October 19, 2010 at 7:22 am

Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) is following Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) by beating earnings expectations.  Many of the headlines will describe a ...
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Holiday Spending Expected To Rise To $688.87 Per Person

Posted: October 19, 2010 at 6:09 am

The National Retail Federation says that the average consumer will spend $688.87 this holiday season--exactly--up from $681.83 last year. The 1% improvement is not likely to save the sector from ...
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The 25 Most Important Alternative Energy Companies

Posted: October 19, 2010 at 5:23 am

Alternative energy is big business -- and getting bigger. The industry includes hundreds of companies that make a piece of the continuously expanding jigsaw puzzle that is the alt energy ...
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As Times Runs Out, Potash To Sue For Peace

Posted: October 19, 2010 at 5:22 am

Time has run out for Potash (NYSE: POT) to find an alternative to the bid made for it by BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP). The deadline for the $39 billion offer ...
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Five Second Place Companies That Are Number One For Investors

Posted: October 19, 2010 at 4:40 am

One of the few bits of investing conventional wisdom that nearly everyone accepts is that people should always look out for number one.  The problem with following that advice is ...
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Media Digest (10/19/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: October 19, 2010 at 4:10 am

Reuters:   Geithner said the US would no devalue to dollar to get a trade advantage. Reuters:   Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) has begun foreclosures again. Reuters:   Roy Ozzie, the chief ...
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Apple About To Become The World’s Largest Tech Company By Total Sales

Posted: October 18, 2010 at 8:02 pm

Skeptics have asked, fairly, why Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) should have a larger market capitalization than Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), and IBM (NYSE: IBM). The answer is that ...
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Steve Jobs Conference Call Q&A Earnings Commentary (AAPL, RIMM, GOOG, ADBE, NOK)

Posted: October 18, 2010 at 6:24 pm

There were some interesting takeaways from Apple's conference call and its Q&A session of that call.  The call ended right about 6:00 PM EST.  Despite a blowout in sales and ...
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Apple Blowout, Margins Still Sinking (AAPL, IAH, QQQQ, XLK, QLD, IYW)

Posted: October 18, 2010 at 4:43 pm

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has managed a huge surprise on earnings today.  Steve Jobs and friends posted earnings of $4.64 EPS and a record of $20.34 billion in revenues.  Thomson ...
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IBM’s Earnings Already Priced In (IBM)

Posted: October 18, 2010 at 4:18 pm

International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) reported $2.82 EPS and $24.3 billion in revenues.  Thomson Reuters had estimates of $2.75 EPS and $24.12 billion in revenues. As far as guidance, ...
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Wal-Mart Raising Billions Via Debt Sale (WMT)

Posted: October 18, 2010 at 2:55 pm

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) had a bit of unusual debt rating coverage this morning after Fitch reiterated Wal-Mart's "AA" rating and said its outlook is stable.  The reason for ...
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