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Monthly Archives: October 2010

Apple Breaks Into The Top Five Companies In Global Handset Sales

Posted: October 29, 2010 at 5:39 am

The Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone line of smartphones has been an unqualified success, but the magnitude of that success has only just become clear. Research firm Strategic Analytics reports ...
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More Evidence That The Foreclosure Death Spiral Continues With Few Solutions

Posted: October 29, 2010 at 5:06 am

Even before the current mortgage paperwork crisis, foreclosures in major cities began to accelerate again. Some analysts believe that the bank debacle will exacerbate the trouble, but it is trouble ...
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Media Digest (20/29/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: October 29, 2010 at 3:58 am

A lawsuit alleges that Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM) secretly bought problem cars. (Reuters) Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) earnings were better than expected. (Reuters) The AIA IPO moved up 17% on the ...
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The Economics Of Worry

Posted: October 28, 2010 at 5:41 pm

Most Americans (53%) are worried about making their rent and mortgage payments, according to a poll released today by the Washington Post. The poll's results are depressing but hardly surprising. ...
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First Solar Margin Pressure Trumps Earnings & Guidance (FSLR)

Posted: October 28, 2010 at 5:24 pm

First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) looked like a decent report, but there is a sell-the-news reaction taking place in the after-hours trading session.  The solar giant posted 16% higher earnings ...
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The Problem With Oil Prices: Five Reasons It’s Going to $100 (And Five Reasons It’s Not)

Posted: October 28, 2010 at 5:03 pm

In March 2008, an analyst at Goldman Sachs predicted that the price of crude would see a "super spike" all the way to $200 per barrel. At the time, a ...
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Microsoft Calls Positive Environment (MSFT)

Posted: October 28, 2010 at 4:28 pm

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) came out with its earnings after the close (only on the website, no press release).  This was record revenues for its first quarter of up about ...
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Apple’s Annual Report Kills Dividend Hopes (AAPL)

Posted: October 28, 2010 at 3:12 pm

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) disclosed many things in the 2010 Annual Report filing last night.  The most important was the warning about its gross margin coming in lower for the ...
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Potash Earnings Distraction (POT, BHP)

Posted: October 28, 2010 at 2:16 pm

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) is a company we feared would not really trade around its earnings and guidance.  The real news is still its pending offer from BHP ...
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Size Matters: Google Larger Than Wal-Mart and Buffett (GOOG, WMT, BRK-A, BRK-B)

Posted: October 28, 2010 at 12:45 pm

24/7 Wall St. maintains a proprietary list of stocks, The 24/7 Wall St. Real-Time 500.  This is more representative than the S&P 500 based on free-float market caps each year ...
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Exxon Profits Jump, Share Price Doesn’t (XOM, COP, RDS-A, RDS-B, CVX)

Posted: October 28, 2010 at 12:30 pm

Oil and gas giant Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE:XOM) reported an earnings jump of55% this morning, solidly above expectations. For the company's third quarter, diluted EPS came in at $1.44 compared ...
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Hot Apple Rumors 10/28

Posted: October 28, 2010 at 12:23 pm

Below are highlights from the Apple press: From AppleInsider:  Good news geeks:  Apple (AAPL) has begun offering unlocked versions of the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4.  The bad news is ...
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Another Walmart Digital Disaster?

Posted: October 28, 2010 at 11:43 am

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  (NYSE:WMT) started a digital movie download service with Hewlett-Packard Corp. (NASDAQ:HPQ) in 2007 that lasted for about a year until it was shut down because of lack ...
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Rare Earth ETF Shows Global Theme (REMX, TIE, TC, RTI, MCP, GMO, REE)

Posted: October 28, 2010 at 10:48 am

Van Eck Global has a history of launching niche ETF products.  Today's launch of Market Vectors Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF (NYSE: REMX) is no exception.  This new ETF is the ...
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Oil Tankers Going Nowhere (OSG, TK, GMR, FRO, NAT, PBR)

Posted: October 28, 2010 at 9:36 am

Day rates for crude oil supertankers, VLCCs, peaked in 2009 at around $100,000/day. Today, if you want to ship 2 million barrels of oil from the Middle East to Korea, ...
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