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Monthly Archives: October 2010

Rare Earth ETF Impact, The Tail Wags The Dog (MCP, REE, RES.V)

Posted: October 27, 2010 at 3:31 pm

Molycorp, Inc. (NYSE: MCP) is surging today along with some rare earth companies.  Today's  news is not that China is lowering rare earth oxides and rare earth elements, it is ...
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Update: In Defense of Bank of America (BAC)

Posted: October 27, 2010 at 3:07 pm

Maybe the worst is over for Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC).  Maybe.  The fears of mortgage put-backs and lawsuits over mortgage disclosures and the ongoing foreclosure halt has created ...
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Electric Cars Could Flop

Posted: October 27, 2010 at 2:54 pm

Global sales of all types of electric-powered vehicles is expected to be under 1 million units of the estimated total of 44.7 million units that will be sold in 2010. ...
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In Defense of Bank of America (BAC)

Posted: October 27, 2010 at 1:08 pm

Maybe the worst is over for Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC).  Maybe.  The fears of mortgage put-backs and lawsuits over mortgage disclosures and the ongoing foreclosure halt has created ...
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The Case For an E*Trade Buyout Ahead (ETFC, AMTD, SCHW)

Posted: October 27, 2010 at 11:23 am

It has been a week since E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) reported earnings.  We have also seen earnings this week from TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: AMTD), and The Charles ...
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Sprint’s Turnaround Remains A Dream (S, T, VZ, VOD, CLWR)

Posted: October 27, 2010 at 10:03 am

The third largest wireless phone company in the US, Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE:S) continues to add customers, but they must not be paying their bills. The company reported a third-quarter ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (ADBE, BRCM, BWLD, DWA, EQIX, FFIV, GTXI, JDAS, MCK, PNRA, RFMD, SIMG, S)

Posted: October 27, 2010 at 9:01 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ: ADBE), Broadcom Corporation ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report 10/27/2010 Fed Ease, Nook, Durable Goods Bad

Posted: October 27, 2010 at 8:49 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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Investing in Bubbles: ETFs for Quantitative Easing and QE2 (GLD, DGP, FXF, CYB, CNY, UUP, TLT, TBT, SPY, DIA, QQQQ, FAS, FAZ)

Posted: October 27, 2010 at 8:31 am

Quantitative easing, or QE2, is coming to a head.  What we will see depends upon whom you ask, and the verdict seems to depend on the direction of the wind ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors 10/27/2010 Google Real Estate, Buffett

Posted: October 27, 2010 at 8:16 am

Updated throughout the day. The Federal Reserve will begin modest easing next week (WSJ) Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is about to purchase a large Manhattan commercial building for $2 billion (NYPost) ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ANF, ARO, AKS, AEO, AEP, AMLN, CHKP, COH, GPS, JKS, KKR, LTD, TLAB, UBS)

Posted: October 27, 2010 at 7:58 am

These are some of this Wednesday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) Started as Equal-weight at Morgan Stanley. ...
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Short Sellers Flee Telecom And Financial Stocks (VZ, T, MOT, S, MSFT)

Posted: October 27, 2010 at 6:05 am

Bank stocks will rebound and telecom shares will rise. That is, at least, the prevailing opinion among short sellers as of October 15. Telecom and telecom equipment shares will benefit ...
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IBM Helps To Create A Cellphone Battery That Will Last Forever

Posted: October 27, 2010 at 5:46 am

It is a lengthy way to say that electronic batteries can nearly be perpetual motion machines. "Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne and IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced a major research initiative, ...
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Mayhem Master Ellison Of Oracle Points To HP CEO’s Guilt

Posted: October 27, 2010 at 5:27 am

Larry Ellison, the founder and CEO of Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL), is one of the most powerful and wealthy executives in the world. He has also set himself up to ...
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The European Labor Unions That Could Destroy Austerity

Posted: October 27, 2010 at 4:54 am

The government austerity budgets being put into place around Europe have raised the ire of powerful labor unions which have already proven this year that they can disrupt the business ...
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