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Monthly Archives: November 2010

The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report 11/16/2010 Little Inflation, Walmart Earns

Posted: November 16, 2010 at 8:55 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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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (CERS, CHNG, MELA, NLST, PWRD, URBN)

Posted: November 16, 2010 at 8:51 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Ceres Corporation (NASDAQ: CERS), China Natural Gas (NASDAQ: CHNG), MELA ...
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Good Buyback, Stupid Buyback (SBUX, TNAV)

Posted: November 16, 2010 at 8:48 am

Sometimes buybacks are smart, sometimes they are not.  Last night we saw two entirely different buybacks, one of which was a smart version of a buyback and one of which ...
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Today’s Best Rumors (11/16/2011) Apple And The Beatles

Posted: November 16, 2010 at 8:47 am

Updated throughout the day. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will add the Beatles to its iTune store (WSJ) Major league soccer will launch more fantasy sports to support revenue (Reuters) Douglas A. ...
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Earnings Wrap: Home Depot Versus Wal-Mart (HD, WMT)

Posted: November 16, 2010 at 8:26 am

This morning brought earnings from two key DJIA components.  The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE: HD) and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) are seeing similar trends and the two are seeing ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (BHP, BUCY, CAT, KO, CREE, DPS, INTU, JOYG, KMB, NLST, PEP, POT, SNH, CODE, TCO)

Posted: November 16, 2010 at 8:02 am

These are some of this Tuesday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. BHP Billiton plc (NYSE: BHP) Started as Buy at Goldman Sachs. Bucyrus ...
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S&P: Home Prices May Drop Another 10%

Posted: November 16, 2010 at 7:13 am

S&P has issued a forecast which says home prices could drop another 10% through next year. The new research says that: "While U.S. home prices have stabilized considerably since the ...
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Oversight Panel Warns Foreclosure Problem Could Become Disaster

Posted: November 16, 2010 at 6:17 am

The Congressional Oversight Panel reports that the effects of the current foreclosure documentation crisis may have been underestimated. In a new study entitled "Examining the Consequences of Mortgage Irregularities for ...
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The Promise Of Online Video Still Unfulfilled

Posted: November 16, 2010 at 5:57 am

The day on which the promise of online video is fulfilled has still not come. New comScore data shows that YouTube, which has still not found a business model, dominated ...
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A Ray Of Hope For Christmas Cheer

Posted: November 16, 2010 at 5:33 am

Most estimates are that there will be a very modest rise in consumer spending this holiday season which either began at the start of November or will begin the Friday ...
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Ireland Has Reason To Hold Out As EU Pressures A Restructuring

Posted: November 16, 2010 at 5:13 am

Ireland is under what has become relentless pressure to take a bailout from the EU's trillion-dollar facility, which used to help Greece in its time of need. There have been ...
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The Fed: Finally Independent Again

Posted: November 16, 2010 at 4:53 am

The Federal Reserve seemed to abandon its independence at the start of the credit crisis. Ben Bernanke and then-Treasury chief Henry Paulson worked arm-in-arm to combat a collapse in the ...
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Media Digest (11/16/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: November 16, 2010 at 4:07 am

The demand for GM stock may push the price per share of the IPO to $33. (Reuters) Rolls Royce began to build more engines to replace faulty ones on Airbus ...
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Paulson Dumps Financials, Shows New Sector Picks (GENZ, SYMC, BRCD, C, GS, BAC, JPM, COF, AU, GLD, APC, DVN, XOM, CMCSA, HOT)

Posted: November 15, 2010 at 6:18 pm

It is 13F season and investors are looking to see what their favorite gurus are up to.  While  everyone is looking at the slew  of Buffett portfolio changes, it is ...
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Berkshire Hathaway & Buffett’s Latest Stock Holdings ‘S to Z’ (BRK-B, BRK-A, SNY, TMK, USB, USG, UPS, WMT, WPO, WFC, WSC)

Posted: November 15, 2010 at 4:55 pm

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) has shown its latest holdings as of the close on September 30, 2010. The changes were big on the first two lists but more ...
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