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Monthly Archives: November 2010

Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (ASML, AXG, CBAK, DECK, MCOX, RIMM, SODA, STX)

Posted: November 30, 2010 at 8:49 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ: ASML), Aixtron AG (NASDAQ: AXG), China ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (CELL, CHK, CEO, DLR, DOW, DRYS, GFI, HMY, ISSI, KMP, KGC, NTSP, NRG, RIMM, SNDA, TIF, YZC)

Posted: November 30, 2010 at 8:26 am

These are some of this Tuesday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Brightpoint Inc. (NASDAQ: CELL) Cut to Hold at Jefferies. Chesapeake Energy Corporation ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (11/30/2010) Panic In Europe, Groupon Buyout

Posted: November 30, 2010 at 8:09 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 11.30.2010 Google And Groupon, Microsoft TV

Posted: November 30, 2010 at 7:55 am

Updates throughout the day Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will re-enter the home TV program market (Reuters) Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) will buy Groupon for $6 billion (NYT) Wiretaps, many of which are ...
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The Contagion Battle Which Could Last A Year

Posted: November 30, 2010 at 6:07 am

The spreads on what it costs to insure the sovereign debt of Spain and Portugal have continued to widen. The borrowing costs for each country are now at  levels which ...
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Another Baffling Decision By Microsoft–A Return To TV Business

Posted: November 30, 2010 at 5:39 am

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) may make another assault on the home television market. It has visited that sector before and was beaten back by cable companies and digital video recorders. Reuters ...
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Loss On TARP Only $25 Billion, The Possibility Of A Profit

Posted: November 30, 2010 at 5:16 am

The Congressional Budget Office has been given the task to report on the state of the TARP fund which was created primarily to bail out financial firms crippled by the credit crisis. ...
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A $20 Billion Cyber Monday? A Mixed Blessing

Posted: November 30, 2010 at 4:50 am

Coremetrics, which covers online sales activity, says that Cyber Monday sales rose 20% this year over last based on data taken through 6 PM. That would make e-commerce  revenue for the ...
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Media Digest (11/30/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: November 30, 2010 at 4:21 am

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is near a deal to buy Groupon for $6 billion. (NYT) The Congressional Budget Office says the cost of TARP to taxpayers was only $25 billion. (Reuters) ...
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Buyback Favored at Seagate Over Buyout; Not All Bad News (STX, WDC)

Posted: November 29, 2010 at 4:39 pm

When it comes to deep-value technology stocks, two companies which consistently arise in screens are Seagate Technologies PLC (NASDAQ: STX) and Western Digital Corp. (NYSE: WDC).  Seagate had lifted the ...
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Commercial Real Estate Could Be Recovering

Posted: November 29, 2010 at 2:59 pm

Word from the National Association of Realtors is that commercial real estate is slowly getting well. Very slowly. The NAR's chief economist noted that apartment rents "could" increase by 1%-2% ...
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Research Questions NVIDIA Turnaround Versus Valuation (NVDA, INTC)

Posted: November 29, 2010 at 2:42 pm

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been in the midst of a turnaround, and its latest post-earnings reaction would lead one to believe that the turnaround is well underway.  An analyst ...
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The Good, The Bad, And The Insignificant: Amazon Hits All-Time High

Posted: November 29, 2010 at 1:04 pm

Verdict: Bad Shares of Amazon.com hit an all-time high of $181.84 today. As a reference, the stock traded at $90 during the peak of the 2007 holiday season - perhaps ...
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Common Themes in 52-Week Lows (APOL, CEU, DF, MDC, PHM, RYL, SVU)

Posted: November 29, 2010 at 12:52 pm

We are seeing a new round of 52-week lows this Monday with some basic themes from education to food to homebuilders.  Some of those tracked hitting 52-week lows are Apollo ...
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More Fears Confirmed, Tablets Bite Into PC Sales (IT, AAPL, GOOG, HPQ, DELL)

Posted: November 29, 2010 at 11:35 am

Following on its observations that tablet devices and smartphones would hurt PC sales, Gartner Inc. (NYSE: IT) has lowered its forecast for worldwide PC sales for this year. The IT ...
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