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Monthly Archives: November 2010

Global Smartphone Sales Nearly Double In Q3, A Bonanza For Carriers.

Posted: November 10, 2010 at 6:03 am

Research firm Gartner says that global smartphone sales were up 96% in the third quarter compared with the same quarter last year. That outstripped the 35% rise in total handset ...
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QE2 Versus The Chinese Trade Surplus

Posted: November 10, 2010 at 5:40 am

China announced that its trade surplus in October was $27.1 billion. The news will certainly be used by the US and other Western developed nations to show that China continues ...
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Home Values Continue Record Drops

Posted: November 10, 2010 at 5:16 am

The decline of home prices continues at an unprecedented breakneck speed. According to real estate research firm Zillow, "U.S. home values continued to decline in the third quarter, falling 4.3 ...
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FDIC: Goring The Oxes Of The Big Banks

Posted: November 10, 2010 at 4:53 am

The FDIC has decided that very large banks should pay more into the agency's fund than smaller financial firms. In other words, the payments will not be based on a ...
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Ten Companies To Own For The Next Decade (AEP, AWK, CSCO, DG, XOM, KMB, GE, RSG, TEVA, DIS)

Posted: November 10, 2010 at 4:21 am

Picking stocks for a decade is no easy task.  It might as well be for a lifetime because there probably will be two more bear markets and two more bull ...
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Media Digest 11/10/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: November 10, 2010 at 4:02 am

Arguments about the global economy became heated at the G20 summit.  (Reuters) Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) prepared to launch its rival to the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad and said ...
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Chinese Credit Rating Agency Downgrades US Debt

Posted: November 9, 2010 at 5:03 pm

US-based credit ratings agencies S&P and Moody's have been furiously downgrading the sovereign debt of eurozone nations such as Ireland and Greece. Now, it is the stability of US sovereign paper ...
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QE2 Backlash: US Becoming a Currency Manipulator (GLD, DGP, TBT, FAS)

Posted: November 9, 2010 at 1:54 pm

The stock market and the commodities markets have so far supported QE2.  Longer-dated bond yields have risen as a result as the extra $600 billion applies only a few percentage ...
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After India, Obama Will Govern From The Center

Posted: November 9, 2010 at 1:29 pm

President Obama's visit to India was telling for many reasons, especially when he said Washington's relationship with New Dehli would be a "defining relationship" of the 21st Century.    He rejected ...
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This Week’s Top 5 Earnings On Deck (CSC, CSCO, M, NVDA, DIS)

Posted: November 9, 2010 at 12:17 pm

Earnings season is getting thinner on which companies are reporting earnings, but we still have 5 key earnings due the rest of the week.  Computer Sciences Corp. (NYSE: CSC), Cisco ...
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Chevron Acquires Shale Gas Producer Atlas Energy (CVX, ATLS, ADH, XOM, UNG)

Posted: November 9, 2010 at 11:55 am

Oil supermajor Chevron Corp. (NYSE:CVX) has announced that it will acquire Atlas Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:ATLS) for $3.2 billion in cash and will take on an additional $1.1 billion in existing ...
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Taking the Rare Earths Quest to Canada (MCP, REE, GMO, REMX, AVL.TO, QRE.V, QRM.V, RA.V, RES.V, TCR.V, UCU.V)

Posted: November 9, 2010 at 11:45 am

The rare earth oxide, rare earth element, and rare earth minerals segment is continuing to see a surge.  Some could be tied to the expectations of a new ETF driving ...
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SIRIUS XM Defies Downgrade & Mixed Calls (SIRI)

Posted: November 9, 2010 at 9:45 am

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is defying gravity this morning.  An analyst downgrade this morning came from Gabelli & Co., yet SIRIUS XM is seeing its shares up right ...
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Consumer Confidence Jumps In The Face Of Difficulties

Posted: November 9, 2010 at 9:29 am

Even in the face of a prolonged consumer recession, high unemployment, and a housing crisis, American confidence has risen to the best level this year. According to Gallup: "Americans' ...
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Dean Foods, From Earnings To Spilled Milk (DF)

Posted: November 9, 2010 at 9:28 am

The stock market may be challenging 2-year highs, but not Dean Foods Company (NYSE: DF).  Dean Foods is hitting 52-week lows if the pre-market activity remains at current levels.  The ...
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