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Monthly Archives: November 2010

Hot Apple Rumors 11/5

Posted: November 4, 2010 at 12:52 pm

From AppleInsider:  Get ready for cool new iPhone games.  The site found an Apple patent application that "describes iPhone games that would use the device's many sensors and capabilities -- ...
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October Retail Sales Weak Overall with Some Bright Spots (ZUMZ, COST, M, LTD, BJ, BIG, TGT, GPS, ANF, SMRT, HOTT, RAD, WAG)

Posted: November 4, 2010 at 12:50 pm

Retailers are out with October sales reports and the news is mixed. Perhaps the biggest surprise was teen clothing store Zumiez Inc. (NASDAQ:ZUMZ), which saw same-store sales soar 21.5% in ...
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DJIA and NASDAQ Hits 2010 Highs (DIA, SPY, QQQQ)

Posted: November 4, 2010 at 10:56 am

QE2, manufactured inflation, pumping more air into the economy... you get it.  While stocks are higher this morning, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is hitting a 2010 high.  The high ...
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Royal Gold Stumbles Even as Gold Prices Soar (RGLD, NEM, ABX, SLW, GLD, GDX)

Posted: November 4, 2010 at 10:32 am

Investors looking to making a killing on gold this past year would have done well to invest in silver. Gold prices have risen to more than $1,300/ounce, about a 20% ...
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QE2 & Bernanke Pump Gold & Oil, Not Long Bonds (GLD, DGP, USO, OIH, DIG, TBT)

Posted: November 4, 2010 at 9:58 am

Quantitative easing is forcing investors into riskier assets as Ben Bernanke and the FOMC attempt to manufacture some inflation and after the US Dollar weakness.  We are seeing big moves ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (INTT, MELI, MPWR, POT, BHP, QCOM, TRLG, URRE, WFMI)

Posted: November 4, 2010 at 9:03 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Thursday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of inTEST Corp. (NASDAQ: INTT), MercadoLibre Inc. (NASDAQ: ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report 11/4/2010

Posted: November 4, 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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Proof that iPad & iPhones Users WANT Flash (AAPL, ADBE, MSFT)

Posted: November 4, 2010 at 8:44 am

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has grown massively and arguably has the coolest products on the market from iPads to iPhones and on.  As the company has grown and grown, it ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (11/4/2010)

Posted: November 4, 2010 at 8:41 am

Updated throughout the day. RBC may sell its project loans to UFJ Financial (Reuters) GM and the government disagreed over the price of the car company's IPO (Bloomberg) BMG Rights ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AAPL, BSX, CPLA, COCO, LOPE, LOGI, MDT, MPWR, PT, PHM, STO, SVR)

Posted: November 4, 2010 at 8:14 am

These are some of this Thursday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Started as Outperform with $410 at Baird (expanded ...
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SIRIUS XM Keeps Beating & Raising Targets (SIRI)

Posted: November 4, 2010 at 7:51 am

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) managed to post a raw and real profit this morning.  The satellite radio monopoly reported that third-quarter earnings were $67.6 million, which rounds up ...
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A $410 Analyst Call on Apple (AAPL)

Posted: November 4, 2010 at 7:24 am

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is indicated higher on a research note this morning from Robert W. Baird.  The firm initiated coverage with a Outperform rating, but the more important issue ...
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Travelers Enters JV For Rapid Growth In Brazil (TRV)

Posted: November 4, 2010 at 7:04 am

The Travelers Companies, Inc. (NYSE:TRV) is the Dow Jones Industrial Average component which many investors manage to overlook or forget about it being a DJIA member.  The insurance giant has ...
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Ten Companies That Will Never Recover From Their Mistakes

Posted: November 4, 2010 at 6:53 am

Most companies that fail over time do so because of a series of modest mistakes made by generations of management. Markets shift and corporations are slow to adapt. Strategic acquisitions, ...
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Bernanke Defends Himself In Public

Posted: November 4, 2010 at 6:05 am

Ben Bernanke, the head of the Federal Reserve, made the remarkable move of defending his policies in public. He used the Op Ed section of The Washington Post as his ...
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