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Monthly Archives: December 2010

The Best Natural Gas Stock for 2011 (CHK, APC, DVN, EOG, HK, SD, UNG)

Posted: December 30, 2010 at 12:54 pm

The acquisition of XTO Energy by Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) instantly turned the oil giant into the largest natural gas producer in the US. We've already had our say ...
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The Sloths of the Dow for 2011: DJIA’s 2010 Weaklings (HPQ, CSCO, JNJ, WMT, AXP, DIA)

Posted: December 30, 2010 at 12:11 pm

We have already introduced the 2011 Dogs of the Dow for investors looking into 2011.  The term "dogs" might imply that they are the worst performers when they are actually ...
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Big Oil’s Top Stock for 2011 (XOM, CVX, COP, RDS-A, BP, DIG, DUG)

Posted: December 30, 2010 at 10:45 am

How big oil stocks perform in 2011 will be highly dependent on the price of crude oil. That's not a particularly original thought, but it remains true nonetheless. The price ...
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Meet the 2011 Dogs of the Dow (CVX, DD, GE, JNJ, KFT, MCD, MRK, PFE, PG, T, VZ, INTC)

Posted: December 30, 2010 at 10:23 am

The Dogs of the Dow is an investment strategy which annually selects the ten highest dividend yields of all thirty Dow Jones Industrial Average components.  Because we are going for ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (ENDP, OSN, VISN, XING, XOMA)

Posted: December 30, 2010 at 8:51 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Thursday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Endo Pharmaceutical Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ENDP), Ossen Innovation ...
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Can the Boom in Silver Last? (SLV, SIL, SLW, PAAS, HL)

Posted: December 30, 2010 at 8:48 am

Silver prices have risen more than 80% in 2010, far more than either gold, at about 26%, and copper, at around 28%. Aside from speculation, there are a couple of ...
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Weekly Jobless Seasonality Brings Best Data in 2+ Years

Posted: December 30, 2010 at 8:39 am

The weekly jobless claims will sound great on the surface for the last report of the year.  Much of this is due to seasonality as many were not heading to ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AA, CP, ENDP, GE, GS, MS, PBR, SYY, AAPL)

Posted: December 30, 2010 at 8:21 am

The research calls are running light this week with many firms still on skeleton crews. These are some of this Thursday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall ...
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The Impending Groupon IPO

Posted: December 30, 2010 at 8:08 am

Groupon has become rather well known for its web ads calling for local discounts for those who join.  A possible buyout from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), which Groupon ultimately rejected, ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (12/29/2010) Groupon IPO

Posted: December 30, 2010 at 7:44 am

Updated throughout the day. Groupon will go public at the end of 2011 (NYT) Carlyle Group will sell its 2.5% stake in China Pacific Insurance for $860 million (Reuters) Douglas ...
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Two-Thirds Of Internet Users Have Paid For Content

Posted: December 30, 2010 at 6:15 am

Sixty-five percent of American internet users have paid for content, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project. The figure does not mean much if theses will not pay ...
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A Chance To Admit Defeat Early In The Tablet PC War

Posted: December 30, 2010 at 5:39 am

Tens of thousands of new products are released at the annual Consumer Electronics Show held once a year in Las Vegas. Technology company executives party late into the night and ...
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China PMI: One Month Does Not A Trend Make

Posted: December 30, 2010 at 5:08 am

The HSBC study of China's purchasing manufacturing index, which closely parallels the official numbers from the People's Republic, dropped to 54.4 from 55.3 in November. Analysts seized on the data ...
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Media Digest 12.30.2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 30, 2010 at 4:05 am

China's PMI growth slowed and the current monetary policy may be sufficient to curb inflation (Reuters) The use of solar power by China is rapidly expanding (Reuters) Sony (NYSE: SNE) ...
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The Ten Greatest Stock Market Years Of The Last Century

Posted: December 29, 2010 at 9:13 pm

There have been 10 calendar years during the last one hundred in which the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by more than 30%. The reason for the sharp increases were, ...
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