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Monthly Archives: December 2010

Big Biotech: Best of 2010, Outlook in 2011 (ILMN, ITMN, INCY, THRX, VPHM, DNDN, AMGN, GILD, CELG, HGSI, ACOR)

Posted: December 29, 2010 at 1:47 pm

2010 is ending and 2011 is about to begin.  It has been a very interesting year for major biotech stocks, albeit with lower rewards than seen in 2009 as there ...
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Health Insurers Line Up for New Customers (UNH, WLP, AET, CI)

Posted: December 29, 2010 at 12:21 pm

After spending most of 2009 fighting passage of the health care reform act, insurers have gone quiet on efforts to repeal the legislation and have instead gotten busy figuring out ...
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Can Apple Live Up to 2011 Expectations? (AAPL, MSFT, XOM, T, VZ, ADBE)

Posted: December 29, 2010 at 11:00 am

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is the stock market darling that almost no one wants to hate.  Finding negative analyst reports is a difficult task.  The company over-delivers on most products ...
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High Crude Prices Spur Spending on Exploration & Production (XOM, CVX, RDS-A, BP, PBR)

Posted: December 29, 2010 at 10:10 am

The price for a barrel of crude has risen about 17% since the beginning of 2010, to near $92/barrel. Positive forecasts for global economic growth, combined with a weaker US ...
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Does Pacific Ethanol Deserve Listing Requirement Extensions? (PEIX)

Posted: December 29, 2010 at 9:40 am

Pacific Ethanol, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEIX) is trading higher this morning on reports that NASDAQ sent it a letter dated December 28, 2010 notifying the company that it has met all ...
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Outlook for 2011 China Car Sales Dims (GM, F, TM, HMC)

Posted: December 29, 2010 at 9:30 am

China displaced the US in 2009 as the world's largest car market, and the number of Chinese auto buyers went up in 2010. Chinese buyers purchased 13.6 million vehicles in ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (AIXG, CRME, CRNT, RNOW, XOMA)

Posted: December 29, 2010 at 8:50 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Aixtron AG (NASDAQ: AIXG), Cardiome Pharma Corp. (NASDAQ: CRME), ...
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Noble’s Israeli Gas Boost (NBL)

Posted: December 29, 2010 at 8:47 am

Noble Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NBL) is trading higher this morning due to the announcement of "a significant natural gas discovery" at the Leviathan exploration prospect offshore Israel.  Leviathan-1 is located ...
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As Leonard Green Takes All of Retail Private (BJ, JAS, JCG, COST)

Posted: December 29, 2010 at 8:30 am

The rumors and thought of private equity in retail is going on and on, oddly enough with the same player.  BJ's Wholesale Club Inc. (NYSE: BJ) is the newest target ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (12/29/2010) Allstate Suit, China Rare Earth

Posted: December 29, 2010 at 8:18 am

Twitter  has, by most estimates, 175 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 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ALL, CAH, GE, MR, MON, OC, RNOW, SPG)

Posted: December 29, 2010 at 8:03 am

The week between Christmas and New Years is often a quiet week for research.  That is the case here.  These are some of this Wednesday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors 12.29.2010 BJ Wholesale M&A, China Curbs

Posted: December 29, 2010 at 8:02 am

Updated throughout the day. Leonard Green will try to take over BJ Wholesale (NYPost) China will continue curbs on commercial property purchases (Caijing) NetFlix (NASDAQ: NFLX) may try to expand ...
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The Wealthy Drove Holiday Spending

Posted: December 29, 2010 at 6:30 am

The well to do drove Christmas week spending this year. Perhaps the prospect of extended tax cuts was part of the fuel. According to Gallup, "An upper-income spending splurge led ...
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Does China Have The Right To Block Rare Earth Exports?

Posted: December 29, 2010 at 6:02 am

OPEC can set export and production quotas. China cannot set very tight limits on the export of its rare earth metals. The US says China does not have the right. ...
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New Year’s Test: Shanghai Composite Vs. S&P 500

Posted: December 29, 2010 at 5:48 am

The Chinese economy is supposed to be much stronger than America's. GDP growth in the People's Republic hovers near 10%. The GDP improvement in the US this year may be ...
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