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Monthly Archives: December 2010

Canadian Bank Dividend Hikes, Lesson For U.S. (CM, BMO, BNS, TD, BAC, C, JPM, WFC)

Regulators have hinted in the U.S. about the stage being set for a return to normalized dividends from major banks.  If Canada is a model and if the Canadians act ...
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Silver Miner’s Good News from South America (PAAS, CDE, HL, SLW, SLV)

Canadian-based silver miner Pan American Silver Corp. (NASDAQ: PAAS) has released a report on its Navidad project in Argentina, providing details on a preliminary assessment of the project's viability. The ...
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Uncle Sam and the Deficit Manifesto

It was back in January, nearly a year ago, after the Congressional Budget Office released its 2010 budget when we called for the U.S. to adopt a Deficit Manifesto.  This ...
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JoS. A. Bank: War of Shorts & Bulls Intensifies (JOSB)

JoS. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. (NASDAQ: JOSB) is perhaps the most controversial of all retail apparel  companies for investors.  Many have been against it after endless promotions and concerns over ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (APWR, CHRS, MIGP, OVTI, SODA, TICC)

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Thursday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of in A-power Energy Generation Systems, Ltd. (NASDAQ: APWR), Charming ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AXP, CME, GLW, DF, DNDN, DB, EXPE, KR, NEE, SOL, SAFM, TSN, VIP)

These are some of this Wednesday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. American Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan. CME Group ...
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Today’s Top Rumors 12.1.2010 (BAC, NYT, GOOG, AMZN, GE, NOV, MSFT, AAPL, NRTLQ, ERIC)

Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) dismissed speculation, per CNN, that it is the big U.S. bank that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told Forbes magazine will be the website's next ...
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Teva’s Stock Buyback Plan, One That Makes Sense (TEVA)

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NASDAQ: TEVA) is proving why it is one of the top ten stocks to own for the next decade.  The company has authorized the repurchase of ...
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11 New Leveraged & Inverse Leveraged ETF/ETN From iPath (BCS, ROLA, ROSA, RTLA, RTSA, SFLA, SFSA, MFLA, MFSA, EMLB, EMSA, VZZ, BLK)

Yesterday marked the launch of many new exchange traded funds, which are actually exchange traded notes, geared to offer more leverage and inverse leverage on several index classes for equity ...
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Cyber Monday Sales Surge Nearly 20%

Cyber Monday sales rose 19.4% from the same day last year according to Coremetrics, which should create a great deal of hope that retail activity this holiday season will be ...
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As China Purchasing Moves Up Who Buys The Goods?

China's logistics office said that purchasing manufacturing rose once again in November. The index moved up from 54.7 in October to 55.2. Analysts say that the improvement is a good ...
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The Ten States With The Most Unemployed Losing Benefits (And Seven That Will Lose None)

More than 2 million people receiving unemployment will lose coverage in December if Congress does not extend their benefits. In a report published in November, the Center on Budget and ...
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Media Digest (12/1/2010) Reuters, WSJ, FT, NYT, Bloomberg

The Federal Reserve will disclose which banks got crisis loans in the 2007 to 2009 period. (Reuters) Factories in China and India increased production last month. (Reuters) US regulators intend ...
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