Monthly Archives: December 2010

Subsidy-Lite? The Cost of Airplanes Just Went Up (BA, EADSY, ERJ, RYAAY, DAL, UAL)

Posted: December 22, 2010 at 12:08 pm

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, the OECD, which includes the US, the European Union, and several other developed countries, has reached an agreement on how airlines will be ...
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$90 Oil, Looking to $100?: China’s Price Hike as Inventories Fall

Posted: December 22, 2010 at 11:21 am

Except for a brief spell on Monday, crude oil prices have been rising steadily from around $88.50/barrel to nearly $91/barrel on the NYMEX. That's a rise of more than 2.8% ...
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Existing Home Sales Up, But Prices Still Weak

Posted: December 22, 2010 at 10:48 am

Existing home sales rose 5.6% in November to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.68 million. But "are 27.9 percent below the cyclical peak of 6.49 million in November 2009, ...
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DOE Inventory Drawdown Only Highlights More $90 Oil (OIH, USO)

Posted: December 22, 2010 at 10:45 am

The Department of Energy issued yet another large drop in crude oil inventories in the U.S. for the latest week. We are watching the key ETFs of Oil Services HOLDRs ...
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Nike’s Future Weighs on Solid Earnings Report (NKE, ADDYY, UA, LULU)

Posted: December 22, 2010 at 10:26 am

On its second-quarter earnings report, Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) posted EPS of $0.94 on revenue of $4.84 billion. Both numbers exceeded expectations -- analysts were expecting EPS of $0.88 on ...
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Microsoft Working on Software for ARM Processors (MSFT, INTC, AMD, ARMH, NOK)

Posted: December 22, 2010 at 9:43 am

Yet another breach may be opening in the wall surrounding the Wintel cartel. Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT), Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), and Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) have dominated the ...
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Extreme Alternative Investing: T206 Honus Wagner

Posted: December 22, 2010 at 9:35 am

When you hear the term investing, you probably first think of stocks, mutual funds, bonds, commodities, ETFs, or even real estate. Beyond hedge funds and derivatives is a world full ...
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Top Active Trader Alerts (AIB, ARMH, CORT, CPIX, NKE, WAG, XLNX, YRCW, ZOOM)

Posted: December 22, 2010 at 9:06 am

We have many stocks moving this Wednesday morning despite an exodus of traders during the shortened holiday week. The top stocks to watch for active traders and day traders are ...
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Today’s Top Rumors (ARMH, MSFT, INTC, CSC, HPQ, AAPL, DIS, NFLX, NAV, NBL)

Posted: December 22, 2010 at 8:46 am

Rumors are still running rampant despite the upcoming slow period around the holidays. The biggest macroeconomic issue surrounds the chatter around China, first with it saying it will buy more ...
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Beacon Power Prices Capital Raise (BCON)

Posted: December 22, 2010 at 8:29 am

Beacon Power Corporation (NASDAQ: BCON) is generally too small to cover because of its low share price but the company has announced the pricing of a capital raise. The advanced ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ABB, AKAM, AMGN, CCL, GOL, RHT, SUN, SVU, THC, TIBX, TSL, UNH, YGE, YRCW)

Posted: December 22, 2010 at 8:20 am

These are some of this Wednesday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. ABB Ltd. (NYSE: ABB) Raised to Buy at Stern Agee. Akamai Technologies ...
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Facebook’s Dominance Of US Online Market Grows

Posted: December 22, 2010 at 6:09 am

Most of the comScore commentary about its November review of the largest US websites and their traffic was devoted to the increase in activity at the large e-commerce destinations due ...
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China Rides To Europe’s Rescue

Posted: December 22, 2010 at 5:51 am

Senior Chinese officials have said they will buy more sovereign debt from European nations. The remarks helped spur global markets briefly. The effect did not last long. The euro dropped ...
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Will Holiday Spending Ruin First Quarter GDP?

Posted: December 22, 2010 at 5:27 am

The National Retail Federation predicts retail sales will rise 3.3% this holiday season. MasterCard SpendingPulse, a research operation, says that store activity has accelerated sharply in the last week. The ...
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Why Amazon Expects To Collect More Sales Tax: A Billion Dollar Problem

Posted: December 22, 2010 at 5:06 am

Amazon Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) doesn’t charge sales tax to most of its customers. The company does not expect that to last. The largest Internet retailer supports the Streamlined Sales Tax Initiative, ...
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