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Monthly Archives: January 2011

“Selling the News” on J.P. Morgan Earnings (JPM)

Posted: January 14, 2011 at 8:37 am

Banks may have the wind at their backs, but there appears to be a 'sell the news' reaction this morning after J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) reported its ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AB, AMAT, ARMH, T, ERJ, HAS, IACI, INTC, KLAC, MAT, MRK, NVLS, POT, SWY, AMTD, VSEA)

Posted: January 14, 2011 at 8:17 am

These are some of this Friday's top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. (NYSE: AB) Cut to Neutral and $26 ...
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China Tightens Again, Will Be Overwhelmed By Inflation

Posted: January 14, 2011 at 6:03 am

China tightened bank reserve standards again to take some of the capital poured into the market by stimulus programs  out of circulation. The action is unlikely to stop inflation. Too ...
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Netflix Crushes Redbox

Posted: January 14, 2011 at 5:44 am

Coinstar (NASDAQ: CSTR) said that sales results from its Redbox kiosks were below expectations. That caused the company to revise downward Q4 and 2011 expectations. "Nevertheless, redbox revenue grew 38% ...
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Kinect Cannot Save The Video Game Industry

Posted: January 14, 2011 at 5:20 am

The Kinect version of Xbox 360 sold eight million units the first 60 days it was on the market. Kinect sales should have improved as the holiday season progressed. That ...
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Among Americans, A Sudden Concern About The Deficit

Posted: January 14, 2011 at 4:56 am

American's may have heard about the warnings from Moody's and S&P. The two credit ratings agencies announced that they could downgrade the US's AAA ratings. According to Gallup, while unemployment ...
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Media Digest (1/13/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 14, 2011 at 4:10 am

The heads of several major investment banks attempted to sell their services of an AIG (NYSE: AIG) plan to pay off money it owes taxpayers (Reuters) Forecasts from Intel (NASDAQ: ...
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An Android Secuity Threat? A Self-Serving Answer

Posted: January 13, 2011 at 4:30 pm

Is Google Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android operating system more vulnerable to security flaws than the Apple Inc.  (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone as Trend Micro CEO Steve Chang claims?  Who knows? But that didn't ...
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Intel Earnings Run, Data Center Growth is Key Driver (INTC)

Posted: January 13, 2011 at 4:25 pm

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) reported its fourth quarter and year-end results after the close.  The fourth quarter earnings were up 7% to $0.59 EPS and it reported an 8% sales ...
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Verizon iPhone To Have Major Impact on Wireless Carriers (AAPL, VZ, VOD, T, S, DTEGY, GOOG)

Posted: January 13, 2011 at 2:50 pm

Now that Verizon Wireless has struck a deal with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) to offer the iPhone on Verizon's wireless network, everyone expects the carrier to profit handsomely from the ...
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Issues Keep Mounting, Municipal Bond ETFs Get Crushed (TFI, MUB, PZA, MUNI)

Posted: January 13, 2011 at 1:58 pm

The bond market in Treasuries may be somewhat steady to firm this Thursday, but that is not the case for municipal bond funds and for the exchange-traded products behind them.  ...
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Why Target’s Canada Move Matters (TGT, WMT)

Posted: January 13, 2011 at 1:08 pm

Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) is seeing a mild gain this Thursday after the retailer announced its move into Canada. Target buying a $1.8+ billion interest in leaseholds of Zellers.  It ...
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A New Year in Solar Energy (MTH, CSIQ, WFR, JKS, LDK, FSLR, SPWRA)

Posted: January 13, 2011 at 12:38 pm

Forecasts for solar energy growth in 2011 generally noted that manufacturing capacity would increase and that margins would decrease. The outlook did not project a loss for solar energy players, ...
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Are More Big Spin-Offs and Break-Ups Imminent? (ITT, MRO, FO, GE, MMM, UTX, HON, DHR, DOV, TXT, OTTR, BRK-B)

Posted: January 13, 2011 at 10:55 am

The reaction to the news of a conglomerate break-up in a three-way separation was incredible for ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT) yesterday.  Shares closed up 16.5% rather than over 20% and ...
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Exxon Searching for International Growth (XOM, CVX, COP, RDS-A, BP, OXY, HK)

Posted: January 13, 2011 at 10:32 am

Shares in Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) posted a new 52-week high of $76.62 yesterday, up about 11% in the past year. That's not bad growth for the largest company ...
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