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Monthly Archives: January 2011

Media Digest 1/13/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 13, 2011 at 4:10 am

AIG (NYSE: AIG) will meet banks to choose those that will handle the sale of the Treasury's share in the company. (Reuters) With a split Congress it is less likely ...
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Fed’s Beige Book: Telling It Like It Is

Posted: January 12, 2011 at 2:19 pm

In case you couldn't wait for just one more after-the-fact observation report from the Federal Reserve, the January Beige Book has been released.  While the economy is gaining, the Fed ...
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Insider Selling Tops Buying by More Than 100 Times (QCOM, HPQ, AMZN, ATHR)

Posted: January 12, 2011 at 12:51 pm

When insider selling totals 114 times more than insider buying, the skeptics among us wonder what could be going on. According to Bloomberg News, cited at zerohedge.com, inquiring minds should ...
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Mortgage Applications Up, Refinancings Too

Posted: January 12, 2011 at 12:17 pm

The Mortgage Bankers Association publishes a summary of mortgage applications every week, and as a barometer of home sales it adds some color to the official reports from the government. ...
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Freddie Mac 2011 Forecast: Higher Interest Rates Coming

Posted: January 12, 2011 at 11:37 am

Freddie Mac is out with its projections for 2011, titled "A Slow Start to the New Year, But Better News Ahead." Despite recent employment data showing a slow 2011 start, ...
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DOE Inventory Data Swings Prices (OIH, USO, VLO)

Posted: January 12, 2011 at 10:47 am

The Department of Energy is out with its weekly inventories data.  There appears to be some seasonality and weather issues, and it will be interesting to see these figures next ...
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Agriculture Report Good for Farmers, Not For Consumers (ADM, BG, MOS, MON, POT, DE, CNH, LIZ)

Posted: January 12, 2011 at 10:13 am

The US Department of Agriculture this morning released its January World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, or WASDE, which projects world supply and demand for food products like wheat, corn, ...
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Airbus Secures Biggest Order in History from India

Posted: January 12, 2011 at 9:56 am

India's low-fare airline IndiGo has placed a $15.6 billion order with European Aeronautic Defence and Space NV (OTC: EADSY) for 180 new aircraft, including 150 of EADS's re-modeled Airbus A320. ...
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ITT Follows Tyco & Fortune, The Great Break-Up (ITT, FO, TYC, TEL)

Posted: January 12, 2011 at 9:46 am

ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT) after the same strategy recently announced by Fortune Brands Inc. (NYSE: FO) and what Tyco International Ltd. (NYSE: TYC) did in 2007.  The company is splitting ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (AFFX, CREG, LULU, SQNM)

Posted: January 12, 2011 at 8:52 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFFX), China Recycling Energy Group ...
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Short Sellers Keep Exiting High-Priced Leaders (AMZN, AAPL, BIDU, FFIV, GS, GOOG, IBM, MA, NFLX, POT, PCLN, CRM, VMW, WYNN)

Posted: January 12, 2011 at 8:48 am

The short sellers keep running for cover as the bull market continues. In the actively traded high-priced market leaders, the trend continues for less and less short selling and many ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (1/12/2010) Portugal Debt, Goldman Calls

Posted: January 12, 2011 at 8:27 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 & Downgrades (AKS, AA, ADI, CHD, GE, GS, HBAN, LSI, NYB, QLGC, SNDK, SBIB, SYMC, TLB, VZ)

Posted: January 12, 2011 at 8:13 am

These are some of this Wednesday's top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE: AKS) Cut to Sell at ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (1/12/2011) AMD Rumors

Posted: January 12, 2011 at 7:58 am

Updated throughout the day. The head of AMD (NYSE: AMD) left because of differences with the board over the firm's mobile strategy (WSJ) Comverse Technology may sell its majority share ...
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The 17 Most Important IPOs To Watch For In 2011

Posted: January 12, 2011 at 6:20 am

The market for Initial Public Offerings is booming.  After seeing so many IPOs trade exponentially higher than expected in 2010, the market should continue to be strong in 2011.  We ...
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