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Monthly Archives: January 2011

Oil Threatens $110/Barrel Level Again (XOM, CVX, BP)

Posted: January 3, 2011 at 9:52 am

Momentum is building for oil prices to breach the $100/barrel level again. The black stuff has gained nearly 9% in December, and a total of 15% for 2010. This is ...
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Crazy or Genius: Molycorp Analyst Calls for $85 (MCP, REE, REMX)

Posted: January 3, 2011 at 9:49 am

Molycorp, Inc. (NYSE: MCP) is surging yet again as the 'rare earths' bubble continues to inflate.  A research call today is the most optimistic case of cheerleader pom-poms being waved ...
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Dollar General Becomes First & Top Jobs Creator of 2011 (DG, WMT)

Posted: January 3, 2011 at 9:00 am

Dollar General Corp. (NYSE: DG) is in the right spot at the right time in today's economic recovery.  It is a trade-down economic play, but the dollar store segment has ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (DRYS, IPXL, ISPH, MOTR, XING)

Posted: January 3, 2011 at 8:52 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Monday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Dryships, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS), Impax Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ: IPXL), Inspire ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (1/3/2010) Facebook $50 Billion, Hyundai Rules

Posted: January 3, 2011 at 8:51 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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BofA Starts Mortgage Cleanup Mess, For $3 Billion (BAC)

Posted: January 3, 2011 at 8:44 am

Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) was just listed this morning as one of the six DJIA components with the most implied upside in 2011 this morning, and part of ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ARO, ARG, AA, AAPL, BA, BSX, BRCM, COH, DRYS, MELI, TIF, URBN, INTC, CY, ATML, AMZN, APC, GOOG, VVTV)

Posted: January 3, 2011 at 8:14 am

These are some of this Monday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Aeropostale, Inc. (NYSE: ARO) Cut to Underperform at Jefferies. Airgas Inc. (NYSE: ...
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Six DJIA Stocks With Most Upside In 2011 (BA, BAC, CSCO, HPQ, JPM, PFE)

Posted: January 3, 2011 at 8:01 am

It is 2011 and we have our outlook target pieces for sectors and for indexes for the year ahead.  After taking a look at the implied upside to one-year price ...
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Today’s Best Rumors (1/3/2010)

Posted: January 3, 2011 at 7:55 am

Updated throughout the day. Goldman Sachs and a Russian investment fund will put $500 million into Facebook at a $50 billion valuation. (NYT) Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) will begin a digital ...
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December’s $30B+ Buybacks Set Stage for 2011 Bonanza (BBBY, PRE, T, BAX, CB, CSC, BEN, HD, BEN, HD, INTC, TEVA, GE, CSCO)

Posted: January 3, 2011 at 7:30 am

Share repurchase programs, or stock buybacks, have been and may always be a more questionable method of returning capital to shareholders than dividends.  Many even disagree with the effect of ...
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Facebook Now Worth $50 Billion, on Paper (GS)

Posted: January 3, 2011 at 7:18 am

The craze surrounding Facebook is getting even more out of hand, this time with Wall Street setting the valuation of the company at some $50 billion.  A fresh investment from ...
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Australia Flood Is Concern For Coal Prices, A Commodities Lesson

Posted: January 3, 2011 at 6:05 am

Floods not seen in the modern era have shuttered coal mines throughout an area of Queensland, Australia, the size of Texas. Several large international miners, including Rio Tinto (NYSE: RTP), ...
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Hyundai Ruins The US Car Market For Its Competition

Posted: January 3, 2011 at 5:36 am

Hyundai and its stablemate Kia had almost no presence in the US car market five years ago. Hyundai and Kia now have 7.8% of monthly domestic sales, higher than Nissan, ...
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America’s Worst Directors: AMD’s Robert B. Palmer

Posted: January 3, 2011 at 5:07 am

The role of directors and their performance are not as visible as are the performances of public company CEOs. However, they are nearly as important in some cases. Boards have ...
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Censorship: The Great Enemy Of Skype, Facebook, And Twitter

Posted: January 3, 2011 at 4:32 am

The determination of foreign governments to protect their national technology franchises or censor information that originates outside their borders could limit the growth prospects of Skype, Facebook, and Twitter. That's ...
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