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Monthly Archives: February 2011

Apple’s Subscription Plan Could Run Afoul of Regulators (AAPL, GOOG, RIMM, NOK, MSFT)

Posted: February 18, 2011 at 11:16 am

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced a new plan earlier this week that would allow content creators like publishers, music companies, and game makers to offer and receive payment for ...
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National Bank of Greece, Healthy Enough for M&A (NBG)

Posted: February 18, 2011 at 10:51 am

National Bank of Greece SA (NYSE: NBG) is doing something odd.  It is trying to make an acquisition.  It was not that long ago that there were serious worries about ...
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Federal Judge Orders Action on Drilling Permits in US Gulf of Mexico (BP, ESV, CVX, COP, XOM, RDS-A, HLX)

Posted: February 18, 2011 at 10:35 am

Federal  Judge Martin Feldman has pushed the Obama administration to resume drilling in the Gulf of Mexico ever since late June 2010. That's when he first ruled against the moratorium ...
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Introducing the Smartphone ETF (FONE, A, ALU, ALTR, AAPL, ARMH, T, ATML, BRCM, CIEN, FLEX, GOOG, MRVL, MU, NOK, QCOM, RIMM, TLAB, VOD, XLNX)

Posted: February 18, 2011 at 9:40 am

They say there is an ETF for everything.  Now comes the launch by First Trust Advisors L.P. for a Smartphone ETF.  The First Trust NASDAQ CEA Smartphone Index Fund (NASDAQ: ...
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When ETFs Have Stock Splits (TQQQ, URTY, UMDD, UPRO)

Posted: February 18, 2011 at 9:07 am

Investors love stock splits.  Occasionally you actually see stock splits occur in Exchange Traded Funds.  These splits technically do not change the compositions or the price mechanisms, but they may ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (APD, AIXG, BRCD, CLF, JDSU, MCO, PEP, SPWRA, VOD, WTW)

Posted: February 18, 2011 at 8:24 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. Air Products & Chemicals Inc. (NYSE: APD) Raised to Buy ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (2/18/2011) China Rate Increase, Zynga IPO

Posted: February 18, 2011 at 8:11 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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Today’s Best Market Rumors (2/18/2011) Zynga IPO, Little iPhone

Posted: February 18, 2011 at 7:45 am

Updated throughout the day. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has not decided whether to introduce a smaller versions of the iPhone (NYT) Zynga may have an IPO next year (NYT) Citadel may ...
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10 Hidden Gems In SIRIUS XM’s Annual Report (SIRI, DISH, T, S, RIMM)

Posted: February 18, 2011 at 7:31 am

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) filed its annual report this week for 2010.  While many investors know many of the larger outstanding issues, annual reports always contain factoids that ...
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$100 Oil: Brent Crude Versus WTI Crude Spread Issues (USO, BNO)

Posted: February 18, 2011 at 7:15 am

Oil is really trading above $100.00 now.  Brent Sea Crude April11 Futures on ICE were at $102.97 Thursday, while WTI Crude March11 futures went out at $86.45.  What is interesting ...
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Deepwater Commission: “Complex Systems Almost Always Fail In Complex Ways”

Posted: February 18, 2011 at 5:46 am

The seven members of The National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling might as well have stayed at home instead of venturing out to examine why the ...
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The Poor Do Not Use Facebook

Posted: February 18, 2011 at 5:08 am

The poor do not use Facebook much. Neither do the poorly educated. Facebook users are not only usually college graduates. They tend to make more than $90,00o a year and ...
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GrowOp: The Hydroponic IPO For Medical Marijuana

Posted: February 18, 2011 at 4:40 am

Medical marijuana is easily one of the most controversial businesses in America today.  It is also one super-fast growth industry.  24/7 Wall St. is always on the lookout for issues ...
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Media Digest (2/18/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 18, 2011 at 4:15 am

The head of the Bank of Japan said that easing by the G20 central banks was necessary even though it may be causing inflation in the emerging world (Reuters) The ...
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Unusual After-Hours Stocks on the Move (BRCD, DUCK, INTU, NR, JWN, SPWRA, RRGB)

Posted: February 17, 2011 at 5:17 pm

We have several huge stocks on the move in the after-hours session.  We are tracking the moves and active trading in Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRCD), Duckwall-Alco Stores, Inc. ...
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