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Monthly Archives: March 2011

Goldman Sachs Expects Improving New Home Sales (GS, PHM, KBH, TOL, HOV, DRI, XHB)

Posted: March 23, 2011 at 10:25 am

Analysts at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) have had a revelation. The company has added homebuilder PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE: PHM) to its 'Conviction Buy' list. The only possible explanation ...
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BioHealth Daily: Death of Xoma May Be Premature (XOMA)

Posted: March 23, 2011 at 10:09 am

Xoma Ltd. (NASDAQ: XOMA) is getting crushed this morning on news that its potential Type-2 diabetes drug failed to lower blood sugar levels.  The news is bad, but there are a ...
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Updated DRAM/NAND Price Data After Japan Quake (MU, SNDK)

Posted: March 23, 2011 at 9:40 am

It turns out that the 9.0-magnitude earthquake in Japan and the tsunami which followed has been shown to have more of a quantified impact on the DRAM markets in memory ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (3/23/2011) Toyota Prius, Bank Of America Dividend

Posted: March 23, 2011 at 9:08 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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Cree Faces Dying LED Growth, From Bad to Worse (CREE, VECO, AIXG, RBCN, LEDS)

Posted: March 23, 2011 at 9:01 am

Talk about leaving a bad taste in your mouth... Cree Inc. (NASDAQ: CREE) is getting hit again on lower earnings guidance and shares may in fact be hitting 52-week lows. ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (CREE, MOTR, XOMA)

Posted: March 23, 2011 at 8:54 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Cree, Inc. (NASDAQ: CREE), Motricity, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOTR), and XOMA ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (3.23.2011) Baidu OS, Barnes & Noble M&A

Posted: March 23, 2011 at 8:29 am

Updated throughout the day. Inventories of Samsung Galaxy tablets are building (Reuters) Glenn Beck may start his own cable network (NYT) Parts shortages of the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) because of ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ADBE, EMR, HEV, FNSR, GHDX, KMI, KMP, KMR, MU, OC, SCHS, SBUX, SWC, TCT, TWGP)

Posted: March 23, 2011 at 8:22 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) Maintained Neutral but cut estimates ...
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Stocks Reopen in Egypt, ETFs Bracing For Pain (EGPT, AFK)

Posted: March 23, 2011 at 7:44 am

Market Vectors Egypt Index ETF (NYSE: EGPT) is getting to live up to its reputation as a price discovery mechanism rather than as an ETF.  Egypt's stock exchange reopened today ...
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The Fresh Market Insiders Selling After Great IPO (TFM)

Posted: March 23, 2011 at 7:27 am

The Fresh Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: TFM) has enjoyed a solid performance since its IPO in late 2010.  Those shares were recently up 100% from the pricing and the stock has ...
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The World’s Most Misunderstood Consumer Brands

Posted: March 23, 2011 at 6:13 am

The process of brand valuation is more an art than a science, or at least that is the conclusion of research done by 24/7 Wall St. The most well-regarded “brand ...
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Experts Finally Catch Up To The Housing Double Dip

Posted: March 23, 2011 at 5:49 am

MacroMarkets, an economic research firm, released its new survey of 111 people who are experts on home price trends. "The survey is based upon the projected path of the S&P/Case-Shiller ...
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As Detroit Dies, Solutions Disappear

Posted: March 23, 2011 at 5:28 am

The Bureau of the Census said Detroit lost 26% of its population over the last decade. That brought the number of people within its borders to 713,777. The New York ...
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A Profit For The Federal Reserve

Posted: March 23, 2011 at 4:57 am

The Federal Reserve made a profit last year. It turned $79 billion of its $82 billion in "comprehensive income" over to the Treasury. The agency is an island of profit ...
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Media Digest (3/23/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 23, 2011 at 4:07 am

Japan's markets fell on concerns about contaminated drinking water (Reuters) The US has stopped imports from the area around Japan's nuclear disaster (Reuters) The damage to Japan could cost $300 ...
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