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Monthly Archives: March 2011

Commodities Daily: Ag Prices Rise, Severely Lag Rare Earths (WY, MCP, REE, AVL, VALE, RIO, BHP)

Posted: March 22, 2011 at 4:01 pm

It's 4:00 pm and time for our daily look at commodity prices and news. Today's biggest upside move in ag products came in cotton, up about 3.5%, while wool was ...
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Egypt’s Market Opening, Two ETFs Await (EGPT, AFK)

Posted: March 22, 2011 at 3:21 pm

The Market Vectors Egypt Index ETF (NYSE: EGPT) is very close to getting prove whether it is an exchange-traded fund or whether it is an exchange-traded price discovery vehicle.  After ...
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Alternative Energy Daily: Nukes Face Less Certain Future (CCJ, PALAF, ADM, VLO)

Posted: March 22, 2011 at 3:01 pm

It's time for the 3:00 PM "Alternative Energy Daily" for developments in solar and wind power, alternative fuels, and other news related to the sector.  As with so much in the past ...
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ETF Daily: Debut of Small Cap Agribusiness ETF (CROP, MOO, SFD, TSCO, VTRAF)

Posted: March 22, 2011 at 2:01 pm

There has been a 'agribusiness ETF' for some time via the Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF (NYSE: MOO).  Now we have a new variation and that is the IQ Global Agribusiness ...
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IPO Daily: LinkedIn Passes Another Huge Growth Hurdle (GS, SAP, MHP)

Posted: March 22, 2011 at 1:01 pm

It's 1:00 PM and time for "The Daily IPO" for 24/7 Wall St.  readers.  We have noted on occasion how LinkedIn is planning to come public via an Initial Public Offering.  ...
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The M&A Daily: Why Specialty Platforms Matter To Brokerage Firms (SCHW, OXPS, AMTD, ETFC, CBOE, NDAQ, NYX, MKTX, IBKR, TRAD)

Posted: March 22, 2011 at 12:01 pm

It is 12:00 Noon and that means it is time for The M&A Daily.  While news came out on Monday that Charles Schwab Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHW) was acquiring optionsXpress Holdings, ...
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Daily Dividend: Value & Yield in Asset Managers (BLK, FII, BEN, LM, TROW, IVZ, EV)

Posted: March 22, 2011 at 11:01 am

It's the Daily Dividend at 11:00 AM.  We often look for value, growth, and dividends in financial stocks.  Banks have been elusive on the dividend front until just the last ...
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Austerity Watch: 3/22/11 Ireland, Minnesota

Posted: March 22, 2011 at 10:41 am

Austerity Watch Daily covers critical news about national sovereign debt,  Credit Default Swaps, state and municipal deficit actions, and discussions about the US deficit and debt. Here are some highlights ...
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The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: March 22 Companies With The Most Bad News

Posted: March 22, 2011 at 10:33 am

Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) was swamped with bad press as it was sued by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) over patents on technology used in the Nook e-reader. PG&G has applied ...
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BioHealth Daily: Forgetting Alzheimers (PRAN, PFE, NVS, FRX)

Posted: March 22, 2011 at 9:39 am

It's the BioHeath Daily for key developments in drugs, biotech, and medical developments.  Prana Biotechnology Ltd. (NASDAQ: PRAN) is often overlooked here in the U.S. as it has such a ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (3/22/2011) RIM Playbook, $102 Oil

Posted: March 22, 2011 at 9:25 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 Rumor (3/22/2011) Libya’s Gold

Posted: March 22, 2011 at 9:14 am

Updated throughout the day. The Libya army is financing itself with the nation's gold holdings (FT) AT&T (NYSE: T) will offer concessions to the government to close the T-Mobile deal ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (AGNC, HOTT, NFLX)

Posted: March 22, 2011 at 8:55 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of American Capital Agency Corp.  (NASDAQ: AGNC), Hot Topic, Inc. ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AAPL, T, CP, CSX, GE, JLL, NFLX, JWN, RIMM, SNDK, UAL, UTI, VMW, ZION)

Posted: March 22, 2011 at 8:24 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Maintained Outperform at Credit Suisse; maintained ...
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Will SK Telecom Try To Buy Sprint, Again?

Posted: March 22, 2011 at 6:09 am

SK Telecom, one of the largest companies in South Korea, apparently tried to buy Sprint-Nextel (NYSE: S) in 2008. It was always hard to understand why an Asia firm would ...
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