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Monthly Archives: March 2011

Japan’s New Car Market Could Hit the Skids (TM, HMC, NSANY)

Posted: March 16, 2011 at 11:47 am

The impact and aftermath of the Japanese earthquake on the US car market has been speculated about and analyzed pretty carefully in the past few days. As the second largest ...
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Daily Dividend: Revisiting High MLP Fund Payouts (AMLP, MLPN, SRV, AMJ, KYN, NTG)

Posted: March 16, 2011 at 11:01 am

Now that the nuclear woes in Japan have elevated interest in more traditional power sources and now that the 10-Year Treasury Note yield dropped from 3.55% early last week to ...
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The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index, The Companies With The Worst PR: March 16

Posted: March 16, 2011 at 10:21 am

Healthnet was hammered on news that it "missplaced" data on 2 million customers. Toyota (NYSE: TM) remained high on the list due to concerns about Japanese production and sales. Regulatory ...
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Google Wants You to Pay with Your Phone (GOOG, PAY, AAPL)

Posted: March 16, 2011 at 9:56 am

The next thing a smartphone will replace, if Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has its way, is your credit/debit card. The Wall Street Journal reports that the maker of the Android ...
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Apple’s Lone Analyst Downgrade (AAPL)

Posted: March 16, 2011 at 9:39 am

A research report from JMP Securities is responsible for the damage seen in Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) so far this Wednesday.  The firm cut the rating to "Market Perform" from ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Watch (3/16/2011) February PPI, Wholesales Prices

Posted: March 16, 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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Today’s Best Market Rumors (3/16/2011) Zillow IPO

Posted: March 16, 2011 at 8:54 am

Updated throughout the day. LivingSocial will raise money at a $2 billion valuation (Bloomberg) Zillow has hired Citigroup (NYSE: C) to handle its IPO Douglas A. McIntyre ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (NFLX, ERIC, ORCC, RMBS)

Posted: March 16, 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 Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC), Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX), Online Resources Corporation ...
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PPI: FOMC is in the Dark on Inflation

Posted: March 16, 2011 at 8:45 am

We have no inflation. It has to be that way since our Fed governors keep telling us that there is just no inflation or that it is only transitory.  Sorry, ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AFL, CPLA, COO, HIG, IBM, IFF, LVS, MET, NUE, PAYX, UHS, SHI, KBH, LEN, RYL)

Posted: March 16, 2011 at 8:11 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. AFLAC Inc. (NYSE: AFL) Reiterated Buy and $83 target at ...
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Early-Bird Stocks on the Move (IRE, CSIQ, ORCC, PSUN, PT, RMBS, VRA)

Posted: March 16, 2011 at 7:32 am

We are tracking several key moving stocks this morning that have news or events driving shares.  None of these are Japan-focused stocks as the coverage there seems to revolve entirely ...
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New Gold Miners ETF Eliminates ‘Other Metals’ (GGGG, GFI, KGC, AU, EGO, HMY)

Posted: March 16, 2011 at 7:15 am

There is a new gold ETF on the market.  Yesterday marked the launch of the Global X Pure Gold Miners ETF (NYSE: GGGG).  Global X noted that its new ETF ...
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Has Apple’s Tablet Business Run Out Of Time?

Posted: March 16, 2011 at 6:02 am

Just as Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has a successful launch of its new iPad 2,  some industry experts see its dominance in the sector fading. This is despite some Wall St. ...
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Americans Turn Against Green Energy Concerns As Japan Falters

Posted: March 16, 2011 at 5:37 am

It is a coincidence.  A new Gallup poll says Americans are more interested in an increase and diversification of energy output than they are concerned about the environmental consequences of ...
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The Last Stand Of “Too Big To Fail”

Posted: March 16, 2011 at 5:11 am

The Congressional Oversight Panel, which was established by Congress in late 2008 to oversee the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), today released its 30th and final oversight report. ...
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