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Monthly Archives: March 2011

A Ratings Cut In Portugal As Inflation and Japan Loom

Posted: March 16, 2011 at 4:37 am

Moody's cut the sovereign paper of Portugal from A3 to A1 with a negative outlook. The reasons were too few. They included  a fear that the economy and productivity will ...
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Media Digest (3.16.2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 16, 2011 at 4:11 am

Portugal's debt was cut two levels by Moody's (MarketWatch) Radiation levels rose at a reactor in Japan (Reuters) Nasdaq (NASDAQ: NDAQ) will have a hard time taking over NYSE; Euronext ...
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Concern Over NVIDIA CFO Departure (NVDA)

Posted: March 15, 2011 at 4:47 pm

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) just gave news of an executive departure that investors probably wish that they did not see after its shares had recovered so much from its lows.  ...
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FOMC Rate Hike: Not Yet, Not Any Time Soon

Posted: March 15, 2011 at 2:25 pm

As you might have guessed ahead of time, Ben Bernanke and the FOMC decided to leave the target Fed Funds Rate unchanged at the 0.00% to 0.25% that has been ...
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IPO Rethink: Apollo (and a private equity curse?) (BX, KKR, FIG)

Posted: March 15, 2011 at 1:20 pm

The world of private equity is not what it once was, but the remaining private equity leaders that survived out there do now seem to be stronger if they survived.  ...
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Fukushima Reactors Same Age, Design as Vermont Yankee (ETR, GE)

Posted: March 15, 2011 at 12:10 pm

It's no surprise that the disaster at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power generating site is causing a re-thinking of global nuclear policy. It is not even surprising that it took a ...
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Daily M&A: New York Community Bancorp, An Acquirer Ahead? (NYB)

Posted: March 15, 2011 at 12:05 pm

New York Community Bancorp Inc. (NYSE: NYB) is one of the banks which held up during the recession and its same $0.25 per quarter dividend has been steady since 2005.  The ...
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The Daily Dividend: Bank Dividends, the Abu Dhabi Way

Posted: March 15, 2011 at 11:11 am

We have recently featured a whole slew of high-yield dividends in the banking sector ahead of the upcoming review that will determine which of the TARP recipient banks will get ...
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The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: March 15 Toyota Earthquake

Posted: March 15, 2011 at 10:48 am

Lubrizol (NYSE: LZ) is being bought by Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) for $9 billion. Investors seem to think that is too low. Toyota (NYSE: TM) is hurt by earthquake and ...
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Nu Skin: Japan Drop May Be Opportunity (NUS)

Posted: March 15, 2011 at 10:46 am

Japan keeps bringing out new issues in companies in America which many might not have considered. One such name is Nu Skin Enterprises Inc. (NYSE: NUS), which develops and distributes ...
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Analyst Calls Fight Over Oil Stocks (XOM, OXY, DVN, MUR, CVX)

Posted: March 15, 2011 at 10:14 am

There are several research upgrades and downgrades this morning that may feel meaningless in the overall scheme of things due to the international headlines coming from Japan and the Middle ...
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Zune… The Death of a Dying Brand (MSFT, SNE, AAPL, AMZN)

Posted: March 15, 2011 at 10:00 am

How did Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) miss the mark so badly in digital music?  How did Sony Corporation (NYSE: SNE) allow the great brand of the Walkman get over-run?  The ...
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Luxury Outfits Face Further Japan Fallout (TIF, COH, RL)

Posted: March 15, 2011 at 8:58 am

Another sector which may go unnoticed by many is the luxury retail and luxury goods sector where many companies derive huge profits from the Japan market.  It goes without saying ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (CIGX, CSCO, YHOO)

Posted: March 15, 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 Star Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ: CIGX), Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: ...
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Nuclear Power Gets Killed All Over Again, Japan-Watch (PKN, NUCL, URA, USU, CCJ, SHAW, URRE, GE)

Posted: March 15, 2011 at 8:25 am

The second day sell-off and panic in Japan has gotten even worse than what was expected and is now far worse than the immediate reaction after the 1995 Kobe earthquake ...
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