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Monthly Archives: March 2011

Buffett’s Chinese Automaker Stumbles (BYDDF, BRK-A, BRK-B, GM, F)

Posted: March 14, 2011 at 12:38 pm

Chinese car maker BYD Co. (OTC: BYDDF) posted strong sales in 2008 and 2009 and predicted that sales in 2010 would nearly double, to about 800,000 units. In August, the company, ...
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M&A DAILY: The Intrigue of Dollar Stores (NDN, FDO, BIG, DG, DLTR, WMT)

Posted: March 14, 2011 at 12:03 pm

There has been an interesting trend of late that might lead investors to wonder if they should be involved in or not.  Dollar stores and discounters seem to be in ...
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Daily Dividend: Xilinx Highlights High Yield Tech Dividends (XLNX, ALTR, INTC, MXIM, ISIL, MCHP, DLR)

Posted: March 14, 2011 at 11:01 am

Xilinx Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) had a business update this morning that at least showed a reaffirmed guidance.  Many analysts will be focusing on the highlights for the semiconductor segment, but we ...
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Japan’s Disaster Kills Nuclear Ambitions, Boost for Nat-Gas (BHP, RIO, CCJ, DNN, UEC, USU, URRE, URG, URZ, URA, GE, SHAW, XOM, CVX, RDS-A)

Posted: March 14, 2011 at 10:15 am

Following the disaster in Japan, and particularly the explosions in one one of the country's 53 nuclear power generating reactors, the reactions of other nations with nuclear power plants either ...
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Japan Nuclear Fallout’s Silver Lining: Solar Soars (FSLR, SPWRA, STP, LDK, JASO, CSIQ, SOLR, ENER, WFR, TAN)

Posted: March 14, 2011 at 9:42 am

The possible nuclear power reactor meltdown in Japan is killing anything tied to nuclear energy today.  As with most events, there is generally a silver lining elsewhere.  It just so ...
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Dynegy Board: A Conflict Of Interest

Posted: March 14, 2011 at 9:38 am

Electric energy provider Dynegy (NYSE: DYN) has been through a great deal recently. It threatened to file Chapter 11. The firm said it might not be able to refinance a ...
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Buffett’s Trigger Finger Snags Lubrizol on the Cheap (LZ, BRK-A, BRK-B)

Posted: March 14, 2011 at 9:05 am

Lubrizol Corporation (NYSE: LZ) is one comnpany we would not have really guessed as being a Warren Buffett acquisition target.  This morning came the news that Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (CCK, CIGX, JASO, NOK, MU)

Posted: March 14, 2011 at 8:52 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Monday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Cameco Corporation (NASDAQ: CCJ), Star Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ: CIGX), JA ...
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Special Japan Coverage: The Financial Fallout–Nikkei Ends Up 5.7%%, DJIA Off 1.2% For The Day

Posted: March 14, 2011 at 8:41 am

3.20 AM The Nikkei ended up 5.7% higher as problems with leaking reactors appeared to be temporarily under control. 8.50 PM The Nikkei recovered some of its lost ground in ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AGU, CCJ, CHK, ETR, IGT, JDSU, LVS, LINE, NE, OKE, OPEN, SBUX, TXN, TOL)

Posted: March 14, 2011 at 8:22 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Agrium Inc. (NYSE: AGU) Raised to Buy at TD. Cameco Corp. (NYSE: ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (3/14/2011) Verizon Link With Vodafone

Posted: March 14, 2011 at 8:09 am

Updated throughout the day. Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) will merge their enterprise units (The Times) American Eagle Outfitter may be bought by private equity interests (NYPost) Douglas ...
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Leaked Bank Of America Documents: Fraud Proof?

Posted: March 14, 2011 at 7:19 am

The hackers who released confidential Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) documents claim that they show fraud on the part of the huge financial firm. Some "documents": Bank Of America Fraud ...
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Apple Sells 500,000 iPad 2 Units–When Does Its Luck Run Out?

Posted: March 14, 2011 at 6:07 am

The consensus estimate is that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) sold 500,000 iPad 2 units over the weekend. That is more than the original iPad sold after its weekend launch. Most analysts ...
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China Passes The US As Largest Manufacturer

Posted: March 14, 2011 at 5:41 am

IHS Global Insight claims that China surpassed the US as the world's largest manufacturing nation last year. China had 19.9% of the world's market. The US had 19.4%. Several media ...
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Japan Quake, Middle East, Oil, Unemployment: The Relentless Rise Of US Stock Markets

Posted: March 14, 2011 at 5:14 am

US stock markets may continue to make an assault on their all-time highs as the year goes along. The DJIA  trades at 12,000 not so far from its 2007 peak ...
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