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Monthly Archives: April 2011

The Best Sign Yet That The Recovery Is Strong

Posted: April 18, 2011 at 5:23 am

There are green lights as far as can be seen on the boulevard of the American economic recovery. The National Association of Business Economics says in its latest survey "Job ...
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Europe’s Default Contagion

Posted: April 18, 2011 at 4:54 am

The fear of a contagion among EU nations which need or want bailouts has changed over the past few days to a concern about how one default could trigger many ...
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Media Digest (4/18/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 18, 2011 at 4:08 am

NYSE (NYSE: NYX) wants a large fee from Nasdaq (NASDAQ: NDAQ) in the event that a merger is not be hampered by antitrust investigators. (Reuters) Synthes said it was in ...
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Avoiding Common Tax Mistakes

Posted: April 17, 2011 at 6:18 pm

Most taxpayers get an image of a medieval torturer cracking a whip on some poor, innocent person in their heads when they think about the IRS or taxes in general. ...
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The Top 6 Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades of the Week (CYH, GOOG, GTXI, MPEL, KWK, RIG, SLW, RGLD, THC)

Posted: April 16, 2011 at 10:35 am

This last week was the beginning of earnings season and analysts were making many calls.  While we track a dozen or more key research calls each day, we always find ...
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The States Where People Can’t Afford Gas

Posted: April 15, 2011 at 4:06 pm

The price of gasoline has risen to $3.815, according to AAA. Four dollar gas may only be a month away if crude oil stays above $105 and the Libyan conflict ...
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Top Earnings Previews For The Week Ahead (C, HAL, GS, YHOO, IBM, JNJ, T, AXP, AAPL, AMGN, WFC, GE, DD, HON, MCD, SLB, LUV)

Posted: April 15, 2011 at 2:24 pm

Next week may be short because of a holiday, but it is going to be a very busy week for earnings.  We have tried to narrow the field down to ...
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Commodities Watch: Fertilizer, Food Prices Could be Spiraling; US Drought Threatens Wheat Crop; China Rejects Coal Shipments (SYT, MON, MOS, GLD, SLV)

Posted: April 15, 2011 at 1:47 pm

Today's commodities report focuses on rising costs for fertilizer and food, the drought in the US southwest, and reports that China is re-selling some of its coal imports. Earlier today ...
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Alternative Energy Watch: Investment in Clean Energy Fall; France Cancels Permits for Shale Gas Drilling; MEMC Meets Canadian Rule for Feed-in-Tariff (TOT, DVN, MEMC, CSIQ)

Posted: April 15, 2011 at 1:00 pm

Today's review of developments in alternative energy includes a look at the drop in investment in clean energy projects, the likely cancellation of shale gas drilling permits in France, as ...
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The Devil’s Metal… Calls for $50.00 Silver Get More Vocal (SLV, SIVR, AGQ, GLD, SLW, PAAS)

Posted: April 15, 2011 at 12:06 pm

The move of a generation in silver continues to rise in The Devil's Metal.  The same logic two years ago for why silver was the better metal than gold for ...
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Dividend Watch: Dividends From The Morris Family Before Earnings (MO, PM)

Posted: April 15, 2011 at 11:07 am

Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) is seeing its stock do what many investors a decade ago might have bet against.  The stock is hitting what is an all-time high if ...
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Daily Austerity Watch: More Troubles For Greece

Posted: April 15, 2011 at 10:21 am

Daily Austerity Watch wouldn't want to be  Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou for all the baklava in Athens.  Then again, we wouldn't want to trade places with Gov. Jerry Brown ...
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Agribusiness Outlook Bright (SYT, MON, MOS, POT, AGU, IPI, CMP, MOO)

Posted: April 15, 2011 at 10:03 am

Rising prices for food commodities should continue throughout 2011, and the agribusiness sector is set to take advantage of it. The number of US acres planted in corn this year ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (AMLN, BRNC, CHK, GOOG, INFY)

Posted: April 15, 2011 at 8:48 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Friday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Amylin Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: AMLN), Bronco Drilling Company (NASDAQ: BRNC), Chesapeake ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (4/15/2011) Gas Prices, India Inflation

Posted: April 15, 2011 at 8:46 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 ...
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