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Monthly Archives: April 2011

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (CECO, CHKP, CHL, CSCO, CVI, DELL, FITB, GNW, GOOG, HOG, HCA, MPEL, NEM, PCLN, TM, URBN)

Posted: April 15, 2011 at 8:43 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. Career Education Corporation (NASDAQ: CECO) Reiterated Buy at Argus. Check ...
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Today Best Market Rumors (4/15/2011) NBC Sports, Groupon IPO

Posted: April 15, 2011 at 8:30 am

Updated throughout the day. Regulators and Wall St. banks are close to a settlement on mortgage loan fraud (WSJ) An IPO may value Groupon as high as $20 billion (WSJ) ...
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ADR Watch: Thanks Infosys, Indian Outsourcing Sinks Ships (INFY, WIT, CTSH)

Posted: April 15, 2011 at 8:22 am

Infosys Technologies Limited (NASDAQ: INFY) turned in its revenue growth and its expectations for 2011 to 2012.  The results would be considered somewhat robust by most US standards of late.  ...
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ADR Watch: Irish Banks Mostly Shake-Off Moody’s Downgrade of Ireland (AIB, IRE)

Posted: April 15, 2011 at 8:00 am

When you see the ratings agencies downgrading a sovereign nation to the last rung of investment grade and with the outlook still cautious to negative, you generally would consider that ...
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Groupon IPO Gets Very Convoluted (GOOG)

Posted: April 15, 2011 at 7:50 am

Groupon could be coming public but so far it feels as though it is "later rather than sooner."  While the WSJ is reporting that an IPO filing could be coming ...
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BofA Missed Opportunity, But Now Under Book Value (BAC, AGO)

Posted: April 15, 2011 at 7:28 am

Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) is out with its first quarter earnings and there is some ammo for bulls and bears alike.  Earnings of $2.05 billion were reported as ...
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As World Hunger Rises, Aid Disappears

Posted: April 15, 2011 at 6:06 am

Global organizations like the World Bank and UN may hope that the more that they discuss the global food crisis, the more likely that it is the trouble will go ...
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Google’s Earnings No Sign Of Tech’s Direction

Posted: April 15, 2011 at 5:36 am

Tech stocks will sell off because of weakness in Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) earnings. They should not. Google's numbers are not a sign of anything beyond its profligate spending. The search ...
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Moody’s Downgrades Ireland, And With It All Of Europe

Posted: April 15, 2011 at 5:10 am

Moody's downgraded Ireland's sovereign paper from Baa1 to Baa3. That is two notches and the credit rating agency also said its outlook on the debt was still negative. The downgrade was ...
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China’s 9.7% GDP–No Easy Answer On Inflation

Posted: April 15, 2011 at 4:51 am

China's GDP rose 9.7% in the first quarter. The nation's consumer prices rose 5.4% in March compared to the same month a year ago.  Economists would argue that China could ...
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Media Digest (4/15/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 15, 2011 at 3:57 am

A sharp increase in costs hurt Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) first quarter earnings. (Reuters) Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) is expected to beat earnings forecasts but mortgage costs will hurt its numbers. ...
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Google Growth Grossly Outpaced By Expenses (GOOG)

Posted: April 14, 2011 at 4:30 pm

Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is out with earnings and the results are not exactly what Goggle fans expected.  The internet search giant (and digital amalgamated conglomerate) turned in earnings of ...
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Earnings Preview for Bank of America (BAC, JPM, WFC)

Posted: April 14, 2011 at 3:22 pm

Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) is due to report earnings on Friday morning and this will be the third DJIA component to report this week and the second of the ...
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IPO Watch: Someone Got Zipcar Very Wrong (ZIP)

Posted: April 14, 2011 at 2:33 pm

Zipcar Inc. (NASDAQ: ZIP) is a hot IPO.  That is good, right?  It would be in most cases except for the amount of money this leaves on the table.  Investors ...
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Commodities Watch: The Case for Gold; Ag Prices Turn Down (GLD, GDX, GDXJ, SLV, SIL)

Posted: April 14, 2011 at 2:00 pm

Today's look at the commodities markets examines a new report from the World Gold Council and reports on another downturn on agricultural products. The World Gold Council has published a ...
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