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Monthly Archives: April 2011

BioWatch: Oncothyreon Punishes Holders in Secondary Offering Discount (ONTY)

Posted: April 29, 2011 at 8:26 am

Oncothyreon Inc. (NASDAQ: ONTY) is doing what appears to be a small secondary stock offering to raise capital, but it is one of those offerings where the price comes at a ...
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Spain’s Economy Disintegrates

Posted: April 29, 2011 at 5:48 am

Spain made an important announcement about its first quarter economic activity and another about the month of April. The National Statistics Institute said "La tasa de paro crece casi un ...
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Skepticism About China’s Slowing Growth

Posted: April 29, 2011 at 5:25 am

The carefully followed HSBC measure of China's purchasing manufacturing  index  showed flat activity in April. The number was the same as March at 51.8. The figure is below the longer ...
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Can Microsoft Become The Next Oracle?

Posted: April 29, 2011 at 5:05 am

Wall St. was disappointed by the sales of Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows products as the world's largest software company announced earnings for the quarter which ended March 31. Microsoft's two ...
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Ten States Where Pensions Are Running Out Of Money

Posted: April 29, 2011 at 4:37 am

Corporate pensions, municipal pensions, state pensions -- each category has funds that have run out of money and certainly many are running low. The fate of the UAW pensions was ...
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Media Digest 4.29.2011 Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 29, 2011 at 4:07 am

Nasdaq (NASDAQ:NDAQ) and ICE may make a hostile bid for NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) (Reuters) Silver and gold are near all-time highs (Reuters) The House Budget Chair favors a cut ...
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Microsoft Earnings: Value & Value Trap Alike (MSFT)

Posted: April 28, 2011 at 4:38 pm

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is out with earnings and there is some news that will please bulls and bears alike.  Microsoft reported headline earnings of $0.61 EPS, but the headline ...
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IPO Watch: Renren IPO Gets A Possible Red Flag (RENN)

Posted: April 28, 2011 at 4:07 pm

Renren Inc. is supposed to come public as soon as next week in an IPO that is expected to fetch more than $500 million.  The company expects to trade under the ...
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The Devil’s Metal Beyond $50… The $80 Silver Call (SLV, SIVR, AGQ, SLW, PAAS)

Posted: April 28, 2011 at 3:23 pm

The recent rise of silver and gold is hopefully the last wave of the new buyers hedging against inflation and buying protection against uncertainty in hard assets over paper money.  Sadly, ...
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Commodities Watch: Zinc Could Be China’s New Copper; Cocoa Rises on Short-Covering; Corn, Wheat Sink (TCK, XSRAY, AAUKY, NIB, KFT, UL, ADM, GIS, K, CORN, DBA)

Posted: April 28, 2011 at 1:50 pm

Today's commodities news starts off with bursting warehouses full of zinc, an unexpected rise in cocoa futures, and an equally unexpected fall in corn and wheat prices. The stockpile of ...
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Microsoft Earnings Preview: Fundamentals, Charts, Analysts, Options, and Peers (MSFT, AAPL, INTC, GOOG, YHOO, SNY, SWH, IGV)

Posted: April 28, 2011 at 1:00 pm

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is about to get beyond the somewhat negative press of the Paul Allen behind it.  The software giant reports today after the close.  Thomson Reuters has ...
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Inflation vs. Dividends in Consumer Staples, Dividends Win All Day (KMB, PG, CL, CLX, CHD, XLY)

Posted: April 28, 2011 at 11:24 am

It would be easy to say that inflationary pressures are impacting consumer staples and consumer discretionary stocks.  This sector remains one of our favorites for investors who want defensive protection ...
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Alternative Energy Watch: Power Merger; Evergreen Solar Stumbling; Beacon Gets a Second Deal (EXC, CEG, ESLR, BCON, DE)

Posted: April 28, 2011 at 10:58 am

Alternative energy news for today takes a look at the merger of Exelon Corp. (NYSE: EXC) and Constellation Energy Group, Inc. (NYSE: CEG), the piling up of new woes at ...
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Short Sellers Keep Attacking SIRIUS XM, All The Way Up (SIRI)

Posted: April 28, 2011 at 10:14 am

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is one cult stock that has been more than puzzling.  Literally about twelve hours after we issued our own outlook for what will happen ...
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Mixed Short Seller Trends in High-Priced NASDAQ Favorites (AMZN, AAPL, BIDU, FFIV, FSLR, GOOG, NFLX, PCLN, QCOM, WYNN)

Posted: April 28, 2011 at 9:56 am

The short sellers are showing some mixed convictions in many of NASDAQ’s high-priced shares that are favorites of traders.  The settlement date of April 15, 2011 is compared to the ...
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