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Monthly Archives: April 2011

Portugal’s Political Parties–A Block To Aid?

Posted: April 12, 2011 at 5:29 am

The head of the opposition in Portugal, Pedro Passos Coelho, wants a seat at the table when his country negotiates with the EU and IMF about a bailout which could total ...
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Short Sellers Flee Tech

Posted: April 12, 2011 at 4:58 am

Short sellers who have bet against tech shares hit the exits during the period which ended on March 31. The short interest in the world's largest chip company, Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), ...
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Media Digest (4/12/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 12, 2011 at 4:08 am

Japan raised the severity of its nuclear crisis to the same level as Chernobyl. (Reuters) Alcoa (NYSE: AA) beat earnings but missed sales.(Reuters) Nasdaq OMX (NASDAQ NDAQ) and Deutsche Boerse have approached NYSE Euronext's (NYSE: ...
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When Stocks Hit 52-Week Lows… Ships, Housing, and China (AMR, CYH, FRO, OSG, HOV, PMI, TREE, CXS, CCCL, CNAM, QKLS, SCOK, TSTC, GFRE)

Posted: April 11, 2011 at 5:18 pm

It is hard to call the market weak right now even if today was a mixed day.  We have seen a meteoric rise from the bottom.  So what happens when ...
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Alcoa Starts Earnings Season Mixed (AA)

Posted: April 11, 2011 at 4:36 pm

Earnings season is officially underway.  Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: AA) usually has a little something of everything for bulls and bears alike in its earnings reports.  Today is no different because ...
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Commodities Watch: China Fights Commodity Inflation; Silver, Iron Ore, Rise, as Gold, Oil, Copper Fall; Corn, Cocoa Move Higher (CORN, MOO, MON, GLD, SLV, JJC)

Posted: April 11, 2011 at 2:37 pm

As we begin the week, prices for many commodities are rising, while only gold and oil are falling. Corn prices continue to climb and cocoa futures are up again as ...
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ETF Watch: Biotechs Fighting M&A Shrinkage (BBH, AMGN, GILD, BIIB, XBI, FBT, CRA, CEPH, IBB)

Posted: April 11, 2011 at 2:01 pm

Biotech is becoming the ever-shrinking stock sector.  It is almost weekly now that a new biotech acquisition is announced.  Big Pharma in the United States and large drugmakers internationally are all interested in ...
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Alternative Energy Watch: Senate Boost to Ethanol Not the Answer; Wind Energy May Not Be Meeting Its Hype (ADM, VLO, PEIX)

Posted: April 11, 2011 at 1:01 pm

Today's alternative energy watch looks at a new effort to increase domestic use of ethanol and a report from the UK on the efficiency of wind generation. A bill called ...
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The IMF’s Optimisitic Economic View Is Hardly Cause To Celebrate

Posted: April 11, 2011 at 1:00 pm

The International Monetary Fund today joined the ever-increasing numbers of experts that argue that the worldwide economy is on the road to recovery.   Unfortunately, that's like saying someone in a ...
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M&A Watch: Questioning The Answers.com Rival Deal (ANSW)

Posted: April 11, 2011 at 12:04 pm

Internet acquisitions have been few and far between of late when it comes to public companies.  Answers.com Corporation (NASDAQ: ANSW) may still be worth more... Or it may not.  The ...
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Shaw Group Confession, Trouble for Nuclear Power Players (SHAW, URS, BWC, FLR, ES)

Posted: April 11, 2011 at 11:20 am

It's not likely that earnings and revenues for The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE: SHAW) took too great a hit from the nuclear disaster in Japan, but what happens for the ...
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Dividend Watch: Making Income From Healthcare Facility REITs (OHI, MPW)

Posted: April 11, 2011 at 11:11 am

We have been featuring many REITs for their high dividends on our daily "Dividend Watch" pieces.  One sector which has not been tabulated and screened is the ability to make dividend ...
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Daily Austerity Watch: The Pointless Debate Over The Debt Ceiling

Posted: April 11, 2011 at 10:04 am

Here at The Daily Austerity Watch, we greeted the budget deal with a mixture of relief and dread.   While we are delighted that pointless government shutdown was averted thanks to ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (APOL, BCS, RBS, BIIB, LVLT, QUIK, TSTY, TYC)

Posted: April 11, 2011 at 8:46 am

We have many stocks on the move this morning.  Our top pre-market movers for active traders and day traders alike are Apollo Group Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL), Barclays PLC (NYSE: BCS), Royal ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (APC, CFN, CBI, COLM, DRYS, ENR, HMC, IDIX, JACK, MGLN, MON, NSM, NVO, SPW, TM, VFC)

Posted: April 11, 2011 at 8:22 am

These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: APC) Reiterated Hold at Argus. Carefusion Corporation (NYSE: CFN) ...
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