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Monthly Archives: May 2011

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ADI, APA, DAN, DELL, EXM, BEN, GIL, GG, HPQ, INTC, ICE, KBH, QIHU, RIMM, SPG, UA, VOD)

Posted: May 18, 2011 at 8:34 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Analog Devices Inc. (NYSE: ADI) Reiterated Buy and Raised target ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (5/18/2011) Oaktree IPO, Fiat Credit Line

Posted: May 18, 2011 at 8:17 am

Updated throughout the day. The Administration may promote Obama adviser David Lipton for the No.2 job at the IMF (Reuters) Japan pharma firm Takeda will disclose its buyout of Nycomed ...
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The ‘Retiring Early’ Portfolio Makeover, Moving From Stocks To Balanced Allocation

Posted: May 18, 2011 at 7:59 am

This week has marked a feature series from Morningstar's Christine Benz for "Portfolio Makeovers."  The focus so far has been around planning for the ultimate goal of retirement and today's ...
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Key DJIA Stocks Facing 10% Sell-Off From Highs (AA, CAT, CVX, DD, GE, JPM, XOM, CSCO, HPQ, MSFT, BAC)

Posted: May 18, 2011 at 7:32 am

Many Dow Jones Industrial Average stocks have just recently sold off more than 10% and many are almost at that key 10% sell-off mark.  Historically investors have used 10% as ...
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Sony: It Is Not Our Broken System, It’s The Internet’s Fault

Posted: May 18, 2011 at 6:39 am

Howard Stringer, the disgraced CEO of Sony (NYSE: SNE), made the remarkably disingenuous or perhaps naive comment that all Internet systems have the same weaknesses as the hacked PlayStation network. ...
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Energy Shortage In China May Slow GDP

Posted: May 18, 2011 at 6:28 am

What complaints by trade partners, the global recession, and inflation within its borders could not do to China's expansion, a power shortage may. The Wall Street Journal reports that "Chinese ...
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Consumers Finally React To Gas Prices

Posted: May 18, 2011 at 6:20 am

It seemed for a while that some experts believed that gasoline prices would not affect consumer behavior much. Statistics showed that people would still take summer trips. Car pools and ...
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Media Digest (5/18/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 18, 2011 at 4:05 am

Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) earnings were below expectations, but those of Dell (NYSE: DELL) were above. (Reuters) The FCC asked Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAP) to attend a meeting ...
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Private Company Markets, Many Opportunities With Many Caveats

Posted: May 17, 2011 at 5:29 pm

When you hear about shares of Facebook, Twitter, Groupon, LinkedIn, Zynga, Pandora, Yelp, and others selling on so-called "private company markets," the frenzy of getting to invest into high-growth private ...
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H-P, IBM Face Huge Challenges Reaching Big Customers

Posted: May 17, 2011 at 4:50 pm

In 2004, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM)  CEO Jamie Dimon raised plenty of eyebrows when he abruptly canceled a $5 billion outsourcing contract with International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM), ...
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Trina Is Not The Entire Solar Sector, Even If That Is How Stocks React (TSL, FSLR, SPWRA, STP, LDK, YGE, CSIQ, TAN)

Posted: May 17, 2011 at 4:20 pm

Trina Solar Ltd. (NYSE: TSL) put a hurt on the solar sector today.  The company reported that its first quarter earnings were under street estimates but within range of its freshly ...
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Your Last Chance to Refinance Your House, Ever!

Posted: May 17, 2011 at 3:09 pm

Mortgage rates are back under 4.50%.  If you just read the headline economic data coming out right now, inflation is on the rise.  The good news is that oil, metals, ...
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What Does it Cost: $7.84 Billion, Market Cap Lost Following Release Of H-P CEO’s Confidential Memo

Posted: May 17, 2011 at 11:57 am

> Company Market Cap: $79.29 Billion > One-Day Loss in Market Value: $7.84 Billion “We must watch every penny and minimize all hiring," wrote Leo Apotheker, chief executive of Hewlett-Packard ...
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Even New Jersey’s Coffers Rise: Daily Austerity Watch

Posted: May 17, 2011 at 11:46 am

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), who ousted incumbent Democrat Jon Corzine on promises to clean up Trenton's fiscal house,  is the same peculiar situation as his peers in California ...
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LinkedIn IPO Valuation Now $4.2 Billion… Is That Too High??? (LNKD, RENN, FFN, GS, MHP, SAP)

Posted: May 17, 2011 at 11:22 am

We are awaiting the upcoming initial public offering of LinkedIn Corporation.  Apparently, investors are waiting as well.  The new IPO range has been hiked and the company is looking to ...
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