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Monthly Archives: May 2011

The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index (May 17) Companies With The Most Negative Press

Posted: May 17, 2011 at 10:43 am

NYSE (NYSE: NYX) was thrashed as Nasdaq (NASDAQ: NDAQ) and ICE pulled their buyout offer due to regulatory concerns. Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) was savaged by the press as information ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St Market Report (5/17/2011) Glencore IPO, Wal-Mart Earnings, Housing Starts

Posted: May 17, 2011 at 9:15 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 have ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (5/17/2011)

Posted: May 17, 2011 at 8:58 am

Updated throughout the day. BP negotiations on its Arctic drilling deal with Russian interests will continue despite being beyond a deadline (Reuters) The price for the Glencore IPO will be ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (GFRE, HPQ, SCEI, VRML)

Posted: May 17, 2011 at 8:53 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Gulf Resources, Inc. (NASDAQ: GFRE), Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ), Sino ...
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Most Sold-Off Gold Stocks (GDX, GDXJ, GLD, AEM, KGC, BVN, GSS, JAG, XRA)

Posted: May 17, 2011 at 8:49 am

Commodities have sold off.  You already knew that.  What has been seen in the precious metals complex looks a lot like what happened in the oil boom of 2007 to ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AONE, ACM, ALXN, AEP, LFC, CLNE, COP, CVA, CREE, ENOC, FXCM, IRM, MET, NYX, PCLN, SD, LEDS, VLO, WFSL)

Posted: May 17, 2011 at 8:23 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. A123 Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: AONE) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML. AECOM ...
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Is Renren Finally Getting Worth a Second Look? (RENN)

Posted: May 17, 2011 at 8:13 am

Renren Inc. (NYSE: RENN) has been an absolutely brutal initial public offering.  Since "The Facebook of China" came public it has only had one real positive trading session of its ...
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Stocks That Will Benefit From The Coming Population Boom

Posted: May 17, 2011 at 6:32 am

When the economy improves, so does the birth rate.  That's why investors should try to be family friendly. 24/7 Wall St. has compiled a list of companies that cater to ...
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The Case For The Early Release Of Earnings

Posted: May 17, 2011 at 6:13 am

Someone leaked a memo from new Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) CEO Leo Apotheker where he discussed the firm's dismal near-term prospects. HP shares fell. The large technology company will move up ...
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Greece May Finally Sell Its Most Beautiful Islands

Posted: May 17, 2011 at 5:58 am

The Greek government is between Scylla and Charybdis. It can restructure its debt, which would ruin its ability to raise funds in the capital markets and a cause a collapse ...
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The American Companies With The Most Valuable Brands

Posted: May 17, 2011 at 4:41 am

24/7 Wall St. has done an analysis of the largest companies in the United States based on the size of their portfolios of major consumer brands. Many of these brands ...
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Media Digest (5/17/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 17, 2011 at 4:06 am

BP plc's (NYSE: BP) deal to drill in the Arctic dissolved as its venture with Rosneft faltered (Reuters) Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) will release results early after a note from its ...
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Whale Watching Stocks: Paulson, Soros, Berkowitz, Icahn, Einhorn (GLD, HPQ, RIG, BAC, JPM, WFC, C, AAPL, BBY, WMT, MA, AIG, BAM, CSCO, SHLD, GGP, GE, DYN, AMGN, SUG, CVS, GM)

Posted: May 16, 2011 at 6:42 pm

We have already seen (some) of the position changes of Warren Buffett, but the old guy wouldn't share many 'confidential positions' so we are whale watching in other ponds.  We wanted ...
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Berkshire Hathaway & Buffett’s Stock Holdings ‘M to Z’ (BRK-B, BRK-A, MA, MTB, MCO, PG, SNY, TMK, USB, USG, UPS, WMT, WPO, WFC, WSC)

Posted: May 16, 2011 at 5:05 pm

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) is out with its new portfolio holdings as of March 31, 2011.  These have been broken down into two separate groups of ‘A to ...
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Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway Stock Holdings, A to L (BRK-B, BRK-A, AXP, BK, KO, CDCO, COP, COST, XOM, GCI, GE, GSK, GS, JNJ, KFT, LZ)

Posted: May 16, 2011 at 4:44 pm

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of March 31, 2011 for the Q2-2011 holdings.  These public stock ...
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