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Monthly Archives: May 2011

Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (NVDA, PNSN, VRML, YHOO)

Posted: May 13, 2011 at 8:54 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Friday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA), Penson Worldwide (NASDAQ: PNSN), Vermillion, Inc. ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AET, MO, AIG, CCJ, CAT, CI, KO, DF, DPS, EK, HBAN, PEP, PM, SBUX, SPWRA, UNH, WLP)

Posted: May 13, 2011 at 8:29 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. AETNA Inc. (NYSE: AET) Raised to Buy at Citigroup. Altria ...
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Public Exchange Envy… BATS Files For IPO (NYX, NDAQ, CME, CBOE, ICE, BATS, BAC, C, CS, DB, JPM, MS)

Posted: May 13, 2011 at 7:56 am

The U.S. is about to get another electronic exchange listed as a public stock.  BATS Global Markets, Inc. wants to come public and has just filed for an initial public ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (5/13/2011) Government Targets Google

Posted: May 13, 2011 at 7:51 am

Updated throughout the day Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is about to settle government charges over millions of dollars in bad pharma ads it ran (WSJ) China will limit rate increases for ...
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Glencore IPO Set To Be Multiple-Times Oversubscribed

Posted: May 13, 2011 at 7:26 am

Glencore International AG has picked an interesting time to come public, and the IPO set for next week is already getting more interesting.  While Reuters has reported that the firm ...
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EU Rescues More Difficult As French And German Economies Surge

Posted: May 13, 2011 at 6:24 am

Germany's GDP rose by 1.5% in the first quarter. France's was higher by 1%. The numbers are nothing to brag about, but they are far better than those of the ...
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The $4 Gas Disaster: Another Tick Down For Prices, A Disaster In The Wings

Posted: May 13, 2011 at 6:19 am

AAA Daily Fuel Gauge: $3.982 The price of gas ticked down yesterday from $3.984 the day before and the same figure a  week earlier. The daily gas price watch has ...
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PR Firms, The Lowest Of The Low, Get Another Black Eye

Posted: May 13, 2011 at 6:15 am

Facebook hired WPP Group PLC's Burson-Marsteller to get journalists to write negative things about Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) practice of collecting private data from its users. That makes Facebook look cunning, ...
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The Ten States That Profit Most From Sin

Posted: May 13, 2011 at 4:09 am

As state budgets strain under huge debt loads, they are counting increasingly on “sin taxes", one of the few reliable sources of revenue in these uncertain economic times. States have ...
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Media Digest (5/13/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 13, 2011 at 4:04 am

Taxes are a major hurdle in budget negotiations (Reuters) The IMF warned the sovereign problems of weak EU nations could spread to other (Reuters) Brent crude remained at recent levels ...
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Two Bad IPOs Get Worse… Social Media Valuation Woes? (RENN, FFN)

Posted: May 12, 2011 at 5:18 pm

There are two recent initial public offerings where an apology is due to investors by both the companies which came public and by their underwriters.  It is not fair to ...
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Penson Clarifies Situation After Unusual Activity (PNSN)

Posted: May 12, 2011 at 3:33 pm

Penson Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: PNSN) had been trading as though the company was on the path of some of the brokerage firm and clearing implosions of 2008... Now the company has ...
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Commodities Watch: Silver Goes Lower, Copper Higher; Wheat Continues Losses; Canada Sees Growth in Lumber Prices, Exports (SLV, GLD, JJC, MOO, DBA, WY, PCL, LPX)

Posted: May 12, 2011 at 3:15 pm

Today's commodities news is not quite a repeat of yesterday's because oil is staying essentially flat and yesterday's commodities sell-off is not being repeated. Wheat prices, however are continuing to ...
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Alternative Energy Watch: Solar Woes; Killing Ethanol; Smartphones Invade Smart Grid (CSIQ, YGE, QCLSF, ADM, VLO, PEIX, AVRW, GOOG, AAPL, CSCO, INTC)

Posted: May 12, 2011 at 12:20 pm

Today's alternative energy news starts off with more lukewarm news from solar panel makers and follows with the latest on pricing for ethanol. We also take a look at how ...
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Dividend Watch: AT&T vs. Verizon (T, VZ, AAPL)

Posted: May 12, 2011 at 12:05 pm

The two telecom giants of AT&T, Inc. (NYSE: T) and Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) are both Dow Jones Industrial Average members.  They are both considered to be very defensive ...
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