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Monthly Archives: May 2011

Top Earnings Previews for the Week Ahead (QIHU, TECD, AMAT, AZO, MDT, TIVO, NDN, CSC, COST, HRL, NTAP, TOL, HNZ, MRVL, NBG, OVTI, TIF)

Posted: May 20, 2011 at 3:24 pm

Next week will still bring many key earnings.  The difference is that while some of these may have wild swings, this list is unlikely to bring about any major market ...
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Week of Whale Watching, Billionaire & Fund Manager Stock Picks (BRK-A, HCA, MRO, BAC, C)

Posted: May 20, 2011 at 2:19 pm

This week we highlighted some of the big whale watching portfolio changes.  Yep, the stock holdings from the likes of Warren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A), and other ...
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Midas Fund Still Sees $1,700 Gold This Year, With Stock Picks (MIDSX, GDX, SLV, GLD, EGO, AVVGF, NAK, RIO)

Posted: May 20, 2011 at 12:45 pm

A respected gold fund manager still sees gold going to $1,700.00 this year, with a likely year-end price around $1,600.00 per ounce.  24/7 Wall St. got a chance to interview ...
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Art, Rare Jewel Market Thrives In Tough Economic Times: Daily Austerity Watch

Posted: May 20, 2011 at 10:51 am

Average consumers may fret about the high price of gas and the debt crisis that has stymied members of Congress.   Rich people, though, are increasingly unencumbered by financial worries as ...
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Dividend Watch: Gap Capital Return Growth Plan Looks Interrupted Ahead (GPS)

Posted: May 20, 2011 at 10:43 am

Last night came the news bomb that many analysts should have seen coming but were blindsided by the severity of the news.  Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) gave an earnings forecast ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (5/20/2011) Gap Falls, Barnes & Noble

Posted: May 20, 2011 at 9:25 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 (5/20/2011) Sony Network Reboot

Posted: May 20, 2011 at 8:51 am

Updated throughout the day Sony (NYSE: SNE) may restart its network next week after it was shut due to a hack (Reuters) Turk Kemal Dervis may be kept from the ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (ACOR, BPAX, OPXT, BPOP)

Posted: May 20, 2011 at 8:51 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Friday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACOR), Biosante Pharmaceutical, Inc. (NASDAQ: ...
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Russell Getting Deeper Into ETFs (AGRG, CONG, GRPC, EQIN, LWPE, CNTR)

Posted: May 20, 2011 at 8:40 am

Russell Investments is making good on its promise to get further into ETFs.  This week came the launch of several new ETF strategies for value, income, aggressive growth, consistent growth ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AES, AIV, APO, ADSK, BRFS, CAP, CRAI, GPS, INTU, JPM, LEAP, PCS, MMI, PM, QIHU, RRGB, RGS, CRM, S, SYMC, TSN, ZLC)

Posted: May 20, 2011 at 8:25 am

It is a big day for analyst research calls.  These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. The ...
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Media Digest (5/20/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 20, 2011 at 7:54 am

Liberty Media offered $1 billion for Barnes & Noble. (NYSE: BKS) (Reuters) Tepco lost $15 billion. (Reuters) Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) expects to receive a summons from the US government ...
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When You Are Over 50, and Short on Retirement Plans

Posted: May 20, 2011 at 7:51 am

There is a huge group of Americans who are over 50 and who are far short on their retirement plans.  It is very likely millions of people.  This week has been ...
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An Unreasonable Fear Of High Gas Prices May Throttle Recovery

Posted: May 20, 2011 at 6:26 am

Gasoline prices have begun to retreat in the US. The latest AAA Fuel Gauge numbers put the average price of regular at $3.886, which means that the cost of a ...
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OPEC Gets Greedy

Posted: May 20, 2011 at 6:22 am

The IEA Governing Board warned yesterday that the world's oil supply is too low to bring prices down on any consistent basis. It "expressed serious concern that there are growing ...
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The Ten States Where Walmart Is Everywhere

Posted: May 20, 2011 at 4:10 am

Walmart, the world’s largest retailer and the largest company in America based on sales and employees, has tried to argue since the beginning of the recession that it can revive ...
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