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Monthly Archives: June 2011

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BCS, BIIB, BSX, COG, DO, FFIV, FRX, FFN, JDSU, PHG, RL, UHS)

Posted: June 22, 2011 at 8:26 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Barclays PLC (NYSE: BCS) Cut to Neutral at HSBC. Biogen ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (6/22/2011) Hulu For Sale, New iPhone

Posted: June 22, 2011 at 8:25 am

Updated throughout the day. Premium content service Hulu is for sale (NYT, WSJ, AP) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will launch a faster iPhone this September (Bloomberg) Altria (NYSE: MO) and Philip ...
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Will YouTube Buy Hulu?

Posted: June 22, 2011 at 6:33 am

Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) YouTube may be a near-perfect owner of Hulu. Several news organizations have reported that premium video website Hulu may be for sale. It has struggled to make ...
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Boeing Loses At Paris Air Show

Posted: June 22, 2011 at 6:31 am

Boeing (NYSE: BA) will be the big loser at the Paris Air Show if announcements made so far by rivals and industry suppliers are any indication. It is also telling ...
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AAA: High Gas, Low Travel

Posted: June 22, 2011 at 6:29 am

People are driving less even though the price of oil is well below $100 and the average price of regular gas, which many expected would hit $5,  is now under ...
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Greece’s Papandreou: Last Man Standing In Bailout Struggle

Posted: June 22, 2011 at 6:27 am

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou won a vote of confidence in his nation's parliament, but his party has only a handful of representatives to give it a majority. That does ...
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Media Digest (6/22/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: June 22, 2011 at 6:23 am

The head of PIMCO expects that Greece and other EU nations will default. (Reuters) The LulzSec group of hackers claims it will expand its attacks on private and government networks. ...
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24/7 Wall St. Ten Brands That Will Disappear In 2012

Posted: June 22, 2011 at 4:39 am

24/7 Wall St. has created a new list of brands that will disappear, which includes Sears (NASDAQ:SHLD), Sony Pictures (NYSE:SNE), American Apparel (NYSE:APP), Nokia (NYSE:NOK), Saab, A&W All-American Foods Restaurants, ...
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24/7 Wall St. After-Hours Stocks on the Move (ADBE, AVAV, AMSWA, AERL, JBL, NBG)

Posted: June 21, 2011 at 6:17 pm

We have several companies on the move on news after the close on Tuesday evening.  We are tracking moves in shares of the following: Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE); AeroVironment, ...
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FDA Cigarette Warnings Getting More Harsh Than Europe (MO, RAI, LO, VGR, PFE)

Posted: June 21, 2011 at 3:44 pm

The FDA is about to give some serious warning labels on cigarette labels.  Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO), Reynolds American Inc. (NYSE: RAI), Lorillard, Inc. (NYSE: LO)  and Vector Group ...
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From Target Date Funds to Target Date ETFs, New Players In Town (DB, TDD, TDH, TDN, TDV, TDX, VTINX, VTXVX, VTWNX, VTHRX, VFORX, VTIVX, FFVFX, FFFDX, FFTWX, FFFEX, FFFGX, FFFHX)

Posted: June 21, 2011 at 2:39 pm

You have likely heard of target date funds, those funds which mix between bond and stock allocations depending upon when your target retirement date happens to be.  There are some ...
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Commodity Watch: Iron Ore Demand Indicates Less Shipping (VALE, RIO, BHP, DSX, GNK, EXM, EGLE)

Posted: June 21, 2011 at 1:26 pm

Ever since the iron ore miners forced customers to accept quarterly price changes, the price for seaborne iron ore has more than doubled. China, the largest consumer of iron ore, ...
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Spain Gets Latest IMF Caution Flag

Posted: June 21, 2011 at 12:46 pm

Economists and investors have enough to worry about in Europe. Greece is in a state of collapse. There are concerns that Portugal and Ireland could follow. Add Spain to the ...
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Supercomputing Still Rules The Advanced World (CRAY, GE, IBM, SGI, ORCL)

Posted: June 21, 2011 at 12:30 pm

When it comes to the world of supercomputing, there is no other pure-play like Cray Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAY).  It is also perhaps one of the forgotten companies of yesteryear by ...
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Secondary Offering & Dividend Fluctuations Underscore Mortgage-REITs (IVR, NLY, CIM, CMO, CYS)

Posted: June 21, 2011 at 11:32 am

Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc. (NYSE: IVR) has two things to address today, a super-high dividend yield and a secondary offering.  This also spills over to the outlook for Annaly ...
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