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Monthly Archives: June 2011

Games Of “Deficit Chicken” Hit US And Greece

Posted: June 20, 2011 at 6:33 am

The US government and Greece each need money, though direct comparisons made between the southern European nation and America are wrong. The US can afford to run a deficit for ...
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IMF Offers More Flimsy Forecasts For Global Financial Future

Posted: June 20, 2011 at 6:27 am

The rudderless IMF still has the capacity to issue long-term forecasts for global growth. Its recently published June World Forecast proves that. As it looks ahead, it sees what many ...
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Media Digest (6/20/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: June 20, 2011 at 6:22 am

Euro-zone financial ministers said they would delay a new installment payment to Greece until it was clear that the nation had adopted new austerity measures. (Reuters) ICANN, the global domain ...
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World Running Out Of Food, Again

Posted: June 20, 2011 at 5:59 am

The numbers are worse every time the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization organization issues a new report.  The OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2011-2020 predicts that prices will drop slightly this year because ...
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America’s Worst Board Members: Thomas J. Engibous Of J.C. Penney

Posted: June 19, 2011 at 7:06 pm

J.C. Penny (NYSE: JCP) shares rose sharply on Tuesday after the troubled retailer announced that the chief of Apple's retail operations (NASDAQ: AAPL), Ron Johnson, would be its new CEO. ...
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Stocks To Watch This Coming Week, The Unusual Suspects (AAPL, GOOG, DEER, XPO, FVE, LBTYA, LNKD, MMSI, MSFT, NFLX, SNE, NVS, SRDX, TGT, YHOO)

Posted: June 19, 2011 at 9:09 am

We have a lot to expect from the cast of characters in what we call The Unusual Suspects in the coning week.  We will be watching trading in shares of ...
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NetFlix Loses Sony

Posted: June 18, 2011 at 11:27 am

NetFlix (NASDAQ: NFLX) lost Sony's (NYSE: SNE) movie content and the premium content rental firm said the problem was temporary. The NetFlix announcement does not read that way, which should ...
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Week’s Biggest Losers: Owen-Illinois And Nine More

Posted: June 18, 2011 at 10:43 am

Owens-Illinois (NYSE: OI) sold down 15% last week as Venezuela seized some of the company's assets in that country. Later in the week, Morningstar said the sell-off was overdone. Cognizant ...
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The 24/7 Wall St. Top Ten Analyst Calls of the Week (COF, CTRP, NBG, P, RIMM, SHLD, SRDX, LVS, MPEL, HD, LOW, BLC, GCI)

Posted: June 18, 2011 at 10:10 am

We have another week that has passed by and there were many stand-out research calls that took place throughout the last week.  Our top analyst calls, some of which are ...
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Week’s Biggest Winners, JC Penny And Nine Others

Posted: June 18, 2011 at 7:48 am

Shares in JC Penney (NYSE: JCP) rose 14.5% for the week as the faltering retailer appointed Ron Johnson, who has run Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) retail stores as its next CEO. ...
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Key Earnings Previews for the Week Ahead (RENN, ADBE, BKS, CCL, CAAS, CMC, GRB, JBL, JEF, WAG, BBBY, KMX, FDX, PAYX, RHT, CAG, HRB, LEN, MU, ORCL, RAD)

Posted: June 17, 2011 at 2:18 pm

Earnings season is supposed to be over.  Guess again.  This coming week is going to feel like the earnings floodgates are open and the companies reporting have market-moving and sector-moving ...
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Commodities Watch: Comex Lowers Gold Margins, Raises Some Ags (CME, GLD, IAU, MOO, DBA)

Posted: June 17, 2011 at 12:52 pm

The CME Group Inc. (NYSE: CME) has announced changes to its margin requirements for a number of commodities. The changes, some increases and some decreases, cover a variety of ...
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Capital One & ING Direct, Setting Off The Next Wave of Banking M&A (COF, ING, GE, RF, BAC, JPM, ETFC)

Posted: June 17, 2011 at 12:25 pm

Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF) may have just wiggled its way into being one of the few top banks in America.  The company is acquiring ING Direct USA from ...
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American Water Keeps Delivering: Dividend Hikes Again and Again (AWK)

Posted: June 17, 2011 at 11:51 am

American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK) keeps delivering and delivering.  This is one of our top ten stocks to own for the next decade and we have been on ...
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Taking Down BJ’s, Private Equity Eats Another Retailer (BJ, COST, WMT)

Posted: June 17, 2011 at 10:47 am

BJ’s Wholesale Club Inc. (NYSE: BJ) is the latest private equity buyout target in the retail segment.  Two active players in retail industry buyouts, Leonard Green & Partners and CVC ...
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