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Monthly Archives: June 2011

Google Takes Out $500… Chart Damage Analysis (GOOG, ORCL, YHOO, BIDU, YNDX)

Posted: June 16, 2011 at 3:59 pm

Something is happening at Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG).  Something bad.  That is what its  chart is saying.  Google's stock has today broke down under the $500.00 mark for the first ...
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Trend Death: Wells Fargo Quits Reverse Mortgages (WFC)

Posted: June 16, 2011 at 3:17 pm

Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) is one of the "Too Big To Fail" banks.  Now it is going to be known as the "Too Big To Reverse Mortgage" bank. ...
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360-Degree Review of RIM Before Earnings (RIMM, AAPL, GOOG, NOK, MSFT)

Posted: June 16, 2011 at 2:04 pm

Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) is about to come clean on its earnings report.  Needless to say, expectations are low and our take is that anyone who thinks that ...
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Commodity Watch: Copper Questions Pile Up (FCX, NEM, SCCO, BVN, COPX, JJC)

Posted: June 16, 2011 at 12:30 pm

The big remaining question about copper prices is which direction they will take in the second half of this year. Most observers are bullish, but when the big question is ...
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Ackman & Pershing Square, More Formidable With More Capital (TGT, JCP, FDO, BBY, FO, C)

Posted: June 16, 2011 at 12:18 pm

Bill Ackman and his Pershing Square could soon become a much more formidable activist when it comes to dealing with companies.  Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) might have not been one ...
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Some Caveats in Considering Blackboard as a Buyout Target (BBBB)

Posted: June 16, 2011 at 11:34 am

Blackboard Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBB) finds itself as the latest rumored acquisition candidate for private equity.  The company is worth about twice as much as when it came public in 2004 ...
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The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: Companies With The Worst Press Coverage (6/16)

Posted: June 16, 2011 at 11:01 am

Homeowners get clobbered in the press as the housing depression worsens. Hackers hit ADP servers and worry grows about safety of payroll data. Market revolt about Target earnings. The Flame ...
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How the Election Cycle Will Win For TV & Media (GCI, SSP, JRN, GTN, SBGI, BLC)

Posted: June 16, 2011 at 10:50 am

Gabelli & Co. has a unique research report out this morning and we took a look at this to see where the opportunity is.  Imagine that television stocks should still ...
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Pandora Becomes A Busted IPO (P, SIRI)

Posted: June 16, 2011 at 10:31 am

Pandora Media, Inc. (NYSE: P) is one which we were skeptical on and we warned investors that it was a value hat trick, but not just because of its business ...
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Alt-Energy Watch: US Solar Grows, But Not Fast Enough (FSLR, SPWRA, LDK, STP, JASO, TSL, TAN, KWT)

Posted: June 16, 2011 at 10:19 am

Solar PV makers had a good first quarter in the US. A report from GTM Research for the Solar Energy Industry Association concludes the US solar PV installation grew by ...
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Fund Watch: Value is Where You Find It, With Some Stumbling Along The Way (AMSHX, VWNFX, PRFDX, FAIRX, XLE)

Posted: June 16, 2011 at 9:42 am

An investor looking for value could do worse than to start with a large, well-established fund with substantial assets and a long track record. Today we'll look at four funds ...
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Natural Gas Deals Will Keep Coming (ETE, SUG, XOM, CHK, CVX, HK)

Posted: June 16, 2011 at 8:57 am

Deals are aplenty when it comes to the natural gas sector.  It is as if the future has been seen and natural gas is going to be in it even ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (DGIT, FNSR, MDMD, MPEL)

Posted: June 16, 2011 at 8:53 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Thursday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of DG (NASDAQ: DGIT), Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ: FNSR), MediaMind Technologies, Inc. ...
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Jobless Claims Improve, Still Above Red Line

Posted: June 16, 2011 at 8:40 am

The Labor Department has shown a slight improvement in the weekly jobless claims.  The weekly reading fell by 16,000 to 414,000 and that 430,000 from the prior week was revised ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (6/16/2011) Greek Government, Demag Cranes

Posted: June 16, 2011 at 8:37 am

Updated throughout the day. The board of Demag Cranes has approved a buyout by Terex (NYSE: TEX) (Reuters) The prime minister of Greece will  form a new cabinet (FT) Douglas ...
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