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Monthly Archives: June 2011

Ford Fights Headwinds & Chart Into Analyst/Investor Day (F, GM, TM)

Posted: June 6, 2011 at 8:03 pm

Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) is set to meet with the financial community on Tuesday and its chart is at a critical juncture.  As far as the news and company, ...
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Driving More Value After the Credit Crisis… Regions Buys $1B In Credit Card Assets (RF, COF)

Posted: June 6, 2011 at 5:20 pm

Regions Bank (NYSE: RF) had a very rough day as more and more pressure came out about banks in general and in banks that still have some past issues they ...
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Apax Set to Clean House in Bankrate IPO… The Private Equity Flip (RATE)

Posted: June 6, 2011 at 3:17 pm

Bankrate, Inc. is about to be public again.  This online personal finance content maker was taken private by affiliates of Apax Partners.  The terms of the initial public offering are ...
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Pandora’s Valuation Looks More Tied to SIRIUS Rather Than a Threat to SIRIUS (SIRI, P)

Posted: June 6, 2011 at 2:16 pm

Pandora Media Inc. (NYSE: P) is getting a high valuation for its Music Genome Project ahead of its initial public offering.   What is interesting is that many investors believe that ...
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Martha Stewart Living Death Watch (Update)

Posted: June 6, 2011 at 1:46 pm

The effects of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia's (NYSE: MSO) announcement that it would explore "strategic" options has worn off. This is to a large extent due to remarks made by Martha Stewart ...
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Commodities Focus as Nationalist Win in Peru Sends Chills to Miners (BHP, NEM, PAAS, TCK, ABX, GG, XSRAY, AAUKY, FCX)

Posted: June 6, 2011 at 1:34 pm

Ollanta Humala, a left-leaning nationalist, won nearly 51% of the vote in Sunday's presidential election in Peru and will take office in late July. Humala has promised to raise royalty ...
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Markets Get Closer Look at Ally Financial IPO… Ghosts of GMAC & Treasury

Posted: June 6, 2011 at 12:49 pm

Ally Financial Inc. has filed a second amendment to its S-1 filing as a mark that its IPO is likely closer rather than farther away.  The company's stock will be ...
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Germany Rethinks Cuts to Solar Subsidies (FSLR, SPWRA, TSL, YGE, STP)

Posted: June 6, 2011 at 12:30 pm

Today's alt-energy news focuses on a change to Germany's plans to cut back on subsidies for solar projects.  Germany has had the most liberal incentive program of any country for ...
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Ten Signs The Double-Dip Recession Has Begun

Posted: June 6, 2011 at 11:45 am

Today's news on GDP shows the double dip has arrived--an expansion of only 1.3% and consumer spending up .1% in the second quarter. Astonishingly low by any account.. The debt ...
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Markets Brace for Fusion-io IPO, Steve Wozniak Rules (FIO, AAPL)

Posted: June 6, 2011 at 11:42 am

Fusion-io, Inc. is set to price its initial public offering this week.  We currently have an expected pricing on or around Wednesday.  The company's latest amended filing shows that it ...
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Rumors We Would Like To Hear: HTC To Buy RIM

Posted: June 6, 2011 at 11:28 am

Taiwan smartphone company HTC has an annual revenue run rate of close to $20 billion and it is currently growing at a rate of about 100% a year. HTC will ...
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Austerity Watch: Why Giving The Young More Tax Breaks Might Work

Posted: June 6, 2011 at 10:24 am

Youth may be wasted on the young, but people starting out in their careers deserve more assistance than they are getting from the government.   That's the gist of an interesting ...
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Why Fund & Income Investors Are Drawn to Utilities (XLU, SO, EXC, D, IDU, RYU, CEG, NRG, NI, PCS, VZ, UPW, NEE, UTF, UTG, DNP, FSTUX, CMS, POR, RYAUX, FE, FKUTX, SRE)

Posted: June 6, 2011 at 10:15 am

When the going gets tough, the tough often play defense -- out of risky assets and into those assets that offer more security and some dividend upside. One choice is ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (6/6/2011) OPEC Increase?

Posted: June 6, 2011 at 8:57 am

Updated throughout the day Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) may make a public attack on Senate charges about its behavior before the credit crisis (WSJ) Two senior JP Morgan (NXYSE: JPM) ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (BPAX, STKL, UTHR)

Posted: June 6, 2011 at 8:52 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Monday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of BioSante Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: BPAX), unOpta, Inc. (NASDAQ: STKL), and United ...
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