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Monthly Archives: June 2011

BofA Mortgage Settlement Has Bank-Sector Ramifications (BAC, C, WFC, FAS)

Posted: June 29, 2011 at 8:57 am

Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) is showing investors this morning that its book value may actually be more relevant than what it had been given credit for.  The largest ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (SINA, SIRI, SPRD)

Posted: June 29, 2011 at 8:54 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of SINA Corporation (NASDAQ: SINA), Sirius XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AKS, ARMH, CMG, C, GILD, GS, KFT, MPEL, PVA, RIMM, SMP, X)

Posted: June 29, 2011 at 8:04 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE: AKS) Raised to Buy at ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (6/29/2011) MySpace Demise, Zynga IPO

Posted: June 29, 2011 at 7:58 am

MySpace will be sold by News Corp (NYSE: NWS) to one of two suitors for $30 million (WSJ) Zynga will post details of it IPO which will value the company ...
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Ten Reasons QE2′s End Should Be Priced Into The Markets

Posted: June 29, 2011 at 7:38 am

Quantitative Easing, or QE, is a term that many investors were forced to understand.  Then came QE2 as an even more difficult pill to swallow.  After the FOMC or any ...
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The Cities Where Government Employment Is On The Rise

Posted: June 29, 2011 at 6:34 am

It is easy to believe that every city, county and state government in the country is deeply in debt and in need of higher taxes and budget cuts. This even ...
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Microsoft Office 365, The Cloud, And Legions Of Hackers

Posted: June 29, 2011 at 6:30 am

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) launched its new cloud product, Office 365. Many of the business clients of the world's largest software company no longer want Office to run on their PCs ...
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Wal-Mart’s One Dime Gasoline Discount

Posted: June 29, 2011 at 6:26 am

It may not seem like much when gasoline costs $3.70 per gallon of regular, but Wal-Mart will cut gas prices by a dime for the next 90 days.  While it ...
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Housing Market At A Discount

Posted: June 29, 2011 at 6:24 am

The S&P Case-Shiller report showed home prices dropped another 3% to 4% in the nation's twenty largest markets in April. The amount was 7% or worse in five markets compared to ...
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Media Digest (6/29/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: June 29, 2011 at 6:17 am

Odds that a Greek austerity bill will pass rose. (Reuters) Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) is near a deal to settle an MBS charge for $8.5 billion. (Reuters) A new ...
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Read 24/7 Wall St. For “Hot Stock Tips,” Says SmartMoney

Posted: June 28, 2011 at 5:18 pm

 Last week, SmartMoney published an article titled "5 Sites for Hot Stock Tips." 24/7 Wall St. was honored to be included. According to the site, we have a simple mission: Summarize ...
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Why the Zynga IPO Matters, If It Files (ATVI, ERTS, GME, LNKD)

Posted: June 28, 2011 at 4:49 pm

CNBC got the ball rolling today on yet another bubbly internet social media IPO coming down the pipe via Zynga with an IPO filing as soon as Wednesday.  Now the ...
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Groundhog Day in Tech Funds… If Summer 2011 Repeats 2010 (XLK, QQQ, HHH, SMH, TYH, TQQQ, SOXL)

Posted: June 28, 2011 at 4:01 pm

Following a pretty steady climb since August 2010, the NASDAQ peaked in late April before tumbling almost 9%. The tech-heavy index is trying to start over again, but it's a ...
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Does a SIRIUS XM Credit Rating Upgrade Matter? (SIRI, P)

Posted: June 28, 2011 at 3:23 pm

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) has seen its corporate credit rating lifted in tone today by Standard & Poor's.  The current rating of "BB-" was given a an outlook ...
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Should Short Sellers Be Allowed To Publicize Trades? (SPRD)

Posted: June 28, 2011 at 2:31 pm

Having positions and covering them openly on a near-live basis is a tricky business.  At issue is not so much an insider trading question, but when financial transactions meet issues ...
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