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Monthly Archives: June 2011

Moody’s Cuts Greece, Calls Greek Default Odds 50-50… Lessons For Other PIIGS (NBG)

Posted: June 1, 2011 at 3:08 pm

If you wonder why ratings agencies are still hated so much, just wait until the Greek government comes out attacking Moody's now that a fresh downgrade has been seen.  Moody's ...
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Dollar General Sale, Bad News Is Good News (DG, WMT, FDO, DLTR, NDN, KKR, GS)

Posted: June 1, 2011 at 2:44 pm

Sometimes bad news has to be looked at as good news.  Take Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) this morning as its stock is down sharply after reporting disappointing earnings.  Dollar ...
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Commodities Watch: Peru Halts Silver Mining Concessions; Corn, Wheat Continue to Flounder (BCEKF, RIOAF, ABX, NEM, SLV, SIL, CORN, DBA, MOO)

Posted: June 1, 2011 at 2:14 pm

Today's commodities watch looks at a government-ordered suspension of mining concessions in Peru and the continuing worries over grain prices as US corn planting remains behind schedule and Russia gets ...
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BRIC Shocker: No Money, or Less Money, in Brazilian Ethanol (PBR, ADM, VLO)

Posted: June 1, 2011 at 12:25 pm

In our daily internal reviews of looking for trends in commodities, one trend stood out rather clearly... Cane-based ethanol might not even be solid for the Boys from Brazil. The ...
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Solar Survivors As Cost/Megawatt Drops (FSLR, JASO, STP, TSL, JKS, SPWRA, TOT)

Posted: June 1, 2011 at 12:06 pm

The oversupply of solar PV panels at the beginning of the year is slowly being wound down, but nearly every solar PV maker is also expanding manufacturing capacity in anticipation ...
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Retail May Be The Next Major Dividend Growth Sector (LTD, WFM, KR, GPS, TIF, KSS, WMT, TGT, ANF)

Posted: June 1, 2011 at 11:46 am

The retail sector has historically not the place for income and dividend investors seeking high payouts.  The reason is simple: razor-thin margins.  Add in the notion that many new retailers ...
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Automakers’ Bailout and Bankruptcies Shortchanged Accident Victims

Posted: June 1, 2011 at 11:18 am

by Marian Wang. ProPublica, May 27, 2011, 11:33 a.m.May 26, 2011May 27, 2011 As part of their government-brokered bankruptcies, American auto giants Chrysler and General Motors were released of some ...
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China’s Mobile Phone Operators in Trouble (CHL, CHU, CHA, T, S, DTEGY, VZ, VOD)

Posted: June 1, 2011 at 10:50 am

China's three largest mobile phone operators are all being investigated for corruption by the Chinese Communist Party's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. So far, at least three managers have been ...
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Daily Austerity Watch: Government Shutdowns Loom In Minnesota, Iowa

Posted: June 1, 2011 at 10:12 am

Americans may not be rioting the streets over austerity policies to the extent they are in Europe.  Smaller-scale skirmishes, however, are erupting in state capitols, and in the cases of ...
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Fortune Returns at Mosaic (MOS, POT, CF)

Posted: June 1, 2011 at 9:45 am

Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) keeps recovering from its 100 million share offering from Cargill.  The overhang is now behind it, and we are seeing that Wall Street analysts are continuing ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (JOSB, OREX, TVIT)

Posted: June 1, 2011 at 8:51 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Jos. A. Bank Clothiers (NASDAQ: JOSB), Orexigen Therapeutics (NASDAQ: ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (6/1/2011) ADP Jobs Collapse

Posted: June 1, 2011 at 8:50 am

Twitter  has, by most estimates, 175 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (6/1/2011) Windows Mobile, Jobs Unveils, Carlyle IPO

Posted: June 1, 2011 at 8:41 am

Updated throughout the day. SAC faces a government investigation on insider trading activity from the MedImmune takeover (WSJ) Steve Jobs will unveil Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iCloud service this month (Reuters) ...
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ADP Foreshadows Worse Jobs Creation & Higher Unemployment… All Over Again

Posted: June 1, 2011 at 8:28 am

The ADP report comes out on the first Wednesday of each month and sometimes is considered a barometer for each Friday's unemployment report from the Labor Department.  If May's reading ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (MO, AMZN, BLK, C, EBAY, GOOG, HANS, HDB, HNZ, HRC, NFLX, NOK, RAD, SLM, SYKE, TIF, WAG, YHOO)

Posted: June 1, 2011 at 8:03 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE: MO) Reiterated Buy and Raised target ...
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