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Monthly Archives: June 2011

Commodities Watch: Corn-Wheat Imbalance Continues (DBA, MOO)

Posted: June 28, 2011 at 2:07 pm

For the past couple of weeks the price of corn has risen above the price of wheat, a market condition that has occurred just twice before in the last 27 ...
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Trinseo Files for IPO, Plastics & Polymers (TSE, DOW)

Posted: June 28, 2011 at 11:25 am

Trinseo S.A. has filed its foreign registration paperwork with the SEC for an initial public offering of it shares. Trinseo is public limited liability company under the laws of Luxembourg.   ...
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Alt-Energy Watch: The Real Corporate Renewable Energy Leaders (INTC, KSS, WFM, BK, STT, C, JPM)

Posted: June 28, 2011 at 10:58 am

Do voluntary markets for renewable energy work? Government-mandated energy portfolios sort of work although the energy costs more and utilities -- and consumers -- often wail at having to buy ...
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Silly Moves… The Knot’s Name, Exchange, and Ticker Change (KNOT, XOXO)

Posted: June 28, 2011 at 10:42 am

Companies sometimes make moves that spook investors, even if the intent is to signal something else entirely.  Today marked the change where The Knot Inc. (NASDAQ: KNOT) changed to XO ...
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Case-Shiller Shows Some Real Estate Markets Still Bleed

Posted: June 28, 2011 at 10:41 am

Homeowners continue to see the value of their houses drop. The problem is much worse in some markets than others. S&P Case-Shiller released its data for April. The 10- and ...
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Water Investing Long-Term Stock Picks Out to 2012 & Beyond (GE, MMM, AWK, WTS, INSU, TTEK, CCC, VE, SBS, DGW, PHO, PIO, ERII, CGW, FIW, CFWAX)

Posted: June 28, 2011 at 9:05 am

Water may be the source of life, but it is also perhaps one of the most misunderstood and most “under-invested” themes for those investors who want income and growth year ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (ICGN, SIGA, WPRT)

Posted: June 28, 2011 at 8:55 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Icagen, Inc. (NASDAQ: ICGN), SIGA Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIGA), ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ASH, AVNR, CASC, DEO, IGT, IART, LNKD, MCK, MMI, OVTI, SUN, WDC)

Posted: June 28, 2011 at 8:33 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. Ashland Inc. (NYSE: ASH) Reiterated Buy with $79 target at ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (6/28/2011) Microsoft Office Cloud

Posted: June 28, 2011 at 8:18 am

Updated throughout the day. Germany's big banks will  meet to discuss Greek debt (Bloomberg) Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will release a cloud-based version of Office (Bloomberg) Douglas A. McIntyre ...
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A Fresh IPO Take: The New Pre-IPO Fund From Keating (KIPO, SZYM, NPTN, GSVC, LNKD, TINY)

Posted: June 28, 2011 at 7:31 am

Whether or not initial public offerings are performing properly in the after-market is one thing, but the game that investors are trying to win now is in securing pre-IPO shares ...
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Why The Dow Will Plunge To 7,000

Posted: June 28, 2011 at 6:54 am

One theory of economics says that any market can return to a point where it has been in the past. The Great Recession was, by some measures as bad as ...
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A 30-Year IOU For Greece

Posted: June 28, 2011 at 6:35 am

The Financial Times reports that large European banks may extend the repayment terms on Greek debt to a period as long as 30 years. That will not be called a ...
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Mobile Phone Payments–The New Cash Register

Posted: June 28, 2011 at 6:31 am

Barely a week goes by without the release of research about all the new things that smartphones do now or will do in the future. The future profits of smartphones ...
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Pew: E-Reader Use Tops Tablet PC

Posted: June 28, 2011 at 6:27 am

Pew's internet research arm says that e-reader adoption has outpaced tablet PCs. The share of adults who  own e-readers in now 12%, up from 6% last November. Only 8% of ...
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Nike Earnings And The Athletic Shoe Economy

Posted: June 28, 2011 at 6:21 am

Wages worldwide have stagnated and consumer spending has been pressured by rising commodities prices. People may not be able to afford to buy cars and houses. It turns out, however, ...
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