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Monthly Archives: July 2011

Debt-Ceiling Debate: Anxiety Grows as Solution Remains Elusive

Posted: July 15, 2011 at 2:23 pm

Americans are watching an extreme and dangerous game of chicken played out among the most powerful of our elected officials. Who will blink first? Who will win? And what will ...
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Top DJIA Earnings Previews For The Coming Week, and Future-DJIA Components (IBM, BAC, KO, JNJ, AXP, INTC, UTX, T, MSFT, TRV, GE, MCD, VZ, AAPL, WFC, MO, HON)

Posted: July 15, 2011 at 2:01 pm

Next week will mark the true 'opening the floodgates' for earnings season.  We have given some brief earnings previews and added in color for the DJIA components set to report ...
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EU Bank Stress Tests, Dated & Lacking… 2012 Looming

Posted: July 15, 2011 at 12:57 pm

The European Banking Authority has published the results of its 2011 stress test of 90 banks in 21 countries in the Euro-area.  While the aim is "to assess the resilience ...
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Already? The Coming Electric Vehicle Battery Glut (AONE, HEV, SQM, NEM, GLD, MXWL, LIT)

Posted: July 15, 2011 at 12:09 pm

There's another case where supply of an alternative energy technology is very likely to overwhelm demand. There is plenty of evidence that such a situation is taking hold in the ...
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Consumer Sentiment Crushed–Q3 GDP At 1%?

Posted: July 15, 2011 at 10:46 am

The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey posted its lowest number since March 2009. Who says the recession is over? "The preliminary reading for the consumer sentiment index dropped ...
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Major Growth Trends Continue… Doubling ETF Assets By 2015 (BK, BX, STT, SIL, GDXJ, VOO, AMLP, ELD, REMX)

Posted: July 15, 2011 at 10:23 am

At the end of 2010, US ETFs held assets of $1.005 trillion. By the end of 2015 that number will more than double to $2.091 trillion. That's a compound annual ...
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Top Apple Analyst Trims Shipment Expectations Ahead of Earnings (AAPL)

Posted: July 15, 2011 at 10:03 am

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is 'all systems go' again if its share price of late is any real indicator.  All of the chart weakness is behind the company and with ...
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Irish Banks Passing Stress Tests: Groundhog Day Meets Spanish Inquisition (IRE, AIB)

Posted: July 15, 2011 at 9:29 am

You just have to love the new round of stress tests in the European Union being conducted on banks.  Maybe this headline of "Groundhog Day Meets Spanish Inquisition" seems full ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (7/15/2011) Citi Earnings, Consumer Prices

Posted: July 15, 2011 at 9:14 am

Twitter  has, by most estimates, 225 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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Consumer Price: Inflation Dies, A Little

Posted: July 15, 2011 at 8:58 am

The prices of oil, gasoline, and petroleum by-products have fallen in the last 60 days, and the prices of commodities passed through to food companies and clothing retailers have risen. ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (GOOG, LOGI, SGEN)

Posted: July 15, 2011 at 8:56 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Friday morning. We are tracking news and  moves in shares of Google, Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), Logitech International, Inc. (NASDAQ: LOGI), ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (7/15/2011) TSMC And Apple

Posted: July 15, 2011 at 8:43 am

Updated throughout the day. TSMC will make some of the chips for the new Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad (Reuters) Douglas A. McIntyre ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AEG, AA, AGU, RDEA, CTL, CERN, COP, CNX, DMND, FCX, GOOG, IBN, JPM, NEM, BTU, SWC, STM, RIG, VICL)

Posted: July 15, 2011 at 8:33 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. AEGON N.V. (NYSE: AEG) maintained "Buy" but removed from Conviction ...
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Citigroup Earnings Set Stage For Higher Return of Capital (C, JPM, BAC)

Posted: July 15, 2011 at 8:24 am

Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) has just started the earnings season for the banks "for the rest of America" today.  Vikram Pandit just turned in earnings at $1.09 EPS (up from ...
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M&A Twist: BHP Snags Petrohawk for $12.1 Billion (BHP, HK, CHK, XOM, POT, FCG)

Posted: July 15, 2011 at 7:47 am

The largest mining company in the world just got a little bigger. Australia's BHP Billiton Ltd. (NYSE: BHP) has agreed to acquire Petrohawk Energy Corp. (NYSE: HK) for $12.1 billion, ...
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