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Monthly Archives: July 2011

Alt Energy Watch: Senators Reach Deal on Ethanol Subsidies (ADM, VLO, PEIX, GPRE, CZZ, RDS-A)

Posted: July 8, 2011 at 10:58 am

The writing has been on the wall for about three weeks: the $0.45/gallon ethanol subsidy and the $0.54/gallon tariff on imports are politically dead. Another nail got hammered into the ...
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Funds Watch: Are There Opportunities in Retail ETFs? (XRT, VCR, FXD, RPV, M)

Posted: July 8, 2011 at 9:13 am

Yesterday's retail sales reports lit a fire under some of the retail stocks and a few ETFs that focus on the consumer discretionary sector.  We looked at three ETFs in ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (AMLN, ASML, IXIA)

Posted: July 8, 2011 at 8:53 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Friday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of AmyLin Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: AMLN), ASML Holding N.V. (ASML), and Ixia ...
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Smart Grid IPO: Silver Spring Networks Files To Come Public (SSNI)

Posted: July 8, 2011 at 8:46 am

Silver Spring Networks, Inc. has filed the paperwork for an initial public offering with the SEC.  The company intends to raise up to a maximum of $150 million through issuance ...
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Unemployment & Payrolls Going The Wrong Way, Very Wrong Way!

Posted: July 8, 2011 at 8:41 am

The most recent job creation data from ADP was a total head-fake.  The Labor Department has just released its June unemployment and jobs data, and it is dismal.  The June ...
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Chesapeake Files to Spin Out Royalty Trust (CHK)

Posted: July 8, 2011 at 8:30 am

Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) has filed a preliminary S-3 with the US SEC for the IPO of a company to be called Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust.  According to the ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AAPL, ACP, STD, EL, GERN, GOOG, HCBK, IART, RIMM, SMP, TJX, TSCO, V, WNR)

Posted: July 8, 2011 at 8:27 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Reiterated Buy and raised target to ...
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Finding Value in the Economically Sensitive Metals Sector (AA, ACI, CENX, NUE, STLD, WOR)

Posted: July 8, 2011 at 8:16 am

24/7 Wall St. has been conducting a search for value stocks for investors.  Our review today is around the base metals and industrial metals segment, a very cyclical segment compared ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (7/8/2011) New Greek Debt Deal? Carlyle M&A

Posted: July 8, 2011 at 7:29 am

Updated throughout the day. Discussions to aid Greece with it debt load have widened to include options not considered before (WSJ) Carlyle may buy Energy Capital Partners which specializes in ...
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ReachLocal Raising Capital For Company & Holders (RLOC)

Posted: July 8, 2011 at 7:11 am

ReachLocal, Inc. (NASDAQ: RLOC) is raising a small amount of capital in a possible secondary offering, but the bulk of the shares registered are from selling shareholders.  The filing is ...
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Apple’s 14.9 Billion Unused App Downloads

Posted: July 8, 2011 at 6:37 am

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) said it has reached the milestone of 15 billion app downloads from its App Store. The store now has a total of 425,000 applications for iPhones and ...
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Oil Sneaks Back To $100

Posted: July 8, 2011 at 6:28 am

August oil futures quoted on NYMEX moved just shy of $100 this week. That number was $90 in late June. No amount of crude released from strategic oil reserves or ...
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Twitter Worth $8 Billion–Why Not?

Posted: July 8, 2011 at 6:25 am

In the shadow of Groupon's IPO plans, the pubic offering of LinkedIn, and estimated valuations for Facebook that go as high as $100 billion, Twitter raised $400 million under terms ...
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Media Digest (7/8/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: July 8, 2011 at 6:23 am

JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) may become the largest lender in the U.S. soon (Reuters) Jobs numbers may show that the economy has finally turned the corner (Reuters) Fitch downgraded Minnesota ...
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The Seven States Where White Collar Jobs Are Disappearing

Posted: July 8, 2011 at 6:06 am

The recession has driven home the fact that not all jobs are created equal. Blue-collar and minimum wage jobs, such as construction and retail, have been hit hard. Young people ...
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