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Monthly Archives: July 2011

Fund Watch: Unnecessary Heart Surgery, A Driver For Healthcare Funds? (FSPHX, PRHSX, VCHSX, JEHSX)

Posted: July 6, 2011 at 9:26 am

Healthcare funds are doing very well right now, but what if these funds are winning because of unnecessary procedures being rampant in the medical system?  Today's news carries reports of ...
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Sunoco Expands Coking Unit IPO (SUN, SXC)

Posted: July 6, 2011 at 9:12 am

Sunoco Inc. (NYSE: SUN) has announced a revised and expanded initial public offering for its SunCoke Energy Inc. business.  The company expects to issue 11.6 million shares of common stock ...
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S&P Removes Cloud Over BP (BP)

Posted: July 6, 2011 at 9:03 am

Whether or not you still trust the independent credit ratings agencies after the credit crisis up to you.  Credit ratings do still matter to many investors.  This morning we have ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (ASML, DRWI, HTCH)

Posted: July 6, 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 ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ: ASML), DragonWave, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRWI), ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (7/6/2011) AirAsia 300 Jets, Sony Irish Hack

Posted: July 6, 2011 at 8:34 am

Updated throughout the day. AirAsia will up its Airbus order to 300 planes (Reuters) Strauss-Kahn lawyers may meet with prosecutors to settle charges or dismiss them completely (NYPost) Sony (NYSE: ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMZN, BIDU, BHP, CVC, GOOG, HAL, INTU, NFLX, OPEN, QGEN, RVSN, SHLD, SZYM, TSO, WAC)

Posted: July 6, 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. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Started as Neutral at Collins Stewart. ...
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IPO Filing: TransUnion

Posted: July 6, 2011 at 7:13 am

TransUnion Corp. has filed for an initial public offering.  No terms have been set other than an offering of up to $325 million for filing purposes.  The credit analysis company ...
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China Delivers Yet One More Rate Hike

Posted: July 6, 2011 at 6:45 am

You have been reading all year that China has been hitting the brakes to curb inflation and to fight an overheating economy.  They are at it again.  Now the People's ...
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The Nine Foods The Government Is Paying For You To Eat

Posted: July 6, 2011 at 6:42 am

Over the past 15 years, the federal government paid nearly $150 billion in subsidies to U.S. farmers. It paid $77 billion to plant corn in the U.S. between 1995 and ...
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HTC’s Threat To RIM May Lessen

Posted: July 6, 2011 at 6:41 am

HTC, the Taiwan based smartphone company, posted extraordinary earnings for its fiscal second quarter. Earnings more than doubled to $608 million, exceeding most analysts forecasts. The firm said much of its ...
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A Silver Lining For Jobs?

Posted: July 6, 2011 at 6:35 am

Any good news about jobs is surprising news. The data about unemployment has been that bad. The economy is not supposed to add to non-farm payrolls much more than a ...
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Recession Continues For Small Business With No End In Sight

Posted: July 6, 2011 at 6:32 am

The NFIB, which acts as an advocate organization for small businesses, issued a report called "Small Business Credit In A Deep Recession." The group could have avoided this waste of ...
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9 Utilities Set To Raise Dividends (DUK, AWK, AWR, XEL, DTE, AEP, CEG, D, ETR, FE, NEE, PNW, PPL, PGN)

Posted: July 6, 2011 at 6:31 am

If you have seen one trend that has lasted in 2011 it is that companies are hiking their dividend payouts for their shareholders.  Many classic investment models are based almost ...
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Media Digest (7/6/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: July 6, 2011 at 6:19 am

Banks object to plans that would allow regulators to clawback pay if a bank becomes troubled and has to be liquidated (Reuters) Geithner has not told The White House he ...
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Alt-Energy Watch: Another Believer in Solar Consolidation (FSLR, STP, YGE, TSL, SPWRA, SHCAY)

Posted: July 5, 2011 at 4:25 pm

As part of last week's story on stock buybacks in the solar PV industry, we opined that a consolidation in the solar industry is looking to take shape.  Acquisitions and ...
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