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Monthly Archives: August 2011

H-P Earnings Released Early; Fumbles Sideshow News & Guidance (HPQ, DELL, AAPL, IBM, GOOG)

Posted: August 18, 2011 at 3:21 pm

Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) was having what is considered to be a strange day by any stretch of the imagination.  The stock was higher on reports that it was going ...
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H-P Earnings Clouded By PC Spin-Off and Possible M&A Rumors (HPQ, SAP, DELL, AAPL, IBM, MSFT, INTC, RIMM, GOOG)

Posted: August 18, 2011 at 12:50 pm

Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) is due with earnings after the closing bell today.  The problem is that there was a Bloomberg report that said that HP is set to spin-off ...
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7 Stocks Avoiding The Crash, Defensive Works Too (APRI, DARA, EK, HOTT, RGLD, NEM, SINA, MCD, RAI, MO, KMB, AWK, AWR)

Posted: August 18, 2011 at 11:52 am

When you have a day of -500 DJIA points and when you have the panic back on, it is just assumed that every stock you have in your portfolio is ...
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The Worst Performing Stocks As The Market Tanks (C, IVR, JDSU, CIS, GENT, NTAP, APKT, RVBD, TYH, MGM, EMC, BAC, ORCL)

Posted: August 18, 2011 at 11:43 am

At about mid-day, the Dow is off nearly -4%, the Nasdaq is off nearly -4.5%, and the S&P 500 is down just over -4%. It's not a good day, ...
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Rising Gold Demand Is Not Just Speculators (GLD, GDX, GDXJ, TIF)

Posted: August 18, 2011 at 11:15 am

The World Gold Council has shown that demand from Asia remains high for gold.  High prices be damned!  This was reinforced in the second quarter where total global gold demand ...
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Solar Stocks Bloodied Again (JASO, TSL, SOL, FSLR, CSIQ, STP, TAN)

Posted: August 18, 2011 at 10:39 am

This morning's downgrade by Morgan Stanley of global growth prospects has started the market off on the wrong foot, sending equities down about -3% in the first half hour of ...
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When 10-Year Treasury Yield Is Under 2%…

Posted: August 18, 2011 at 10:24 am

So much for hope... Seeing a 400 point drop in the DJIA all over again is one thing, but get this: THE TEN-YEAR TREASURY YIELD JUST WENT BACK UNDER 2.00%.  ...
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Is a Replacement for Boeing’s 757 Coming — From Airbus? (BA, EADSY, LCC, UAL, DAL, LUV)

Posted: August 18, 2011 at 9:40 am

Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) stopped making its 757 aircraft in 2004. The single-aisle, narrow-body plane can carry up to 193 passengers on flights of up to 3,900 miles. There is ...
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Today’s Top Market Killers… Redux

Posted: August 18, 2011 at 9:36 am

The markets are heading south again and the flight back to gold is on.  So much for the recovery even if we are still well above the lows of last ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (8/18/2011) Jobless Claims, Consumer Prices

Posted: August 18, 2011 at 8:58 am

Yahoo! Finance: Jobless claims rise 9,000 last week http://t.co/DBRhnIM #economy Reuters: Consumer prices rise in July Reuters: Jobless claims rise 9,000 last week Zerohedge: More Jobless Stagflation: CPI +0.5% On ...
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Top Active Trader Alerts (CBOU, GENT, IVR, JASO, JDSU, NTAP, SINA, BCS, LYG, CS, ALU)

Posted: August 18, 2011 at 8:38 am

News (and more rumors) out of Europe and a Morgan Stanley downgrade of global growth are acting to attack the markets this morning.  Back on the rack... We have many ...
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Sears Pins Hopes on Kardashians (SHLD, TGT, WMT)

Posted: August 18, 2011 at 8:16 am

Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD) posted a 52-week low on the first trading day after the downgrade of US debt. That low point might not last too long given the ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BIIB, CSIQ, CBS, CTL, DE, EMC, FTE, HAIN, MRO, MCD, NOK, PLD, RHT, SBUX, TEVA)

Posted: August 18, 2011 at 8:07 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Biogen Idec Inc. (NASDAQ: BIIB) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer. ...
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Morgan Stanley Downgrades the World

Posted: August 18, 2011 at 6:36 am

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) has decided to officially acknowledge what most economists and educated people around the world already know. The global economy has begun to grind to a halt ...
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An Electric Cadillac No One Will Drive

Posted: August 18, 2011 at 6:34 am

General Motors (NYSE: GM) will build a Cadillac fueled by electricity. And it will be added to a long line of new electric-powered models that are unlikely to have many ...
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