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Monthly Archives: August 2011

Why Nobody Wants Cisco Before Earnings (CSCO, BRCD, JNPR, RVBD, ALU)

Posted: August 9, 2011 at 1:23 pm

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is due with earnings on Wednesday.  The stock has been punished severely with the broader market sell-off, but today the stock is not even participating ...
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Could Unspent Stimulus Money Be Mobilized to Fend Off a New Recession?

Posted: August 9, 2011 at 12:44 pm

by Michael Grabell, ProPublica, Aug. 9, 2011, 11:46 a.m. The nation's top economists are already giving odds on a double-dip recession [1]. The Federal Reserve has only a few bullets ...
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Is $80 Oil “The New $100″?… Looking for Par (XOM, CVX, COP, BP, VLO, TSO, WNR)

Posted: August 9, 2011 at 11:19 am

Yesterday's crashing market sent crude oil to its lowest close in eight months. WTI crude fell even further this morning, to below $76/barrel before turning around to rise above $82/barrel ...
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Stocks Not Participating in the Rally (MO, AOL, CVC, DTSI, ENOC, FOSL, GTY, LLNW, MGM, STXS)

Posted: August 9, 2011 at 10:40 am

Most investors love when the market bounces big after a huge sell-off.  The 600+ point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Monday actually came to almost 2,000 lost ...
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Ten Companies That Can Greatly Increase Buybacks to Stop Share Slide (CSCO, WMT, KSS, HD, LOW, GME, DELL, COP, GD, GE, PKW)

Posted: August 9, 2011 at 9:54 am

Although stock buybacks have never been among our most preferred methods of returning capital to investors, stock repurchase plans can indicate to investors that a company's management believes the ship ...
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Dick Bove’s “Buy” on Bank of America… Almost (BAC)

Posted: August 9, 2011 at 9:36 am

Dick Bove of Rochdale Securities spoke out this morning on CNBC saying that the "AAA" rating should not even apply to the U.S. when you include the $14.4 trillion that ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (ARMH, GE, JPM, LDK, NOK, PFE, WFC)

Posted: August 9, 2011 at 8:49 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning. We are tracking news and  moves in shares of ARM Holdings (NASDAQ: ARMH), General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), JP ...
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DJIA Stocks Down More Than 25% From Highs (AA, BA, BAC, CAT, CSCO, DIS, GE, HD, HPQ, JPM)

Posted: August 9, 2011 at 8:42 am

The market has brutalized many great companies and we are seeing the mayhem reach a cycle-peak in the VIX if the history of the market holds up after hitting 48.0 ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (8/9/2011) Wal-Mart In Brazil, QE3

Posted: August 9, 2011 at 8:37 am

Updated throughout the day. Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) is in talks to buy Carrefour Brazil (Reuters) Ben Bernanke may announced QE3 today (various) HSBC (NYSE: HBC) may sell its credit card ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BRK-A, KO, CCU, DD, EMC, EOG, GDI, AWAY, JBHT, KLAC, NTAP, PG, SBUX, HOT, TSRA, TXN, WTW, YUM)

Posted: August 9, 2011 at 7:57 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. AECOM Technology Corp. (NYSE: ACM) Reiterated Buy with $33 target ...
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7 Things That May Save The Stock Market

Posted: August 9, 2011 at 7:36 am

Stocks are trying to find signs of life.  Frankly, a gap-up like we are seeing in futures is not offering comfort due to our persistent fear of the "gap and ...
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Verizon and the Biggest Strikes in American History

Posted: August 9, 2011 at 6:33 am

About 45,000 Verizon (NYSE: VZ) workers have walked off the job after their contract expired and management and union failed to reach a deal. While 45,000 sounds impressive, it doesn’t ...
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What Can the Fed Buy to Stop Market and Economic Fear? Buy Bank Stocks

Posted: August 9, 2011 at 6:29 am

The consensus among economists is that the Federal Reserve has run out of options to save the troubled American economy and collapsed stock markets. That may not be true, depending ...
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China Inflation and German Exports Signal Global Slowdown

Posted: August 9, 2011 at 6:26 am

Two events, a world apart, signaled that the global slowdown has begun in earnest, if it ever ended at all. The National Bureau of Statistics in China announced inflation of ...
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An Unexpected Blockbuster Resurrection

Posted: August 9, 2011 at 6:21 am

Blockbuster Inc. (BLOAQ.PK) is trading at price levels not seen since early spring, as traders responded enthusiastically to a published report that new owner, Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH), has ...
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