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Monthly Archives: August 2011

First Solar, The Ultimate Sector Solar Drag Rather Than Savior (FSLR, WFR, SOLR, JASO, JKS, LDK, TSL, STP, YGE, SPWRA, TOT, ESLR, ENER, ASTI, TAN)

Posted: August 5, 2011 at 10:40 am

Three major solar PV companies reported earnings after markets closed yesterday, and the final score does not look promising for the solar PV makers. First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) and ...
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How Gap-Up Opens After Big Sell-Offs Hose Investors (DIA)

Posted: August 5, 2011 at 10:35 am

When you get a 500 point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSE: DIA) and a drop of more than 100 points in the NASDAQ after about two straight ...
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Discovery Data & Confusion in Rare Earths (REE, MCP, AVL, REMX)

Posted: August 5, 2011 at 9:53 am

Rare Element Resources Ltd. (AMEX: REE) is leading the rare earth sector higher today after disclosing last night about its progress in North American rare earth element deposits.  The numbers ...
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High Unemployment Could Provide a Lift for Some Stocks (V, MA, DFS, AXP, MCD, YUM, WEN, COST, DG, WMT)

Posted: August 5, 2011 at 9:23 am

Many economists don't believe that the US debt ceiling is the biggest problem the country faces. In their view the most compelling issue is unemployment, currently at 9.1% and, given ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (ALU, BRCD, DST)

Posted: August 5, 2011 at 8:51 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Friday morning. We are tracking news and  moves in shares of Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU), Brocade Communications Systems (NASDAQ: BRCD), and DST ...
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Payrolls & Unemployment Holding Up Far Better Than Market Expectations

Posted: August 5, 2011 at 8:40 am

The Department of Labor has released the jobs data for the month of July and the number was far better than expected (if the data is real).  If you have ...
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Brocade Joins Peers in Slower Sales (BRCD, DELL, JNPR, RVBD, CSCO)

Posted: August 5, 2011 at 8:23 am

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRCD) has already been seeing severe weakness with the market downturn.  In part it was because Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) appears to be no real acquirer ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ANDE, AINV, AMAT, BAC, BYD, CSTR, EXH, FSLR, HMA, KLAC, LNKD, MU, POT, HK, RCL, SNDK, CRM, SYMC, VMW)

Posted: August 5, 2011 at 8:01 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. The Andersons, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANDE) Maintained Buy as Value at ...
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Ten Reasons To Panic About The Market

Posted: August 5, 2011 at 6:39 am

The sell-off, which has driven most stock markets around the world down by 10% in the last week, is likely to get worse. It is a sign that many believe ...
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Market Collapse Silver Lining: Gasoline Prices

Posted: August 5, 2011 at 6:35 am

Gasoline prices are likely to plunge. The same economic concerns that have prompted a massive sell-off in equities have also driven down the price of crude. It has retreated to ...
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The Reasons People Love LinkedIn Is Why It Doesn’t Work

Posted: August 5, 2011 at 6:32 am

More and more people have joined LinkedIn (NASDAQ: LNKD), the professional social network. These people either like to see powerful people on their friends lists, or they are looking for ...
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No Punishment For US Deficit Trouble

Posted: August 5, 2011 at 6:29 am

Just as the U.S. government is being criticized for a huge deficit and an inability to control its growth, the cost the Treasury spends to raise money has fallen sharply. ...
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Media Digest (8/5/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: August 5, 2011 at 6:25 am

Wall St. had its worst sell-off in two years (Reuters) Regulators have begun to tussle over interpretations of the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill (Reuters) LinkedIn (NYSE: LNK) posted strong earnings ...
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Asia Down Sharply, Europe Opens In Trouble

Posted: August 5, 2011 at 3:16 am

Near the close, the Nikkei is off 3.72%. The Hang Seng is down 5.56% At the open in Europe, the FTSE is down 2.95% and the Daxx is down 3.40% ...
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Key Stocks That Should Rise on News on Friday (CF, FLR, KOG, LNKD, PCLN, SPRD, WWWW)

Posted: August 4, 2011 at 6:32 pm

We won't bother telling you that Thursday was just a giant flush out in the market.  Still, some stocks rise regardless of the market.  We have identified several stocks which ...
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