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Monthly Archives: August 2011

The Nine States Slashing Unemployment Benefits

Posted: August 4, 2011 at 5:27 pm

Around 14 million people in the U.S. are jobless today. Yet, several states -- even some that are experiencing economic recoveries -- have begun to cut jobless benefits, according to ...
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How To Explain Negative Interest Rates (BK, STT)

Posted: August 4, 2011 at 5:14 pm

The floor for interest rates is ZERO.  Right?  Apparently not when extreme conditions arise.  Those extreme conditions came today as investors moved solidly into the safety of very short-dated ...
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Google, Apple Gain Shares of SmartPhone Market (GOOG, AAPL, RIMM, MSFT, NOK, SCOR, MMI, SSNLF)

Posted: August 4, 2011 at 4:01 pm

The Android operating system from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is the leading platform smartphone platform in among 78.5 million US smartphone owners. The iOS operating system that powers the iPhone ...
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The 10% Correction Has Arrived (DIA, SPY, QQQ)

Posted: August 4, 2011 at 3:11 pm

Updated for the 4PM closing bell....  Do you call it a crash or do you call it a bear market?  Technically this is correction territory now that the 10% pullback ...
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Defensive Stocks Bucking The Stock Market Weakness (PEP, CAG, CPB, MCD, MO, VGR, PG, CL, KMB, JNJ, AWK)

Posted: August 4, 2011 at 2:11 pm

When you see a ten-day sell-off and a capstone panic day with what is a 300-point sell-off in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the first reaction is that no one ...
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Margin Requirements Changing in Gold & Silver? (GLD, IAU, SGOL, SLV)

Posted: August 4, 2011 at 12:47 pm

The move up and the sudden move down in gold today has been almost impossible to ignore.  Gold was up more than $15.00 above $1,681.00 today, but now gold is ...
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Smartphone & Freemium Games Killing Console Competitors? (ATVI, ERTS, TTWO, NTDOY, SNE, MSFT, AAPL, GOOG)

Posted: August 4, 2011 at 11:45 am

Sales of video games fell by 10% in June according to market research firm NPD Group, from $1.15 billion in June 2010 to $1.03 billion. This past May was even ...
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Morgan Stanley CEO Buys Over $2 Million in Company Stock (MS)

Posted: August 4, 2011 at 11:36 am

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) has sold off enough!  That is what the company CEO is saying, and he's putting his money where is mouth is.  A Form-4 SEC filing this ...
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Natural Gas Players At-Risk As $4.00/tcf Gets Broken (UNG, XOM, CHK, ECA, DVN, EOG, STR, LNG, CQP, CLNE, WPRT)

Posted: August 4, 2011 at 11:16 am

If you believe that an energy policy in the United States can happen in the coming years, there is almost no way that natural gas can be ignored.  The massive ...
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Kraft Split: Changing A DJIA Component; Warren Buffett Analysis (KFT, BRK-A, BRK-B, PEP, COP, RAH, COP, MRO, MPC, AIG)

Posted: August 4, 2011 at 9:41 am

When Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) announced its deal to acquire Britain's Cadbury in May 2010, investor Warren Buffett proclaimed it a "dumb" deal and promptly cut his holdings in ...
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Lipitor OTC: What Next? (PFE, MRK, AZN, SNY, BMY, LLY, JNJ, AMGN)

Posted: August 4, 2011 at 9:26 am

Once patent protection expires on a prescription drug, the drug's maker can take a serious beating in revenue and profitability. One way to make up for the loss is to ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (DNDN, KFT, KSS, ZIP)

Posted: August 4, 2011 at 8:52 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Friday morning. We are tracking news and  moves in shares of Dendreon Corporation (NASDAQ: DNDN), Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT), Kohl's ...
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Jobless Claims Keep Weak Tone For Unemployment Data Hopes

Posted: August 4, 2011 at 8:38 am

Jobless Claims from the Labor Department are still too high.  The jobless claims figure was down 1,000 to 400,000 on the nose.  The prior week's preliminary 398,000 was revised to ...
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The Return of Big GM Earnings (GM, F)

Posted: August 4, 2011 at 8:26 am

General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) is back.  That is what the stream of headlines would indicate this morning after the company blew past earnings expectations with a big win.  The ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AGN, DVA, DNDN, ENTR, HES, MCD, STX, SKX, S, SWC, TWX, WFM)

Posted: August 4, 2011 at 8:13 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Allergan Inc. (NYSE: AGN) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray. ...
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