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Monthly Archives: August 2011

Picking Apart the Dendreon Implosion (DNDN)

Posted: August 4, 2011 at 7:59 am

Dendreon Corporation (NASDAQ: DNDN) was supposed to be the Holy Grail when it comes to investing in a treatment for prostate cancer.  The limited life-extension versus a high cost for ...
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June Unemployment By City: The Damage Worsens

Posted: August 4, 2011 at 6:35 am

Newspaper headlines focus on the national unemployment rate. But the effects of joblessness are often very local as towns and cities lose tax revenue and have to care for those ...
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Costco Wholesale: Consumers Get Cheap

Posted: August 4, 2011 at 6:31 am

Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) is the first retailer to report results each month. Its July numbers were particularly strong. Sales for the four weeks of July were higher by 10%. ...
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Budweiser: New Cans, Same Results

Posted: August 4, 2011 at 6:29 am

Budweiser released a new can. It has been using the old design for ten years. Beer cans don't sell beer. "Shipments of Budweiser to wholesalers, a measure of sales volume, ...
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Too Late For The Fed To Prevent Recession

Posted: August 4, 2011 at 6:24 am

Markets rose yesterday, to some extent on a belief that the Federal Reserve would try to boost the economy through a third round of quantitative easing. This has become known ...
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Media Digest (8/4/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: August 4, 2011 at 6:21 am

Hitachi and Mitsubishi may merge (Reuters) Japan intervened in the yen (Reuters) Spain will offer bonds and the European Central Bank meets to examine option to help the country's debt ...
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The Last AAA Countries (And Those At Risk)

Posted: August 4, 2011 at 4:36 am

The markets have been roiled recently by the debt ceiling debate, the potential debt downgrade of the U.S., and the likely new recession that will come from the austerity measures. ...
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Debt-Ceiling Crisis Abated … for Now

Posted: August 3, 2011 at 8:04 pm

When the debt-ceiling crisis of 2011 finally became history, most Americans were extremely relieved to know that the United States would not have to default on its obligations. The armed ...
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Top After-Hours Earnings & News Stocks on the Move (ATVI, ANDE, CLWR, SCOR, ENTR, SOLR, LEAP, MELI, WFR, SWI, WLT, WWWW, WILN, ZIP, ZUMZ)

Posted: August 3, 2011 at 5:27 pm

We are seeing a floodgate of after-hours movers since the 4:00 PM EST closing bell today.  Almost all are on earnings and this is setting up a huge round of ...
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Planting a Seed in the Weak Equities Markets (CF, POT, MOS, MON, SYT, AGU, DBA, MOO)

Posted: August 3, 2011 at 1:25 pm

While the debate over raising the US debt ceiling grabbed all the headlines for the past week or so, US equity markets have been facing other headwinds that haven't lightened ...
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Earnings Previews: Solar’s Cloudy Days (WFR, FSLR, YGE, TSL, SPWRA, TAN)

Posted: August 3, 2011 at 11:50 am

The solar sector is getting off to a bad start for earnings season as the economy softens and as the market keeps hurting investors.   We have two key solar issues ...
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Leveraged ETFs Trumpet The Next Recession (TBT, UPRO, FAS, GLD, SLV)

Posted: August 3, 2011 at 11:20 am

The media keeps pointing to a double-dip recession.  It is such a commonly used term that no one even cares that this is technically just the starting point of the ...
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Vonage Is A Win, But Competition & Metrics Remain Key Issues (VG, MSFT, CALL, EGHT)

Posted: August 3, 2011 at 10:55 am

Vonage Holdings Corporation (NYSE: VG) is now a consistently profitable company.  Concerns remain, but the focus so far seems to be more on the positive side of the equation.  The ...
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A Lukewarm Beginning at Dunkin’ Donuts (DNKN, SBUX, MCD, YUM, PBJ)

Posted: August 3, 2011 at 10:46 am

It looked like Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: DNKN) was off to a great start following its IPO last week. Shares soared 50% from the offering price as investors piled ...
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New Phones Aim to Breathe Some Life into RIM (RIMM, AAPL, GOOG, MSFT, NOK)

Posted: August 3, 2011 at 10:45 am

Smartphone maker Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) has released five new phones this morning, including one, gasp, that does not have a keyboard. While shares are getting a bounce ...
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