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Monthly Archives: August 2011

Bernanke Discovers That Gold IS A Currency (GLD, SGOL, IAU, GDX, GDXJ, NEM, HMY)

Posted: August 2, 2011 at 3:49 pm

The new gold rush is the same as the ultimate flight to quality... Rather than chasing dollars and getting great income of the United States bond market, gold continues to ...
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After the Debt Ceiling Passage: Fitch Remains Concerned Over U.S. AAA Rating

Posted: August 2, 2011 at 1:13 pm

You have now seen that the Senate followed the House in the vote to raise the debt ceiling.  The credit ratings agencies are still lingering out there over how to ...
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AgFeed Joins More China Woes (FEED)

Posted: August 2, 2011 at 11:56 am

More woes are coming out of China regarding Chinese companies... AgFeed Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: FEED), an animal nutrition and commercial hog producer in China, has given a preliminary report on ...
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Frontier Dividend At Risk

Posted: August 2, 2011 at 11:51 am

Frontier Communications (FTR) remains committed to an annual dividend yield of 10 percent, despite a 12-month trailing payout ratio that has exceeded earnings by almost 340 percent. Notwithstanding continued management ...
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MetroPCS Dials the Wrong Number, All Cellular Carriers Beware (PCS, LEAP, VZ, T, AAPL, S, AMX)

Posted: August 2, 2011 at 11:40 am

Pre-paid wireless provider MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (NYSE: PCS) reported earnings and revenues this morning that did not live up to expectations, pushing the shares down -28% in the first half-hour ...
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What Recession? More Strength in Retail Sales Expected (WAG, LTD, TJX, ROST, GPS, LULU, PSMT, BODY, BKE, CHS, TIF)

Posted: August 2, 2011 at 11:29 am

This week marks the release of the waves of same-store sales for the month of July and at least one research outfit is calling for strength to remain high enough ...
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A Winning Chip Stock (INTC, NVDA, TXN, QCOM, AMD, BRCM)

Posted: August 2, 2011 at 10:09 am

With the exception of Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), chip makers' stocks have gotten taken something of a beating since the beginning of the year. Over the past 12 months, though, ...
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Pharma Earnings Winner: Pfizer Versus Merck (MRK, PFE, LLY)

Posted: August 2, 2011 at 10:01 am

Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE: MRK) released second-quarter results last Friday and Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) reported this morning.  The results of both drug behemoths are largely in line with ...
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Chinese Government Gives Solar a Boost (JASO, JKS, LDK, TSL, STP, YGE, TAN)

Posted: August 2, 2011 at 9:06 am

The government of China has just authorized what amounts to a feed-in tariff on the country's grid operators, who will have to pay $0.16- $0.18/kWh to solar PV developers which ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (8/2/2011) Second Half Revisions,Personal Income

Posted: August 2, 2011 at 8:58 am

Zerohedge: Moody's Zandi downgrades 2H GDP Forecast for U.S. “at best 3%” -- down from 3.5% MSNBC: After debt deal, economy in deeper peril http://on.msnbc.com/nYrOIt WSJ: Breaking: U.S. personal spending ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (ALU, NOK, SIRI)

Posted: August 2, 2011 at 8:51 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning. We are tracking news and  moves in shares of Alcatel-Lucent (NASDAQ: ALU), Nokia Corporation (NASDAQ: NOK), and Sirius XM ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (8/2/2011) China Rare Earth, Twitter $8 Billion

Posted: August 2, 2011 at 8:46 am

Updated throughout the day. China may tighten exports of rare earths (WSJ) A new round of financing values Twitter at $8.4 billion (WSJ) Douglas A. McIntyre ...
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SIRIUS Gaining on Guidance, Doubting ‘The Quadruple Call’ (SIRI)

Posted: August 2, 2011 at 8:35 am

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is surging this morning on what many might consider a mixed earnings report.  The solid part of the report was a new record of ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (NLY, CSH, DDS, HBC, IPG, LVS, WFR, MRH, PRSP, SI, SOHU, TEVA, TA, VOD, WMT)

Posted: August 2, 2011 at 8:15 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. Annaly Capital Management (NYSE: NLY) Reiterated Outperform but Raised estimates ...
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EU Youth Unemployment Tops 20%

Posted: August 2, 2011 at 6:27 am

The economy in the EU region will not get better for years because it can't. Eurostat reports that unemployment in June among people under 25 was 20.3% in the euro-area. ...
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