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Monthly Archives: August 2011

Top Earnings Previews For This Week (BKS, JRJC, DG, DRYS, TFM, ZLC, CIEN, FNSR, HRB, JOSB, CPB, TEA)

Posted: August 29, 2011 at 4:27 pm

We have many earnings still dribbling out this week.  While none may move the whole market, some may move their underlying sectors.  We have tracked earnings estimates, added in price ...
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An Oil & Gas IPO To Watch: Dynamic Offshore Resources (DOR)

Posted: August 29, 2011 at 3:21 pm

Dynamic Offshore Resources Inc. is going to be an interesting IPO to watch.  The company is a private oil and gas company that has received financial backing from Carlyle Group ...
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Unlocking Value in IDT (IDT, GNE)

Posted: August 29, 2011 at 2:40 pm

Many investors may not know what IDT Corporation (NYSE: IDT) unless they have been around for years and years.  The company has three units: Telecom Platform Services, Consumer Phone ...
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More Than Promising Results for New Heart Drug (BMY, PFE, JNJ, BAYRY, DSKYY, PPH)

Posted: August 29, 2011 at 12:39 pm

A new heart drug aimed a reducing the risk of strokes has outperformed the current drug of choice, warfarin, in a study that shows it lowers risk from a type ...
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Drop in Pending Homes Sales Still Matters

Posted: August 29, 2011 at 10:35 am

The National Association of Realtors is out with yet one more dangerous piece of news for the housing sector, news which leaves many wondering if housing will ever return.  Pending ...
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BofA’s China Stake Sale Is Better For Holders Than Buffett (BAC, BRK-A, BRK-B, JPM, WFC, XLF, FAS)

Posted: August 29, 2011 at 10:20 am

Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) raised $5 billion in cash from Warren Buffett last week, and the bank announced this morning that more cash is on the way from ...
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Counter-Intuitive: Insurance Stocks Rising After Hurricane (ALL, TRV, CB, HIG, BRK-B, RE, PRE, CRD-B)

Posted: August 29, 2011 at 9:56 am

Any time a hurricane hits, it can cause billions of dollars in damage to homes, cars, businesses, and other properties.  The estimates for Hurricane Irene were growing higher and higher ...
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US Solar Industry Posts Trade Surplus (WFR, AMAT, GTAT, FSLR, SPWRA, LDK)

Posted: August 29, 2011 at 9:45 am

The US solar industry needs some good news. Rising capacity, falling margins, and weakening economic conditions in developed countries have taken a heavy toll on US makers' share prices since ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (8/29/2011) Greek Banks To Merge, Saab Bankrupt

Posted: August 29, 2011 at 8:36 am

FT: China moves to curb off-balance sheet lending http://on.ft.com/qg3OWt #FinancialTimes NYT: Greek Lenders Alpha Bank and Eurobank to Merge WSJ: Greek Banks to Merge WSJ: Union: Saab May Go Bankrupt ...
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How A Greek Bank Merger Is Helping The Stock Market (NBG)

Posted: August 29, 2011 at 8:35 am

Americans often think that if a foreign stock does not have an ADR here in America that the company doesn't matter as much.  Sometimes that is true, but not this ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMZN, ADSK, ASTE, BIDU, BLK, CIM, MRGE, PBY, RHI, RY, SKS, UTI, Z)

Posted: August 29, 2011 at 8:20 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Maintained Buy with $255 target at ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (8/29/2011) AT&T Mobile Payment Systems

Posted: August 29, 2011 at 8:18 am

Updated throughout the day. Tumblr will raise money at a $800 million valuation (WSJ) China will curtail off balance sheet lending by its banks (FT) AT&T (NYSE: T) and T-Mobile ...
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Lawyers, Smartphones, and Money (AAPL, GOOG, NOK, SSNLF, HTCKF, MMI)

Posted: August 29, 2011 at 8:12 am

During the Cold War, the US and the Soviet Union built enormous stockpiles of nuclear weapons that could have wiped out each other -- along with everyone -- else on ...
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American View of Govenment Reaches All-Time Low

Posted: August 29, 2011 at 6:37 am

No one would be shocked by research that shows Americans view the federal government negatively. What might be unexpected is just how much they do. The percentage of people who ...
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Social Network Use Lags Among Wealthy and Educated

Posted: August 29, 2011 at 6:32 am

The Pew Internet & American Life Project released new research that shows “Fully 65% of adult internet users now say they use a social networking site like MySpace, Facebook or ...
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