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Monthly Archives: August 2011

Can Insider Buying Save Solar & Alt-Energy? (FSLR, WFR, LDK, JASO, ADM, AMSC, WPRT, GTAT)

Posted: August 25, 2011 at 11:01 am

While corporate insiders sell shares for all sorts of reasons, there is usually just one reason for insiders to buy: they think the stock price will rise. That belief typically ...
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Germany Downgrade Rumor, False, Still Spooks (EWG, SI, DB, SAP, GF)

Posted: August 25, 2011 at 10:55 am

Germany is supposed to be immune to losing its "AAA" rating.  When we covered "The Nations Which Could Lose Their AAA Ratings" there was no mention of Germany.  That was ...
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What There May Be No Buyers Of HP PC Business–It’s A Dying Sector

Posted: August 25, 2011 at 10:45 am

The first problem Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) faces as it tries to sell its PC business is what an acquirer would have to pay. The second is that the PC industry ...
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Meet AMD’s New CEO (AMD, INTC, ARMH, IBM, DELL, HPQ)

Posted: August 25, 2011 at 10:26 am

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) is in a constant state of challenge.  Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) is just too formidable of competitor.  AMD has been without a CEO since ...
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Buffett Rides to BofA’s Rescue With $5 Billion (BAC, BRK-A, GE, GS, WFC)

Posted: August 25, 2011 at 9:29 am

Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) has just scored its saving grace.  Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) is investing $5 billion in 6% preferred shares and warrants.  What makes this ...
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Comex Raises Margin on Gold Again (CME, GLD, IAU, GDX, GDXJ)

Posted: August 25, 2011 at 9:08 am

Just two weeks after raising margin requirements on its 100-ounce gold contract, CME Group Inc. (NYSE: CME) has bumped the requirement again by 27%. It now costs a non-commercial (speculative) ...
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Today’s Top Market Rumors (8/25/11) RIM & Android, Sprint iPhone, NYSE Merger (RIMM, GOOG, MSFT, S, AAPL, ERF, BA, DAL, BAC, JPM, NYX, GLD)

Posted: August 25, 2011 at 8:58 am

Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) can use all the help it can get, and there is a rumor that the new Blackberry smartphones will run Android apps from Google ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (AAPL, CBT, TIVO)

Posted: August 25, 2011 at 8:49 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Thursday morning. We are tracking news and  moves in shares of Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT), TiVo, Inc. ...
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Weekly Jobless Claims Heading Eerily North of 400,000 (VZ)

Posted: August 25, 2011 at 8:39 am

Weekly jobless claims from the Labor Department are heading the wrong way again.  The hopes have been growing that these would go back under 400,000.  Not so... The weekly jobless ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AEO, AAPL, ARBA, BHP, CASY, CHU, FFIV, GOL, HPQ, KMT, ODFL, SAP, GAME, SILC, SPRD, SNCR)

Posted: August 25, 2011 at 8:25 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE: AEO) Raised to Neutral from ...
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Citigroup Downgrades Global GDP Growth for 2011 & 2012

Posted: August 25, 2011 at 8:02 am

Citigroup is downgrading the global growth targets for 2011 and 2012.  The economic team there now sees the global growth  Citigroup cut its 2011 global GDP growth forecast to 3.1% ...
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The Day Apple Stood Still: Steve Jobs Leaves Apple (AAPL, DIS)

Posted: August 25, 2011 at 7:44 am

The day that many feared for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has arrived.  Steve Jobs is formally leaving Apple as CEO.  He has requested to still serve as Chairman of the ...
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More Housing Trouble as Banks Seek to Sell Foreclosed Inventory

Posted: August 25, 2011 at 6:27 am

Any home sale is a good one in the current market, but banks’ sales of foreclosed properties bring down prices. These sales are still a major part of the market. ...
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Short Selling Gambles Increase as Markets Gyrate

Posted: August 25, 2011 at 6:21 am

Short sellers appear to believe that the gyrations in the market will, on balance, bring the indices down. And some stocks, they are willing to gamble, will fall significantly. Their ...
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New CBO Estimates and the Death of Deficit Reduction

Posted: August 25, 2011 at 6:18 am

The Congressional Budget Office released new data that cover its forecasts for the economy in the short term and also for the next decade. The report is voluminous, but its ...
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