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Monthly Archives: September 2011

Media Digest (9/15/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: September 15, 2011 at 5:58 am

UBS (NYSE: UBS) trader loses $2 billion in unapproved trades. (Reuters) The head of the World Bank says the global economy has entered a danger zone. (Reuters) General Motors (NYSE: ...
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America’s Poorest States

Posted: September 14, 2011 at 9:17 pm

The U.S. Census Bureau released two pieces of widely followed data yesterday -- one on poverty and the other on median income for 2010. The most interesting findings in this ...
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Facebook IPO Delay… Zuckerberg Gambles Productivity Against Time

Posted: September 14, 2011 at 3:59 pm

Facebook had already said that it wanted to conduct its IPO in 2012 rather than 2011.  We still named it as being one of the Top 17 IPOs To Watch ...
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30-Year Auction: 12 of 30 DJIA Stocks Outyield Long Bond (T, CVX, DD, GE, INTC, JNJ, KFT, MRK, PFE, PG, TRV, VZ)

Posted: September 14, 2011 at 1:44 pm

The 30-Year Treasury auction, the so-called Long Bond, had a strong participation for what is technically a 29-year and 11-month bond.  The participation rate was strong enough that this still ...
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Yum! Dividend Hike Poses A New Challenge To McDonald’s (YUM, MCD, EAT)

Posted: September 14, 2011 at 12:20 pm

Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) has raised its dividend yet again.  Today's news of a 14% increase in the payout rate for the quarterly dividend comes to $0.285.  Based upon ...
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What Does it Mean When Floating Crude Oil Storage Tumbles?

Posted: September 14, 2011 at 11:59 am

Using very large crude carriers (VLCCs) as floating storage tanks is usually expensive and, therefore, only occasionally used. There are exceptions to that generalization, but no trader wants to pay ...
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Stabilizing DRAM Prices, Looking Beyond Chip-Maker Warnings (MU, FSL, WFR, ISSI, SNDK, CODE, TXN, SMH, XSD, USD, SOXL)

Posted: September 14, 2011 at 10:34 am

DRAM price trends were not exactly going that great for chip makers this summer.  It was brutal.  Now we are seeing some production cuts, so even if demand is slack ...
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Northern Trust Joining Trust Bank Layoffs? (NTRS, BK, STT)

Posted: September 14, 2011 at 9:46 am

Northern Trust Corporation (NASDAQ: NTRS) is supposed to be one of the premier trust bank operations that caters to the wealthy and to pension funds.  The current economy and low ...
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iPhone — Cool, But Outta School? (AAPL, GOOG, RIMM, HP, MSFT, T)

Posted: September 14, 2011 at 9:09 am

Smartphone adoption in the US market has reached 35% of US adult mobile phone users, and 42% of all mobile phone owners. In Europe's five leading markets (France, Germany, Italy, ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (DELL, ORCL, JAKK, JWN, YHOO)

Posted: September 14, 2011 at 8:55 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednsesday morning. We are tracking news and  moves in shares of Dell, Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL), Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL), JAKKS Pacific, ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (9/14/2011) Retail Sales Unchanged

Posted: September 14, 2011 at 8:53 am

MSNBC: Retail sales, wholesale inflation unchanged in August Bloomberg: ECB lends dollars to European banks | CNNMoney: Retail sales unchanged in August, the government says. Weakness in auto sales counters ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (9/14/2011) Yahoo! Board

Posted: September 14, 2011 at 8:48 am

Updated throughout the day Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) will have a board meeting to decide on strategical decisions for the firm's future (Reuters) The US Treasury would support a plan by ...
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Cult Stock Change: Molycorp, Rare Earths, and Now Wind Power? (MCP)

Posted: September 14, 2011 at 8:27 am

Molycorp, Inc. (NYSE: MCP) is one of the kings of the cult stocks as rare earths continue to remain a relevant issue for supply and demand in the years ahead.  ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALKS, AMP, BWA, CSCO, CLB, DD, GTIV, HIG, JASO, JPM, JWN, NSC, ORCL, PFE, STP, TSL, UAL)

Posted: September 14, 2011 at 8:12 am

These are some of this Wednesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Alkermes, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALKS) Removed from US 1 List ...
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Boston Scientific Gets New Boss, Eventually (BSX, JNJ, ABT)

Posted: September 14, 2011 at 8:01 am

Medical device maker Boston Scientific Corp. (NYSE: BSX) has named a new president who will take over on October 17th and who will then be elevated to CEO on November ...
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