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Monthly Archives: September 2011

Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (BBY, MU, SODA)

Posted: September 13, 2011 at 8:57 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning. We are tracking news and  moves in shares of Best Buy Co., Inc. (NASDAQ: BBY), Micron Techonologies (NASDAQ: ...
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Beyond an Apple Dividend… A Stock Buyback? (AAPL, MSFT, CSCO)

Posted: September 13, 2011 at 8:34 am

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been one of our dividend offenders for quite some time, but it is hard to argue that the company's equity-investor strategy has been wrong.  After ...
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Nissan Taking Electric Car to China (TM, F, GM, NSANY, BYDDF)

Posted: September 13, 2011 at 8:25 am

Last week carmaker Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) said that it had no plans to introduce an all-electric car into the Chinese market. Unlike both Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (MTGE, AMAT, BX, BRCM, DOW, DD, FITB, GNW, GS, HUN, JPM, LYB, M, MCD, SPWRA, TWI, VRSN)

Posted: September 13, 2011 at 8:12 am

These are some of this Tuesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. American Capital Mortgage Investment Corp. (NASDAQ: MTGE) Started as ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (9/13/2011) China May Buy Italy’s Bonds, Google Offers Struggles

Posted: September 13, 2011 at 6:20 am

Updated throughout the day. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Offers has little success against Groupon and LivingSocial. (Reuters) Angela Merkel may let Greece default rather than risk being thrown out of office. ...
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Facebook Murders All Internet Properties in Time Online

Posted: September 13, 2011 at 6:19 am

The Nielsen report on social media use is not a day old, and the press has covered it extensively. But, there is still some analysis worth mentioning. It is too ...
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The New York Times in Trouble — Again

Posted: September 13, 2011 at 6:18 am

The stock price of the New York Times (NYSE: NYT) has dropped to a two-year low, a sign that investors no longer consider a newspaper industry turnaround -- particularly at ...
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Bank of America’s Next CEO

Posted: September 13, 2011 at 6:15 am

Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) will need a new CEO soon, if the market’s reaction to the current plans of chief executive Brian Moynihan remains poor. Moynihan has said he ...
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Media Digest (9/13/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, Bloomberg

Posted: September 13, 2011 at 6:11 am

John Chambers of Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) to preside over the company’s analyst meeting, perhaps for the last time. (Reuters) Merkel says the euro has no orderly method for a default. ...
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What The Double Dip Recession Will Look Like In 2011

Posted: September 13, 2011 at 4:25 am

A Gallup poll taken last month showed that confidence in the economy has fallen to its lowest level since March 2009, which was near the low point of The Great ...
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Call of the Day: Why Valuation Matters At Oracle (ORCL)

Posted: September 12, 2011 at 5:02 pm

This morning was looking rough for equities, but it wasn't that way for Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL).  It was when investors heard that Goldman Sachs had added the stock to ...
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Study: High Frequency Trading Screws Everyone (NYX, NDAQ)

Posted: September 12, 2011 at 3:08 pm

It looks look your fears that high frequency trading (HFT) screwing up the markets are correct.  We have often wondered how this benefits anyone other than the HFTs and the ...
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OPEC Hints at Production Cuts

Posted: September 12, 2011 at 12:40 pm

Worries over the global economy have been keeping a lid on oil prices, which have dropped back to levels last seen at the beginning of the year. WTI crude is ...
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Interview: Rydex|SGI Value Manager Shares Market Views & Picks (SEVAX, THG, SD, GPOR, CSC)

Posted: September 12, 2011 at 12:16 pm

Mid-Cap value investment strategies often work in various market cycles. Mid-cap stocks are in the sweet spot of future large companies and companies which also get acquired by private equity ...
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Global Industries M&A, Some Will Want More (GLBL)

Posted: September 12, 2011 at 11:21 am

Global Industries Ltd. (NASDAQ: GLBL) is surging on news of a more than 50% buyout premium this morning.  The offshore construction, engineering, project management and support services outfit has entered ...
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