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Monthly Archives: October 2011

Holiday Sales Forecasts Worsen

Posted: October 20, 2011 at 6:15 am

The Nation Retail Federation expects holiday sales to rise 2.8% to $466 billion this year. That estimate has already been questioned as unemployment stays above 9% and discretionary income remains stagnant. Another ...
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Not Much for Social Security Recipients

Posted: October 20, 2011 at 6:12 am

Social Security recipients, 55 million strong, will get a 3.6% cost of living increase next year. There has not been a cost of living increase from the fund in three ...
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America’s Most Overpaid CEOs

Posted: October 20, 2011 at 4:15 am

It’s that time of year again, when proxies are released and many business publications run lists of the highest paid CEOs at America’s large public companies. The compensation figures are ...
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Top After-Hours Earnings Stocks on the Move (AXP, BWLD, CRUS, CBST, EBAY, ETFC, RVBD, WDC, WYNN)

Posted: October 19, 2011 at 5:28 pm

24/7 Wall St. is tracking the after-hours earnings reports to see which stocks are on the move and which ones will be the key issues for Thursday morning. The top ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (AAPL, WMT, WFM, MS, BAC, INTC, WMB, HGSI, ABT, OXGN, PWAV, AEM)

Posted: October 19, 2011 at 4:20 pm

Stocks opened down this morning following the earnings report Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) after markets closed yesterday. Moody's downgrade of Spain's sovereign debt also weighed on the opening.  The Consumer Price ...
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Top 9 Earnings Previews for the Rest of the Week (T, MSFT, GE, HON, MCD, VZ, COF, CMG, PM)

Posted: October 19, 2011 at 3:28 pm

We have already seen waves and waves of earnings reports this week, yet we have many more Dow Jones Industrial Average companies reporting earnings and several other key companies that ...
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Has Alcatel-Lucent Finally Bottomed Out? (ALU, CSCO, JNPR)

Posted: October 19, 2011 at 2:20 pm

It was not that long ago that Alcatel-Lucent SA (NYSE: ALU) was being thrown around as the best networking stock of 2011.  It had risen from under $3.00 per ADR ...
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Expected Upside Gains for Oil Field Services Companies (SLB, HAL, BHI, RIG, NOV, WFT)

Posted: October 19, 2011 at 1:36 pm

Following last year’s disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, oil drillers and field services companies watched their shares fall more than -20% in most cases as prospects for exploration and ...
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What Worries? Goldman Sachs 50-Year Bond Offering (GS, GSJ)

Posted: October 19, 2011 at 12:18 pm

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) stunk this week when it reported one of its few operating losses ever.  What is interesting is that shares have risen with the banking ...
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Measuring Pre-Earnings Upside in Biotechs (DNDN, HGSI, GILD, AMLN, ARIA, INCY, IBB, XBI, BBH)

Posted: October 19, 2011 at 11:34 am

We have compiled a detailed list of expected upside in the biotech sector.  The sector has consolidated and now there is about to be a rush of earnings reports from ...
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What Does Intel’s Outlook Mean for PC Makers? (INTC, DELL, HPQ, AAPL, GOOG)

Posted: October 19, 2011 at 11:01 am

For the sixth straight quarter, Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) has posted record sales, partly due to a 22% increase in sales to PC makers. Does that indicate that the PC ...
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Lower Oil Inventories & Refining Capacity Drive Home (VLO, OIH, USO)

Posted: October 19, 2011 at 10:43 am

The Department of Energy is out with its weekly oil data and the data is showing a larger draw-down that what API had signaled yesterday.  Crude oil inventories fell by ...
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The Abbott Break-Up Seems To Make Sense (ABT, BIIB, BMY)

Posted: October 19, 2011 at 10:18 am

Drug and medical stocks are not generally thought of as stocks hitting 52-week highs by the investing public.  So what about when a company decides to unlock shareholder value by ...
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2011 Holiday Season Weaker than Last Year (AAPL, AMZN, TIF, SKS, WMT, DG)

Posted: October 19, 2011 at 9:14 am

The 2011 holiday season is very likely going to be a tale of two classes. For the well-off -- those with discretionary incomes above $250,000 -- spending is expected to ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (CREE, CROX, ERIC, INTC, YHOO)

Posted: October 19, 2011 at 8:59 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning. We are tracking news and  moves in shares of Cree, Inc. (NASDAQ: CREE), Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX), Ericsson (NASDAQ: ...
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