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Monthly Archives: October 2011

Market Collapse Around The World On China And EU Fears

Posted: October 18, 2011 at 4:13 am

China's slower 9.1% GDP growth and German comments which lowered expectations about an EU bailout drove stocks around the world much lower Hong Kong's Hang Seng closed down 4.2%. The ...
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Moody’s May Downgrade France

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 6:43 pm

Moody's said its opinion of France's financial situation is fine--for now. France keeps it Aaa rating with a stable outlook. But, "The deterioration in debt metrics and the potential for further ...
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CROCS Earnings: Now Back To Ugly Shoes (CROX)

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 5:58 pm

CROCS Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX) is one of the few retail apparel stocks which was up 100% from its 52-week low.  It had been a miraculous recovery stock earlier this year.  Call ...
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IBM Gives Big Mixed Picture: Earnings to Outlook (IBM, DIA, SPY, CVX, MCD)

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 5:03 pm

International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM) has now reported its third quarter earnings report at $3.28 EPS and $26.2 billion in sales.  Thomson Reuters was looking for $3.22 EPS and ...
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More Downgrading of First Solar… Value Trap (FSLR, STP, TAN)

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 4:39 pm

First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) is supposed to be the best of the best of all U.S.-based solar companies.  It is the leader and is supposed to cross the $1 ...
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New Leveraged Gold, Silver, Platinum, Palladium ETF/ETNs, The Wild West (GLD, SLV, PPLT, UGLD, DGLD, USLV, DLSV, LPAL, IPAL, LPLT, IPLT)

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 3:17 pm

Leveraged ETFs and ETNs are not new to most investors.  They are also not new in all cases when it comes to precious metals.  You are likely familiar with the SPDR Gold Shares ...
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Expected Upside for Homebuilders and Home Improvement Companies (NVR, TOL, PHM, HOV, DHI, BZH, HD, LOW)

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 2:24 pm

Our look at stock target prices focuses on homebuilders and home improvement stores today. It is not news that U.S. homebuilders have had a very tough few years. In the ...
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RIM Is No Carl Icahn Target (EP, RIMM, YHOO)

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 12:57 pm

Carl Icahn was on CNBC this afternoon talking up his position gains from the El Paso Corporation (NYSE: EP).  The CNBC team asked him point blank if Icahn was targeting ...
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Green Mountain: Does David Einhorn Understand Beans? (GMCR, SBUX, JOE, S, BBY, GM, AAPL)

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 12:41 pm

David Einhorn of Greenlight is well-known in investing, and not just for being long.  This is called whale-watching.  His comments today at the Value Investing Congress are single-handedly taking down ...
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SIRIUS XM Goes After Latino Market (SIRI)

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 11:57 am

Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) issued a long press release on Monday morning signaling more content and channel expansions for commercial-free music, sports news and comedy. The much more important ...
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Apple Sets Sales Record: Blackberry’s Waterloo (AAPL, RIMM, SSNLF)

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 11:29 am

The iPhone 4S topped 4 million sales in its first weekend of availability, according to maker Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). On  the other end of the continent, Waterloo, Ontario-based Research ...
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AMR Rumor Mill Builds Momentum (AMR)

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 11:18 am

AMR Corporation (NYSE: AMR) was halted, but not for 'News Pending' as you often see.  This morning's halt was after a single circuit-breaker was triggered.  No news has been issued ...
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Noose Tightens Around Newspapers, Magazines (TWX, GCI, NYT)

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 11:09 am

Newspaper companies are in deep trouble again, and it is not because of the economy exclusively. Ad dollars have moved to online media fast enough so the slide in newspaper ...
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Kinder Morgan Creates ‘The Exxon’ of Pipeline Companies (KMI, KMP, EP, EPB, EPD, XOM, CVX)

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 10:26 am

Over the weekend, pipeline company Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE: KMI) announced that it would pay approximately $21.1 billion in cash and stock for El Paso Corp. (NYSE: EP) and El ...
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UBS Economist: No 2011 U.S. Recession (UBS)

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 9:57 am

Many reports have been signaling that the United States is about to slide into another recession, and many have noted over and over that the recession is either already here ...
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