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Monthly Archives: October 2011

OPEC Sees Lower Oil Demand for 2011

Posted: October 11, 2011 at 9:18 am

Crude oil prices rose about 3% yesterday primarily on the news that the France and Germany would do something to shore up their banks. Equities also rose by about the ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (ARO, BBND, NFLX)

Posted: October 11, 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 Aeropostale, Inc. (NYSE: ARO), BigBand Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: BBND), ...
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The Great Dividend Portfolio… Safety That Outperforms The Market (MO, AEP, AWK, T, DLR, GE, GOV, KMB, KMP, SNH, WMT)

Posted: October 11, 2011 at 8:33 am

When the summer selling was reaching a first climax in August, 24/7 Wall St. released "The Great Dividend Portfolio" for dividend investors who search for both high-yield and some degree ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ARMH, CFN, COP, EIX, GIS, GS, PDLI, SAP, SFD, S, SYK, TEF, TI, TSN, VLO)

Posted: October 11, 2011 at 8:14 am

These are some of this Tuesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. ARM Holdings plc (NASDAQ: ARMH) Raised to Buy at Citigroup. ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (10/11/2011) Longacre Fund Management Trouble

Posted: October 11, 2011 at 8:13 am

Updated throughout the day. Several buyout firms are in competition to gain ownership of Morgan Keegan (FT) Longacre Fund Management will close some of its hedge funds (WSJ) Douglas A. ...
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New York City to Lose 10,000 Financial Jobs

Posted: October 11, 2011 at 6:32 am

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli has released a report that says Wall St. will lose 10,000 jobs by the end of next year. This is part of the ...
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European Central Bank President Warns Europe Is Screwed

Posted: October 11, 2011 at 6:29 am

European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said, as he spoke to EU leaders in Brussels,  “The crisis has reached a systemic dimension. Sovereign stress has moved from smaller economies to ...
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Cost of Alcohol and Tobacco Soar in Greece

Posted: October 11, 2011 at 6:26 am

The Greeks smoke and drink too much, or the supply of alcohol and tobacco has contracted considerably. The National Statistical Service of Greece put out its September consumer price data. One ...
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The President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness Fantasy

Posted: October 11, 2011 at 6:23 am

The President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness has all the same trappings of an administration commission that the bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform did. The reform commission ...
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Media Digest (10/11/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: October 11, 2011 at 6:17 am

CEOs from General Electric (NYSE: GE), Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), Boeing (NYSE: BA) and other companies tell Obama in their President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness report that he must get more ...
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The Colleges That Guarantee the Highest Salaries

Posted: October 11, 2011 at 4:05 am

It seems that the top universities deliver on their promises and that a top education very nearly guarantees a successful career and high salary. Princeton graduates, for example, earn $130,000 ...
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Expected Upside Gains For Leading Tech Companies (AAPL, GOOG, MSFT, INTC, ORCL)

Posted: October 10, 2011 at 4:01 pm

Analysts keep predicting share price growth even in the face of a sagging global economy. How optimistic are they? Here's a look at five technology companies -- Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: ...
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When Junk Bonds Are Just Priced Too Ugly (HYG, JNK, HYT, PHK, HYF)

Posted: October 10, 2011 at 1:26 pm

Barron's is talking up junk-rated debt.  We have been expecting that some media outlets would begin to notice how the spreads over Treasury yields were growing and growing and now ...
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Against the Grain: Mid-Day Losers on a Winning Day (INSM, ALTH, SPN, CDTI, S, TGAL)

Posted: October 10, 2011 at 12:31 pm

Markets are up sharply this morning on more reassurance from Germany and France that Europe's bank would have access to sufficient capital. Even the lack of a specific plan proved ...
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Time for a Dividend from Apple? (AAPL, MSFT, INTC, CSCO, ORCL)

Posted: October 10, 2011 at 11:46 am

Last week's announcement of the iPhone 4S from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been followed up with the company's announcement that it has taken 1 million pre-orders for the new ...
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