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Monthly Archives: October 2011

Why Would Sony Want Sony-Ericsson?

Posted: October 7, 2011 at 6:31 am

Sony-Ericsson is one of the great losers in the smartphone race, which has largely been won by Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android-based phones. Yet, Sony (NYSE: SNE) ...
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Manufacturing Jobs May Return to the U.S., If China Cooperates

Posted: October 7, 2011 at 6:29 am

The Boston Consulting Group has issued a long report that says manufacturing jobs that moved to China in recent years will return to the U.S. That will only be true ...
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Media Digest (11/7/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: October 7, 2011 at 6:21 am

Sony (NYSE: SNE) may buy Ericsson out of their smartphone joint venture. (Reuters) Geithner says problems with EU sovereign debt pose a significant risk to the global economy. (Reuters) A ...
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America’s Recession-Proof Companies

Posted: October 6, 2011 at 7:27 pm

With fears of a new economic downturn, investors have become concerned about sales and profits of large companies. But there are companies that have already proven themselves in the recent ...
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Job Destructio​n at First Solar and SunPower (SPWRA, FSLR)

Posted: October 6, 2011 at 4:32 pm

SunPower (NASDAQ: SPWRA) and First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR) are two prominent U.S. solar manufacturers receiving billions in government-backed loans -- funding meant to facilitate deployment of utility-scale photovoltaic projects on ...
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Tim Geithner Bails Out Financials, Without A Single Dollar (MS, GS, BAC, WFC, C, JPM)

Posted: October 6, 2011 at 2:25 pm

Tim Geithner is probably tired of having to come to the rescue of financial firms, which are all some part of the Occupy Wall Street protests. Yet that is what ...
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How Low Can They Go: 30-Year Mortgages Now Under 4.00%

Posted: October 6, 2011 at 1:07 pm

Rates are at an extreme low.  Too bad there are so many borrowers who cannot qualify or are too underwater in their existing mortgage to take advantage of this.  Freddie Mac ...
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Comex Raises Copper Margin Requirements — Gold & Silver Next? (CME, FCX, SCCO, NEM, ABX, SLW, JJC, GLD, GDX, GDXJ, SIL)

Posted: October 6, 2011 at 12:43 pm

In what appears to be a counterintuitive move, CME Group (NASDAQ: CME) today raised its margin requirements for copper futures contracts. The requirement rose by 15%, from $6,750 to $7,763 ...
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Solar Stocks: Does the Punishment Fit the Crime? (FSLR, SPWRA, STP, JASO, TSL, LDK, TAN)

Posted: October 6, 2011 at 11:52 am

Stock prices for the solar PV makers have fallen by -40% to -80% in the past 12 months, with the bulk of the crash occurring since May. The collapse is ...
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BofA CEO Defense of Debit Card Fees: Logical Argument, Awful Delivery (BAC, C, WFC, JPM)

Posted: October 6, 2011 at 10:39 am

At times it seems that highly paid CEOs live in another universe that is barely related to the world the rest of us inhabit. And the CEOs of the largest ...
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Mortgage REITs Trying To Recapture Lost Ground (NLY, AGNC, HTS, CIM, IVR, MORT)

Posted: October 6, 2011 at 9:55 am

The mortgage REIT sector is trying to make a comeback after many lost 10% or more of their value from last week to the start of this week as many issues ...
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Holiday Retail Sales Growth Forecast — Half Last Year’s Total (TGT, M, JWN, JCP, DDS, LTD, GPS, SSI, ZUMZ, BKE, COST)

Posted: October 6, 2011 at 9:14 am

Retail sales for the coming holiday season are expected to be about 3% higher than 2010 sales. Not bad, considering that US GDP growth predictions are now below 2%; not ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (JCP, ERIC, TGT, YHOO)

Posted: October 6, 2011 at 8:56 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Thursday morning. We are tracking news and  moves in shares of JC Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE: JCP), LM Ericsson Telephone ...
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Jobless Claims: Sealing the Fate for Friday’s Unemployment & Payrolls Data

Posted: October 6, 2011 at 8:40 am

The weekly jobless claims from the Labor Department is not showing any hope for a surprise win on the unemployment and non-farm payrolls data due Friday morning.  The report from ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (10/6/2011) Microsoft And Yahoo!

Posted: October 6, 2011 at 8:23 am

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) considers an offer for Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) (Reuters) The European Banking Authority will begin new stress tests to cover problems with sovereign debt holdings (FT) Douglas A. ...
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