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Monthly Archives: October 2011

Wall Street Compensation Review Gets High Reviews, With Caveats (C, JPM, WFC, BAC, GS, MS)

Posted: October 5, 2011 at 1:23 pm

Are the Wall Street bankers, traders, and brokers really starting to do the right thing when it comes to controlled greed and compensation?  If you ask the poor Wall Street ...
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When The Rich Stop Buying Luxury: Diamond Prices Tanking (TIF)

Posted: October 5, 2011 at 11:44 am

The rich are apparently not proving to be immune to the economic slowing we have seen in the past few months. That insatiable appetite for more luxury goods appears to ...
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Is RIM Really Takeover Bait? (RIMM, VOD, MSFT, NOK)

Posted: October 5, 2011 at 11:01 am

Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) is surging today after a news report has turned into the rumor mill, and you can guess the rumor: a buyout.  The Independent out ...
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Drop in Copper and Corn Prices May Be Overrated (FCX, SCCO, BHP, RIO, MON, ADM, BG, POT, MOS, VLO, PEIX, JJC, CU, CORN, MOO, DBA)

Posted: October 5, 2011 at 10:45 am

Since the beginning of September, copper and corn prices have fallen dramatically, with copper off nearly -35% from its 12 month high and corn off about -25%. Because both are ...
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Digesting Top Holdings of New Russell Small Cap ETF Strategies (SGGG, SCOG, SCLP, SCTR, LQDT, ULTA, AMN, SUG)

Posted: October 5, 2011 at 10:28 am

Russell Investments is already very well-known among mutual fund and index investors, but it is getting deeper into the world of exchange-traded funds. Word came today that four new exchange-trades funds ...
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Large Discrepancy in Jobs and Unemployment Data

Posted: October 5, 2011 at 9:15 am

The game of predicting the Labor Department's data on Non-Farm Payrolls and Unemployment before the first Friday of each month is truly nothing more than a game.  Estimates fluctuate wildly ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (AAPL, ALU, RIMM, WAL)

Posted: October 5, 2011 at 8:57 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning. We are tracking news and  moves in shares of Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU), Research In Motion ...
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Do Costco’s Earnings Spell Trouble? (COST, WMT, TGT, BBY, DG)

Posted: October 5, 2011 at 8:53 am

Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: COST) reported its fiscal fourth-quarter and full fiscal year earnings before markets opened this morning. The headline numbers look pretty good, but the fine print might ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AAPL, APOL, FII, GOOG, HPQ, HES, HD, MD, NFLX, ORCL, PAA, PPL, DIS, YNDX, YGE)

Posted: October 5, 2011 at 8:33 am

These are some of this Wednesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Reiterated Overweight at JPMorgan; Reiterated ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (10/05/2011) NYSE Merger, Super Committee

Posted: October 5, 2011 at 8:22 am

Updated throughout the day. Yahoo!'s (NASDAQ: YHOO) bankers have prepared financial data for potential buyers (various) Super committee issues have come down to taxes and cuts in entitlements programs (Reuters) ...
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When Reports Use Price Drops For M&A Hope… Churning the Rumor Mill (NFLX, AKAM, VZ, IBM, LVLT)

Posted: October 5, 2011 at 8:14 am

A drop in price often brings up the "takeover chatter" from blogs, analysts, and news reports.  We have seen this discussed recently in Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) where analysts and pundits talk ...
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Eurozone Economic Contraction Confirmed

Posted: October 5, 2011 at 6:36 am

The research firm Markit finally confirmed what economists and politicians had feared. The September PMI of the 17-nation eurozone showed trouble. The final number is 49.1, with anything below 50 ...
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Apple Plays for 2012

Posted: October 5, 2011 at 6:34 am

The launch of the new iPhone disappointed Wall St. But Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) decision not to significantly upgrade the smartphone is a signal that it believes the first half ...
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Greeks March as Spain Misses Growth Targets

Posted: October 5, 2011 at 6:32 am

More bad news from Europe. Spain’s Employment Minister Valeriano Gomez told CNBC that a slow economy almost certainly will cause his country to miss growth targets. About the same time ...
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Jobs Sentiment Falls Before Official Release of Figures

Posted: October 5, 2011 at 6:30 am

The Gallup poll about job creation should be a decent predictor of what official government numbers will show about September employment numbers. The data are the result of interviews of ...
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