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Monthly Archives: November 2011

China PMI Weak, Hong Kong Surges

Posted: November 30, 2011 at 9:04 pm

China's PMI showed a significant slowing. That did not keep the Hang Seng from 5.3% as news that the Fed and other central banks would coordinate inexpensive dollar access. That news caused rallies ...
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Disney Goes Big On Dividend Hike (DIS)

Posted: November 30, 2011 at 5:08 pm

We recently gave a breakdown of each and every DJIA component as far as which companies were and were not likely to raise their dividend payouts in the very near ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (HD, GMCR, NFLX, STP, RIG, CPN, AEO, JOSB, SDRL, ARO, KKD, ZOLT, AATI, PCX, AVL, JASO, SFLY)

Posted: November 30, 2011 at 4:07 pm

Strong reports from the Chicago purchasing managers index and pending home sales juiced the equity markets this morning, and the gains held up throughout the day. Part of the bounce ...
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Potential Upside Among Chip Maker Stocks (INTC, AMD, BRCM, ARMH, QCOM)

Posted: November 30, 2011 at 1:25 pm

The landscape continues to shift in the chip market and semiconductor makers are doing what they can to shift with the times. The move to more mobile devices like ...
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Notebook PC Demand Expected to Rise in 2012 (AAPL, MSFT, DELL, HPQ)

Posted: November 30, 2011 at 12:01 pm

There is some good news for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL), and even the bruised Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ).  TrendForce's DRAMeXchange is forcasting ...
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Transocean Secondary Offering Completed, New Debt Up Next (RIG)

Posted: November 30, 2011 at 10:48 am

Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) yesterday announced a secondary offering of 26 million shares. The sale was completed today at a share price of $40.50, more than a dollar lower than ...
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Pending Home Sales Surge 10.4%

Posted: November 30, 2011 at 10:29 am

Pending home sales rose a remarkable 10.4% in October with particular strength in the Northeast. The figures come a day after down beat data on home prices from S&P/Case Shiller, ...
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Rising Inventory Risks At Intel (INTC, WDC, STX)

Posted: November 30, 2011 at 10:25 am

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) has been doing what it can to move from being so PC-dependent, but this is a long slow process.  Canaccord Genuity has a note out this ...
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European ADRs Surging on Global Central Bank Action (ALU, MT, BHP, STD, IRE, CS, UBS, DB, FTE, PHG, ERIC, NOK, NBG, SI, TI)

Posted: November 30, 2011 at 9:03 am

The action out of China's virtual easing by lowering reserve requirements was already a boost to global markets, but the coordinated central bank efforts of the U.S., Canada, Europe, Switzerland, ...
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Top Active Trader Alerts (AAPL, CSCO, YHOO)

Posted: November 30, 2011 at 8:57 am

Crude oil is at $101.40, up 1.61% Gold is at $1,746, up 1.57%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng closed down 1.46% to 17,989. Japan’s Nikkei closed lower by 0.51% to 8,435. The U.S. 10-year is at 2.11%, down ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (11/30/2011) Facebook IPO, Yahoo! Sale

Posted: November 30, 2011 at 8:43 am

Updated throughout the day. Alibaba and Yahoo! Japan have offered to buy back the shares held by Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) in each of their firms (various) Yahoo! has received an ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMR, CAB, CPN, ERTS, GT, GMCR, HD, LEAP, NAV, NFLX, EDU, NMR, OVTI, STP, RIG, WSH)

Posted: November 30, 2011 at 8:25 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. AMR Corporation (NYSE: AMR) Cut to Sell at Citigroup. Cabela's, ...
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Global Central Bank Intervention Arrives

Posted: November 30, 2011 at 8:11 am

The Federal Reserve has issued some news that equity investors are going to love, and bond investors may enjoy the news as well as it could stop the blood-letting of ...
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Most Valuable Stadiums in America

Posted: November 30, 2011 at 6:36 am

Corporations can spend hundreds of million dollars just so they can put their name on a major league sports stadiums. 24/7 Wall St. looked that the 13 largest stadium-naming rights ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (11/30/2011) Zynga IPO, IMF to Save Italy

Posted: November 30, 2011 at 6:31 am

Europe may only have a week to rescue itself from financial disaster. The borrowing costs of Italy and Spain have been unsustainably high for too long. The stability fund established ...
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