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Monthly Archives: November 2011

The Ten Most Prosperous Thanksgivings

Posted: November 20, 2011 at 6:29 pm

Thanksgiving is one of the few national holidays which is distinctly American, although there is a “Turkey Day” in Canada, too. The first Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621 in Plymouth, ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (HPQ, KO, LEN, PEP, CREE, ANN, CPWM, HNZ, CRMT, CRM, BONT, CF, MOS, FSCI, CLWR, MTOR, MRVL)

Posted: November 18, 2011 at 4:09 pm

Stocks got off on a positive note this morning, but resisted the temptation to climb based on a positive reading of the leading econonmic indicators and higher estimates of US ...
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Implied Gains in Oil Field Services Stocks May Not be Real (SLB, HAL, BHI, RIG, NOV, WFT)

Posted: November 18, 2011 at 2:01 pm

Share prices for the oil field services companies dipped in late July shortly after many of the companies had posted new 52-week highs. The stocks have been struggling since then, ...
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The Sodas America No Longer Drinks

Posted: November 18, 2011 at 1:29 pm

The soda industry has a problem. Some of the industry’s largest selling and most famous brands have lost well over a third of their sales in the last decade. ...
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Top Earnings Previews For The Coming Week (ADI, BRCD, HPQ, TSN, CPB, NUAN, P, DE)

Posted: November 18, 2011 at 1:25 pm

This coming week may be a shortened week for Thanksgiving, but there are still going to be some key earnings to watch.  We have compiled a brief list of earnings ...
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Bidding War for Uranium Miner Mushrooms (RIO, CCJ, POT, BHP, HTHXF, DNN, URZ, URRE)

Posted: November 18, 2011 at 11:25 am

Mining giant Rio Tinto plc (NYSE: RIO) has gotten itself into another bidding war. This time the playing field favors Rio over Canadian uranium miner Cameco Corp. (NYSE: CCJ) mostly ...
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Kodiak Thrives After Boosting Secondary & Note Offerings (KOG)

Posted: November 18, 2011 at 10:15 am

Secondary offerings and capital raises often add pressure to a stock.  Don't tell it to Kodiak Oil & Gas Corporation (NYSE: KOG).  The company raised the size of its stock ...
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Another Shipping Bankruptcy Filing Could Signal More on the Way (GMR, ONAVQ, TNK, OSG, NAT, FRO, NM, DRYS)

Posted: November 18, 2011 at 9:59 am

An over-supply of product leading to a steep drop in price has claimed another victim. No, this is not a story about a solar PV maker, but about shipping, where ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (BCSI, MRVL, MRBS)

Posted: November 18, 2011 at 9:01 am

Crude oil is at $99.92, up 1.01% Gold is at $1,727, up 0.40%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng closed down 1.73% to 18,491. Japan’s Nikkei closed lower by 1.24% to 8,375. The U.S. 10-year is at 2.00%, up 0.o4%. ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (11/18/2011) Boeing Record Order, Spanish Debt

Posted: November 18, 2011 at 8:35 am

Bloomberg: Boeing wins record $21.7B order | http://bloom.bg/vOeh0v $BA WSJ: Spain Credit Crunch Deepens http://on.wsj.com/v3SnJN BBC: Greek budget will 'cut deficit' http://bbc.in/tkpwNv MarketWatch: ECB-IMF proposal for bailouts reportedly gains traction; Frankfurt and Paris erase ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (11/19/2011) Kodak To Sell Gallery, MF Global Missing Money

Posted: November 18, 2011 at 8:16 am

Updated throughout the day MF Global moved hundreds of millions of dollars from customer accounts to its own brokerage account (WSJ) Eastman Kodak (NYSE: EK) will try to sell its ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (NLY, ARUN, COG, KO, CREE, DRI, HPQ, HMC, LEN, PEP, KWR, SFD, VECO)

Posted: November 18, 2011 at 8:15 am

These are some of Friday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE: NLY) Cut to Market Perform at KBW. Aruba Networks, ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (11/19/2011) S&P Regrades Banks, Kindle Fire Costs

Posted: November 18, 2011 at 6:30 am

The weekend break in equity trading may produce more anxiety than relief. As Friday draws to a close, most stock markets probably will be down for the day, and certainly ...
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Who Will Collect Greek Taxes?

Posted: November 18, 2011 at 6:21 am

There is a problem with tax collection in a country that has instituted austerity measures while simultaneously trying to attack tax evaders, and that is there may be no one ...
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Child Poverty Is Concentrated in Areas That Cannot Combat It

Posted: November 18, 2011 at 6:18 am

Nothing in the Census report on child poverty levels for 2009 and 2010 was unexpected. The 2010 poverty rate rose slightly to 21.6%, the highest level since 2001. That is ...
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