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Monthly Archives: November 2011

24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (A, CRM, AAP, LOW, ALIM, WMT, BZH, COV, DKS, TJX, SKS, MGI, PEIX, NLST, FFN, MTOR)

Posted: November 15, 2011 at 4:04 pm

Stocks opened lower this morning and stayed lower for nearly the entire first half of the day, with buyers most likely waiting to see what would happen with Italian bond ...
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All 30 DJIA Dividend Trends into 2012, Stock by Stock (DIA, AA, AXP, T, BAC, BA, CAT, CVX, CSCO, KO, DD, XOM, GE, HD, HPQ, IBM, INTC, JNJ, JPM, KFT, MCD, MMM, MRK, MSFT, PFE, PG, TRV, UTX, VZ, WMT, DIS)

Posted: November 15, 2011 at 2:17 pm

The economic choppiness is coming to a head with the age of dividend hikes. The pressure is going to remain for companies to continue returning capital to shareholders while also ...
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Expected Upside in the Telecom Sector in 2011 and Beyond (T, VZ, S, FTR, CTL, LEAP, PCS)

Posted: November 15, 2011 at 1:45 pm

The earnings reports from telecom players are now mostly out and 24/7 Wall St. is looking up and down through the high-dividend sector to see which telecom players offer the ...
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Chimera Accounting Review, A Lesson For Other Mortgage REITs (CIM, NLY, AGNC, HTS, MORT)

Posted: November 15, 2011 at 11:01 am

Chimera Investment Corporation (NYSE: CIM) is the mortgage REIT which we used to dub "the vulture mortgage REIT" because of its targets in lower-rated mortgage-backed securities. Usually a delay in a ...
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Retail Earnings… Very Mixed & Puzzling Bag (WMT, HD, SKS, TJX, SPLS, JCP, URBN, LOW)

Posted: November 15, 2011 at 10:06 am

A number of retailers reported earnings this morning, and the results might be summarized as “mixed” at best. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT), Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD), Saks Inc. ...
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The New Social Media ETF’s Interesting (and odd) Composition (SOCL, SINA, NTES, GOOG, YNDX, RENN, GRPN, LNKD, UNTD)

Posted: November 15, 2011 at 9:48 am

These ETF products which trade in the U.S. but are composed of a bunch of internationally listed shares are often a bit sluggish on their trading.  Now we have a new ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (ATVI, NLTS, SAKS)

Posted: November 15, 2011 at 9:03 am

Crude oil is at $98.0, down 0.14% Gold is at $1,772, down 0.34%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng closed down 0.82% to 19,348. Japan’s Nikkei closed lower by 0.72% to 8,542. The U.S. 10-year is at 2.05%, down 0.o1%. ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (11/15/2011) Walmart Earnings, Home Depot

Posted: November 15, 2011 at 8:54 am

CNBC: October Retail Sales up 0.5% CNBC: Home Depot Profit Rises, Ups Outlook http://cnb.cx/txVODD Zerohedge: Walmart misses EPS boosts forecast WSJ: Home Depot Profit Rises 12% http://on.wsj.com/swekqM NYT: Wal-Mart $WMT  ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AAP, A, ALIM, CNP, CIM, CWTR, GT, K, LOW, M, NU, NST, CRM, FIRE)

Posted: November 15, 2011 at 8:39 am

These are some of Tuesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Advance Auto Parts Inc. (NYSE: AAP) Cut to Hold at Argus. Agilent Technologies ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (11/15/2011) Newsweek Trouble, Freddie Mac Pays Gingrich

Posted: November 15, 2011 at 8:30 am

Updated throughout the day. The Newsweek Daily Beast media company will lose $30 million this year. IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ: IACI) owns half of the venture (NYT) Newt Gingrich was paid $300,000 ...
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LinkedIn Backers & Insiders Hit The Sell Button (LNKD, SAP)

Posted: November 15, 2011 at 8:20 am

LinkedIn Corporation (NYSE: LNKD) filed for a secondary offering on Monday evening for up to 8 million shares.  The company itself is offering 1,271,255 shares of Class A shares and ...
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BofA Merrill Lynch Lightens Up On Equities (SPY)

Posted: November 15, 2011 at 8:06 am

In the latest RIC Report, Bank of America Merrill Lynch has come out with a new report titled "Time to Reduce Equities." There is no hidden message in the report ...
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European ADRs Dragging Down U.S. Trading (ALU, MT, BHP, STD, IRE, CS, UBS, DB, FTE, PHG, ERIC, NOK, NBG, SI, TI)

Posted: November 15, 2011 at 7:44 am

The Eurozone growth rate of 0.2% in the third quarter may have met expectations but this is just one more example that growth is so low already that getting out ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (11/15/2011) Buffett Holdings, Un-Occupy Wall St.

Posted: November 15, 2011 at 6:46 am

Germany's mixed bag. Two key economic figures out of Germany offset one another. GDP grew 0.5% in the third quarter. The number was up 2.6% from the same quarter last year. ...
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Merkel and Europe’s Darkest Hour Since WWII

Posted: November 15, 2011 at 6:44 am

The hyperbole of statements about the EU crisis hit a new high. Angela Merkel said, “Europe is in one of its toughest, perhaps the toughest hour since World War Two.” ...
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