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Monthly Archives: November 2011

Android Success Surges, Smartphone Sales Rise

Posted: November 15, 2011 at 6:43 am

No one knows quite how Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) will make money on its Android mobile OS. Some of the software in the OS may violate Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Apple (NASDAQ: ...
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Anadarko Discovery and American Energy Independence

Posted: November 15, 2011 at 6:31 am

The more that conservationists and politicians talk about fossil energy alternatives, the more oil and coal the nation’s energy companies find. The discoveries will not go on forever, but the ...
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Media Digest (11/15/2011) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: November 15, 2011 at 6:24 am

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments about the Obama health care law. (Reuters) Angela Merkel says Europe may face its greatest crisis since World War II. (Reuters) Italy’s Monti ...
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The Seven Jobs That Require the Most Education, but Pay the Least

Posted: November 15, 2011 at 5:06 am

College graduates with student loans owed an average of $25,250 in 2010, an all-time high and a 5% increase, according to a recent report. What makes matters worse is that ...
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Whale Watching: Paulson & Co. Speared By Banks & Gold (BAC, COF, C, JPM, WFC, XL, NYX, GLD, TEVA, FDO, MGM, HPQ, AMCX, CEPH, COV, CVS, MYL)

Posted: November 14, 2011 at 6:37 pm

Paulson & Co. Inc. is another hedge fund group that investors use for Whale Watching, although this last quarter was not exactly kind to Mr. Paulson's billions... The current 13F ...
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Berkshire Hathaway & Buffett’s Stock Holdings ‘L to Z’ (BRK-B, BRK-A, MA, MTB, MCO, PG, SNY, TMK, USB, USG, UPS, VRSK, V, WMT, WPO, WFC)

Posted: November 14, 2011 at 5:08 pm

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of September 30, 2011 and this is the second group of ...
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US Recession Risk Tops 50%

Posted: November 14, 2011 at 4:45 pm

The financial crisis in Europe and the lingering effects of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan have heightened the risk of a second recession in the US in the first ...
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Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway Stock Holdings, A to K (BRK-B, BRK-A, AXP, BK, KO, CVS, CDCO, COP, COST, DG, XOM, GCI, GE, GSK, INTC, IR, IBM, JNJ, KFT)

Posted: November 14, 2011 at 4:44 pm

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of September 30, 2011. These public stock holdings have been broken down ...
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Blackstone Group Still Holds Many Large Stock Positions After IPOs (BX, BKU, FSL, GGP, NLSN, OWW, TMH, TRW)

Posted: November 14, 2011 at 4:11 pm

The Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE: BX) may look like it has a huge portfolio of public stocks to many investors.  While that is actually true, the bulk of this is ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (GMCR, LULU, NLY, M, HSY, CYAN, GSL, IVN, JCP, LOW, ZBB, DQ, BXG, PAY, SHZ, CADX, JKS)

Posted: November 14, 2011 at 4:05 pm

Shares only briefly broke above last week’s close today, as decliners outnumber gainers by about 4 to 1 in the late afternoon. Tech stocks held up fairly well early as ...
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Will Indians Remain Pepsi Loyalists or Move to Coke? (KO, PEP)

Posted: November 14, 2011 at 3:38 pm

Reports that Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is set to invest up to $2 billion in India over the next five-year period brings up an interesting question regarding its arch-rival Pepsico ...
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Dividend Analysis: Commercial REITs With Most Upside (GOV, OFC, EPR, DRE, REG, KIM, DLR, VNO, SPG, DDR)

Posted: November 14, 2011 at 2:43 pm

There are a wide variety of REITs involved in non-residential property ownership and management and a few of these are our focus today. These include general office space, technology company ...
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Where US Federal Budget Cuts Will Hurt the Most (LMT, NOC, BA, RTN, SAI, GD, HPQ, LLL, BAH, KBR)

Posted: November 14, 2011 at 11:50 am

The US House-Senate budget reduction committee, or the ‘super committee’, that is charged with recommending $1.5 trillion in budget cuts over the next 10 years has just another 10 ...
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Three Earnings Reports to Rule the Market This Week (HD, DELL, WMT, TGT, SHLD, LOW, HPQ, AAPL)

Posted: November 14, 2011 at 10:32 am

Earnings season may feel over, but this week is going to be riddled with key earnings reports that can move the market or move their sectors.  The key earnings are ...
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Solar Prices Continue to Batter Industry (JKS, FSLR, TSL, JASO, STP, LDK, SPWRA, WFR, SRE)

Posted: November 14, 2011 at 9:36 am

China’s JinkoSolar Holding Co. Ltd. (NYSE: JKS) has from its beginnings been viewed as a low-cost provider of solar PV panels. Unfortunately, competition in the sector has brought every other ...
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