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Monthly Archives: November 2011

Groupon Gets Analyst ‘Sell’ Rating & Options Trading (GRPN)

Posted: November 14, 2011 at 9:19 am

Groupon, Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) is trading lower this morning.  What we knew going into this week was that Monday would mark the start of stock options trading in Groupon.  This ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (CTRP, JCP, LOW)

Posted: November 14, 2011 at 8:59 am

Crude oil is at $98.02, down 0.98% Gold is at $1,782, down 0.36%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng closed up 1.94% to 19,508. Japan’s Nikkei closed higher by 1.05% to 8,604. The U.S. 10-year is at 2.09%, up $0.o3. ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMGN, AMLN, NLY, BAM, GBX, GMCR, HSY, LULU, M, CRM, SPR, TK, TWGP)

Posted: November 14, 2011 at 8:39 am

These are some of Monday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) Cut to Market Perform at Leerink Swann. Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (11/14/2011) Buffett Buys IBM, Boeing Signs Big Deal

Posted: November 14, 2011 at 8:36 am

Zerohedge: Goldman On German Q3 GDP: "Last Hurrah Before The Recession" http://tinyurl.com/bu4pcxe NYT: Buffett Amasses 5.5% Stake in IBM http://nyti.ms/uXmB1B CNBC: $BAC to sell about 10.4 B Shrs Of China ...
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Warren Buffett’s ‘Confidential Treatment’ Yields Huge IBM Stake (BRK-A, IBM, BAC)

Posted: November 14, 2011 at 8:25 am

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) is set to release its third quarter's full investment holdings very soon in an SEC filing.  An unusual pre-release interview was given by Warren Buffett ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (11/14/2011) Apple Retail Chief, Olympus CEO

Posted: November 14, 2011 at 8:24 am

Updated throughout the day. The former CEO of Olympus may return as chief executive (FT) Search firm Egon Zehnder International has started to handle the search for a new retail ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (11/14/2011) Boeing Record Order, Walmart Earnings

Posted: November 14, 2011 at 6:39 am

Big retailer earnings due this week. Earnings from Dell (NASDAQ: DELL), Target (NYSE: TGT) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) are due this week. The numbers from Target and Walmart, particularly their guidance for ...
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Target’s Website Crash: The Arrogance of Originality

Posted: November 14, 2011 at 6:28 am

Target (NYSE: TGT) announced in late 2009 that it would no longer use Amazon.com’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) tech platform to run Target.com. The country’s second largest retailer wanted to completely control ...
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Concerns About Italy Appear in Bond Issue

Posted: November 14, 2011 at 6:15 am

It will take a long time for the new Italian government to restore confidence in the nation’s debt. An auction of $4.1 billion in five-year notes produced a gross yield of ...
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American Pessimism About Jobs Grows

Posted: November 14, 2011 at 6:13 am

An improvement in unemployment numbers for the past two months and an increase in third-quarter GDP should help encourage Americans about their job security. Yet that has not been the ...
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Japan Needs Reconstruction to Maintain GDP

Posted: November 14, 2011 at 6:10 am

Japan’s GDP grew at 1.5% in the quarter that ended in September. It is an impressive figure and one that shows the Asia nation’s economy has rebounded faster than expected. ...
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Media Digest (11/14/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes FT, Bloomberg

Posted: November 14, 2011 at 6:07 am

Italy and Greece begin efforts to prove that their sovereign debt is safe. (Reuters) Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) will make a major holiday effort to drive extra revenue. (Reuters) Appetite for ...
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The Ten Cars Americans Love The Most

Posted: November 13, 2011 at 1:18 pm

The recession and high gas prices have been major forces shaping Americans lives in the past several years. When it comes to the auto market they had a profound ...
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Short Interest In Troubled Companies Rises (C, SIRI, LNKD, WFC)

Posted: November 13, 2011 at 9:47 am

After a period in which short sellers backed out of stocks in troubled companies, the have rushed into them again. The short interest in Research-In-Motion (NYSE: RIMM), battered by competition ...
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24/7 Wall St. Top Analyst Calls of the Week (ALU, AMZN, AAPL, CSCO, CSC, CXW, DF, EPD, GNW, GMCR, GRPN, HD, MPEL, PIR, SRDX, TEVA, VRTX, YRCW, ALIM)

Posted: November 12, 2011 at 9:19 am

Each morning 24/7 Wall St. issues a summary list of key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations issued by Wall Street research firms.  We review these calls and other calls made ...
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