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Monthly Archives: November 2011

What’s Important In The Financial World (11/12/2011) Olympus Scandal, Wii Sales

Posted: November 12, 2011 at 7:55 am

Japan has a corporate scandal all of its own, proof the larceny and bad management are without borders. An investigation into hundreds of million of dollars in concealed losses at ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (AMZN, CAM, MPEL, NVDA, SVU, RF, DDS, DHI, BONE, CDTI, HHC, PNS, ALIM, PSDV, MCP, HOVNP, TRX)

Posted: November 11, 2011 at 4:08 pm

The markets got off to a strong start this morning, and stayed that way throughout the day. The dollar weakened against the euro and yen as currency traders seem to ...
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Another Look at Expected Gains in Metals and Materials Stocks (X, NUE, STLD, NEM, ABX, SLW, FCX, SCCO, TIE, AA, MCP)

Posted: November 11, 2011 at 3:01 pm

In mid-October, we took a look at target prices and implied gains among 11 metals and materials stocks. The companies we examined were United States Steel Corp. (NYSE: X), Nucor ...
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The States Doing The Most (and Least) To Spread The Wealth

Posted: November 11, 2011 at 2:40 pm

The Occupy movement has brought economic inequality to the headlines. Occupy protesters around the country have labeled themselves the 99%, in contrast to the wealthiest 1%. While this has captured ...
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3 Key IPOs For the Week Ahead (ANGI, DLPH, MFRM)

Posted: November 11, 2011 at 1:31 pm

The coming week might feel a bit like a return to normalcy as far as securities offerings are concerned.  We are actually set to have several IPOs and we have ...
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Tiger Woods Nabs a Name for His Bag (DROP, T)

Posted: November 11, 2011 at 12:02 pm

When I clicked on the link to Fuse Science, Inc. (OTC: DROP), the browser informed me that the page was in Russian and asked me if I wanted a translation. ...
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Keystone XL Pipeline: Just Build It (TRP, ENB, KMI)

Posted: November 11, 2011 at 11:26 am

In 2010, US refineries took delivery of about 5.4 billion barrels of crude oil. Of that total, more than 50%, 2.8 billion barrels, arrived at the refineries by pipeline. The ...
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11:11 on 11-11-11

Posted: November 11, 2011 at 11:11 am

Unless you have another one-hundred years left on you or unless you are one of the few rare birds that are over 100 years old, still alive, and furthermore who ...
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Homebuilder Profitable Again (DHI, PHM, LEN, TOL, KBH, HD, LOW)

Posted: November 11, 2011 at 10:05 am

The collapse of the US housing market has been among the most stubborn problems facing the US economy for the past four years. Construction jobs have vanished, home values have ...
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Charting Silver Versus Gold… Dollar/Euro Reserve Currency Challenge (SLV, GLD, FXE)

Posted: November 11, 2011 at 9:30 am

We often look for a read on gold and silver and we have a potentially interesting development underway.  We track these via iShares Silver Trust (NYSE: SLV) and SPDR Gold Shares ...
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Top Active Trader Alerts (ETFC, DDS, DRYS, GMCR, TSLA)

Posted: November 11, 2011 at 9:01 am

Crude oil is at $98.03, up 0.26% Gold is at $1,763, up 0.21%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng closed up 0.91% to 19,137. Japan’s Nikkei closed higher by 0.16% to 8,514. The U.S. 10-year is at 2.05%, down ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (11/11/2011) Citi Sells EMI, Facebook Privacy Settlement

Posted: November 11, 2011 at 8:22 am

Updated throughout the day. Citigroup (NYSE: C) has sold EMI's record business to Vivendi Universal and its publishing business to a group which includes Sony (NYSE: S) Facebook is near ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMZN, AMAT, SAM, CAM, CIM, GNW, MHR, MPEL, NVDA, PKD, PLSX, RF, SVU, UTHR, ZMH)

Posted: November 11, 2011 at 8:21 am

These are some of Friday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Started as Neutral at Nomura. Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (11/11/2011) Spain Austerity, Apple iPhone 4S Fix

Posted: November 11, 2011 at 6:40 am

Market focuses on Italy. The market’s focus on the European sovereign debt crisis has moved firmly from Greece to Italy. And Italy has little time to resolve its budget problems as ...
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The Poor Lose the Ability to Buy Food

Posted: November 11, 2011 at 6:35 am

Because of the recession, the poor continue to lose the ability to pay for sufficient food. It is another sign that the financial situation of the lower class has become ...
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