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Monthly Archives: November 2011

Disney Theme Parks as a Proxy for the Middle Class

Posted: November 11, 2011 at 6:33 am

The ability to afford theme park visits is a good proxy for the financial health of the middle class. The parks that Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) runs require the visitor ...
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Administration Punts Keystone Pipeline Decision

Posted: November 11, 2011 at 6:31 am

The Obama administration must believe that environmentalists, particularly those in Nebraska, will hit the polls in force when the 2012 national election comes. The State Department said it would delay a ...
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Europe’s Critical Weekend

Posted: November 11, 2011 at 6:27 am

During the 2008 credit crisis, U.S. regulators worked weekends to make certain that negative news about the nation’s banking system could be offset by policy decisions before Asian markets opened Monday. ...
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Media Digest (11/11/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: November 11, 2011 at 6:24 am

Italy to vote on sharp budget cuts as the U.S. calls for sharper ones. (Reuters) The State Department will look for a new route for the Keystone pipeline to satisfy ...
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The Ten Foods Making Thanksgiving Much More Expensive

Posted: November 10, 2011 at 5:43 pm

The cost of a standard American Thanksgiving dinner keeps rising. In 2001, the holiday meal cost $35.04. This upcoming holiday, it will be nearly $50. According to a report by ...
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E*TRADE Can’t Find M&A (ETFC, GS, SCHW, AMTD, MS)

Posted: November 10, 2011 at 4:35 pm

E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) was one we had on the calendar because this was the day that it was due to meet with its Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) as ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (AMZN, AAP, CSCO, NOK, SD, CSC, ENS, FRO, FF, FTK, QUAD, GMCR, IL, HFC, P, LEAP)

Posted: November 10, 2011 at 4:10 pm

Markets opened higher today, and after some backsliding in the mid-morning, pulled ahead again by mid-afternoon. Crude oil closed up more than 2% at $97.78/barrel and gold was down by ...
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Double-Digit Price Gains for Thanksgiving 2011, Inflation in Turkey & Gas

Posted: November 10, 2011 at 3:10 pm

Everyone loves the holidays and spending time off with the family (well, almost everyone), but no seems to like it when the cost of the holidays is much higher than ...
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Expected Upside in Lifestyle-Oriented REITs (HCN, SNH, UDR, ESS, CPT, RLJ, DRH, HHC, GGP)

Posted: November 10, 2011 at 2:28 pm

The number and types of real estate investment trusts (REITs) is both large and varied, and, thus, better taken in smaller chunks. Our focus today hits those REITs that offer ...
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Google to Help Vendors Fight the “Apple Thing” (GOOG, AAPL, MSFT, SSNLF, HTCKF, MMI, ORCL)

Posted: November 10, 2011 at 12:05 pm

On a visit to Taiway yesterday, Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) chairman Eric Schmidt told smartphone makers that the company will support its manufacturing partners “because we think the Apple thing ...
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S&P Claims France “AAA” Rating Action Is Not Real (EWQ)

Posted: November 10, 2011 at 11:55 am

OK, the ratings agency games have always been interesting and that is hard to refute.  Today's news just takes the cake entirely.  S&P has "clarified and erroneous message" when it ...
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Enterprise Still Looking Like a Long-Term Win (EPD, CHK, EEP, APC, AMJ, KYN)

Posted: November 10, 2011 at 11:31 am

Enterprise Products Partners LP (NYSE: EPD) is winning in part from an analyst research call and mostly on its own merits.  While the MLP has stalled out in the last couple ...
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The Jobs That Make The Most In Tips

Posted: November 10, 2011 at 10:31 am

Tips have reached a tipping point. The amount people in the service industry make in tips is up for the first time in three years, according to a report published ...
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Black Friday Creeping into Thursday at Walmart (WMT, TGT, BBY, M, KSS, AMZN)

Posted: November 10, 2011 at 10:14 am

The retail jamboree known as Black Friday seems to start earlier every year. The door-buster sales used to begin in the wee hours of Friday morning, but several retailers have ...
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US Takes Up Solar Makers’ Case Against China (FSLR, SPWRA, TSL, JASO, LDK, RSOL)

Posted: November 10, 2011 at 9:05 am

The US Department of Commerce has begun its investigation of a trade complaint accusing Chinese makers of solar PV modules of dumping their goods on the US market at less ...
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