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Monthly Archives: November 2011

Is There Really Upside in Biofuels Stocks? (ADM, VLO, GPRE, PEIX, SZYM, GEVO, AMRS, CDXS, KIOR)

Posted: November 7, 2011 at 2:02 pm

Our series on expected upside in stock prices continues today with a look at the biofuels sector. What you are about to see are numbers that, for the most part, ...
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Nevada, Illinois, And Arizona Suffer More Crippled Home Prices

Posted: November 7, 2011 at 12:55 pm

The US housing market continues to deteriorate. Prices in some states have stabilized. In others, the sharp descent continues. CoreLogic reports that "national home prices, including distressed sales, declined by ...
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As The Old Grow Rich, The Young Become Impoverished

Posted: November 7, 2011 at 12:29 pm

The old people of America have a consolation. They may not have many years left, but they are wealthy, at least compared to the young. Young Americans face such severe ...
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Barnes & Noble Releases Nook, Shares Wobble

Posted: November 7, 2011 at 12:11 pm

Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) released its new Nook tablet e-reader. The company's shares move higher by barely 1%. Wall St. must believe, as most analysts do, that the Nook will continue ...
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BP Loses Deal in Argentina, But Doesn’t Care (BP, CEO, APC, RIG, HAL, CAM)

Posted: November 7, 2011 at 11:03 am

It isn’t every day that a $7.1 billion deal falls through. Even rarer is a seller’s reaction that amounts to, “What, me worry?” But that’s what occurred over the weekend ...
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America’s Ten Largest Newspapers: The Future of Print

Posted: November 7, 2011 at 10:55 am

America’s largest newspapers have struggled to recover from what many analysts considered certain extinction. These properties are at the point where they have some chance to continue, although as smaller ...
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High Oil Prices Become Danger, Again

Posted: November 7, 2011 at 10:45 am

Brent crude was not supposed to rise to $120 again. That was good news, because high oil prices has been viewed as a potential trigger of a global economic slowdown. ...
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Most Likely Stock Purchases by Warren Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK-B, BAC, DG, XOM, COP, MA, VRSK, WMT, WFC)

Posted: November 7, 2011 at 10:41 am

Warren Buffett and his team at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) went out buying stocks in this last quarter according to the firm's quarterly report.  Sadly, no one ...
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Vertex RA Study: When Good Is Not Good Enough (VRTX)

Posted: November 7, 2011 at 10:04 am

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: VRTX) might have sounded as though shares would be up Monday morning if you were just looking at news over the weekend.  Instead, shares are down ...
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Dish Network Stumbles (DISH, DTV, VZ, T, NFLX, AMZN, SATS, CMCSA)

Posted: November 7, 2011 at 9:16 am

Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) came close to meeting consensus estimates on earnings and revenues, and in this case, close may be good enough. The company lost 111,000 subscribers in ...
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Merge Healthcare Files To Raise Capital, and to Sell for Holders (MRGE)

Posted: November 7, 2011 at 9:02 am

Merge Healthcare Incorporated (NASDAQ: MRGE) had already released data last week that it was conducting a note exchange offering after it had shown a loss after items.  A filing was ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (OVTI, SOL, TKLC, VRUS)

Posted: November 7, 2011 at 8:53 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Monday morning. We are tracking news and  moves in shares of OmniVision Technologies (NASDAQ: OVTI), Pharmasset, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRUS), ReneSola Ltd. ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (11/7/2011) New Nook, Disney And YouTube

Posted: November 7, 2011 at 8:31 am

Updated throughout the day Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) may release a new Nook, and drop prices on some of the e-readers (Reuters) Walt Disnet (NYSE: DIS) and Google's (NASDAQ: ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALU, AIG, DK, GRPN, HD, ING, K, MDVN, PIR, DGX, TOL, VE, PAY, WES, YRCW)

Posted: November 7, 2011 at 8:22 am

These are some of Monday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Alcatel-Lucent SA (NYSE: ALU) Cut to Sell at Citigroup; Cut estimates and target ...
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GM and the Folly of Long-Term Plans in China

Posted: November 7, 2011 at 6:39 am

General Motors (NYSE: GM) management says it will double sales in China by 2015, according to several media reports. GM executives should know better. It would be better to underpromise ...
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