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Monthly Archives: November 2011

What’s Important in the Financial World Today (11/7/2011) Gas Prices, Super Committee

Posted: November 7, 2011 at 6:38 am

France's economic woes. Concern about eurozone sovereign finances has swung quickly from Greece to Italy and France. The change has happened even though the trouble in Greece has gotten worse. This ...
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Wall St. Pessimism About Holiday Sales

Posted: November 7, 2011 at 6:30 am

Wall St. has voted on how strong holiday sales will be this year. Shares of Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) and Target (NYSE: TGT) are down year to date. Walmart (NYSE: ...
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Sharp Discounts Hit Consumer Electronics Markets

Posted: November 7, 2011 at 6:25 am

Amazon.com (NYSE: AMZN) has set the price of the Kindle Fire so low that many analysts believe each unit sold will lose money for the e-commerce company. Amazon will offer ...
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Financial Gap Between Germany and France Widens

Posted: November 7, 2011 at 6:23 am

Germany and France are the twin towers built to support Europe’s dwindling financial strength. That has changed rapidly, and Germany is left to stand alone. That will alter the balance of power in ...
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Media Digest (11/7/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes

Posted: November 7, 2011 at 6:18 am

There is concern that the new Greek government will not be stable enough to run the nation. (Reuters) As finances in Italy deteriorate, concerns grow about the ability of the ...
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What’s Important In The Financial World Today (11/6/2011) Greek PM Falls, France Falters

Posted: November 6, 2011 at 4:12 pm

Late word is that a new multi-party government will rule Greece. Current prime minister George Papandreou will leave. The head of the new government will be current finance minister Evangelos ...
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What Matters In The Financial World Today (11/5/2011)

Posted: November 5, 2011 at 11:49 am

The Greek democracy is over 3,000 years old, and it may take another 3,000 for the nation to sort out its national debt problems. Prime Minister George Papandreou was able ...
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The Eight Drug Shortages Putting Americans at Risk

Posted: November 5, 2011 at 11:07 am

President Obama this week signed an executive order directing federal regulators to address shortages of vital prescription drugs. According to the president, the order, which does not need congressional approval, ...
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24/7 Wall St. Top Analyst Calls of the Week (AWK, NLY, ARMH, INTC, BAC, C, JPM, CAT, DAL, DNDN, DMND, HGSI, OPEN, SNDK, VLO, VICL, YRCW)

Posted: November 5, 2011 at 7:15 am

Each morning 24/7 Wall St. issues a list of some of the key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms.  We review these and other calls from ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (GRPN, BIG, DAL, RGLD, SD, SPWRA, TSL, SBUX, LNKD, ANLY, OXGN, RST, MTZ, ALJ, DRWI, LEDS, CHK, IPSU, SGEN)

Posted: November 4, 2011 at 4:09 pm

Markets opened lower this morning, and a modest gain of 80,000 non-farm jobs and a slight improvement of the US unemployment rate to 9.0% didn’t lift investors’ spirits before the ...
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Top Earnings & Economic Events In The Week Ahead (PCLN, AONE, ATVI, PAAS, TM, CSCO, CSC, GM, GMCR, M, SLW, MCP, JWN, NVDA, DIS)

Posted: November 4, 2011 at 2:51 pm

Earnings season has peaked, but we still have many key earnings reports and economic events coming in the week ahead.  24/7 Wall St. has featured a calendar with events scheduled ...
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Expected Gains in Specialty Retail Stocks (ODP, OMX, SPLS, BKS, CSTR, BID, TSCO, TITN, PETM, LUX)

Posted: November 4, 2011 at 2:26 pm

The universe of specialty retail stocks is not terribly large, measured either by number of companies or market cap. The entire sector has a market cap of about $310 billion, ...
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China’s Light Bulb Exodus, New Boom For Battered LED Companies (VECO, CREE, AIXG, RBCN, LEDS, NEXS, EFOI)

Posted: November 4, 2011 at 12:53 pm

If there is one single event that can help an entire sector out immediately, it is when China announces major policy changes.  News is out that China is taking a ...
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SunPower, First Solar, Chinese Solar Makers Retrenching (SPWRA, FSLR, JASO, STP, TSL)

Posted: November 4, 2011 at 11:33 am

The train wreck more widely known as the solar sector may finally be adjusting to reality and trying to get back on the tracks. SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWRA) reported earnings ...
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Chesapeake Beats Estimates, Outlines More Asset Sales (CHK, XOM, APC, DVN, BHP, BP)

Posted: November 4, 2011 at 10:54 am

Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) opened about 2% higher this morning following its third-quarter earnings release after markets closed yesterday. The company posted adjusted EPS of $0.72, beating the consensus ...
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