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Monthly Archives: November 2011

The Ten Worst Performing S&P 500 Stocks of 2011 (JNS, HCBK, GNW, NFLX, X, AIG, CVC, ANR, MWW, FSLR)

Although the month of October put up a big gain in the S&P 500 stocks, for the year-to-date S&P stocks have risen just 1.2%.  The ten worst performers have all ...
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Big Changes For Gabelli’s Focus Five Stock Picks (CCJ, DAN, SWX, XXIA, XYL, YHOO)

Each quarter comes a report from Gabelli & Co. for its FOCUS FIVE list of equity picks for the quarter ahead.  Since inception at the end of January 2006, the ...
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The Ten Worst S&P 500 Stocks in October (DPS, BMS, AVP, CERN, CVC, BMC, HSP, S, FSLR, NFLX)

The month of October was one of the best ever for equities with double-digit gains from teh S&P 500 Index.  There were some disappointments, however, and the ten worst performing stocks ...
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The Best Performing S&P Stocks of 2011 (SPY, OKE, AN, ROST, LTD, GR, TSO, EQT, ERTS, WFM, RL, TDC, RRC, MA, HUM, CMG, VFC, ISRG, BIIB, EP, COG)

October may have been one of the best months of many of our lives in equities. The SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY) rose by 10.9%. in October, but the year-to-date gain ...
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Latest Wireless Earnings, Court Ruling Weigh on Telecom Merger (LEAP, PCS, T, DTEGY, S, VZ, VOD, HRB, INTU)

Wireless phone companies Leap Wireless International Inc. (NASDAQ: LEAP) and MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (NYSE: PCS) have now reported quarterly earnings, and their results cast more of a shadow over the ...
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The Ten Best S&P Stocks of October (SPY, JNPR, NBR, FFIV, DNR, HAR, JOYG, NOV, VLO, GT, EP)

The month of October was a solid month for stocks, one of the best months of our lifetimes.  We have two groups today and the first is the stocks which ...
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Watching Movies at Home Beats Going to Theaters (NFLX, CSTR, AMZN, DISH, WMT, SNE)

In 1999, about 92% of $13.2 billion in home entertainment spending went to VHS tapes.That percentage fell to zero in 2009. In 2010, spending on DVDs, Blu-Ray discs, and streaming ...
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Why Is Yahoo! Buying A Company? (YHOO, ICLK)

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) is supposed to be up for sale.  So, why is it making an acquisition of another public company?  This morning came news that Yahoo! is acquiring ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (ASML, BAC, SYFY, YHOO)

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning. We are tracking news and  moves in shares of ASML Holding (NASDAQ: ASML), Bank of America Corp (NYSE: ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (11/1/2011) Nomura Loss, Greek Madness

NYT: Nomura Posts $590 Million Loss USA Today: Greek referendum announcement shocks world stocks Economist: The Greek referendum: Voting away your debts http://ow.ly/7fec5 #Economist #Greece #EuroCrisis NYT: DealBook: Switzerland's Credit ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (11/1/2011) MF Global Missing Money

Updated throughout the day Regulators are examining the books of MF Global to find what happened to a missing $700 million (NYT) Douglas A. McIntyre ...
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Recession or No Recession, Stocks May Be Close To Fully Valued

This is an interesting time in the market and the economy.  The market is full of so much mixed and conflicting data.  It was late last week that we ran ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALU, ARMH, AVP, BCS, CSCO, C, HGSI, LAD, LOGI, NVDA, STR)

These are some of Tuesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Alcatel-Lucent SA (NYSE: ALU) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan. ARM Holdings PLC (NASDAQ: ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World Today (11/1/2011) China PMI Trouble, Fed Divided, MF Global Fails

Bank plans to charge for debit cards abandoned. U.S. banks continue to abandon plans to charge fees to holders of debit cards. SunTrust (NYSE: STI) and Regions (NYSE: RF) today announced they ...
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The Best Cities to Live in Car Free

Several factors make a city easy to live in without a car. The most important one is a widely available and efficient public transportation system. Another is having daily amenities, ...
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