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Monthly Archives: December 2011

What’s Important in the Financial World (12/13/2011) Global Employment, Jive IPO

Posted: December 13, 2011 at 6:36 am

Global stock markets have not bought into the notion that the eurozone crisis has been effectively solved by leaders there. Stock markets, for the most part, have dropped around the world ...
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Job Market to Worsen Worldwide in First Quarter

Posted: December 13, 2011 at 6:36 am

Unemployment, which has plagued all developed economies, may get little help from employers early next year. This problem will cascade into GDP growth. It presents one more hurdle to a global ...
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Media Digest (12/13/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, Bloomberg

Posted: December 13, 2011 at 6:35 am

Congress, close to a budget agreement, may avoid a government shutdown. (Reuters) Washington Mutual shareholders and creditors set a deal that could allow an exit from bankruptcy. (Reuters) The policy ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (INTC, BA, AZO, DD, EPB, LEN, TOL, BRN, DMND, VMC, OXGN, HBP, PNCL, ROSE, NBG)

Posted: December 12, 2011 at 4:06 pm

US equity markets opened sharply lower this morning and continued falling before levelling off at around 200 pts down on the DJIA. The downturn followed closer examination of the European ...
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The Boeing Dividend Hike Surprise (BA)

Posted: December 12, 2011 at 3:08 pm

Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) was not featured as one of our model stocks in the 24/7 Wall St. 2012 model Dividend Portfolio and it was not even featured as a ...
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Fitch Downgrades The Entire World

Posted: December 12, 2011 at 12:49 pm

Research firm Fitch downgraded its forecasts for the growth rate of almost every region in the world. It is yet another warning that the slowdown in the EU economy has ...
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GE Dividend Focus Ahead of Annual Investor Meeting Outlook (GE)

Posted: December 12, 2011 at 12:39 pm

General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) was recently reestablished on the 2012 Model Dividend Portfolio by 24/7 Wall St.  The company surprised us with a jump-start as it raised the dividend ...
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Short Sellers Hit Attack Mode in SIRIUS XM (SIRI)

Posted: December 12, 2011 at 10:59 am

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is an interesting stock in an interesting space in time.  After two big positive analyst calls just last week, it is interesting to see ...
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Pre-IPO Fund Debuts In Listing From Keating (KIPO, NPTN, SZYM, GSVC)

Posted: December 12, 2011 at 10:39 am

Keating Capital, Inc. (NASDAQ: KIPO) is debuting in trading today.  The closed-end fund is a pre-IPO fund and it had approximately $77 million in assets as of September 30, 2011.  ...
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Intel Warning Knock… Market Inefficiency Reigns (INTC, TXN, ALTR, WDC, SMH, AMD, MU)

Posted: December 12, 2011 at 9:23 am

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) may be a recent position added to the Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) stock holdings portfolio, but the semiconductor and processor giant is now issuing an ...
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The ‘Double’ Call in Human Genome (HGSI)

Posted: December 12, 2011 at 9:04 am

Human Genome Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: HGSI) is not getting much of a boost despite being called as stock which could manage to double in price over the next 18 months ...
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Questions Resurface Over At Diamond Foods (DMND)

Posted: December 12, 2011 at 8:44 am

Diamond Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: DMND) had a huge day on Friday after a research report indicated that the company's accounting review would not yield much in irregularities in payments to ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALTR, AZO, BWP, BA, BYI, EPB, DD, EW, KND, LEN, LLTC, PCS, PLL, PNM, PSB, SAP, TOL)

Posted: December 12, 2011 at 8:28 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) Raised to Outperform at BMO Capital Markets. ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (12/12/2011) Olympus CEO, Lehman Bros

Posted: December 12, 2011 at 8:20 am

Updated throughout the day The former CEO of Olympus will meet with members of the Japanese parliament to push for corporate governance reform (Reuters) Lehman Bros will ask a bankruptcy ...
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US EPA Links Fracking to Groundwater Contamination (ECA, CHK, XOM, EOG)

Posted: December 12, 2011 at 8:09 am

The US Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday released a draft of its three-year study of possible groundwater contamination caused by hydraulic fracturing near Pavillion, Wyoming. The draft results are not ...
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