Monthly Archives: December 2011

Morning Wire — US Stock-Index Futures Lower

Posted: December 27, 2011 at 8:02 am

Stock-index futures are wobbling around the flat mark as equity markets return after a day off yesterday. Volume is expected to be light and the markets are waiting to hear ...
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New Competition Threat for Qualcomm … Overrated? (QCOM, BRCM, NOK, DCM)

Posted: December 27, 2011 at 7:01 am

Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) is getting some new competition. While companies like Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM) and Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) have had patent fights with Qualcomm in years past, a ...
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Small Caps With 50% Upside in 2012 (TEN, WNR, APO, SNV, MTZ)

Posted: December 27, 2011 at 6:45 am

2011 is all but gone and research firms are handing out their top picks for 2012. We have been reviewing some of the "Small Cap Stocking Stuffers" from the top small ...
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The Worst Product Flops of 2011

Posted: December 27, 2011 at 6:35 am

A number of incredible new products were launched this year. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) introduced the iPhone 4S -- a phone with voice command -- and Boeing’s (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliner ...
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Google Tablet to Menace iPad?

Posted: December 27, 2011 at 6:34 am

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) chairman Eric Schmidt says his company will launch a new tablet PC in 2012. The product will run on the firm’s Android OS mobile platform. Google likely ...
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New Survey Says Economy to Expand Next Year … If

Posted: December 27, 2011 at 6:33 am

A new poll of economists by the AP reads like many others. The U.S. GDP will improve in 2012, so long as it is not undermined by European problems and ...
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More Pressure on Austerity Plans in Spain and France

Posted: December 27, 2011 at 6:33 am

France announced that its unemployment rate reached a 12-year high last quarter. The finance minister of Spain said he expects the nation’s GDP to contract this quarter and next. The ...
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What’s New in the Financial World (12/27/2011) Toyota Prius, Bank of America Asset Sales

Posted: December 27, 2011 at 6:31 am

The retail industry, just off a successful holiday season, must now wait for data on how post-holiday sales went. The Monday after Christmas is one of the busiest of the ...
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Media Digest (12/27/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 27, 2011 at 6:31 am

Retailers hope that “mega Monday” sales continue a string of strong retail results. (Reuters) The MF Global disaster prompts requests that the systems for grain trading to be changed. (Reuters) ...
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The Great Online Video Hype in China, Still Just Hype (YOKU, TUDO, SOHU, RENN)

Posted: December 27, 2011 at 6:15 am

The craze for online video is everywhere. Billions upon billions have been invested by great companies, yet the business model has proven that not all efforts have endless financial return. ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (12/26/2011) Paulson Gold Fund, Yahoo! M&A

Posted: December 26, 2011 at 8:15 am

Updated througout the day. Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) is close to a deal to sell most of its Asia assets (Reuters) The Paulson gold fund lost 10.5% of its value this ...
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Wall St. Fooled by Newspaper Industry

Posted: December 26, 2011 at 6:02 am

Traders rarely make mistakes as bad as the one they made when they pushed newspaper stocks higher early in the year. Shares in companies such as the New York Times (NYSE: ...
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A Competitor for Credit Rating Agencies

Posted: December 26, 2011 at 6:01 am

China may start its own credit rating agency, according to the Financial Times. The success of this business would be nearly impossible. Troubled sovereigns already must deal with the analysts ...
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A Hard Year for Asia’s Markets

Posted: December 26, 2011 at 6:00 am

The Dow probably will end 2011 slightly up. Asia markets will not show such positive results, though. That suggests the economies in the region may be in for deep trouble ...
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Retail Stocks Investors Abandoned May Be Crippled for Good