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The Return of the Euro-Bank Fears (NBG, STD, BBVA, IRE, DB, UBS, CS, BCS, RBS)

The U.S. stock markets have by and large been decoupled from the woes of Europe most of this year, as well as the slowing of growth in the key markets ...
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S&P Downgrades Spain, Warns Of More Cuts (STD, BBVA)

Standard & Poor's has just lowered the sovereign credit rating of Spain.  We have warned that the downgrades were not over for Spain nor for the other PIIGS nations.  We would ...
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Alcatel-Lucent Finds No Takers on Mixed to Dire Earnings (ALU, JNPR, NOK, ERIC, CSCO)

Alcatel-Lucent, S.A. (NYSE: ALU) recently saw its shares jump due to earnings from Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE: JNPR) but the new earnings report from the company itself shows that the ...
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Indian IT Outsourcing Woes Continue (WIT, INFY, CTSH, IBM)

Wipro Ltd. (NYSE: WIT) is following the same lead as was recently set by Infosys Ltd. (NASDAQ: INFY). The Indian information technology outsourcing firm turned in profit growth of almost ...
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Chinese Clouds Hover Over Baidu Earnings & Guidance (BIDU)

Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) closed lower ahead of earnings, and the earnings report that looked nearly acceptable on the surface actually is literally killing the shares of the leading Chinese ...
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Nokia Plans To Cut Its Way To Prosperity (NOK, AAPL, GOOG, MSFT)

Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) is magically trading higher after earnings.  The reaction is certainly not due to any great accomplishments.  There is probably some short covering, but the real news ...
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Infosys Feels IT-Outsourcing Pressure (INFY)

Infosys Ltd. (NASDAQ: INFY) is the king of IT-outsourcing in India, but today that king is finding itself under fire.  The company said that it sees 8% to 10% for ...
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The Growth of the Short-Selling Hedge Fund ETF (HDGE, GT, OPEN, ENR, COL, GMCR, C, ERIC, ATI, BBY, JCI)

Apparently having a short selling strategy under a hedge fund exchange-traded fund model has been working.  This week we received notice that the assets under management for AdvisorShares ActiveBear ETF (NYSE: HDGE) hit a ...
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SEC Nails Another Chinese Stock Fraud Scheme (AUTCF)

The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that it has charged AutoChina International Limited (OTC: AUTCF) AND 11 INVESTORS with conducting a market manipulation scheme.  The charges showed that the company ...
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Texas Instruments Avoids Nokia Hangman For Now (TXN, NOK, ERIC)

Texas Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: TXN) is trading up so far with the broader equity and technology markets.  The question which needs to be asked is "Should it really be up?"... ...
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Moody’s Warns of Bank Downgrades in Puerto Rico (STD, BBVA, BPOP)

More debt downgrade warnings are looming on the horizon.  This time for Puerto Rico, a nation which many consider the unspoken fifty-first state in America.  Moody's Investors Service has now ...
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Monster Recovery for National Bank of Greece (NBG, EWP, EWI)

National Bank of Greece SA (NYSE: NBG) is not just up this Tuesday.  It is up huge on a day where most investors would have assumed it would have been ...
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Euro Bank Bashing Comes Back With Force (BCS, DB, STD, BBVA, IRE, NBG)

European banks are taking it right on the chin, or maybe the chin and the nose.  The reports of a bad Spanish debt auction managed to push up borrowing costs ...
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A Second Look at Trusting the SmartHeat Move (HEAT)

SmartHeat Inc. (NASDAQ: HEAT) is such a small company that you might wonder what to think of a 100% rally in the stock after reporting a loss.  The company sells plate heat ...
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ChinaCast, From Troubled To Dysfunctional (CAST)

ChinaCast Education Corporation (NASDAQ: CAST) is one of the Chinese companies where investors might not be best served by management.  Infighting at the board of director level appears to be ...
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