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Scoring Earnings Season: A True Tale of the Tape (AA, JPM, WFC, GOOG, NOK, INFY, CSTR, MFRM, CSC)

Posted: April 14, 2012 at 11:33 am

Earnings season for the first quarter of 2012 is upon us and 24/7 Wall St. wanted to see how the tale of the tape is treating the companies reporting earnings.  ...
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Top DJIA Earnings Previews For The Week Ahead (C, INTC, IBM, JNJ, KO, AXP, BAC, DD, MSFT, TRV, VZ, GE, MCD)

Posted: April 13, 2012 at 1:10 pm

Earnings season may be underway, but this coming week is going to be full of many key earnings reports.  We actually have a full slate on deck with what appears ...
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Former NFL Competitor USFL Raising $30 Million To Relaunch In 2013 (WWE)

Posted: April 12, 2012 at 3:56 pm

Do you remember the old United States Football League, or the USFL?  It's back, or it least it is trying to be brought back to life.  This is the league ...
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New Ponzi Scheme Targeted Church Congregations

Posted: April 12, 2012 at 12:06 pm

Bernie Madoff was the ultimate scum if you consider the size, time period and numbers of clients that his Ponzi scheme damaged.  It was billions of dollars lost.  There may ...
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Goldman Sachs Settles Over ‘Huddle’ Charges by SEC & FINRA (GS)

Posted: April 12, 2012 at 11:48 am

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) just seems as though it cannot get out from under the negative spotlight.  The Securities and Exchange Commission charged that the brokerage and trading firm ...
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Record Government Deficits Continue In U.S.

Posted: April 11, 2012 at 4:15 pm

The U.S. federal government budget deficit was roughly $198.16 billion in March.  The Treasury's report showed it to be the second highest deficit so far this fiscal year behind the ...
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Big Banks Still At Big Discounts To Book Value Before Earnings (BAC, BK, C, GS, JPM, MS, NTRS, STT, STI, USB, WFC)

Posted: April 10, 2012 at 8:10 am

This week will be the start of earnings season as we get to start reviewing some key earnings for first quarter of 2012.  The banking sector is going to be ...
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Q1-2012 Earnings Season Outlook, Lowered Expectations (AA, SNDK, CSCO, GE, JPM, WMT, LUV, IBM, T, VZ, BAC, MCD, AAPL)

Posted: April 5, 2012 at 11:00 am

Earnings season is almost upon us for the first quarter of 2012.  There is some growing caution over company expectations on the heels of a massive rally where the DJIA ...
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Alternative Investing Extreme: Titanic Artifacts Auction Extended (PRXI)

Posted: April 4, 2012 at 4:40 pm

Premier Exhibitions, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRXI) is far from a typical public company and it has been featured by us as one of America's most unusual public companies before.  The company is a ...
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An SEC Concern Over Target Date Retirement Fund Disclosures

Posted: April 4, 2012 at 9:08 am

The Securities and Exchange Commission is highlighting something which may be a concern for the popular mutual fund themes called Target Date Retirement Funds.  For the billions and billions of ...
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Obama Speech Attacks Oil & Gas Subsidies (XOM, VLO, CHK, FSLR, USO)

Posted: March 29, 2012 at 11:34 am

In a "we versus them" speech today, President Obama again called for the end of subsidies for oil and gas companies.  His speech talked about the global opportunities that the ...
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SIRIUS XM Antitrust Suit… Prelude to Margin Squeeze, or a Price Hike (SIRI)

Posted: March 28, 2012 at 9:31 am

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is in the news after it filed a complaint against SoundExchange, Inc. and American Association of Independent Music ("A2IM").  The suit alleges that these two ...
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Will Investors Turn Away From CDs Forever?

Posted: March 26, 2012 at 8:50 am

The environment of 'exceptionally low interest rates' may help borrowers, but it has the unintended consequences of bringing real returns to zero or even negative if you consider the impact ...
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World Water Day’s Top Pick: American Water Works (AWK)

Posted: March 22, 2012 at 1:56 pm

Did you know there is even a World Water Day?  You should.  The future of water is dire and most Americans do not know what a challenge it is in ...
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Randgold, a Mali Coup, and the Price of Timbuktu (GOLD)

Posted: March 22, 2012 at 11:38 am

Randgold Resources Limited (NASDAQ: GOLD) is paying a price for where it does business.  The political situation in the African nation Mali is in a coup.  The gold mining outfit ...
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