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In the Pursuit of Wealth Destruction, Muni Bond Tax Seems Unlikely

The American Jobs Act is a bill which is supposed to be "fully paid for."  It isn't.  In the attack on wealth at all costs, the measure to tax ...
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HCA Kills Private Equity Overhang, BofA Raises Another $1.5 Billion (HCA, BAC)

HCA Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: HCA) is surging on news this morning that could be a very valuable lesson for private equity IPO situations.  The company is repurchasing a whopping 80,771,143 ...
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ReneSola… ‘Value’ Meets Buybacks & Insider Buying (SOL)

ReneSola Ltd. (NYSE: SOL) is a solar stock that has beaten up so bad that it could be screened out as a value stock.  Just yesterday we gave a list ...
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Can Insider Buying Save Solar & Alt-Energy? (FSLR, WFR, LDK, JASO, ADM, AMSC, WPRT, GTAT)

While corporate insiders sell shares for all sorts of reasons, there is usually just one reason for insiders to buy: they think the stock price will rise. That belief typically ...
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The Day Apple Stood Still: Steve Jobs Leaves Apple (AAPL, DIS)

The day that many feared for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has arrived.  Steve Jobs is formally leaving Apple as CEO.  He has requested to still serve as Chairman of the ...
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First Solar Executives Pony Up Cash To Buy More Stock (FSLR)

Executives at companies may sell shares of their company for a myriad of reasons, but generally when they buy shares it means that they think the stock is going to ...
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CEOs Buying Their Own Companies At A Discount (NLY, CHTR, D, EQY, GBX, HUN, LEAP, LGND, MBRG, MS, TIE, WIN)

Investors couldn't have missed seeing the recent waves of new corporate share buyback plans. What they may have not noticed as clearly is the increasing trend in "legal insider trading" ...
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The 25 Companies Spending Billions On Buybacks (ACE, AKAM, ABC, AOL, AVT, CBOE, CHTR, CSCO, COV, DISCA, DLB, XOM, CVX, HRS, HUN, JASO, JAH, NWSA, RDC, LUV, STJ, BSX, MSI, V, HPQ)

It is no secret that the market volatility has many investors rattled.  What is very counter-intuitive is that many companies are continuing with most or all of their investor friendly ...
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Morgan Stanley CEO Buys Over $2 Million in Company Stock (MS)

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) has sold off enough!  That is what the company CEO is saying, and he's putting his money where is mouth is.  A Form-4 SEC filing this ...
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More Than 20 Great Companies Which Refuse To Pay Dividends (AMZN, AMGN, AAPL, BBBY, BRK-A, CBB, DELL, DG, DLTR, EBAY, ERTS, EMC, ESRX, FLEX, GOOG, JACK, NDAQ, SYMC, UAL, URBN, WDC, YHOO, ZBRA, CSCO, VMW, MHS)

If you have been a reader of 24/7 Wall St. for long, you know that we appreciate companies that pay dividends just about as much the investors who buy ...
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Vulnerable Stocks From Soros Fund Liquidation (ARX, BFLY, DNDN, EM, EXTR, HNR, IOC, MRCY, PLG, PWER, URS, VC, WPRT, AGRO)

George Soros is getting out of the hedge fund business.  Oddly enough, the regulatory climate under Dodd-Frank and other new legislation are the major reasons cited more than his age.  ...
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News Corp Plans To Buy $5 Billion In Stock, Shares Soars

News Corp (NYSE: NWS) has filed a document with the SEC that says it will buy in as may as $5 billion of its shares. The market cap of the ...
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Are Paulson’s Losses on Sino-Forest Overstated?

Reports have been out that Paulson & Co. had suffered severe losses in a Chinese forestry company called Sino-Forest.  Billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson may not have been hurt ...
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The Rich Are Growing, What They Do With Their Money (BAC)

In 1926 F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote: "Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me." Today, we don't call people rich because that smacks ...
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Death of a Threat: Netflix CEO Joins Facebook Board… It Matters (NFLX)

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) shareholders had plenty of concerns even before Facebook announced that it was going to get into video delivery of selected movies.  In a SWOT analysis, the ...
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