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RIM Is No Carl Icahn Target (EP, RIMM, YHOO)

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 12:57 pm

Carl Icahn was on CNBC this afternoon talking up his position gains from the El Paso Corporation (NYSE: EP).  The CNBC team asked him point blank if Icahn was targeting ...
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Green Mountain: Does David Einhorn Understand Beans? (GMCR, SBUX, JOE, S, BBY, GM, AAPL)

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 12:41 pm

David Einhorn of Greenlight is well-known in investing, and not just for being long.  This is called whale-watching.  His comments today at the Value Investing Congress are single-handedly taking down ...
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Iran’s Ayatollah Cheers for “Occupy Wall Street”

Posted: October 12, 2011 at 5:34 pm

The “Occupy Wall Street” movement has been supported by many, yet criticized by many as well. How does one cover such a controversial issue that runs this deep and when ...
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Facebook/LinkedIn IPOs: Is the Value of Social Networking on the Decline? (LNKD, WBSN)

Posted: October 5, 2011 at 3:51 pm

There are a couple of issues affecting social networking values today, although they certainly are not in the breaking news categories. Nonetheless, these are critical ongoing issues and the valuation ...
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Another Merger In Exchanges (CBOE, CME, NYX, NDAQ)

Posted: September 29, 2011 at 11:23 am

Most investors either do not know of the National Stock Exchange or they forgot about the Cincinnati Stock Exchange.  This was became the first all-electronic exchange in the U.S., back ...
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When Feds Raid Your Life Insurance Policy Buyer (IFT)

Posted: September 28, 2011 at 8:44 am

Imperial Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: IFT) is a company that many have never heard of, but the company is in the news in a manner it probably never wanted to be.  ...
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SEC Seeks To Change Market Circuit Breakers

Posted: September 27, 2011 at 3:43 pm

The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that the national securities exchanges and FINRA are filing proposals in a move to revise the current stock market circuit breakers in an ...
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M&A Heats Up In Dollar Stores & Discounters (WMT, NDN, APO, KKR, BRK-A, DG, FDO, DLTR, BIG, TUES, TJX)

Posted: September 16, 2011 at 10:45 am

If there is one single obvious trend you need to burn into your brain regarding retail it is this: DOLLAR STORES!!!  After that it is discount stores.  Even though dollar ...
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In the Pursuit of Wealth Destruction, Muni Bond Tax Seems Unlikely

Posted: September 15, 2011 at 3:29 pm

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)

Posted: September 15, 2011 at 10:03 am

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)

Posted: September 13, 2011 at 9:19 am

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)

Posted: August 25, 2011 at 11:01 am

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)

Posted: August 25, 2011 at 7:44 am

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)

Posted: August 24, 2011 at 4:30 pm

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)

Posted: August 12, 2011 at 3:49 pm

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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