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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (MSFT, GILD, NFLX, AMGN, WYNN, CREE, LDK, CPB, HRL, STP, BRCD, FRO, ALU, GRPN, FMCN, ROYL)

Stocks opened a bit lower this morning, but almost immediately turned around without being able to break through the opening numbers. Revised third-quarter US GDP numbers were worse than expected, ...
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The Best Value Stocks in Food & Beverages (CPB, KO, CAG, DPS, GIS, HRL, K, KFT, PEP, TSN, SFD, DF, BRK-A)

When it comes to defensive investing, food and beverages are two of the go-to sectors for getting equity market exposure but protecting your assets.  The logic is simple enough: “You ...
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Food, Ethanol Prices Set To Rise Again (ADM, DE, POT, VLO, PEIX, GPRE, KFT, SJM, GIS, K, TSN, HRL, SFD, MOO, DBA)

Hot, dry weather is now expected to reduce the US corn harvest and lift consumer prices for everything from breakfast cereal to pump prices at the local service station. Agricultural ...
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Key Equity Events To Watch For Wednesday (NDN, ACTV, AIG, CTXS, CSC, COST, HRL, NTAP, ORBK, TOL, YHOO, AEO, GES, RL)

Wednesday is setting up to be a busy day before what will turn into a long weekend in a hurry later this week.  We have many key stock events to ...
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Top Earnings Previews for the Week Ahead (QIHU, TECD, AMAT, AZO, MDT, TIVO, NDN, CSC, COST, HRL, NTAP, TOL, HNZ, MRVL, NBG, OVTI, TIF)

Next week will still bring many key earnings.  The difference is that while some of these may have wild swings, this list is unlikely to bring about any major market ...
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Commodities Watch: Corn Price Sets New Record; Cocoa Prices Falling; WTI Crude Could Drop Significantly (DBA, MOO, TSN, SFD, HRL, DE, CNH, AGCO, MOS, HSY, KFT, GLD, SLV, GDX, GDXJ, SIL, USO)

Time for our daily look at the world of commodity prices and key developments. Corn futures continue their seemingly inexorable march toward $8/bushel as wet and windy weather in the ...
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The Coming Week’s Must-See Stock Events (AAPL, T, VZ, BRK-A, BIG, BGP, CSCO, DVN, DISH, HRL, FLWS, UNTD, JDSU, JPM, EGPT, NYX, HAWK, SIRI)

We have many big events to watch for in the coming week at American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T), Verizon Communications ...
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Gold-Plated Dividend Stocks Don’t Get Much Help from Tax Bill (LLY, SVU, TEG, MKC, HRL, ECL, USB, BK, GE, PFE)

To make the cut onto the Standard & Poor's Dividend Aristocrats Index a company has to have paid a dividend every year for at least 25 consecutive years. The index ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AGU, CPB, DYN, ELON, FIC, HRL, ITRI, LVS, MICC, MTB, OVTI, POT, SAP, SNDA, SNPS, TSL)

These are some of this Wednesday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Agrium Inc. (NYSE: AGU) Started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs. Campbell Soup ...
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Looking For Cover in Defensive Stocks (KO, JNJ, KFT, CAG, CPB, HRL, MCD, AWK, MO, VGR, RAI, PG, CL)

The bulls ran for cover today as commodities and financial stocks are pulling the market lower.  After two huge 'sell the news' earnings reactions were followed by even more 'sell ...
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Seeking Refuge in Defensive Stocks (PEP, KO, CPB, HRL, MCD, VGR, MO, RAI)

Defensive stocks are supposed to hold up in down stock markets.  That isn't so today.  In our list of 17 defensive stocks we routinely track, none were positive today.  On ...
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Time For Defensive Stocks? (PEP, KO, BUD, TAP, KFT, CAG, CPB, HRL, MCD, MO, VGR, RAI, PG, CL, MRK, JNJ)

There are three things investors traditionally want after making huge gains when they still want to hold stocks.  They want stocks that have dividends and may want 'value stocks.'  ...
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The Hardest Working Brands for 2009: The Year Of The Dog

A look at the "hardest working" major brands for 2009 shows that a number of them belong to companies which have done poorly and, in at least one case, may ...
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The 100 Hardest Working Brands In The World

There are a number of ways to rank brand values. One of the most important is the level at which a brand contributes to the market value of a public ...
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Defensive Stocks Offering No Haven (WMT, PEP, KO, TAP, KFT, CAG, CPB, HRL, MCD, MO, VGR, RAI, PG, CL, MRK, JNJ, NVO)

Wasn't it just last week that we were up eight days in a row on the DJIA?  And now we have a sell-the-news reaction to the recent growth numbers.  Maybe ...
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