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Credit Suisse Trims S&P Target: Another Sell in May and Go Away! (CS, SPY, PPH)

Posted: May 9, 2012 at 8:45 am

Credit Suisse Group (NYSE: CS) is sort of taking the "Sell in May and go away!" approach.  At least that is how it sounds, even if the overall call is ...
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Apple Overly Dominates S&P 500 Performance, Still Lags Some Index Titans (SPY, AAPL, MSFT, XOM, SHLD, BAC, NFLX)

Posted: March 30, 2012 at 9:06 am

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has one more bit of evidence that it is acting as if it was its own stock index.  Its exceptional share performance is worth a substantial ...
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Surprise… Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway Underperforming Again in 2012 (BRK-A, BRK-B, DIA, SPY)

Posted: March 16, 2012 at 8:01 am

Everyone loves Warren Buffett's sage advice.  Almost everyone at any rate.  But what about Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) as an investment.  We have argued that perhaps the ...
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Research Stays Bullish On Gold & Silver Over S&P 500 (GLD, SLV, SPY)

Posted: February 3, 2012 at 9:23 am

TrimTabs is out with its newest round of investment research and it is calling for investors to buy gold and silver for the long-term on what it calls a dollar cost ...
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Warren Buffett’s Top Stocks of 2012 (BRK-B, SPY, USG, BAC, IR, MCO, INTC, WFC, AXP)

Posted: February 2, 2012 at 8:23 am

2012 is getting off to a great start for the equity markets.  We recently looked at the performance of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.B), which is underperforming this ...
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ETFs Winning & Losing Fund Flows Into Year-End (GLD, XLV, FXI, SPY, XLK, EFA)

Posted: December 28, 2011 at 2:46 pm

TrimTabs is showing what many investors might have expected.  After such a volatile year in the stock market, investors are seeking safety in the nearly no-income offered by bond funds and ...
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BofA Merrill Lynch Lightens Up On Equities (SPY)

Posted: November 15, 2011 at 8:06 am

In the latest RIC Report, Bank of America Merrill Lynch has come out with a new report titled "Time to Reduce Equities." There is no hidden message in the report ...
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The Best Performing S&P Stocks of 2011 (SPY, OKE, AN, ROST, LTD, GR, TSO, EQT, ERTS, WFM, RL, TDC, RRC, MA, HUM, CMG, VFC, ISRG, BIIB, EP, COG)

Posted: November 1, 2011 at 12:08 pm

October may have been one of the best months of many of our lives in equities. The SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY) rose by 10.9%. in October, but the year-to-date gain ...
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The Ten Best S&P Stocks of October (SPY, JNPR, NBR, FFIV, DNR, HAR, JOYG, NOV, VLO, GT, EP)

Posted: November 1, 2011 at 10:52 am

The month of October was a solid month for stocks, one of the best months of our lifetimes.  We have two groups today and the first is the stocks which ...
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IBM Gives Big Mixed Picture: Earnings to Outlook (IBM, DIA, SPY, CVX, MCD)

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 5:03 pm

International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM) has now reported its third quarter earnings report at $3.28 EPS and $26.2 billion in sales.  Thomson Reuters was looking for $3.22 EPS and ...
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Goldman Sachs Lowers Growth, But Still Too Rosy (GS, SPY)

Posted: October 4, 2011 at 9:12 am

It has become the newest game on Wall Street in the last month to lower global growth targets for 2011 and 2012 over the last six weeks.  What is amazing ...
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Is The VIX Signaling Another Selling Climax? (VXX, VXZ, SPY)

Posted: October 3, 2011 at 2:52 pm

The CBOE Volatility Index, or 'The Fear Index,' is reaching levels not seen since the height of the August selling panic.  That peaked around 47 in August and we just briefly ...
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The Good News Bad News Chart of the Market (DIA, SPY, AA, CAT, DD, UTX, DIS, HPQ, BAC, IBM)

Posted: September 22, 2011 at 5:05 pm

The DJIA (NYSE: DIA) was trading down 500 points today before a late-day rally.  More European concerns and serious slowing in China's manufacturing data only brought on more selling.  The ...
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24/7 Wall St. Top Analyst Calls of the Week (ATVI, AAPL, AMAT, CSCO, GLW, DNKN, LEN, LULU, MSI, NDAQ, SODA, TLB, TEA, TSO, TIVO)

Posted: September 10, 2011 at 7:31 am

Each morning we review our top upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street research notes.  We then look back over these at the end of the week to more closely ...
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Credit Suisse Downgrades S&P 500 and GDP Targets for ’11 and ’12 (SPY)

Posted: September 9, 2011 at 8:52 am

Credit Suisse is downgrading the benchmark targets for the stock market and for economic growth.  Before you panic too much, the Global Equity Strategy group is still maintaining an Overweight ...
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