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What’s Important in the Financial World (2/9/2012) A Mortgage Deal With Banks, Yahoo! to Sell Alibaba?

Posted: February 9, 2012 at 6:38 am

As one set of government suits against America’s largest banks is settled, another is about to begin. Media reports say that federal regulators and state attorneys general have set a ...
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Should Banks Have Overdraft Fees? (JPM, ZION, BAC, CBSH, WFC)

Posted: February 7, 2012 at 3:48 pm

While not breaking news at this point, there is something that is front and center in banking when it comes to overdraft fees.  To many consumers, overdraft fees are simply ...
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America’s Shrinking Corporate Giants

Posted: February 6, 2012 at 6:48 am

It is rare for one of America’s largest companies to lose a third or more of its sales in a brief time. When it happens, it is usually either because ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (2/6/2012) Greek Settlement, GM Profit Target

Posted: February 6, 2012 at 6:44 am

Time has finally run out for Greece. The European Union, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund have said they are tired of waiting to see if Greece can cut is ...
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SolarCity Preparing Third Quarter IPO (FSLR, STP, YGE, RSOL, WEST, KYO, BAC, GOOG)

Posted: February 3, 2012 at 11:34 am

Solar systems installer SolarCity is reported to be preparing an IPO in the third quarter of this year. A Reuters report notes that Goldman Sachs will be the lead underwriter ...
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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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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMZN, ASH, BAC, C, CAT, DB, XOM, MWW, NEM, STX, SXC, WBSN, VRTX)

Posted: February 1, 2012 at 8:18 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Wednesday morning. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Maintained Neutral but cut ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AAP, AZO, BAC, C, HFC, IMGN, JAKK, JPM, K, KEG, MEOH, MNST, MS, MYL, SPLS, TWX, WFM)

Posted: January 30, 2012 at 8:34 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Monday morning. Advanced Auto Parts Inc. (NYSE: AAP) Raised to ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (1/30/2012) Bank of America Management, Facebook IPO

Posted: January 30, 2012 at 6:50 am

There is still no settlement between Greece and the private investors who hold its debt. Greece also faces a call from Germany to have an independent agency supervise its budget. The ...
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Tracking The highly Unusual Short Interest Trends (ALU, BAC, DNDN, DMND, FSLR, F, GMCR, HGSI, LNKD, NFLX, RIMM, SIRI)

Posted: January 26, 2012 at 10:08 am

Cult stocks and controversial stocks often have an unusually high short interest.  What is amazing is that the bets against these companies sometimes go off the charts.  We have tracked ...
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Short Sellers Increase Bets Across the Board

Posted: January 26, 2012 at 6:33 am

For the first time in a long time, short sellers have increased their bets that the stock prices of most large companies and in most large sectors will fall. The ...
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The Worst Cities for Retirees to Find Work

Posted: January 25, 2012 at 6:39 am

Just because you're retired doesn't mean you don't have to work. As of the end of last year, 7.3% of Americans 75 and older were employed -- the highest level ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (GOOG, JCI, VLO, TSCO, HUM, INTC, IBM, BAC, AXP, GE, SLB, STI, INSM, TLB, SHLD, NCIT, CCOI)

Posted: January 20, 2012 at 4:08 pm

Equity markets opened mixed this morning, with the DJIA up slightly and the NASDAQ Composite and S&P 500 down slightly. That pattern held throughout the day as last night’s report ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (V, MA, C, CVX, APD, EBAY, ZZ, BLK, BAC, FCS, FCX, MS, LUV, EGHT, TSL, JASO, STP)

Posted: January 19, 2012 at 4:04 pm

Stocks opened higher this morning and have mostly remained in positive territory throughout the day. Reports that China was considering lowering its banks’ capital reserve requirements boosted both Asian and ...
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Morning Wire — US Stock-Index Futures Higher

Posted: January 19, 2012 at 8:38 am

US index futures are higher this morning as European and Asian markets have all responded favorably to recent earnings announcements for US companies like Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC), ...
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