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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (F, WYNN, COF, BP, SYNC, CHTR, HL, OMX, THC, WEN, RST, PDC, AOL, CTL, AGU, DTG, M, MPEL, NWS, CSCO, TSLA, TM, PCLN, FOSL, DNDN, AVL)

The major US stock indexes opened sharply lower this morning as weak performance in the European markets as traders try to figure out what last weekend’s elections mean. Crude oil ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ACM, ALNY, BIIB, BP, COF, SNP, CTSH, EA, EPB, ERJ, F, LPX, MFC, MM, RAX, SYNC, VRTX, WYNN)

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Tuesday. AECOM Technology Corporation (NYSE: ACM) Cut to Underperform at BofA/ML. Alnylam ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (BAC, CHK, SAM, ERJ, PAA, GE, MCD, KMB, ALK, ALTR, COF, HBI, SNDK, KEY, AEP, CP, CTIC, RCL, PCX, RVBD, RMBS)

Markets opened higher this morning although a decline in tech stocks weighed on the Nasdaq, leaving the index with only a small gain going into the last hour of trading. ...
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Credit Card, Mortgage Lending Returning to Sub-prime Market (COF, GM, HBC, JPM)

Borrowers with less-than-perfect credit are being courted once more by lenders trying to bolster their loan portfolios to make up for the loss of fee income from new regulations. The ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (AAPL, ACI, COF, GPS, S, UPS, HAST, IOC, ADBE, FMCN, LDK, QRE, AMPE, CERE)

Markets opened slightly lower this morning as everyone seemed to be waiting for the announcement from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) regarding its $97 billion cash pile (our coverage here). Financial ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ACI, CZR, COF, ETFC, GPS, NUE, PCX, S, TSL, UPS, WYNN, YGE, YUM)

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs. Caesars Entertainment ...
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Media Digest (2/14/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) gets approval from the European Commission and the U.S. to buy Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI). (Reuters) Boeing (NYSE: BA) signs a $22.4 billion deal with Lion Air. ...
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AmEx Vs. Capital One: Credit Card Sector Woes Prevailing (COF, AXP)

American Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) is a very different company from credit card rival Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF).  At this point in time, both are suffering as the ...
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Many More Banks Report Earnings This Week (GS, STT, BK, USB, NTRS, AXP, BAC, MS, COF)

We have already seen the first wave of bank earnings, but the rest of the week is full of bank and financial earnings.  In fact, the real bank earnings season ...
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J.P. Morgan Preview, Huge Bank Sector Book Value Discounts On Deck (JPM, WFC, BAC, C, STT, BK, MS, GS, AXP, COF, FAS)

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is about to report earnings Friday morning as the first bank and second DJIA component kicking off earnings season.  We wanted to make ...
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US Credit Card Debt Rises 150% in Third Quarter (V, MA, AXP, COF)

Americans have started using their credit cards again -- and in a big way. Credit card debt jumped 154% in the third quarter of 2011 compared with the same period ...
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Beyond Stress Tests: Banks Reach Ridiculous Discounts To Book Value (JPM, BAC, C, WFC, BBT, BK, COF, FITB, GS, MS, JEF, PNC, STI)

The new proposed stress tests are just one more thorn in the side for the banking sector, but analysts from Dick Bove to Meredith Whitney, as well as value and bargain ...
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Whale Watching: Paulson & Co. Speared By Banks & Gold (BAC, COF, C, JPM, WFC, XL, NYX, GLD, TEVA, FDO, MGM, HPQ, AMCX, CEPH, COV, CVS, MYL)

Paulson & Co. Inc. is another hedge fund group that investors use for Whale Watching, although this last quarter was not exactly kind to Mr. Paulson's billions... The current 13F ...
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Rising Credit Card Use May Be Mixed Blessing (MA, V, AXP, COF, DFS, BAC, JPM, C)

MasterCard Inc. (NYSE: MA) absolutely crushed estimates this morning, reporting third-quarter EPS of of $5.63 on revenue of $1.82 billion. Consensus estimates were aiming for EPS of $4.81 on $1.7 ...
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Top 9 Earnings Previews for the Rest of the Week (T, MSFT, GE, HON, MCD, VZ, COF, CMG, PM)

We have already seen waves and waves of earnings reports this week, yet we have many more Dow Jones Industrial Average companies reporting earnings and several other key companies that ...
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