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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (AAPL, T, XRX, GE, LNKD, BIG, AZO, APD, BHI, COH, ITW, MHP, RSH, RF, HSY, NFLX, IBM, NAT, EGLE)

Markets opened mixed this morning, with the DJIA showing much more strength than the S&P 500, which opened higher, or the Nasdaq, which opened lower. The S&P Case-Shiller house price ...
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Demand Rising for Oil Tankers (FRO, NAT, TK)

The CEO of Frontline Ltd. (NYSE: FRO) told Reuters that the demand for oil tankers is unexpectedly high right now as imports to China swell. This could be good news ...
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Can Transport Stocks Deliver On Dow Theory? (UAL, LUV, CSX, NSC, JBHT, LSTR, NAT, FRO)

The Dow Jones Transportation Average has risen just 7.7% in the past five years, and barely 3% in the past 12 months. Not exciting, that's for sure, except for the ...
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Top Earnings Previews For The Week Ahead (CRL, CIM, NAT, RAX, AVP, GT, MET, OMC, ZNGA, A, NVDA, PCG, DVN, DE, NTAP, CMCSA, APA, DTV, WM, JWN, AMAT, DUK, HNZ, CPB)

Earnings season is starting to slow down a bit but we will still have some sector-moving earnings reports from major companies.  24/7 Wall St. has prepared earnings previews for the following companies: ...
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Baltic Dry: The Death Of An Index (SEA, DRYS, SFL, NAT)

Just what does a cratering Baltic Dry Index mean?  Frankly, it looks and acts as though it is signaling the next recession is here already rather than signaling that it ...
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Secondary Stock Offering Floodgates Open Wide (ARCC, SAVE, AONE, SQNM, BWP, HTGC, MMLP, ZIOP, FRAN, NAT)

If you watch underwritings in stocks, it would be literally impossible not to pay attention to the waves of secondary stock offerings from companies in the last 48 hours.  Some of ...
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Another Shipping Bankruptcy Filing Could Signal More on the Way (GMR, ONAVQ, TNK, OSG, NAT, FRO, NM, DRYS)

An over-supply of product leading to a steep drop in price has claimed another victim. No, this is not a story about a solar PV maker, but about shipping, where ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (K, ALU, TOL, PAY, YRCW, GRPN, TESO, BSFT, CCJ,CDE,KWK, NAT, FRPT, ADPI, TKLC, OVTI, DMND)

Markets opened up a bit this morning, but by 10:00 a.m. equities had turned back down, with the DJIA sliding down nearly -200 points before rallying back to its opening ...
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More Woes for Shippers (GMR, ONAVQ, TNK, OSG, NAT, FRO)

No matter what kind of cargo a shipping company moves, that company is likely to be in some financial distress. Rates for moving containers, dry bulk, and oil are all ...
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Shipping Companies and the Japan Effect (DRYS, DSX, GNK, AMKBF, DAC, SSW, FRO, NAT, TK, TGP, GLNG, SEA)

As Japan recovers from the devastating earthquake and its aftermath, the country will depend heavily on importing raw materials into the country and exporting finished goods. There are a number ...
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Oil Tankers Going Nowhere (OSG, TK, GMR, FRO, NAT, PBR)

Day rates for crude oil supertankers, VLCCs, peaked in 2009 at around $100,000/day. Today, if you want to ship 2 million barrels of oil from the Middle East to Korea, ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ACH, ATHR, EAT, CTV, FSLR, ICE, MPEL, NAT, PNRA, SFL, TRV, TK)

These are some of this Tuesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Aluminum Corp Of China (NYSE: ACH) Cut to Undeweight at JPMorgan. Atheros ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (CIEN, DRYS, ICE, IM, NAT, ORLY, RAX, PRSP, RF, STI, SLB, TMH, TIF)

These are this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Ciena Corp. (NASDAQ: CIEN) Started as Buy at Auriga. DryShips (NASDAQ: DRYS) Raised to ...
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Cramer’s Going Global Theme Stock Picks for 2010 (VALE, STD, CHU, PCU, NAT, STO, BHP, BNS, JDSU)

Jim Cramer came out with his series of themes for 2010 on CNBC's MAD MONEY this evening, and tonight's theme was 'Going Global.'  Despite the market being overbought and the negative news ...
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Top10 Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ABB, APD, BP, BRCD, NAT, OSG, OVTI, TEVA, TRMB, WBS)

These are ten of the top analyst upgrades and downgrades that are independent of earnings news from Wall Street this Thursday morning: ABB (ABB) Cut to Hold at Societe Generale. ...
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