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PIIGS KILLERS: Italy PM Vote Threatens Austerity, All Over Again

Posted: February 25, 2013 at 3:00 pm

What happens when you put a vote out to the people about whether or not their benefits and public spending should be cut to appeal to international creditors? If you ...
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Portugal Dock Worker Strike Adds To Unemployment Injury

Posted: August 14, 2012 at 11:23 am

Perhaps Portugal can be happy that it is not exactly at the same point as Greece, but things are continuing to look really bad.  The national statistics institute in Portugal ...
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Telecom Dividend Bubble Grows, But Euro-Telecom Players Create Caveats

Posted: July 27, 2012 at 1:47 pm

We have recently warned about a dividend bubble that is inflating in the high dividend yield stocks like the telecom giants.  Both AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) and Verizon Communications Inc. ...
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Spain Short Selling Ban Spreads Through PIIGS and Beyond (EWP, SAN, BBVA, GREK, NBG, PT, IRE)

Posted: July 23, 2012 at 10:35 am

Most, or much, of the world hates short sellers. Betting against markets is just unfair, or so goes the logic. There is just one small problem: a market without short ...
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As Greece Fades, Attention Moves To Spain, Italy, Portugal (NBG, GREK, EWP, BBVA, SAN, PT, IRE, EWI, FXE, UUP)

Posted: June 18, 2012 at 11:26 am

The Greek elections went the way that the market participants were initially hoping for, but now the reality is setting in that Greece may ultimately not be able to stay ...
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The Amazing Greek Snapback Recovery For The PIIGS (NBG, GREK, EWP, PT, IRE, EWI, FXE, UUP)

Posted: June 15, 2012 at 2:02 pm

Trusting anything out of Greece or any of the PIIGS nations is a bit difficult these days.  With the weekend coming upon us, Greece is set to be the center ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ACPW, AMAT, ACI, BCS, CELL, COG, DUK, HCA, MDT, OMG, PT)

Posted: September 1, 2011 at 8:11 am

These are some of this Thursday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Active Power Inc. (NASDAQ: ACPW) Started as Buy at ...
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D-Day for PIIGS ADRs (TI, EWI, PT, IRL, AIB, IRE, NBG, EWP, STD, BBVA, SNF)

Posted: July 11, 2011 at 11:08 am

If you are surprised about the newest crash scenario boiling up outside of Greece, this is something we have been covering routinely.  While the beastly pace is surprising, how big ...
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Beyond Greece & ECB, Debt Woes Only Growing Elsewhere in Europe (TI, PT, EWI, AIB, IRE, NBG, EWP, SNF)

Posted: July 7, 2011 at 7:18 am

Greece saved itself with its latest austerity measures.  For a few months, maybe.  If you have read about Greece's woes and read about the bailout and rescue process, the real ...
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The Unusual Suspects, Stocks To Watch This Coming Week (BKS, BRLI, BA, CTICD, LNG, ESRX, NEM, ABX, GG, EWI, LNKD, LULU, MCP, PT, RYAAY, STEC, YHOO)

Posted: May 22, 2011 at 10:29 am

Each weekend we review the issues of the week before and look to the calendar ahead to see which issues are going to stand out with news or events.  We ...
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Early-Bird Stocks on the Move (IRE, CSIQ, ORCC, PSUN, PT, RMBS, VRA)

Posted: March 16, 2011 at 7:32 am

We are tracking several key moving stocks this morning that have news or events driving shares.  None of these are Japan-focused stocks as the coverage there seems to revolve entirely ...
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As S&P Warns About Portugal and Greece… (PT, NBG)

Posted: March 2, 2011 at 7:08 am

Are the credit ratings agencies still viable?  If you can believe it, there is a new round of warnings for credit rating downgrades in the lands of the PIIGS.  As ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AXP, ATML, CLWR, STZ, CTCM, EXPE, FICO, INTC, MRVL, PCS, MSFT, NVDA, PT, USM)

Posted: November 5, 2010 at 8:10 am

These are some of this Friday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. American Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) Raised to Buy at Argus. Atmel Corporation ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AAPL, BSX, CPLA, COCO, LOPE, LOGI, MDT, MPWR, PT, PHM, STO, SVR)

Posted: November 4, 2010 at 8:14 am

These are some of this Thursday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Started as Outperform with $410 at Baird (expanded ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ALTR, ABFS, CVLT, GDOT, JKS, LYV, MICC, MCP, OXY, PT, SNV, WAT, WERN)

Posted: September 7, 2010 at 8:31 am

These are some of this Tuesday's top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls: Altera Corp. (NASDAQ: ALTR) Maintained Neutral and $32 target at ...
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