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Bracing For The Euro Without Greece… Other PIIGS Too (EWG, EWQ, FXE, EWI, IRE, IRL, NBG, GREK, EWP, STD, BBVA, VGK, FEZ)

Posted: May 23, 2012 at 12:20 pm

So much for any great help from the ECB, France, Germany, and any other entity being able to help the Euro stay together.  Rumors have been out that nations have ...
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Are Bank Guarantees Coming For Europe? (NBG, IRE, STD, BBVA, DB, BCS, UBS)

Posted: May 21, 2012 at 2:30 pm

It is never a good thing to see a run on the banks.  That is what the fears were recently indicating in Greece.  The problem is that Spain is a ...
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Which of Europe’s Big Banks Gets Saved?

Posted: May 21, 2012 at 6:40 am

One of the proposals to salvage the financial fortunes of Europe’s weakest nations is to fund their largest banks. The theory goes that each of these nations has a troubled bank system that ...
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ECB ‘Actions’ & Threat Of Run On The Banks (NBG, GREK, CCH, IRE, STD, BBVA)

Posted: May 16, 2012 at 11:43 am

The European Central Bank is said to be freezing assets or considering freezing assets or halting monetary policy operations to some banks in Greece as the Greeks consider an exit ...
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Can Greek Banks Survive A Euro Exit? Which PIIGS Are Next?

Posted: May 15, 2012 at 4:01 pm

The Europeans need to make a decision soon.  It is time to deal with Greece, then the markets can decide how they will deal with the Greek banking system.  The ...
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Key Short Interest Changes in Cult Stocks & Controversial Stocks (ALU, STD, BAC, BKS, DNDN, DMND, FSLR, GMCR, GRPN, HGSI, LNKD, NFLX, RSH, RIMM, SIRI)

Posted: May 10, 2012 at 10:17 am

The short interest data is out using the April 30 settlement date.  We have seen some drastic changes from the April 13 settlement date in many issues, followed by some ...
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Can Big U.S. Banks Escape Europe’s Malaise?… Meredith Whitney Chimes In (DB, STD, NBG, BAC, JPM, C, WFC)

Posted: May 3, 2012 at 2:31 pm

The financial sector was the best performing index out of the S&P 500 during the first quarter.  That was when investors were decoupling from the woes of Europe.  With European ...
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The Return of the Euro-Bank Fears (NBG, STD, BBVA, IRE, DB, UBS, CS, BCS, RBS)

Posted: May 2, 2012 at 11:45 am

The U.S. stock markets have by and large been decoupled from the woes of Europe most of this year, as well as the slowing of growth in the key markets ...
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24/7 Wall St. Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades Of The Week

Posted: April 28, 2012 at 7:01 am

This last week had many top analyst calls, but each week we review all of the calls looking for those which were very bold calls or that go against the ...
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S&P Downgrades Spain, Warns Of More Cuts (STD, BBVA)

Posted: April 26, 2012 at 5:24 pm

Standard & Poor's has just lowered the sovereign credit rating of Spain.  We have warned that the downgrades were not over for Spain nor for the other PIIGS nations.  We would ...
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Short Interest Changes in Cult Stocks and Controversial Stocks (ALU, STD, BAC, BKS, DNDN, DMND, FSLR, GMCR, GRPN, HGSI, LNKD, NFLX, NOK, RSH, RIMM, SIRI)

Posted: April 25, 2012 at 7:01 am

There are more changes in the short interest of some of the key cult stocks and most actively traded and controversial stocks. The start of earnings season may have influenced ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ARMH, STD, BBVA, PRSS, CBS, DRQ, FFIV, GE, GRPN, MSFT, NSM, PCLN, PGR, REGN)

Posted: April 23, 2012 at 7:52 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Monday. ARM Holdings PLC (NASDAQ: ARMH) Raised to Neutral at JPMorgan. Banco ...
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Moody’s Warns of Bank Downgrades in Puerto Rico (STD, BBVA, BPOP)

Posted: April 11, 2012 at 9:29 am

More debt downgrade warnings are looming on the horizon.  This time for Puerto Rico, a nation which many consider the unspoken fifty-first state in America.  Moody's Investors Service has now ...
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Euro Bank Bashing Comes Back With Force (BCS, DB, STD, BBVA, IRE, NBG)

Posted: April 4, 2012 at 2:38 pm

European banks are taking it right on the chin, or maybe the chin and the nose.  The reports of a bad Spanish debt auction managed to push up borrowing costs ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ACI, STD, BAC, BBBY, BIIB, BMRN, CPB, CBOE, EP, GPS, GDI, GIS, HNZ, KMI, KMP, KFT, NFLX, PRA, S)

Posted: February 14, 2012 at 8:11 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Tuesday morning. Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) Cut to Hold ...
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