December 2008

Douglas A. McIntyre | Dec 10, 2008 at 10:14 AM EST

Wanted: Investors in Russian Energy (XOM, RDS.A, BP)

Falling crude oil prices have hit Russia particularly hard. The country needs a crude price of about $70/b to cover…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Dec 10, 2008 at 9:49 AM EST

Shorts Gang Up on Top NASDAQ 100 Tech Stocks (AMZN, AAPL, CSCO, DELL, GOOG, INTC, MSFT, ORCL, RIMM, YHOO)

As you will see, most of the top technology stocks from the NASDAQ 100 saw an increase in the number…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Dec 10, 2008 at 9:46 AM EST

If Bank Analyst Is Right About Bank Of America (BAC) And Wells Fargo (WFC) No One Seems To Care

A leading bank analyst is certain that Wells Fargo (WFC) and Bank of America (BAC) are going to have to…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Dec 10, 2008 at 9:21 AM EST

Cowen Throws In The Towel on MasterCard (MA) and Visa (V)

Analysts at Cowen & Co are throwing in the towel on the recent high-flying credit card processors MasterCard (MA) and…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Dec 10, 2008 at 9:14 AM EST

Eastman Kodak Proves Silver Can Rust (EK)

Eastman Kodak Co. (NYSE: EK) has been trying to turn a corner for quite some time. This morning the company…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Dec 10, 2008 at 8:50 AM EST

Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (ALU, ASR, BMY, DD, FORR, HE, QCOM)

There are few positive calls this morning from Wall Street analysts, but these are the ones we have caught this…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Dec 10, 2008 at 8:10 AM EST

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (AXP, AXYS, BJ, CAVM, ERTS, ERIC, FLIR, FTI, GE, HTLD, KNX, NKE, SINA)

These are the top downgrades or negative calls we have seen this Wednesday morning from Wall Street analysts: American Express…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Dec 10, 2008 at 7:41 AM EST

More Good News From Forecasters, S&P At 400

James Tobin won the Nobel prize for economics in 1969. By his measurement of the stock market, the S&P has…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Dec 10, 2008 at 7:08 AM EST

The Global Recession Gets Official: China Exports Fall

If there has been one constant in the global economy since the beginning of the decade it is that China’s…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Dec 10, 2008 at 6:36 AM EST

Shorts Attack The Banks Again, But Flee Bailout Targets And Retailers

No matter how far down bank stocks go and how hard regulators try to keep short sellers out of financial…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Dec 10, 2008 at 6:32 AM EST

Nortel’s (NT) woes spell trouble for Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) and Motorola (MOT)

Nortel Networks Corp. (NT), which until recently was Canada’s largest company, is has hired bankruptcy attorneys to advise it in…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Dec 10, 2008 at 6:15 AM EST

The Specter Of Eight Million Foreclosures

Trying to guess how many homes will be lost to foreclosure over the next several years is a fool’s game.…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Dec 10, 2008 at 6:00 AM EST

The Stupidity Of Attacking Paulson

The board that Congress appointed to take on the job of keeping track of how Henry Paulson was spending his…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Dec 10, 2008 at 3:29 AM EST

Media Digest 12/10/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

According to Reuters, the House will vote on the auto bailout as early as this week. Reuters writes that Rio…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Dec 9, 2008 at 5:11 PM EST

Month: December 2008

Wanted: Investors in Russian Energy (XOM, RDS.A, BP)

Shorts Gang Up on Top NASDAQ 100 Tech Stocks (AMZN, AAPL, CSCO, DELL, GOOG, INTC, MSFT, ORCL, RIMM, YHOO)

If Bank Analyst Is Right About Bank Of America (BAC) And Wells Fargo (WFC) No One Seems To Care

Cowen Throws In The Towel on MasterCard (MA) and Visa (V)

Eastman Kodak Proves Silver Can Rust (EK)

Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (ALU, ASR, BMY, DD, FORR, HE, QCOM)

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (AXP, AXYS, BJ, CAVM, ERTS, ERIC, FLIR, FTI, GE, HTLD, KNX, NKE, SINA)

More Good News From Forecasters, S&P At 400

The Global Recession Gets Official: China Exports Fall

Shorts Attack The Banks Again, But Flee Bailout Targets And Retailers

Nortel’s (NT) woes spell trouble for Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) and Motorola (MOT)

The Specter Of Eight Million Foreclosures

The Stupidity Of Attacking Paulson

Media Digest 12/10/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

More Recession Carnage For Video Games (ERTS, ATVI, GME, THQI, TTWO)

SMH ETF Investors: Watch Hyperscaler Capex Guidance at July Earnings Calls

The Average American Has Worked for 6 Employers and 23% Still Have Multiple Old Retirement Accounts, Fidelity’s 2026 Study Finds

Apple Will Run Advanced AI Model on Nvidia GPUs via Google Cloud, Ditching Private Infrastructure

The Average American Has Worked for 6 Employers and 23% Still Have Multiple Old Retirement Accounts, Fidelity's 2026 Study Finds

Fidelity's 2026 Study: 76% of Boomers Are Counting on Social Security While Younger Generations Lean on Workplace Plans

SMH ETF Investors: Watch Hyperscaler Capex Guidance at July Earnings Calls

The Average American Has Worked for 6 Employers and 23% Still Have Multiple Old Retirement Accounts, Fidelity’s 2026 Study Finds

Wanted: Investors in Russian Energy (XOM, RDS.A, BP)

Shorts Gang Up on Top NASDAQ 100 Tech Stocks (AMZN, AAPL, CSCO, DELL, GOOG, INTC, MSFT, ORCL, RIMM, YHOO)

If Bank Analyst Is Right About Bank Of America (BAC) And Wells Fargo (WFC) No One Seems To Care

Cowen Throws In The Towel on MasterCard (MA) and Visa (V)

Eastman Kodak Proves Silver Can Rust (EK)

Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (ALU, ASR, BMY, DD, FORR, HE, QCOM)

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (AXP, AXYS, BJ, CAVM, ERTS, ERIC, FLIR, FTI, GE, HTLD, KNX, NKE, SINA)

More Good News From Forecasters, S&P At 400

The Global Recession Gets Official: China Exports Fall

Shorts Attack The Banks Again, But Flee Bailout Targets And Retailers

Nortel’s (NT) woes spell trouble for Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) and Motorola (MOT)

The Specter Of Eight Million Foreclosures

The Stupidity Of Attacking Paulson

Media Digest 12/10/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

More Recession Carnage For Video Games (ERTS, ATVI, GME, THQI, TTWO)

SMH ETF Investors: Watch Hyperscaler Capex Guidance at July Earnings Calls

The Average American Has Worked for 6 Employers and 23% Still Have Multiple Old Retirement Accounts, Fidelity’s 2026 Study Finds

Apple Will Run Advanced AI Model on Nvidia GPUs via Google Cloud, Ditching Private Infrastructure

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