October 2009

Douglas A. McIntyre | Oct 5, 2009 at 5:12 AM EDT

The Failure Of The Bank Of American Board To Have A “CEO-In-Waiting”

There has been a great deal of risk that Bank of America’s (NYSE:BAC) Ken Lewis would leave as the firm’s…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Oct 5, 2009 at 4:51 AM EDT

Unemployment Problems Will Get Much Worse

Alan Greenspan stated the obvious recently when predicted unemployment would rise over 10% soon. He also said that extending unemployment…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Oct 5, 2009 at 4:01 AM EDT

Media Digest 10/5/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Reuters: A bear market could kill the extraordinary rally in corporate bonds. Reuters: Treasury will announce three more funds are…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Oct 5, 2009 at 3:26 AM EDT

Asia Markets And Europe Open 10/5/2009

Markets in Asia were narrowly mixed. The Nikkei was down .6% to 9,674. The Hang Seng moved up .3% to…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Oct 4, 2009 at 6:06 PM EDT

Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) Medicine Is The Solution To The Health Care Crisis

Americans have known that we have had a health care crisis since our country was created. We have chosen to…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Oct 4, 2009 at 10:34 AM EDT

The Unusual Suspects (AA, MOS, YUM, CVC, CIT, LOCM, RVSN, WFC)

It is the weekend and that means a review of last week’s unusual suspects and a review for key stocks…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Oct 3, 2009 at 9:33 AM EDT

Bankruptcies Skyrocket In September

Personal bankruptcies posted a big increase in September, not a surprise as unemployment races toward 10%. The American Bankruptcy Institute…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Oct 3, 2009 at 8:03 AM EDT

Bing Starts To Lose Market Share (GOOG)(MSFT)(YHOO)

Bing’s rapid ascent as a new favorite among web searchers may be over. The Microsoft (MSFT) product had picked up…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Oct 2, 2009 at 4:29 PM EDT

52-Week High Club

Pepsi Bottling Group (NYSE: PBG) hit a yearly high of $37.37 today after PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) filed a proxy indicating…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Oct 2, 2009 at 12:00 PM EDT

Conoco Issues Cautious Update, While Exxon CEO Calls for More Taxes (COP, CVX, XOM)

Oil major ConocoPhillips Corp. (NYSE:COP) released its third quarter 2009 interim update this morning, and while the news was not…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Oct 2, 2009 at 10:45 AM EDT

First Solar Makes a Sale (ENB, FSLR, YGE, TSL, STP)

Canadian oil and gas pipeline company Enbridge Inc. (NYSE:ENB) today announced that it would purchase a 20 megawatt solar generation…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Oct 2, 2009 at 9:19 AM EDT

Today’s Best Market Rumors (10/2/2009) (AAPL)(GE)(BAC)(GOOG)(TWX)

Updates throughout the day. Update: Jeff Bewkes, CEO of Time-Warner (TWX) who says “Time, Inc. is not for sale.” (Atlantic First…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Oct 2, 2009 at 8:48 AM EDT

US Unemployment Soars And IMF Sees Global Problem

The consensus expectations for September jobs were that another 167,000 people would lose their work. Goldman Sachs (GS) yesterday issued a…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Oct 2, 2009 at 6:14 AM EDT

IBM (IBM) Goes After Google (GOOG) Apps Business

Google (GOOG) is trying to diversity beyond the search business. One of its most important attempts is to offer low…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Oct 2, 2009 at 5:51 AM EDT

China GDP Could Pass US In Two Decades

The IMF expects China’s GDP growth to be nearly 9% next year and the growth in the US to be…

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Month: October 2009

The Failure Of The Bank Of American Board To Have A “CEO-In-Waiting”

Unemployment Problems Will Get Much Worse

Media Digest 10/5/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Asia Markets And Europe Open 10/5/2009

Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) Medicine Is The Solution To The Health Care Crisis

The Unusual Suspects (AA, MOS, YUM, CVC, CIT, LOCM, RVSN, WFC)

Bankruptcies Skyrocket In September

Bing Starts To Lose Market Share (GOOG)(MSFT)(YHOO)

52-Week High Club

Conoco Issues Cautious Update, While Exxon CEO Calls for More Taxes (COP, CVX, XOM)

First Solar Makes a Sale (ENB, FSLR, YGE, TSL, STP)

Today’s Best Market Rumors (10/2/2009) (AAPL)(GE)(BAC)(GOOG)(TWX)

US Unemployment Soars And IMF Sees Global Problem

IBM (IBM) Goes After Google (GOOG) Apps Business

China GDP Could Pass US In Two Decades

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

The Failure Of The Bank Of American Board To Have A “CEO-In-Waiting”

Unemployment Problems Will Get Much Worse

Media Digest 10/5/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Asia Markets And Europe Open 10/5/2009

Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) Medicine Is The Solution To The Health Care Crisis

The Unusual Suspects (AA, MOS, YUM, CVC, CIT, LOCM, RVSN, WFC)

Bankruptcies Skyrocket In September

Bing Starts To Lose Market Share (GOOG)(MSFT)(YHOO)

52-Week High Club

Conoco Issues Cautious Update, While Exxon CEO Calls for More Taxes (COP, CVX, XOM)

First Solar Makes a Sale (ENB, FSLR, YGE, TSL, STP)

Today’s Best Market Rumors (10/2/2009) (AAPL)(GE)(BAC)(GOOG)(TWX)

US Unemployment Soars And IMF Sees Global Problem

IBM (IBM) Goes After Google (GOOG) Apps Business

China GDP Could Pass US In Two Decades

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

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