February 2010

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 12, 2010 at 8:01 AM EST

Top 10 Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (DISH, DTV, ECA, EXPE, MMM, NFLX, PIR, SFLY, UA, UAUA)

These are some of the top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 12, 2010 at 6:36 AM EST

Will China’s Central Bank Tightening Hurt Its GDP?

The People’s Bank of China said it will raise the reserve ratios that banks in the country must keep to…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 12, 2010 at 6:09 AM EST

Another Brand Campaign For GE, Another Waste Of Money

GE (GE) has an odd habit of creating names for the initiatives taken on by its largest divisions or company-wide…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 12, 2010 at 5:44 AM EST

The Double Dip Hits Europe

The theory that some or all the economies of the developed world could fall into a double dip recession got…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 12, 2010 at 5:18 AM EST

Nintendo Leads Large Drop In January Video Game Sales

The Nintendo Wii is such a large percentage of total video game consoles sales that any drop in its numbers signficantly affects overall…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 12, 2010 at 4:59 AM EST

Obama Economists Expect 8.2% Unemployment In 2012

The new “Economic Report of the President” prepared by the Council of Economic Advisers shows that The White House has…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 12, 2010 at 3:58 AM EST

Media Digest 2/12/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Reuters: The IMF may join the bailout of Greece. Reuters: The European Central Bank will help in efforts to ease…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 12, 2010 at 3:24 AM EST

Asia Markets And Europe Open (2/12/2010)

Markets in Asia were mixed The Nikkei rose 1.3% to 10,092. Sony (NYSE:SNE) and Toyota (NYSE:TM) rose. The Hang Seng…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 11, 2010 at 5:28 PM EST

Jerry Yang Dumping Yahoo! Shares (YHOO, MSFT)

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) holders probably never want to hear the name Jerry Yang again. Well, those same holders will…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 11, 2010 at 1:55 PM EST

National Employee Morale Day At Boston Scientific (BSX)

Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX), the worst run of the large medical device and pharma firms based in the US, announced an operating…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 11, 2010 at 1:27 PM EST

Will One Solar Merger Precede Others? (SPWRA, FSLR, JASO, ENER, LDK, SOLR, WFR

SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWRA) has made what may be one of the first decent sized mergers in the solar sector. …

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 11, 2010 at 9:49 AM EST

More Triple-Leverage ETF Launches (TQQQ, UDOW, UMDD, URTY, SQQQ, SDOW, SMDD, SRTY)

Usually we think of Direxion in the world of triple-leverage and triple-inverse funds, but there are others. And now there…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 11, 2010 at 9:38 AM EST

Women’s Group Lauds Reverse Discrimination At Major Companies

Reverse discrimination is alive and well among large corporations which offer access to women’s businesses that results in a high volume of commerce for female-controlled…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 11, 2010 at 9:12 AM EST

Today’s Best Market Rumors (2/11/2010) (NYT)(AAPL)

Updated throughout the day. The Fed is in talks with money market funds to see if they will help to…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 11, 2010 at 8:35 AM EST

Jobless Claims Heading in the Right Direction

The Labor Department has just released its data on weekly jobless claims and there was a drop of 43,000 to…

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Month: February 2010

Top 10 Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (DISH, DTV, ECA, EXPE, MMM, NFLX, PIR, SFLY, UA, UAUA)

Will China’s Central Bank Tightening Hurt Its GDP?

Another Brand Campaign For GE, Another Waste Of Money

The Double Dip Hits Europe

Nintendo Leads Large Drop In January Video Game Sales

Obama Economists Expect 8.2% Unemployment In 2012

Media Digest 2/12/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Asia Markets And Europe Open (2/12/2010)

Jerry Yang Dumping Yahoo! Shares (YHOO, MSFT)

National Employee Morale Day At Boston Scientific (BSX)

Will One Solar Merger Precede Others? (SPWRA, FSLR, JASO, ENER, LDK, SOLR, WFR

More Triple-Leverage ETF Launches (TQQQ, UDOW, UMDD, URTY, SQQQ, SDOW, SMDD, SRTY)

Women’s Group Lauds Reverse Discrimination At Major Companies

Today’s Best Market Rumors (2/11/2010) (NYT)(AAPL)

Jobless Claims Heading in the Right Direction

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

Top 10 Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (DISH, DTV, ECA, EXPE, MMM, NFLX, PIR, SFLY, UA, UAUA)

Will China’s Central Bank Tightening Hurt Its GDP?

Another Brand Campaign For GE, Another Waste Of Money

The Double Dip Hits Europe

Nintendo Leads Large Drop In January Video Game Sales

Obama Economists Expect 8.2% Unemployment In 2012

Media Digest 2/12/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Asia Markets And Europe Open (2/12/2010)

Jerry Yang Dumping Yahoo! Shares (YHOO, MSFT)

National Employee Morale Day At Boston Scientific (BSX)

Will One Solar Merger Precede Others? (SPWRA, FSLR, JASO, ENER, LDK, SOLR, WFR

More Triple-Leverage ETF Launches (TQQQ, UDOW, UMDD, URTY, SQQQ, SDOW, SMDD, SRTY)

Women’s Group Lauds Reverse Discrimination At Major Companies

Today’s Best Market Rumors (2/11/2010) (NYT)(AAPL)

Jobless Claims Heading in the Right Direction

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

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