USEC Picking Up Efforts (USEC, HON)
USEC Inc. (NYSE:USU) has appointed Christine M. Ciccone as senior vice president of external relations. This is not going to just be a media and government affairs position. This position is meant to lead…
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ETFs/ETNs Becoming Hybrid Closed-End Funds (USO, UNG, DBO, DXO, GAZ, GSG, GS, MS, GLD, SLV, JJC, FAS, FAZ)
Two months ago it was a carnal sin to suggest that certain exchange-traded funds or notes which track commodities would start trading more like a closed-end fund based upon supply and demand moves in…
When Key Biotechs Have Low P/E’s & Value Screens (AMGN, BIIB, CEPH, CBST, GENZ, PDLI)
It usually takes an event or a series of events for biotech stocks to ever look cheap compared to the overall market or even to sub-sectors within health care. They generally trade at higher…
Top Day Trader Alerts (AMD, ARIA, SIRI, SBGI, CHIC, SHLD)
We are seeing several key stocks trading very activiely and at key levels this morning. These are this morning’s top day trader and active trader alerts, and more detailed price and volume data has…
Want to Curb Market “Speculators”? Lots of Luck
John Tamny of RealClearMarkets Back in 2002 and in the aftermath of the Enron and Worldcom implosions, former Sen. Paul Sarbanes, D-Md., and former Rep. Mike Oxley, R-Ohio, created the Sarbanes-Oxley bill, meant to…
Top Analyst Upgrades (AMD, AXP, ACI, ASH, STD, BRCD, COF, DFS, HIBB, MSCC, RCL, ZMH)
There were quite a few analyst upgrades and positive research calls this Monday morning. These are the calls we have seen from Wall Street firms early this morning with about two hours until the…
Top Analyst Downgrades (KSU, NRP, NOK, SYK, TOL)
These are this morning’s top research downgrades and cautious calls from Wall Street analysts this Monday morning with close to two hours until the market opens: Kansas City Southern (KSU) Cut to Neutral at…
No Increase For Social Security Recipients
The millions of Americans who get social security will not see their payments rise next year and probably not the year after. The cost of living increases that have been in place for thirty…
The Double Dip: Roubini Tries To Stay Relevant
Nouriel Roubini became just like every other economist recently. He said that the recession was ending. He may believe that the recovery will not start as quickly as other experts, but his love of…
The Coming Swine Flu Recession
There was a lot of analysis that went on when the early cases of swine flu were reported from Mexico. The WHO began to talk about a pandemic which raised the specter of the…
Larry Ellison: The Return Of The Dollar A Year Man
Steve Jobs worked at Apple (AAPL) for $1 a year in 2000, just before the launch of the iPod which completely changed the company’s fortunes and made him astonishingly wealthy. Lee Iaccoca worked for…
Media Digest 8/24/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: A faltering stock market may make it hard for China to cut financial support to the capital markets. Reuters: Roubini warned of a double dip recession. Reuters: Warner Chilcott will buy the P&G…
Asia Market And Europe Open 8/24/2009
Markets in Europe were sharply higher. The Nikkei rose 3.4% to 10,581. The Hang Seng rose 1.5% to 20,500. Sinopec (SNP) and PetroChina (PTR) both jumped. The Shanghai Composite was up 1.2% to 2,993. At the…
The Unusual Suspects (MELA, FSLR, GENZ, GERN, JEC, SHLD, SIRI, CRM, SPPI)
It’s the weekend, and that brings about the review of “the unusual suspects” for strange activity or for being key stocks under review for the week ahead. There are some old hat names here…
White House Deficit Estimate To $9 Trillion From $7.1 Trillion
The Administration quickly and fairly quietly raised its budget deficit forecast for the next ten years to $9 trillion from $7.1 trillion, an astonishing 27% increase. The new estimate is much closer to the…
Meredith Whitney’s Good News… Only 300 Bank Failures (BAC, C)
Notorious bank analyst Meredith Whitney of Meredith Whitney Advisory Group is out with some new harsh predictions calling for the demise of more banks. It is actually not all really bad news, but she…
Higher Oil Brings Mixed Data on Rig Counts (BHI, OIH, USO, OIL)
Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE:BHI) has released its weekly data on rig counts, and it seems that the suddenly higher oil prices are reversing some declines. There has still been no set direction between gains…
Are Housing Gains A Sham? (XHB, ITB, URE, HD)
This morning’s July data for existing home sales, or used homes, posted another gain and this makes it the fourth consecutive month, according to the National Association of Realtors. This created more excitement in…
Top Day Trader Alerts (SIRI, CRM, FNM, FRE, BRCD)
These are this Friday’s top day trader and active stock alerts. We have more detailed data on volume and price analysis with links through to VSInvestor.com on each stock: SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ:…
Analysts Duel Over Solar Stocks (ASTI, CSUN, ENER, ESLR, FSLR, SFUN, STP, SPWRA, YGE)
Jefferies has made some key downgrades in the solar sector this morning. There are few other calls that were upgrades from rival firms, but the downgrade seems to be more front and center as…