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Economy
A Voice Of Gloom At The Fed
Janet L. Yellen is the head of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and a voting member of the Fed’s Federal Open Market Committee. She is highly pessimistic about an economic…
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Investing
China and The US: A Good Old-Fashion Trade War
China voiced unusually strong objections to tariffs put on its tire exports to the US. The American government believes that the Chinese are targeting the industry which is costing US jobs. Labor…
Douglas A. McIntyre 3:55pm ET
Companies and Brands
Wal-Mart’s Duke Outlines New Normal and Late Christmas (WMT)
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) presented today at the Goldman Sachs retail conference. This was one of the new CEO Mike Duke’s first presentations since taking the top position at the world’s…
Douglas A. McIntyre 4:02am ET
Media
Media Digest 9/3/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: The sell-off in Chinese stocks may be overdone based on earnings. Reuters: A report blamed the SEC for not doing its job investigating Madoff. Reuters: The Fed says the risks to…
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Investing
Defensive Stocks Offering No Haven (WMT, PEP, KO, TAP, KFT, CAG, CPB, HRL, MCD, MO, VGR, RAI, PG, CL, MRK, JNJ, NVO)
Wasn’t it just last week that we were up eight days in a row on the DJIA? And now we have a sell-the-news reaction to the recent growth numbers. Maybe it is…
10:30am ET
Companies and Brands
Walmart.com Can’t Dupe Amazon or eBay (WMT, AMZN, EBAY)
The recent news about Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) increasing third party item selling via the Walmart.com shopping portal is getting some increased traction…. But the question is really, “Should it?”… The…
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Media
Media Digest 9/1/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: Ebay (EBAY) will sell Skype to private investors. Reuters: China’s manufacturing index gained. Reuters: A late Labor Day will hurt August retail sales. Reuters: A US judge ruled against AIG (AIG)…
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Retail
Ever Optimistic And Opportunistic, Wal-Mart (WMT) Chases The Affluent
Wal-Mart (WMT) does not care if it has been burned by its past efforts to try to get affluent shoppers. The world’s largest retailer has been known for years as catering to…
Douglas A. McIntyre 4:00am ET
Media
Media Digest 8/19/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: HP (HP) issued optimistic guidance. Reuters: China is investing in the private housing sector. Reuters: Buffett says the US is on a slow path to recovery. Reuters: US regulators urged Citigroup…
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Investing
Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ARIA, ADSK, BJ, CX, ENOC, GLNG, IT, N, PSA, WMT)
These are the top pre-market analyst upgrades and downgrades from Wall Street firms we have seen early this Monday morning: Ariad Pharma (NASDAQ: ARIA) Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer. Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK)…
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Investing
Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway Q2-2009 Holdings P to Z (BRK-A, PG, SNY, STI, TMK, USB, USG, UNH, UNP, UPS, WBC, WMT, WPO, WFC, WLP, WSC)
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A)(BRK-B) has released its public stock holdings for Q2-2009 as of June 30, 2009. Buffett did make some portfolio changes that have been seen here from the end…
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Media
Media Digest 8/14/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: The Chinese are learning the problem of easy access to credit cards. Reuters: The US recovery is still slow while France and Germany are rebounding. Reuters: UBS (UBS) clients in America…
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Media
Media Digest 8/13/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: Wal-Mart (WMT) will report results with Wall St. looking for sales growth. Reuters: US home foreclosures set a record in July. Reuters: Citigroup (C) hired outsiders to help with a management…
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Investing
Tracking The Value Of The World’s Major Brands
Several companies run annual brand valuations. It is a good business for advertising and marketing firms to be viewed as experts on brands. Brand values are based on the cash flow they…
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Companies and Brands
Wal-Mart At Critical Chart Levels Into Earnings (WMT, RTH)
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) was supposed to be the big winner of the Great Recession as the giant trade-down retail play for America. Interestingly enough, the peak of the stock was…
Douglas A. McIntyre