Subject: Eight Cheap Cars the Richest Americans Drive

The wealthiest Americans are cheapskates, as least as far as their tastes in automobiles goes. Perhaps that is why some rich Americans stay rich. 24/7 Wall St. asked auto trends research firm Truecar to find the best-selling cars and light trucks that America’s rich drive. Truecar analyzed industry sales data from the 10 wealthiest U.S. ZIP codes by median income, according to the Internal Revenue Service, including neighborhoods in New York City, Greenwich, Conn., and the gated community of Fishers Island, Fla. Based on the 20 top-selling cars from Truecar’s report, 24/7 Wall St. identified the eight cheap cars the richest Americans drive.

As always, here are the top major media headline summaries from WSJ, FT and more. Today’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades were in shares of NLY, MT, CAP, CRAI, HOS, MPC, MELI, MTG, NOK, JWN, OPEN, PH, SKS, SXL, TDC, WFM, INT and ZIP. The most important financial news affecting the markets today.

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The headline jobs data was good for the markets, but now this takes pressure off of Ben Bernanke to do more creative easing and mandatory QE3.

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Romney aides say his programs can add 12 million jobs in four years. That depends on whether Americans will spend money or save and pay down debt.

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Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM) posted strong earnings and a robust forecast after General Motors (NYSE: GM) and Ford Motor (NYSE: F) released poor numbers. Toyota has several advantages. It has begun to gain back U.S. market share lost because of the earthquake, and it does not have large exposure in Europe.

The International Monetary Fund looks ahead and does not like what it sees.

Have a great day!

JON C. OGG

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