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Markets opened higher this morning following a lower-than-expected GDP growth estimate of 2.2%. That was weaker, but not awful (our coverage here). The consumer sentiment survey rose a couple of...
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Stocks opened lower this morning and stayed lower for nearly the entire first half of the day, with buyers most likely waiting to see what would happen with Italian bond rates. The bonds ended the...
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Paulson & Co. Inc. is another hedge fund group that investors use for Whale Watching, although this last quarter was not exactly kind to Mr. Paulson’s billions… The current 13F report shows total...
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This was no good week for stocks even if the markets have bounced off the lows numerous times on Friday. The low of the DJIA on Friday morning of 10,638 was down about 7.5% from the prior...
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The pace of stock buyback announcements in the month of August was almost unbelievable. The pace was stronger at the start of the month when earnings were still coming in droves, but the number of...
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It is no secret that the market volatility has many investors rattled. What is very counter-intuitive is that many companies are continuing with most or all of their investor friendly plans...
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Tyco International Ltd. (NYSE: TYC) went through its big breakup in June of 2007. This was a turnaround which never really turned around. The great recession got in the way as well, but there has...
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These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research early this Tuesday: Active Power Inc. (NASDAQ: ACPW) Started as Overweight at Thomas Weisel....
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These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen early this Thursday morning: Allied Irish Banks (NYSE: AIB) Cut to Sell at RBS. Bank of Ireland (NYSE: IRE) Cut to Sell at RBS....
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This week we got to see critical SEC filings showing holdings of many key and influential investors. Included in these filings were billionaire George Soros, a billionaire whom is loved by some...
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Tyco International Ltd. (NYSE: TYC) is a hard turnaround to call as one that hasn’t turned around because it has already begun its long-term initiatives to enhance shareholder values. The...
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Tyco International Ltd. (NYSE:TYC) is one of those strange spin-off and restructuring stocks that has not done well since the company broke itself up. The Tyco Electronics (NYSE:TEL) and...
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As you will see, so far the markets have greeted the post-Tyco with a bit of a thud. This is one we were a bit cautious on the valuations as being fully valued and perhaps even having a phantom...
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Stock Tickers: TYC, COV, COV-WI, TEL, TEL-WI, GE Tyco International Ltd. (TYC-NYSE) hosts its analyst meetings on Tuesday, June 19, to showcase its new spin-off companies. Late last week we saw...
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