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Top 5 Stocks For March 5, 2010 (ALC, EROC, NGD, KO, COF)
Friday, March 5, 2010 - 8:41am | 197Wall Street expects Assisted Living Concepts (NYSE: ALC) to post an EPS of $0.34 for the latest quarter. ALC is set to report its results before the opening bell today. ALC’s shares soared 1.65% to $28.65 yesterday. Eagle Rock Energy Partners (NASDAQ: EROC) has projected its earnings for the latest...
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Benzinga’s Top Downgrades (COF, DYN AMLN, FITB, MTB)
Thursday, March 4, 2010 - 2:57pm | 264Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF) was downgraded by Sun Trust Robinson Humphrey from “buy” to “neutral.” COF’s shares lost 2.67% to $36.75 by 11:39 a.m. COF has a 52-week trading range of $7.75-$43.54. Read more about this company here. Ladenburg Thalmann downgraded Dynegy Inc (NYSE:...
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Jeffries & Company Issues Opinion On "Truth in Lending Act"
Thursday, March 4, 2010 - 10:06am | 232Jeffries & Company analysts Richard B. Shane Jr., Jonathan M. Philpot and Roman Leal wrote an opinion on the "Truth in Lending Act". They said that the proposal balances protecting consumers with credit card issuer's profitability. They were initially concerned that because of the current...
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Top Stocks In the Financial Sector With The Highest Operating Cash Flows (FNM, AIG, COF, BRK-A, BAC)
Thursday, March 4, 2010 - 8:52am | 238Below are the top financial stocks on the NYSE and NASDAQ in terms of operating cash flows. Federal National Mortgage Association (NYSE: FNM) had operating cash flows of $49.95 billion in the most recent quarter. FNM’s trailing-twelve-month revenues stand at $56.91 billion. Read more about this...
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Canadian Banks Still Pay Juicy Dividends (AXP, JPM, TD, RY)
Monday, March 1, 2010 - 12:49pm | 1110Last Wednesday the markets were comforted by Fed chairman Ben Bernanke’s comments that the US economy is in a nascent recovery that requires interest rates to be kept low. Banks are breathing a sigh of relief that the recent rise in the discount rate will not lead to significant rate increase....
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Stock Market News for February 24, 2010 - Market News
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - 9:57am | 451U.S. stocks fell Tuesday after a surprise drop in consumer confidence spurred concern about the strength of the economic recovery. A weak reading on a German industrial sentiment index further soured sentiments even as Home Depot came out with better-than-expected quarterly numbers and announced a...
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Monday's Hot Stocks: Brush Up your Portfolio with Sirona Dental
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 9:52am | 1837With the major indices trading lower across the board Monday, there were quite a few stocks which traded higher with above average volume. If this is your first time reading one of my breakout reports you'll want to read the section below, however if you are familiar with my daily breakout report...
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2-19-10 Daily Small Cap Market News and Stock Highlights from SmallCapVoice.com
Friday, February 19, 2010 - 12:20pm | 2052Stocks are lower after the Federal Reserve said it raised the interest rate it charges banks for emergency loans The Fed said its action should not be seen as a sign that it will soon raise rates for consumers and businesses. But the stock market, which tends to trade on expectations for what the...
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Capital One To Refund $775,000 To Its Customers (COF)
Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 8:43pm | 80Capital One Financial Corp. (NYSE: COF) will refund $775,000 to about 18,000 of its customers. Capital One (COF) had charged 3,400 customers annual fees totaling $125,000 after those customers had already requested their accounts to be closed. The credit card company has voluntarily agreed to...
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Capital One’s Net Charge-Off Rate Up For January (COF)
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 - 9:28am | 98Credit card default rate for Capital One (NYSE: COF) rose in January. This indicates that the consumer is still under pressure. 30-days delinquent accounts rose up from 5.78 percent to 5.8 percent. These accounts indicate potential payment default. Capital One’s (COF) annualized net charge-off...
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Capital One Financial (COF) Delinquencies And Charge-Offs Rise
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 - 9:10am | 115As unemployment rises, credit card delinquencies and charge-offs tend to rise as well. Capital One Financial Corp. (NYSE: COF) reported that for the second month in a row credit card delinquencies and charge offs were up in January. Capital One Financial's U.S. credit card delinquencies rose from 5...
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Discover Pays $775 Million To Morgan Stanley (DFS, MS)
Friday, February 12, 2010 - 10:47pm | 123Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) has agreed to pay $775 million to its former parent company Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) under the terms of a settlement. The settlement has been reported to Securities & Exchange Commission. Discover had earlier claimed that Morgan Stanley had breached the...
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Financial Services Industry Update (JPM, AXP, COF, DFS, BAC)
Friday, February 12, 2010 - 4:02pm | 318Analysts at Ladenburg Thalman (AMEX: LTS) have released an update on the Financial Services industry, previewing the monthly credit card statistics for January. The credit card statistics for January are expected to be reported on February 16. Analysts expect higher delinquencies, and higher net...
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Financial Stocks Fall (C) (JPM) (AXP) (BAC)
Monday, February 8, 2010 - 5:57pm | 138Share prices of financial stocks took a beating on Monday as fears about interest rate policy and the condition of the global economy took their toll on investor confidence. Financial firms across the board had down days with firms like Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) falling over 2%, JPMorgan Chase...
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Stocks That Crossed Their 52-Week Highs (SCSS, SIRI, WRLD, UTHR, WRLS)
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 - 3:42pm | 160Select Comfort Corporation (NASDAQ: SCSS) created a new 52-week high at $7.46, before rising further to $7.55. Stifel Nicolaus initiated coverage of SCSS with a “buy” rating. Sirius XM Radio Inc (NASDAQ: SIRI) rose 5.68% to create a new 52-week high of $0.93. Wunderlich initiated coverage of SIRI...