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Fund Performance Period 12
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 - 4:45pm | 3149The mutual fund is now on schedule for a summer 2010 launch. If, after reading the blog content you might have an interest in participation, please consider reading why this blog exists. [Jan 7, 2008: Reader Pledges Toward Mutual Fund Launch] [May 26, 2008: Frequently Asked Questions] Our story...
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Benzinga’s Top Upgrades (KSS, DFS, AMD, POT, SRCL, AGU)
Monday, December 7, 2009 - 10:45am | 239Kohl's Corporation (NYSE: KSS) was today upgraded by Baird from Neutral to Outperform with a price target of $68. KSS is now trading at $54.56, 1.60% up. So far in 2009, KSS gained over 49%. Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) climbed 2.57% to $15.57. Today, Sterne Agee upgraded Discover...
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Stock Market News for December 04, 2009 - Market News
Friday, December 4, 2009 - 10:29am | 356After spending much of the session struggling to find direction, U.S. stocks ended lower Monday as investors grew anxious ahead of this morning’s non-farm payrolls report. The sell-off that intensified in the final 20 minutes of the session saw the Dow Jones industrial average giving up 87 points...
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Early Afternoon Gainers, CCRT, BIOF
Wednesday, December 2, 2009 - 2:26pm | 125CompuCredit Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: CCRT) today gained .56 points in early afternoon trade to reach 2.77 as against previous day's close of 2.21. CompuCredit Holdings Corp. provides credit and related financial services and products to underserved consumer credit markets. It operates in four...
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Stock Market News for December 01, 2009 - Market News
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 - 9:53am | 287U.S. stocks turned higher at the end of a tumultuous session Monday as investors grew confident that Dubai’s debt problems would not escalate into a major crisis. Uninspiring retail sales during the Thanksgiving weekend and a weak dollar also played on sentiments as stocks managed to push higher,...
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Most Active Stock Options November 30, 2009 & Trading Activity
Monday, November 30, 2009 - 7:31pm | 562The top ten most active option contracts today were: Home Depot (HD) January 20 Call Options PowerShares QQQ (QQQQ) December 44 Call Options PowerShares QQQ January 44 Call Options S&P 500 SPDR (SPY) December 105 Put Options Financial Select Sector SPDR (XLF) January 12 Put Options S&P...
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Fortune: Yacktman Fund (YACKX) - Patience & Contrarian Style Pays Off
Sunday, November 29, 2009 - 11:17am | 1781I always enjoy reading success stories from the "little guy", especially in such a field as mutual funds which are dominated by giants. [Sep 21, 2009: BW - The Beauty of Small Boutique Mutual Funds] Further, I am always on the look out for fund managers who employ a completely variant strategy to...
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Most Active Stock Options November 27, 2009 & Trading Activity
Friday, November 27, 2009 - 3:34pm | 494As of today the top ten most active stock option contracts traded were: Gold SPDR (GLD) December 118 Call Options Gold SPDR December 121 Call Options Volatility Index (VIX) January 22.50 Put Options S&P 500 SPDR (SPY) January 100 Put Options S&P 500 SPDR December 100 Put Options S&P...
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World Acceptance’s credit quality to improve in the coming quarter
Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 10:57am | 123Sterne Agee today gave a Buy rating and also increased their price target for World Acceptance Corp. (NASDAQ: WRLD) from $30 to $37. Sterne Agee expects that World Acceptance’s credit quality will improve in the upcoming December quarter since WRLD has reported a decline in its net charge –off...
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New 52-Week High Stocks (SLW, PFE, AUY, AXP, KO)
Monday, November 23, 2009 - 12:30pm | 203Silver Wheaton Corp. (USA) (NYSE: SLW) hits a new 52-week high at $16.72 in today’s morning session. Currently SLW is trading at $16.52, up 6%. Today, Michael Curran at Royal Bank of Canada raised SLW to “outperform” from “sector perform”. Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) rose 1.90% to $18.71 on 29 million...
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Capital One’s Additional Fund Raising May Come In the Form of Dilutive Equity Offering
Monday, November 23, 2009 - 10:55am | 102Analysts at CLSA Asia Pacific Markets maintained their “underperform” rating on Capital One (NYSE: COF). The target price for COF is set to $40. According to Capital One, its quarter-end Tier 1 to risk-weighted assets ratio is 11.8%. CLSA Asia Pacific Markets said that a risk of COF raising...
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5 Top Large-Cap Stocks with Lowest P/B Ratio (LYG, S, STI, COF, C)
Monday, November 23, 2009 - 7:49am | 176Below are interesting large-cap stocks on the NYSE and NASDAQ that have lowest price to book ratio. Lloyds Banking Group plc (NYSE: LYG) has a P/B ratio of 0.451 and a market capitalization of $24.6 billion. Credit Suisse upgraded LYG from “underperform” to “neutral.” Sprint Nextel Corp (NYSE: S)...
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Bove Thinks Goldman Sachs (GS) Will Increase Its Dividend Meaningfully
Saturday, November 21, 2009 - 9:29am | 223Richard Bove of Rochdale Securities said on CNBC's Fast Money that Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) will increase its dividend meaningfully because they are trying to re-establish their position in the market. He has also shared with the viewers his analysis of the impact of the reforms on the state of the...
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American Express To Battle Paypal (EBAY)
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 9:43am | 238American Express Company (NYSE: AXP) has acquired Revolution Money, a Revolution LLC company for $300 million. Revolution Money raised over $90 million from the likes of Citi (NYSE: C), Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) and Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB). Revolution Money, launched by AOL Co-founder Steve Case’s...
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5 Mid-Cap NYSE Stocks with Highest Sales Growth Estimate (CIM, AEM, HIG, DFS, JEF)
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 7:42am | 189Below are interesting mid-cap stocks on the NYSE with the highest sales growth estimate. Chimera Investment Corporation (NYSE: CIM) has a consensus sales growth estimate of 683.6% for Q4 and a market capitalization of $2.63 billion. CIM shares are trading at a price short of their 52-week high of $...