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US Stocks Slumped Yesterday As Heat From Weakening Euro Worsened
Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 6:50am | 318US stocks finished slightly lower yesterday, led by industrials Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), Boeing (NYSE: BA) and 3M (NYSE: MMM), as the fear of the US companies doing business in the Eurozone getting hurt by the weak euro loomed large on investors. The losses at the Standard & Poor's 500 wiped...
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Dividend Hike Onslaught (ACE, CLX, DPS, NOC, SWY, XEL)
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 5:09pm | 391Sprint-Nextel (NYSE: S) is in the midst of rolling out its next-generation 4G WiMax service which it hopes will give it advantages over larger rivals AT&T Wireless and Verizon Wireless. Sprint’s problem in gaining market share may be that its customer service is still sub-par.Zogby and MSN have...
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BP plc Liability Rises As Oil Moves East
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 5:08pm | 391Sprint-Nextel (NYSE: S) is in the midst of rolling out its next-generation 4G WiMax service which it hopes will give it advantages over larger rivals AT&T Wireless and Verizon Wireless. Sprint’s problem in gaining market share may be that its customer service is still sub-par.Zogby and MSN have...
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Rare Earth Metals Getting Attention in China and US (CVX, CEO, SI, GE)
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 4:07pm | 391Sprint-Nextel (NYSE: S) is in the midst of rolling out its next-generation 4G WiMax service which it hopes will give it advantages over larger rivals AT&T Wireless and Verizon Wireless. Sprint’s problem in gaining market share may be that its customer service is still sub-par.Zogby and MSN have...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (ABK, IMOS, DE, GERN, HAUP)
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 8:52am | 376We have many stocks on the move this morning pre-market. Some of the big percentage changes are being seen in Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: ABK), ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (NASDAQ: IMOS), Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE), Geron Corporation (NASDAQ: GERN), and Hauppauge Digital, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAUP...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Stock Market Report 5.19 The Wisdom Of Crowds?
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 8:45am | 376We have many stocks on the move this morning pre-market. Some of the big percentage changes are being seen in Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: ABK), ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (NASDAQ: IMOS), Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE), Geron Corporation (NASDAQ: GERN), and Hauppauge Digital, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAUP...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (BP, SCHW, CCRT, LTD, MCK, MUSA, NTES, PT, VIP, WPI)
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 8:30am | 376We have many stocks on the move this morning pre-market. Some of the big percentage changes are being seen in Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: ABK), ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (NASDAQ: IMOS), Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE), Geron Corporation (NASDAQ: GERN), and Hauppauge Digital, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAUP...
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What Warren Buffett is Buying and Selling
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 1:19am | 226Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A) (BRK-B) has announced some major portfolio changes, most described in its filings with the SEC. Here are his holding updates: Sold: Sun Trust Banks (STI )Travelers (TRV)United Health (UNH)Wellpoint (WLP) Reduced holdings:Carmax (CMX)ConocoPhillips (COP)...
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ORI: Best Stock To Participate In Housing Recovery
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 10:34am | 163Analysts at Wunderlich Securities reiterate their "buy" rating on Old Republic International Corporation (NYSE: ORI). The target price for ORI is set to $19. According to Old Republic International’s Chairman, Aldo Zucaro, “the economy’s impact on ORI’s large trucking and construction business...
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Wunderlich Securities Maintains Buy Rating For Tower Group, Inc. (TWGP)
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 10:26am | 77Analyst Elizabeth C. Malone at Wunderlich Securities has released an update on Tower Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TWGP). Wunderlich Securities has revised its estimates for the company to reflect the earnings momentum anticipated in the second-half of this year. The brokerage firm has lowered 2010 EPS...
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Early Volume Plays Among Those Valued Below $10 (ABK, QADI, RSO, APPA)
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 10:19am | 284Some of the stocks that are valued below $10 and have the potential to become one of the high volume movers in the early trading hours are: Ambac Financial (NYSE: ABK) lost 11% to $1.30 in the pre-market session after the bond insurer reported a wider Q1 net loss of $690 million, or $2.39 a share,...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (ANF, AKNS, ABK, AIG, CTIC, IS, HD, NFLX, SPRD, WMT)
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 9:07am | 396The head of sovereign debt rating is leaving Moody’s (NYSE: MCO). The company has been under withering criticism for its evaluations of mortgage-backed debt and paper issued by the treasuries of independent country’s. Moody’s recently downgraded Greece, Spain, and Portugal–better late than never....
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (5/18/2010)
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 9:06am | 396The head of sovereign debt rating is leaving Moody’s (NYSE: MCO). The company has been under withering criticism for its evaluations of mortgage-backed debt and paper issued by the treasuries of independent country’s. Moody’s recently downgraded Greece, Spain, and Portugal–better late than never....
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Market Bounces Back 05-17-2010
Monday, May 17, 2010 - 6:49pm | 717Cusick’s Corner The market recovered nicely going into the afternoon, might be a fundamental change in mind set or maybe just a squeeze going into options expiration week. Energies were the buoy today, with Oil bouncing and Materials making up their earlier session lows. While this is not to be...
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Assured Guaranty Falls, Attracts Put Selling (AGO)
Monday, May 17, 2010 - 2:40pm | 100Shares of Assured Guaranty LTD (NYSE: AGO) are falling by 2.55% today, currently trading $16.03, but one trader is betting that the stock’s will not fall significantly by the end of the year. Today, the January 2011 $7.50 puts were sold on the bid 2,660 times for $0.85; open interest on the strike...