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ETFs To Watch On November 4, 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 - 6:00am | 401Here is the ETF Professor's ETF Watchlist for Wednesday November 4, 2009. Semiconductor issues were done in by a downgrade from Morgan Stanley on Tuesday. The Semiconductor HOLDRs ETF (NYSE: SMH) looks bearish to be kind and the ProShares Ultra Semiconductor ETF (NYSE: USD) was down as much as 3%....
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Bookkeeping: Bought BHP Billiton (BHP)
Sunday, November 1, 2009 - 2:27pm | 869As I am reviewing trading history for the week, I missed a limit buy order that went off late Friday. On Monday, we had sold just about all our BHP Billiton (BHP) [Oct 26, 2009: Bookkeeping - Sold Most of BHP Billiton (BHP) - Looking to Rebuy Soon] in the mid $72s anticipating some dollar strength...
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Jim Cramer Thinks That Downturn Won't Be Bigger Than 7% (PG, GIS, MCD, WLP)
Friday, October 30, 2009 - 4:25pm | 154CNBC's Mad Money Jim Cramer thinks it is time to sell, but there are still some stocks that will hold these levels. He thinks that investors should move the money from cyclical stocks like Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) to defensive stocks like Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG), General Mills (NYSE:...
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Rio Tinto’s (RTP) Diamond Processing Plant in India
Friday, October 30, 2009 - 10:16am | 123Rio Tinto Diamonds (NYSE: RTP), which is checking the value and grade of diamonds in a mine in Madhya Pradesh, INDIA, is setting up a sample processing plant. The plant has the capacity to check 10 tons of deposits an hour. The plant is a part of the Rs. 22 billion ($464 million) Bunder project....
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Priceline.com Added To The S&P 500, Replacing Schering-Plough
Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 5:18pm | 43Priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN) added to the S&P 500, replacing Schering-Plough Corporation (NYSE: SGP). Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE: FCX) is replacing Schering-Plough Corporation in the S&P 100.
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What We've Done; What We're Doing; What We're Looking At
Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 7:45am | 2413A very hectic period here - we're in the heart of earnings season, the first real drama has hit the market since July, a concentration of trading activity not seen in many months has hit yesterday, and I'm trying to regurgitate as much as I can in a public outlet in close to real time. Let's just...
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Jefferies Introduces Two New Commodity ETFs Focusing On Stocks
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 2:56pm | 189With all the negativity surrounding commodities ETFs and the CFTC's voracious desire to regulate these products, the ETF Professor took note of Jefferies' (NYSE: JEF) launched of two more commodities ETFs that focus on equities not futures and other risky fare. Jefferies introduced the Jefferies...
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Van Eck Global to Introduce Indian Small Cap Offering
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 1:42pm | 1100Some great news for investors who can only buy domestic based product; after the successful launch of Van Eck Global Brazil Small Cap [Jun 2, 2009: Market Vectors Brazil Small Cap (BRF) - a New ETF for Exposure to Brazil] earlier this year, a similar product is now slated for India. I am *very*...
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Growth Stocks To Look Forward To (AAPL, AMZN, BBY, WMT, PCLN, GOOG, INTC, BIDU, BHP, EBIX)
Monday, October 26, 2009 - 2:07pm | 268Though there are definite signs that the economy is getting better, some people would have plenty of proof that this growth could possibly stall or even fail due to rising oil prices, increasing unemployment or even threat of the falling dollar. What they cannot discount is the value of a growing...
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Bookkeeping: Sold Most of BHP Billiton (BHP) - Looking to Rebuy Soon
Monday, October 26, 2009 - 1:21pm | 814I personally think it is pathetic the entire market, with all these trillions of dollars, sophisticated computer systems, and PhDs galore has become nothing more than a 1st grade math equation dollar up = everything down dollar down = everything up but this is the monster we've created... thanks...
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Fast Money Gang Would Buy BHP, IBM, BKC, CEPH
Thursday, October 22, 2009 - 6:30pm | 96CNBC's Pete Najarian thinks that unusual options activity on Cephalon (NASDAQ: CEPH) is a reason to buy this stock. Cephalon (CEPH) jumped 2.76% to $54.74 today. Tim Seymour wants to buy BHP Billiton Limited (NYSE: BHP) and Karen Finerman would long Burger King (NYSE: BKC). Both stocks were up...
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New 52-Week High Stocks (FCX, KMB, MMM, AMP, ALXN)
Thursday, October 22, 2009 - 11:51am | 272Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE: FCX) touched a new 52-week high at $82.96 in today’s morning trade. Currently the stock is trading at $82.73, up 3.78% on 8.38 million shares. Today, it was upped to buy from hold by Deutsche Bank which lifted its price target to $100 from $72....
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Freeport McMoRan Brings Back Dividend, At Least Part Of It
Thursday, October 22, 2009 - 2:50am | 124Freeport McMoRan (NYSE: FCX), the world's largest copper company, decided to reinstate part of its previously suspended dividend after posting blowout third-quarter results. Freeport said its third-quarter profit rose by 77% to $925 million, or $2.07 a share from $523 million, or $1.31 a share, a...
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Freeport McMoran (FCX) Beats Estimates Handily, Reinstates Annual Dividend
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 2:55pm | 891I can't think of a better proxy for this rally than Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold (FCX). Whereas oil stocks were the main proxies for the 2007 to mid 2008 commodity rally, FCX seems to have taken the reigns this time around, with copper being not only a commodity that can be lifted as a pure...
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Report From Jim Cramer Book Signing in Bridgewater, NJ ( GOOG, BAC, INTC, FCX, RIMM, C, GAS, PG, T, TLM)
Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 9:04am | 640Jim Cramer was at the Bridgewater, NJ Borders Bookstore to promote his new book 'How To Get Back To Even' last night. I was there, and able to get his opinions on some stocks he may not have detailed on his popular show 'Mad Money'. Here are some Cramer tidbits: Thinks Google, Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG...