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Benzinga’s Top Upgrades (TDSC, KBR, BLL, SM, SQM)
Friday, February 26, 2010 - 12:32pm | 2523D Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: TDSC) was upgraded by Canaccord Adams from “hold” to “buy.” TDSC has a 52-week trading range of $3.76-$13.99. TDSC is likely to achieve 2150.00% EPS growth next year. Read more about this company here. Broadpoint AmTech Research upgraded KBR Inc (NYSE: KBR) from “...
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Markets Are Shaking Off Awful Jobs Numbers For The Most Part. $AAPL $WFMI $POT
Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 4:48pm | 551We know there are risks in being greedy. Somehow it felt like the time to be so. We watched the market today dive sharply at the open. Its clawed its way back almost all the way from heavy triple digit losses. Still closing in the red, but it was a big move from the bottom. Once again feels like a...
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Markets Are Shaking Off Awful Jobs Numbers For The Most Part. $AAPL $WFMI $POT
Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 4:48pm | 530We know there are risks in being greedy. Somehow it felt like the time to be so. We watched the market today dive sharply at the open. Its clawed its way back almost all the way from heavy triple digit losses. Still closing in the red, but it was a big move from the bottom. Once again feels like a...
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Jobs Jobs Jobs. And No We Are Not Talking About Steve Jobs. $AAPL $WFMI $POT
Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 11:11am | 607Markets down triple digits on the weak jobs number. Should not have come as a surprise, but market is behaving like it has. We all have been saying this economy is weak. Eventually the market has to realize that. All our positions are looking good. Once again I want to be greedy and wait and see...
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Jobs Jobs Jobs. And No We Are Not Talking About Steve Jobs. $AAPL $WFMI $POT
Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 11:11am | 586Markets down triple digits on the weak jobs number. Should not have come as a surprise, but market is behaving like it has. We all have been saying this economy is weak. Eventually the market has to realize that. All our positions are looking good. Once again I want to be greedy and wait and see...
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See Saw Market. Down yesterday Triple Digits. Up Today. $AAPL $POT $WFMI
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - 4:49pm | 519Todays market looks very much like a squeeze. Stock are going up but not because they want to. Going to hold out for a big drop as feel its right around the corner. Of course if wrong, we will have to take a losses on all open positions and accept defeat on this battle. However, one battle does not...
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See Saw Market. Down yesterday Triple Digits. Up Today. $AAPL $POT $WFMI
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - 4:49pm | 498Todays market looks very much like a squeeze. Stock are going up but not because they want to. Going to hold out for a big drop as feel its right around the corner. Of course if wrong, we will have to take a losses on all open positions and accept defeat on this battle. However, one battle does not...
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Canpotex Reaches Potash Deal with India for $370 per Ton
Monday, February 22, 2010 - 2:31pm | 827Canpotex (the Canadian potash 'cartel') struck a deal with India Friday for $370 per ton. Quite a far cry from the good ole days of 2008. [Mar 27, 2008: Canpotex Potash Contracts Secured with India @ $625] But hopefully the market has bottomed out, as we are seeing some inventories finally...
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Joe Terranova Likes Potash (POT) And Mosaic (MOS)
Friday, February 19, 2010 - 5:57pm | 118Joe Terranova said on CNBC's Fast Money Half Time that he likes Potash (NYSE: POT) and Mosaic (NYSE: MOS). He believes that oil is going up and agriculture names usually move in the same direction as oil. Terranova added that institutions are aggressive buyers, because of a concern about relations...
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Options Expiration Week Could Be Bumpy
Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 4:30pm | 314This week is a holiday shortened trading week and also options expiration on Friday February 19th. During this week it is common to see a lot of whips in the market ahead of options expiration on Friday. Often the stocks that have traded higher in the beginning of the week will reverse lower by the...
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Benzinga’s Top Pre-Market Losers (WMT, WCG, NBL, TRA, NVDA)
Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 9:26am | 325Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) decreased 1.22% to $53.42 in the pre-market session. Wal-Mart Stores reported today a fourth-quarter profit of $4.6 billion, or $1.22 per share, as compared to $3.8 billion, or $0.97 per share, in the year-ago period. Analysts had expected WMT to report earnings of...
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Quarterly Update: George Soros Calls Gold (GLD) a Bubble; Then Stocks Up on It
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 - 11:32am | 1180It's that time of year, where once a quarter we get to see what the "gurus" are doing. This has become a favorite for the Wall Street community because if there is one thing big money likes... it's group think! There are only a handful of 'whales' I normally will discuss on the blog, and George...
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JP Morgan Is Neutral On Terra Industries (TRA)
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 - 10:15am | 40JP Morgan downgraded Terra Industries (NYSE: TRA) from “overweight” to “neutral.” JP Morgan has downgraded the company, following the acquisition of TRA by Yara. Romila: TRA has slipped 0.10% to $40.65 in pre-market trading
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Movement Expected In The Shares Of These Companies Amid Significant Events (BRK.B, BX, JPM, ORCL,YHOO)
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 - 5:32pm | 524According to a Bloomberg report, the shares of the following companies may see some unusual trading moves today. After the close of Friday’s trading, Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (NYSE: BRK.B), the insurance and investment company owned by Warren Buffet, became part of the S&P 500 index....
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Terra Industries Inc. (TRA) Gains 22.50% After A Buyout By A Foreign Company
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 - 1:37pm | 105A Norwegian fertilizer producer, Yara International, decided yesterday to buy Iowa-based Terra Industries Inc. (NYSE: TRA) for $4.1 billion to increase its presence in the United States. The deal values Terra Industries Inc. (TRA) at $41.1 a share, representing a premium of 23.6% compared with...