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What is “Quantitative Easing,” and Why Should We Care?

Posted: October 24, 2010 at 6:43 pm

Retirees are struggling right now because investment returns are so low that their pensions and IRAs are not producing enough interest income to meet their expenses.  Stock prices are where they were...
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    G20 Makes Tepid Statement On Currency Exchange Rates

    Posted: October 23, 2010 at 8:42 am

    The G20 finance ministers meeting in Korea issued a luke-warm endorsement of the obligations of each nation to prevent the use of its currency as a trade weapon. The statement has not teeth and does n...
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    Fitch May Cut Ratings Of Large Banks

    Posted: October 23, 2010 at 8:04 am

    Financial regulatory measures may have finally caught up to the ability of some large banks to stabilize their balance sheets. This problems sits side-by-side with the foreclosure document scandal whi...
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    Fast Casual Dining is a Winner (CMG, CAKE, BJRI, PNRA, BWLD, MCD)

    Posted: October 22, 2010 at 4:18 pm

    Consumers who might remain unconvinced about an economic recovery still have to eat. And not all of them are eating at fast food restaurants. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE:CMG) reported a ...
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    The Ten Biggest Philanthropists of the Decade

    Posted: October 22, 2010 at 3:45 pm

    Individual philanthropy has been at the heart of American culture since its founding. Considered the oldest charity founded in America, the St. George Society provided aid to impoverished colonists be...
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    Did Steve Jobs Give President Obama An iPhone? (RIMM, AAPL)

    Posted: October 22, 2010 at 2:30 pm

    President Barack Obama is not shy when it comes to using technology.  He has been an adamant user of the BlackBerry smartphone from Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM).  He even went as far as to...
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    Next Week’s Must See Earnings (AMGN, CIT, DD, X, CMCSA, COP, PG, MMM, DOW, XOM, POT, FSLR, MSFT, CVX, MRK)

    Posted: October 22, 2010 at 12:56 pm

    Earnings season is in full swing and the peak will occur next week.  We have several DJIA components reporting earnings along with several other companies which are equally as important to the invest...
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    China Subsidies for Clean-Tech Under Fire (FSLR, JASO, STP, TSL, YGE, LDK)

    Posted: October 22, 2010 at 12:25 pm

    The government of China has made no secret of its intention to become the world's leading supplier of solar PV panels and a major player in other sectors related to green technology. The government's ...
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    October’s Largest Buybacks (PPG, OKE, CY, EBAY, WTW, EMC, KO, VAL, WAG, IRM, FDO, CVX)

    Posted: October 22, 2010 at 11:37 am

    Despite the rise of the stock market, many companies are continuing to repurchase their shares in the open market.  Many investors prefer dividends over buybacks, but asking which is a better reward ...
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    The 9 Things That Cost Less Now Than In 2009

    Posted: October 22, 2010 at 10:29 am

    Economists, including those at the Fed, are concerne that the U.S. could enter a deflationary cycle. Companies are forced to lower prices in order to boost demand. Faced with lower revenues, they lay ...
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    Schlumberger Earnings Just Meet Estimates (SLB, HAL, WFT, OIH)

    Posted: October 22, 2010 at 9:42 am

    Schlumberger N.V. (NYSE:SLB) reported third quarter earnings this morning and the short story is there were no surprises. Like competitors Halliburton Co. (NYSE:HAL) and Weatherford International Ltd....
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    ETF Launch: Precious Metals All Mixed Together (GLTR, SGOL, PPLT, PALL)

    Posted: October 22, 2010 at 9:32 am

    They say there is an ETF for just about any strategy.  Gold investors and other precious metal investors are now getting a new ETF that will trade as a single basket of metals.  The ETFS Physical Pr...
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    The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (10/22/2010) Verizon Earns, AIA IPO

    Posted: October 22, 2010 at 9:03 am

    Twitter  has, by most estimates, 145 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than one million Twit...
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    Top Active Trader Alerts (ALGN, AMZN, ARST, BIDU, LIVE, ERIC, NFLX, RVBD, SNDK, VPHM)

    Posted: October 22, 2010 at 8:58 am

    Active traders have several big moves this morning that are on the trading radar screens.  We are tracking key moves in shares of Align Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALGN), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN...
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    Today’s Best Market Rumors (10/22/2010) News Corp Newsstand, MGM M&A

    Posted: October 22, 2010 at 8:51 am

    Updated throughout the day. News Corp (NYSE NWS) has killed its digital newsstand (Reuters) Cnooc of China and Ghana National Petroleum have bid $5 billion for Kosmos Energy’s assets in Ghana ...
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    Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ANAD, MT, BIDU, LSCC, MAR, PENN, HOT, UNP, WYNN)

    Posted: October 22, 2010 at 8:25 am

    These are some of this Friday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Anadigics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANAD) Raised to Buy at Needham. ArcelorMittal (NYSE: ...
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    GE & Clarient Merger, Expanding Cancer Diagnostics (GE, CLRT, SFE)

    Posted: October 22, 2010 at 8:14 am

    General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) is still doing M&A deals.  The company has had its checkbook out lately and announcing ventures, and this morning came word from GE Healthcare that it was acqu...
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    AIG Scores Better With AIA IPO in Hong Kong (AIG, PUK)

    Posted: October 22, 2010 at 8:00 am

    AIG is paying back more money to Uncle Sam.  American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG) has raised a large sum via its AIA Group Ltd. initial public offering in Hong Kong.  The Asian insurance un...
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    Sex.com Domain Sold For $13 Million

    Posted: October 22, 2010 at 6:08 am

    The Sex.com domain sold for $13 million. Clover Holdings, based on the island of St. Vincent, made the winning bid. No one knows why. The BBC reports that "The sex.com domain has changed hands several...
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    A Tablet PC From HP, A Gamble On Windows

    Posted: October 22, 2010 at 5:54 am

    Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) has begun to show its new Slate tablet PC. The company still guards some details about the machine, but the media has ferreted out a bit about how the product will operate....
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