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Aug 23, 2011

BLOOMBERG News, Aug 23, 2011


Asian Stocks Climb, Copper Gains
Bloomberg
23 (Bloomberg) -- Eddie Tam, chief executive officer of Central Asset Investments, talks about the outlook for Federal Reserve monetary policy, the global economy and financial markets. Tam speaks in Hong Kong with John Dawson on Bloomberg Television's ...
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Under Bloomberg, a Sharp Rise in Accusations of Cheating by Educators
New York Times
By SHARON OTTERMAN Annual allegations of test-tampering and grade-changing by educators have more than tripled since Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg took control of New York City's school system, outpacing a broader increase in complaints of adult ...
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New York Times
Hydeskov Sees Double-Digit Growth for Norwegian Trade
Washington Post
(Source: Bloomberg) (/Bloomberg) Correction: Clarification: SuperFan badge holders consistently post smart, timely comments about Washington area sports and teams. If your comments or those of another user measure up, please let Post editors know. ...
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Fed Data From 29000 Pages Show Banks' Bailout: Methodology
Bloomberg
Photographer: Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg To rank companies by how much they borrowed from the US Federal Reserve during the financial crisis, Bloomberg News examined data the central bank was forced to release about seven programs. ...
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Mayor Bloomberg hails record 23 shows filming in NYC
Reuters
New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) and his companion Diane Taylor attend the third day of the Allen and Company Sun Valley Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho on July 8, 2011. By Tim Molloy LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - New York City Mayor Mike ...
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Reuters
China Overtakes U.S. as Largest Market for PCs
Bloomberg
By Bloomberg News - Tue Aug 23 05:09:19 GMT 2011 The value of computer shipments in China in the second quarter was $11.9 billion, compared with $11.7 billion for the US, IDC's analyst Bryan Ma said today. The value of computer shipments in China in ...
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Treasuries Snap Decline on Speculation U.S. Home Sales Fell Last Month
Bloomberg
By Wes Goodman - Tue Aug 23 01:05:56 GMT 2011 New home sales fell 0.6 percent to a 310000 annual pace, the slowest in four months, according to the median of economists' estimates in aBloomberg News survey before the report today. ...
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China's Manufacturing May Contract For a Second Month, HSBC Survey Shows
Bloomberg
By Bloomberg News - Tue Aug 23 04:04:50 GMT 2011 Workers manufacture cotton yarn at a factory in Dali county, Shaanxi province, China. Photographer: Nelson Ching/Bloomberg Aug. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Paul Cavey, a Hong Kong-based economist with Macquarie ...
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Feds nix proposal to ban food stamps for sodas
CBS News
Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City seems to think so - so he proposed a plan to stop people from using the stamps to purchase sugary soft drinks, teas, and sport drinks. But the Big Apple's top health cop got busted. ...
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Mayor Bloomberg pushes for traffic light cameras 'on every corner'
New York Daily News
BY Erin Einhorn Red-light cameras monitor the traffic at the corner of Second Ave. and E. 42nd St. Mayor Bloomberg wants to blanket the city with red light cameras - and maybe even publish the names of scofflaws who blow through intersections. ...
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New York Daily News
Asian Currencies Rise on Speculation of Fed Stimulus, Interest Rate Rises
Bloomberg
The Bank of Thailand will lift its benchmark interest rate tomorrow, according to economists surveyed by Bloomberg. A third round of quantitative easing “is on everyone's mind,” said Sacha Tihanyi, a Hong Kong-based senior currency strategist at Scotia ...
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Singapore's Inflation Quickens to 5.4%, Adding Pressure for Currency Gains
Bloomberg
Photographer: Munshi Ahmed/Bloomberg Singapore's consumer prices may climb 4 percent to 5 percent this year, more than a previous forecast of 3 percent to 4 percent, the central bank said last month. Singapore's consumer prices may climb 4 percent to 5 ...
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HP Breakup Looms With Cheapest Tech Valuation
Bloomberg
TouchPads in a Best Buy store in East Palo Alto, California, US Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Discontent over Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ)'s strategic shift has left it cheaper than any technology company in the world, turning the largest ...
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Tingyi Says Cost 'Pressure' to Continue in Second Half of 2010
Bloomberg
By Bloomberg News - Tue Aug 23 06:37:41 GMT 2011 Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding Corp., China's biggest maker of packaged food, said cost “pressure” will continue in the second half as its gross margin stayed near the lowest level in at least a decade. ...
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Australian Wheat Shipments at 2004 High Easing Shortages: Freight Markets
Bloomberg
Photographer: Carla Gottgens/Bloomberg Australia may displace the European Union as the world's second-biggest wheat shipper as cargoes jump to an eight-year high, easing a shortage that drove global food costs to a record. The country may export about ...
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Santiago Bourse Sees Record IPO Year as Companies Wait for 'Right Moment'
Bloomberg
MILA stocks have a combined value of $583 billion, surpassing Mexico's $418 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Average daily traded volume in the past year was $234 million in Chile, $101 million in Colombia and $34 million in Peru. ...
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Latin America's Top Issuer Probing Return to Samurai Market: Mexico Credit
Bloomberg
Foreign companies and governments have sold 1.7 trillion yen ($22 billion) of debt, known as Samurai bonds, a 60 percent increase from the 1.06 trillion yen issued in the same period of 2010, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. ...
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Sprint Looks to Invest Further in Clearwire: Reports
eWeek
Citing unidentified sources familiar with the talks, Bloomberg News reported that Sprint would possibly team up with cable company Comcast, also a Clearwire investor. The sources said talks are only in the beginning stages and nothing has been ...
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Bloomberg: Delta Air Lines Plans To Order 100 Boeing 737 Jets
RTT News
(BA: News ) 737 single-aisle jets, Bloomberg reported Monday, citing two people familiar with the matter. According to the Bloomberg report, the deal, with a list value of about $8.58 billion, would be for the 737-900 extended range jets that can carry ...
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Staten Island celebrates its 350th birthday
SILive.com
By Ryan Lavis Staten Island Advance/Bill LyonsLori Weintraub, co-chair of si350; Fire Commissioner Salvatore Cassano; Robert Coughlan, chairman of si350; Assemblyman Michael Cusick; BP James Molinaro; Mayor Michael Bloomberg; and Councilwoman Debi Rose ...
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Sales of New U.S. Homes Probably Fell in July for a Third Straight Month
Bloomberg
22 (Bloomberg) -- Stuart Eizenstat, a partner at Covington & Burling, talks about Federal Reserve monetary policy and the outlook for the US economy. Eizenstat, a former deputy Treasury secretary, talks with Scarlet Fu on Bloomberg Television's "In the ...
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Treasuries Fall on Speculation Fed's Bernanke to Will Signal More Stimulus
Bloomberg
22 (Bloomberg) -- David Rolley, co-head of global fixed income at Loomis Sayles, talks about the US Treasury bond market and the prospects for another round of quantitative easing by the Federal Reserve. He speaks with Carol Massar and Matt Miller on ...
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Bloomberg's Julie Hyman Interviews Bill Radvak, President & CEO of American ...
Reuters (press release)
InvestmentPitch.com has posted this two-part interview, 1st part of interview and 2nd part of interview, on its website. If this link is not enabled, please visit www.InvestmentPitch.com and enter "American Vanadium" in the search box. ...
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Boeing's 787 Glut Casts $16.2 Billion Cloud Over FAA Approval
Bloomberg
787 Dreamliner stands at the company's facility in Everett, Washington, US Photographer: Stuart Isett/Bloomberg An All Nippon Airways Co. (ANA) flight attendant stands in the open doorway of a Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliner at Paine Field in Everett, ...
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Indian Stocks Swings Between Gains, Losses on Growth Outlook
Bloomberg
18 and Aug. 19, reducing their investment in stocks this year to 25.7 billion rupees, according to data on the website of the market regulator. To contact the reporters on this story: Santanu Chakraborty in Mumbai at schakrabor11@bloomberg.net; ...
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European Failure to Solve Region's Banking Crisis Returns to Haunt Markets
Bloomberg
Photographer: Hannelore Foerster/Bloomberg Aug. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Domenico Lombardi, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, talks about the European sovereign debt crisis and challenges for Italy and the euro region's monetary union. ...
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Douglas Peterson to Become President of S&P
Bloomberg
12, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The S&P 500 Index swung by at least 4.6 percent in the four trading days following the change. Gold rose 5 percent. While S&P said the US was less creditworthy, investors snapped up Treasuries, ...
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Korea Investment Adds $78 Million to Bank of America Stake Amid Stock Rout
Bloomberg
Photographer: Seokyong Lee/Bloomberg Bank of America Corp. signage is displayed at a branch in Times Square, New York, US Bank of America Corp. signage is displayed at a branch in Times Square, New York, US Photographer: Guy Calaf/Bloomberg Korea ...
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Bank of America Drops Most in S&P 500 on Status of China Construction Sale
Bloomberg
Photographer: Davis Turner/Bloomberg Aug. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Deborah Kostroun reports on the performance of the US equity market today. Most US stocks fell after Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s decline in the last 15 minutes of trading wiped out ...
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Shanghai Jahwa Asset Sale to Raise $797 Million as Cosmetics Maker Expands
Bloomberg
By Bloomberg News - Mon Aug 22 22:01:32 GMT 2011 Shanghai Jahwa Group, a state-owned cosmetics and household goods maker, plans to raise 5.1 billion yuan ($797 million) by selling assets to fund expansion into luxury products and the acquisition of ...
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Bloomberg News on the Fed's Secret Mega-TARP : CJR
That's stunning if you stop to think about it: We wouldn't know this stuff if not for a bold lawsuit byBloomberg News, pushback against the executive branch by the judiciary, and an amendment by the unlikeliest legislator, ...
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Bloomberg FOIA Request Reveals $1.2 Trillion in ... - FDL News Desk
By David Dayen
I'm not sure if this is information we already knew from the Fed audit, or an additional set of data, or maybe just the specifics that came out of.
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Asian Stocks Climb, Copper Gains – Bloomberg | Financial News
By forex - Google News
A manufacturing purchasing managers' index for Germany, Europe's largest economy, fell to 50.6 in August from 52 the previous month, according to the median forecast of economists surveyed byBloomberg News before Markit Economics ...
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Mayor Bloomberg Hails Record 23 Shows Filming In NYC | XFINITY TV News
By Reuters
By Tim Molloy LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg said Monday that a record-breaking 23 primetime TV shows are filming in the.
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BofA Sinks on China Construction Stake – Bloomberg | Wall Street ...
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BofA Sinks on China Construction Stake – Bloomberg. Share Boston Globe BofA Sinks on China Construction Stake Bloomberg Bank of America Chief Executive Officer Brian T. Moynihan, 51, has been selling businesses and assets as the firm ... all 249 news articles ». Short URL: http://www.wallst.net/?p=237012. Posted by Google Inc. . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed....
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Big Brother Bloomberg: NYC mayor wants red light cameras — on ...
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Andrew Savulich/News. Red-light cameras monitor the traffic at the corner of Second Ave. and E. 42nd St. Mayor Bloomberg wants to blanket the city with red light cameras – and maybe even publish the names of scofflaws who blow through ...
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Mayor Bloomberg Hails Record 23 Shows Filming in NYC | TheWrap TV
By Tim Molloy
In addition to the 23 primetime shows, New York is home to 140 news programs, talk shows and reality series. This year, his office said, New York City-based shows have earned a record 110 Primetime Emmy nominations. New York-based shows ...
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Bloomberg: The Fed Secretly Loaned Banks ... - American Banking News
By ABMN Staff
trillion. That's how much the Federal Reserve secretly loaned to banks and corporations during the financial crisis.'Bloomberg: The Fed Secretly Loaned...
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Report: Fed lent Wall St. $1.2T more (Politico) | Stock Market ...
By Editor - Political News
Bloomberg News received the information through Freedom of Information Act requests, litigation and an act of Congress. The $1.2 trillion figure is the compilation of the balance for seven programs instituted by the Fed. ...
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Bloomberg Says City Will Consider Reshaping 9 ... - Fox News Insider
By America's Newsroom
Just weeks away from the 10th anniversary of September 11th, New York City Mayor MichaelBloomberg said in his weekly radio show that future September 11th ceremonies may be different and may not include the reading of the victims names ...
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Daily Kos: Updated: Bloomberg probe: Wall Street got $1.2 trillion ...
By rss@dailykos.com (cosmic debris)
Yesterday Bloomberg News released the report from its investigation into the loans the Fed gave to the banks between August 07 and April 2010 as a consequence of the crash. The results are fairly astounding. ...
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Barofsky Says Fed's Secret Loans Needed More Oversight - YouTube
By Bloomberg
Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke's effort to keep the economy from plunging into depression included lending banks and other companies as much as $1.2 trillion of public money, according to aBloomberg News compilation of data obtained ...
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Ecopolity » Solar energy to rival charcoal-fired power
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As the cost of generating electricity from the sun rivals coal-fueled plants a result, solar panel installations may grow strongly in the next two years, industry executives and analysts toldBloomberg News. ...
Ecopolity
Satyajit Das on the Botox Economy « naked capitalism
By Yves Smith
Here's an important Bloomberg News article I haven't seen you listing yet: The WSWS covers the Bloomberg article here: http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/aug2011/pers-a23.shtml. And the referenced Bloomberg item is here: ...
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STOCK, Shares, NYSE News, Aug 24, 2011


Ignore The Analysts And 'Invest In What You Know'
Seeking Alpha
A supposed advantage that mega cap stocks like Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) and Citigroup (NYSE: C) have over others is extensive analyst coverage. This is supposed to provide additional information, access to C-level executive interviews and ...
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3 Reasons Markets Were Up As Libya Conflict and Gold Took Center Stage
Wall St. Cheat Sheet
Libya, a member of OPEC, used to supply the world with 1.6 million barrels of oil per day before breaking out into civil war — nearly 2% of the global oil (NYSE:OIL) supply. 2) Euro bonds. Tempering this morning's gains was news of German Chancellor ...
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Moved Above Upper Keltner Channel - AGQ, BWX, CYB, DBS, EWV
Retirement Planning
The 52-week range of the stock is $56.49 – $63.86. At current market price, the market capitalization of the company stands at $1.57B and it has - outstanding shares.SPDR Barclays Capital International Treasury Bond ETF (the Fund), formerly SPDR Lehman ...
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SHARES OF GENESEE & WYOMING POTENTIALLY OVERVALUED IN TERMS OF FORWARD ...
Zacks.com
... the forward earnings yield is useful to compare a stock's return vs. owning a similar stock or other yield assets (eg bonds). Generally, the higher the earnings yield, the more undervalued the stock. Genesee & Wyoming (NYSE:GWR - Snapshot Report) ...
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Zacks' Voice of the People Highlights Opportunities with JPMorgan Chase ...
Sacramento Bee
Sure, many bond holders would lose money, however, the crisis would be solved. The problem is that the bond holders are the banks. In the United States the biggest and most important bank to follow is JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM). ...
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Hot Option Plays: The Big “R”
Daily Markets
XLF was lower throughout most of the day and came under pressure late in the day after Goldman (NYSE:GS) shares sold off on news its Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein has hired a hired a high profile defense attorney. A 7.9 percent drop in BofA also ...
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Stocks Barely Close Higher After Trimming Early Gains
San Francisco Chronicle
The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY) added 0.08% to $112.73. Volume was heavier than normal with 274.6 million SPY shares trading hands compared to a 3-month daily average of 257.6 million. The PowerShares QQQ Trust ETF (NASDAQ: QQQ), which tracks the ...
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US STOCKS-Bargain hunters tiptoe back but remain cautious
Reuters
[ID:nN1E77L1G9] About 8.46 billion shares were traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange and Nasdaq, in line with last year's daily average of 8.47 billion. On theNYSE, decliners beat advancers by a ratio of four to three, ...
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Top Portfolio Products: Cantor Fitzgerald to Launch ETF Arbitrage, Van Eck ...
AdvisorOne
Also, Cannabis Science announced preliminary approval for a new class of shares, Gemma Wright-Casparius joined the Vanguard Group, and First Trust will ring the opening bell at the NYSE in celebration of the launch of 14 ETFs. ...
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How You Can Become a Better Investor
Motley Fool
More sophisticated investors chose to invest in individual stocks. Nowadays, you have so many more choices at your fingertips. Exchange-traded funds give you lightning-quick exposure to a wide range of stock, bond, commodity, and other financial ...
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THE 5 COMPANIES IN THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY WITH THE LOWEST FORWARD ...
Zacks.com
Using projected earnings for the current fiscal year, the forward earnings yield is useful to compare astock's return vs. owning a similar stock or other yield assets (eg bonds). Generally, the higher the earnings yield, the more undervalued the stock ...
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Entered Ichimoku Cloud - AEC, AFB, AN, BNZ, CDE
Health Talk & You
The 52-week range of the stock is $21.85 – $27.17. BNZ's market capitalization is $48.10M and it has - outstanding shares. Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation (NYSE:CDE) went up 2.86%, to close at $25.50 and its overall traded volume was 2.56M shares in ...
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P&F Ascending Triple Top Breakout – DGL, DGP, DNP, ED, EDV
Retirement Planning
The 52-week range of the stock is $31.78 – $70.27. At current market price, the market capitalization of the company stands at $1.35B and it has - outstanding shares. DNP Select Income Fund Inc. (NYSE:DNP) moved up 0.62%, to close at $9.74 and its ...
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RELATIVELY LOW FORWARD EARNINGS YIELD IN THE GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES ...
Zacks.com
99 Cents Only Stores (NYSE:NDN - Snapshot Report) follows with a Forward Earnings Yield of 6.91% and Dollar General (NYSE:DG - Snapshot Report) rounds out the group with a Forward Earnings Yield of 6.99%. SmarTrend currently has shares of Tuesday ...
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HAVERTY FURNITURE IS AMONG THE COMPANIES IN THE HOMEFURNISHING RETAIL INDUSTRY ...
Zacks.com
Aaron's (NYSE:AAN - Snapshot Report) follows with a Forward Earnings Yield of 7.56% and Williams-Sonoma (NYSE:WSM - Snapshot Report) rounds out the group with a Forward Earnings Yield of 7.69%. SmarTrend currently has shares of Select Comfort in an ...
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HP directors defend change in strategy that saw a share price collapse
SMEweb
Hewlett Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) bosses have come out fighting in defence of their sharp change in the tech group's strategy last week, which saw a share price collapse and growing shareholder alarm. Mr Apotheker said in an exclusive interview on ...
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When Fear Becomes Opportunity: Equity And Yield Ideas To Buy Now
Seeking Alpha
Credit and default risk aside, senior loans typically have preference over bonds, preferred shares and common stock at liquidation. We own First Trust Senior FR (FCT), which sports a discount of -6.51% to NAV and a current yield of 6.65% FCT pays ...
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The Investing Tightrope: Can't Relax, Can't Freak Out
Investorplace.com
I recently snapped up shares of McDonald's (NYSE:MCD), Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) and Target (NYSE:TGT) for my personal account. Investors don't have better alternatives to prepare for retirement than the stock market. The US mutual fund industry held $11.8 ...
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Is Dividend Investing a Smart Alternative to Savings Accounts
The Dough Roller
To make a long story short, on Friday I sunk a big chunk of the cash into Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ). Some cash will still go to the bond fund, but I want to explain why I moved a good piece of the cash from an FDIC insured bank account to a ...
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MetLife Bumps Prudential as Top US Seller of Variable Annuities in 2Q
Insurance News Net (press release)
Capturing first place was MetLife (NYSE: MET), with year-to-date sales of $12.6 billion . Holly Sheffer , a MetLife spokeswoman, said the company's guaranteed minimum income benefit is its core rider, rather than the guaranteed minimum withdrawal ...
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Thoughts On Gold & Oil and What Could Be Next (GLD, USO, IAU, SPY)
ETF Daily News
The stock market (NYSE:SPY) has been hit hard and a lot of damage has also been done to the charts on a technical stand point. The amount of damage and fear that has happening generally takes some time to stabilize and heal before another move takes ...
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Morgan Stanley Biggest Welfare Recipient as Federal Reserve Lent Banks $1.2 ...
Wall St. Cheat Sheet
And as the crisis got worse, the Fed's standards for acceptable collateral became looser, accepting “junk” bonds and even stocks. While the Fed's lending program usually charged above-market interest rates to make them the last stop for banks, ...
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Legg Mason's Scholars Choice® College Savings Program Continues to Earn ...
PR Newswire (press release)
22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Legg Mason, Inc. (NYSE: LM) reported today that its Scholars Choice® College Savings Program was again recognized as one of the two best advisor-sold 529 plans by Savingforcollege.com. Scholars Choice was the # 2-ranked ...
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Morning Call: Markets Cheer Libyan Insurrection
ETF Daily News (blog)
(NYSE:HPQ) is up almost 2% this morning after taking a beating on Friday. The tech giant cut its sales outlook, and may end up shedding its personal computer business. The move would signal a major overhaul of the company's core business, ...
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ETF Daily News (blog)
While Volatility Hammers The Market, I'm Sitting And Collecting Dividends ...
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
First, AGNC and Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc (NYSE: IVR). Rates are down, bonds are up, and the Fed fund futures doesn't show rate increases anytime soon. All good things for AGNC and IVR. My last position is FTR. It missed earnings by a cent and the ...
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New CCI Sell Signals - CVG, CWB, CWT, CXS, DCI
Retirement Planning
Donaldson Company, Inc. (NYSE:DCI) fell -2.85%, to close at $49.02 and its overall traded volume was 429035.00 shares in the last trading session. DCI opened at $49.49 and is trading within the range of $49.01-$50.84. The stock has a 52 week range of ...
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Most stocks drop as Goldman Sachs, BofA drive banks lower
San Diego Source (subscription)
Barclays Plc (NYSE: BCS) said 10-year yields indicate traders have priced in $500 billion to $600 billion of Treasury purchases by the Fed. Citigroup (NYSE: C) said current rates can only be justified by more central bank bond buying or assuming the ...
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Dip Buyers Beware: Odds Favor Lower Lows In Stocks (SLV, GLD, TLT, EWZ, SPY)
ETF Daily News (blog)
The strong interest in bonds (NYSE:TLT) and the across-the-board weakness in global stocks are bringing into question Wall Street's canned responses of 'buy on dips', 'this is an excellent buying opportunity', 'valuations look attractive', ...
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Valuations Compelling, Economic Outlook Cloudy
Daily Markets
Instead we saw a stunning rally in the bond market and yields plunging, along with a plunging stockmarket. It was not really a big drop in the inflation expectations component of interest rates, but a plunge in the real rate. ...
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NBR Transcripts for August 22, 2011
PBS Nightly Business Report
In the case of Vallejo, after three years in bankruptcy, a federal judge this summer OK'd its repayment plan, but those areas are the exceptions, not the rules, when it comes to municipalbonds. Last fall, financial analyst Meredith (NYSE: MDP) Whitney ...
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Korea Investment Corp is Buying Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:BAC ...
By Shayne Heffernan
(NYSE:BAC). South Korea's KIC bought US$78-M of BofA shares so far. South Korea's sovereign wealth fund, Korea Investment Corp., aka KIC, has purchased US$78-M in Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:BAC) shares this year, saying that the US ...
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