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Estimating Future Dividend Growth

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:21:36 GMT

Estimating future dividend growth is difficult if not impossible. Companies which might have had a long history of consistent double digit increases might stop raising dividends and might even cut them.[More...]

Goldman Sachs GS Threatens To Form Cradle Sell Signal

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:34:09 GMT

I’ve been watching Goldman Sachs (GS) closely as a barometer for financial stocks and thus the broader market for some time now, and the stock faces a critical area to overcome to continue on its upward trajectory.[More...]

4 Earnings Season Option Strategies For Monday November 9

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:31:43 GMT

In my latest three blog posts, I listed some stocks which I would be willing to go long by selling the puts right before the stock reported earnings. Keep in mind these are companies which I believed would have a positive reaction to the earnings, however if the stock moved sideways on the number this strategy would still likely return a gain the following day.[More...]

Wells Fargo (WFC) Kicks The Can By Transofrming Option ARM Mortgages Into Interest Only

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:31:26 GMT

If you are not familiar with what an option ARM mortgage is, read this piece (Aug 13, 2008: Option ARMs- Who Thought Up these Time Bombs?)). I too was unfamiliar with it, despite following markets closely, until I read a BusinessWeek article in October 2006. Interest only mortgages? Yep I knew about those.[More...]

Biostar Raises $3.6 Million

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:26:18 GMT

Biostar Pharmaceuticals has completed a private placement that raised $3.6 million in new capital. Biostar will use the proceeds to complete its new raw materials processing facility. By taking its raw material production in house, Biostar will lower costs and ensure its product quality. Biostar plans to sell excess raw materials to other pharmaceutical companies in the Shaanxi province.[More...]

Accounting At B of A And Fannie

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:21:37 GMT

Via Yves Smith, John Hempton analyzes the quarterly results of Bank of America (so-so) and Fannie Mae (terrible). The underlying issue is that bank quarter-to-quarter results are largely driven by the amount of provisions they take against future loan losses. You can think of this as a very rough approximation to marking-to-market — instead of waiting for the loans to default, you estimate how many loans will default in the future (that estimate should change as the economic situation changes) and put that amount of money into reserves. Then when the defaults actually happen, you take the money out of reserves.[More...]

Home energy issues updated: Dominion East Ohio bill reveals changes

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:47:00 GMT

Nov. 8--Here are a number of updates having to do with energy issues -- both for natural gas and electricity.
Your most recent bill from Dominion East Ohio shows the "Basic Monthly Charge" has gone up again, but another part of your bill has gone down.
Let me explain: the basic monthly charge, which is for such costs as meter readings, rendering bills and running Dominion's call center was a flat $5.70 until October 2008 when it went to $12.50.

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Estimating Future Dividend Growth

Goldman Sachs GS Threatens To Form Cradle Sell Signal

4 Earnings Season Option Strategies For Monday November 9

Wells Fargo (WFC) Kicks The Can By Transofrming Option ARM Mortgages Into Interest Only

Biostar Raises $3.6 Million

Accounting At B of A And Fannie

Home energy issues updated: Dominion East Ohio bill reveals changes

AP IMPACT: Framed for child porn _ by a PC virus

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Jim Gallagher column: Inflation's coming back _ but we don't know when

EDITORIAL: Banks are too big, if too big to fail: Ignoring British example, Obama wants to prop up financial behemoths.

Big Oil's lean look fuels area jobs fear: If cuts remain permanent, glory days may be over

Owners, lenders offered a hand

BofA director flying high on perks of special deal: Former FleetBoston CEO Chad Gifford's jet travel cost bank more than $1million last year.

Mercury News Interview: Kevin Johnson, CEO, Juniper Networks

Yahoo! to Participate at Upcoming Investor Conference

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. News Release

ePlus Achieves Cisco Master Managed Services Certification; Company Recognized as Having Highest Level of Expertise in Developing and Delivering Managed Services

Timothy Ryder Joins RW Smith as Midwest Regional Director

eBay Inc. and Silver Lake Investor Group Settle Skype Litigation with Joltid Limited

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Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results

Ocean Tomo, LLC Announces New Constituent Companies to the Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Index

Wells Fargo Named Best Consumer Internet Bank in North America by Global Finance Magazine

ConocoPhillips up 21% Since Added to Galtstock Long-Term Portfolio

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