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Will Underperformance By Banks Contaminate The Market?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:03:02 GMT

The Financial sector led us into the market meltdown of the past couple of years. Since the market bottomed in March, however, Financial shares have led us higher. So what is this important sector, specifically the Banks, telling us now?[More...]

Most Active Stock Options November 6, 2009 & Trading Activity

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:34:01 GMT

As of today the top ten option contracts traded were: Volatility Index (VIX) January 22.50 Put OptionsVolatility Index November 22.50 Put OptionsFord (NYSE:F) January 2011 5 Call OptionsFord January 2011 5 Put OptionsS&P 500 SPDR (NYSE:SPY) November 105 Put OptionsS&P 500 SPDR November 107 Call OptionsPowerShares QQQ (NASDAQ:QQQQ) November 42 Put OptionsQualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) April 50 Call OptionsS&P 500 SPDR November 107[More...]

Good Returns Come in Small Capitalizations

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:15:39 GMT

We all invest in stocks for the same reason, to make money. However, investment styles can be as unique as fingerprints. Amazingly, investor surveys show that most of us do have one thing in common…we love small cap stocks.[More...]

Three Ways To Trade The Black Stuff

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:50:02 GMT

December Light Sweet Crude is holding a bullish formation, and the daily chart reveals a potential $17 long move, if the global market stars align. There is substantial support around the $77 area, and that is where a bullish flag has formed.[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...]

Bulls Back On Track?

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:21:18 GMT

Good morning. With chants of "Dow 10K… Dow 10K" once again rising from the streets at the corner of Broad and Wall yesterday, it is easy to believe that the bulls are back on track and that we'll soon be looking at new highs for the stock market. And when reviewing the data inputs to yesterday's 204 point romp, it is also easy to don the Dow10K hat once again and join in on the celebration.[More...]

Ford's Main Problem: The UAW's Crippling Job Classifications And Work Rules

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:52:50 GMT

Ford's 2,215 page 2007 master contract with the UAW 1941 UAW-Ford contract[More...]

Most Active Stock Options November 5, 2009 & Trading Activity

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:55:26 GMT

As of today, the top ten most active stock options were:[More...]

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

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:47:00 GMT

Nov. 8--Ignoring British example, Obama wants to prop up financial behemoths.
As Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve, put it, "If it is too big to fail, it is too big."
Paul A. Volcker, another former chairman of the Federal Reserve, thinks a new version of the Glass Steagall Act, repealed in 1999, should be enacted to separate commercial from investment banking.

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Will Underperformance By Banks Contaminate The Market?

Most Active Stock Options November 6, 2009 & Trading Activity

Good Returns Come in Small Capitalizations

Three Ways To Trade The Black Stuff

Biostar Raises $3.6 Million

Bulls Back On Track?

Ford's Main Problem: The UAW's Crippling Job Classifications And Work Rules

Most Active Stock Options November 5, 2009 & Trading Activity

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

UPI NewsTrack Business

Citigroup issues employees stock options

BofA took risks long before Merrill: In '07, CEO Lewis launched effort to ramp up loans, investment banking while still spending on deals.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, David Nicklaus column: The federal bailout of banks may not be as costly as feared

NYC giving H1N1 vaccine to employers

Business Highlights

CVS Caremark, Costco, Dynegy are big movers

Citi files plans to spin off Primerica in IPO

Bonuses could jump 40 pct on Wall Street

Timothy Ryder Joins RW Smith as Midwest Regional Director

InfoVista Adds Application Delivery and Response Capabilities to Its Unified Network and Application Performance Management Solution

InfoVista Reports First Quarter FY10 Results

CIT Amends Terms of Exchange Offers

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. Reports Net Earnings Of $38.5 Million, Or $0.78 Per Diluted Share, For Third Quarter 2009

PicksThatMove.Com Announces Investment Opinion on VIT, AMZN, DELL, GSS and C

PicksThatMove.Com Announces Investment Opinion on DRYS, CERP, NRK, RF and DML

New Citi Survey Finds Chicago-Area Residents Dramatically Changing How They Spend and Save Today, But More Optimistic About Economic Future Than Nation As a Whole

Yoko Otani, Former Citigroup Senior Banker and Credit Officer, Joins Promontory Financial Group

PicksThatMove.Com Announces Investment Opinion: Hot Stocks on LUN, MOT, C, FIGI and AAC

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