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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...]

Wall Street Closes Higher, General Electric (NYSE: GE) Rallies

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:14:45 GMT

US stocks finished higher on Friday as investors shrugged off disappointing government data showing the unemployment rate hit 10.2 percent in October - the highest in 26-1/2 years.[More...]

Closing Update: Wall Street Recovers From Jobs Report Downer, Ends Higher Friday and Up 3% for Week

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:04:10 GMT

Stock averages end narrowly higher Friday after a whipsaw session. All three leading averages record solid 3% weekly gains. A jump for Dow component General Electric (GE) after an analyst upgrade helped offset the damage from a weaker-than-expected October jobs report. Travelers (TRV) and Amazon.com (AMZN) also advanced after an upgrade.[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...]

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...]

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...]

Bank of America Bearish Option Position Closed - Shares Rally

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:13:17 GMT

One investor banked profits today by unraveling a massive bearish credit spread established back on October 28, 2009. The trader’s decision to take profits ahead of expiration could be a bullish sign for BAC.[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...]

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

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:48:00 GMT

Of all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography.
Pranksters or someone trying to frame you can tap viruses to make it appear that you surf illegal Web sites.
Whatever the motivation, you get child porn on your computer - and might not realize it until police knock at your door.

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Estimating Future Dividend Growth

Wall Street Closes Higher, General Electric (NYSE: GE) Rallies

Closing Update: Wall Street Recovers From Jobs Report Downer, Ends Higher Friday and Up 3% for Week

4 Earnings Season Option Strategies For Monday November 9

Biostar Raises $3.6 Million

Accounting At B of A And Fannie

Bulls Back On Track?

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

Bank of America Bearish Option Position Closed - Shares Rally

Most Active Stock Options November 5, 2009 & Trading Activity

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

Sony offers `Cloudy' early to people with its TVs

Commercial real estate facing worse days

Strike: A risk worth taking?: Experts said SEPTA workers had little to lose because they could not easily be replaced.

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

SCANA sets stage for boom: New campus likely to spur surrounding development

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

Yahoo! to Participate at Upcoming Investor Conference

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Hosts Reception and Special Presentation with Wall Street Veteran Carla Harris

Timothy Ryder Joins RW Smith as Midwest Regional Director

LMI Aerospace Announces Results for the Third Quarter of 2009; Reaffirms 2009 and 2010 Guidance

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

Treasury & Risk Magazine's 2009 Alexander Hamilton Awards Winners Announced

Gramercy Capital Corp. Reports Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results

RidgewaterEquity.com Free Fundamental Sector & Market Research on BA, L, PDS, STP, CTV and MTU

Ares Capital Corporation to Partner with GE Capital in Senior Secured Loan Fund LLC

Liquid Computing and Intel to Showcase Unified Computing on Industry Standard Intel® Server Systems

Form 4 BOEING CO For: Nov 05 Filed by: BRYSON JOHN E (10K)

Form 4 HUMPHREYS DONALD D For: Nov 03 (10K)

Form 4 Andreessen Marc L For: Nov 02 (10K)

Form 4 KILROY THOMAS M For: Oct 30 (10K)

Form 4 HOLT WILLIAM M For: Oct 30 (10K)

Form 4 INTEL CORP For: Oct 30 Filed by: BAKER ROBERT JAYMES (10K)

Form 4 INTEL CORP For: Oct 30 Filed by: SODHANI ARVIND (10K)

Form 4 Redmond Cavan M. For: Oct 30 (10K)

Form 4 Dolsten Mikael For: Oct 30 (10K)

Form 4 HEWLETT PACKARD CO For: Oct 31 Filed by: LESJAK CATHERINE A (10K)