Archive for February, 2009:

Q4 Preliminary Release and Re-thinking That “Massive” Stimulus

{ Posted on Feb 27 2009 by Menzie Chinn }
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The BEA released its preliminary numbers for 2008Q4 GDP. There was little good news in it, as many have observed. [0], [1], [2], [3] Consumption fell even further than first estimated. In an accounting sense, support from exports collapsed. Even ...Read More »

GM Bond Holders Want Their Pound of Flesh

{ Posted on Feb 27 2009 by Ockham Research Staff }
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“…GM bond holders have requested a meeting with the auto industry task force. Remember, one of the key issues for GM, they don’t have to just reach deals with the union but they also have to reach a deal with ...Read More »

DailyFinance today: banks in trouble highest since ’94, airlines charging for bathrooms, four day workweeks, and worried hotels

{ Posted on Feb 27 2009 by Tobias Buckell }
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Hotels worried that business ...Read More »

Chasing Value: GE slashes dividend 68%

{ Posted on Feb 27 2009 by Sheldon Liber }
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Most market watchers will not be surprised to learn that General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) will be slashing its dividend by 68% from 31 cents per share to 10 cents. GE decided to increase it's flexibility in these difficult times ...Read More »

Chasing Value: Anglo American upgrade/downgrade

{ Posted on Feb 27 2009 by Sheldon Liber }
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Today one of my picks for the year, Anglo American ADR (NASDAQ: AAUK), was upgraded from neutral to buy at the investment bank now regular bank Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS).It was only yesterday that AAUK was downgraded from ...Read More »

Dell no longer best of breed

{ Posted on Feb 27 2009 by Jamie Dlugosch }
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There was a time when Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) was the cream of the crop in the PC business. Its college dorm beginnings and customization model allowed the company to separate itself from a host of other competitors. It is hard ...Read More »

General Motors cancels NCAA Final Four festivities

{ Posted on Feb 27 2009 by Zac Bissonnette }
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While its auditors are busy expressing doubt about the company's ability to continue as a going concern, General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM) announced that it will not be using its company suites at the NCAA's Final Four basketball event. The ...Read More »

Jeremy Siegel Says Stocks Are Cheaper Than They Look

{ Posted on Feb 27 2009 by Ockham Research Staff }
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In Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal, Wharton Business School Professor Jeremy Siegel pointed out a the quirky nature by which Standard & Poors calculates earnings for the S&P 500 index.  Needless to say, in this painful global economic slowdown, corporate earnings ...Read More »

How to get rid of your bad luck

{ Posted on Feb 27 2009 by Connie Madon }
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Have you ever asked yourself? "is there a spirit of poverty? If you go to Japan the answer is: "yes." If you drive to the Bimbo Gami shrine in the mountains about a four hour drive from Tokyo, you will ...Read More »

Today’s best income ideas: A dozen experts look for yield

{ Posted on Feb 27 2009 by Steven Halpern }
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With stock prices near decade lows and fear at generational highs, many market participants are looking for harbors in the storm -- and turning their eye from high risk growth stock opportunities to what are generally more conservative income ideas. For ...Read More »
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