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» Thursday ETF Roundup: XLY Surges, BLV Continues To Slide
09/03/10 03:33 from SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
ETF Database submits: Despite a rocky start, U.S. equity markets ended the day higher on Thursday ahead of tomorrow’s crucial jobs report. While the Dow only reported a modest gain of 0.5%, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq soared higher by..

» Ireland: Great Example of Why the Eurozone Crisis Isn't Over
09/03/10 03:30 from SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
Garrick Hileman submits: Wondering whether the world has put the spring eurozone sovereign debt crisis behind it? Check out this succinct summary of the massive issues confronting Ireland. The NY Times article written by Messrs. Simon John..

» H&R Block CEO Discusses F1Q2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
09/03/10 02:37 from SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
H&R Block Inc. ( HRB ) F1Q2011 Earnings Call Transcript September 2, 2010 4:30 pm ET Complete Story »

» Quiksilver CEO Discusses F3Q2010 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
09/03/10 02:29 from SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
Quiksilver, Inc. ( ZQK ) F3Q2010 Earnings Call Transcript September 2, 2010 4:30 pm ET Complete Story »

» Best Performing Russell 3,000 Stocks Year to Date
09/03/10 02:13 from SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
Hickey and Walters ( Bespoke ) submit: The Russell 3,000 makes up about 98% of the US equity market, and below we highlight the stocks in the index that are up the most so far in 2010. These names are all up 100% or more year to date. With..

» Need a Reason to Panic?
09/02/10 22:54 from SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
Jason Farkas submits: As the U.S. dollar approaches an important bottom and U.S. stocks appear to be near a pivotal top, we here at EWI are prepared for trend changes. But most investors will be caught off guard, as there doesn’t app..

» Thursday Bond Market Recap - Seeking Alpha (blog)
09/02/10 22:53 from site:seekingalpha.com - Google News
Thursday Bond Market Recap Seeking Alpha (blog) Stocks continued to rise for a second day and Treasuries fell after pending sales of used homes and retail data came in better than expected. ... and more »

» Thursday Bond Market Recap
09/02/10 22:38 from SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
Bondsquawk submits: By Rom Badilla Stocks continued to rise for a second day and Treasuries fell after pending sales of used homes and retail data came in better than expected. Investors bid up equities and sold Treasuries as they await Fr..

» Thursday Options Recap
09/02/10 22:12 from SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
Frederic Ruffy submits: Sentiment Major averages are holding modest gains ahead of employment numbers Friday morning. Economic data drove the morning action after the Labor Department said that filings for jobless benefits fell by 6,000 la..

» More on Potential Intervention in Japan
09/02/10 22:08 from SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
Marc Chandler submits: Many had expected the BOJ to have intervened already and its absence raises the question of why haven't they. The simplest explanation is they don't think it would be effective. This is the meaning of the official co..

» Chart of the Week: A Season for Metals
09/02/10 21:45 from SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
Frank Holmes submits: Wednesday kicked off what has historically been the strongest period (September through December) of the year for mining stocks and gold. We discussed this back in August ( Ready, Set, Gold! ) but if you were out enjo..

» Layne Christensen CEO Discusses F2Q2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
09/02/10 21:40 from SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
Layne Christensen Company ( LAYN ) F2Q2011 Earnings Call Transcript September 2, 2010 11:00 am ET Complete Story »

» Hovnanian CEO Discusses F3Q2010 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
09/02/10 21:33 from SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. ( HOV ) F3Q2010 Earnings Call Transcript September 2, 2010 11:00 am ET Complete Story »

» IBM Develops World's Fastest Chip
09/02/10 21:29 from SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
Zacks.com submits: International Business Machines Corp. ( IBM ) announced the availability of world’s fastest microprocessor that will begin shipping to customers from Sep 10, 2010. The z196 processor is a four-core chip that contai..

» August Auto Sales Bake in Late Summer Heat - Seeking Alpha (blog)
09/02/10 21:27 from site:seekingalpha.com - Google News
Moneycontrol.com August Auto Sales Bake in Late Summer Heat Seeking Alpha (blog) Going into August's auto sales results, we knew there would be a decline from last year as August 2009 was benefited from the cash for ... August Auto Sal..

» August Auto Sales Bake in Late Summer Heat
09/02/10 21:25 from SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
Wall Street Strategies submits: By David Silver Going into August's auto sales results, we knew there would be a decline from last year as August 2009 was benefited from the cash for clunkers program. With that in mind, it wasn't as bad as..

» G-III Apparel Beats, Lifts Guidance
09/02/10 21:25 from SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
Zacks.com submits: G-III Apparel Group Ltd. ( GIII ) swung to a net income of $3.0 million or 15 cents per share in the second quarter of fiscal 2011 from a net loss of $2.8 million or 17 cents per share in the year-ago period. Quarterly r..

» Martek Biosciences Beats Estimates on Surging Sales
09/02/10 21:18 from SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
Zacks.com submits: Martek Biosciences Corporation’s ( MATK ) third-quarter fiscal 2010 earnings (excluding special items) of 38 cents per share surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 2 cents and the year-ago earnings by 11 cents. ..

» Earnings Scorecard: WPP Group
09/02/10 21:13 from SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
Zacks.com submits: Ireland-based advertising titan WPP Group plc. (WPPGY) reported encouraging results for the first half of 2010. Its results were driven by strength across all geographies except for a modest decline in the European regio..

» Guess?: Taking the Guesswork Out of This Apparel Play
09/02/10 21:11 from SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
Wall Street Strategies submits: By Brian Sozzi The market held valid concerns about Guess' ( GES ) fundamentals prior to the issuance of 2Q10 results. Not only has the company's sales and margin outperformance relative to consensus forecas..

» Gold Still Glitters
09/02/10 20:57 from SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
Jim Van Meerten submits: This morning I added PowerShares DB Gold Fund ( DGP ) to the Barchart Van Meerten New High portfolio purely for technical reasons. The ETF is based on the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index - Optimum Yield Gold E..

» Methode CEO Discusses F1Q2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
09/02/10 20:55 from SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
Methode Electronics, Inc. ( MEI ) F1Q2011 Earnings Call Transcript September 2, 2010 11:00 am ET Complete Story »

» Profit from Dominant Trends: Gold, Global Fracking, and Frontier Markets
09/02/10 20:54 from SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
Wealth Daily submits: By Christian DeHaemer It's time to stop the whining on housing, jobs, and banks. If you don't like the current state of affairs in Washington and the politicians' cozy relationship with Wall Street — then vote t..

» Employment Report Stats
09/02/10 20:50 from SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
Hickey and Walters ( Bespoke ) submit: Ahead of tomorrow's employment report we wanted to highlight some interesting trends ahead of the release. The first chart below highlights the average magnitude of the surprise in non farm payrolls &..

» Volatility ETN May Hold the Answer to S&P 500's Future
09/02/10 20:40 from SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
Gary Gordon submits: Since late April, U.S. stock assets have labored in an extensive period of corrective activity. Bulls believe that the pullback is helping to restore health to the markets. They contend that the ”weak” alwa..

» Stocks Climb With Indications the Bottom Isn't Falling Out
09/02/10 20:34 from SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
Brooks McFeely submits: 4:20 PM, Sep 2, 2010 -- NYSE up 26.07 (0.38%) to 6,937.05 DJIA up 6.13 (0.06%) to 10,275.60 S&P 500 up 5.09 (0.47%) to 1,085.38 Nasdaq up 13.75 (0.63%) to 2,190.59 GLOBAL SENTIMENT Complete Story »

» Today in Commodities: There's Always a Bull Market Somewhere
09/02/10 20:29 from SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
Matthew Bradbard submits: There’s always a bull market somewhere… it just so happens that it appears to be in commodities. Crude has rallied just over $3/barrel in the last 2 days and is fast approaching the 20 day MA; in Octo..

» A Preliminary Look at Retail: Sales on an Uptrend?
09/02/10 20:28 from SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
Retail Geeks submits: Retailers reporting monthly sales numbers generally beat expectations. We show 15 retailers beating their consensus comp store sales expectation for August 2010. We show 5 retailers meeting their consensus comp store ..

» How Bad Is the First Friday of September?
09/02/10 20:27 from SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
Hickey and Walters ( Bespoke ) submit: We've heard some commentary today noting that the first Friday of September has typically been a rough day for the market. We went back and looked at the Dow's performance on all of the first Fridays ..

» Thoughts on Oil Inventory, Natural Gas and Coal
09/02/10 20:21 from SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
Zman submits: Moratorium Watch: Last night, a federal judge gave Obama the stiff arm on the deep water drilling moratorium by refusing to dismiss the Hornbeck Offshore lawsuit. The Administration had wanted the suit, which dated from the t..

» John Paulson Files Activist 13D on NovaGold Resources
09/02/10 20:20 from SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
Market Folly submits: As we've detailed in the past, John Paulson's hedge fund has owned NovaGold Resources ( NG ). But per a recent SEC filing, we get an update on his stake. Paulson & Co has disclosed a 9.1% ownership stake in NovaGold R..

» The Return of the American Consumer
09/02/10 20:11 from SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
Market Blog submits: By Simon Avery I t looks like the U.S. consumer may not become an extinct species after all. Complete Story »

» Factory Orders: Yawn - Seeking Alpha (blog)
09/02/10 16:27 from site:seekingalpha.com - Google News
Factory Orders: Yawn Seeking Alpha (blog) New orders for manufactured goods in July, up following two consecutive monthly decreases, increased $0.6 billion or 0.1 percent to $409.5 billion, ... and more »

» Consumer Staple Stocks Still Taste Good, But There Could Be Pressure Coming - Seeking Alpha (blog)
09/02/10 16:27 from site:seekingalpha.com - Google News
Consumer Staple Stocks Still Taste Good, But There Could Be Pressure Coming Seeking Alpha (blog) In a post last week called "Deflation...Really???", which dealt primarily with regard to the food sector, I noted that we'd get further ....

» Labor Productivity, Costs, and Claims - Seeking Alpha (blog)
09/02/10 16:17 from site:seekingalpha.com - Google News
Labor Productivity, Costs, and Claims Seeking Alpha (blog) Nonfarm business sector labor productivity decreased at a 1.8 percent annual rate during the second quarter of 2010, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics ... and more »

» The New Normal for Jobless Claims? - Seeking Alpha (blog)
09/02/10 15:48 from site:seekingalpha.com - Google News
AFP The New Normal for Jobless Claims? Seeking Alpha (blog) Seasonally-adjusted first time jobless claims were announced on September 2, 2010, to be 472000. Which was down some 6000 from the previous week's revised ... Initial and Tota..

» Challenger Job-Cuts Report Review - Seeking Alpha (blog)
09/02/10 13:57 from site:seekingalpha.com - Google News
CNBC Challenger Job-Cuts Report Review Seeking Alpha (blog) The releases of the latest data from ADP and Challenger, Gray & Christmas yesterday morning offered a negative message that was overshadowed by positive ... Trading Insight Offere..

» Economy Watch: Bright Light in a Dark Room - Seeking Alpha (blog)
09/02/10 12:43 from site:seekingalpha.com - Google News
AFP Economy Watch: Bright Light in a Dark Room Seeking Alpha (blog) Manufacturing activity turned up again last month, the Institute for Supply Management reported yesterday, offering the first statistical review of August's ... The Vo..

» DOE Update: U.S. Crude Oil Production Hits 6-Year High - Seeking Alpha (blog)
09/02/10 11:54 from site:seekingalpha.com - Google News
DOE Update: U.S. Crude Oil Production Hits 6-Year High Seeking Alpha (blog) The Department of Energy reported that in the week ending August 27th, 2010, US crude oil increased by 3.4 million barrels, gasoline inventories decreased ... Week..

» Burger King: Take the Profits - Seeking Alpha (blog)
09/02/10 08:42 from site:seekingalpha.com - Google News
MiamiHerald.com Burger King: Take the Profits Seeking Alpha (blog) We picked up on unusual trading activity on BKC back in June with the July options. Those options, of course, expired and although there was some trading in ... Fast Profit..