Month: December 2009

Sunday Fun: Slam-Job Extraordinaire; Kindle Versus the Nook

If there was ever a more direct attack on a product or a one sided review, I am not sure I recall seeing it. This is just simply an outright slam of Barnes & Noble’s (BKS) Nook electronic book reader. Pogue clearly prefers Amazon’s (AMZN) Kindle, without question.

A ref would...

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Potash (POT) – Crashing Down From Its High (SHORT IDEA)

This has been a volatile sector with hopes for a recovery in prices once again smashed. Just today, Potash (POT) was downgraded to “Sell” from “Hold” at Soleil Securities by equity analyst Mark Gulley. He put the 12-month target price is $85.00 per share. Much of that was based on...

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Economics We are Watching – Leading and Philly

Confirming the non-confirmation signals for a robust, but stable recovery (Speaking like an economist, switching gears now)…

Leading indicators have been making lower highs of late but still showing some legs as the economic recovery takes hold. We continue to see some general evidence that the restocking cycle will continue through...

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Video: For The First Time Obama’s Approval Under 50%

From the WSJ: Less than a year after Inauguration Day, support for the Democratic Party continues to slump, amid a difficult economy and a wave of public discontent, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.

The findings underscored how dramatically the political landscape has changed during the Obama administration’s...

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Housing Market Trends – 3 Different Views (KBH) (DHI)

If we look at the housing starts over a short period of time, we can see how numbers are looking better; of course from a LOW base. That is the perceived as good news as shown in headlines and in commentary from the bullish camp.

Housing stocks...

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