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Remember the Halcyon days of just a few months ago when it seemed the Chinese and Indian stocks could do no wrong? It seems like just yesterday we were looking at 14,000 in Dow Jones Industrial Average. Are those days gone forever now? Hopefully not. In this article you can see just how nicely things […]

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Currently at 27.05 in premarket trading, previous close was at 27.69

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How much would it have netted to short GM when news of the strike broke?
How much would it have netted to long GM when news of the contract broke?
And just how accurate are google finance’s premarket and after hours numbers?
the answers to come…

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Rumors of BHP Billiton learning they possess the world’s largest single supply of gold at their Olympic Dam location. The news will be confirmed or denied this coming Wednesday, September 26th. The news of the rumor broke over the weekend, and according to Google, opened at 75.75 this morning in pre-market trading. It climbed as […]

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I tried a little experiment this past week, selling a share (yes, only one share) of a stock in after hours the day before it went ex-dividend. My hope (a slim one, at that) is that because the market had already closed, I would still be an owner of record (and thus be eligible for […]

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Oracle beat street estimates and enjoyed a +4% gain on Friday. Nike also beat, but shed about 1.8%. Why the difference? Some claim options expirations, some claim profit taking (and it’s true, NKE had a nice run up from 56 on Tuesday to 61 (9%) immediately after earnings announced). Actually, for those who had their […]

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I was looking through the companies who are announcing earnings today, and lo and behold stumbled upon Global Crossing. For those who don’t know, back in the glory days of the dot com bubble, Global Crossing was one of the golden, do-no-wrong poster children. Except, of course, that they did do wrong. The executives exorbitant […]

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The Dow Jones has been experiencing a great deal of volatility over the last month. We’ve seen 100 point swings or greater as nearly an everyday occurance. What gives? Well, bond traders may provide part of the answer. The New York Times reports, “stock investors often take their cues from the fixed-income market anyway, […]

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