bloomberg.com - 7/16/2009
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July 15 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks rallied, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average to its best gain in three months, after Intel Corp. forecast sales that beat analysts’ estimates and gauges of manufacturing improved. Treasuries fell for a third day and the dollar and yen dropped. Intel ...
cboe.com - 7/23/2009
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cboe.com —
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CBOE ANNOUNCES INTRADAY CALCULATION OF
IMPLIED CORRELATION INDEX BASED ON THE S&P 500 INDEX...
Chicago, July 22, 2009 - The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced that beginning Monday, July 27, the Exchange will ...
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valueplays.blogspot.com - 7/20/2009
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valueplays.blogspot.com —
For those of you who believe Goldman sachs
(GS) is controlling the world, this is as close...
to "in the bag" as it gets then, no? July 20 (Bloomberg) -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its forecast for the Standard & Poor 500 Index, saying improving earnings will spur the steepest second-half ...
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Goldman Pedicts S&P Rally to Top 1982
bespokeinvest.typepad.com - 7/21/2009
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The S&P; 500 continues its upward trajectory off
of its July lows today with another gain of...
0.65% as of 12:30 PM ET. Below is a candlestick chart of the index showing the path that it has taken since bottoming on March 9th. As shown, the intraday ...
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S&P 500 Approaches Intraday Rally Highs
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Intel Throws Party; BAC Founder Appalled
The Big Picture —
Good Evening: The “Intel Inside” ad campaign received a boost today in the form of an Intel-Inspired equity market celebration. As the whole world watched, Intel exceeded earnings estimates last night, rose in aftermarket trading, and then paced an around the globe rally in stock prices. Setting the bar low and then leaping over it like some erstwhile superhero is an old trick for Intel, but the possibility that investors might see the good news from companies like INTC and GS and extrapolate it into imminent success for all is why I felt compelled to mention last week the potentially bullish set up for Q2 earnings season. In just three ...
Earnings Are Running Better than Estimates
CrossingWallStreet.com —
... Bloomberg notes that earnings are so far running 20% above estimates. The downside is that the bar was set low, as in it was buried a few feet below ground. Secondly, only a handful or companies have reported so far. ...
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