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    BIDU upgraded by Goldman: $273 target

    Does that mean "strong buy" ?:)
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    Xstrata confirms Anglo American merger approach

    Mining group Xstrata on Sunday confirmed it had made an approach to rival Anglo American about a merger that would create one of the world's biggest mining companies, according to a company statement. The Xstrata statement made no mention of figures, but said it believed a merger would be...
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    MBA Supports Proposal for $15,000 Tax Credit for All Homebuyers

    WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 15, 2009) – David G. Kittle, CMB, Chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association issued the following statement today in support of S. 1230, The Homebuyer Tax Credit Act of 2009. “Stimulating the housing market is one of the best ways Congress can help accelerate the...
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    Chancellor Merkel Sees German Economy Near Bottom, AP Reports

    June 20 (Bloomberg) -- Chancellor Angela Merkel said the slumping German economy has nearly hit bottom and will unlikely recover quickly, the AP reported, citing a speech she made in Berlin. The chart of the German economy may look more like a “bathtub” than a “V” as output stagnates...
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    Private investors pile back into UK equities

    Retail investors are piling into equities on growing hopes of economic recovery as they hoover up shares at a rate not seen for two years. They are snapping up cyclical stocks – typically bought on hopes of a revival – amid a wave of rising risk appetite, according to Capita Registrars...
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    U.S., Swiss Agree to Share Data on Tax Evader

    The U.S. and Switzerland said they agreed to share information on potential tax evaders for the first time, the latest step toward eroding Switzerland's renowned banking secrecy. U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said the deal, which the governments began negotiating in April, "will...
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    •GE Executive Says There's No Sign Yet of `Green Shoots' in Customer Orders

    GE might be on the wrong side of business activities... "biggest maker of " jet engines, power-plant turbines, locomotives, medical imaging equipment...who needs jet engines, power-plant turbines, locomotives, medical equipment, NOW ?... If you want to look for an improvement of general...
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    BNP Paribas: recession in UK is over.

    If you´re walking down the shopping streets of London you might get the impression nothing has changed...
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    Citi will hit $12 a share

    His majesty from a certain country would be highlly "delighted" if this happens....:p
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    Paper: How managed futures can help portfolios

    Opalesque Exclusive: CTAs expected to recover from their YTD slump, Paper: How managed futures can help portfolios By Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque London: 2008 was great for Commodity Trading Advisers (CTAs), and showed that a good level of volatility can be positive (not forgetting...
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    Daimler May Be in Talks to Buy Porsche Stake, Magazine Says

    June 19 (Bloomberg) -- Daimler AG, the world’s second- largest maker of luxury cars, may be in discussions to buy a stake in Porsche SE, Manager Magazin said, citing unidentified people in the financial industry. Both companies, based in Stuttgart, Germany, had already been in talks at the...
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    ES Journal Archive (2009 - 2010)

    915.75.
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    ES Journal Archive (2009 - 2010)

    I want them over 931.00 ! or so...
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    About re-mimicking the crisis in commercial mortgage backed bonds...

    Commercial mortgage-backed bonds have been flying higher this week. As Reuters reported on Thursday: June 18 (Bloomberg) — Yields on bonds backed by commercial mortgages fell relative to benchmark interest rates for the third day to the lowest this month as new offerings boosted investor...
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    ES Journal Archive (2009 - 2010)

    Reuters Investment Outlook Summit : Thomas Lee, JPMorgan Chase's chief U.S. equity strategist, who sees the S&P 500 index rising another 20 percent from current levels by the end of the year, said financial stocks are his top sectoral pick.
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    ES Journal Archive (2009 - 2010)

    http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/fund/xlf +0,32 % + Oil + 0,67 % + Gold - - 0,15 % + Microsoft added to conviction list at Goldman = bears need to fight hard against the trend, read : upward momentum keeps intact.
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    EU Sees ‘Sustainable’ Recovery, Eyes Exit Strategy

    I am expecting a SLOW recovery and NOT a V shaped recovery. Only when I hear pundits talking about "inventory built up", I ask myself in which world they are living...Fifth dimension ?
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    Goldman's Research Team Has Lost Cred

    Analysts at Goldman Sachs on Friday added Microsoft Corp. to their conviction list, and their rating on the software giant's stock is a buy. They see potential for the company's earnings to beat estimates, based on "the combination of better revenue drivers, improved expense management and...
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    EU Sees ‘Sustainable’ Recovery, Eyes Exit Strategy

    une 19 (Bloomberg) -- European Union leaders spotted the first signs of a “sustainable economic recovery” from the worst slump since World War II and started planning to roll back budget deficits piled up to combat the financial crisis. In a draft statement at today’s summit in...
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    ES Journal Archive (2009 - 2010)

    RenTec´s factor model is also "irritated"...
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