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Dovish Stance Is Sending Stocks Flying Higher (CALM, AONE, ARNA, LCC, WZENY, TSL)

Posted by Geoff Seiler at 6:14PM on March 26th

While the jobs market has shown some nice improvement, Fed Chief Ben Bernanke came out with cautious comments saying “continued accommodative policies” could be needed to help ensure further improvements. The dovish stance helped push stocks up, adding fuel to…

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With S&P Near Flat for 2011, Money Managers May Push for Positive Territory (CALM, SHLD, MJN, CSC, BTX, SOL)

Posted by Geoff Seiler at 4:31PM on December 27th

Stocks came out of the Christmas break to post mixed results on a relatively quiet day, as a better-than-expected consumer confidence number offset a poor forecast from Sears Holdings (SHLD) and rising Italian borrowing costs. With the S&P near breakeven, we…

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The Calm Before The Earnings Storm (WAB, PHG, GSIC, EBAY, URG, CALM)

Posted by Geoff Seiler at 4:44PM on March 28th

Stocks gave up earlier gains to finish slightly lower on the day. Consumer spending rose last month, but much of the jump was linked to rising prices due to inflationary pressures. Inflation continues to be a risk, but we think…

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Snow Day Makes for Slow Day on Wall Street (CALM, HRB, NHC, WMT, TSLA, ARTW, SOL)

Posted by Geoff Seiler at 4:48PM on December 27th

Stocks shrugged off a Christmas-day rate increase in China to finish the day mixed. With Wall Street and much of the East Coast blanketed with snow, volume was light as many people just stayed home. Retailers gave back some gains…

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Stocks Slip Despite Another Busy Merger Monday (CALM, ACV, UL, AAI, LUV, WMT)

Posted by Geoff Seiler at 4:57PM on September 27th

Despite another Monday highlighted by M&A activity, stocks were unable to get their footing and eventually ended down on the day. While the momentum from Friday didn’t continue over into the start of this week, we continue to like where…

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Stocks Boosted By Home Sales, FedEx (CALM, SOHU, LO, PM, MO, FDX, MNTA)

Posted by Geoff Seiler at 5:04PM on July 26th

The recent momentum in stocks continued today, powered by FedEx (FDX) increasing its guidance and solid new home sales data. Suddenly the economic clouds look to be lifting a bit, but we think there will still be a lot of haze…

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Goldman Accelerates Natural Gas as Dollar Spurs Energy Rally (APOL, CALM, SORL, AVT, BELM, JASO)

Posted by Geoff Seiler at 4:44PM on March 29th

Stocks powered to more gains to start the week, helped by a strong performance from energy names. Natural gas producers were particularly strong after a positive report on the group from Goldman Sachs. Energy names have generally lagged this year…

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Stock Picking Prevails Towards Year-End (CALM, RDWR, AMZN, RGC, CKEC, DDRX, GMCR, GPRE)

Posted by Marcia Wilmot at 5:08PM on December 28th

Stocks waffled back and forth around breakeven on a pretty slow news day before finishing higher. The initial retail sales numbers look solid for the holidays, although certainly not spectacular. It is interesting to note that two Diedrich (DDRX) coffee K-cup…

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Commodity Investor Sprott Ups Selected Mining, Oil Sands Stakes

Posted by Max Magee at 9:02AM on August 24th

The bearish outlook of commodity investor Eric Sprott made for a challenging Q2 for his Canadian investment firm.

Sprott Inc., which debuted in a Canadian-listed IPO over a year ago and currently has $4.4 billion in assets under management, recently reported…

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Gold Bull Sprott Adds Mining Stakes

Posted by Max Magee at 9:51AM on May 14th

Commodity investor Eric Sprott was making big moves into gold miner shares to start 2009. Signs of life in commodity stocks have been good news for Sprott, the head of Canadian resource-focused money management firm Sprott Asset Management, who endured…

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