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12 Stocks Expected to Rise by 50% to 100% (or More) in 2013 (AMRN, CRZO, CNDO, EMKR, ETRM, EXAS, GALE, MX, OEDV, REGI, SPWR, SGYP)

Posted: January 4, 2013 at 5:42 am

It may seem hard to believe, but some stocks are expected to rise by 50%, 100%, or even more over the next year. Our own DJIA peak price target is ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — January 3, 2013: Markets Fight Back from Lower Open, But Can’t Buck the Fed (C, PCLN, SPWR, CSCO, ALU, FDO, SONC, MOS, AA, BRK-A, LDK, TSL, YGE, HSOL, LPH, VRNG, GOOG)

Posted: January 3, 2013 at 4:03 pm

U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning following a higher-than-expected report of new claims for unemployment benefits (more coverage here). The news more than compensated for the afterglow of yesterday’s ...
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FOMC Minutes More Concerned With Asset Purchases Than Markets Discounted

Posted: January 3, 2013 at 2:15 pm

The Federal Open Market Committee has released its minutes of the December 2012 FOMC meeting. Without regurgitating the entire report, the minutes appear to be a bit more cautious regarding ...
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Google Reaches Agreement with FTC

Posted: January 3, 2013 at 1:58 pm

Search giant Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced an agreement today to resolve concerns that some of the company’s practices could inhibit competition in the ...
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Top Food & Beverage Stock Picks For 2013 (STZ, KRFT, BEAM, HSY, CAG, DF, WWAV, K, PEP, KO, MDLZ, GMCR)

Posted: January 3, 2013 at 1:49 pm

You gotta eat (and drink)! If investors follow their mouths in 2013 there are some handy rewards headed their way. That is the opinion of Bank of America/Merrill Lynch after ...
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Transocean Will Pay $1.4 Billion for Gulf Spill

Posted: January 3, 2013 at 1:25 pm

Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG), the owner and operator of the Deepwater Horizon rig that exploded and burned in 2010, taking 11 workers’ lives and dumping 5 million barrels of crude ...
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Home Foreclosures, Shadow Inventory Continue to Fall

Posted: January 3, 2013 at 1:03 pm

In the month of November, 55,000 U.S. homes were foreclosed, down from 59,000 in October and down from 72,000 in November 2011, according to research firm CoreLogic (NYSE: CLGX). While ...
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More on Retail Sales

Posted: January 3, 2013 at 12:38 pm

While early reports on December same-store sales were mixed, the final tally showed a solid gain, with 53% of retailers reporting same-store sales beating estimates and just 47% falling short. ...
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Priceline Now Expected to Return to 2012 Highs

Posted: January 3, 2013 at 12:25 pm

Priceline.com Inc. (NASDAQ: PCLN) is rising into 2013 after having seen its shares pull back handily from highs in 2012. The culprit on Thursday is an upgrade from Bank of ...
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Android, Apple Gain Mobile Market Share

Posted: January 3, 2013 at 12:13 pm

According to November data published today by comScore Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), the mobile handset market share leader continues to be Samsung Electronics, followed byApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), LG Electronics, Motorola, ...
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U.S. Auto Sales Rise Again in December

Posted: January 3, 2013 at 11:55 am

U.S. new car sales are on track to top 14.4 million vehicles in 2012, and up to 15.5 million in the new year. Today’s reports on sales from major automakers ...
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Bearish Byron Wien Leaves Many Stocks and ETFs Vulnerable in 2013

Posted: January 3, 2013 at 11:01 am

Byron Wien announced his predictions for 10 big surprises for 2013 this week to kick off the new year. Wien is now vice chairman at Blackstone Advisory Partners, and this ...
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Today’s Market Winners and Losers

Posted: January 3, 2013 at 10:50 am

The stock market is down slightly Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.19%, the Nasdaq down 0.02% and the S&P 500 down 0.08%. Today's sole winner is a ...
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Barnes & Noble Holiday Sales Weak

Posted: January 3, 2013 at 10:44 am

Bookstore chain Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) reported this morning that nine-week same-store sales fell 8.2% compared with the same period in 2011.  B&N reported sales for the ...
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Cell Tower Operators Face Downgrades

Posted: January 3, 2013 at 10:17 am

American Tower Corp. (NYSE: AMT) and SBA Communications Corp. (NASDAQ: SBAC) have enjoyed significant gains over the past year. Actually, make that the past three years. The growth of data ...
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