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    messy
    Jul 06 04:11 PM
    Getting It Wrong: Analysts Contribute to the Current Downturn [view article]
    Based on your wonderful CITIGROUP EXPERTS....i have a question.
    Which do you think will go bankrupt first UBS OR Citigroup, as for me its truly a tossup?     Reply
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    paultaut
    Jul 06 12:19 AM
    Getting It Wrong: Analysts Contribute to the Current Downturn [view article]
    It really comes down to this.

    Look at the Major Players in the Industry, like MER.
    They have taken major hits.
    WHY aren't insiders Buying?     Reply
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    galewhitaker
    Jul 05 10:35 PM
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    Getting It Wrong: Analysts Contribute to the Current Downturn [view article]
    I believe that that the analysts have it wrong but I think they are way too optimistic. I think we are in the peak oil death spiral where people stop driving and flying, forcing huge layoffs which domino those who depend on auto/airline workers for their livelyhood. I don't think your average stock broker has a clue how much trouble is going to be caused by skyrocketing oil prices. Reply
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    fireball
    Jul 05 03:27 PM
    Getting It Wrong: Analysts Contribute to the Current Downturn [view article]
    notsosmart. you seem pretty smart to me. when hillary was still clinging it was like the mountain dew tug o war commercial. different flavors but all the same brand. still i retain hope that americans will wake up. Reply
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    Stockaccumul
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    Jul 05 03:13 PM
    Getting It Wrong: Analysts Contribute to the Current Downturn [view article]
    Nice article, but one stock the analysts will have it right in the very near future: (SOL) Renesola is an amazing buy for first thing Monday morning ... all the analysts actually love SOL...

    Even Zacks published this (see below article) 7 trading days ago about Renesola (SOL), when the price was bouncing around at about $20.

    Zacks Rank in Industry 1 of 44... the best of all solars. Thats number one...

    See Zacks' site.

    This in addition to Investors Business Daily June computer ranking of SOL as the 4th best company (not just solars but the whole world, every company) to invest in... and in addition to Piper Jaffray's amazing careful on site research on SOL.

    Piper Jaffray's article in June practically audited SOL, and its clean balance sheet, and they love it. They don't put their name on just any company.

    Last week's drop was clearly a case of throwing the baby (amazing SOL) out with the bathwater to raise cash to feel good before the July 4th weekend... No news on SOL, just bullish: New rediculous cost of oil, and local and national governments worldwide jumping on the Solar bandwagon...

    Note that SOL actually sells to other solars, and has a unique method of production and supply, recycling for creation of its product... a unique process and company.

    I trust all three combined, Zacks, IBD, and Piper Jaffray.

    Read this quote from Zacks last week:

    "Through its history, ReneSola regularly adapted to changing market dynamics. The company is aggressively ramping up its polysilicon and solar wafer production capacities. Going forward, increased captive generation of polysilicon will improve its cost structure and enable wafer capacity expansions. Globally, rising solar wafer sales, along with escalating crude and long-term supply agreements, should collectively generate significant earnings growth. Buoyed by these positive factors and
    impressive results, SOL increased its 2008 production
    output and sales guidance. Accordingly, with a
    bullish outlook and an attractive relative valuation, we initiate coverage of SOL with a BUY recommendation and a six-month target price of $24.25, representing 27.2% upside potential."

    Note: today, at $13 SOL upside would be perhaps 40% ... Zacks published this above article 7 trading days ago when SOL price was much higher... other analysts have targets of $40, some at $55...

    Time to run to your laptop and buy SOL fast...     Reply
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    paultaut
    Jul 04 11:41 PM
    Getting It Wrong: Analysts Contribute to the Current Downturn [view article]
    So, when analysts are pushing stocks up like they did in the Tech. Bubble that was okay because stocks were going up. But now, its not okay for them to be negative because stocks are going down.

    Everyone wanted them to be more truthful, yet, now you want them to shut up.

    I suggest you find all the Bullish Analysts, make a list and at the end of the year, see how much money they made for you.

    IMHO, I expect to see the DOW approach 9,000 by years' end. It will be that high because of the commodity portion in it. That's only another 20% drop.

    Meanwhile, the S&P...... look for the Low's of the decade to be revisited.

    I started investing almost 40 years ago. The S&P at 15 times earnings was considered to be very overpriced. After time of the "Nifty Fifty" Bubble, it took the Dow a decade and 12% unemployment to finally start a sustained move to the upside. The Dow was trading at Book Value.

    Bubbles top out when there is complacency, Commodities are still "climbing the Wall of Worry".

    "Blood in the Streets" was another phrase used as the time to buy stocks. That aspect is yet to come for the Financials. I will buy Citi when it drops to $8.00.     Reply
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    notsosmart
    Jul 04 03:10 PM
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    Getting It Wrong: Analysts Contribute to the Current Downturn [view article]
    everything on tv or the net is agenda driven.when the dumb-dumber americans begin to think for themselves things may change. just look at our presidential options. talk about a decline of a once great nation.ok call me unpatriotic cause i say it as i see it. Reply
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    quetzalcoatl
    Jul 04 12:46 PM
    Getting It Wrong: Analysts Contribute to the Current Downturn [view article]
    I find it rather curious that one brokerage house downgrades another while a bank down the street downgrades its neighbor. Then there is the contest between banks and brokerages downgrading one another. I find analysts opinions to be bewildering. All the while they are recommending stocks as being undervalued and as great buys the stocks are plummeting into the abyss. How much of all this pseudo information is agenda driven? Reply
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    notsosmart
    Jul 04 10:30 AM
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    Getting It Wrong: Analysts Contribute to the Current Downturn [view article]
    i keep saying-dont believe anybody re anything.all have their own agenda & are laughing on the way to the bank.this all is no longer a business but a game.its a vegas style situation only a little slower. Reply
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    User 26737
    Jul 04 08:46 AM
    Getting It Wrong: Analysts Contribute to the Current Downturn [view article]
    Totally ........ analysts ........ support certain stocks in/on the news while they are shorting .......... kill stocks ..... then buy! Average joe is getting whiplashed by the analysts. Cramer says buy oi, week later sell oi. Analysts play a game with average joes money and laugh all the way to the "bank"......... Reply
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    squashnut
    Jul 04 04:14 AM
    Getting It Wrong: Analysts Contribute to the Current Downturn [view article]
    The banks and investment banks (not much difference after repeal of Glass-Steagall) don't know themselves how to value what's on their balance sheet and off so the analysts don't have much chance. Quite comical to watch them all downgrade one another last week. Read "Trillion Dollar Meltdown". Even Goldman says it's more than that now. Reply
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    GeorgeR
    Jul 03 02:55 PM
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    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    Ding dong ... the witch is dead!

    ... or at least she is starting to melt!

    Wow ... I would say this is very good news to the entire copyright industry. While potentially inconvenient to YouTube viewers, and understanding the importance of privacy protection in the complex world of the Internet these days, this decision by the judge in the Viacom v. Google/YouTube case may be the best thing that has happened to the copyright industries in this country, and to our overall economy, in practically a decade.

    I have been following this case, and others like it, now for several years. I, for one, am sick and tired of the Google's of the world blaming their own customers for all of the infringing activity that occurs day in and day out over the Google sponsored networks. Who do you think gains the most financially from these obvious infringements - Google or the poor smuck in Louisville who does not have a clue what is right or wrong, let alone what is infringing and what is not?

    In fact, if it is true that an individual typically adapts his or her production and viewing habits from what they see and are taught by the larger media, entertainment, Fortune 500, and technology companies in this country ("if this weren't legal, certainly mighty Google wouldn't encourage it as they do or run AdSense ads on the infringing sites, and Exxon/Mobile wouldn't be placing ads on the sites that are displaying the "shared" works, either").

    It is an unfortunate reality today that many of the copyright defense lawyers, and their clients out to make the big bucks regardless of the rules, have made a mockery of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (the DMCA), which was signed into law in 1998 by President Clinton. Like the music industry has learned in the school of hard knocks (aka "the real world"), it is virtually impossible today to hold the middlemen in these unlawful distribution channels and networks accountable. So, what do the copyright companies have to do to protect their valuable property? Go directly after the often innocent "end users" who are often sucked into this game, more often unknowingly than not. It is shameful.

    Perhaps this New York court decision will help to turn those tides.

    Google enables widespread copyright infringement activity like no other company on this planet. Google subsidizes entire networks of infringers through it Adwords and AdSense marketing and advertising programs. Google facilitates willful copyright infringement. Google enables widespread copyright infringement. Day in and day out. Google causes enormous damages to legitimate copyright holders every second of every single day. Google has been doing this for years. They earn a substantial portion of their overall revenue and profits by sponsoring illegal activities over the Internet. And their operations outside the U.S. are far more egregious than the infringement activity we see referenced in this Viacom case, which is largely within our borders.

    I, for one, have had enough. Baseless, if not ludicrous excuses and piracy defense strategies, implemented by what used to be some of the finest copyright law firms in this country, - "fair use", "safe harbor", "no harm", "unclean hands", "de minimus damage", "copyright misuse", "DMCA safeguards", "willful blindness", "laches", and on and on - haven't we seen it all?

    What do they all mean in Google's true vernacular? How about this. "We are big. We are powerful. We can do anything we damn well please. Quit complaining, copyright owners, or we'll cut you off from all the online revenues streams, as well". Better yet, "... if you don't conform, we'll simply run some of this stuff from our operations in Brazil, Russia, India, and China (those BRICS have plenty of money), and let them beam it all back here to the states."

    Aren't you tired of watching Google hide behind the skirt-tails of their customers. "They were the ones who loaded the illegal videos onto our system, not us." Or , better yet, "how were we to know that Bart Simpson wasn't already in the 'Public Domain'?"

    Is Google alone in this? Unfortunately, the answer is no. Microsoft, AOL, Yahoo, and others are moving as fast as they can to mimic and duplicate Google's cash cow system, whether the law is violated or not. Cash is the king. And copyrights from the creative industries are not the only victims. Haven't you seen lately, similar claims (and penalties) levied against these giant Internet companies for their advertising efforts to support, or even subsidize in many cases, the distribution of harmful pharmaceutical drugs and counterfeits over the Internet, sponsor illegal gambling and pornography web sites, and many others too numerous to mention. Billions and billions and billions of dollars every single month.

    "What do you expect us to do, your honor. Try out every single drug our customers illegally deliver just because we provide the advertising revenues for them to survive?"

    This activity not only helps to destroy our economy, it breaks down the moral fiber of our society. What makes you think this young generation that has grown up witnessing these wide scale unlawful activities delivered to them (usually "free of charge") via the Internet, will be able to draw a distinction between the virtual world and the physical world where STEALING in concerned as they get older and have to put food on a table full of their own babies and elderly parents? The jury is still out on that one.

    I applaud the nerve, and the intelligence, of the judge up there in New York who presides over this case between Google and Viacom. Maybe your recent ruling will cause all of these Internet parasites to wake up and see the error of their ways before it is too late for all of us.

    As a pleasant footnote to copyright holders. Do you think the judge would have allowed the complete user logs of YouTube to be released in this case if the outcome of this case was not leaning in Viacom's direction? I certainly do not. This may, indeed, be one of the most important weeks in the history of protecting the original works of copyright owners in this country ... one of the few absolute rights that was guaranteed to all of us in our Constitution over 200 years ago.

    Congratulations New York. Congratulations copyright holders. It must feel good to know you have some judges up that way who have your best interests at heart in enforcing our critically important (and "endangered"... copyright laws and maintaining the delicate balance between managing and policing unbridled growth (i.e. "growth at ANY cost") over the Internet and maintaining our vital and long standing ethical, moral, and legal business practices going forward, while looking out for your best interests.

    ... which old witch ... the wicked witch!

    George P. Riddick, III
    Chairman/CEO
    Imageline, Inc.

    griddick@imageline2.co...     Reply
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    helsi
    Jul 03 09:45 AM
    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    interesting remarks..coal? steel? potash? Helsi Reply
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    mkreisel
    Jul 02 07:36 PM
    Foreign Markets Power Top Tech's Growth [view article]
    This is a terrible fund. Reply
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    jackooo
    Jul 02 12:47 PM
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    buyforeclosu

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    The Federal reserve is independant. Bush nor congress controls it.
    You talk about an illegal war. The Democrat MAJORITY funds the war, not Bush.


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