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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
Barack Obama Stock Index versus John McCain Stock Index versus Dow Jones Industrial Average	If you look at the companies that major contributors to the presidential candidates are connected with, stock indexes can be created for each candidate. Forbes Magazine came out with a great list of the members of the Forbes 400 that have contributed to presidential campaigns. The following spells out the stocks of each candidate, and who the contributor is. The contributors are either major shareholders or they run or have run these companies. The above graph shows the Barack Obama Stock Index ...	October 03, 2008
Value, Dow Chemical and Its Next Expansion	Eastman Chemical (EMN) a basic chemical company, currently $4 off its 52-week low, trades with a forward P/E of 11, a PEG ratio of 1.8 and EV/EBITDA of 5.9.Eastman expects earnings to more than double in the next five years, going from roughly EPS of $5 to $6 in 2008 to $10 to $11 in 2012. If that happens, Eastman should trade north of $110 by 2012 based on the above metrics.Specialty chemical maker, Huntsman (HUN), trades with a forward P/E of 15 and an EV/EBITDA of 9.1.Dow Chemical (DOW), the...	September 09, 2008
Utah Stocks	Utah’s arid land is not very suitable for agriculture, but it is rich in minerals, making it very profitable for the mining industry. Strategically located, Utah’s economy is one of the strongest in the nation. Some interesting facts about Utah are:1. Utah has recently cut personal income taxes by $400 million. Beginning January 1, 2008, Utah applies a fixed tax rate of 5% to all taxpayers.2. They have incentives for corporations to relocate to Utah, and may award eligible companies up to $5...	August 29, 2008
Apollo Management: Weak results and ... weak IPO?	Filed under: Earnings reports, Private equity, Initial public offeringsGSTrue, which is operated by Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), is a new-fangled marketplace to trade privately-held interests. One of its high-profile listings is Apollo Management LP., a top-tier private equity firm. Unfortunately, the shares have lost more than 40% over the past year. Of course, this has been the treatment for many other private equity players because of the severe credit crunch. According to the latest quarterly...	August 15, 2008
Fast Money Recap	Word On The Street WORD VIDEO HERE Technology Trade The traders talked about the best way to play technology into next week, and if Apple Computer’s (AAPL) earnings report can help the sector. Jon Najarian pointed out that he saw a large number of QQQQ (QQQQ) put options for September trade on Friday. He thinks the action is a contrary indicator and could be bullish for tech in general. Najarian thinks the shorts in tech have covered and the bottom is in. He recommended shares of Sandisk ...	July 18, 2008
Wednesday's Upgrades and Downgrades	UPGRADESCenturytel (CTL)- Stanford Research Hold » Buy Cheesecake Factory (CAKE)- Wedbush Morgan Hold » Buy Global Industries (GLBL)- CapitalOne southcoast Add » Strong Buy Pioneer Natural (PXD)- BMO Capital Markets Market Perform » Outperform Raytheon (RTN)- JP Morgan Neutral » Overweight RC2 (RCRC)- Piper Jaffray Neutral » Buy Key Energy (KEG)- RBC Capital Mkts Sector Perform » Outperform UST Inc (UST)- UBS Neutral » Buy Invitrogen (IVGN)- JP Morgan ...	June 25, 2008
Friday's Upgrades and Downgrades	UPGRADESPopular Inc (BPOP)- B. Riley & Co Neutral » Buy United Comm Banks (UCBI)- Sterne Agee Sell » Hold Landstar System (LSTR)- KeyBanc Capital Mkts Hold » Buy Pike Electric (PEC)- Friedman Billings Mkt Perform » Outperform Silicon Labs (SLAB)- Friedman Billings Mkt Perform » Outperform Energy East (EAS)- Jefferies & Co Underperform » Hold Casella Waste (CWST)- JP Morgan Neutral » Overweight CarMax (KMX)- Wachovia Underperform » Mkt Perform American Intl ...	June 20, 2008
The 52-Week Low Club (SIRI)(XMSR)(TMA)(HUN)(CVH)(UNH)(MOT)	Thornburg Mortgage (TMA) Worries about going out of business. Down to $.22 from 52-week high of $27.82. Huntsman (HUN) Apollo walks on buy-out deal. Falls to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...	June 19, 2008
Double Volume Alert: Penn National Gaming (PENN, HUN)	Penn National Gaming Inc. (NASDAQ: PENN) has tripped over the volume surge wires this morning on aggressive downward volume. The sad part is that there is no real news out on the company. But the obvious tie is that this is a large merger with a huge arbitrage spread for a private equity acquisition. After Huntsman Corp. (NYSE: HUN) was notified that its buyout from mid-2007 was going to be terminated, traders are killing the other pending private equity mergers that have been on the books...	June 19, 2008
Closing bell: Bulls prevail as oil barrels cheapen	Filed under: After the bell, Major movement, Earnings reports, Deals, XM Satellite Radio (XMSR), Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI)Stocks were up today, but less than you might imagine after a large drop of more than $4.00 on oil in late-day prices. So much for Goldman Sachs' raising oil target again today, as well as lifting the oil services sector and upping price targets for some of the sector's stocks . Here are today's unofficial closing bell index levels: DJIA 12062.93 (+33.87) S&am...	June 19, 2008

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