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Premarket Analysis for 11/11 – Upgrades/Downgrades, Gappers, Actionable Calls

Posted By Optiondragon for myhappytrading.com From Briefing.com Periodicals Wrap-Up for Tuesday, November 11th WALL STREET JOURNAL: The Federal Reserve will delay its rescue plan for money-market funds until later this month, the Wall Street Journal reported. The WSJ said the delay appears to be caused by the Fed’s preoccupation with other bailouts and disputes over [...]

Premarket Analysis for 11/10 – Upgrades/Downgrades, Gappers, Actionable Calls

Posted By Optiondragon for myhappytrading.com From Briefing.com Periodicals Wrap-Up for Monday, November 10th WALL STREET JOURNAL: According to people familiar with the matter, the Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. government has reached a deal to replace its original $123B bailout of American International (AIG) with a new $150B package…FINANCIAL TIMES: The Financial Times [...]

Premarket Analysis for 11/7 – Upgrades/Downgrades, Gappers, Actionable Calls

Posted By optiondragon for myhappytrading.com From Briefing.com Periodicals Wrap-Up for Friday, November 7th WALL STREET JOURNAL: The Wall Street Journal reported that a growing number of analysts believe that because of its exposure to the deteriorating equities market, Goldman Sachs (GS) may post a loss for its fourth quarter. A spokesman for the company did [...]

Premarket Analysis for 11/6 – Upgrades/Downgrades, Gappers, Actionable Calls

Posted by optiondragon for myhappytrading.com From Briefing.com Periodicals Wrap-Up for Thursday, November 6th WALL STREET JOURNAL: With the Democrats soon to be fully in control of the federal government, health insurers foresee policy changes adding to their business, the Wall Street Journal reported. Included are expected to be more federal programs to cover low income [...]

Premarket Analysis for 11/5 – Upgrades/Downgrades, Gappers, Actionable Calls

Posted By Optiondragon for myhappytrading.com From Briefing.com Periodicals Wrap-Up for Wednesday, November 5th WALL STREET JOURNAL: According to the Wall Street Journal’s “Heard on the Street,” Yahoo’s (YHOO) new plan to outsource just 25% of its search-advertising revenue to Google (GOOG) for two years will not give it the huge sales boost it needs and [...]

Premarket Analysis for 10/31 – Upgrades/Downgrades, Gappers, Actionable Calls

Posted by Optiondragon for myhappytrading.com From Briefing.com Periodicals Wrap-Up for Friday, October 31st WALL STREET JOURNAL: According to the Wall Street Journal’s “Heard on the Street,” analysts are questioning whether CBS (CBS) can maintain its generous dividend with radio and TV ad revenues declining sharply. While chairman Sumner Redstone has dismissed concerns, some analysts believe [...]

Premarket Analysis for 10/30 – Upgrades/Downgrades, Gappers, Actionable Calls

Posted by Optiondragon for myhappytrading.com From Briefing.com Periodicals Wrap-Up for Thursday, October 30th WALL STREET JOURNAL: German securities regulator Bafin is investigating possible market manipulation in Volkswagen’s (VLKAY) recent share price movements, the Wall Street Journal reported. Hedge funds have lost billions betting that the car maker’s shares would fall while Porsche has reaped the [...]

Premarket Analysis for 10/29 – Upgrades/Downgrades, Gappers, Actionable Calls

Posted By optiondragon for myhappytrading.com From Briefing.com Periodicals Wrap-Up for Wednesday, October 29th WALL STREET JOURNAL: According to people familiar with the talks, the Wall Street Journal reported that GMAC LLC is looking to become a bank holding company. This move would give the lender, co-owned by General Motors (GM) and Cerberus Capital, access to [...]

Premarket Analysis for 10/28 – Upgrades/Downgrades, Gappers, Actionable Calls

Posted by Optiondragon for myhappytrading.com From Briefing.com Periodicals Wrap-Up for Tuesday, October 28th WALL STREET JOURNAL: In a move that can ease the way for a discussed merger between General Motors (GM) and Chrysler, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Bush administration is working to release to GM a portion of the loans Congress [...]

Premarket Analysis for 10/27 – Upgrades/Downgrades, Gappers, Actionable Calls

Posted by optiondragon for myhappytrading.com From briefing.com Periodicals Wrap-Up for Monday, October 27th WALL STREET JOURNAL: According to a person familiar with the matter, the Wall Street Journal reported that Goldman Sachs (GS) approached Citigroup (C) in September about the possibility of merging the firms’ operations. The sources said a “brief call” between Goldman CEO [...]