Tom Lydon (ETF Trends) submits:
China, a country known for its massive exporting capabilities, is starting to experience less demand from abroad, which may translate to a weaker economy and ETFs.
Fewer Jobs. Chinese officials have already stated that millions of workers have lost their jobs because there isn’t enough work, and some are quitting [...]

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FP Trading Desk submits:
Is Palm Inc. (PALM) widely lauded unveiling of its new Pre device a game changer for the company? Count Maynard Um at UBS as one analyst pleasantly surprised by the announcement.
Although the company still has a number of challenges ahead of itself, he says it’s clear the winds have shifted in [...]

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Last week, The Apollo Group (APOL) reported what appeared to be strong quarterly operating profits in their for-profit education business, which is primarily derived from operating the for-profit University of Phoenix (UOP below). But before investors get too excited, we recommend people read the 10-Q details, which indicate the growth is more of a [...]

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Charlie Bottle submits:
Lamar Advertising (LAMR) is a family controlled company headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with operations nationwide and focused on the outdoor (billboard) advertising business.
The company has revenues of .2 billion, an enterprise value of .1 billion and [...]

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Market Folly submits:
While we usually leave all the options coverage for some of our other favorite blogs, we simply had to point out this interesting activity in HSBC (HBC). Optionmonster has highlighted the fact that as of Monday (Jan. 12):
HBC traded 173,000 puts versus average of 7,700 puts over the past 30 days. Crazy busy [...]

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