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These are this Tuesday’s top day trader and active trader alerts.  We have detailed links over on each story for more detail and analysis at VSInvestor.com: Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) and Freddie Mac...
We have compiled Monday’s top pre-market day trader and active trader alert stocks.  There is a link to each story for more detail and analysis at VSInvestor.com: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is...
It is not clear whether there is a housing recovery underway in the US. Home sales have, in some cases, picked up. Most of the activity has been due to low mortgage ratesm which have been below 5%,...
The Treasury Department announced that it would give Fannie Mae (NYSE:FNM)and Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE) “unlimited” financial support for the next three years, which seems like an awful lot. Some...
Updated throughout the day. The CEOs of Fannie Mae (NYSE:FNM) and Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE) are each expected to be rewarded with $4 million to $6 million pay packages  (various). California may have...
Reuters:   Pay czar Feinberg approved compensation at several bailed out firms. Reuters:   Oil moved above $77 as US crude stocks dropped. Reuters:   The US is probing some banks about their...
It seems that Uncle Sam does not want to be the Grinch this Christmas and is giving a gift of no foreclosures during the holidays.  At least its GSE mortgage lenders in government conservatorship,...
Reuters:   Obama’s poll ratings on the economy dropped. Reuters:   Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) picked insider Brian Moynihan as CEO. Reuters:   Bernanke’s confirmation should pass its first...
Reuters:   Galleon’s Raj Rajaratnam was indicted for securities fraud. Reuters:   Concerns about interest rates hurt the markets. Reuters:   Inconix broke off buyout talks with Playboy...
24/7 Wall St. has prepared its list of the ten brands that will disappear in 2010. This list is based on a review of each firm’s financial situation and other operating data, the current and...
It seems that the end of the recession notices via positive GDP has not reached Main Street America, at least as far as paying for their single-family house.  Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) has just...
Updated throughout the day. Playboy (NYSE:PLA) may outsource many of its publishing operations.  (WSJ) Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) may counter the Kraft (NYSE:KFT) big by making an offer for Kraft’s...
Reuters:   Thain regrets nothing he did at Merrill Lynch and during its merger with Bank of America (NYSE:BAC). Reuters:   Trump put his support to the bondholders of his casino business. FT:  ...
Reuters:   China is the key stop on Obama’s tour of Asia. Reuters:   South Korea’s businesses may start to feel more pressure from China competitors.. Reuters:   Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ)...
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) may be the one single bright spot taking the market higher this Friday when you consider the 10.2% unemployment rate and when you look over the latest round of...