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The Eurozone growth rate of 0.2% in the third quarter may have met expectations but this is just one more example that growth is so low already that getting out of the debt hole is going to be no...
National Bank of Greece SA (NYSE: NBG) is surging on news that banker Lucas Papademos has been named as the new Greek Prime Minister.  The 64-year old will replace outgoing Prime Minister George...
Well, it used to be Greece taking us down daily, but now it is the much larger concern of Italy.  The markets were supposed to be cheering that Silvio Berlusconi was going to step down but then...
The markets are beyond jittery.  From a massively overbought market discounting a recession entirely back to a market dominated by the woes of Europe.  The Europeans cannot get their bailouts...
Greece and the rest of the PIIGS were hurting us for so long that it seems hard to believe that the Europeans are setting a 50% haircut for the Greek sovereign debt and that they have agreed to a...
European stocks are leading the markets this morning and the direction is lower.  Greece projected that 2012 deficits will be above plan and the nation has effectively admitted that it will not meet...
Friday’s bounce in the U.S. is continuing based on the fact that there was no significant negative news or negative developments over the weekend. On the day we were down last week it was many of...
Each morning we review our top upgrades, downgrades and initiations from Wall St. research notes. We then look back over these at the end of the week to more closely review calls that highlight...
National Bank of Greece SA (NYSE: NBG) is trading lower this morning with Europe after news that Moody’s has downgraded 8 Greek banks to ‘Caa2’ from ‘B3’ in a fresh outlook in Greece. ...
Today’s selling is actually based on weak Chinese manufacturing data rather than any direct E.U. woes.  We have focused on mostly European ADRs this morning for the big movers and shakers, or...
Americans often think that if a foreign stock does not have an ADR here in America that the company doesn’t matter as much.  Sometimes that is true, but not this morning.  Europe, and Greek...
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Thursday morning. We are tracking news and  moves in shares of Express Scripts, Inc. (NASDAQ: ESRX), Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:...
If you are surprised about the newest crash scenario boiling up outside of Greece, this is something we have been covering routinely.  While the beastly pace is surprising, how big of a surprise is...
Greece saved itself with its latest austerity measures.  For a few months, maybe.  If you have read about Greece’s woes and read about the bailout and rescue process, the real implication is that...
We have several companies on the move on news after the close on Tuesday evening.  We are tracking moves in shares of the following: Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE); AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ:...