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[?]Submitted by Ducimus Plinius
Market Scan for small cap stocks
at the close of the markets on November 20, 2009
The table below identifies the stocks returned on my scan of the US markets for small capitalizations stocks likely to display the characteristics of stocks entering Phase II, as described by Stan Weinstein.
U.S. Stocks
Under […]
New Buys
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[?]Submitted by The Ambitious Trader: Stocks, Trading, Investing..My Ambitions as a Trader and Investor
New Buys
New Buys: CRIS ( in at 2.70, EOD trade), ITP (in at 2.25), JBSS (in at 14.88, in the AM), LAVA (in at 2.44), NVMI (in at 3.51), SEED (in at 9.55)
Add To: CBOU (up […]
Good Time For Some Profit Taking…
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[?]Submitted by The Ambitious Trader: Stocks, Trading, Investing..My Ambitions as a Trader and Investor
Good Time For Some Profit Taking…
If you haven’t taken any profits during the last few weeks, now is the time. The VIX has become dangerously over-extended to the down side and may snap back up, resulting […]
Warm and Fuzzy about Windows 7
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[?]Submitted by unsettling economics
The National Security Agency testified that Microsoft let the agency “enhance Windows 7.”
From NSA Information Assurance Director Richard Shaeffer’s testimony to the Senate Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security:
“Working in partnership with Microsoft and elements of the Department of Defense, NSA leveraged our unique expertise and operational […]
UPBEAT SURVEY FROM ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMISTS
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[?]Submitted by The Capital Spectator
Are the days of the jobless recovery numbered? Yes, according to the latest survey that was released today.
The Capital Spectator has obtained a copy of the full report. Among the highlights:
* NABE-member economists predict a moderately higher pace of economic growth for this year’s fourth quarter compared […]
SOVERIGN RISK, REFLATION & THE NEW NORMAL
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[?]Submitted by The Capital Spectator
Sovereign risk doesn’t usually dominate the headlines on any given day, but in the wake of last year’s financial cataclysm there’s a sharper focus on the fallout that flows from governments that mismanage their debt and economy.
The elephant in the room, of course, is the U.S. The […]
More Health-Care Lessons from India
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
From the Salon.com article “How I Got Well in India for $50: My cheap, fast and effective treatment in New Delhi reminded me of everything wrong with American healthcare”:
I had anticipated getting sick in India. What I hadn’t anticipated was that India’s treatment would turn out to be […]
India’s $2k Open-Heart Surgery, Henry-Ford Style
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
BANGALORE (WSJ) — Dr. Devi Shetty, who entered the limelight in the early 1990s as Mother Teresa’s cardiac surgeon, offers cutting-edge medical care in India at a fraction of what it costs elsewhere in the world. His flagship heart hospital charges $2,000, on average, for open-heart surgery, compared […]
Health Care Hoops: The Public Option
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
Home Sales at Highest Level and Months Supply of Inventory at Lowest Level, Both Since Feb. 2007
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
Highlights from today’s report on existing home sales:
1. Existing-home sales – including single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops – surged 10.1% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 6.10 million units in October from a downwardly revised pace of 5.54 million in September, and are 23.5% above the 4.94 […]
More on the Gender Gap for SAT Math Test Scores
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
A previous CD post showed that high school boys outperform high school girls for high SAT math test scores (see chart above, data here). For perfect 800 scores on the 2009 math SAT test, the ratio of boys to girls is 2.22 to 1 (6,928 to 3,124). What […]
Hacking in the Public Interest: 5 Ways to Protect Yourself Early
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[?]Submitted by Businomics Blog
OK, you may not think that the capture and public posting of thousands of climate change emails and datasets constitutes “hacking in the public interest.” (More on that story in the New York Times.) But the folks who did the hacking apparently believe they are serving […]
Lessons of the Financial Crisis from Bill Dudley
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[?]Submitted by Businomics Blog
I recommend a recent speech by my old classmate Bill Dudley, now president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York: More Lessons from the Crisis.
The reading is a little … assumptive of some familiarity with financial markets. (Some casual readers might call the prose dense, […]
When Your Baby is Teething
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[?]Submitted by Child n’ Parent.com
Baby teething is one baby milestone parents always dread. The constant crying, sleepless nights and the biting. Is there a light at the end of the tunnel? The good news is yes, the not so good news is no one knows how long it […]
Seriously, it’s almost 2010. C…
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[?]Submitted by the stupid cancer blog
Seriously, it’s almost 2010. Can we please stop saying “find a cure for cancer” like it’s that simple and there’s some magic pill out there?
i[2]y Reminder: No @StupidCanc…
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[?]Submitted by the stupid cancer blog
i[2]y Reminder: No @StupidCancer Show this Monday night due to major office move. Broadcast suspended til further notice. Keep eyes peeled.
Ryan Newman Final 2009 Race Report – Homestead
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[?]Submitted by Ryan Newman News and Information
Middle of Race Costly for Newman in Season Finale; U.S. Army/Haas Automation Driver Finishes 9th in Driver Points
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (Nov. 22, 2009) — The beginning and the end were good. But it was the rest of the race at Homestead-Miami Speedway Sunday that caused Ryan […]
SURPRISE! Jimmie Johnson Gets Record 4th Consective Sprint Cup Championship
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[?]Submitted by RACING NEWS DIGEST
FINAL LAPS
OK, I know it’s not really a surprise. But for those you that were holding out for Mark Martin to get the job done (like I was) you were disappointed. And it really wasn’t that Martin couldn’t get the job done, it was more that as […]
The Morning After
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[?]Submitted by NASCAR Eclectic
The morning after of what many feel is one of NASCAR’s worst seasons. On the other hand records have been set with Johnson taking four titles back to back and Hendrick getting the 1, 2, 3 punch. Disgusting to many and perhaps has cast a dark shadow over […]
Back to the U.S.A. Border
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[?]Submitted by Gurney Journey
A long line of cars led up to the border crossing as we returned from Canada. It seemed they were stopping and searching everyone.
Four guys in flak jackets searched a car in front of us, using mirrors on poles to look under the bumpers. They made […]
“Autumn’s Hidden Sanctuary II” ~ 40″x30″ Hudson River School A Painting a Day Autumn Landscapes by Connie Tom
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[?]Submitted by A Painting for You!
I love the autumn woods with all it’s brilliant, bright and beautiful colors. I love the colors of autumn, because it seems to have the colors of the other three seasons as well as the many colors unique to it’s own season. ~ Enjoy!
“Rest in the […]
Catching Up
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[?]Submitted by R-Squared Energy Blog
Back home now, just trying to catch up on the energy news of note. Four stories that I want to highlight. First was POET’s announcement on their progress on cellulosic ethanol:
Poet hits ‘long shot,’ cuts cellulosic ethanol costs
WASHINGTON - The head of the world’s largest ethanol producer, […]
Heinlein on censorship by government
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[?]Submitted by Stars Over Washington Blog
“When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, ‘This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know,’ the end result is tyranny and oppression, no matter how holy the motives. Mighty little […]
The 800-Pound Stamp Prank
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[?]Submitted by Mom Reviews Blog
Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Harvey recalls that a giant 1-cent concrete stamp, featuring Thomas Jefferson, was placed in the parking lot of the postal service’s Terminal Annex in downtown L.A. as a prank back in 1979.
In the LA Then and Now column which appeared over […]
Twilight Barbie Bella Doll
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[?]Submitted by Mom Reviews Blog
Well, it was only a matter of time before Mattel took advantage of the Twilight craze and came out with dolls. I saw the Twilight Barbie Bella Doll and the Twilight Edward Doll at Target over the weekend. What’s interesting to me is that while the […]
