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Sam Manning

About Sam Manning

Sam Manning is a long-time investor and writer for various stock market related news sources. Sam loves playing futbol/soccer and spending time with two sons and daughter. Sam's experience of over 15 years of full-time investing adds a great deal to the usefulness of the articles on TheStockMarketWatch.com.

Will Obama’s jobs plan save the market?

Posted on September 5, 2011 5:02 pm by Sam Manning

Obama gave a speech today in Detroit to union workers.  The annual Labor Day rally brought out many in a city hit hard by the economy.  In a preview to his national speech on jobs, scheduled for Thursday, he outlined … Continue reading →

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The 17 Banks being sued because of mortgage losses at Fannie and Freddie

Posted on September 2, 2011 9:17 pm by Sam Manning

The Federal Housing Finance Agency is suing 17 banks over over mortgage backed securities that were sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.  FHFA claims that the quality of said securities were overvalued. Here is the full list of the … Continue reading →

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No jobs gained in August, still 9.1% unemployment

Posted on September 2, 2011 9:29 am by Sam Manning

Futures are down this morning and unemployment is partly to blame.  The unemployment rate did not move in August, remaining at 9.1%.  Nonfarm payrolls were also unchanged in August.  US government jobs were hard to come by last month as … Continue reading →

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Oracle has $1.3b judgement overturned

Posted on September 1, 2011 9:25 pm by Sam Manning

A 1.3 billion dollar decision for Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) has been overturned by Judge Phyllis Hamilton in the federal court in Oakland, CA.  The judgement was against Oracle’s rival SAP for copyright infringement. TomorrowNow, an SAP subsidiary had allegedly had unauthorised … Continue reading →

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Most Active Stocks for November 22 are C, BAC, F, GE, CSCO, MSFT, INTC, LVS

Posted on November 22, 2010 7:42 pm by Sam Manning

C, BAC, F, GE, CSCO, MSFT, INTC, LVS, S, JPM are the top active stocks on Monday, November 22, 2010 CITIGROUP INC. (C) has traded 367.62 m shares today. C‘s last trade price was $4.180 -0.070 (-2.06%) after opening today at … Continue reading →

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Most Gained Stocks for November 22 are REGN, GMCR, AH, IL, NFLX, TIN, GORO, ROSE

Posted on November 22, 2010 6:00 pm by Sam Manning

REGN, GMCR, AH, IL, NFLX, TIN, GORO, ROSE, TSLA, FFIV are the top gained stocks on Monday, November 22, 2010 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. (REGN) has traded 5.26 m shares today. REGN‘s last trade price was $29.530 + $ 0.776 (19.70%) after … Continue reading →

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Most Active Stocks for November 19 are C, F, BAC, CSCO, DELL, S, RF, MSFT

Posted on November 19, 2010 7:42 pm by Sam Manning

C, F, BAC, CSCO, DELL, S, RF, MSFT, GE, INTC are the top active stocks on Friday, November 19, 2010 CITIGROUP INC. (C) has traded 290.25 m shares today. C‘s last trade price was $4.268 0.008 (-0.74%) after opening today at … Continue reading →

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