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American Lorain Corp., an international processed foods company based in Shandong Province, People’s Republic of China, announced that it has received authorization to list its common stock on the NYSE Amex Exchange and will begin trading on Tuesday, September 8, 2009 under the ticker symbol “ALN.”

“Moving from the OTC BB to NYSE Amex is a major milestone for American Lorain, as we strive to improve liquidity and transparency for our shareholders. Trading on NYSE Amex is also an important endorsement of the Company as a major player in the food processing industry in China and helps us build credibility with our customers worldwide,” stated Mr. Si Chen, CEO and Chairman of American Lorain.

He continued, “We are excited and honored to join the NYSE Amex group of companies and expect to attract additional interest from the investment community following our listing on this senior exchange. We wish to thank

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Contrary to the prevailing analysis, we believe that the Obama and Bush administration insistence on protecting banks at the expense of the taxpayer is the result of a Machiavellian effort by Goldman Sachs and other major banks to influence U.S. economic policy by infiltrating the corridors of power.

Today, we duly note that Goldman Sachs has just hired former Barney Frank staffer Michael Paese to be its top Washington lobbyist. This position was formerly held by Mark Patterson, the current chief of staff at the Treasury.

Pease and Patterson are not the only ones to pass through the revolving door between Washington and Goldman. Bush’s Treasury secretary, Hank “The Hammer” Paulson is a former Goldman CEO. And his replacement, Tim Geithner, was mentored by Gerald Corrigan, a former New York Fed president and current partner and managing director of the Office of the Chairman of Goldman Sachs.

Who else was President Obama considering

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Market condition indicators on the NYSE cover more than 3,000 companies, compared to the 500 companies of the S&P 500.  Let’s see how that larger group is doing.

The chart below presents several indicators:

percentage of stocks with bullish Point & Figure charts
20-day, 50-day, and 200-day simple moving average of the NYSE index
percentage of stocks above their 50-day simple moving average
percentage of stocks above their 150-day simple moving average
percentage of stocks above their 200-day simple moving average

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daily 1-year NYSE chart

Just as the generally sideways movement of the index price and slightly downward shorter-term moving averages indicate, the percentage of bullish stocks (top frame) at 44% shows an undecided to slightly negative investor outlook.

Similarly, the 47% of stocks above their 50-day moving average (third frame from top) is non-committal as to trend.  The 12% and 9% of stocks above

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With lifting of the SEC's short-selling ban, ProShares moves to open its temporarily closed inverse financial ETFs.

 

 

With the lifting of the Securities and Exchange Commission's ban on short-selling, ProShares short financials funds, ProShares Short Financials (AMEX: SEF) and Ultrashort Financials (AMEX: SKF), resumed normal creation activity. 

During the suspension of creations, average daily trading volume of SKF and SEF exceeded 19 million shares, according to ProShares.

There was no word from Rydex this morning as to whether its short financials fund, 2X Inverse S&P Select Sectors Financials (AMEX: RFN), would also be back to normal.

Separately, ProShares announced that it has moved all of its 64 ETFs to the NYSE Alternext platform (the new name for the Amex ETF platform), in response to the completed acquisition by NYSE of the ProFund ETF current trading home, the American Stock Exchange.

The ETFs' closing time will now be 15 minutes earlier,

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Shares of Limited Brands, Inc.  (Public, NYSE:LTD) have fallen to levels that haven’t been seen since 2003. At $15 shares, is the stock worth a look? You may or may not know, Limited Brands owns the Victoria’s Secret Brands, along with Bath & Body works. This isn’t the first time I’ve written about them; Limited Brands needs a checkup at least once a year. Since I touched on them last, they divested their interest in both the Express and Limited Stores. What did that leave them with? Not a lot in terms of Revenue and Growth. This is one of the reasons I believe shares haven’t bottomed out yet. Why? Because of the Economy and Retail  are sagging like Jack Nicholson’s Man Boobs. It's every man's worst nightmare. You saw it on the ...

With so many stocks beat up by the Bear market, you would expect insiders who believe their shares are trading at a discount to buy them outright and show us the way. Pier 1 Imports, Inc. (NYSE:PIR) has been doing just that, the amount of insider activity is either a case of blind faith or true vision. Pier 1 insiders have been doubling-down like nobody's business. These guys have buying back ...

This Thursday, 07/17/08, Yum! Brands, Inc.  (Public, NYSE:YUM) will host its Q2 Earnings Call. Yum! Brands, which owns, operates, licenses and franchises the KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, LJS and A&W brands on an international level, has fallen -12% since May first. What I like about YUM brands is its so recession proof. Where else can you get a meal for under $5? Not the grocery store these days. But their international exposure is where the growth is. One of Yum! Brands key business strategies are to drive profitable international growth. In 2007, ...

Yamana Gold Inc. (NYSE:AUY) is a favorite of the Masters and with shares at $13.84, its worth a look. Gold has inched its way back up to over $900 an ounce thanks to a tanking stock market. Thanks to Yamana's developing Chapada mine in Brazil, the company lowered this year's production forecast after ...