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Here's A Bold Analyst Call: "The Financial Crisis Is Over"
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Dollar rallying again today, up 1.7 percent since the close on Monday. The bold analyst call of the day (week, month, year?) goes to Punk Ziegel's Richard Bove, who last night titled his piece, "The Financial Crisis is Over," calling the Bear Stearns [BSC
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FedEx [FDX
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Nike [NKE
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Credit Suisse [CS
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Book news:
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- What Exactly Have Greeks Agreed To?
- A Greek Deal, but What Is the Deal?
- No Greek Debt Deal? No Problem! (Maybe)
- Irish Finance Minister Causes Draghi's Worst Nightmare
- Caesars' Wild Open
- Forget the Incredible Shrinking Greek Politicians—It’s Draghi Time!
- Trading Day Has Lots of Moving Parts
- Overcoming Distrust Between the Germans and the Greeks
- Is Merkel Too Comfortable With Greek Default?
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