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Investing Sector

Hot Stocks in This Sector	Lehman Brothers Fin SA, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch & Co., Annaly Capital Management, Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust, Duff & Phelps Utilities Income, Cohen & Steers Quality Income Realty Fund, Goldman Sachs.
Related Sectors	Banking.
Hot Sectors	Investing, Healthcare, Services, Banking, Energy.
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Industries in the Investing Sector

• Closed-End Fund - Foreign

• Property & Casualty Insurance

• Diversified Investments

• Closed-End Fund - Debt

• Closed-End Fund - Equity

• Mortgage Investment

• Investment Brokerage - National

• Investment Brokerage - Regional

Investing Upgrades

Date	Ticker	Analyst	Old Rating	New Rating
11/11/2009	DRL	B. Riley	Neutral	Buy
11/11/2009	TROW	Credit Suisse	Neutral	Outperform
11/09/2009	AMG	Fox Pitt Kelton	Undperform	In-Line
11/06/2009	NYX	HSBC	Neutral	Overweight

Investing Downgrades

Date	Ticker	Analyst	Old Rating	New Rating
11/11/2009	PSEC	Wells Fargo	Outperform	Market Perform
11/10/2009	MF	BMo Capital	Outperform	Market Perform
11/03/2009	AMG	Goldman Sachs	Buy	Neutral
10/30/2009	ITG	J.P. Morgan	Overweight	Neutral

Investing New Coverages

Date	Ticker	Analyst	Rating
11/10/2009	NITE	Raymond James	Market Perform
11/10/2009	NLY	Jefferies & Co	Buy
10/23/2009	ARCC	Citi	Buy
10/15/2009	NYX	Susquehanna	Neutral

Investing Earnings

Date	Ticker	Actual	Expected	Prev Yr Qtr
11/10/2009	FCFC	0.12	0.29	-0.13
11/10/2009	DHIL	1.23	0.70	0.50
11/10/2009	FIG	0.08	0.09	-0.03
11/10/2009	FRE	-4.69	-3.14	-19.44
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Stock of the Day

The Investing Sector's TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. (AMTD) was InvestorGuide.com's Stock of the Day on 10/27/2009.
TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. (AMTD) Profit Declines Despite Higher Trading Volumes
Many investors traded more actively as the market improved and underwent the biggest rally in U.S. stocks since the 1930s. In fact, TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. (AMTD: Charts, News, Offers), the Omaha, Nebraska-based online brokerage firm, said that its trading-based business was strong with average trades per day up 35 percent, and its trading-based revenue jumped almost 38 percent. These numbers were helped by its $748.6 million purchase of options-trading specialist, Thinkorswim Group Inc., earlier this year. The acquisition enabled it to deliver record trading and revenue numbers. Despite the fact, TD Ameritrade profit for the quarter ended September 30 fell 8.8% at $156.7 million or 26 cents a share, beating analysts' estimate of 23 cents a share, but down from $172 million or 29 cents a share from a year earlier. What is wrong with this picture? Why does TD Ameritrade profit continue to fall despite higher trading volumes? Read more

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