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Five Reasons to Short the U.S.

Posted Jan 30th 2010 9:00AM by Michael Shulman (RSS feed)
Filed under: Bad News, Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Morgan Stanley (MS), ETF Investing, Housing

5 reasons to short the U.S. I love my country: the chaos, the hurly-burly of democracy, the hard work of quiet people and the great, big heart as shown by our private donations to Haiti at a time of near 20% unemployment and underemployment. We forgive wayward politicians and athletes, let our children make more decisions than virtually any people on Earth and we stand for something -- a true city on a hill. But right now, that city is in political chaos ... and pretty broke.

Although, I don't like to say it, it is time to short the United States.

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Morgan Stanley upgrades General Mills

Posted Oct 6th 2009 8:30AM by Mark Fightmaster (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, General Mills (GIS)

How about a little upgrade with your Tuesday morning breakfast? Morgan Stanley thought it was a good idea, boosting General Mills (NYSE: GIS) to Overweight from Equal-Weight and added it was late in making the upgrade.

The brokerage cited valuation as the reason for the upgrade, noting that GIS is "one of the best positioned" companies in the realm of food. Morgan Stanley felt that this was not reflected in GIS's valuation, so it upped the food firm and raised its price target to $72 from $64.

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