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Options wizards Please Help Me Identify Trustee Theft

Background:

My 90 year old grandfather accrued $10m in his lifetime. He loved his options and would get, pardon my vernacular if it is incorrect, margin calls every month because he traded so much that it exceeded his credit based on equity in his account: so he was a heavy options trader. He only sold puts and calls, never did he buy a single option.

He has now passed. A trustee is in charge of his accounts tfamily member). Lawsuits are flying left and right. I strongly suspect theft for a number of reasons. Trustee is required to follow prudent investment standards (opposite of gramps). However, despite several warnings, trustee has simply continued to trade massive amounts of options. Its like grandpa is still here!

Question:

How would a trustee intentionally write "loser" options either on grandpa's'account or their own account, then purchase the options that will obviously lose on the other account.

I have come up with this: trustee sells a put from their private account to grandpa as follows: Put, Google $800 for $2 per contract. This may be very elementary to you, i don't even know if you are allowed to write such a lousy option that nobody would buy unless they wanted to lose their premium.

Ok, i think you get the idea. Maybe you can advise me to more clever means that a trustee may steal via the avenue i have described.

Thank You for your help!

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February 14, 2012, 9:18 AM

Bespoke Investment Group takes Apple’s $500 price as an opportunity to consider how the tech giant is priced compared with other technology and retailing companies.

At $502.50, Apple AAPL 1.86% is trading at 11.8 times expected earnings for the year.

By contrast, the S&P 500 SPX 0.68% is trading at 13.5 times forward earnings, on a weighted basis.

Bespoke also compares Apple’s P/E with a selection of traditional tech stocks such as Intel INTC 0.02% , Cisco CSCO 0.68% , and Yahoo YHOO -0.12% . In those cases, the valuation of Apple ranges from $459 to $803, depending on which P/E you choose to apply.

Bespoke also compares Apple’s P/E with Amazon’s AMZN 3.26% (77.8) which would yield a price for Apple of $3,346.50 a share; and Netflix NFLX -4.54% (422.5) which would put Apple’s price at $17,947.80.

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U.S. investors look to data, Fed talk next week
Housing starts, retail sales, Fed speeches, earnings on tap
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — U.S. investors will be looking for more signs of economic recovery in data due next week, hints from Federal Reserve officials on the interest rate outlook, and quarterly results from the likes of Zynga Inc. and General Motors Co. as they continue to keep an eye on Greek efforts to avoid default.

The market will focus on “comments by Federal Reserve officials to determine if the current policy is viable given the strong recent jobs reports,” said Michael Yoshikami, chief executive officer at YCMNET Advisors. “Many Fed watchers are skeptical that the current stated policy to keep interest rates low until 2014 will in fact come to pass.”
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-investors-look-to-data-fed-talk-next-week-2012-02-11

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BREAKING: Euro pares gains; report: ECB may wait on Greece

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Overbought market due for a correction
Commentary: Prepare for a sharp, but short-term wave of selling
MORRISTOWN, N.J. (MarketWatch) — As much as I like the intermediate-term picture, where nearly all of our indicators remain bullish, the overbought condition that has been created is reaching the stage where – if it’s not alleviated soon – it could result in a gut-wrenching drop that can wreak havoc on portfolios and, more importantly, on psyches.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/overbought-market-due-for-a-correction-2012-02-07

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Scheduled to report results are blue-chip networker Cisco CSCO +0.50% as well as Akamai Technologies AKAM +0.84% , Groupon Inc. GRPN +1.28% , TripAdvisor Inc. TRIP -0.88% , TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. TQNT -0.15% , Atmel Corp. ATML +0.40% and Ingram Micro Inc. IM +0.31% in the tech sector. It’s also a busy session for the media and entertainment sector, with Time Warner Inc. TWX +2.81% , News Corp. NWS -0.05% NWSA -0.31% , Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. SBGI -0.40% and Madison Square Garden Co. MSG -0.08% all to issue their quarterly reports. (News Corp. is the owner of Dow Jones & Co. and MarketWatch, the publisher of this report.)

Rounding out Wednesday’s calendar are Prudential Financial Inc. PRU -0.12% , IntercontinentalExchange Inc. ICE +0.0081% , Sprint Nextel Corp. S +1.22% , Plains All American Pipeline LP PAA +0.13% , RailAmerica Inc. RA +0.06% , Genesee & Wyoming Inc. GWR -1.33% , Ingersoll-Rand Co. IR -1.49% , Mettler-Toledo International Inc. MTD +0.56% , Hanger Orthopedic Group Inc. HGR +0.34% , CVS Caremark Corp. CVS +2.09% , Select Comfort Corp. SCSS -1.56% , O’Reilly Automotive Inc. ORLY +0.82% , Whole Foods Markets Inc. WFM +1.58% , Reynolds American Inc. RAI +0.22% , Wyndham Worldwide Corp. WYN -1.05% and Equifax Inc. EFX -0.13% , among others.

Illumina Inc. ILMN +0.60% said its board unanimously rejected Roche Holding AG’s acquisition offer as “grossly inadequate in multiple respects.” The San Diego-based company, which also reported fourth quarter financial results late Tuesday, said it received inadequacy opinions from financial advisors Goldman Sachs & Co. and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Basel, Switzerland-based Roche had launched a tender offer valued at $44.50 a share for Illumina’s stock, valuing the gene-sequencing company at about $5.7 billion. Early Wednesday, Roche said it was “disappointed” by Illumina’s response. Roche also said it will proceed with nominating a slate of independent candidates with the aim of gaining the majority of seats on Illumina’s board.

The initial public offering of Caesars Entertainment CZR 0.00% priced at the midpoint of underwriters’ projected range — $9 a share. The offering is for more than 1.8 million common shares, with the underwriters having a 30-day option to buy as many as 270,000 or so additional shares if investor demand warrants. The shares will begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. In addition to the stock that the Las Vegas-based casino operator is selling via the IPO, certain investors representing about 27.8% of Caesars issued and outstanding capital stock have registered shares for resale. Of this, some 18.8% of the shares are now freely tradable, with the remainder becoming freely tradable 180 days after the IPO closes, the company said.

3M’s board approved a quarterly dividend on common stock of 59 cents a share, a 7% increase. It marks the 54th straight year in which 3M has increased its dividend, according to the St. Paul, Minn.-based company MMM +0.38% and Dow Jones Industrial Average component. The dividend’s payable March 12 to stockholders of record as of Feb. 17.

The board of L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. LLL +0.26% approved an 11% increase in its quarterly cash dividend, to 50 cents a share. The New York-based defense contractor said it marks L-3’s eighth consecutive annual increase. The dividend’s payable March 15 to holders of record as of March 1.

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. FCX +1.53% said its board approved plans to increase the company’s dividend on common stock by 25%, to an annual rate of $1.25 a share. A quarterly dividend at the new rate of 31.25 cents a share is expected to be paid in May, the Phoenix-based mining company said.
Tuesday earnings recap

Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. BWLD +15.12% reported fourth-quarter earnings growth of 34% as the casual-dining restaurant handily outstripped expectations. Net earnings reached $13.6 million, or 73 cents a share, for the three months ended Dec. 25, up from $10.2 million, or 55 cents, earned in the year-earlier fourth quarter. Quarterly revenue climbed to $220.5 million from the prior year’s $163.9 million. Analysts, on average, had been looking for Buffalo Wild Wings to post a profit of 67 cents a share, according to estimates compiled by FactSet Research. The Minneapolis-based company also noted double-digit growth in same-store sales through the first six weeks of 2012 — 12.9% at company-owned properties and 10.8% at franchised restaurants.

Silicon Graphics International Corp. SGI -21.43% reported a net loss of $2.3 million, or 7 cents a share, for the second quarter ended Dec. 30, a reversal from the profit of $3.7 million, or 12 cents a share, that the Fremont, Calif.-based company generated in the same period during fiscal 2011. On an adjusted basis, the company would have shown a profit of 4 cents a share for the latest quarter, down from the prior year’s 44 cents, as revenue rose 10% to $195.2 million. Gross margin narrowed to 26.7% from 29.5%, while operating expenses rose 25%, according to Silicon Graphics.

OpenTable Inc. OPEN +0.39% surprised investors with fourth-quarter net income of $7 million, or 29 cents a share, up from $5.1 million, or 21 cents, earned in the final three months of 2010. Quarterly revenue generated by the San Francisco-based company reached nearly $37.2 million from the prior year’s $30.8 million. Seated diners who used OpenTable’s reservations service totaled 26.9 million in the latest quarter, 39% higher than in the year-earlier period.

Cerner Corp. CERN +9.48% posted a fourth-quarter net profit of $91.2 million, or 52 cents a share, up from $70.6 million, or 41 cents, earned in the comparable year-earlier period. Quarterly revenue generated by the provider of health-care information services increased 23% to stand at $615.6 million in the December quarter. Cerner would have reported earnings of of 55 cents a share on an adjusted basis, ahead of the Wall Street consensus. The Kansas City-based company also cited bookings for the most recent quarter hit $899 million, a company record and 44% higher than bookings in the fourth quarter of 2010.

A shortfall in fourth-quarter revenue growth stood out in results that Western Union Co. WU -7.11% reported for the fourth quarter. The company posted a net profit of $452.3 million, or 73 cents a share, up from $242.6 million, or 37 cents, earned in the last three months of 2010. Adjusted to exclude a tax benefit, Western Union would have earned 40 cents a share for the latest quarter, as revenue grew 5% to $1.43 billion. The Englewood, Colo.-based company also said it expects to earn $1.70 to $1.75 a share on an adjusted basis for 2012, implying growth of about 8% to 11% over comparable earnings for 2011.

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CVS Caremark Corp.’s fourth-quarter profit rose 3.7%

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BREAKING: Sprint shares add 5% in preopen trade

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U.S. stock futures drop on Greece worries
Greek party leaders struggle to agree; Europe stocks decline
LONDON (MarketWatch) — U.S. stock futures dropped on Monday, as party leaders in Greece struggled to agree on another dose of painful austerity measures, with the threat of default looming large once again.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-stock-futures-drop-on-greece-worries-2012-02-06?dist=beforebell

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8:30a January U.S. jobs rise 243,000; jobless rate 8.3%
8:30a November payrolls revised up to 157,000
8:30a December payrolls revised up to 203,000
8:30a Average workweek unchanged at 34.5 hours
8:30a Average hourly wages rise 0.2% to $23.29
8:30a U6 jobless rate dips to 15.1% from 15.2%
8:30a U.S. unemployment rate drops to 8.3% from 8.5%
8:30a Private sector added 257,000 jobs last month
8:30a U.S. created 243,000 jobs in January
8:30a Sony ADRs up 9% in premarket

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U.S. stocks tepidly up ahead of jobs report
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — U.S. stocks tallied limited gains Thursday as Wall Street looked to the next day’s employment report as the next indicator of the economic recovery.
“How much longer can the buy-the-dip crowd stay in control? Expect the market’s resiliency to be tested on tomorrow’s employment report,” said Elliot Spar, a strategist at Stifel Nicolaus.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-stock-indexes-struggle-for-gains-2012-02-02?link=MW_latest_news

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Amazon sinks in preopen following light earnings
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Amazon.com AMZN -9.15% fell moe than 9% in preopen trade on Wednesday, a day after the Internet retailer and maker of the Kindle tablet reported earnings below Wall Street expectations. The shares sank 9.4% in recent trading, to $177. The company posted a sharp decline in earnings for the fourth quarter and surprised investors with a disappointing revenue outlook. The surprise was compounded by the fact that Amazon has managed to beat Wall Street's quarterly revenue forecasts by an average of 2.7% over the last five years, according to data from FactSet Research.

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U.S. stocks post best January in decade-plus
Dow, S&P 500 tally biggest January point jump ever
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — U.S. stocks on Tuesday closed the books on Wall Street’s best January in more than a decade, with the indexes mostly slipping after U.S. economic data failed to live up to its billing.
Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 recorded their best percentage jump for the month of January since 1997. The Nasdaq Composite recorded its best January since 2001.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-stocks-erase-gains-on-confidence-fall-2012-01-31

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U.S. stock futures point higher on Europe
Earnings awaited from Exxon Mobil, Mattel, UPS and others
FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) — U.S. stock futures pointed to a higher start for Wall Street Tuesday as investors applauded an agreement to enshrine tougher euro-zone budget rules and amid signs of progress in Greek debt talks. Investors also awaited earnings results from oil major Exxon Mobil Corp. and a slew of other heavyweights.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-stock-futures-point-higher-on-europe-2012-01-31?dist=beforebell

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European stocks fall ahead of EU summit
Banks, resources drop amid EU meeting to discuss fiscal pact
LONDON (MarketWatch) — European stock markets drifted lower Monday, as banks and resources weighed on sentiment ahead of a European Union leaders meeting to finalize a fiscal pact in Brussels.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/european-stocks-fall-ahead-of-eu-summit-2012-01-30

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8:31a U.S. GDP grows 2.8% in fourth quarter
8:30a 2011 U.S. GDP rises 1.7% vs. 3.0% in 2010
8:30a Personal savings rate drops to 3.7% from 3.9%
8:30a Real disposable income up 0.8% in quarter
8:30a PCE price index increases 0.7%, or 1.1% core
8:30a U.S. exports climb 4.7%, imports rise 4.4%
8:30a Government spending declines at all levels
8:30a Business investment rises 1.7% in fourth quarter
8:30a Business inventories increase by $56 billion
8:30a Personal spending rose 2.0% last quarter
8:30a Fourth-quarter U.S. GDP climbs 2.8%

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U.S. stock futures edge up; Ford, GDP in focus
Fed’s Lacker: U.S. rates will likely need to go up before end 2014
MADRID (MarketWatch) — U.S. stock futures pointed to slightly higher start for Wall Street on Friday as investors focused on earnings to come from Ford Motor Co. and Procter & Gamble Co., along with fourth-quarter growth data and a key gauge of consumer sentiment.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-stock-futures-edge-up-ford-gdp-in-focus-2012-01-27?dist=beforebell

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U.S. stocks cheer Fed’s rate pledge
S&P 500 has closed up 12 out of 15 sessions so far this year
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — U.S. stocks gained Wednesday, readying the S&P 500 for its 13th higher close this year, after the Federal Reserve said interest rates would stay low until late 2014 and Apple Inc. surged on stellar earnings.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/apples-surge-doesnt-lift-broader-us-stocks-2012-01-25

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Apple earnings surge on blow-out iPhone sales
Shares jump as iPhone, iPad drive results; forecast ahead of Street
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Apple Inc. saw earnings more than double for its first fiscal quarter, reporting results on Tuesday afternoon that blew past Wall Street’s estimates, primarily from a huge jump in sales of the iPhone.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/apple-earnings-surge-on-blow-out-iphone-sales-2012-01-24

Shares of Apple AAPL +7.32% jumped nearly 8% in after-hours trading immediately following the results. The period included the launch of the iPhone 4S, and Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer said “tremendous popularity” of the 4S model led iPhone sales growth across all of the company’s segments during a conference call following the report.

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Apple, Yahoo, AMD results on deck after hours
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Earnings season rolls on Tuesday evening, with Wall Street looking for a jump in sales and earnings at Apple Inc. and essentially flat results from Web portal Yahoo Inc.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/apple-yahoo-amd-results-on-deck-after-hours-2012-01-24?link=MW_latest_news

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U.S. stock futures fall; J&J, McDonald’s await
Nokia and International Game Technology under pressure
MADRID (MarketWatch) — U.S. stock futures pointed to a lower opening for Wall Street on Tuesday, weighed by losses for Europe as wrangling continued over a Greek bond-swap deal. Johnson & Johnson and McDonald’s Corp. were heading up a busy day for corporate results.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-stock-futures-fall-jj-mcdonalds-await-2012-01-24?dist=beforebell

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U.S. stocks retrench as Europe drives trade
Greece debt talks in view; P&G drags on blue-chips
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — U.S. stocks slipped Monday, with Europe’s next steps -- including the terms of a likely Greek default -- dominating trading.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-stocks-edge-up-on-europe-hopes-2012-01-23?link=MW_home_latest_news

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U.S. stocks edge up on Europe hopes
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — U.S. stocks edged higher Monday, extending last week’s gains, as hopes for deal between Greece and its private bondholders supported sentiment.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-stocks-edge-up-on-europe-hopes-2012-01-23

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Stocks to watch Monday: RIM, Apache, TransDigm
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Among the stocks that could see active trade in Monday’s session are Research In Motion Ltd., Apache Corp. and TransDigm Group Inc.

Monday’s earnings calendar includes a handful of tech companies — Texas Instruments Inc. TXN -0.03% , VMware Inc. VMW +0.35% , Western Digital Corp. WDC +0.40% , Polycom Inc. PLCM +1.30% and Twin Disc Inc. TWIN +0.69% — as well as CSX Corp. CSX +0.57% , Kansas City Southern KSU -0.67% , Halliburton Co. HAL -0.06% , Packaging Corp of America PKG -0.95% and Crane Co. CR +0.79% , among others.

Research In Motion RIMM +0.53% CA:RIM -3.09% has finally thrown in the towel on its dual-CEO executive structure, with Thorsten Heins taking over as president and chief executive of the Waterloo, Ontario-based maker of BlackBerry handsets. Heins moves up from RIM’s chief operating officer and replaces Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie in the top post. Lazaridis will serve as vice chairman of RIM’s board and will chair of the board’s new innovation committee. Balsillie retains his seat on RIM’s board, which will expand to 11 directors with the addition of veteran investor Prem Watsa, CEO of Fairfax Financial Holdings. Barbara Stymiest, a RIM director since 2007, has been named independent board chair, while John Richardson, formerly lead director, will remain on the board. RIM’s “entering a new phase, and we felt it was time for a new leader to take it through that phase and beyond,” said Lazaridis in a statement late Sunday.

Apache APA -0.18% agreed to pay $2.85 billion in cash and stock to acquire privately held Cordillera Energy Partners III LLC. Terms call for the Houston-based independent oil company to pay $2.25 billion in cash as well as $600 million in common stock. Cordillera owns some 254,000 net acres in Oklahoma and Texas with proved reserves estimated at 71.5 million barrels of oil equivalent. Denver-based Cordillera’s current net daily production stands at 18,000 barrels of oil equivalent. The acquisition, scheduled to be completed in the second quarter, is expected to contribute to Apache’s 2012 earnings and cash flow, and a development drilling program for the acquired properties is to begin in 2013, the company said.

TransDigm Group TDG -0.14% agreed to acquire privately held AmSafe Global Holdings Inc. for about $750 million in cash from a group controlled by Berkshire Partners LLC and Greenbriar Equity Group LLC. Best known for its proprietary aviation passenger seat belts and airbags, AmSafe had 2011 revenue of about $260 million, according to Cleveland-based TransDigm. It expects to fund the acquisition in part through new senior bank debt and has obtained commitments for the full amount of financing. The buyout price “includes substantial tax benefits to be realized by TransDigm in 2012 and beyond,” the company said late Friday.

Thor Industries Inc. THO -0.06% said Friday it spent $57 million to repurchase 2 million common shares via a pair of private transactions — 1 million from the estate of co-founder Wade Thompson, who died in 2009, and 1 million from Catterton Partners VI LP and affiliates. Available cash was used to complete the transactions, representing 3.6% of the Jackson Center, Ohio-based company’s issued and outstanding common stock.

Along with reporting fourth-quarter financial results, Community Bank System Inc. CBU +1.27% said Sunday it plans to make a public offering of $50 million in common stock. Proceeds will be used by the Syracuse, N.Y.-based company in support of its branch expansion in upstate New York. On Friday, Community Bank System struck a deal to acquire 19 banking locations in the region as well as about $218 million in loans and $955 million in deposits, with the transaction scheduled to be completed during the third quarter pending regulatory approval. Underwriters will be able to to buy up to an additional 15% of Community Bank System shares if investor demand warrants.

Alliant Energy Corp. LNT -0.21% said Patricia Kampling will be promoted to CEO and president effective April 1, taking over from William Harvey. She will also chair the Wisconsin-based utility company’s board after having been elected as a director on Friday. Harvey, after 25 years with Alliant and predecessor WPL Holdings, is retiring March 31. Kampling, currently president and chief operating officer, is 52 years old and joined Alliant in 2005.

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U.S. stocks have rallied the most in January since 1997, pushing down the benchmark gauge for U.S. options prices by the most ever as dealers find fewer buyers for protection against equity losses. The VIX (VIX) has plunged 60 percent to 18.28 since the S&P 500 reached its 2011 low on Oct. 3, the biggest decrease ever, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

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Greek debt talks stumble http://www.smh.com.au/business/world-business/greek-debt-talks-stumble-20120122-1qc4w.html

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U.S. stocks gain for third week, near 6-month high
Microsoft, IBM lift Dow on Friday; Google drags on Nasdaq
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — U.S. stocks closed near a six-month high Friday, extending gains into a third week, as results from Microsoft Corp. and International Business Machines Corp. set off a rally in tech stocks, though disappointment over Google Inc. dragged on Nasdaq benchmarks.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-stocks-start-cautiously-dow-gets-ibm-boost-2012-01-20?dist=afterbell

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U.S. stocks start cautiously; Dow gets IBM boost
S&P 500, Nasdaq Composite lower after three straight days of gains
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks took a cautious note Friday, weighed by some disappointing earnings and following three straight days of gains. Blue-chips outperformed.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-stocks-start-cautiously-dow-gets-ibm-boost-2012-01-20