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Wednesday May 7, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
Shares of Akamai Technologies, Inc. (AKAM) have sprung to life today. Check out the weekly chart...
Chart Courtesy of Thomson Financial
You may remember that Akamai made last week's list of stocks that were leading the PowerShares QQQ Trust (QQQQ). In that post we saw that shares of AKAM ...
Wednesday May 7, 2008 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
Stoneridge, Inc. (SRI) is aggressively cutting costs and benefiting from the growth of the commercial vehicle market. Increased use of electronics in vehicles is also benefiting the company. However, a squeeze between raw materials and prices, along with weak vehicle demand, force us to r...
Wednesday May 7, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
Molson Coors Brewing Company
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shares raced to a new annual high earlier today after the company exceeded Wall Street's first-quarter earnings expectations. The company raked in a profit of $37.1 million, or 20 cents per share, on $1.36 billion in ne...
Wednesday May 7, 2008 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
Despite continuing to deliver robust revenue and earnings growth, Iconix Brand Group (ICON) shares have sold-off over 26% year-to-date. The sell-off is due to weak consumer spending coupled with problems in the credit markets, which could prevent Iconix from making additional acquisitions...
Wednesday May 7, 2008 — Todd Sullivan's - ValuePlays
Jane Genova has poster the details on how to tune in the RISC webcast of oral arguments in the the State v Sherwin Williams (SHW) and NL Industries (NL).Follow this link: Disclosure ("none" means no position):Long SHW, none Grab this Headline AnimatorVisit the ValuePlays Bookstore for Great Inve...
Wednesday May 7, 2008 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
Cabelaâs Inc. (CAB) reported financial results for its first quarter ended March 29, 2008. Total revenue for the first fiscal quarter of 2008 increased 15.9% to $535.5 million compared to $462.1 million for the first fiscal quarter of 2007. Net income for the first fiscal quarter of 2008...
Wednesday May 7, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
ValueClick
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is scheduled to take its turn in the earnings spotlight after today's closing bell, and option traders are loading up on bullish bets ahead of the event. The International Securities Exchange (ISE) reports that option traders bought 1,7...
Wednesday May 7, 2008 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
Diamond Foods (DMND) is aggressively pursuing strategies to grow sales through increased distribution, strong advertising campaigns, and product innovation. The company's disappointing earnings in fiscal 2006 negatively impacted the stock; however, the stock rebounded from depressed valua...
Wednesday May 7, 2008 — Wang's Happy Trading Daily Posts
Yesterday in my evening post, I said,
“So, what now? Well, the market seemed to have successfully vented after Thursday’s big jump. Tomorrow’s market actions will be very important. If the market finds overall strength, it still has room to extend this rally. VIX bounced off $18 today (as I’...
Wednesday May 7, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
Suntech Power Holdings
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is more than 6% higher after Jesup & Lamont initiated coverage of the stock with a "buy" rating. Analyst Brian C. Yerger noted that STP is "the clear leader in the Chinese solar group," and added, "We believe a premium valuat...
Wednesday May 7, 2008 — Fingad.com
IndiaMCX Market Updates 7th May 2008 - by IndiaMCXH! Friends, Today's Market is Looking 2 Open in A Mixed-Mode . Metal Sector Specially Base Metals Looking 2 Open in Flat or Negative Zone. Also Today is Crude Oil Weekly Inventory Data is Coming So Lots of Volatility Choppy Move Expected. Gold ...
Wednesday May 7, 2008 — Todd Sullivan's - ValuePlays
UpgradesComerica (CMA)- FTN Midwest Neutral » Buy Comstock (CRK)- BMO Capital Markets Market Perform » Outperform Advent Software (ADVS)- Needham Buy » Strong Buy Agrium (AGU)- RBC Capital Mkts Sector Perform » Outperform Wachovia (WB)- Stifel Nicolaus Hold » Buy Sprint Nextel...
Wednesday May 7, 2008 — Todd Sullivan's - ValuePlays
Why is he doing it? Back in early April after Merrill Lynch's (MER) CEO John Thain first made the same remarks, I wondered what good he thought they would do considering "no one believes what comes out of a banker's mouth today anyway". Now, he is at it again telling anyone who will listen that...
Wednesday May 7, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
Interested in a stock that has handily outperformed the market recently? Interested in a stock that has done so yet is still relatively under-loved on the Street? If so, then check out Comstock Resources, Inc. (CRK).
Chart Courtesy of Thomson Financial
Shares of this oil- and natural ...
Tuesday May 6, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
We are an hour and a half into the session and here's what I see...
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It would seem the day is picking up where it left off yesterday. We have strength in commodity corner while the rest of the sectors, and the broad market indices, are flat to lower. ...
Tuesday May 6, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
As the per-barrel price of black gold hits a new record high of $121.49 per barrel (according to my MarketWatch alerts), I found an interesting article over on CNN/Money that could take a bit of the sting out of the price at the pump. Yesterday, Chrysler Chairman and Chief Executive Bob Nardelli ...
Tuesday May 6, 2008 — zenoizen
Corn Products International (NYSE:CPO) has been doing very well since early April, closely related to the price of corn. It's really a shame that some people think that food makes a good fuel, and that so many are rioting around the world just for a crust of bread.Maybe we can make some money spec...
Tuesday May 6, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
Here are some of the contenders for today's biggest...news...of...the...day...
Disappointing news from Fannie Mae (FNM)...
A look into why the "bottom didn't fall out of" Yahoo's (YHOO) shares...
Better-than-expected earnings from Molson Coors Brewing Co (TAP)...
Upbeat commen...
Tuesday May 6, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
Swiss banking giant UBS
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this morning reported a first-quarter loss of 11.54 Swiss francs ($10.99 billion), compared to a year-ago profit of 3.03 billion francs. The earnings, which included $19 billion in write-downs, were largely in line with e...
Tuesday May 6, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
Mortgage mogul Fannie Mae
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stepped into the earnings confessional this morning, reporting a first-quarter loss of $2.2 billion, or $2.57 per share; analysts, on average, predicted a loss of 81 cents per share. The company blamed the wider-than-expe...
Tuesday May 6, 2008 — Condor Options
With the continuation yesterday of Friday’s market weakness, the last of our April 3 calendar-spread bonus trades hit its minimum profit target. Here’s a summary of the three positions:
EEM May/June 140 - Reached 20% profit on April 15, less than two weeks into the trade.
XLE May/June...
Tuesday May 6, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
Companies seeing a skew towards puts in the previous session: PowerShares QQQ Trust (QQQQ), SPDR Trust Series I (SPY), Countrywide Financial (CFC), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Lehman Brothers (LEH), Fannie Mae (FNM), SanDisk Corp. (SNDK), Dendreon (DNDN), CVS Corp. (CVS), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), T...
Tuesday May 6, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
Here are the results for today's unusual stock volume scan. The scan looks at the previous day's volume and compares it to the recent average volume. It then sorts the stocks based on those that showed the biggest increase (the "unusual" part) in volume.
Companies included in today's scan...
Tuesday May 6, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
Good morning everyone - welcome to Tuesday. We start the day with stock futures showing a moderate downside bias. The S&Ps are 7 points below fair value. Gold is up 5.00 to 879.10.
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Tuesday May 6, 2008 — Stock Market Beat
It was all fun and games when WallStrip and AlphaTrends jumped on the Landstar bandwagon. Now that the company is profiled in BusinessWeek I’m getting a little worried.
Landstar: Trucking Ahead
We think Landstar System (LSTR; recent price, 53), a non-asset-based transportation company, has ...