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Friday April 25, 2008 — timothysykes
In recent posts like THIS, you might’ve noticed some small cartoons featured on several stock charts—namely Mr. Hankey, The Christmas Poo, of South Park fame and Richard Nixon, of “I am not a crook” fame, exemplifying the kind of crappy and crooked companies out there.
Friday April 25, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
We are an hour and a half into the session and here's what I see...
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The S&P 500 (SPX) popped at the bell but then saw that spurt quickly met with a round of selling. The University of Michigan sentiment index then hit the wires with its worst reading...
Friday April 25, 2008 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
We are maintaining our Buy recommendation on Arch Coal, Inc. (ACI) and increasing our 2008 earnings estimate from $2.37 per share to $2.64 per share. With international and domestic coal prices at record levels, Arch's market driven strategy should help maximize its reserve base. Having s...
Friday April 25, 2008 — Fingad.com
GVK POWER & INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED - Good Gorwth Potential - by NarasimhanIndustry At the time of independence in 1947, India had power generating capacity of a meager 1,362 MW. Power was not available in villages or rural areas, and only a few urban centers had electricity. Generation and distri...
Friday April 25, 2008 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
Plexus Corp. (PLXS) has posted several quarters of strong results, with significantly higher than expected revenue and bookings. Although EPS has not been as strong, much of this is related to a higher tax rate. We believe that PLXS is among the best positioned in the industry and is pois...
Friday April 25, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
The! Biggest! News! of! the! Day! - Not Research in Motion, LM Ericsson, ITT Corp, Virgin Media, or Rice Shortages
Here are some of the contenders for today's biggest...news...of...the...day...
Better-than-expected earnings from LM Ericsson (ERIC)...
A product delay for Research in...
Friday April 25, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
Baidu.com
(BIDU:
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chart,
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announced that its first-quarter income skyrocketed 72% to RMB146.6 million, or $20.9 million, from RMB85.5 million as revenue more than doubled. On a per-share basis, earnings increased to 61 cents. Excluding items, earnings increased to...
Friday April 25, 2008 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
We maintain our Hold rating on shares of Monarch Casino Resort (MCRI) following the release of disappointing first quarter results. We continue to believe that shares of MCRI hold significant long-term value. That said, in light of the challenging operating environment faced by the compa...
Friday April 25, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
Synaptics
(SYNA:
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options)
announced fiscal third-quarter earnings of $3 million, or 12 cents per share, compared to year-ago earnings of $5.6 million, or 20 cents per share. Sales during the quarter jumped 23% to $78.9 million. Excluding items, earnings would hav...
Friday April 25, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
KLA-Tencor
(KLAC:
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announced earnings dropped 28% in the fiscal third quarter to $111 million, or 61 cents per share. Excluding items, earnings would have been $121 million, or 67 cents per share. Revenue fell 16% to $602 million. The Street had predicted...
Friday April 25, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
Companies seeing a skew towards puts in the previous session: PowerShares QQQ Trust (QQQQ), Best Buy Co. (BBY), Verizon Communications (VZ), Lehman Brothers (LEH), NetApp Inc (NTAP), JDS Uniphase (JDSU), Broadcom (BRCM), Nokia Corp. (NOK), Juniper Networks (JNPR), Countrywide Financial (CFC), ...
Friday April 25, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
Keep an eye on shares of Deckers Outdoor Corporation (DECK) today. This stock carries a relatively heavy level of short interest and is on the move. Here is the weekly chart.
Chart Courtesy of Thomson Financial
The shares peaked at the end of 2007 and then began a strong pullback that ...
Friday April 25, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
Here are the results for today's unusual stock volume scan. The scan looks at the previous day's volume and compares it to the recent average volume. It then sorts the stocks based on those that showed the biggest increase (the "unusual" part) in volume.
Companies included in today's scan...
Friday April 25, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
Good morning everyone - welcome to the final day of this trading week were we find some mildly upbeat action in stock futures. The S&Ps are two and a half points above fair value. Gold is up 40 cents to 889.80.
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Friday April 25, 2008 — Fingad.com
P/$ Rate Closes At P42.04/$1 - by lovephileoPeso falls to 42 to the dollar level friday at the Philippine Dealing Exchange Corporation (PDEX) and after staying within the P40-$1 and P41-$1 range since the onset of the year as the financial market became edgy on inflation and interest rates outloo...
Friday April 25, 2008 — Condor Options
A fun game on a slow Friday afternoon: take the front page headline on Yahoo Finance, and perform some desirable action if the headline makes a dubious assumption about causation. Move to the next headline, and repeat. We were going to suggest this as a drinking game, but we don’t want eve...
Friday April 25, 2008 — timothysykes
Home sales are plunging, 13%+ annual drop, largest since 1970, it’s gonna be another depression, we’re all gonna die—blehhhhhh! Who cares? Yeah you heard me—let the flippers suffer/go bankrupt/in debt, that’s what they get for their utter disregard of historical research and for listening to big t...
Friday April 25, 2008 — Fingad.com
Expectations of continued high gold prices result deteriorating U.S. economy and declining dollar - by yehiaGold hit a historical record and break the barrier of 931 and expectations of his arrival at 1000 dollars per ounce R.Political and economic conditions experienced by the world are the main ...
Friday April 25, 2008 — Fingad.com
Commercial Banks At A Glance - by xpertwriterCommercial Banks Rates of April, 25 2008CompanyClose Change High Low Volume ABN AMRO Bank 35.20 -1.30 36.25 34.70 19,700.00 Allied Bank 119.50 -1.50 121.80 119.00 83,700.00 Arif Habib Bank 25.05 -.30 25.70 25.00 2,407,500.00 Askari Bank 59.40 -1.55...
Friday April 25, 2008 — Fingad.com
Asian Stock Markets Review - by xpertwriterAsian stocks closed mixed on Thursday but China shone as the Shanghai market rocketed nearly 10 per cent after the government slashed stamp duty to shore up share prices. The Shanghai bourse closed up 9.29 per cent, its biggest one-day rise in more than...
Friday April 25, 2008 — TraderBlog.com
GRAINS
Prices were lower in overnight trading. The key "outside markets" are mixed to bearishly postured for the grains early today. Gold is steady, crude oil higher and the U.S. dollar is higher. The stronger dollar will limit the upside in grains in the early going today. Grain bears do have do...
Friday April 25, 2008 — TraderBlog.com
GRAINS
Prices were lower in overnight trading. The key "outside markets" are mixed to bearishly postured for the grains early today. Gold is steady, crude oil higher and the U.S. dollar is higher. The stronger dollar will limit the upside in grains in the early going today. Grain bears do have do...
Friday April 25, 2008 — TraderBlog.com
Friday, April 25--Jim Wyckoff's Morning Web Log
OVERNIGHT/EARLY MORNING DEVELOPMENTS
The market feature in overnight/early morning trading today is a stronger U.S. dollar and firmer U.S. stock indexes.
* JIM'S MARKET THOUGHT OF THE DAY *
The U.S. dollar is again stronger in the early going to...
Friday April 25, 2008 — TraderBlog.com
Friday, April 25--Jim Wyckoff's Morning Web Log
OVERNIGHT/EARLY MORNING DEVELOPMENTS
The market feature in overnight/early morning trading today is a stronger U.S. dollar and firmer U.S. stock indexes.
* JIM'S MARKET THOUGHT OF THE DAY *
The U.S. dollar is again stronger in the early going to...
Friday April 25, 2008 — Fingad.com
Adamjee Insurance Profits Review - by xpertwriterAdamjee Insurance booked claims in the staggering sum of Rs1.4bn during the first quarter (Jan-March) of 2008. The figure uncovered the damage inflicted to the property of its customers in the riots and civil commotion, following the assassinatio...