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Wednesday December 3, 2008 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
Raytheon Company (RTN) is the one of the largest aerospace and defense companies in the U.S., with a well-diversified line of military products, including missiles, radars, sensors, surveillance and reconnaissance equipment, communication and information systems, naval systems, air traffi...
Wednesday December 3, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
Boston Scientific
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shares have recently been smacked with selling pressure, as co-founders Peter Nicholas and John Abele unload their stock to meet margin calls. In a health-care conference with Piper Jaffray today, President and CEO James Tobin...
Tuesday December 2, 2008 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
CastlePoint Holdings Ltd. (CPHL) is a Bermuda-based holding company providing property and casualty insurance and reinsurance business solutions, products and services primarily to small insurance companies, and program underwriting agents (PUAs) in the United States.The company announced...
Tuesday December 2, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
China-based Solarfun Power Holdings
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is bouncing between positive and negative territory today after reporting a mixed bag of earnings news. First up, the photovoltaic-cell maker reported a third-quarter loss of 13 cents per American depositary s...
Tuesday December 2, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
Here are some of the contenders for today's biggest...news...of...the...day...
Earnings from Beazer Homes USA (BZH)...
Earnings from Staples Inc (SPLS)...
A warning from Palm Inc (PALM)...
Lowered guidance from General Electric Co (GE)...
Earnings from Sears Holdings Corp (SHLD...
Tuesday December 2, 2008 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
Houston-based Smith International, Inc. (SII) is a major oilfield services company, engaged in providing a comprehensive line of products and engineering services to the oil and gas exploration and production industry, as well as to the petrochemical and other related industries.Our conti...
Tuesday December 2, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
The shares of Salesforce.com
(CRM:
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are down more than 4% in early trading after a bearish note from the brokerage arm of Goldman Sachs. The analysts today added CRM to their "conviction sell" list, revealing an emphatically pessimistic stance on the ...
Tuesday December 2, 2008 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (WFR) produces the raw material wafers used by semiconductor manufacturers in the production of integrated circuits (ICs). The decision to supply wafers to the solar industry is paying huge rewards as demand for polysilicon has raced ahead of supply. The So...
Tuesday December 2, 2008 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
The Hershey Company (HSY) is the leading U.S. producer of confectionery products with a domestic market share of approximately 28%. Hershey is well known for chocolate products (Hershey's, Reese's and Kisses), where the company enjoys a domestic market share of approximately 45%.The Hersh...
Tuesday December 2, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
As discussed here, I have resurrected a scan that focuses on companies that are heavily shorted. The purpose is to find stocks that could be in the midst of a potential short covering rally. More details about the methodology are listed below and more information on short interest is here.
C...
Tuesday December 2, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
Companies seeing a skew towards puts in the previous session: Wells Fargo & Co (WFC), 3M (MMM), General Motors Corp (GM), Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PBR), Dow Chemical (DOW), Staples (SPLS), Amazon.com Inc (AMZN), Myriad Genetics (MYGN), Moody's Corp. (MCO), Goodyear Tire & Rubber (GT), J.P. Morgan...
Tuesday December 2, 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 are...
Tuesday December 2, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
Good morning everyone - welcome to Tuesday. We start the day with stock futures showing a moderate bounce after yesterday's plunge. The S&Ps are 15 points above fair value. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) are indicating an opening pop of 130 points. Gold is up 80 cents.
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Tuesday December 2, 2008 — Fingad.com
A change of the guards on Wall Street? - by Ziad Commodity market competition enters bold new era Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have dominated the commodities business for almost two decades, but for the first time their de-facto duopoly is under threat.The credit crunch has forced the two Wall...
Tuesday December 2, 2008 — Stocks and Blogs
We still have one month left in the year, and while there could be a melt-down or two yet, 2008 will certainly go down in the annals of history as one of the most brutal, most controversial and...
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Tuesday December 2, 2008 — Todd Sullivan's - ValuePlays
Here is a neat video done "white board" style that explains margins calls and their effect on the market. Margin calls and the financial market’s decline from Marketplace on Vimeo.Disclosure ("none" means no position):Visit the ValuePlays Bookstore for Great Investing Books
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Tuesday December 2, 2008 — Todd Sullivan's - ValuePlays
It is becoming clear there are two camps with Sears Holdings (SHLD), Lampert is a smart, Lampert is a idiot. The beauty of what is happening is that one camp will eventually be proven correct. There will no middle of the road here. First the results. Q3 results released.Company Highlights- Net l...
Tuesday December 2, 2008 — Todd Sullivan's - ValuePlays
Dow Chemical (DOW) is seeing declines in demand slowing. As precursor stock, that may mean the slowdown in the world economy may be near an end. $$ Disclosure ("none" means no position):Visit the ValuePlays Bookstore for Great Investing Books
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Tuesday December 2, 2008 — Todd Sullivan's - ValuePlays
Now the Rohm & Hass (ROH) deal with Dow Chemical (DOW) will be consumated and the company's transformation will be complete. Disclosure ("none" means no position):Long DOW, ROHVisit the ValuePlays Bookstore for Great Investing Books
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Tuesday December 2, 2008 — Todd Sullivan's - ValuePlays
Better get yours before they are all gone....$$ Again through Cascade Investments and his Foundation, Bill Gates added another 130k shares if AutoNation (AN).He know holds 11.03 million and 9.957 million shares in each entity respectively. This brings his % of ownership to 11.9%. Disclosure ("no...
Tuesday December 2, 2008 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
We maintain our Hold rating on Verizon Communications, Inc. (VZ), the second-largest provider of telecom services in North America. The company recently received the necessary regulatory approvals for its acquisition of Alltel, which will create the largest wireless carrier in the U.S., s...
Tuesday December 2, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
The day started on a sour note and finished the same way. The midday check of the action discussed the opening plunge and midday malaise. The afternoon sideways-to-lower grind remained in place until the final hour when selling pressure once again kicked in to high gear. The Dow Jones Industria...