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Daily Archives: November 22, 2006

Coinstar Costs A Pretty Penny

Posted: November 22, 2006 at 3:52 pm

From SinLetterIf you have ever had to convert your jar of change into crisp dollar notes, you are probably familiar with Coinstar (CSTR) kiosks found in grocery stores like Albertsons. ...
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Market Wrap (Nov. 22, 2006)….1 hour before close

Posted: November 22, 2006 at 3:14 pm

Market prices as of 3:10 PM ESTDJIA    12,321.91; Up 0.32 (0.00%)NASDAQ    2,466.55; Up 11.71 (0.48%)S&P500    1,405.86; Up 3.05 (0.22%)10YR-Bond    4.5680%; Down 0.01%NYSE Volume    1,836,650,000NASD Volume  ...
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Fresh Bait Shop Updates to Takeover Names (FINL, WDC, ATK, BEAS, IMAX)

Posted: November 22, 2006 at 1:19 pm

Stock Tickers: FINL, WDC, ATK, BEAS, IMAX, VAIL, UVN, YCCBy Jon C. OggNovember 22, 2006Today we are making several free public BAIT SHOP updates for a small fraction of our ...
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Underwriters Do No Justice to SAIC on New Coverage

Posted: November 22, 2006 at 10:12 am

by Jon C. OggNovember 22, 2006SAIC (SAI-NYSE) has actually been a good IPO, but the analysts and brokerage firms that initiated coverage just marched SAIC back behind the building and ...
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Sprint Might Bite The Shorts

Posted: November 22, 2006 at 9:31 am

Stocks: (S)(MOT)(INTC)Sprint has not exactly been a company that has made its shareholders overwhelmingly happy. Customer retention problems after the NexTel merger, poor earnings, and senior management departures have made ...
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The Shorts Up Their Bet Against Home Depot

Posted: November 22, 2006 at 9:02 am

Stocks:  (HD)(LOW)Some of Wall St.'s more skilled players are betting against any near-term recovery at Home Depot. Short interest in the company's shares rose by 7.295 million to 32.79 million ...
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Pre-Market Stock News (Nov. 22, 2006)

Posted: November 22, 2006 at 8:24 am

US BOND MKT CLOSES AT 2:00PM EST TODAY, NORMAL HOURS FOR EQUITIES.(AA) Alcoa announced layoffs and restructuring.(ALVR) Alverion sold its cellular unit operations.(AZN) AstraZeneca trading up 1% after earnings and ...
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Select Analyst Calls (Nov. 22, 2006)

Posted: November 22, 2006 at 8:07 am

by Jon C. OggAAPL reitr Outperform at Piper Jaffray.AMSG raised to Neutral at B of A.APD raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.CHIC started as Overweight at JPMorgan.CTRN started as Neutral at ...
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Fifteen Most Overvalued Stocks: Apple

Posted: November 22, 2006 at 7:12 am

Stocks:  (AAPL)(MSFT)(SNDK)(RNWK)One of the things that investors often shy away from in a company is when it has large, well-financed competitors. Another is a company that has an extraordinarily high ...
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Europe Market Report 11/22/2006 British Air Up, Vodafone Down

Posted: November 22, 2006 at 6:46 am

Stocks:  (BCS)(BP)(BAB)(BT)(GSK)(UL)(RTR)(VOD)(BAY)(DCX)(DT)(DB)(SI)(ALA)(AXA)(FTE)(V)Markets in Europe were mostly higher at 6.45 AM New York time.The FTSE was up .4% to 6,225. Barclays was up .4% to 708.5. BP was up .5% to ...
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Fifteen Most Overvalued Stocks: Google

Posted: November 22, 2006 at 6:21 am

Stocks:  (GOOG)(MSFT)Google is an easy tarket in the world of overvalued securites. No matter how well it has done, and its has done extraordinarily well, it is still a one ...
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US Cars Strike Out On Safety

Posted: November 22, 2006 at 5:58 am

In yet another sign of why inventories are so high for US car manufacturers, the Institute for Highway Safety said that a number of foreign cars made its list of ...
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GM’s Longest Mile

Posted: November 22, 2006 at 5:47 am

The road is never crowded on the extra mile. GM is finding out that it is getting lonely being the one US car company that the markets believe has a ...
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The Pentagon Shoots Down Sun

Posted: November 22, 2006 at 5:37 am

Stocks:  (CRAY)(IBM)(SUNW)Sun Microsystems had a mixed bag of news recently. According to research firms Gartner and IDC, its server sales were up sharply in the third quarter cementing it place ...
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AMD Gets Bumped By Intel

Posted: November 22, 2006 at 5:23 am

For the first time in four years, Intel has taken market share from AMD in the server chip market. It happened in the third quarter of this year, according to ...
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