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Daily Archives: November 29, 2006

Cramer names annointed stocks institutions use for mechanics

Posted: November 29, 2006 at 6:27 pm

Cramer said the mechanics of the market are a secret to most.  This moves stocks in the short term, and the institutons will hate him for this.  The mechanics of ...
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No Merry Christmas For Verizon

Posted: November 29, 2006 at 4:56 pm

Stocks:  (VZ)(CMCSA)(CVC)According to Barron's, Comcast was able to raise rates for basic cable by 5.4%. The data to estimate the figure was based on a survey of several markets by ...
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Market Wrap (Nov. 29, 2006)

Posted: November 29, 2006 at 4:07 pm

DJIA    12,226.73; Up 90.28 (0.74%)NASDAQ    2,432.23; Up 19.62 (0.81%)S&P500    1,399.35; Up 12.63 (0.91%)10YR-Bond    4.521%     Up 0.012NYSE Volume    2,732,627,000NASD Volume    1,870,362,000Q3 GDP was revised ...
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Cramer says Bank of America is better than Citigroup

Posted: November 29, 2006 at 2:46 pm

On today's STOP TRADING segment on CNBC around 2:45 PM EST, Jim Cramer outlined which was better between Citigroup (C) and Bank of America (BAC) now that BAC has eclipsed ...
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Does Online Shopping Kill Stores?

Posted: November 29, 2006 at 2:27 pm

ComScore has come out with its data on Cyber-Monday, the weird appellation given to the first day after the Thanksgiving weekend. The day went better than expected. Revenue from online ...
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Brokerage Stocks Getting Hit With NYSE

Posted: November 29, 2006 at 2:04 pm

If you looked at the brokerage firm stocks today, you'd have no idea the market was up.Morgan Stanley (MS), Merrill Lynch (MER), Bear Stearns (BSC), and Goldman Sachs (GS) are ...
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CNBC’s Charlie Gasparino Says Home Depot (HD) & New York Times (NYT) Could Be Acquired

Posted: November 29, 2006 at 1:24 pm

CNBC's Charlie Gasparino keyed in today on 2 potential takeout candidates today.His Street Stories Hank Greenberg may be engaged trying to buyout the ENTIRE New York Times (NYT) company.  He ...
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Most Actives Under $5.00 Lagging the Horsemen by Far (Nov. 29, 2006)

Posted: November 29, 2006 at 12:57 pm

As far as where the NASDAQ trading volume interest is, it isn't even close.  The Horsemen stocks are chugging along at almost twice the share volume of the smaller cap ...
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Amazon Gets Downgraded (AMZN)

Posted: November 29, 2006 at 11:03 am

Amazon trades pretty much in the middle of its three year range. The stock hit $60 in mid-2003. It sits around $40 now. Pacific Crest securities says that it is ...
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Google Still Monkeying With Content Owners

Posted: November 29, 2006 at 9:41 am

Stocks:  (GOOG)Google seems to take one step forward and two steps back in its dispute with content owners over whether they can post their headlines. Or, is that two steps ...
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3Com Gets Poor Reception

Posted: November 29, 2006 at 9:33 am

Yesterday I keyed in about some concerns about 3Com (COMS) paying out $882 million for the other 49% of the Huawei joint venture called H3C.  The buyout itself isn't the ...
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Pre-Market Stock News (Nov. 29, 2006)

Posted: November 29, 2006 at 8:32 am

(ABI) Abraxis Bio gets FDA approval for Amphicillin Injection.(AGN) Allergan up on Cramer from Mad Money.(AH) Armor Holdings wins another $53 million order for components.(ARNA) Arena filed to sell 8M ...
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Select Analyst Calls (Nov. 29, 2006)

Posted: November 29, 2006 at 8:20 am

ACV started as Neutral at Prudential.AMR started as Buya t Goldman Sachs.ANN cut to Neutral at UBS.BLDR started as Mkt Perform at JMP.BMHC started as Mkt Perform at JMP.BOBJ started ...
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Citigroup: Prince Walid bin Talal’s Bad Hair Day

Posted: November 29, 2006 at 7:54 am

Saudi Prince Walid first put money into Citi in 1991. The stock was at about $2 then and trades at closer to $50 now.The man is believed to be Citi's ...
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Fifteen Most Overvalued Stocks: Merck

Posted: November 29, 2006 at 7:21 am

Merck's stock price is fascinating  The shares trade near their 52-week high, changing hands at almost $44. But, the company has tons of problems. The fact that Pfizer has just ...
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