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Daily Archives: December 11, 2006

Detroit Versus The UAW

Posted: December 11, 2006 at 11:51 pm

University professors and the press are saying that the UAW and the Big Three are on a collision course. With woker buyouts from Ford and GM and bankruptcies at large ...
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In The Backdating News

Posted: December 11, 2006 at 9:09 pm

By Jack Ciesielski A couple of non-tech firms made backdating news recently. First up: KB Homes, which announced on Friday that it had roughed out the extent of its option ...
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TI Joins the Guidance Cut Parade

Posted: December 11, 2006 at 9:03 pm

By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatLast week, when National Semiconductor (NSM), Xilinx (XLNX) and Broadcom (BRCM) all reduced their outlook, we noted the wireless industry connection between the ...
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Cramer Like Lamar Behind Daktronics

Posted: December 11, 2006 at 6:22 pm

On tonight's MAD MONEY show on CNBC Jim Cramer said "Out with the old and in with the new media"....In the second series of MAD MONEY he started saying Daktronics ...
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Cramer Says Daktronics Wins From Outdoor Advertising

Posted: December 11, 2006 at 6:07 pm

On tonight's MAD MONEY show on CNBC Jim Cramer began his show saying "Out with the old and in with the new media".....except he thinks outdoor advertising will survive well ...
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Texas Insruments Guides Even Worse; More Chip Weakness Expected

Posted: December 11, 2006 at 4:43 pm

If you look at the street's comments today, you should have already been expecting a lower revision to the company's prior guidance like so many chip stocks came clean with ...
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US Stock Market Wrap (Dec 11, 2006)

Posted: December 11, 2006 at 4:17 pm

DJIA    12,328.48; Up 20.99 (0.17%)NASDAQ    2,442.86; Up 5.50 (0.23%)S&P500    1,413.04; Up 3.20 (0.23%)10YR-Bond    4.5200%; Down 0.032NYSE Volume    2,217,015,000NASD Volume    1,810,293,000a day ahead of the ...
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Cramer’s Picks on STOP TRADING (DEC 11, 2006)

Posted: December 11, 2006 at 2:49 pm

On today's STOP TRADING segment on CNBC, Jim Cramer discussed sub-prime loans.  Cramer thinks it is still right to bet on sub-prime lenders because they know how to model them ...
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Big Caps That Went NoWhere In 2006: EMC (EMC)

Posted: December 11, 2006 at 1:54 pm

EMC entered the year at just under $14 and trades right about there now. It got all the way down it $9.50 when investors were upset about its purchase of ...
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Big Caps That Went NoWhere In 2006: Wal-Mart (WMT)

Posted: December 11, 2006 at 1:42 pm

There is no way to summarize Wal-Mart's year in a few sentences but it did come into 2006 at about $46 and trades for just over $46 now. For a ...
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Cramer Says to Watch Out For Stocks Just Above Their Strike Price

Posted: December 11, 2006 at 1:33 pm

Cramer on his daily on TheStreet.com discussed strike price expiration coming this Friday in a feature called STRIKE PRICE STRIKEOUT.  This pertains to the theory (and common effect) that stocks ...
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Uranium Investors Get One More Safety Net for 2007

Posted: December 11, 2006 at 1:30 pm

This weekend there were reports that Merrill Lynch had boosted their Uranium forecasts by some 78% for 2008.  While this isn't a normal equity upgrade at all, it serves to ...
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Big Caps That Went Nowhere In 2006: Symantec (SYMC)

Posted: December 11, 2006 at 1:24 pm

Part of Wall St. thinks Symantec owns the computer security business, especially on the PC platfrom. And, part of Wall St. thinks that Microsoft Vista is going to take that ...
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Big Caps That Went Nowhere In 2006: Conexant (CNXT)

Posted: December 11, 2006 at 1:05 pm

Conexant trades about 14 million shares a day. That's about 3.5 billion shares a year. But the stock came into 2006 at $2.30 and now trades just above $2.25. A ...
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Big Caps That Went Nowhere In 2006: Broadcom (BRCM)

Posted: December 11, 2006 at 12:46 pm

It must be tough to fight though a whole year of trading and found yourself right where you started. Well, Broadcom did just that. It entered the year just below ...
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