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Daily Archives: December 19, 2006

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Most Overbought and Oversold Stocks

Posted: December 19, 2006 at 11:02 pm

From Ticker SenseBelow is a list of the S&P 500 stocks that are trading the furthest above and below their 50-day moving averages.  Two automakers (F and GM) and two ...
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Pfizer Boosts Dividend More Than Expected

Posted: December 19, 2006 at 11:00 pm

By Chad Brand of Peridot CapitalistLate Monday drug giant Pfizer (PFE) announced a 21 percent increase in its annual dividend, to $1.16 per share. With the stock trading at $25 ...
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FFHL, final blog piece of ’06 and…Happy Holidays

Posted: December 19, 2006 at 10:58 pm

IPO TraderWell throughout the year we've been putting pretty much one free analysis piece on the blog each week, usually Sunday/Monday. Most often the piece has been one that debuted ...
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UnitedHealth: Re-Imagining Stock Comp

Posted: December 19, 2006 at 10:55 pm

From AAO WeblogSeen Casino Royale yet? The hook is that it’s the first Bond movie in a freshening of the franchise. Instead of trying to extend the existing franchise under ...
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Tuesday’s Top Biotech and Medical Stocks

Posted: December 19, 2006 at 10:53 pm

From BioHealth InvestorBiotechnologyHESKA CORPORATION [HSKA] +10.67% IDERA PHARMACEUTICAL [IDP] +8.76% NUTRITION 21 INC [NXXI] +8.00% METABASIS THERAPEUTI [MBRX] +5.19% CYTORI THERAPEUTICS [CYTX] +4.76% Diagnostic SubstancesIMMUNOMEDICS INC [IMMU] +11.11% SYNOVICS PHARMACEUTL ...
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Circuit City: So Much For Efficient Markets

Posted: December 19, 2006 at 10:50 pm

By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatCircuit City swings to unexpected loss on price cuts - MarketWatchShares in Circuit City Stores Inc. (CC) fell sharply Tuesday after the company ...
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Another Reason To Sell Yahoo!: Fox

Posted: December 19, 2006 at 10:45 pm

Stocks:  (NWS)(TWX)(GOOG)(YHOO)Rupert Murdoch. Never drawn. Never beaten. Not in the newspaper industry, cable programming, satellite TV, studios, and now, the internet.Murdoch looks as old as Methusela and probably is. But, ...
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Sony Makes It Back to Even (SNE)

Posted: December 19, 2006 at 10:24 pm

For awhile this year, it looked like Sony's stock might never recover from its battery recalls and Playstation 3 delays.But, things have started to move Sony's way. After opening the ...
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Analysts’ M&A Guessing Game

Posted: December 19, 2006 at 10:05 pm

Stocks:  (JNJ)(BSX)(STJ)It has only been a few days since Merrill Lynch said that Bank of America may be buying Barclays. The results were humiliating for Merrill. The Barclays denial was ...
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Dell Hires A CEO In Waiting (DELL)

Posted: December 19, 2006 at 9:52 pm

Dell hired the former CEO of American Airlines to become the PC company's CFO. Donald Carty is a Dell board member and has been mentioned in this column as a ...
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Nortel Sets A Faster Pace (NT)(ERIC)(RBAK)(ALA)(VZ)(MOT)

Posted: December 19, 2006 at 9:43 pm

After a glowing cover story in Barron's recently, Nortel had something to live up to. The company, down so long that almost no one remembers when the company did well, ...
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Northfield Labs: Bleeding to Death on Fake Blood

Posted: December 19, 2006 at 7:17 pm

Northfield Labs (NFLD) just imploded after-hours.  The company fell 20% at the end of the day on disappointing information chatter ahead of the review due today, but after the close ...
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Cramer’s Christmas Stock(ing) Stuffer

Posted: December 19, 2006 at 6:25 pm

Cramer has another Christmas play on MAD MONEY tonight.  He called it the 12 days of Cramer, which is really 4 plays that work in Christmas without you knowing it ...
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Cramer Calls for InnerWorkings

Posted: December 19, 2006 at 6:11 pm

Cramer says you can learn from the dot.com bubble blow-ups and know how to avoid repeats in many hot stocks of today.  A stock he likes is InnerWorkings (INWK).  It's ...
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US Stock Market Wrap (DEC 19, 2006)

Posted: December 19, 2006 at 4:10 pm

DJIA    12,471.32;    Up 30.05  (0.24%)NASDAQ    2,429.55    Down 6.02 (0.25%)S&P500    1,425.52    Up 3.04 (0.21%)10YR-Bond    4.599%     Up 0.012NYSE Volume    2,602,513,000NASD Volume    1,922,578,000PPI....Schme....Schpee..Schie....Don't ...
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