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Daily Archives: December 25, 2006

Short Sellers Question EMC’s Future

Posted: December 25, 2006 at 8:29 pm

Stocks:  (EMC)(IBM)(HPQ)(DELL)(HIT)(SYMC)EMC is the dominant player in storage hardware. But, research firm IDC recently released a report saying that IBM was dominating both EMC and Symantec in the Storage Infrastructure ...
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GM Gets A Break From Shorts (GM)(TM)

Posted: December 25, 2006 at 8:13 pm

While Wall St. short sellers seem to be betting against Ford, may are not willing to wager that GM will drop as well. Short interest in the world's largest auto ...
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Ford’s Shorts Get Longer (F)

Posted: December 25, 2006 at 8:00 pm

The short interest in Ford skyrocketed in December. The number of shares sold short was up 43.2 million from the previous month to 145 million. That is a big move ...
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The Shorts Chase AT&T (T)(BLS)(TWX)(CMCSA)(VZ)

Posted: December 25, 2006 at 7:49 pm

Maybe there was some concern in the market that the AT&T deal with BellSouth would get pushed back again. Maybe T's run from $22 last November to its current $35 ...
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Has Wal-Mart’s $4 Drug Program Begun To Lose Gas?

Posted: December 25, 2006 at 7:39 pm

Stocks:  (WMT)(TGT)(RAD)(WAG)(COST)Walgreeen and Rite Aid both turned in excellent results for the last quarter. Part fo the message sent by both companies is that Wal-Mart's $4 generic drug program is ...
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Nintendo’s Big Run: Trouble For Playstation?

Posted: December 25, 2006 at 7:26 pm

Stocks:  (MSFT)(SNE)As the three game platforms begin true head-to-head competition with the launch of the Wii and Playstation 3, several factors could hurt Sony's chances of having its PS3 platform ...
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IBD Weekly Top Ranked Medical Stocks

Posted: December 25, 2006 at 2:12 pm

From BioHealth InvestorThe following list represents the top ten medical stocks ranked according to Earnings Per Share and Relative Strength by Investor's Business Daily (12/23/06)scores out of 100 (last week's ...
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The Monday Edition: US$ & Russell 2K Relationship- China’s Water Shortage- Iceland Reminiscent of UK’s CB actions in 92

Posted: December 25, 2006 at 2:05 pm

By Yaser Anwar, CSC of Equity Investment IdeasAfter bickering with Mrs. Investment Ideas as to "why" I've to blog when its a holiday (I told her I function according to ...
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Could Internet Ad Rates Spiral Down?

Posted: December 25, 2006 at 1:37 pm

Stocks:  (MSFT)(TWX)(YHOO)Internet ad rates have been rising faster then some customers can handle. Affordablity is website impressions is starting to become a major issue for some marketers.Some ad impressions on ...
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HP’s Growth Trouble (HPQ)(AAPL)(SNE)(MSFT)(SNDK)

Posted: December 25, 2006 at 10:15 am

The market is assuming that Hewlett-Packard will grow 6% next year, from its current annual revenue of $92 million. This is the company's forecast, and CEO Mark Hurd has earned ...
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More Trouble For Vista (MSFT)

Posted: December 25, 2006 at 9:28 am

Microsoft has had a resurgence of sorts. The stock trades near $30, up from a 52-week low of $21.46. There is excitement in some quarters that Xbox has gained enough ...
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Asia Markets 12/25/2006 (CAJ)(HMC)(HIPNY)(NTT)(SNE)(TM)

Posted: December 25, 2006 at 8:59 am

The Nikkei fell .1% to 17,093.Canon was up 1% to 6760. Honda was up .6% to 673. NEC fell .9% to 562. NTT was down 1.7% to 582000.Softbank was down ...
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As Google Passes Yahoo! The Internet’s Calculus May Save The Laggard

Posted: December 25, 2006 at 8:41 am

Stocks:  (GOOG)(YHOO)Yahoo! was passed by Google in terms of unique visitors in November. Google had 475.7 compared to 475.3 for Yahoo!. All of Microsoft's sites stayed in first place with ...
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