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Daily Archives: February 4, 2007

More Tools In Google’s Microsoft Assault

Posted: February 4, 2007 at 10:59 pm

There has been a good deal of speculation that Google (GOOG) is in the process of building desktop software to compete with portions of Microsoft's (MSFT) operating system functions. Google ...
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Best and Worst Performing Stocks Year to Date

Posted: February 4, 2007 at 4:10 pm

From Ticker SenseThe tables below highlight the best and worst performing stocks in the Russell 3000 over the past 5 days, the past 3 months, and year to date. http://www.tickersense.typepad.com/ ...
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Fourth Quarter Earnings Update

Posted: February 4, 2007 at 4:08 pm

From Ticker SenseAt the end of last week, the percentage of S&P 500 companies beating earnings estimates stood at 69%.  After another week of numerous reports, the percentage now stands ...
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S&P 500 Trading Range

Posted: February 4, 2007 at 4:06 pm

From Ticker SenseWhile everyone has become so concerned about the market's "frothiness" due to the lack of a 10% correction or even a 2% down day, we would highlight that ...
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S&P/Case-Shiller Median Home Price Update with Futures

Posted: February 4, 2007 at 4:05 pm

From Ticker SenseThe November S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price numbers were released this week, so we have updated our historical composite chart accordingly.  We also include the CME Futures prices that expire ...
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Overbought ETFs and Leveraged Sector ETFs

Posted: February 4, 2007 at 4:04 pm

As shown, most areas of the US markets are currently overbought, with REIT ETFs being the most extended.  The DJIA tracking Diamonds (DIA) and the S&P 500 tracking SPDRs (SPY) ...
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Semiconductor Industry Should Quit Patting Itself on the Back (and Building Capacity)

Posted: February 4, 2007 at 3:56 pm

By Wlliam Trent of Stock Market BeatSemiconductor Industry Association provided the monthly global sales report for December.The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today reported that global sales of semiconductors reached a ...
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Friday’s Top Biotech and Medical Stocks

Posted: February 4, 2007 at 1:39 pm

From BioHealth InvestorBiotechnologySEATTLE GENETICS I [SGEN] +11.38% IMMUNOGEN INC [IMGN] +8.86% IDM PHARMA INC [IDMI] +8.58% SUNESIS PHARMACEUTIC [SNSS] +8.55% SANGAMO BIOSCIENCE [SGMO] +8.52% Diagnostic SubstancesNYMOX PHARM CORP [NYMX] +44.72% ...
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Access Pharmaceuticals Gains 70% on BusinessWeek Article

Posted: February 4, 2007 at 1:38 pm

by H.S. AyoubBioHealth Investor.comI first mentioned Access Pharmaceuticals (ACCP.OB) way back in October after the company's shares doubled on 16x average volume with no news. On Friday, shares of Access ...
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IBD Weekly Top Ranked Medical Stocks

Posted: February 4, 2007 at 1:37 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 (2/03/06)scores out of 100 (last week's ...
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Biotech & Medical Venture Deals Roundup

Posted: February 4, 2007 at 1:35 pm

by Adam RubensteinClaros Diagnostics (Woburn, MA) is developing a handheld disease monitoring device that allows anyone to perform laboratory-quality blood tests in any setting, has closed a $7.8M Series A ...
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This Week on StockHouse January 29 to February 2

Posted: February 4, 2007 at 1:27 pm

By the StockHouse editorial team A fast-forward rewind of the week on StockHouse StockHouse Executive Editor and Publisher Darin Diehl traded thoughts with Mad Money market maven Jim Cramer in ...
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GE To Replace NBC’s Wright After Mediocre Results

Posted: February 4, 2007 at 10:57 am

GE (GE) won't sell its NBC Universal unit, so, after more disappointing quarterly numbers, it will put a new CEO in. Bob Wright, the head of the unit for years, ...
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Memo To Dell (DELL) Workers: So Much For Bonuses

Posted: February 4, 2007 at 9:39 am

Michael Dell, one of the world's richest men, decided to cut bonuses for most of the people at the PC firm who would have been candidates to get them for ...
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HFF Holdings IPO

Posted: February 4, 2007 at 7:12 am

Posted by Bill in General Our pre-ipo piece on HF. As always, we put together in depth analysis pieces on every ipo well before they price/open....including all four of todays ...
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