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Daily Archives: April 20, 2007

52-Week Low Club (APR 20, 2007)

Posted: April 20, 2007 at 6:31 pm

Ok, so there's only been one down day on the Dow Jones Industrial Average in umpty ump days.  Some companies aren't benefitting at all, as there are many in the ...
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Fuel-Tech is Jim Cramer’s #1 Speculative Green Investment (FTEK)

Posted: April 20, 2007 at 5:23 pm

Jim Cramer said tonight on CNBC's MAD MONEY that Fuel-Tech, Inc. (FTEK-NASDAQ) is the ultimate speculative play on GREEN INVESTING.  This is purely speculative, as it allows power plants to ...
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Cramer’s Green Investment in Metals & Chemicals

Posted: April 20, 2007 at 5:12 pm

On tonight's MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer said the market is going to end up 17% at the end of the year and we are one-third of the way ...
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Cramer Takes Another Swing at IBM’s Palmisano

Posted: April 20, 2007 at 1:48 pm

Jim Cramer came out swinging in a strong market.  As far as IBM (IBM-NYSE), Cramer said the call about $20.00 downside to IBM shows the board of directors needs to ...
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NYSE Short Interest, April, 2007

Posted: April 20, 2007 at 1:29 pm

Short interest for major stocks listed on the NYSE as of April 13 compared to March 15.Largest PositionsFord                       200.1 million sharesMotorola        ...
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Maria being paranoid

Market Comments From TheStockMasters

Posted: April 20, 2007 at 1:06 pm

What a magical day Wall Street is pushing the Dow Jones almost to the 13,000 mark. So if anything, smoke em if you got em and cash out anything you ...
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NPD Releases Data for March; Number One Console is….Playstation 2?

Posted: April 20, 2007 at 11:24 am

Industry tracker NPD released console hardware & software totals for the 5-week period ending March 5, 2007 after the close yesterday.  While sales of the next-gen consoles were below industry ...
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24/7 Wall St. Starbucks Store Review in Texas

Posted: April 20, 2007 at 9:40 am

We're still doing store reviews testing Peter Lynch's investment philosophy of looking into products you know and use as potential investments.  This round we are hitting various location of Starbucks ...
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QQQ Options Expiration Strike Prices Acting As Magnets

Posted: April 20, 2007 at 9:13 am

Today is options expiration date, which means it's a paring off day and a "strike-magnet" day.  If you look at the PowerShares QQQ (QQQQ-NASDAQ) with massive open interest in options ...
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Market Up, Who’s Left Out?

Posted: April 20, 2007 at 8:59 am

With the broad markets up 1% at 9.58 AM, which companies are left out?AMD (AMD) Bad earnings yesterday.Pfizer (PFE) Bad earnings today. General Electric (GE) Who knows? No one seems ...
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Caterpillar Has a Powerful Bark and a Strong Bite

Posted: April 20, 2007 at 7:32 am

Caterpillar (CAT-NYSE) is trading up in pre-market on what has to be called stellar earnings.  The company’s net is actually down 3% year-over-year, but it outperformed and raised guidance.The company ...
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Pre-Market Stock News (APR 20, 2007)

Posted: April 20, 2007 at 7:16 am

(AH) Armor Holdings won $41.7 million in armor orders from the Army.(AMD) AMD trading up 2.5% despite crummy earnings and sinking margins.(AVNR) Avanir trading up another 12% pre-market.(BUD) Anheueser-Busch lost ...
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Full Research Summary (APR 20, 2007)

Posted: April 20, 2007 at 7:03 am

ASD raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.BEN started as Hold at Citigroup.CB raised to Outperform at FBR.CBRL cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.COF cut to Mkt Perform at FBR.CPKI started as Outperform ...
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Pfizer Income Drops, Guidance Raises Concerns

Posted: April 20, 2007 at 6:02 am

Pfizer (PFE) did not have a very good quarter. Net income fell from $4.1 billion in the comparable quarter a year ago to $3.4 billion in the recent quarter.The company ...
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GM: China Bites The Hand That Feeds It

Posted: April 20, 2007 at 5:49 am

For big US companies, China has a gravitational pull like the Sun. It can't be avoided. The huge market is just too attractive. For firms like GM (GM), McDonald's (MCD), ...
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