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Daily Archives: May 22, 2007

DJIA Components Huge Rise in Short Selling (MAY-07)

Posted: May 22, 2007 at 5:25 pm

We reviewed various short selling trends and noticed that most sectors were mixed to up as the April to May reached record levels.  But reviewing the 28 Dow Jones Industrial ...
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Cramer’s 2nd Batch of Individual DJIA Component Targets

Posted: May 22, 2007 at 5:18 pm

Tonight on MAD MONEY Cramer, gave his targets for individual components.  Last night he gave the first six price targets which you can see here.Caterpillar (CAT) is still one that ...
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Short Selling Up in Drug & Medical Stocks

Posted: May 22, 2007 at 4:36 pm

Some sectors showed mixed results in the short selling, but the Big Pharma and medical instruments and related companies saw an increased activity in short selling in May versus April.  ...
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Alcan Shunning Alcoa (AA, AL)

Posted: May 22, 2007 at 3:36 pm

Alcoa Inc. (AA-NYSE) recently made an unsolicited offer to acquire Alcan Inc. (AL-NYSE), but after today's close Alcan formally notified Alcoa that the offer was inadequate and not in the ...
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Medtronic Indicated Higher on Earnings (MDT)

Posted: May 22, 2007 at 3:13 pm

Medtronic (MDT-NYSE) posted quarterly results with revenues up 75 to $3.28 Billion, helped on currency by $71 million.  Net earnings were 4812 million, or $0.70 EPS but $0.66 adjusting for ...
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The 52-Week Low Club

Posted: May 22, 2007 at 3:03 pm

Newmont Mining (NEM) Still hurting from Moody's downgrade. Off to $38.64 from 52-week high of $56.50.McClatchy (MNI) Has been off the lost for some time, but back now due to ...
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Palm Up After Conference Cancellation

Posted: May 22, 2007 at 2:29 pm

Shares of Palm Inc. (PALM-NASDAQ) saw some interesting movement today as word circulated that it had pulled out of a presentation at the J.P.Morgan Chase Technology Conference.  This is the ...
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KongZhong (KONG) falls from grace – for now

Posted: May 22, 2007 at 1:43 pm

The Motley Fool called KongZhong Corporation (KONG) the best small cap stock for 2007 back in December. They noted that KongZhong is the second-largest wireless value-added service (WVAS) provider in ...
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Railroads: Short Sellers Versus Buffett & Gates (UNP, NSC, CP, BNI, CNI, CSX, KSU)

Posted: May 22, 2007 at 1:30 pm

Since Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, plus many others now, have gone after more railroad holdings, we thought it would be interesting to see how short sellers are acting in ...
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INTC: Intel and ST Micro Joint Venture – The Devil is in the Details

Posted: May 22, 2007 at 1:04 pm

By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatSTMicroelectronics (STM), Intel (INTC - Annual Report) and Francisco Partners today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement to create a new ...
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Mixed Bag in Energy Short Selling (BP, VLO, MRO, BHI, RIG, XOM, CVX, COP, SLB, HAL, OIH)

Posted: May 22, 2007 at 12:24 pm

Stock Tickers: BP, VLO, MRO, BHI, RIG, XOM, CVX, COP, SLB, HAL, OIHThe short interest for MAY 2007 is out and the oil and energy patch names is fairly mixed.  ...
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AT – Alltel Corp: The Insane, The Bad & The Ugly

Posted: May 22, 2007 at 12:20 pm

By Saul Sterman At first I was going to list all the M&A deals announced to date this year and then realized that this would be the longest article I ...
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Shorting the Brokerage Stocks (MS, GS, BSC, AGE, JEF, RJF, MER, LEH, IAI)

Posted: May 22, 2007 at 10:53 am

Stock Tickers: MS, GS, BSC, AGE, JEF, RJF, MER, LEH, IAIThe short interest for MAY 2007 looks a bit mixed in the brokerage firm stocks from April to May, although ...
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Qualcomm (QCOM) And Sun Micro (SUNW): Share Buy-Backs Don’t Help

Posted: May 22, 2007 at 10:29 am

Qualcomm's (QCOM) board approved a $3 billion share buy-back. The stock moved down after the open and then flattened out at $46.20. Qualcomm is flat this year, while the S&P ...
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Dendreon Interest Remains Extremely High

Posted: May 22, 2007 at 10:02 am

Since Dendreon (DNDN) has gotten a bit of life this week, there have been numerous inquiries as to "Where is this stock going?" from stock investors.  There is obviously some ...
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