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Daily Archives: July 20, 2007

Cramer’s European Picks (TOT, SI, ABB, PHG, BF)

Posted: July 20, 2007 at 5:23 pm

On tonight's MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer made his final "Investing In Europe" series pick.  He went to France and named Total (NYSE:TOT) as the oil pick as his ...
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New 52-Week Lows (July 20, 2007)

Posted: July 20, 2007 at 3:38 pm

STOCK TICKERS: ABK, ACA, BZH, LEN, DHI, RYL, CC, BX, FIG, FINL, HGSI, HSY, HW, JNY, NLS, REDE, TRMP, UBET, TZOO, WBThe DJIA may have hit 14,000 earlier.  A pullback ...
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Hoku Scientific Earnings: Not Really About Earnings (HOKU)

Posted: July 20, 2007 at 1:45 pm

Hoku Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ:HOKU) has been a stellar company since its stock has tripled over the last 75 days or so.  The company is set to report earnings next Tuesday, ...
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ETF Launch: Bear Stearns ETF Based on MLP’s (BSR, BSC)

Posted: July 20, 2007 at 1:16 pm

Bear Stearns (NYSE: BSC) issued their first Exchange Traded Note (ETN) that allows investors to buy a diversified group of MLP's (Master Limited Partnerships): the BearLinx Alerian MLP Select Index ...
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Top 10 Earnings Next Monday & Tuesday (July 23 & 24, 2007)

Posted: July 20, 2007 at 11:16 am

Stock Tickers: AXP, AMZN, BIIB, BNI, CME, DD, HAL, LMT, MRK, PEP, TThese may not be the ONLY important earnings, but we wanted to hit most of the major earnings.  ...
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Williams Cos., Insists On Shareholder Rewards (WMB, WPZ, DVN, BSC)

Posted: July 20, 2007 at 9:51 am

The bus is filling up with energy industry passengers wanting to create a master limited partnership (MLP) from their midstream assets. Earlier this week Devon (NYSE:DVN) got on-board and today, ...
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MF Global (MF): The Hurt That Keeps On Giving

Posted: July 20, 2007 at 9:40 am

The markets hated MF Global (MF) before it went public, And Wall St. hates it more now.Putting a derivatives broker IPO into a market that is running from derivatives won't ...
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Orbitz, A Busted IPO Out Of The Chute? (OWW, BX, TZOO)

Posted: July 20, 2007 at 8:55 am

Orbitz Worldwide Inc. (NYSE:OWW) came public as planned, but so far that is the only good news.  This was an anticipated IPO as the company used to be public, but ...
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Could Journal Register (JRC) Miss Its Debt Service?

Posted: July 20, 2007 at 8:53 am

Journal Register (JRC) announced its Q2 earnings today. They were ugly and Wall St. punished the company by pushing it to a 52-week low of $3.68. The company missed consensus ...
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Nucryst Pharmaceuticals (NCST) Rallies Like A House On Fire

Posted: July 20, 2007 at 8:38 am

Nucryst Pharmaceuticals (NCST) is up over 100% to $4.40 on news that the FDZ cleared its antimicrobial cream containing the compound NPI 32101  Of course, there was no revenue forecast ...
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Short Sellers Hit EMC Ahead of VMWare’s IPO

Posted: July 20, 2007 at 8:11 am

If there is such a strong interest in the VMWare IPO, it is amazing how short sellers have been increasing their bets against EMC Corp. (NYSE:EMC).  In July, short sellers ...
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Stent Blockage Kills Boston Scientific (BSX)

Posted: July 20, 2007 at 7:41 am

A large drop in the sale of drug coated stents knocked Boston Scientific's (BSX) quarter way down. The company's second-quarter profit, excluding charges, was $271 million, or 18 cents per ...
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Short Selling the Bankers (July 2007) (BAC, WB, WM, CFC, JPM, USB, WFC, NCC, STI, C, STT)

Posted: July 20, 2007 at 7:22 am

Short selling in banks is always an interesting area to watch, particularly in the midst of a credit lending debacle that has led to a lower credit ranking and higher ...
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Pre-Market Stock News (July 20, 2007)

Posted: July 20, 2007 at 7:21 am

(ACOR) Acorda COO resigned to pursue other interests.(AMD) Advanced Micro Devices traded up 4% after revenues were ahead of plan on processor sales.(AUY) Yamana Gold makes business combination offer for ...
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Pre-Market Analyst Calls (July 20, 2007)

Posted: July 20, 2007 at 6:28 am

ADSK cut to Hold at Citigroup.ALEX cut to Mkt Perform at Wachovia.ALVR cut to Sector Perform at CIBC.BMI cut to Neutral at Baird.CLWR cut to Hold at Jefferies.CYBS cut to ...
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