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Daily Archives: October 19, 2007

The 52-Week Low Club: Merrill Lynch (MER)

Posted: October 19, 2007 at 3:25 pm

The list is very long today, so this will have to be confined to the best of the worst.Radian Group (RDN) Company provides services to mortgage lenders. Not a good ...
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Market Drop But No Surrender

Posted: October 19, 2007 at 3:07 pm

The Dow was down 370 points, or 2.7%. Nasdaq fell almost the same amount.But, that was not the story. What happened at the end of the day is what was ...
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The Business Day In Global Warming (MCEL, ASTI, CSUN, CPST, CMGI, USEY)

Posted: October 19, 2007 at 2:38 pm

Senator Joe Lieberman and Senator John Warner introduce the Climate Security Act to aim for 50% carbon emission reduction in the U.S...... by 2050.Lazard Capital gets even more bullish on ...
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New Brokerage Targets on Google… How Long ‘Til $1,000 Target Issued? (GOOG)

Posted: October 19, 2007 at 1:48 pm

There are enough research reports and notes out today on Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) that the 'consensus' numbers ahead and the consensus targets aren't going to be of any use for a ...
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Home & Lending Stocks Continue To Implode (FNM, FRE, C, WM, SOV, HD, LEN, CTX)

Posted: October 19, 2007 at 11:27 am

After reviewing the 52-week lows today, it was almost the same old trend we have been seeing day in and day out.... Lenders... Banks... Homes... and Consumer...What is obvious is ...
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Lazard Gets More Bullish on Solar (STP, SPWR)

Posted: October 19, 2007 at 10:22 am

Sanjay Shrestha, Managing Director and Senior Analyst of Alternative Energy & Industrials at Lazard Capital Markets has maintained his positive stance on solar companies.  Suntech is scheduled to report 3Q07 ...
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AMD (AMD) Pays The Price

Posted: October 19, 2007 at 9:45 am

There was a moment after AMD (AMD) released its earnings when the stock actually rose. Gross margins were up a bit. The Q3 loss was less than Q2. There was ...
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Overstock Over The Top (OSTK)

Posted: October 19, 2007 at 8:26 am

Overstock.com (NASDAQ:OSTK) is seeing a stock surge in its pre-market trading.  The controversial online discount retailer posted a narrower than expected loss of $4.7 million on a 3% rise in ...
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DJIA Components 20 Years After The Crash (MO, GM, IBM, MCD, MRK, MMM, PG, UTX) Part 2

Posted: October 19, 2007 at 7:57 am

Astoday is the 20th anniversary of the 1987 stock market crash, 24/7 WallSt. wanted to go back in time to review how the individual DJIAcomponents held up around the time ...
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DJIA Components 20 Years After The Crash (AXP, T, BA, CVX, KO, DD, XOM, GE) Part 1

Posted: October 19, 2007 at 7:22 am

As today is the 20th anniversary of the 1987 stock market crash, 24/7 Wall St. wanted to go back in time to review how the individual DJIA components held up ...
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Appe (AAPL) Mac Market Share Growing

Posted: October 19, 2007 at 7:17 am

According to Gartner research the big winner in computer sales in the U.S.was Apple (AAPL), which saw shipments rise 37 percent, according to Gartner, to 1.3 million units. That gave ...
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Pre-Market Analyst Calls (October 19, 2007)

Posted: October 19, 2007 at 6:54 am

AZN cut to Sell at UBS.BKUNA cut to Mkt Perform at FBR.CAB cut to Neutral at RWBaird.COF cut to Mkt Perform at FBR.COST started as Mkt Perform at Bernstein.DVA cut ...
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Key Earnings Reactions (October 19, 2007)

Posted: October 19, 2007 at 6:44 am

(AMD) Advanced Micro Devices -$0.71 EPS vs -$0.62 est.(BSX) Boston Scientific $0.20 EPS vs $0.07 guidance.(CAT) Caterpillar $1.40 EPS vs $1.43 est.; narrows 2007 guidance.(FITB) Fifth Third $0.71 EPS vs ...
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Boston Scientific’s (BSX) Bleak Outlook

Posted: October 19, 2007 at 6:11 am

The stent business continues to dog Boston Scientific (BSX) numbers. Several studies have shown that the devices can cause blood clots.BSX sales for the third quarter of 2007 were $2.048 ...
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Europe Markets 10/19/2007

Posted: October 19, 2007 at 5:25 am

Markets in Europe were lower at 6.20 AM New York time.The FTSE was off .1% to 6,602. BP (BP) was up 1.2% to 623.5. Nothern Rock was down 2.2% to ...
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