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Daily Archives: January 2, 2008

Cramer Buy, Sell, Hold Calls For 2008 On His 2007 Picks (GS, MO, HAL, CSCO, AAPL, NYX, BMRN, RAD, LVLT)

Posted: January 2, 2008 at 7:20 pm

On tonight's MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer came out and wanted to give his BUY, SELL, or HOLD recommendations on his Top 9 Picks from 2007 now that we ...
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Cramer Reviews 2007 Into 2008 (AUY, ABX, BMRN, HAL, AAPL, MO, SVNT, RIMM, GOOG, AMZN, RAD, LVLT, NYX, CSCO)

Posted: January 2, 2008 at 6:27 pm

On tonight's MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer kicked off 2008 by being somewhat cautious on the volatility in 2008.  Cramer said he wants to Add gold to the portfolio  ...
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Is Overstock Better Or Worse After Key Resignation (OSTK)

Posted: January 2, 2008 at 4:39 pm

Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSTK) has just announced that Jason Lindsey has resigned from the board of directors of Overstock.com and has resigned as the company's president and chief operating officer effective ...
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52-Week Low Club: Transport, Semiconductors & Financials (January 2, 2008)

Posted: January 2, 2008 at 4:23 pm

Truckers led the drop after a fake $100 oil print and after a YRC Worldwide (NASDAQ: YRCW) acquisition write-down, pulling down Arkansas Best (NASDAQ: ABFS) and others.  With no surprise, ...
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Mid-Day 52-Week Lows (SBUX)(AMD)(F)(AMR)(NCC)

Posted: January 2, 2008 at 1:44 pm

It is unusual to see this many 52-week lows in big cap stocks, but many of these are credit or oil-price related.US Air (LLC) down to $13.50. Northwest Air (NWA) ...
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Becton Dickinson Finds A Friend In Staph Diagnostics (BDX)

Posted: January 2, 2008 at 1:43 pm

Becton, Dickinson & Co. (NYSE: BDX) is seeing shares hitting new all-time highs as it has received clearance from the U.S. FDA for the BD GeneOhm(TM) StaphSR assay. This is ...
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The Inevitable $100 Oil (OIH, XLE)

Posted: January 2, 2008 at 1:05 pm

Media reports today are noting a $100 print in oil trading, although we would caution that this appears to be a paper trade from the floor and not an accurate ...
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Crude Oil Hits $100 A Barrel

Posted: January 2, 2008 at 12:27 pm

Crude for February delivery rallied $4.02 to $100 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange in early afternoon trading, according to MarketWatch.Trouble in Nigeria and fear of falling supply ...
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Defensive Stocks For 2008 From 247WallSt.Com (PEP, KO, BUD, MCD, YUM, RAI, MO, PG, JNJ, PFE, MRK)

Posted: January 2, 2008 at 12:21 pm

We are updating our list of tier-one Defensive Stocks since so many of these stocks have run up and since lists need continual updating.  Our originally updated list of tier ...
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Citigroup (C) Q4 Write-Down Could Be $12 Billion

Posted: January 2, 2008 at 11:54 am

Shares in Citigroup (C) are off by over 1% today despite a positive report from research firm Punk, Ziegel.The reason the big bank is trading near its 52-week low may ...
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Starbucks (SBUX): Adding Insult To Insult, Bring Back Schultz

Posted: January 2, 2008 at 10:04 am

The people over at Bear Stearns decided to kick Starbucks (SBUX) while it is down. Perhaps the company deserves it. The investment house dropped its rating from "outperform" to "peer ...
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Starbucks (SBUX): Adding Insult To Insult, Bring Back Schultz

Posted: January 2, 2008 at 10:04 am

The people over at Bear Stearns decided to kick Starbucks (SBUX) while it is down. Perhaps the company deserves it. The investment house dropped its rating from "outperform" to "peer ...
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National City Slashes More Jobs… And Its Dividend (NCC)

Posted: January 2, 2008 at 9:45 am

National City Corp. (NYSE: NCC) is following suit of many of the financial lending companies.  The company has slashed its dividend by 49% down to a new $0.21 dividend rather ...
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Akeena Surges on Suntech Additional Licensing (AKNS, STP)

Posted: January 2, 2008 at 8:34 am

Akeena Solar, Inc. (NASDQ: AKNS) has announced that its solar panel technology called Andalay will be distributed in Europe, Japan and Australia under a license agreement with Suntech Power Holdings ...
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Federal Mogul Exits Chapter 11, Public Again Soon

Posted: January 2, 2008 at 8:17 am

Federal-Mogul Corp. has announced it emerged from Chapter 11 on December 27, 2007 as the effective date of its reorganization plan.  CEO Jose Maria Alapont noted beginning 2008 as being ...
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