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Daily Archives: September 11, 2008

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The 52 Week Club 9/11/2008 (LEH)(MER)(WM)

Posted: September 11, 2008 at 3:39 pm

Lehman (LEH) Dead or alive. Off to $3.79 from 52-week high of $67.73.Washington Mutual (WM) Will the bank make it?  Plunges to $1.75  from 52-week high of $39.25.Merrill Lynch (MER) ...
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Increased Short Selling in Data-Comm Equipment Stocks (CIEN, CSCO, LVLT, JDSU, JNPR)

Posted: September 11, 2008 at 2:24 pm

With the trends seen lately in communications equipment and data providers because of telecom spending dropping, it is no huge surprise that the short selling has been increasing in some ...
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Short Seller Changes in Alternative Energy (CSIQ, CPST, CLNE, ESLR, FSLR, FTEK, FCEL, HOKU, LDK, SPWR)

Posted: September 11, 2008 at 2:11 pm

Many traders and short sellers have loved targeting solar power and other alternative energy stocks.  What is interesting is that the bets against these companies did not show a larger ...
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Major Short Selling Changes in Semiconductors (AMD, ALTR, AMAT, BRCM, INTC, MRVL, NVDA, ONNN, QCOM, RFMD, SNDK, TXN)

Posted: September 11, 2008 at 1:55 pm

There was a very mixed bag in short selling in the semiconductor sector.  What was interesting was the huge increase in the bets against NVIDIA because it was so far ...
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Internet’s Mixed Bag of Short Selling (AMZN, EBAY, GOOG, UNTD, VCLK, YHOO)

Posted: September 11, 2008 at 1:42 pm

Unfortunately there is no real clear trend in the Internet sector stocks in the short selling from mid-August to late August as you will see below.Internet              ...
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Punching Bag Stock Big Bang (BBND) Finds A Fan

Posted: September 11, 2008 at 11:52 am

The market's disdain for Big Band Networks (BBND) is long-standing and deep. The company went public nearly two years ago. Since then the maker of technology to improve the flow ...
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Bristol-Myers Re-Offers No New Offer for ImClone (IMCL, BMY)

Posted: September 11, 2008 at 10:03 am

Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) has sent a letter to Imclone Systems (NASDAQ: IMCL) in response to yesterday's rejection of its buyout offer.  It said it is disappointed that the $60.00 ...
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Lehman (LEH), WaMu (WM), And Merrill Lynch (MER): What Next?

Posted: September 11, 2008 at 8:30 am

In the next day or two, the financial markets could hit their tipping point. It is certainly not beyond the realm of the possible that Lehman (LEH) and Washington Mutual ...
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CSX Rides The Reading Railroad (CSX, UNP, BNI)

Posted: September 11, 2008 at 8:25 am

CSX Corp. (NYSE: CSX) is trading higher after the railroad operator increased its 2008 and long-term financial guidance.  It sees Fiscal-2008 earnings of $3.65 to $3.75 per share, which is ...
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Will Lehman (LEH) Fail Today?

Posted: September 11, 2008 at 7:58 am

Today may well be the day that Lehman (LEH) fails. No one should be surprised if the company goes into Chapter 11 today or if the government steps in to ...
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Day Trader Alert: lululemon athletica (LULU)

Posted: September 11, 2008 at 7:44 am

Shares of Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ: LULU) are being hit this morning on what seemed to be good earnings data on the surface.  But when you dig down it seems that ...
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Early Bird Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (ALB, AUXL, BIIB, CBEY, HAIN, HWD, LVS, SYMC, TEVA, TWTC, WBSN, WFMI)

Posted: September 11, 2008 at 6:23 am

These are some of the early bird analyst upgrades and positive calls we are seeing this Thursday morning with more than two hours to the open:Auxilium Pharma (AUXL) Started as ...
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Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (AUDC, BDX, FUL, LEH, MEDX, NVDA, PDLI)

Posted: September 11, 2008 at 6:19 am

These are some of the early bird analyst downgrades and negative calls we are seeing this Thursday morning with more than two hours to the open:AudioCodes (AUDC) cut to neutral ...
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Saving Private Ryan: The Fed Puts All Hands On Deck For Banks

Posted: September 11, 2008 at 5:21 am

With Bear Stearns, Fannie Mae (FNM), and Freddie Mac (FNM) fundamentally gone as independent institutions, the Treasury and Fed have turned their attention to Lehman (LEH) and Washington Mutual (WM). ...
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The Death Of OPEC

Posted: September 11, 2008 at 4:55 am

Saudi Arabia walked out on OPEC yesterday. It said it would not honor the cartel's production cut. It was tired of rants from Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and the well-dressed ...
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