Rick’s Cabaret (RICK) may be in a business which many investors disapprove of. It runs strip clubs. Nonetheless, the stock is soaring today.

Another vice stock, Wynn (WYNN) is trading heavy on a new stock offering.

After Nokia’s warning that global handset sales have gone to hell, stocks in the sector including Texas Instruments (TXN), Qualcomm (QCOM), and Ericsson (ERIC) are having a bad day.

Douglas A. McIntyre