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Top Day Trader Alerts (ABK, IMOS, DE, GERN, HAUP)

Administrator — Wed, 19 May 2010 12:52:13 +0000

We have many stocks on the move this morning pre-market. Some of the big percentage changes are being seen in Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: ABK), ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (NASDAQ: IMOS), Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE), Geron Corporation (NASDAQ: GERN), and Hauppauge Digital, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAUP). We have outlined a brief explanation and comparable volume and price data.

Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: ABK) is down again after yesterday’s plummet on its losses. Shares are down over 6% at $1.05 on close to 1 million shares in the pre-market session.

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (NASDAQ: IMOS) is still up and up big after last night’s earnings and guidance surprise. SHares are up 9% at $1.80 but the trading volume is still very thin. Average volume is about 800,000 shares. This one only traded about 10,000 shares last night.

Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE) is up on a down day after beating earnings expectations and after raising guidance. SHares are up 2.8% at $58.80 on over 60,000 shares in the pre-market versus a 52-week range of $34.90 to $63.68. Average volume is over 4 million shares.

Geron Corporation (NASDAQ: GERN), king of the stem cells, is up after it reported data on its small molecule Telomerase Activator in model of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Shares are up 4.8% at $6.68 on about 20,000 shares, which feels like muted volume for a stem cell stock on news.

Hauppauge Digital, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAUP) continues to play the great game of giving back those exponential gains now that reality has set in. Shares closed at $3.07, but are now down over 7% at $2.85 on almost 50,000 shares.

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Filed under: Pre-Market Activity, Trading Alert Tagged: ABK, DE, GERN, HAUP, IMOS

Top After-Hours Movers (PLAB, CECO, IMOS, WSTL, NYX, HAFC)

Administrator — Tue, 18 May 2010 21:44:41 +0000

The after-hours session tonight is not exactly littered with the largest and most liquid companies out there. We are seeing moves in Photronics Inc. (NASDAQ: PLAB), Career Education Corporation (NASDAQ: CECO), ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (NASDAQ: IMOS), Westell Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: WSTL), NYSE Euronext, Inc. (NYSE: NYX), and Hanmi Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: HAFC). We have shown the moves seen since the 4PM close with an explanation, the volume, the move, and added color on each if applicable.

Photronics Inc. (NASDAQ: PLAB) is up after earnings of $0.09 EPS vs. $0.04 from Thomson Reuters; revenues rose 26% to $105.1M vs. $102.3M estimates; Shares up almost 10% at $5.40 in ater-hours on 18K shares.

Career Education Corporation NASDAQ: CECO) is active among recent pro-regulation resignations in politics. Shares closed down at $29.74 but the stock traded 150,000 shares since the close and the stock is up 7% at $31.83.

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (NASDAQ: IMOS) is soaring after the close after it returned to profits. It also sees 17% TO 23% in sequential revenue growth. Shares are up 10.9% at $1.83 in the after-hours after closing down 5.7% at $1.65 today.

Westell Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: WSTL) is trading higher after it reported a $2.7 million profit for the fourth quarter and posted a $10.3 million profit for its fiscal-2010 report. Shares are up 7.15% at $1.50 versus a 52-week range of $0.42 to $1.88.

NYSE Euronext, Inc. (NYSE: NYX) is trading higher after the Big Board exchange is getting some SEC-sponsored proposals for a single-stock circuit breaker for 10% price moves within 5 minutes. Shares are trading up over 4% at $29.99 on over 200,000 shares.

Hanmi Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: HAFC) is far from a household name. Shares closed at $2.31 but are up 11.7% at $2.58 on over 35,000 shares.

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JON C. OGG

Filed under: After-Hours Activity, Trading Alert Tagged: CECO, HAFC, IMOS, NYX, PLAB, WSTL

52-Week Low Club (December 28, 2007)

247wallst — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:01:00 +0000

Some of these stocks hit 52-week lows and recovered off of lows so they won’t have a low close. But these did all touch or breach the 52-week lows. At the end we also broke out retail stocks, financial stocks, airlines & transports, and hotels. A separate report could have been compiled for REIT’s as well, but many of those were left off because of room or volume. There were enough 52-week lows today that you might even wonder if there had been a mini-crash in the markets. Here are the 52-week lows for December 28, 2007:

Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD)… imagine if the company got Hector Ruiz to leave.
American Greetings (NYSE: AM)…again.
AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN)… new entrant.
Carmike Cinemas (NASDAQ:CKEC)
ChipMOS (NASDAQ:IMOS)
Corp. Office Property (NYSE: OFC)
Cryptologic (NASDAQ: CRYP)
Diebold (NYSE:DBD)
Fortune Brands (NYSE:FO)
Group 1 Auto (NYSE: GPI)
Infinera Corp. (NASDAQ: INFN)
Introgen (NASDAQ:INGN)
Japan Smaller Cap Fund (NYSE: JOF)
Lamar Advertising (NASDAQ: LAMR)
Legget & Platt (NYSE: LEG)
Martha Stewart (NYSE: MSO)
Marvell Tech (NASDAQ:MRVL)
Mattel (NYSE:MAT)
McClatchy (NYSE:MNI)
Micron Tech (NYSE:MU)
NGAS Resources (NASDAQ:NGAS)
Nortel Networks (NYSE:NT)
Owens Corning (NYSE:OC)
Omnicare (NYSE:OCR)
Prestige Brand (NYSE: PBH)
PC-Tel (NASDAQ:PCTI)
Ruth’s Chris (NASDAQ:RUTH)
SanDisk (NASDAQ: SNDK)
Theravance (NASDAQ:THRX)
Tractor Supply (NASDAQ:TSCO)
Wendy’s (NYSE: WEN)
World Fuel Services (NYSE:INT)
U-Store-It (NYSE:YSI)

Retail Stocks on 52-week lows: Ann Taylor (NYSE:ANN), Big Lots (NYSE:BIG), Borders Group (NYSE:BGP), Bon Ton Stores (NASDAQ:BONT), Chico’s FAS (NYSE:CHS), Finish Line (NASDAQ:FINL), Liz Claiborne (NYSE: LIZ), Macy’s (NYSE: M), Office Max (NYSE:OMX), Petsmart (NASDAQ:PETM), Stage Stores (NYSE:SSI)

Financial stocks on 52-week lows: Bear Stearns (NYSE: BSC), Citigroup (NYSE:C), Canseco (NYSE: CNO), Discover Financial (NYSE: DFS), Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB), Fortress Investment (NYSE: FIG), MBIA Inc. (NYSE: MBI), Washington Mutual (NYSE:WM)… urgh! When does it stop?

Airlines/Transports on 52-week lows: Airtran Holdings (NYSE: AAI)…again. Did they launch a Friends Die Free rewards plan? Continental Airlines (NYSE:CAL), Fedex (NYSE:FDX), Mesa Air (NASDAQ:MESA), Northwest Airlines (NYSE: NWA)… near $100 oil is a real pain.

Hotels Hitting 52-week lows: Host Hotels (NYSE: HST), Lasalle Hotel (NYSE: LHO), Starwood Hotels (NYSE:HOT), Sunstone Hotel (NYSE: SHO), Wydham Worldwide (NYSE:WYN). Maybe these all wish they could get the private equity buyers back in the sector. If only they could still borrow.

These CEO’s new year’s resolutions are all the same: "In 2008 I want to keep my stock off the 52-week low lists."

Jon C. Ogg
December 28, 2007