Posts for Ticker ‘PARD’

Biophama Firms Lexicon And Poniard In The Hurt Locker

Biophama companies are horrible investments at least 90% of the time because they are gambles on the IQs of small groups of scientists and the whims of the FDA. Poniard Pharmaceuticals (PARD) and Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (LXRX) proved the point today by each dropping 10% on heavy volume. Read More »

Posted on: March 8, 2010 – 1:25 pm in Biotech, ,

Top Day Trader Alerts (PEIX, KERX, PARD, DRYS, CIEN, SLE)

These are Monday’s top day trader and active trader alerts seen in the pre-market levels.  We have a link to each story where applicable over at VSInvestor.com with more details and analysis:

Pacific Ethanol, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEIX) is up on sentiment by almost 7% earlier this morning.

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: KERX) ran on positive colorectal cancer news.

Poniard Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: PARD) is trading down on an analyst call despite some positive internal news on colorectal cancer.

DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) is up almost 5% on an analyst call.

CIENA Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN) is trading up over 3% this morning on an analyst call.

Sara Lee Corp. (NYSE: SLE) is trading higher by 5% after Barron’s called for a run of up to 40% in the coming year.

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JON C. OGG

Posted on: January 25, 2010 – 9:10 am in Pre-Market Activity, Trading Alert, , , , , ,

Top Day Trader Alerts (PARD, NLST, DRYS, VVUS, PHM)

These are this morning’s top day trader and active trader alerts with big volume or big moves in early pre-market trading.  We have more detailed analysis and data with a link to each stock at VSInvestor.com:

Poniard Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: PARD) is recovering again.

Netlist Inc. (NASDAQ: NLST) is entering the drunkard territory on the charts.

DryShips, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) was only down about 2% on the latest note offering.

VIVUS Inc. (NASDAQ: VVUS) has its holders getting excited, just like its ED trials are sowing, with 13% gain.

Pulte Homes Inc. (NYSE: PHM) was up 4% on a Citi upgrade before the new housing data came out this morning.

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JON C. OGG

Posted on: November 18, 2009 – 9:01 am in Pre-Market Activity, Trading Alert, , , , ,

Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (DVN, XOM, HES, ITW, LEA, NFLX, PALM, PARD, SPWRA, VRTX)

These are this morning’s top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls:

Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN) Raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) Raised to Overweight at Barclays.
Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) Raised to Buy at UBS.
Illinois Tool Works (NYSE: ITW) Raised to Buy at UBS.
Lear Corp. (NYSE: LEA) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan.
Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) Started as Buy at Collins Stewart.
Palm Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM) Raised to Buy at Kaufman.
Poniard Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: PARD) Cut to Market Perform at Rodman & Renshaw.
Sunpower Corporation (NASDAQ: SPWRA) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray; Cut to Market Perform at FBR Capital Markets.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: VRTX) Cut to Neutral at Merriman Curhan Ford.

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JON C. OGG

Posted on: November 17, 2009 – 8:01 am in Pre-Market Activity, Trading Alert, , , , , , , , , ,

Top Day Trader Alerts (C, DELL, NLST, NABI, PARD, RVSN, CSCO, S)

These are this Monday morning’s top day trader and active trader alert stocks.  We have a link through to each stock at VSInvestor.com with more detailed analysis and data.

Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) is up 4% on the Paulson stake being so large.

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) is up over 1% after Goldman Sachs re-started with a BUY rating and a $19.00 target.

Netlist Inc. (NASDAQ: NLST) is trying for a day-four run and volume is already exponential compared to old averages in pre-market trading.

Nabi Biopharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: NABI) is up 35% on a GSK pact to develop nicotine conjugate candidate vaccine.

Poniard Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: PARD) is today’s biggest loser after its small cell lung cancer drug failed in trials.

RADVision Ltd. (NASDAQ: RVSN) is down 7% on word that Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) is juicing up the buyout offer to secure a Tandberg.

UPDATED at 9:48 AM EST:  Sprint Nextel is one of the S&P’s top gainers up almost 11% on the Oppenheimer upgrade.

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JON C. OGG

Posted on: November 16, 2009 – 8:59 am in Pre-Market Activity, Trading Alert, , , , , , , ,