Stock Tickers: XHB, KBH, DHI, PHM, CTX, NVR, MDC, HOV, BZH, LEN, TOL, RYL The short interest for MAY 2007 is out. We noticed an increase in the number of shares in the May…
With both Home Depot (HD) and Lowe’s (LOW) reporting numbers in the past two weeks after the dust has settled, what should you do? After all, both have disappointed with earnings falling 29% for…
Stock Tickers: AMD, TXN, LSI, MU, NSM, CY, IFX, ADI, STM, TSM, SMH The Semiconductor HOLDRs Trust (SMH) pretty much says it all, although many of the components in that are NASDAQ listed instead…
XM Satellite (XMSR) has an outage that covers a number of its subscribers, but no one knows how many for certain. It is a clever way to convince the FCC that it needs to…
(AVNC) Advancis Pharmaceutical announces FDA acceptance of its new drug application for Amoxicillin Pulsys.(BJ) BJ’s Wholesale $0.20 EPS vs $0.20e.(CSCO) Cisco Systems is acquiring private BroadWare Technologies for an undisclosed sum.(CYTO) Cytogen says data…
AIV raised to Outperform at Wachovia.AQNT cut to Neutral at UBS.ARQL started as Buy at Cantor Fitzgerald.ASN raised to Outperform at Wachovia.BDK started as Sell at B of A.BXP raised to Sector Perform at…
According to The New York Post, Home Depot (HD) is having trouble selling its supply business, HD Supply. The slowdown in the housing market is hurting the company’s efforts to get the $10 billion…
Markets in Europe were mixed at 6.05 AM New York time. The FTSE fell .1% to 6,630. BP (BP) was down 1% to 584. BT (BT) was up 1.5% to 211.75. GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) was…
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is in a world of hurt. The Cleveland Clinic’s Steven Nissen suggests that Avandia, known generically as rosiglitazone, raises the risk of heart attack, in an analysis of clinical data. The drug…
Bank Raymond James believes that now that Alltel (AT) has been sold to private equity interests, Sprint (S) will be next. Not a chance. There are several reasons that the ownership at Sprint is…
Amazon (AMZN) hit a seven year high of $68.68, which puts it up over 50% for the last month. A number of investors on Wall St. think it has gone a bridge too far.…
Below are the major short positions and changes for the period measured on May 15 compared to April 13, 2007 Largest Short Position Ford 209.8 million…
According to Reuters, the FDA will weigh the risks of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) diabetes drug Avandia. On Monday, a medical journal reported risks related to the drug. Reuters writes that Halliburton (HAL) is looking for…
Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei rose .7% to 17,680. Hitachi (HIT) was up 1.4% to 868. KDDI was down 2.8% to 1030000. NEC (NIPNY) was up 7.3% to 632. Sony (SNE) was…
By Chad Brand of Peridot Capitalist
By Yaser Anwar, CSC of Equity Investment Ideas
by Hisham S. Ayoub, DMDBioHealth Investor.com
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Amazon.com (AMZN) is up7% today and is just $2 bucks away from $70 a share. That’s $70 a share people for lovely Amazon.com. Yes the MP3 store is coming, which is going to be…
You know this sticker, I’m sure 90% of you have peeled it off before you bit into a tasty Chiquita banana. Of course those bananas can’t grow in the crappy climate of the United…