Cramer’s 21 Major Bull Market Stock Picks (2)
Stock Tickers: MHS, CVS, AGN, CELG, GENZ, CEPH, RIG, HAL, EMR, CAT, CMI, UTX, KO, PEP, CL, GS, SKS, VFC, UNP, CSX, BA On Thursday evening, Jim Cramer came out very bullish again on…
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Douglas A. McIntyre
Ocean Power Tech: Another Pig of an IPO (OPTT)
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (OPTT-NASDAQ) priced its IPO of 5,000,000 shares at $20.00, and IPO subscribers are probably wishing they would have been on vacation. Book-runners were UBS, Banc of America, and Bear Stearns;…
The 52-Week Low Club (April 27, 2007)
Stock Tickers: ALK, KOMG, LUV, PWER, RACK, XPRSA The market keeps putting in new highs, but that doesn’t keep some of the down and dirties from sinking to 52-Week Lows (we also gave the…
24/7 Wall St. on CNBC Today (GE, GOOG, YHOO)
You can watch the CNBC video interview here. Shortly after 2:00 PM EST I was a guest on CNBC disussing the Citigroup analyst call calling for General Electric (GE-NYSE) to bust part of itself…
Dell’s Mindless Musings
Michael Dell sent a memo to the staff of the company he founded, Dell (DELL). According to The Wall Street Journal, it had some banal insights. "The Direct Model has been a revolution, but…
(CAT) – Caterpillar Raises Estimates To….What They’ve Already Told Us
Caterpillar (CAT) has been up big lately, especially for a stodgy industrial the likes of CAT. It’s name has been dropped incessantly in the past few days when analysts talk about the “big earnings…
GM: Fortune’s Worthless Analysis
Alex Taylor III, over at Fortune Magazine, has floated the old balloon that GM (GM) has too many divisions. Pontiac, Cadillac, Buick, Hummer, etc. Taylor’s fundamental point is this: "Multiple brands mean multiple expenditures…
Dendreon: Countdown to FDA (DNDN)
Dendreon’s short interest actually grew again in April from 26.4 million shares in March to 33.9 million shares. The short interest was listed as 16.8 million shares in February. That is almost infathomable if…
24/7 Wall St. Starbucks Tour – San Diego Friday Makes Easy Pickin’s
Peter Lynch tells us to buy what we know, and Starbucks (SBUX-NASDAQ) has become the company that anyone in the U.S. can easily get to know – simply by driving somewhere between 10 feet…
General Electric: Analysis of a Break-Up Call (GE)
Citigroup’s Jeffrey Sprague has issued a research note basically calling for General Electric (GE-NYSE) to partially break-up in Wall Street’s "Quest to unlock shareholder value." They are calling for GE to spin-off its NBC…
XM & Sirius: UBS Upgrades, Looking For a Bottom (XMSR, SIRI)
Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI-NASDAQ) and XM Satellite Radio (XMSR-NASDAQ) are both up pre-market. Today it doesn’t just look like it is the XM earnings pushing shares. UBS Investment Research has raised its analyst ratings…
Pre-Market Stocks News (April 27, 2007)
(ABT) Abbott Labs received positive EU opinion for Humira in Crohn’s treatment.(ARQL) ArQule and Kyowa Hakko Kogyo signed an exclusive license agreement in Asia for ARQ 197, c-met inhibitor in Japan.(AT) Alltel $0.64 EPS…
Pre-Market Analyst Summary (April 27, 2007)
ABB raised to Overweight at Lehman.ALK cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.ALSK raised to Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.AMZN cut to Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.AMR cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.AVID cut to Mkt Perform at Piper…
Apple And Amazon: Nothing In Common
Apple’s (AAPL) quarterly results were more than impressive. The company posted revenue of $5.26 billion and net quarterly profit of $770 million. This compared to revenue of $4.36 billion and net quarterly profit of…
Europe Markets 4/27/2007
Markets in Europe were down slightly at 5.50 AM New York time. The FTSE fell .5% to 4,639. Barclays (BCS) was up 1% to 726. BP (BP) was down 1.1% to 565. BT (BT)…
Baidu’s Rolls Royce Share Price
Baidu (BIDU), the largest search property in China, increased revenue by 103% to $35 million in the first quarter. Net rose 143% to $11 million. The percentage increases were terrrific, but, as they say…
Dell Writes Microsoft A Thank You Note
Microsoft (MSFT) had spectacular earnings driven by sales of its new Vista OS and its server software. The world’s largest software company did recognize some revenue from coupons sold for Vista upgrades in 2006,…
News Digest 4/47/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, Royal Bank of Scotland is stepping up its pressure on ABN Amro (ABN) to take its bid to buy the company. Reuters writes that Microsoft (MSFT) surpassed Wall St. earnings expectations…
Asia Market 4/27/2007
Markets in Asia fell. The Nikkei was off .2% to 17,400. Canon (CAJ) was off .9% to 6750. Honda (HMC) was up 1.7% to 4130. NTT (NTT) was down 1% to 596000. Softbank was…
SanDisk Announces First Quarter Results: Financial News – Yahoo! Finance
From William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat