CMGI Didn’t Get The Down Market Memo
CMGI Inc. (CMGI-NASDAQ) is one issue that is actually just amazing. You would have never known that this stock reported bad news of the loss of its Hewlett Packard (HPQ) business along with its…
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Cramer’s MAD MONEY Recap (MAR 2, 2007)
Tonights MAD MONEY with Jim Cramer on CNBC was more of a strategy session for a down market, and much less full of his normal buy-list stocks. Cramer said the close is not as…
Even Defensive Stocks Closed Crummy
DJIA 12,114.10; Down 120.24 (0.98%)NASDAQ 2,368.00; Down 36.21 (1.51%)S&P500 1,387.17; Down 16.00 (1.14%)10YR-Bond 4.5150%; Down 0.0410NYSE Volume 3,313,037,000NASD Volume 2,444,310,000CBOE…
The 52-Week Low Club
How the mighty have fallen. AMD (AMD) hit a low of $14.18. Its 12-month high was $42.70. Troubles at Dell (DELL) and strength in the business at rival Intel (INTC) continue to push the…
Clearwire Set For IPO Next Week (CLRW)
Craig McCaw’s Clearwire (CLWR-NASDAQ) is set to bring its WiMAX (wireless broadband) out in what will be a hot IPO. Any trader knows that if the market continues as a crummy market thatIPO’s are…
Xinhua Finance Media IPO Next Week
Any trader knows that if the market continues as a crummy market that IPO’s are generally about as fun to trade as fun is to insurance seminars. So if we keep sliding or if…
Cramer Wants You To Do Weekend Homework
On today’s Wall Street Confidential video on TheStreet.com Cramer said we should probably not be keying off of Europe. He thinks the US keying off of Europe is an opportunity for you to circle…
Consumer Sentiment Dips, But Trend Line Remains Positive YoY
The Reuters/UM’s composite Index of Consumer Sentiment came in at a finalized 91.3 for February, down from a 96.9 reading in January that was essentially a spike from solid stock market gains in the…
IPO Filing: Sirtris, A Diabetes Biotech
There has been another diabetes treatment-seeker that has filed to come public. Sirtris Pharmaceuticals has filed for an IPO and it has enlisted JPMorgan, CIBC, Piper Jaffray, JMP Securities, and Rodman & Renshaw as…
Can Palm Buyout Rumors Be True?
The Friday rumor mill is at it again. In fact this is a "re-rumor" because the company has been rumored, or rumoured from the British Inquirer, to be an acquisition candidate on what may…
GooTube Signs More Deals; Viacom NBC Get Lonelier
From Internet Outsider The BBC, the NBA, the Sundance Channel, the "hundreds" of small media partners who sign up every quarter… GooTube is quietly partnering with almost all of the old media world that…
Sector 50-Day Spread Charts
From Ticker Sense Below we highlight 50-day moving average spread charts for the ten major US sectors. The blue line represents the historical daily percent difference between the current price of the sector and…
Can Video Game Tunes Help Save Warner Music?
There was piece of news that came out on Wednesday, but covering it then would have been about as valuable as gold to a dead man. In the midst of a correction (or meltdown…
Goldman Sachs Notes (March 2, 2007)
Earnings Estimate Increased on DELL, BVN, SHLD, VIA, THE, AER, GGL, TFX. Earnings Estimate Decreased on CDL, GPS, SWN, PRAI, OCR, CMOS, XTXI, XTEX. Goldman Sachs has noted on BJ’s Wholesale Club (BJ) that…
YouTube Gets More Content No One Wants To Watch
After announcing that it had signed hundreds of deals with small video content providers, YouTube from Google (GOOG) made a joint statement with the BBC that content from the British news organization would be…
EADS: Airbus Says If It Ain’t Broke Don’t Make It
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat We’ll save our usual “why big jets are unnecessary” comments for those who want to click through to read them. Germany Puts Freight A380 on Ice:…
Starbucks Cuts “Dividend”
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat According to the Seattle Times (via AZ Central): Every year around this time, Starbucks sends its shareholders a little gift along with its annual report and…
Pre-Market Stock News (MAR 2, 2007)
(AIG) AIG rose 2% after meeting expectations, boosting dividends, and announcing a $8 Billion stock buyback plan ($5B this year on accelerated basis).(ATPG) ATP Oil & Gas said annual production increased 155% and a…
Pre-Market Analyst Calls (MAR 2, 2007)
BRLC started as Buy at Cantor Fitzgerald.CCL raised to Positive at Susquehanna.CIEN raised to Hold at Jefferies.CRZO started as Buy at Jefferies.DTE raised to Buy at KeyBanc.EXLS started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.FCX raised…
15 Companies That Management Can’t Fix: Dell
There are certain companies that probably cannot be turned around no matter who runs them. They tend to be in industries where macro-economic trends are against them, like the buggy whip business 150 years…