Best and Worst Performers Since 02/20
From Ticker Sense While it certainly feels like a correction in certain sectors of the market, overall the S&P 500 is only down 70 basis points since its closing high on 2/20. However, we…
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SAB 108: K-Swiss Cleans House
From AAO Weblog In its 10-K filed last Thursday, sneaker maker K-Swiss presented its clean-up adjustment of payroll withholding taxes: “In 2006, we determined that there was an underpayment of payroll withholdings in a…
Monday’s Top Biotech & Medical Stocks
From BioHealth Investor Biotechnology ORAGENICS INC +12.51% GTX, INC. +8.83% XTL BIOPHARMACEUTICA +7.83% CRITICAL THERAPEUTIC +7.27% OMRIX BIOPHARMACEUTI +6.77% Diagnostic Substances HEALTHCARE TECH LTD +9.16% OSTEOLOGIX INC +6.84% AVANT IMMUNOTHERAP +4.73% SYNOVICS PHARMACEUTL +4.00%…
Holy Betas!
From World Beta Are hedge funds returning great performance, or is it merely an illusion and they’re selling world betas in disguise? Having examined how the timing model holds up against the Harvard and…
Wal-Mart’s Cheap Doubling in China (WMT)
Wal-Mart (WMT-NYSE) just snuck further into China with an investment that will either to lead to further control or an outright acquisition of locally operated Trust-Mart. As of December 2006 Wal-Mart already had 73…
Cramer Dumps Google (GOOG, YHOO, EBAY, IACI, AMZN, GSIC)
Last night on CNBC’s MAD MONEY, Jim Cramer came out and almost did the unthinkable to the Googlites. He officially changed his tune Google (GOOG-NASDAQ) as far as his old Bullish stance to that…
Cramer: eBay is the #1 Replacement for Google (EBAY, GOOG)
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer changed his stance on Google (GOOG-NASDAQ) and thinks it has to take more of a breather. Cramers #3 Internet stock to replace GOOG is Yahoo! (YHOO-NASDAQ).…
Cramer: IAC/Interactive is #2 Google Replacement (IACI, GOOG)
Cramer changed his stance on Google (GOOG-NASDAQ) on tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC. The number 3 Internet stock he gave was Yahoo! (YHOO-NASDAQ) and you can read about that here. His #2 favorite replacement…
Cramer is Taking a Break on Google (GOOG, YHOO)
On tonight’s MAD MONEY show on CNBC, Cramer said he is taking a break on Google (GOOG-NASDAQ). He has noted that it was a tech exception before, and he said he is not backing…
Advanced Micro Devices From The Stock Masters
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is trading up +.81 or 6% today on LBO rumors. If you’re in a gambling mood today like Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, check out the July ’07 $17.50 calls, trading for…
Aventine Renewable Energy’s Earnings more than Double
From The Stock Masters We’ve had our eye on this company since last year and ever since the Democrats got control of US Congress we’ve been preaching AVR left and right. On Friday Aventine…
Biotech Implosion: Threshold Pharmaceuticals’ Trial Fails on Pancreatic Cancer (THLD)
Biotech Implosion: Threshold Pharmaceuticals (THLD) Threshold Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (THLD-NASDAQ) came clean after the close and announced that a Phase 3 trial of glufosfamide did not show a statistically significant improvement in overall survival in…
CMGI’s Great Quarter Tarnished By Loss of H-P Business
CMGI INC. (CMGI-NASDAQ) Earnings Highlights: For the second quarter, CMGI reported net income of $35.9 million or $0.07 diluted earnings per share. CMGI currently expects revenues of approximately $1.10 billion in fiscal 2007. With…
Brocade Number Bless Rally
Brocade (BRCD) came in with results ahead of Wall St. expectations. Revenue in the last quarter rose 32% to $224 million. Net income hit $33 millon. The company has made two acquisition lately: McData…
Marvell Revenue Revival
Marvell (MRVL) still can’t report full results due to the unresolved issues it has with options backdating. But revenue rose 27% to $622 million for the fiscal quarter ending January 27. Perhaps more important,…
Apple’s iTV Delay Brushed Off By Traders (AAPL)
Apple (AAPL-NASDAQ) has confirmed reports that its iTV that was set to launch will be delayed until mid-March. The company is saying that it is taking longer to wrap up the last issues. This…
Chuck Prince’s Best Strategy At Citigroup (C)
Chuck Prince is in perhaps the most precarious situation of most Wall Street CEO’s that need to step down. When I heard the media reports of "EXECUTIVE CHANGES AT CITIGROUP" early this morning I…
Cramer’s Secondary Merger Plays
On today’s STOP TRADING segment on CNBC, Cramer discussed the New York Stock Exchange (NYX-NYSE) as still being the most attractive stock in the exchange sector even though Intercontinental Exchange (ICE-NYSE) has rallied the…
CMGI Active Ahead of Earnings
As a reminder, CMGI Inc. (CMGI-NASDAQ) is set to report earnings after the close today. There are no bulge-bracket firms covering it so we won’t even try to fathom a guess as to whether…
Microsoft’s Stock Drop After Vista Release Was Very Predictable
By Chad Brand Of Peridot Capitalist Investors may have heard at one point or another that by the time news hits the papers, it’s too late to make money in the stock based on…