Stay Tuned For Lower Gas An Oil Prices
In a magnaimous gesture, OPEC is not likely to cut oil supplies for the near-term future. It is an odd turn of events because supply in the US is at a 13 year high.…
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Douglas A. McIntyre
Yahoo!’s Silly New Program (IBM)(YHOO)(GOOG)
Investors would think that after all the talk about Yahoo! getting more focused it would not come out with more inane products. IBM and Yahoo! announced that they will jointly market a package that,…
Apple iTunes Takes Whipping (AAPL)
Data from market research firm Forrester, shows that iTunes revenue dropped 65% in the first half of 2006. Monthly iTune transactions dropped 58% and the average size per purchase was down 17%. Forrester also…
Europe Markets December 13, 2006 British Airways, AXA, VW Up
Markets in Europe were up modestly at 5.50 AM New York time. The FTSE was up .3% to 6,173. Barclays was up .2% to 717.5. BP was down .3% to 578.5. British Air was…
Reuters: All The News That’s Fit To Trade
Reuters (RTRSY) is about to offer a product that will trade major news events for Wall St. firms. And, it will do the work while the traders are at lunch or sleeping. The new…
The Pirates At Samsung (RIMM)
A big consumer electronics company like Samsung should know if its is blatantly infringing on another company’s patent, but somehow they must have missed the road signs. The new Samsung BlackJack appears to be…
Preview of the 2007 “Dogs of the Dow” (Preliminary List 12/12/06)
As we get to the end of each year, investors begin to look at the “DOGS OF THE DOW.” This is a portfolio the 10 highest yielding stocks out of the 30 DowJones Industrial…
iPod And Zune Both Get A Boost
Stocks: (AAPL)(MSFT) It would appear that consumers will be able to listen to hundreds or perhaps throusands of radio channels on their portable media players. Devices will be shown at next month’s Consumer Electronics…
Top 25 Financial Sites, Another Look
Comscore MediaMetrix, a competitor to Nielsen NetRating has come out with its data on the top 25 financial sites for November 2006. In the new study, AOL Finance takes the crown for the site…
Media Digest December 13, 2006 Reuters, NYTimes, WSJ, FT
Stocks: (HD)(AAPL)(GS)(HPQ)(YHOO)(IBM)(EBAY)(GE) According to Reuters, Home Depot has bought Chinese home improvement retailer The Home Way. Reuters writes that GE Aviation has reached a $550 million deal with Shanghai Airlines. Reuters also writes that…
Asia Markets Decmber 13, 2006 Sony Up, China Mobile, China Unicom Down
Stocks: (CAJ)(FUJ)(HIT)(HMC)(NTT)(SNE)(TM)(CHL)(CHU)(PCW)(HBC) Asian markets were mixed with the Hang Seng down. The Nikkei was up .3% to 16,683. Canon was up 1.1% to 6540. Daiwa Secuties was down 1.8% to 1297. Fuji Film was…
Ten Most Undervalued Stocks: Analog Devices
Analog Devices (ADI) currently trades below where its was five years ago, down from about $45 to $33. During a period when the S&P is up 25%, ADI is down 25%. That’s quite a…
More Backdating Guidance Coming From The SEC? And A List
From AAO Weblog Broc Romanek, author of one of my favorite blogs, pointed out last week in TheCorporateCounsel.net Blog that at the fall meeting of the American Bar Association a couple weeks ago, several…
Tuesday’s Top Biotech and Medical Stocks
From BioHealth Investor Biotechnology NUTRITION 21 INC +17.86% HALOZYME THERAPEUTIC +12.74% BIONOVO INC +12.50% DISCOVERY LABS INC +9.61% SENESCO TECH +8.41% Diagnostic Substances VALERA PHARMACEUTICA +45.47% EPIX PHARMACEUTICALS +30.25% NYMOX PHARM CORP +8.31% SYNOVA…
Adverse Events Reporting and Supplements
From BioHealth Investor by Mark S. Senak As reported earlier this week, S.3546 – the Dietary and Supplement and Nonprescription Drug Consumer Act was passed by the Senate on December 6. Subsequently, on December…
Is Silicon Labs’ Board Independent Enough?
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat When you own your own business you can make sure that any managers working for you are acting in your interest. It is different for public…
Analyzing Hewlett-Packard (HPQ)
By Yaser Anwar, CSC, of Equity Investment Ideas Mark Hurd emphasized that the cost-cutting measures are not finished and that there is much more that the company can do and plans to do in…
Analyzing Nucor (NUE)
By Yaser Anwar, CSC of Equity Investment Ideas NUE announced that 4th Q EPS will be $1.05 to $1.15, which was below consensus of $1.44, due to issues such as lower prices and volumes.…
Cramer Pans the Artes Medical IPO, Says Too Speculative
On tonight’s MAD MONEY, Cramer featured the IPO frenzy with 2 positive and 1 negative. He already reviewed IPGP and GUID as very positive IPO’s, but he actually panned ARTE and said it is…
Cramer Calls Up 3 IPO’s for This Week (Story 2)
ON tonight’s MAD MONEY, Cramer featured the IPO frenzy. He already reviewed IPGP, so he also discussed Guidance Software (GUID). Everyone is fascinated with IPO’s, but Cramer says he will tell you which to…