Uranium Investors Get One More Safety Net for 2007
This weekend there were reports that Merrill Lynch had boosted their Uranium forecasts by some 78% for 2008. While this isn’t a normal equity upgrade at all, it serves to offer a better potential…
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Douglas A. McIntyre
Big Caps That Went Nowhere In 2006: Symantec (SYMC)
Part of Wall St. thinks Symantec owns the computer security business, especially on the PC platfrom. And, part of Wall St. thinks that Microsoft Vista is going to take that market away. Symantec entered…
Big Caps That Went Nowhere In 2006: Conexant (CNXT)
Conexant trades about 14 million shares a day. That’s about 3.5 billion shares a year. But the stock came into 2006 at $2.30 and now trades just above $2.25. A big round trip to…
Big Caps That Went Nowhere In 2006: Broadcom (BRCM)
It must be tough to fight though a whole year of trading and found yourself right where you started. Well, Broadcom did just that. It entered the year just below $32 and trades at…
CDW Sales A Bad Read for Corporate Spending
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat We have written before that bullish investors are hoping that spending by businesses will pick up any slack from a slowing consumer. Well, we’re still waiting.CDW…
Are LCD Manufacturers the World’s Worst Colluders?
From William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat Apparently we weren’t the only ones who noticed that LCD makers were teaming up as a way to ease the competitive intensity. LG.Philips says investigated by…
The Effect of Housing Weakness on Mortgage Lenders
From SINLetter The first raging housing bubble of this millennium has clearly deflated and the debate has now shifted to whether housing is nearing a bottom. A couple of months ago I got a…
NutriSystems Feels the Holiday-Related Selling
NutriSystems Inc (NTRI) is starting its "holiday drop" right on time this year. There is no news out today, but shares have sold off right from the open to down about 6% to a…
Can Hedge Funds Block The Phelps Dodge Deal
Stocks: (PD)(FCX) Huge Greenwich based hedge fund SAC Capital wants to block the Phelps Dodge merger with Freeport McMoran. And, the may have the votes to do it. SAC is about to file that…
ETF Screen: Holders of HOLDRS May Be Scared
This weekend I decided to run some screens as we get closer to year-end, to see what was working and what wasn’t in ETF’s. This also gives traders something to look at in 2007,…
Cryolife Gaps Up to Recent Highs on FDA Approval
CryoLife, Inc., (CRY-NYSE) is trading up more than 5% pre-market after it announced that it has received 510(k) marketing approval from the FDA for its ProPatch(TM) Soft Tissue Repair Matrix. ProPatch is used to…
Pre-Market Stock News (DEC 11, 2006)
(ACAD) Acadia Pharma filed to sell up to $100M in securities.(AGU) Agrium noted positively on Cramer’s MAD MONEY.(AMGN) Amgen released positive phase II Aranesp data for treating anemia in cancer patients.(ARDI) @Road being acquired…
Select Analyst Calls (DEC 11, 2006)
A started as Neutral at JPMorgan.ADBE raised to Buy at Jefferies.ADSK cut to Hold at Jefferies.APC raised to Buy at Merrill Lynch.AZN cut to Reduce at UBS.BKI cut to Neutral at UBS.CHRT cut to…
As iPod Matures, Investors Get Antsy
Stocks: (AAPL)(MOT)(NOK)(DELL)(HPQ) Investors who are fans of Apple’s stock are beginning to wonder what the company’s next act will be. While iPod sales are still strong, the product has been around for five years.…
Europe Markets Decmber 11,2006 Prudential, DaimlerChrysler Up
Stocks: (BCS)(BP)(BT)(GK)(PUK)(RTRSY)(UL)(VOD)(BAY)(DCX)(DB)(DT)(SI)(ALA)(AXA)(FTE)(V) Markets in Europe were high at 5.30 AM New York time. The FTSE was up .3% to 6,173. Barclays was up .3% to 72.35. BP was down .9% to 577.5 BT as…
Hematology Meeting to Give Biotechs Boost Today
by H.S. AyoubBioHealthInvestor.com Monday looks to be a great day for biotech stocks as this past weekend saw a flurry of news releases announcing clinical trial data and results at the 48th annual meeting…
Long Straddle Options Strategy- Playing Best Buy (BBY) Earnings
By Yaser Anwar, CSC of Equity Investment Idea Today I want to talk about a strategy that can help you play earnings and short term moves in stocks (maybe even long- though I never…
The Monday Edition: Dollar Revisited – Sector Talk – Opportunities in Poland (Revisited)
By Yaser Anwar, CSC of Equity Investment Ideas This week I plan to talk about 1) Dollar Misconceptions, 2) Sector Talk & 3) Opportunities in Poland- revisited. Dollar Misconceptions- Revisited I would like to…
Plantronics (PLT) and Oracle (ORCL) Scratch Each Other’s Backs
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat We’d venture to guess that not too many people follow both small-cap headset maker Plantronics (PLT) and large-cap enterprise software vendor Oracle (ORCL.) We do, which…
Media Digest: Reuters, NYTimes, WSJ, FT
Stocks: (WPO)(T)(LVLT)(TSG) According to Reuters, Home Depot will enter the Chinese market by investing $100 million in Home Way. Reuters writes that Nissan is unveiling new hybrid and green cars Reuters writes that three…