Stocks: (AAPL)(MSFT)(SNDK)(RNWK) One of the things that investors often shy away from in a company is when it has large, well-financed competitors. Another is a company that has an extraordinarily high share in a…
Stocks: (BCS)(BP)(BAB)(BT)(GSK)(UL)(RTR)(VOD)(BAY)(DCX)(DT)(DB)(SI)(ALA)(AXA)(FTE)(V) Markets in Europe were mostly higher at 6.45 AM New York time. The FTSE was up .4% to 6,225. Barclays was up .4% to 708.5. BP was up .5% to 588. British…
Stocks: (GOOG)(MSFT) Google is an easy tarket in the world of overvalued securites. No matter how well it has done, and its has done extraordinarily well, it is still a one trick pony. The…
In yet another sign of why inventories are so high for US car manufacturers, the Institute for Highway Safety said that a number of foreign cars made its list of 2007 model "safest cars".…
The road is never crowded on the extra mile. GM is finding out that it is getting lonely being the one US car company that the markets believe has a chance at a turnaround.…
Stocks: (CRAY)(IBM)(SUNW) Sun Microsystems had a mixed bag of news recently. According to research firms Gartner and IDC, its server sales were up sharply in the third quarter cementing it place as the No.…
For the first time in four years, Intel has taken market share from AMD in the server chip market. It happened in the third quarter of this year, according to research firm IDC. As…
Microsoft becomes more testy about the market’s love of Google as each day passes. And, in some cases the software giant has a good point. The latest salvo is MSFT comment about whether users…
Stocks: (CAT)(MSFT)(DELL)(S)(IBM)(SUNW)(HPQ)(NOVL) According to Reuters, US investor Samuel Hyman has take an 8.8% position in the London Stock Exchange which the Nasdaq is trying to take over. Reuters writes that Caterpillar believes that its…
Stocks: (CAJ)(FUJ)(HIT)(HM)(NIPNY)(NTT)(SNE)(TM)(PCW)(CHU)(CHL)(HBC) Asian markets rallied sharply. The Nikkei was up 1.1% to 15,914. Bridgestone was up .4% to 2415. Canon was down .3% to 6090. Daiwa Securities was down .5% to 1216. Fuji Film…
From 13D Tracker In an amended 13D filing on The Pep Boys (NYSE: PBY), Pirate Capital disclosed an 11.7% stake (6.61 million shares) in the company as of Nov 20th. This is up slightly…
From 13D Tracker In an amended 13D filing on Parlux Fragrances Inc. (Nasdaq: PARL), 12.2% holder Glenn H. Nussdorf disclosed a letter to the Board of Directors of the Company in which Mr. Nussdorf…
From 13D Tracker In a 13D filing on WCI Communities Inc. (NYSE: WCI) this morning, Marvin C. Schwartz, a Managing Director of Neuberger Berman LLC, disclosed a 5.32% stake (2.23 million shares) in the…
From 13D Tracker In a 13D filing after the close on Pogo Producing Co. (NYSE: PPP), Daniel Loeb’s Third Point LLC disclosed a 7.2% stake (4.2 million shares) in the company. The firm had…
By Yaser Anwar, CSC of Equity Investment Ideas Those who are familiar with EA’s games know that the headline ‘Let The Games Begin‘ & ‘Its In The Game‘ comes right before their games load…
By Yaser Anwar, CSC of Equity Investment Ideas FedEx posted an annual base rate increase for 07 of 5.5% for Express, in line with the increase for 06, above the 4.6% increase in 05,…
Below are the short positions for stocks traded on the NYSE at mid-November compared to one month earlier. Largest Short Positions Rank NOV 15 OCT 13 Change 1 AT&T Inc 134,932,390 134,856,678 75,712 2…
by Jon C. OggNovember 21, 2006 Cramer then discussed options backdating on CNBC’s MAD MONEY. He said when a CEO gets fired over this he thinks that is when you buy the stock. Now…
Cramer was reviewing toy companies today. Cramer said Mattel (MAT) and Hasbro (HAS) have historically outperformed the market during the first half of the year. Cramer said toys have become hot again, but you…
by Jon C. OggNovember 21, 2006 If you have been around the markets and technology for a while, you probably remember SGI (SGIC-NASDAQ). This company has been around the block. It used to be…