Investors generally look to low price-to-earnings ratios to find “Value Stocks.”  The trick is to avoid companies which look like value but may actually be in a state of decline.  This is where...
These are the early-bird analyst downgrades and cautious research calls we have seen from Wall Street this Monday morning: Brocade Communications (BRCD) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer. Dr. Pepper...
The Unusual Suspects was a tad shorter than most editions due to the time of year and due to lower news flows.  We have no market-moving earnings this week.  The latest edition of the Unusual...
These are the top pre-market upgrades and downgrades seen early this Monday morning ahead of the earnings season rush: Best Buy (BBY) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer. Capella Education (CPLA) Cut...
SanDisk (NASDAQ:SNDK) is expected to post earnings of $0.15 EPS on revenues of nearly $793 million, according to First Call.  SanDisk usually offers guidance, and First Call pes next quarter at...
Some of the analyst upgrades in technology are just a reversal of an extreme negative bias to a cautious or neutral tone, but as you will see below there are a few standout calls.  There is also...
SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) has just provided a “business update” which is actually nothing less than an earnings warning. With this being the leader in flash memory it is going to spill...
Earlier this week, we noted Morningstar research on how to bet on winners during a coming flash memory shortage.  But the shortages and rising prices are expanding beyond flash memory now.  New...
You’ve always got some weak stocks that hit 52-week lows, particularly in a bear market.  But there were many active stand-out names today that normally don’t appear on this screen....
Many stocks are on the move for day traders and active traders this Monday morning ahead of earnings season.  Today’s top alerts are in Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: AA), Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU), Google...
Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) came out last night and warned of lower margins.  The culprit was only listed as lower than expected NAND flash memory chip prices.  So tonight Intel now said it...
It was a bit surprising today to see some of the names that were on the 52-week low list that were chip stocks.  So far AMD has managed to escape this list today, although it’s only about...
There are still many upgrades coming considering the light and shortened week.  These are this Wednesday’s top early bird analyst upgrades and positive research calls that we have seen:...
The following are some of the top stocks to watch for active trading today based on pre-market and after-hours volume activity. There are links through to more detailed coverage and volume analysis...
It has hardly brought any real coverage today, but the flash drive competition to hard drives in PC’s and devices may have died before they were even walking on their own.  Flash drives...