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Tuesday December 4, 2007 — Todd Sullivan's - ValuePlays
Blockbuster (BBI) is in the midst of a standing eight count in its fight against NetFlix (NFLX)The site Compete.com has a chart that shows what I am talking about.Now, Blockbuster earlier in the year was gunning for NetFlix in the online game. Less than a month ago, I noted new CEO Jim Keyes was "...
Tuesday December 4, 2007 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
An update has just come out on PepsiCo, Inc. (PEP), in which senior soft beverages analyst Steven Rakston, CFA is restating his Hold rating on the company. We excerpted the following details:'Strong international growth, productivity improvements, an aggressive share repurchase program an...
Tuesday December 4, 2007 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
An update has come out on Nucor Corporation (NUE), in which senior steel industry analyst Paul Raman, CFA is restating his Hold rating on the company. We excerpted the following details:'Nucor Corporation is the nation's largest recycler of steel scrap. Long-term steel contracts, constant...
Tuesday December 4, 2007 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
As Zacks senior technology analyst notes, Skyworks Solutions (SWKS) has been a solid Buy call since its price pulled back to under $6 per share in the first half of the year. We found out why is is keeping his Buy recommendation on the communications industry supplier at the present time:...
Tuesday December 4, 2007 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
While Zacks senior retail industry analyst Rob Plaza, CFA has been busy downgrading many of the stocks under his coverage recently, there is at least one stock -- Kirkland's (KIRK) -- which he has upgraded to Buy not too long ago. We looked into his latest report on the company to find ou...
Tuesday December 4, 2007 — Todd Sullivan's - ValuePlays
Does Autozone's (AZO) earnings report today is sending shares up 15% today (up 9% for the past year). Does Sears Holdings (SHLD) Chairman's Eddie Lampert's near 40% stake in the company now mean he is a genius again? I can't help but notice CNBC has not mentioned ONE TIME TODAY his stake in the co...
Tuesday December 4, 2007 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
A Hold recommendation has recently been issued to biopharmaceutical company Ardea Biosciences (RDEA) by Zacks senior healthcare analyst Grant Zeng, CFA. Here's what his latest update had to say:'Ardea Biosciences is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, deve...
Monday December 3, 2007 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
Zacks energy sector analyst Sheraz A. Mian reduces the target price but issues a Hold rating to Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (KMP), the largest independent owner and operator of petroleum product pipelines in the U.S.:Kinder Morgan Energy Partners is a premier MLP (master limited p...
Monday December 3, 2007 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
Zacks senior telecom analyst David Weissman, CFA has maintained his Buy rating for the ADSs of the largest integrated telecom operator in Taiwan, Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (CHT). Here are some of the reasons why:'We maintain our Buy rating and the same valuation target for Chunghwa Telec...
Monday December 3, 2007 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
The following excerpts explain why Zacks semi-conductor analyst Abdul Saleh remains neutral on LSI Corporation (LSI), the application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) manufacturer:'LSI reported Q3 revenue of $727 million, exceeding the high-end of the company's guidance of $675 millio...
Monday December 3, 2007 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
After hitting an all-time high in October the share price of teen specialty retailer Zumiez, Inc. (ZUMZ), has declined 47%, but Zacks senior retail sector analyst Robert Plaza, CFA still finds them attractive enough to rate them a Buy. The following excerpts explain his position:'Zumiez r...
Monday December 3, 2007 — StockWeb
There is a one specialty ETF from issuer Wisdomtree with ticker EZY. The fund comprise large value caps with low P/E valuation. As you can see on picture it is not even following performance of SP500 (which has the worst YTD performance among major US broad market indices). How so?The point is tha...
Monday December 3, 2007 — Stock Market Beat
A reader emailed me saying “Could you send me an update on the risk premium vs. equity prices? I am quite intrigued by this subject in light of the current divergence in equity and bond prices.” Happy to oblige an interested reader, I also thought I should post an update for all to se...
Monday December 3, 2007 — StockWeb
Today I would like to provide you link which I usually use for searching international ETF or sector/industry focused. In search ETF search engine you mark in which country exposure you are interested in. Results bring you all exchange traded funds with some holdings from your country. The same y...
Monday December 3, 2007 — StockWeb
MondayEconomic: ISM (50.5), Auto Truck (5.2M, 7.1M)Earnings: Cost Plus (CPWM)TuesdayEconomic: NAEarnings: AutoZone (AZO), Shaw Group (SGR), AeroVironment (AVAV), Chico’s (CHS), Guess (GES), Quanex (NX), Wind River (WIND)WednesdayEconomic: Productivity (5.5%), Factory Orders (.4%), ISM Service...
Monday December 3, 2007 — Condor Options
Bearish:
An Irrelevant Fed: Thimbles of Water in a Forest Fire [John Hussman]
The Active Indexer: Defense Pays! (ed: s/b titled “Why You Should Be Bearish”) [Index Universe, h/t Random Roger]
People have compared the current credit crisis to the LCTM crisis last decade. But an analys...
Monday December 3, 2007 — TraderBlog.com
CURRENCIES
The March U.S. dollar index is weaker in early trading today. Bulls have regained some fresh upside technical momentum recently, including Friday's bullish weekly high close. Slow stochastics for the dollar index are bullish early today. The dollar index finds shorter-term technical re...
Monday December 3, 2007 — TraderBlog.com
CURRENCIES
The March U.S. dollar index is weaker in early trading today. Bulls have regained some fresh upside technical momentum recently, including Friday's bullish weekly high close. Slow stochastics for the dollar index are bullish early today. The dollar index finds shorter-term technical re...
Monday December 3, 2007 — Todd Sullivan's - ValuePlays
Not sure if this is the best idea for Citigroup (C).... The NY Times reported Sunday that Citi insider Vikrim Pandit is the lead candidate for the CEO job vacated by Chuck Prince.According to The Times "no final decision had been made and that the four-member search committee, led by Richard D. P...
Monday December 3, 2007 — WC Power Tech Fund
The month of giving and receiving started on a bumpy note for North American Markets as major indices were all lower. Nasdaq was the biggest loser on the day with an almost 1% drop, compared with the Dow, S&P and Canadian TSX, all losing between 0.3 and 0.6%. Today's selling was in part due to lac...
Monday December 3, 2007 — Todd Sullivan's - ValuePlays
Not sure if this is the best idea for Citigroup (C).... The NY Times reported Sunday that Citi insider Vikrim Pandit is the lead candidate for the CEO job vacated by Chuck Prince.According to The Times "no final decision had been made and that the four-member search committee, led by Richard D. P...
Monday December 3, 2007 — Condor Options
We pretty much avoid political commentary on this site, mostly because this is a trading site, and you don’t come here because you care about our opinions on elections or on policy matters.
But at the same time, it’s worth noting that when we trade, we’re all participating in a v...
Monday December 3, 2007 — Todd Sullivan's - ValuePlays
Altria's (MO) Phillip Morris USA received $1.2 billion in funds held in an escrow account under the bond stipulation in the Engle smoking and health class action in Florida today. PM USA also said that it will immediately seek the discharge of a $100 million appeal bond in the same case.$1.2 bill...
Monday December 3, 2007 — Todd Sullivan's - ValuePlays
Altria's (MO) Phillip Morris USA received $1.2 billion in funds held in an escrow account under the bond stipulation in the Engle smoking and health class action in Florida today. PM USA also said that it will immediately seek the discharge of a $100 million appeal bond in the same case.$1.2 bill...
Monday December 3, 2007 — Cleantech Blog
by Richard T. StuebiThose of us in the cleantech arena frequently tout that we're in one of the hottest sectors of investment. But, apparently, not the hottest.It seems that an even hotter investment market deals with private security and defense technologies. So says a recently published article ...