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Tuesday November 13, 2007 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
Sell recommendation has recently been issued to biopharmaceutical company MannKind Corporation (MNKD) by Zacks senior biomedical analyst Grant Zeng, CFA. Here's what his latest update had to say about it:'MannKind is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and co...
Tuesday November 13, 2007 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
The following excerpts explain why Zacks senior consumer products analyst Steven Ralston, CFA remains neutral on Rite Aid Corporation (RAD), the retail drug store chain and advises investors to Hold the shares:
Management at the Rite Aid Corporation is executing a turnaround strategy cen...
Tuesday November 13, 2007 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
Once again, we are charting the biggest upward movers in the Zacks Rank. The Zacks Rank is a short-term stock rating system that has generated a 32% annual return since 1988. Here, we not only look at those companies with a Zacks Rank of 1, but also those companies that have moved up sign...
Tuesday November 13, 2007 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
A Buy recommendation has recently been issued to pharmaceutical company Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ISIS) by Zacks senior pharmaceutical industry analyst Jason Napodano, CFA. Here's what his latest update had to say:'We are reiterating our rating on Isis Pharmaceuticals of a Buy and incre...
Monday November 12, 2007 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
We once again take a look at the morning's earnings reports, and issue a few select comments on those companies with notable positive or negative earnings surprises:
Recently publicly traded alternative asset manager The Blackstone Group (BX) came out with a negative earnings surprise in...
Monday November 12, 2007 — Condor Options
Great summary of the current market concerns over at Bonddad. Everyone else will link to the pessimistic stuff, which is so hot right now. Funny moment on CNBC today - Maria was interviewing some guy and asked something about when we’d see a short-term bottom, and his answer was something ...
Monday November 12, 2007 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
Reiterating his bullish case for Website Pros (WSPI), Zacks senior information technology analyst Steve Biggs, CFA explains why the future looks bright for the Web services company:'Website Pros is a leading provider of web services for small and medium businesses (SMBs). The company uses...
Monday November 12, 2007 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
Zacks senior retail sector analyst Robert Plaza, CFA has surprised the investor community by recently upgrading the shares of home decor firm Kirkland's, Inc. (KIRK) from a Hold to Buy despite poor financial results of the company. Here are some of the reasons why:
'We are upgrading ...
Monday November 12, 2007 — TraderBlog.com
CURRENCIES
The December U.S. dollar index is solidly higher in early trading today, on short covering in a bear market. Bears still have the solid technical advantage. Slow stochastics for the dollar index are bullish early today. The dollar index finds shorter-term technical resistance at the ov...
Monday November 12, 2007 — TraderBlog.com
CURRENCIES
The December U.S. dollar index is solidly higher in early trading today, on short covering in a bear market. Bears still have the solid technical advantage. Slow stochastics for the dollar index are bullish early today. The dollar index finds shorter-term technical resistance at the ov...
Monday November 12, 2007 — WC Power Tech Fund
Investors fled from E*Trade Financial (ETFC) this morning as rising worries or more loan loss write downs and the possibility of a liquidity crisis hit the stock. Shares fell over 50% in the early market hours on the heels of an analyst report that brought up the possibility of Bankruptcy.
No, ...
Monday November 12, 2007 — Stock Market Beat
This article was originally published at RealMoney on November 5, 2007.
Dassault Systemes (DASTY) is trading down nearly 6% after the company trimmed its earnings outlook by five Eurocents last week. The company now expects to earn between €1.96 and €2.00 in 2007, compared with earlier guidance of...
Monday November 12, 2007 — Todd Sullivan's - ValuePlays
Note to executives at Blockbuster (BBI): PEOPLE DO NOT WANT TO GO TO THE VIDEO STORE ANYMORE!!Hasn't the butt whipping they have received from NetFlix (NFLX) the past few years convinced them of that yet?Blockbuster said on Thursday it was testing pricing for its rental formats and will experiment...
Monday November 12, 2007 — Todd Sullivan's - ValuePlays
Note to executives at Blockbuster (BBI): PEOPLE DO NOT WANT TO GO TO THE VIDEO STORE ANYMORE!!Hasn't the butt whipping they have received from NetFlix (NFLX) the past few years convinced them of that yet?Blockbuster said on Thursday it was testing pricing for its rental formats and will experiment...
Monday November 12, 2007 — WC Power Tech Fund
The Dow Jones now stands at a 4% loss over the previous 5 sessions. The Nasdaq 7.5% lower and the S&P 4%. In Canada the TSX index slid 6% in total the past week and 2% during Monday's trading session. Technology was the main culprit for the sell-off. Investors were looking for safer havens as the ...
Monday November 12, 2007 — Cleantech Blog
by Richard T. StuebiA number of people recently have contacted me for my perspective on a large new coal powerplant being considered here in Ohio.The plant is proposed by American Municipal Power of Ohio (AMP-Ohio), a nonprofit wholesale power supplier that provides electricity to several municipa...
Monday November 12, 2007 — Condor Options
We’ll keep this review short, as there are just about 12 hours before the Monday open, and some of us here at Condor Options World Headquarters are dead tired.
The Market
You probably don’t need us to tell you that the markets have taken a turn for the worse, and that “the top...
Monday November 12, 2007 — Todd Sullivan's - ValuePlays
UPGRADESCott COT Longbow Sell » Neutral RPM Inc RPM CIBC Wrld Mkts Sector Perform » Sector Outperform Rightnow Tech RNOW Piper Jaffray Market Perform » Outperform I.D. Systems IDSY Boenning & Scattergood Market Perform » Market Outperform VASCO Data Security VDSI Morgan Keegan M...
Sunday November 11, 2007 — Cleantech Blog
by Frank LingGetting PresidentialWith global warming and rising prices of energy on the minds of Americans, the presidential candidates have undoubtedly begun to think about energy policy for their platforms. Jim Fraser at The Energy Blog writes that:"The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) has p...
Saturday November 10, 2007 — Condor Options
Okay, we haven’t done one of these takedowns for awhile, and people have been clamoring for more newsletter-debunking truthiness. Several people in particular have asked to take a look at Wicked Profits. As is our usual practice, we don’t link directly to the site, but you can find t...
Saturday November 10, 2007 — Stocks and Blogs
My recommendation for Canadian Dollar (FXC) was up 8% in a week before pulling back these last couple of days. Another currency that I like is the Swiss Franc. In fact, I opened a position in FXF on Friday. -- Faisal LaljeeFull Disclosure: I own FXF but do not own FXC. However, my positions can ch...
Saturday November 10, 2007 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
An update has just come out today on Credit Suisse Group (CS), in which senior banking analyst Ann H. Heffron, CFA is restating her Hold rating on the company. We excerpted the following details:'We are continuing our Hold on Credit Suisse Group (aka CSG), but reducing our target price to...
Saturday November 10, 2007 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
An update has just come out today on Visual Sciences, Inc. (VSCN), in which senior computer services analyst Steve Biggs, CFA is restating his Hold rating on the company. We excerpted the following details from his latest report:'On October 25, 2007, Visual Sciences, Inc. announced that i...
Saturday November 10, 2007 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
A Hold recommendation has been issued to semi-conductor company Actions Semiconductor Corporation (ACTS) by Zacks senior semi-conductor analyst Ken Nagy, CFA. Here's his latest update:'ACTS Semiconductor Corporation designs and markets integrated platform solutions, including system-on-a-...
Saturday November 10, 2007 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
Reiterating his bullish case for Edison International (EIX), Zacks energy sector analyst Jon Kolb explains why the future looks bright for the power utility company:'Solid projected core earnings growth in 2007-08, driven by improved performance in unregulated power generation and energy ...