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Huntsman Options Trading Explosion (HUN, DD)

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 15:41:23 +0000

Huntsman Corporation (NYSE: HUN) is seeing a surge in options activity. There have been 30,698 calls traded, 15X average, and implied volatility is spiking 44% on rumors that Dupont (NYSE: DD) is looking at a possible $18 offer for shares of the company. The action has been extremely bullish ...

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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (APD, AKAM, FSLR, MA, MHP, MCO, NFLX, SVNT, UA, V)

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:42:51 +0000

These are this Friday’s top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Air Products & Chemicals (NYSE: APD) Started as Outperform at William Blair. Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) Raised to Buy at Citigroup. First Solar Inc. ...

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Top Day Trader Alerts (SWHC, RGR, TTWO, BAC, MRVL, BRCM, TXN, FACT, JAVA)

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 21:00:00 +0000

These are this morning’s top day trader and active trader alert stocks. We have more detailed volume data and analysis on each stock story via a link over to VSInvestor.com: Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: SWHC) is off 12% on earnings and guidance; we’d watch for added ...

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BofA To Set Volume Leaderboard (BAC)

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:52:34 +0000

Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) is going to probably have either record trading volume today or at least something close to it. It won’t be known for some time whether the volume will beat the dog days over the last year, but the capital raise was even larger than originally ...

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Smith & Wesson Shoots Self in Foot (SWHC, RGR)

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:52:34 +0000

Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: SWHC) got clipped after earnings last night as the company’s revenue expectations are indicating that the flurry of gun buying may be coming to an end or at least not running at the same pace as what has been seen over the first half of 2009. ...

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Marvell Taking out 52-Week Highs (MRVL, BRCM, TXN)

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:52:34 +0000

Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: MRVL) is getting a real boost. The communications chip maker (ergo designer, fabless) soared in after-hours trading after the company beat earning. It also raised guidance to $0.33 to $0.39 EPS on revenue of $820 to $850 million, way above the $0.27 EPS ...

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Ambac Gets S&P Break (ABK, MBI)

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 13:52:06 +0000

Ambac Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: ABK) is soaring this morning in pre-market trading on an S&P upgrade. The rating was raised to a still dismal “CC.” Still, anything is better than nothing, particularly when we listed this one as a brand which is likely to disappear in 2010. ...

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Which Way Wednesday?

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 13:23:18 +0000

Are we at the top of our range or about to break higher? Our lower breakout on the Dow has been 10,250 and that has held up very well for the past few weeks so we have to respect that but, at the same time, we seem very overbought and just needing some sort of correction to help us confirm ...

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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (AEP, ARRS, AGO, IRE, ESRX, KBH, MTL, MU, RFMD, SPG)

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 21:00:00 +0000

These are ten of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from early Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning: American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) Started as Buy at Deutsche Bank. Arris Group Inc. (NASDAQ: ARRS) Raised to Buy at UBS. Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE: ...

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Solid Oil Inventory Data, Mixed Metrics (OIH, DIG, USO, OIL)

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 21:00:00 +0000

The Department of Energy has just released its new weekly data on oil inventories. The headline data looks good for those wanting lower oil prices, but there is actually some very mixed data in the report. The key ETFs that we are watching on the news are the Oil Services HOLDRs (NYSE: OIH), ...

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Citi hires Buiter

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:38:00 +0000

Willem Buiter is joining Citigroup as its chief economist. It's an important role -- so important, in fact, that Buiter should be able to demand that he be allowed to continue to write his rather fabulous blog, either in its current location at the FT or else somewhere on citigroup.com. A ...

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AIG Plays Take-Back After Yesterday (AIG)

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 13:38:38 +0000

American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) is recovering handily after yesterday’s analyst $12 call. The company is moving forward with its ALICO separation. It has also entered into a debt-for-equity swap with the New York Fed which may have just taken off $25 billion in debt and ...

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Top 10 Anlayst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (AXP, COF, DE, DHI, JEF, NITE, NDAQ, SLB, SBUX, WLP)

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:00:00 +0000

These are this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: American Express (NYSE: AXP) Started as Overweight at Morgan Stanley. Capital One (NYSE: COF) Started as Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley. Deere (NYSE: DE) Raised to Overweight at ...

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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (BRCD, DRWI, EMC, JDSU, MSFT, NRG, NTAP, SVVS)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:10:00 +0000

These are this mornings top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. In fact, because today is a short day or partial off for most, there are not even a full ten impact calls: Brocade Communications Systems (NASDAQ: BRCD) Cut to Hold at Canaccord ...

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DOE Oil Inventory Heads the Right Way (OIH, DIG, USO, OIL)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:10:00 +0000

The Department of Energy has just released this week’s oil inventories data. While there are gains almost on all counts, this may not be enough. The key ETFs around the news are the Oil Services HOLDRs (NYSE: OIH), the Ultra Oil & Gas ProShares (NYSE: DIG), the United States Oil ...

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Quotes of the day: Buiter on Citi

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:59:45 +0000

Back in April , Willem Buiter called Citigroup "a conglomeration of worst-practice from across the financial spectrum"; he followed up in June with a blog post entitled " Too big to fail is too big ", in which he likened Citi's former chairman and CEO, Win Bischoff, to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. ...

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Top Day Trader Alerts (AIG, GES, HGSI, NLST, SEED, FEED)

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 21:20:00 +0000

These are this Tuesday’s top pre-market day trader and active trader alert stocks. We have more detailed volume and price data and analysis on each stock with a link to VSInvestor.com: American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) is up over 6% on its debt for equity swap and on a ...

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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (ATVI, AMLN, CEPH, CEO, ERTS, EXPE, PCLN, PRU, TIF, UNP)

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:20:00 +0000

These are this Tuesday morning’s top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen early this morning in Wall Street research calls: Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo. Amylin Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: AMLN) Raised to Overweight at ...

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Friday's Breadth Was SO Negative...It Could Be Positive

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:32:00 +0000

Friday’s selloff was marked by extremely negative breadth. Around 97% of the volume was to the downside on the NYSE. In the past, days that have been SO negative have often led to bounces over the short-term. This can be seen in the study below. The “% Profitable” is positive but not ...

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Stocks For Buffett To Unload (BRK-A, BNI, COP, XOM, GCI, WPO, MCO, NSC, UNP, UPS, UNH, WLP, GSK, SNY, IR, STI, BAC, WFC, TMK, TRV)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:49:12 +0000

We recently discussed the changes that have been taking place inside Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) as Warren Buffett has been going higher up the food chain. In his more focused and more opaque approach, it also seems that after a $44 billion deal including debt to buy Burlington ...

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