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The hottest selling investor tools at www.investorideas.com; Global Stock Directories for Mining Stocks and Renewable Energy Stocks

Dawn Van Zant — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000

DELTA, BC - November 5, 2009 - www.InvestorIdeas.com reports the hottest selling investor tools include the mining stocks directory and the renewable energy stocks directory, each directory listing over 900 publicly traded companies on the TSX, TSX Venture, OTC, NASDAQ, AMEX, NYSE, ASX, AIM and other leading Stock Exchanges.

AllPennyStocks.com Announces Corporate Write-Up on Sunergy, Inc. (OTCBB: SNEY)

Stuart T. Smith — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:57:58 +0000

MISSISSAUGA, ON., August 11, 2009 — AllPennyStocks.com Media, Inc. (http://www.AllPennyStocks.com), a leading penny stock / small-cap information site, released its latest spotlight company Sunergy, Inc. (OTCBB: SNEY). Sunergy, Inc. engages in the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties in Canada. It owns a 100% interest in one mineral claim, consisting of 15 cells, collectively known as [...]

Company News for August 6, 2009 – Corporate Summary

Zacks Market Commentaries — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:31:19 +0000

• Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) reported non-GAAP earnings of $1.8 billion or 31 cents a share, beating estimates of 29 cents, but cautioned first quarter sales likely to fall 15-17% from a year ago, which would reflect a 1-3% sequential quarterly increase, and margins likely to decline

• BankofAmerica/Merrill (NYSE:BAC) upgraded Freeport McMoRan (NYSE:FCX) to "buy"

• Citigroup (NYSE:C) upgraded American Express (NYSE:AXP) shares to "buy"

• Goldman Sachs' (NYSE:GS) removed Dr. Pepper Snapple (NYSE:DPS) from its conviction buy list

• Hyatt Hotel filed a $1.15 billion IPO; its shares will be listed under the symbol "H"

• Williams Cos (NYSE:WMB) reported second quarter adjusted earnings of 24 cents a share, 8 cents better than expected. The company expects fiscal 2009 earnings of 70 cents to 90 cents a share

• El Paso (NYSE:EP) reported adjusted second quarter earnings of 25 cents, 4 cents above estimates, versus 39 cents a year ago on revenues of $973 million versus $1.1 billion

• Comcast (NASDAQ:CNCSA) reported second quarter earnings of 33 cents a share, beating estimates of 26 cents a share, versus 21 cents a year ago, as revenues increase 4.5% to $8.9 billion from $8.6 billion and ahead of estimates of $8.6 billion

• NASDAQ (NASDAQ:NDAQ) reported in-line second quarter earnings of 47 cents a share on revenues of $367 million, missing expectations for $368.54 million

• DirecTV Group (NYSE:DTV) reported second quarter earnings of 40 cents a share, a 3 penny miss, on in-line revenues of $5.2 billion

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Ending in Mixed Fashion Stocks Fail to Close Out With Gains Seen Earlier in the Session; IBD Indexes Take the Lead

Joshua Hayes — Wed, 20 May 2009 11:29:04 +0000

Following through on yesterday’s gains stocks took the lead and moved higher as volume tracked higher. A very bullish sign to see stocks moving higher with higher volume especially right after a day where prices advanced on lower trade. All was well and good with stocks until the final hour of trading [...]

IBD Indexes Lag, Along With The Nasdaq, As The Market Starts To Feel Toppy On The Short Term; Individual Stock Charts Look Great And A Low Volume Pullback Would Do Wonders For Their Charts

Joshua Hayes — Thu, 07 May 2009 11:10:25 +0000

top longs/(shorts) w/ TOTAL returns since 1st purchase making me money TODAY: ASCA 48% SOLR 40% INOD 40% KONG 28% ARST 25% (MOS 46% CHTT 15%) Today was owned by the banking sector as the “Bank Stress Tests” were released today. By in large this stress was viewed vastly different from all sides [...]

Short memories? Wells Fargo “Profit”

Declan Fallon — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:20:00 +0000

"a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Wells-Fargo-projects-record-3-apf-14891144.html"Wells Fargo projects record $3 billion 1Q profit/a" or have investors forgotten about the $25 billion bailout the bank received? Not that it mattered; markets have taken this as a positive and pushed an early 3% gain. WFC gapped well over resistance and although down from its open is nicely positioned to challenge $21.45 resistance. br /br /a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WWGUfU1tOjI/Sd4GNBweWEI/AAAAAAAAAzo/FdDhna-wMcc/s1600-h/WFCApr9.png"img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 176px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WWGUfU1tOjI/Sd4GNBweWEI/AAAAAAAAAzo/FdDhna-wMcc/s320/WFCApr9.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322698630478321730" //a br /span class="fullpost"Ignoring the 66% of Nasdaq stocks trading above their 50-day MA which suggests an intermediate top marking a 3-6 month high is imminent (bear market tops typically occur when 60% or more of stocks trade above this average), there is a nice play at work in the semiconductor ETF. The past 4-months of consolidation looks to be history and there should be good demand on any drop below $19.30. Next resistance around $21.10. I've made a whimsical call for a push to resistance with a stop below $19.30; a href="http://www.zignals.com/main/register.aspx"register to make YourCall/a. br /br /a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WWGUfU1tOjI/Sd4KqpBJQII/AAAAAAAAAzw/HP7KznP1F_Y/s1600-h/SMH+Apr+9.png"img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 176px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WWGUfU1tOjI/Sd4KqpBJQII/AAAAAAAAAzw/HP7KznP1F_Y/s320/SMH+Apr+9.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322703537279942786" //abr /span style="font-size:80%; color:#cccccc;"Dr. Declan Fallon, Senior Market Technician, a href="http://www.zignals.com"Zignals.com/a the free stock alerts, market alerts, and stock charts website /span/spandiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/3415040392614486358-3248709639294885409?l=zignalsblog.blogspot.com'//div

Beginners Guide To NASDAQ

Investment Education Staff — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:53:55 +0000

The NASDAQ though we know it as an exchange is not an exchange, and works like an automated mechanism where buyers and sellers can meet. The NYSE works on the system called double auctions where in the highest bidding buyer competes with other buyers and the lowest bidding seller bids against other sellers.NASDAQ though not very old has give tough competition to NYSE.The technology focus has helped NASDAQ some inherent strengths.

Tips On Trading In NASDAQ

Investment Education Staff — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 11:37:22 +0000

NASDAQ is relatively young but has been giving NYSE a run for its money. NASDAQ operates very differently than the NYSE as it works on a method called the double auction method. In this method the highest bidder competes with all the bidders on a buy and same goes for a sell.

Bulls Hold The Line-For Now

Kingsley Anderson — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:18:52 +0000

It looks like the other shoe dropped this week. Just when everyone thought that we may have heard the last of the financial sector’s woes, more bad news hit the wires. The question is how many more shoes are left? For a time, the market could shrug off negative news. Starting last week, the market was [...]

A Time of Indecision For The Indexes

Kingsley Anderson — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:40:20 +0000

At this juncture, it is difficult to make a reasoned judgment regarding near-term market direction. The current market rally may be in jeopardy and we may soon retest the lows set in November. The other possible scenario is that the market may be experiencing a brief respite before the trend resumes. While this uncertainty might [...]

And Then There’s This…Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

Contrarian Profits — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:42:07 +0000

pBoth gold and silver shot up about an hour or so after the Sydney open, only to be smacked into submission very shortly after Hong Kong opened#8230;and that was basically it for the day in both metals. Every rally attempt in gold that got anywhere near $850 got sold#8230;and silver drifted down to around $10.75 before recovering a bit towards the close./p pVolume was paper thin yesterday, so it wasn#8217;t difficult for anyone who wanted to, to bend the metal prices to their will. I expect this trading pattern to continue for the balance of the year as the Western world (such as it is) heads into the holiday season. So, unless something totally unexpected appears out of left field over#8230;/p

$50 Billion Dollar Ponzi Scheme run by Former Chairman of NASDAQ

Alex Stanczyk — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:46:52 +0000

$50 Billion Dollar Ponzi Scheme run by Former Chairman of NASDAQ Some people think I am nuts when I say Wall Street is a den of thieves. Why do people keep trusting these guys with their money? Madoff Confessed $50 Billion Fraud Before FBI Arrest By David Voreacos and David Glovin http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a3uKf5P1lFmg&refer=home Dec. 12 (Bloomberg) — Bernard Madoff confessed to employees [...]

Market Plummets on Economic, Spending Worry

Contrarian Profits — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:27:00 +0000

pGloomy economic picture fuels risk aversion#8230; Financials, energy, retailers among top drags#8230; Dow off 4.3 pct, S#38;P 500 off 5 pct, Nasdaq off 5.3 pct /p p /p pU.S. stocks tumbled on Monday as signs of further deterioration in the economy around the world punctured last week#8217;s market enthusiasm, with financial services companies and retailers among Wall Street#8217;s biggest drags. /p p Major industrial companies also contributed to losses on signs global demand is faltering, leading investors to pare back risk in favor of safe-haven government debt. /p p With the holiday shopping season under way, investors feared that retailers may turn in their bleakest sales in many years. The S#38;P retail index declined 4.4 percent. /p p Department store a href="http://finance.google.com/finance?q=Macy%27s+Inc"Macy#8217;s Inc/a tumbled 9.6 percent. /p p Consumers made repeat trips to#8230;/p

QuoteMedia, Inc. (QMCI.OB) Reports Strong Third Quarter Results during Uncertain Economic Times

QualityStocks — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:39:52 +0000

QuoteMedia, Inc. (QMCI.OB), a leading provider of stock market data and applications, announced its financial results for the period ending September 30, 2008. The company licenses interactive stock research tools like insider reports, market indices, portfolio management systems, streaming real-time quotes, and data feeds to companies such as NASDAQ, Dow Jones, Wells Fargon, Business Wire, [...]

Will the Stock Market Be Open on Tuesday?

Fred Fuld — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 04:52:00 +0000

This Tuesday, November 11, is Veteran's Day. Banks will be closed but the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ will be open with normal hours of operation. Because it is a bank holiday, if you buy on margin that day, there may be an issue with margin maintenance. Please contact your broker for more details.

Bottom Near? We Don’t Think So.

Richard Shaw — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:30:13 +0000

Market timing is not a good idea, but standing aside when a global train wreck is happening in proportions that rival the worst periods in modern history is not market timing — it is self-preservation. Being out of the market makes deciding how to re-enter problematic, and some opportunity could be missed, but far greater opportunity [...]

NASDAQ Moving Into Emissions Trading Markets

IndexUniverse Staff — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:49:21 +0000

According to the World Bank, the global carbon-trading market was valued around $64 billion last year.

NASDAQ announced today that it is jumping into the emission trading markets, through the acquisition of businesses from the Norwegian power exchange, Nord Pool.

NASDAQ said it will create a commodities unit under the NASDAQ OMX brand through the acquisition.

Increasing interest in emissions trading globally has led to the development of several emissions-trading platforms, emissions-based indexes and index investments, including exchange-traded products.

At least initially, however, NASDAQ has said that trading will be in over-the-counter contracts, not exchange-traded products, for its new emissions platform.

Earlier this year, as part of a broad commodities-themed ETN introduction, Barclays launched an exchange-traded note tracking the carbon market, the iPath Global Carbon ETN (see story here.)

The emissions trading consultant, PointCarbon, has predicted that carbon could become the world's largest commodity.

Merrill Lynch, HSBC, UBS and Dow Jones, in conjunction with the Chicago Climate Exchange, have all launched indexes tracking global emissions, and carbon specifically.

There are several broad-based clean energy ETFs in the market, from PowerShares Wilder Hill Clean Energy (NYSEArca: PBW) and PowerShares Global Clean Energy (PBD), to Market Vectors Global Alternative Energy (NYSEArca: GEX).

According to the World Bank, the global carbon-trading market was valued around $64 billion last year.

Recent Acquisitions

Movement into the emissions market by major U.S. exchanges has been driven by recent acquisition activity. CME Group acquired the Green Exchange in August, as a by-product of its purchase of NYMEX Holdings. NASDAQ OMX acquired Nord Pool's clearing and consultancy businesses as part of the purchase of OMX AB earlier this year.

In terms of performance and investor interest, the iPath carbon ETN (NYSEArca: GRN), only has $7 million in assets, through Oct. 21, according to Morningstar data.

However, the ETN did launch shortly before the larger problems in the credit markets surfaced and drove investors away from ETNs and their unsecured credit profile, more generally. GRN is down 13.05% in the past 3 months, according to Morningstar, which is a little more than half of the loss suffered by the Standard & Poor's 500 Index in the same time period (23.77%).

The broader clean energy plays tied to global stocks, have been beaten up much worse than the carbon ETN, but they have been much more successful in terms of asset gathering.

PBD is down 48% in the past three months; trailing the S&P 500 by a wide margin. PBW is down 45.73% over the past three months, and GEX also down in the same range, 45.14%. PBW has $1 billion in assets, compared with GEX at $309 million, and PBD, at $178 million.

Abu Dhabi Planning To Launch ETFs

IndexUniverse Staff — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:14:48 +0000

The closest thing to an ETF market in the Middle East at this point is Turkey, where there are five ETFs from two asset managers

Abu Dhabi, the major Middle East financial center, says it's preparing to create a platform to launch exchange-traded funds.

In detailing plans on Thursday, Rashed Al Baloushi, the deputy chief executive of the Abu Dhabi Exchange (ADX), credits increasing ETF demand by retail and institutional investors in the Middle East for the exchange's decision to build an ETF-specific platform.

Across the Middle East, ETFs and other traded securities are proving more popular and catching the attention of exchanges. The Dubai International Financial Exchange (DIFX), as well as exchanges in Oman and Saudi Arabia, have also shown interest in adding ETFs.

The latest ETF plans are also part of ambitious efforts by many Middle East markets to diversify away from oil wealth and become true, global financial centers.

Earlier this year, the Abu Dhabi Securities Market signed a joint venture deal with NYSE Euronext. The United Arab Emirates' Borse Dubai and the Qatar Financial Authority bought large stakes in the London Stock Exchange last year, and DIFX inked a strategic deal with NASDAQ to develop its regional platform.

The Egyptian Stock Exchange has said it plans to list ETFs, stock and index futures and options, in the next year, and a major Egyptian bank already has plans to list an ETF on the primary Egyptian stock index (see story here.)

Baloushi made his comments while speaking at a brokerage conference in Abu Dhabi. ADX has been working with ETF consultants to study the success of ETFs in other global markets.

Across the globe, net sales of ETFs have been rising as net assets in traditional mutual funds have decreased. In Europe, for example, net sales into ETFs were $43 billion through the first seven months of the year, while traditional funds had outflows of $148.6 billion, according to Barclays Global Investors data.

The closest thing to an ETF market in the Middle East, at this point, is Turkey, where there are five ETFs from two asset managers, according to BGI.

-- this report was submitted by Eric Rosenbaum. He can be reached at: erosenbaum@indexuniverse.com

QuoteMedia, Inc. (QMCI.OB) Grows Sales & Market Share

QualityStocks — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:58:23 +0000

QuoteMedia, Inc., (QMCI.OB), the $6 million financial data and software provider based in Arizona, has posted 19 consecutive quarters of revenue growth, steadily increasing its market share in the $7 billion financial data supplier market. QuoteMedia’s major competitive edge is its use of advanced technologies, offering news feeds and software solutions comparable or superior to [...]

Market Analysis For Traders

Steve Warshaw — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:46:59 +0000

Article Overview In part 1 of this 7 part series I defined 6 critical elements of any successful trading strategy. In case you didn’t read the first article, these key elements are: A daily routine for analyzing the overall market trend Details for creating, testing, implementing, and refining screens / other methods of identifying possible trades Guidelines for opening [...]

Renaissance Technologies

Richard C. Wilson — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:14:00 +0000

Renaissance Technologies

Renaissance Technologies - Hedge Fund Profile

Here is a collection of links to resources and articles on the hedge fund - Renaissance Technologies. All of these sources below are publicly available and can be easily found by anyone via Google searches. They are listed here for those who would like to skip the junk and learn more about Renaissance Technologies more efficiently than they might through Google alone.

Letter from Renaissance Technologies how Renaissance Technologies had only 1 percent profit in 2007.
Article summary how Renaissance Technologies has high fees, but had generated 85 percent returns.
Article: Jim Simmons Institutional Equities Fund has been down $13 billion dollars.
SEC may put a new law against short-selling without borrowing, which would hurt any computer based trading hedge fund, like Renaissance Technologies Medallion Fund.
Article about how CEO’s and Portfolio Managers make too much money- James Simons led the way, earning $1.5 billion.
Interesting Article about how Renaissance technologies are the 4th largest share holders of Cornerstone Total Return Fund.
In 2004, Jim Simons, sued two former employees and Millennium Partners, the fund they subsequently joined for using secret trading techniques learned from Renaissance Technologies.
Article about The Institutional Equities Fund went down $13 billion dollars because investors are scared of recession.
Article about how Renaissance Technologies opened up in India as a foreign institutional investor.
Background information on how Renaissance Technologies- Nova Fund contributes today for at least 14% of the total volume of shares in NASDAQ.
Amazing chart about Renaissance Technologies. Everything from what type of stocks the corporation has to the best and worst moves the company has made to date.
Extremely interesting article about how Renaissance Technologies chooses each stock to invest into based on certain criteria.
Article about Jim Simmons donating 60 million to Stony Brook University.
Renaissance Technologies owns $127,000,000 worth of Sony.
PowerPoint Presentation about the Medallion fund. Also defines simple hedge fund terms.
Article about many different hedge funds. Short paragraph about the medallion fund, institutional equities fund. The Institutional fund lost about 3% in July of 2007.
Article about how Renaissance technologies Nova Fund would end up building up to 10-15% of NASDAQ’s trading volume on a given trading day.

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A-Power Energy Generation (APWR) Up 15% on Announcement of Completion of Largest Wind Turbine Plant in China

Trader Mark — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:23:00 +0000

Ok we're having a good day... another of our names is flying - that's 3 of them @ 15%+. Again this is not NEW news to blog readers and this stock was beaten to a pulp in this panic - I actually added a touch first thing this morning to take A-Power En...

Fuel Systems Solutions (FSYS) Up 15% on Upgrade

Trader Mark — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:55:00 +0000

I don't have details so if anyone has access to this I'd be interested in reading the reasoning/research - since it's a small cap company there is very little coverage. I'd like to take credit for it with my article on Pickens yesterday but apparently...

Looking Forward

Roger Nusbaum — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:27:00 +0000

A reader left a question that I think is pretty damn good. He asked "what are the variables that I use that allow you to do a forward analysis of an asset with any meaningful probability of being right."

As someone who believes in top down management I focus on big picture issues and then try to figure the best way to invest toward the big picture while at the same time building in some sort of counter strategy in case my assessment is wrong.

So instead of looking at a stock from the bottom up and saying ok, here is a stock with such and such valuations that will make more widgets next year for a slightly smaller cost and buying it, top down looks at the world for things like supply and demand issues, turning points in cycles or big long-lasting themes as examples. The world is not going to have enough drinking water, the US had an unsustainable real estate price boom built on very low rates or China is going to be much more globally relevant over the next decade.

Another type of analysis might be at the sector level. Take a couple of years ago when the curve inverted. The history of curve inversions is bad. Is there any reason why this might be different? Are the arguments made by the people saying it's different this time compelling? Based on a bunch of excesses we all knew about, even if we could not quantify, no, those arguments were not compelling.

The best way I could describe the above is that I am trying to put the odds in my favor as often as I can by trying to find the forest. This is far more important than the stocks, or funds, that are ultimately chosen to capture the big themes.

Before the financial sector blow up I used to say, as an example, the best thing would have been to sell all tech in the summer of 2000 as opposed to trying to find the one or two names that might have gone up as the Nasdaq dropped 80%. Now the financial sector is another example. The best thing would have been to sell all financials instead of trying to find one or two that might to do well.

Once you know that things look good for the oil market (using an example from a couple of years ago that shows how simple this can be) what then is the best way to capture this effect taking into account a good balance of potential price appreciation and volatility? Over the last five years it would be very difficult to pick a stock that went down, save for maybe Yukos. Clearly some energy stocks have been relative laggards or leaders but if you got oil right one way or another you probably have a winner on your hands.

For me the energy theme meant looking at foreign stocks because every country has a big oil company, this is an easy sector to add foreign exposure. Having done a little reading I knew that Norway was (and obviously still is) an important destination for oil.

There aren't too many big oil companies in Norway. If oil up is good for Norway it must be good for Statoil (STO) was the thinking. I could have been wrong of course but the wind was at my back when I bought it. Obviously I still had to learn the company. Norway's production is declining, the company is very unhedged, they have a big global footprint and I had to learn the numbers but it would have been hard for that stock to have been a horrible pick.

I think this is all very simple, you either see it that way or not but sorting out the big themes and then looking for the best way in is the best description I can give.

Another reader left a comment that included the following;

Diversify. Eat right. Have friends. Work out. ~~Buy~~ Adopt a dog.

Pretty hard to argue with that. If you can't really eat right how about just cutting out the soda?

Times are tough but worse for Ruth’s Chris and Morton’s

Frank Lara — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:11:04 +0000

Think your stocks are doing bad? Try the best steakhouses in the country, in the last year Ruth's Hospitality Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:RUTH) shares have fallen 70% and Morton's Restaurant Group, Inc. (NYSE:MRT) is down 64%.

Beef. It's what people don't want to pay for when out for dinner.

Nobody likes Jamba Juice (JMBA)

Stockmasters Staff — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:58:48 +0000

Jamba, Inc.Â (NASDAQ:JMBA) shareholders are throwing up everything today after shares hit $1.58.Â The 52-week decline is now at -82%, that's right, WaMu bad.Â So do you keep drinking the juice even if your stomach can't take it?Â Stan can't.

Trading Traditional Commodities

Brian Shannon — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:14:00 +0000

A common question I receive is if I am aware of a reputable company which allows electronic trading of the traditional commodities such as Oil, Grains, Meats, Metals, and also Index futures such as S&P's, Dow, Nasdaq, and Russell.

At the trade show in Ontario, CA last week I met with Mark Monaco, who is the Head of sales for Prime Investments LLC and also Ehedger, both Introducing Brokers at the Chicago Board of Trade in Chicago, Illinois. I used to work with Mark and know him to be a good man and an excellent trader. Mark showed me his company's trading platform and told me about his company's background of 40 years trading at the CBOT and expertise in trading grains as his company's owners are third generation corn and soybean farmers in Northern Illinois, they not only understand the technicals of trading, but also are very close to the fundamentals. I am convinced that if you are interested in this area of trading for a portion of your capital, you should check them out. Mark can be reached at 312-786-4188. The company caters to SPECULATIVE ACCOUNTS and Commercial AG traders

Reed’s, Inc (REED) Announces Stronger Partnership with Sprouts Farmers Markets

QualityStocks — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:48:21 +0000

Reed’s, traded on NASDAQ, is in the natural foods business, specializing in brewed ginger beverages. Reed’s has also expanded into ginger candy and ice cream products. Clearly passionate about the herb’s benefits, Reeds goes on to explain (on their website) that “Ginger is traditionally used to improve digestion, cure motion and morning sickness and for [...]

Liam Mulcahy and Microvision: Next Act

Eric Cheshier — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:18:59 +0000

If you haven't heard the latest MVIS drama (the secret Hedge fund employee named Liam Mulcahy and his negative article posted on SeekingAlpha.com against Microvision, Inc. (NASDAQ:MVIS). The damage has been done, so what can happen to Liam, and more importantly, what about MVIS shares?

Direct TV (DTV) is ahead of the game

Eric Cheshier — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:02:24 +0000

Subscribers are leaving their wallet with El Segundo-based Direct TV DIRECTV Group, Inc. (Public, NASDAQ:DTV) thanks to their complete domination of the HD channel lineup, which now stands at 95 - more than any other provider.

Holy Short Interest NutriSystem (NTRI)!

Ted Gottsegen — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:26:09 +0000

Dropping from $73 to $16 is one thing, but a 60.53% Short Interest, NutriSystem (NASDAQ:NTRI) when does the nightmare end? If I was Larry the Cable Guy, I would ask for a cash advance before NTRI has to close up shop.

Barron’s talks up Onyx Pharmaceuticals (ONXX)

Stockmasters Staff — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:25:31 +0000

The Masters haven't mentioned Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ONXX) in a long time, since our 100%+ gain with our Master Picks Newsletter. Barron's is jumping on the bandwagon now that shares are down to $33. Can Nexavar, Onyx's cancer drug take the company and stock back into the spotlight?

MARKET COMMENT June 19, 2008 Day after day investors continue to look for excuses to bottom pick financials and pick tops in energy and commodity markets.

David Fry — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:30:25 +0000

MARKET COMMENT June 19, 2008 Day after day investors continue to look for excuses to bottom pick financials and pick tops in energy and commodity markets. With some spectacular short-term exceptions most have failed. Someday these players will be proven right but for now it’s all just pure speculation and a game for institutions only. Volume was heavy but breadth was mixed.

Autodesk, Inc. (ADSK) shares could keep moving

Ted Gottsegen — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:45:50 +0000

Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) is the company behind AutoCAD and will report Q2 2009 earnings in August. The stock has recovered from its low last month and now is up 15% in the past 3 months. So does Autodesk have what it takes to keep moving to benefit shareholders?

Courier Corp. (CRRC) is Booking on Continued Value to their Customers

QualityStocks — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:20:39 +0000

Courier Corp. is a printer, publisher, distributor, and seller of books in three main categories. They offer their service to those seeking to publish educational, religious, and specialty niche books. Headquartered in North Chelmsford, Massachusetts, the company trades on NASDAQ and has approximately 1,900 employees. The company’s goal is to seek markets with above-average growth rates [...]

Why NMT Medical (NMTI) is surging with no news

Eric Cheshier — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:36:46 +0000

NMT Medical, Inc. (Public, NASDAQ:NMTI) is up 34% in the last 3 months, with zero news. What gives?

I went digging through the SEC filings for NMTI and low and behold, I found pay dirt.

Cbeyond Inc. (CBEY) Ranked Seventh in Georgia Public Company Rankings; Announces Growth Plans

QualityStocks — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:19:40 +0000

Cbeyond Inc. (Nasdaq: CBEY) provides IP-based managed services through integrated packages of communications and IT services. The companyâ€™s customer base includes more than 36,000 small businesses throughout the United States. Cbeyond today announced it was ranked seventh on the Atlanta Journal-Constitutionâ€™s list of top 100 public companies in Georgia. The company jumped nine spots from [...]

Amazon.com to Sell Perf Go Green, Inc (PGOG.OB) Products

QualityStocks — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:28:06 +0000

Perf Go Green, a marketer and distributor of biodegradable plastics, is rolling out their first products later on this month. The company announced this morning that consumers will be able to purchase the companyâ€™s 13-gallon kitchen trash bags and 30-gallon lawn and leaf bags on Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) beginning in mid-June. Perf Go Green believes that [...]

Fear Invades the Market Like a Plague

Market Speculator — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:23:15 +0000

Like storm clouds moving in Fear has gripped Wall Street. Two fear indicators: VIX and VXN have both risen 37% since the start of the month. It is unreal the amount of fear that has gripped many traders on Wall Street. Most likely candidate, not a big surprise crude oil prices [...]

52-week lows, really low

Stockmasters Staff — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:01:40 +0000

Big Banks are dying, WaMu (NYSE:WM) hit $6.05 and BofA (NYSE:BAC) hit $29.34 today. It's one thing for Crocs Inc (NASDAQ:CROX) to hit $9.03, but our U.S. financial institutions? Good Lord.

MARKET COMMENT June 9, 2008 Beneath the bullish headlines market internals weren’t very pretty.

David Fry — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:09:22 +0000

MARKET COMMENT June 9, 2008 Beneath the bullish headlines market internals weren’t very pretty. The only impressive thing today is markets gapped higher rather than lower at the opening. Given the viciousness of Friday’s sell-off some follow-thru selling would have been expected. Oil prices fell back 3% and home sales data were above expectations.

Icahn’s getting his way, Buy MSFT today

Frank Lara — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:16:52 +0000

Your portfolio bleeding today? The Masters have the cure, buy Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT), Icahn is going to win. Thanks to today's decline MSFT is $1 away from its 52-week low.

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CNBC Bonus Bucks Trivia: In the blog entitled “Lousy Volume?” Bob Pisani reported that total volume in all NYSE-listed stocks is

William Trent — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:25:25 +0000

In the blog entitled “Lousy Volume?” Bob Pisani reported that total volume in all NYSE-listed stocks is: Quarter to date, total volume in all NYSE-listed stocks (which includes trading in all NYSE stocks by all exchanges, including the NASDAQ) is UP 23 percent. However, volume to date in NYSE stocks that are traded at the NYSE [...]

Stocks Power Ahead Lead by Small Caps

Market Speculator — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:57:43 +0000

Thursday’s action was quite bullish with stocks opening higher at the gate. Volume on the NASDAQ was tracking higher all day and depending on your data provider it was either higher or just slightly lower than yesterday. IBD stated they saw volume lower but with the price action on the NASDAQ it has vaulted back [...]

Sanderson Farms Inc. (SAFM) Knows Why the Chicken Crossed the Road

QualityStocks — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:59:39 +0000

If you were a chicken you would to, considering Sanderson Farms Inc.’s production output is over 2 billion pounds a year. Sanderson Farms is a producer, processor, marketer, and distributor of fresh and frozen chicken and other prepared food items. Their 2007 sales were over $1B in products sold under the Sanderson Farms brand name. With [...]

SeattlePI.com: Jones Soda aims to revive fizz

Stockmasters Staff — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:52:50 +0000

Good article today in the PI about Jones Soda (NASDAQ:JSDA) who's share price is now at $2.90 and down 84% in the last year. The big questions is -- can they make a comeback?

High Short Interest + Analyst Upgrade = WFMI up 5%

Stockmasters Staff — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:38:18 +0000

Whole Foods Market Inc. (NASDAQ:WFMI) shares have taken a huge beating and before yesterday's close sat at $1 above their 52-week low. Add to that a 19% short interest all it took was one analyst upgrade and up 5% we go.

Stocks Lose Gains on AP’s Release of Obama Winning the Nomination

Market Speculator — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:39:29 +0000

Stocks failed to hold onto early gains when just after 1:30pmEST the Associated Press released a breaking news statement that Obama had sealed the Democratic Nomination. It was clear as day that traders were given a clear signal that Obama is not their guy. The move was solely on the news that Obama [...]

Speedus Corp. (SPDE) Surges 136% on Word of Acquisition of Green Technology for Data Cooling

QualityStocks — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:56:28 +0000

Shares of Speedus Corp. (Nasdaq: SPDE) soared nearly 136 percent to $2.92 in Tuesday’s mid-day trading, shortly after the company announced Density Dynamics Corp.’s (DDC) acquisition of green technology pioneered by TiGi Corp. DDC was recently formed by Speedus; it’s product line offers solutions to energy use problems identified with IBM and its efforts to [...]

SmallCAPS.us Featured Company: Hudson Technologies, Inc. (HDSN)

QualityStocks — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:53:21 +0000

Hudson Technologies (HDSN:NASDAQ) is a leading provider of refrigerants and reclamation services for commercial refrigeration and air conditioning systems in the United States. The company also provides proprietary on-site decontamination services and energy efficiency assessments. In addition, Hudson Technologies has a strategic alliance to market its service offerings outside the United States with the German [...]

Real time data for US stocks.

Vlada Kynsky — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:35:00 +0000

Yahoo introduced as a first free real time data on its Finance site. And today 2 more finance portals followed the idea. Barrons offers exactly the same scope, free data for US listed stocks and indexes. Google has partnered only with NASDAQ till now.

One more new update from Google. One thing I complained about Finance Google is getting to improve. They start with creation of international finance sites covering local stock exchanges. Up to now there are 4 versions of Finance Google. US, UK, Canada and latest addition for Chinese stock market.

Very Bullish Week Ends With Us Set Up For Some Big Gains

Joshua Hayes — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 05:01:22 +0000

It was nice to see oil stop rising to the moon and for stocks to still continue higher as a constant rotation from commodity into higher quality tech stocks does seem to be evolving. In fact, it appears commodity stocks are going to continue higher with those new leaders that are starting to emerge. I [...]

IHS (IHS) “Trading Transparency”

Bob Freedland — Fri, 30 May 2008 21:36:39 +0000

Hello Friends! Thanks so much for stopping by and visiting my blog, Stock Picks Bob’s Advice! As always, please remember that I am an amateur investor, so please remember to consult with your professional investment advisers prior to making any investment decisions based on information on this website. A few moments ago I [...]

Can Palm, Inc. (PALM) do anything to improve market share?

Frank Lara — Thu, 29 May 2008 16:17:40 +0000

In January and March Palm, Inc.Â (NASDAQ:PALM) touched $4.55 a share and managed to recover to $6 both times. Do you know anyone who uses a Palm Treo, better yet, do they plan to use it much longer until they finally buy and iPhone or Blackberry?Â For Palm shareholders you just have to ask yourself, why bother?Â

Pacific Ethanol can’t catch a break

Stockmasters Staff — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:50:13 +0000

Pacific Ethanol Inc. (NASDAQ:PEIX) made a huge comeback last Monday leaping from $3.20 to $5.65, just one week later is back down to $3.79 a share. Hard to believe this stock was $44.50 in 2006 and this week's fall is due to the dillution of PEIX shares by adding millions more to be shorted on the open market. Kudos Management.

Time to gamble on JetBlue (JBLU)

Eric Cheshier — Wed, 28 May 2008 15:34:59 +0000

JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ:JBLU) hit an all-time low today and is trading just above $4 a share. The stock is falling because they have delayed orders for 21 planes to save money. Good for them, finally an act of goodness for shareholders. Let's get into why throwing the dice on JBLU may be worth it.

Could be worse, you could own Favrille

Ben Stevens — Tue, 27 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000

Favrille, Inc. (NASDAQ:FVRL) fell 85% today, shares are now only 25 cents after the Biopharmaceutical said it will end development of Specifid, after the drug failed to prove effective against non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in a late-stage trial. Major swing, and a miss.

Zoltek is Alternative Energy Wind Power Investing

Stockmasters Staff — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:32:46 +0000

Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZOLT) is a gem in the Wind alternative energy industry. But it's high 26% short interest and investigation by SEC for accounting errors has dropped this stock 35% since it's high last August. So if Wind is another answer to fossil fuels and high oil prices, should you be thinking about ZOLT?

MARKET COMMENT May 22, 2008 Some traders were getting out of Wall Street early today they head to their cozy weekend digs in the Hamptons.

David Fry — Thu, 22 May 2008 22:24:55 +0000

MARKET COMMENT May 22, 2008 Some traders were getting out of Wall Street early today they head to their cozy weekend digs in the Hamptons. I wonder if they bitched about the cost of gas getting there or their recent utility bill. Anyway, things were relatively quiet as I suspect stabilization policies at trading desks were in place. Volume was light and breadth just okay.

Is it all over for Endo Pharmaceuticals?

Eric Cheshier — Wed, 21 May 2008 06:12:30 +0000

The way Endo Pharmaceuticals (Public, NASDAQ:ENDP) chart has been looking lately; you would think that it is the end.

But it’s not December 21st 2012 yet people. There is still some life in Endo - read on to find out why it’s going back to $30 a share.

Endo One year Chart:

WPT Enterprises, Inc (WPTE) and the UIGEA Repeal

Eric Cheshier — Mon, 19 May 2008 05:04:33 +0000

WPT Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ:WPTE) has been on a steady decline since the Unlawful Internet Gambling act of 2006 (UIGEA). The stock has fallen 70% in the last year.

The Mighty KONG (KongZhong Corporation) Falls

Frank Lara — Sat, 17 May 2008 17:21:47 +0000

On Friday KongZhong Corporation (NASDAQ:KONG) shares fell 11% and finished the day $1 above their 52-week low. Now that KONG has fallen, it sits defeated at $4.59 a share after Q1 profit fell a dreadful 94%. Is there any hope for this beat up stock?

Salary.com shares lose One-Third of their value

Frank Lara — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:28:31 +0000

Salary.com, Inc. (Public, NASDAQ:SLRY) shares hit $3.88 this morning and are recovering in the $4.24 range, a lovely 32% loss since yesterday's close. They just a reported a Q4 loss of 9 cents, which came in 1 penny lower than what the Street and we want to know if this stock is a blue light special?

Whole Foods shares will continue to fall

Ben Stevens — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:01:04 +0000

Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:WFMI) shares are down 12% today and hit a new 52-week low of $28.96. It's been a rough go for WFMI this past year, shares are down 25% and YOY sales at their stores fell to 6.7% from 12% two years ago. Add to it the increasing cost of groceries and it equals a lower stock price for Whole Foods.

OldSchoolValue.com – Fisher’s 15 Point Checklist: AeroGrow (AERO)

Frank Lara — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:57:03 +0000

Fellow Masters, passing on a great article from OldSchoolValue.com on a company called AeroGrow International, Inc. (NASDAQ:AERO) that trades for $2.67 a share. Their AeroGarden that grows plants using just air and water is amazing, but can it get the backing from Wall Street?

Mixed Messages

Brian Shannon — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:29:00 +0000

Nasdaq is up, but backing away from the 48.50 level identified as potential resistance in last nights video. The SPY is down slightly, but remains under 140 and the 5 DMA is now declining.

Loser of the Day: BIDZ.com

Ted Gottsegen — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:52:28 +0000

How BIDZ.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDZ) ever got up to $22 a share is beyond comprehension. Shares of the lame online retailer are down 11% (in the $10 range) after reporting earnings yesterday. Even if Q1 was better than expected and guidance is in line, with the popular Short position, how do you play this stock?

Strategy Session: Automation for Swing Trades

David Aferiat — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:21:00 +0000

The fast paced world of trading excites us - buyers vs. sellers, large capitalized players vs smaller and quicker/nimble players, etc.However we at Trade-Ideas recognize that for many in the investing public, trading twenty or thirty times a day is a l...

Bullish Percents getting a little toasty

Declan Fallon — Wed, 07 May 2008 07:45:00 +0000

Although not of immediate concern, some of the bullish percents are about to enter bear market (but not bull market) top territory. If January lows represent the start of a bear market then these breadth indicators should top soon. If the current rally is a continuation of the cyclical bull market then there is room for another 15-20% of gain (perhaps as much as 50% for the Nasdaq Bullish Percents).

How this impacts on the market remains to be seen, but the likely outcome would be a negative divergence between breadth indicators and the market; indices make new highs as bullish percents fall. Time will tell.

I'm traveling to D.C. so there will be no update tomorrow. INS appointment Friday.

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Wild ride today for drugstore.com shareholders

Frank Lara — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:09:29 +0000

drugstore.com, inc. (Public, NASDAQ:DSCM) shares fell to $1.75 before bouncing back to $2.19 before noon. DSCM should finish the day down 10% after missing Wall Street's expecations and revising its fiscal 2008 guidance. So for investors, now what?

Don’t Tase Me Bro, say TASR Shareholders

Steve Reeves — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:55:58 +0000

Wow, just as we feared, Wall Street expectations once again demolish another company. TASER International, Inc. (Public, NASDAQ:TASR) shares fell 20% today after doubling their earnings yet missing analyst estimates. You bet you’ve been tased. Earnings for the quarter ended March 31 jumped to $1.2 million, or 2 cents per share, [...]

Microsoft’s (MSFT) 6% drop is good news for investors

Ted Gottsegen — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:08:56 +0000

Fellow Masters, the one and only Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is down 6% and if we get lucky, it will keep falling. A disappointing forecast combined with weak consumer confidence is going to keep pushing shares down. There’s only one response for that… Shares of Mr. Softy are under $30 after having [...]

Trimble Navigation (TRMB) “Revisiting a Stock Pick”

Bob Freedland — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:11:14 +0000