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Suncor Unveils Wind Project - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 - 10:31am | 325Suncor Energy Products Inc.’s plan to develop the 88 megawatt (MW) Wintering Hills Wind Power Project has been approved by the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC). The project is on around 16,000 acres of privately-owned land located approximately 125 kilometers (km) northeast of Calgary and 21 km...
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First Solar Expanding Capacity - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 - 9:51am | 613First Solar Inc. (FSLR) announced its intent to double the capacity of its German manufacturing plant in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany , which will create several hundred new jobs in the process. First Solar already employs more than 600 associates in its Frankfurt manufacturing plant. The company is...
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Company News for June 8, 2010 - Corporate Summary
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 - 9:37am | 141• Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) introduced its latest iPhone, iPhone4, slated for June 24 release. The new model, a thinner version, offers over 100 features including video-chatting capabilities • Talbots (NYSE:TLB) reported first quarter earnings of 38 cents a share, versus Zacks expectations of 17 cents,...
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Stocks To Watch For June 8 (DG, NCS, MBT, BOBE, TLB)
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 - 6:50am | 186Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Dollar General (NYSE: DG) to post an EPS of $0.34 for the first quarter. DG’s shares gained 1.44% to $29.65 in after hours trading. The analysts are expecting NCI Building Systems (NYSE: NCS) to have made a loss of $0.54...
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Bookkeeping: Weekly Changes to Fund Positions Year 3, Week 44
Sunday, June 6, 2010 - 8:01pm | 1868Year 3, Week 44 Major Position Changes To see historic weekly fund changes click here OR the label at the bottom of this entry entitled 'fund positions'. Cash: 84.8% (v 83.0% last week) 17 long bias: 13.1% (v 13.7% last week) 4 short bias: 2.1% (v 3.3% last week) [Includes 1 'long dollar' position...
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Retail Stock Roundup (BBY, JWN, ANF, M)
Friday, June 4, 2010 - 3:28pm | 203A huge sell off has swept over Wall Street today, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeting 300 points to 9,956 with about a half hour left during the trading week. Retail stocks were among the market leaders during the run up in share prices over the last year, but are among the biggest...
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Puts Bought on Dress Barn (DBRN)
Friday, June 4, 2010 - 11:02am | 122Shares of Dress Barn Inc. (NASDAQ: DBRN) are lower on the session by 3.26%, currently trading $26.10. The stock has been on an amazing run over the past year, but has experienced some resistance around $30. The stock did break down from there and is now trading below the 50-day moving average....
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FL Initiated With Neutral At Longbow
Friday, June 4, 2010 - 7:56am | 43Analysts at Longbow Research initiate coverage of Foot Locker (NYSE: FL) with a "neutral" rating. FL’s shares gained 0.07% to close at $14.72 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here
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Patty Edwards Likes JCG, ARO, ROST
Thursday, June 3, 2010 - 5:02pm | 171Patty Edwards said on CNBC's Fast Money Final Call that investors should buy J. Crew Group, Inc. (NYSE: JCG). She thinks that J. Crew's (JCG) CEO, Mr. Drexler, is one of the best in the business, and this stock is worth a lot more than it is currently trading. J. Crew Group, Inc. (JCG) added 0.24%...
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Piper Jaffray Reiterates Overweight Rating On Coldwater Creek (CWTR)
Thursday, June 3, 2010 - 11:49am | 123Piper Jaffray reiterated their Overweight rating on shares of Coldwater Creek (NASDAQ: CWTR) this morning. The firm's analysts wrote "we are reiterating our Overweight rating on CWTR shares as we view the company, relative to our broader specialty coverage, as one of the more compelling recovery...
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Downside Purchased on Joseph A. Bank (JOSB)
Thursday, June 3, 2010 - 11:24am | 116Shares of Joseph A. Bank (NASDAQ: JOSB) are lower on the session by 2.06%, currently trading $61.66. The stock has been on a very nice run over the past five months, but has had trouble around the $65 handle. Options traders are buying puts on the name today; the June $60 put was just purchased 1,...
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Early Volume Plays Among Those Valued Below $10 (HERO, HOV, CWTR, XIDE)
Thursday, June 3, 2010 - 10:05am | 359Some of the stocks that are valued below $10 and have the potential to become one of the high volume movers in the early trading hours are: Hercules Offshore Inc (NASDAQ: HERO) has been upgraded by Collin Gerry of Raymond James during a televised interview today. Collin believes that shallow water...
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Benzinga’s Top Downgrades (ACAS, EVVV, NVDA, CWTR, FTE)
Thursday, June 3, 2010 - 10:00am | 186American Capital Ltd (NASDAQ: ACAS) was downgraded by Stifel Nicolaus from “hold” to “sell.” ACAS’ shares closed at $5.22 yesterday. American Capital’s earnings fell 33.58% over the past 5-years. Dougherty & Company downgraded ev3 Inc (NASDAQ: EVVV) from “buy” to “neutral.” EVVV’s shares closed...
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William Blair Reiterates Outperform Rating on Zumiez (ZUMZ)
Thursday, June 3, 2010 - 9:46am | 213William Blair & Co. is out with an analyst note this morning that is reiterating their Outperform rating on shares of Zumiez Inc. (NASDAQ: ZUMZ); they cited May same store sales, which increased 7.1%, versus -20.7% a year ago; this was nicely ahead of their 4%-to-5% projection and consensus...
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Company News for June 3, 2010 - Corporate Summary
Thursday, June 3, 2010 - 9:33am | 235• Two senior US Senators called for BP (NYSE:BP) to suspend dividend payments to shareholders before clean-up costs for the Gulf spill can be determined. Fitch downgraded its shares to AA from AA+ on growing clean-up risk exposure • Joy Global (NASDAQ:JOYG) reported much-better-than-expected first...