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Here is the ETF Professor's ETF Watchlist for Friday November 20, 2009. Let's start with an interesting China play that may have one more day of declines in it, but is primed for a bullish move: The PowerShrares Golden Dragon China ETF (NYSE: PGJ). European ETFs retreated on Thursday, so take a...

Hibbett Sports, Inc. (NASDAQ: HIBB) rose 8% to $20.50 after announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a new Stock Repurchase Program (Program) of $250.0 million expiring on February 2, 2013. Verigy Ltd. (NASDAQ: VRGY) surged 11% to $10.00 after it reported a fourth-quarter net loss of $...

ADC Telecommunications (NASDAQ: ADCT) plunged 12.65% to $5.80 in after hours trading after it reported a proforma net loss for the fourth quarter of $20.4 million or $0.21 per share, compared to a loss of $5.6 million or $0.05 per share in the year-ago quarter. Net loss for the fourth quarter was $...

Ross Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROST) fell 2.895 to $44.74 after it reported Q3 EPS of $0.84 and revenue for the quarter was $1.74 billion Vs the consensus of $0.84 on $1.73 billion. The company reaffirms Q4 EPS of $0.88-$0.94 against the consensus of $0.99.It sees FY10 EPS of $3.27-$3.33. Sears...

Netlist, Inc. (NASDAQ: NLST) soared 19% to $5.73 on 5.60 million shares. In the past five trading sessions, NLST stock is up over 590%. TTI Team Telecom International Ltd. (NASDAQ: TTIL) jumped 28% to $1.51 after it reporte Q3 EPS of $0.07, 7 cents better than the analyst estimate of $0.00 and...

Analysts at Citi have downgraded Hot Topic Inc (NASDAQ: HOTT) to “sell,” while reducing their estimates for the company. The target price for HOTT has been reduced from $7 to $5. Hot Topic reported its 3Q09 EPS at $0.13, meeting the estimates, consensus and guidance. HOTT’s overall comps for the...

Shoe Carnival, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCVL) hits a new 52-week high at $19.54 in today’s morning trade. Currently SCVL is trading at $17.73, up 3.26% after beating analysts’ expectations and reported more than double profit for the third quarter due to increased sales. TTI Team Telecom International Ltd. (...

China Medical Technologies, Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ: CMED) decreased $2.56 or 16.90% to $15.15 after it reported a second quarter net loss of RMB 47.09 million against a profit of RMB 117.73 million from the same quarter last year. Net earnings were RMB 17.67 million as compared to RMB 102.09 million....

• Bank of America/Merrill (NYSE:BAC) downgraded a number of semiconductor companies, expecting a modest inventory correction, even as economies improve and demand for electronics rises.  Four shares were downgraded to neutral, including Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), Texas Instruments (NYSE:TXN), Marvel...

Children's Place Retail Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLCE) today announced its third-quarter net income of $37.8 million, or $1.37 a share. Net sales for 3Q was up to $463.2 million from $450.6 million same quarter last year compared to analysts estimates of $1.37 cents a share. Children's Place Retail...

I emailed the the originator of this list, Eddy Elfenbein of Crossing Wall Street, to see what his parameters for "Top Stocks of the Decade" were and there was but one: The universe was any stock traded on a US exchange that had a price of at least 50 cents on 12/31/99.  Despite a lost decade in...

Netlist, Inc. (NASDAQ: NLST) soared 26% to $5.16 on 7.36 million shares. In the past five trading sessions, NLST stock is up over 510%. La-Z-Boy Incorporated (NYSE: LZB) jumped 15.50% to $8.28 after it eported net income for the second quarter of $5.9 million or $0.11 per share, compared to a net...

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) hits a new 52-week high at $7.24 in today’s morning session. Currently AGO is trading at $7.17, up 8.46% after today announced that it will redeem all outstanding principal amount of its 7.75% Senior Notes due 2012 (the "Notes") on December 18, 2009. The...