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Top Performing Small Cap Stocks: July 7th (APAC, OCZ, BEBE, ACHN, HOTT)
Friday, July 8, 2011 - 11:00am | 349Small cap stock indices climbed higher on Thursday, thanks to news including an acquisition and better-than-expected results from retailers and a rising star tech company. But the holiday-shortened week is headed towards a rocky finish, as Friday morning's report on the June employment data was...
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UPDATE: Piper Jaffray Raises PT on Ross Stores to $75
Friday, July 8, 2011 - 9:16am | 98Piper Jaffray is out with its report today on Ross Stores (NASDAQ: ROST), raising its PT from $74 to $75. In a note to clients, Piper Jaffray writes, "Management did raise FQ2 EPS guidance from $1.15-1.20 to $1.20-1.22 to reflect stronger sales and gross margin performance through the first two...
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Miller Tabak Raises PT On TJX To $60
Friday, July 8, 2011 - 9:13am | 29Miller Tabak & Company has raised the price target on The TJX Companies (NYSE: TJX) from $55 to $60 and maintains its Buy rating.
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Piper Jaffray Reiterates Overweight and PT of $85 on Abercrombie & Fitch
Friday, July 8, 2011 - 8:52am | 56Piper Jaffray reiterated its Overweight rating on Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF). At the same time, the rating agency left its price target on the company's stock unchanged at $85. On Thursday, ANF ended the day at $74.36. Its shares lost 1.64% of their value in today's pre-market trading to...
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Piper Jaffray Raises PT On Ross Stores To $75
Friday, July 8, 2011 - 8:21am | 27Piper Jaffray has raised the price target on Ross Stores (NASDAQ: ROST) from $74 to $75 and maintains its Neutral rating.
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Benzinga's Top Upgrades
Friday, July 8, 2011 - 8:05am | 126Analysts at Robert W. Baird upgraded MedAssets Inc (NASDAQ: MDAS) from “neutral” to “outperform.” MedAssets' shares closed at $13.36 yesterday. MedAssets' PEG ratio is 0.55. Analysts at Ticonderoga upgraded TJX Companies Inc (The) (NYSE: TJX) from “neutral” to “buy.” TJX's shares closed at $54.99...
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UPDATE: Citi Upgrades The TJX Companies to Hold
Friday, July 8, 2011 - 7:25am | 170Citi is out with its report today on The TJX Companies (NYSE: TJX), upgrading TJX from Sell to Hold. In a note to clients, Citi writes, "We are taking our Sell rating off of TJX and moving to a Hold. We remain cautious on the off-price sector given above-average returns on capital and operating...
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Piper Jaffray Lowers PT On American Eagle To $14
Friday, July 8, 2011 - 6:48am | 27Piper Jaffray has lowered the price target on American Eagle (NYSE: AEO) from $15 to $14 and maintains its Neutral rating.
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Citigroup Upgrades TJX To Hold, Raises PT To $56
Friday, July 8, 2011 - 6:41am | 28Citigroup has upgraded The TJX Companies (NYSE: TJX) from Sell to Hold and has raised the price target from $46 to $56.
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Stocks to Watch for 07/8/11: Fresh 52 Week Highs and Lows
Friday, July 8, 2011 - 12:59am | 2553Stocks trading at or near 52-week highs and lows provide excellent trading opportunities, as volatility tends to increase at such levels. The following stocks hit new 52-week highs in Thursday's trading session (listed from highest total volume to lowest): 1) Shares of Level 3 Communications hit...
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Benzinga's Top ETF Decliners, July 7th (SOXS, TVIX, FAZ, SQQQ)
Thursday, July 7, 2011 - 8:02pm | 205Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X Shares (NYSE: SOXS) lost 6.06% on Thursday, and it closed at $59.34. In the semiconductor space, KLA-Tencor Corporation (NASDAQ: KLAC) spiked 7.02%, and closed at $42.53. VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX Short Term ETN (NYSE: TVIX) fell 5.77% today, and broke its...
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Hottest and Coldest Sectors for Thursday 7/7/2011
Thursday, July 7, 2011 - 7:35pm | 1705The S&P 500 (SPX) gained 14 points, or 1%, in today's session to close at 1353.22. The index is nearing its 52-week high of 1370.58, which was set on May 2nd. The Sector breakdown for Thursday's session is as follows: The S&P 500 was led by the Basic Materials Sector in Thursday's session...
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Recovery in Place? 07-07-2011
Thursday, July 7, 2011 - 6:33pm | 906Cusick's Corner Now we wait for payrolls and unemployment pre-market and while that is important, the market already ran up on what is expected to be a better than expected private payrolls. So what does this mean for all of us if we start seeing data like this? Well, recovery is in place,...
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Blue Light Special 07-07-2011
Thursday, July 7, 2011 - 5:13pm | 1014Cusick's Corner Where is the next Blue Light Special? (Check out AEO in Bullish Flow.) The Consumer Discretionary sector, XLY +1.61%, is outperforming the general market, S&Ps +1.05%, and Retail is red hot today after Junes sales data came out. Along with the Claims data coming better than...
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Thursday's Mid-Day Options Volume Leaders
Thursday, July 7, 2011 - 1:28pm | 84Here are today's mid-day options volume leaders… 1. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) 174,111 contracts, 68.0% calls, 32.0% puts 2. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) 104,386 contracts, 68.7% calls, 31.3% puts 3. American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO) 84,516 contracts, 96.0% calls, 4.0% puts 4. Intel Corp. (...