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Zacks #5 Rank Additions for Friday - Tale of the Tape
Friday, August 13, 2010 - 9:40am | 345Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #5 Rank ("strong sell") List today: Aaron's, Inc (AAN) CDC Corp (CHINA) E-House (China) Holdings Ltd (EJ) Kinetic Concepts Inc (KCI) Lowe's Companies Inc (LOW) View the entire Zacks #5 Rank List. AARONS INC (AAN): Free Stock Analysis Report CDC CORP (...
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Akamai Partners with Brightcove - Analyst Blog
Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 5:07pm | 636Akamai Technologies Inc. (AKAM), a leading provider of cloud optimization services, has formed an alliance with the cloud-based video platform company, Brightcove. The alliance is expected to make video publishing and distribution easier for all sizes of professionals and business organizations...
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Piper Jaffray Reiterates Neutral Rating On The Home Depot Given Negative Housing Trends (HD)
Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 2:41pm | 143Piper Jaffray is reiterating its “neutral” rating and Q2E EPS of $0.69 on shares of The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE: HD); it also set a price target of $28.00 on the stock. On July 1, Piper Jaffray cut HD’s price target from $37.00 to $28.00 based on negative housing trends, which included the...
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Piper Jaffray Reiterates Neutral Rating On Lowe's Companies
Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 2:36pm | 138Piper Jaffray is out with a report on Lowe’s Companies (LOW), where it maintains its “neutral” rating and price target of $21.00 prior to LOW’s Q2 earnings report. On July 1, analysts cut its price target from $28.00 to $21.00 based on negative housing trends. The Piper Jaffray analysts stated...
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Jefferies Expects Home Depot Share Buybacks (HD)
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 - 4:36pm | 144Jefferies & Co. expects "a substantial portion of an estimated $5.6 billion of Home Depot's (NYSE: HD) FCF (after dividends) over the next two years to be used for share buybacks," it said in a client note today. Jefferies maintains a Buy rating on the stock. Jefferies analysts note to "look...
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Jefferies Slashes Lowe's Price Target (LOW)
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 - 4:16pm | 107Noting that "Shares reflect likely Q2 sales slowdown and potential EPS revisions," Jefferies & Co. slashed its price target on Lowe's Companies (NYSE: LOW) to $24 from $32 today. Jefferies maintained its Buy rating on the stock. Lowe's is set to report fiscal 2Q11 earnings on Monday, August...
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Developments at XsunX (OTCBB: XSNX), Sunpower (NASDAQ: SPWRA, SPWRB), Chevron Energy (NYSE: CVX)
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 - 10:48am | 1580August 11, 2010 (Investorideas.com renewable energy/green newswire) Investorideas.com and its green investor portals release commentary on solar trends from Lisa Springer, CFA, Equity research analyst and financial writer. Featured within the report is solar stock, XsunX, Inc. (OTCBB: XSNX), a...
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Dogs Of The Dow: 5 Highest Yielding Dow Stocks (MRK, PFE, PG, T, VZ)
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 - 10:01am | 604The Dogs of the Dow theory was proposed by Michael O'Higgins in the early 1990's and it basically says take the 10 stocks with the highest dividend yields and buy them for next year because those stocks should outperform. I'm altering it a little and saying readers may want to concentrate on the...
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Jefferies Lowers Price Target And Estimates For LOW
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 - 9:28am | 74Analysts at Jefferies have lowered their price target for Lowe's Companies Inc (NYSE: LOW) to $24 from $32. Jefferies has also reduced its estimates for the company as sales in the second quarter are expected to be sluggish. The firm has maintained its “buy” rating on the LOW. LOW’s shares fell 1....
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Puts Purchased on Lumber Liquidators (LL)
Wednesday, August 4, 2010 - 1:46pm | 113Shares of Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc. (NYSE: LL) are lower on the session by 10.53%, currently trading at $22.00. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past three months; it recently tested and failed to regain the 50-day moving average. Options traders are buying protection on the...
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Lumber Liquidators Falls 11% On Estimates Miss (LL)
Wednesday, August 4, 2010 - 12:48pm | 288Shares of Lumber Liquidators Holdings (NYSE: LL) are trading down nearly 11% at $21.93 per share on Wednesday afternoon. The day's trading range for shares of Lumber Liquidators Holdings has been between $21.43 and $23.04 per share. Analysts covering the company's stock have a consensus price...
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Stock Market News for August 4, 2010 - Market News
Wednesday, August 4, 2010 - 10:01am | 740After Monday’s strong start to the month, stocks lacked direction and closed mostly lower as deepening worries about the health of the economy kept investors from buying shares. The earnings based enthusiasm was nowhere to be seen Tuesday as big names such as Procter & Gamble and Dow Chemical...
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Piper Jaffray Reiterates Neutral on Lumber Liquidators (LL)
Monday, August 2, 2010 - 10:24am | 165Piper Jaffray is out with a research report this morning, where it reiterates its Neutral rating on Lumber Liquidators (NYSE: LL); it also lowered its price target to $26.00, from $30.00. The PJ analysts said that when the company announces earnings on August 4th, investors should expect an...
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Home Depot, Alcoa Bolster Dow (HD, AA, DJIA, CENX)
Friday, July 30, 2010 - 4:30pm | 139The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) pared nearly all its early morning losses to finish down 1 point at 10,466. The Dow was down triple digits in early trading after a weak GDP reading made investors question the economic recovery. However, stronger than expected readings on consumer sentiment...
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Mad Money Lightning Round: Jim Cramer Says He Is An Ardent Buyer Of Citigroup
Friday, July 30, 2010 - 9:45am | 262In his Thursday’s “Mad Money Lightning Round,” Jim Cramer said that Tim Geithner (Treasury Secretary) is selling Citigroup (NYSE: C) and he is the buyer of these shares. “Treasury's been unloading stock... and the stock doesn't go down. What does that tell you? And Vikram Pandit... I think is doing...