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Mike Khouw's Expedia (EXPE) Trade
Monday, October 25, 2010 - 6:48pm | 105On CNBC's Fast Money, Mike Khouw suggested investors to consider an options strategy that will help them to protect their long position in Expedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE). He said that a purchase of put options would not be a good idea, because a lot of people are buying puts, and their price is...
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Is Priceline Going To $1,000? (PCLN)
Monday, October 25, 2010 - 3:51pm | 154No, I do not think that we will be seeing Priceline (NASDAQ: PCLN) shares trading at $1,000 anytime soon. The trajectory of the stock, however, has been rather incredible. PCLN has gained over 1,000% in the last 10 years. Year-to-date, the stock has jumped over 70% and has been hitting new 52- week...
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Is Charlie Brown Running the G20? 10-25-2010
Monday, October 25, 2010 - 3:16pm | 887Cusick's Corner I was wondering if Charlie Brown was running the G20 because all I heard out of the meeting was “Wah wha wha>> Hahaha>> Whawhawha”. Timothy Geithner tried to ask the rest of the world economies not to pull their best “Lucy van Pelt” and to pull the proverbial football away from the...
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Puts Purchased on Expedia, Inc. (EXPE)
Monday, October 25, 2010 - 11:56am | 189Shares of Expedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE) are higher on the session by 1.41%, trading at $28.68. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past four months and is currently consolidating above the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying puts on EXPE today. A short while...
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Traders Bullish on IAC/InterActive Corp. (IACI)
Monday, October 25, 2010 - 11:17am | 139Shares of IAC/InterActive Corp. (NASDAQ: IACI) are higher on the session by 0.82%, trading at $26.31. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six months and is trending higher above the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. First resistance is at $27.04. Options traders are buying...
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New Generation Kindle Device Sales Surpass Fourth Quarter 2009
Monday, October 25, 2010 - 11:13am | 164The new generation Kindle devices are the fastest-selling Kindles of all time and the bestselling products on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk. Today, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced that sales of the new generation Kindle devices since their introduction have already surpassed total Kindle device...
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Zacks' Voice of the People highlights opportunities with Goldman Sachs Group, JPMorgan Chase, Baidu.com and Amazon.com - Press Releases
Monday, October 25, 2010 - 10:30am | 837For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – October 25 – Zacks highlights commentary from People and Picks Trader “inthemoneystocks”. For more Voice of the People, visit http://at.zacks.com/?id=5851 Featured Post Key Leaders and Laggards Today The markets are holding flat today. Volume is on pace to be...
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Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Delta Air Lines, Amazon.com, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Biogen Idec and Roche Holdings - Press Releases
Monday, October 25, 2010 - 10:30am | 2141For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – October 25, 2010 – Zacks.com Analyst Blog features:Delta Air Lines (DAL), Amazon.com (AMZN), Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. (CMG), Biogen Idec Inc. (BIIB) and Roche Holdings Ltd. (RHHBY). Get the most recent insight from Zacks Equity Research with the free Profit...
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Key Leaders and Laggards Today - Voice of the People
Friday, October 22, 2010 - 5:33pm | 529Zacks' Voice of the People Highlights user inthemoneystocks: "Key Leaders and Laggards Today" from the People & Picks community. For more Voice of the People, visit http://at.zacks.com/?id=5851 Featured Post Key Leaders and Laggards Today The markets are holding flat today. Volume is on pace to...
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Amazon, Slapped With Tax Bill. Could There Be More To Come? (AMZN)
Friday, October 22, 2010 - 3:47pm | 166Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) said today that Texas claims the online retailer owes the state $269 million in uncollected sales taxes. The news was filed in a release sent to the Securities and Exchange Commission today. Texas makes the claim that sales that happened between December 2005 and...
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World Stock Markets Daily Report (October 22, 2010)
Friday, October 22, 2010 - 1:50pm | 161U.S. stocks rose modestly Thursday, sending benchmark indexes higher for a second day, as better-than-estimated earnings from EBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) to McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) and a timely drop in jobless claims helped offset a slump in financial companies amid speculation that banks face more losses...
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Wall Street Running in Place
Friday, October 22, 2010 - 1:37pm | 178Wall Street weaved in and out of positive territory Friday afternoon as the bulls struggle to add onto this week's gains despite a fresh batch of stronger-than-expected quarterly results from major companies like Amazon.com. Today's Markets As of 1:04 p.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell...
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What's Hot on TheStreet
Friday, October 22, 2010 - 1:23pm | 330Here's what Benzinga's reading on our friend, TheStreet.com. What's Hot On TheStreet What the Feds Can Learn From Amazon Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) reported spectacular September quarter results -- sales up 39% and profits up 16%, from a year ago. At the same time, the U.S. federal government concluded...
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Friday's Mid-day Options Leaders (BAC, BIDU, C, AMZN, AAPL)
Friday, October 22, 2010 - 12:16pm | 108The market is hovering around the flat line today, which the bulls should consider a win, considering the S&P 500 is holding these lofty levels. Here are your mid-day options volume leaders… 1. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) 175,617 contracts, 60.3% calls, 39.7% puts 2. Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU)...
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Fed Only Does $2.5 Billion In POMO, Stocks Still Weak
Friday, October 22, 2010 - 11:16am | 97The Federal Reserve Bank of New York monetized $2.49 billion in Treasury debt, yet stocks are still wavering, suggesting this might be the end of the POMO-induced run up. Money managers offered to sell the Fed $24.808 billion worth of debt, with maturities ranging from 2013 to 2014. The number was...