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Puts Purchased on Blue Nile (NILE)
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 3:19pm | 144Shares of Blue Nile Inc. (NASDAQ: NILE) are lower on the session by 2.27%, currently trading at $50.30. The stock has been in a technical downtrend over the past six months; the stock is now trading at the technical sell point. Options traders are buying puts today; the August $50 strike was...
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NetEase.com (NTES): Could it Reverse Higher?
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 2:07pm | 1568Earlier this week, Standpoint Research upped its rating on NetEase.com (NASDAQ:NTES) to a “buy” from a “hold,” maintaining its 12-month price target of $42. The Beijing-based NTES operates an online community and e-commerce services throughout mainland China. An analyst with the firm noted that “At...
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Goldman Ups PCLN To Buy
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 6:31am | 53Analysts at Goldman Sachs upgrade priceline.com Incorporated (NASDAQ: PCLN) from "neutral" to "buy." The target price for PCLN has been raised from $230 to $240. PCLN’s shares moved up 0.89% to close at $185.77 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here
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Is There Trouble At Gamestop (GME)
Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 9:34pm | 139Is it finally time to start unloading shares of Gamestop (GME)? Gamestop dropped 5% today to close just above $20. Gamestop's shares dropped on news that Best Buy (BBY)is going to start selling used video games. Used video game sales represent a significant portion of Gamestop's revenue. Amazon (...
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Benchmark Lowers Amazon Target Price to $151 (AMZN)
Friday, June 11, 2010 - 8:43am | 144Benchmark reduced Amazon.com's (NASDAQ: AMZN) target price 16%, from $180 to $151, reflecting on the weakness of the Euro against the dollar and slowdown in the European market. Amazon's North American sales are still strong, and could reach 33% y/y growth in 2010. Benchmark analysts Frederick...
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Protection Purchased on Netflix (NFLX)
Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 10:23am | 212Shares of Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) are higher on the session by 1.75%, currently trading $117.45. The stock has been performing amazingly well over the past six months and is now trading at fresh 52-week highs (which it has been doing day after day). Options traders are picking up puts on the...
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Book Ideas for Fathers Day Gifts
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 - 9:29pm | 742If your father likes to read and likes to invest, here are some popular books you might want to consider giving to him as a gift. Fathers Day is June 20. Liar's Poker The Great Reflation: How Investors Can Profit From the New World of Money The Quants: How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall...
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Trading Strategies on Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) as it Continues to Outperform
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 - 12:48pm | 1665Early Tuesday, brokerage firm Caris lifted its 12-month price target on Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) to $130 from $120 (roughly a 20% advance from current levels). Monday, at Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) much-anticipated Worldwide Developer Conference, NFLX officially announced what has been speculated for...
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Netflix Moving Higher (NFLX)
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 - 11:19am | 67Shares of Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) are moving higher today on heavier-than-average volume. Investors are bidding up shares in the online movie rental company by $5.90, or 5.35%, to $116.23 in mid-morning trading. More than 1.95 million shares have already traded hands versus the three-month average...
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Internet Retailers Report Mixed Sales (EBAY, AMZN)
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 - 8:43am | 79Last night, e-commerce enabler ChannelAdvisor released May same-store sales updates for eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). Sales at eBay fell 4% Y/Y compared to no change in April. Amazon reported a 67% sales increasee in May vs. a 72% growth rate in April. Deutsche Bank did not change...
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Top Search Engine Stocks
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 - 3:33am | 454comScore (SCOR), the organization that provides information relating to online marketing data, recently came out with its ranking of United States search engines. comScore happens to be a publicly traded company, traded on the NASDAQ, and has a price to earnings ratio of 128. Google (GOOG), the...
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Links of Strength: The OptionsHouse Option Chain
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 - 9:55am | 1748When the professional option traders at PEAK6 Investments L.P.1 began to build the OptionsHouse platform, they had the goals of efficiency and ease-of-use in mind. One way the architects of the platform thought to streamline the trading experience was through the ability to execute a trade right...
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Apple Worldwide Developers Conference Update (AAPL)
Monday, June 7, 2010 - 1:39pm | 106- Apple has sold over 2 million iPads, or one every three seconds - 17 apps per iPad already downloaded, "a great number" Jobs says - iPad will be in 19 countries by the end of July - 2.5 books downloaded per iPad, over 5 million books total - Users now have the ability to view and read PDF's...
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Benzinga’s Top Upgrades (SYMC, NILE, AMB, BMY, CSCO)
Monday, June 7, 2010 - 7:41am | 186Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC) was upgraded by Macquarie from “neutral” to “outperform.” SYMC’s shares closed at $13.92 on Friday. Symantec’s earnings are likely to jump by 110.68% this year. Citigroup upgraded Blue Nile Inc (NASDAQ: NILE) from “hold” to “buy.” NILE’s shares closed at $47.90...
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Top Stocks with Lots of Cash, are Debt Free, and Pay High Yields
Sunday, June 6, 2010 - 7:23pm | 429Anyone who has read many of my articles know that I am a big fan of stocks that don't have any debt. I am also a fan of stocks that pay high dividends. When you look at these two criteria and add a third, lots of cash, you come up with an interesting list of stocks. WallStreetNewsNetwork.com just...