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Netflix Making New Lows
Monday, June 6, 2011 - 1:02pm | 70Shares of Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) are hitting new intra-day lows, falling 2.85% to $265.14. The stock has been on fire recently, gaining almost 16% in just the last month. Bearish sentiment has been rising, however, and Netflix still has a very large percentage of its float sold short. Continued...
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Complexion Change in Netflix (NFLX)
Monday, June 6, 2011 - 12:02pm | 291Fundamental analysts love to bash Netflix, Inc. (NFLX), and traders love to short it, but despite all the naysayers, both company and stock performance have been a big success story over the past year. Most recently talk from Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg about increasing partnership with Netflix and...
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How Many Of Us Really Understand Risk?
Monday, June 6, 2011 - 8:17am | 638Institutional Investor excerpted a little from Howard Marks from Oaktree Capital Management writing about risk. The article covers just about every aspect of risk and provides a little validation for some of the ideas I write about. The article is a must read. Instead of dissecting the article I'll...
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Mad Money Lightning Round: Cramer Likes Alcoa, Stewart Enterprises
Monday, June 6, 2011 - 12:50am | 190On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that Marathon Oil (NYSE: MRO) has “already had its move. You're too late." Cramer said that Stewart Enterprises (NASDAQ: STEI) has “come down way too much. I'd be a buyer." For Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), Jim said, "Sales are good,...
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Why Clouds are Green: Cloud Computing Stocks
Friday, June 3, 2011 - 10:32pm | 1074Cloud computing can go a long way to reducing carbon footprints and businesses are catching on. But the biggest advantage to companies is the cost savings. Corporations that utilize cloud computing don't need to periodically upgrade computers as often, and they don't need to own a lot of servers....
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3 Hot stocks to watch in the week ahead
Friday, June 3, 2011 - 6:23pm | 1674( click to enlarge ) GT Solar International, Inc. (NASDAQ:SOLR) is breaking out !! The stock cleared resistance on heavy volume and looks ready to extend it's gains next week. However, I would like to point out that everytime it hits the top channel line there is a major correction. Next...
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Small Cap Trends: June 2nd Best Performing Small Caps (HIL, OWW, COCO, HRZ, HEV)
Friday, June 3, 2011 - 10:50am | 789U.S. stock markets were searching for direction all day Thursday, as lingering doubts about the pace of the economic recovery weighed on traders. Small caps generally finished the session lower, but the Russell 2000 Index and S&P Small Cap 600 Index both fared better than...
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Small Cap Trends: June 2nd Best Performing Small Caps (HIL, OWW, COCO, HRZ, HEV)
Friday, June 3, 2011 - 10:50am | 789U.S. stock markets were searching for direction all day Thursday, as lingering doubts about the pace of the economic recovery weighed on traders. Small caps generally finished the session lower, but the Russell 2000 Index and S&P Small Cap 600 Index both fared better than...
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Groupon Teams with Expedia for Groupon Getaways
Friday, June 3, 2011 - 10:18am | 186It's a big week for Groupon, and not just because of its initial public offering. This week, the daily deal giant announced that it is teaming with Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE) to offer travel deals and to allow travel suppliers the chance to expose their brands to consumers. Fox Business reports that...
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Bank of America Merrill Lynch Discovers IAC InterActive Presentation
Friday, June 3, 2011 - 7:43am | 203Bank of America Merrill Lynch is out with a research report on IAC InterActive (NASDAQ: IACI) after the company presented at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Technology Conference. It has a Buy rating and a $39 price target on shares. In a note to clients, Bank of America Merrill Lynch writes, "...
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BMC Reiterates Hold on 1-800-Flowers.com
Friday, June 3, 2011 - 6:45am | 62BMC reiterated its Hold rating on 1-800-Flowers.com (NASDAQ: FLWS). In a research report published today, BMC decided to lower its earnings per share estimates for the June quarter. At the moment, BMC does not have a price target on the company's stock. On Thursday, 1-800-Flowers lost 3.42% to...
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Zings Of The Day- June 2, 2011
Thursday, June 2, 2011 - 3:54pm | 138China is rejecting claims that it had hackers inside the country who attempted to hack into a plethora of Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) email accounts. Yea, the fortune cookies and lo mein must be from some other country. Groupon launched a daily deals site with Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE) as it continues to...
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Piper Jaffray Reports on Orbitz Worldwide
Thursday, June 2, 2011 - 7:45am | 122Piper Jaffray commented on Orbitz Worldwide (NYSE: OWW) in a report released today. In the report, Piper Jaffray was negative in its assessment of the company. Piper Jaffray writes, "Orbitz received a favorable ruling in the Travelport request for injunctive relief against American Airlines,...
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Jefferies Maintains Hold on Orbitz Worldwide
Thursday, June 2, 2011 - 7:34am | 95Jefferies is out with its report today on Orbitz Worldwide (NYSE: OWW), maintaining Hold. In a note to clients, Jefferies writes, "The development should help improve the sentiment on OWW stock (down 60% YTD) and be a modest positive financially. Our Hold rating reflects: a) lower air transaction...
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Orbitz Soars On Court Ruling
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 - 6:49pm | 54Shares of travel company Orbitz Worldwide (NYSE: OWW) have jumped nearly 45% in after hours trading on Wednesday after a Chicago judge ruled that American Airlines must allow OWW to resume selling its tickets. Prior to today's announcement, OWW shares had fallen almost 60% in the last 6 months.