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Whipsaw Wednesday
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 3:15pm | 239The Wednesday before options expiration is usually the most volatile trading session of the entire month. This is a time when the institutional traders will try and shake out most of the small retail options traders that have positions in the popular leading stocks. Look at the action in stocks...
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Amazon Trading Higher Today (AMZN)
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 10:57am | 32Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is trading higher today. At the time of posting, shares of AMZN were trading at $167.42, up 1.42% from Tuesday's close.
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Goldman Sachs Suggests Buying Calls on Netflix, Inc. (NFLX)
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 9:47am | 189Goldman Sachs is out with a research note this morning, where it suggests that traders buy calls on Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) to position for a rebound in growth expectations. Goldman Sachs internet analyst, Ingrid Chung, recently upgraded NFLX to Buy and sees 38% upside to her 6-month Price...
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Netflix May Distribute Orginal Series
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 1:15am | 279Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX), the movie rental company, is reportedly in advanced talks to distribute an original television series directed by David Fincher and starring Kevin Spacey, a move that would further spark the effort by Netflix to compete premium television channels. Netflix could pay may...
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Goldman Sachs Suggests Buying Calls on Netflix (NFLX)
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 10:56am | 183Goldman Sachs is out with a research note this morning, where it suggests that traders buy calls on Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) to position for a rebound in growth expectations. The Goldman Sachs Internet analyst, Ingrid Chung, recently upgraded NFLX to Buy and sees 50% upside to her $300 12-...
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Netflix Up 4% (NFLX)
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 10:55am | 59Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) shares are up 4% today, despite a huge sell off in the equity markets today. Goldman Sahcs pput out a research piece on Netflix this morning with a $300 price target on shares. At last check, shares of Netflix were up $8.10 to $209.30 on 3.3 million shares.
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Benzinga's Volume Movers (IPXL, FSLR, SPWRA, NFLX)
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 10:14am | 182Impax Laboratories Inc (NASDAQ: IPXL) shares moved up 6.84% to $23.58 at 10:13 am. The volume of IPXL shares traded was 321% higher than normal. IPXL reported positive results for its proposed treatment for advanced Parkinson's disease in a late-stage study. First Solar Inc (NASDAQ: FSLR) shares...
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Benzinga's Top Upgrades (ETR, CVX, AON, NFLX)
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 8:22am | 139Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) was upgraded by Jefferies from "hold" to "buy." ETR's shares closed at $70.09 yesterday. Entergy's trailing-twelve-month revenue is $2.81 billion. BofA/Merrill upgraded Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) from "neutral" to "buy.” CVX's shares closed at $100.80 yesterday...
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Goldman Sachs Upgrades Netflix To Buy
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 8:16am | 138In a report published by Goldman Sachs, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) is upgraded to Buy. Goldman Sachs said that it is upgrading Netflix shares to Buy from Neutral and raising its price target to $300 from $210, implying 50% upside. “With shares down almost 20% in the last month and trading at a 1.0X...
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Goldman Sachs Upgrades Netflix To Buy, PT To $300
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 7:41am | 29Goldman Sachs has upgraded Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) from Neutral to Buy and has raised the price target from $210 to $300.
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A Peek Into The Market Before The Trading Starts
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 7:31am | 404Pre-open moversUS stock futures are lower this morning following a 10.55% drop in Japanese Nikkei Average on reports that radiation was leaking from a Fukushima Daiichi nuclear-power plant. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 215 points to 11,711.00 and futures on the S&P 500...
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Goldman Ups NFLX To Buy
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 6:32am | 55Analysts at Goldman upgrade Netflix Inc (NASDAQ: NFLX) from “neutral” to “buy.” The target price for NFLX has been raised from $210 to $300. NFLX shares fell 1.63% to close at $201.20 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here
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Angry Birds Rio for Android to Debut Exclusively in the Amazon Appstore
Monday, March 14, 2011 - 12:31pm | 95Rovio today announced that Angry Birds Rio will be introduced for the Android platform exclusively in the Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) Appstore. Developed in conjunction with Twentieth Century Fox, Angry Birds Rio features the animated stars of the studio's upcoming motion picture, RIO. Additionally,...
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Silver vs. Tech Stocks
Sunday, March 13, 2011 - 11:44pm | 68It's now been over a decade since the great tech bubble burst in the year 2000, but even today technology stocks are still popular among most investors and the financial media. There are good reasons for the continued popularity of technology stocks. Not only do tech companies deliver us cool new...
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Benzinga's Political Round Up (AMZN, AIG, JPM, EWJ, WFC)
Friday, March 11, 2011 - 1:04pm | 278Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) is in a fight with the state of Illinois regarding sales taxes, as the state wants to collect sales taxes from goods sold. Amazon is severing relationships with Illinois affiliates as a result. Banks like J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM) and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) are fighting...