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Expedia, Inc. - Growth & Income
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 - 3:01am | 476As the economic outlook continues to improve and less consumers take "staycations" and opt instead for real vacations, Expedia, Inc. (EXPE) continues to deliver solid results. Although competitor priceline.com (PCLN) might be grabbing all the headlines these days (it is up more than 140% since...
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Expedia, Inc. - Growth & Income
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 - 1:00am | 476As the economic outlook continues to improve and less consumers take "staycations" and opt instead for real vacations, Expedia, Inc. (EXPE) continues to deliver solid results. Although competitor priceline.com (PCLN) might be grabbing all the headlines these days (it is up more than 140% since...
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Companies That Will Thrive Without Their Famous Founders - Investment Ideas
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 - 1:00am | 1221Would Apple (AAPL) survive without Steve Jobs? It's a grim question, but it's one that investors are asking themselves after it was recently announced that Jobs would be taking another medical leave of absence. Investors shouldn't panic - for now at least. Although Jobs won't be running the day-...
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Cloud Computing Stocks To Consider (CRM, NTAP, CTXS, AMZN, EMC, VMW)
Friday, January 14, 2011 - 1:36pm | 265Jeffrey Saut, Chief Investment Strategist at Raymond James (NYSE: RJF) is positive on cloud computing stocks this year, as companies will continue to look to spending money on cloud computing services, in an effort to save money. Names being mentioned are Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), VMware (NYSE:...
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Company News for January 14, 2011 - Corporate Summary
Friday, January 14, 2011 - 11:01am | 712• Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) reported fourth quarter earnings of $0.59, ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.53, on revenues of $11.5 billion beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $10.73 billion. Gross profit margins came in at 67.5%. The firm lifted first quarter sales projections to $11.1...
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Company News for January 14, 2011 - Corporate Summary
Friday, January 14, 2011 - 10:33am | 712• Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) reported fourth quarter earnings of $0.59, ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.53, on revenues of $11.5 billion beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $10.73 billion. Gross profit margins came in at 67.5%. The firm lifted first quarter sales projections to $11.1...
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Those Calling for a Market Correction Make Me Laugh - Analyst Blog
Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 7:31pm | 1105After stocks ended 2010 making new highs, many experts have been calling for a healthy correction before putting more money into equities. And if you had listened to those folks you would have missed out on even more gains in the opening days of the New Year. There are 2 main camps of folks that...
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Those Calling for a Market Correction Make Me Laugh - Analyst Blog
Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 7:05pm | 1105After stocks ended 2010 making new highs, many experts have been calling for a healthy correction before putting more money into equities. And if you had listened to those folks you would have missed out on even more gains in the opening days of the New Year. There are 2 main camps of folks that...
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How To Trade The -30% Coinstar Plunge (CSTR, NFLX)
Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 6:07pm | 116Coinstar (NASDAQ: CSTR) reported lowered guidance today, and after resuming trading on January 13th at 5:00pm, the stock gapped down over 30% from previous levels. This massive gap shaved over $500M of market capitalization from Coinstar. Traders are also watching Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), which is...
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Netflix Dropping On Coinstar News (NFLX, CSTR)
Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 5:45pm | 74Shares of Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) are dropping sharply in after hours on the back of weaker than expected guidance from Coinstar (NASDAQ: CSTR). At last check, shares of Netflix were off $1.49 to $190.00, a loss of 0.78%. Shares of Coinstar are halted, and are scheduled to reopen trading at 5 p.m.
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Netflix Plunging On Coinstar Miss (CSTR, NFLX)
Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 5:41pm | 77Shares of Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) are falling in Thursday's after hours trading session after competitor Coinstar (NASDAQ: CSTR) announced preliminary quarterly earnings and revenue numbers which were significantly below previous guidance. CSTR reported Q4 revenue of $391 million compared with...
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Netflix Can't Take The $192 Level (NFLX)
Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 4:44pm | 60Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) spent most of Thursday's trading session trying to break through the $192 level. It looks like it will fail to do this despite testing that level repeatedly throughout the day and being denied over and over again. The stock has now come off of its highs and is trading at $...
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The Iron Condor Strategy: Limited Reward with Limited Risk
Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 3:23pm | 1927Iron condor spreads are option-trading strategies combining two credit spreads (one bull put spread, one bear call spread) into a four-legged strategy with limited reward and limited risk. Largely because of their finite risk, iron condors are popular among investors seeking investing alternatives...
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Bloomberg Reporting Google's Purchase Of ITA May Be Challenged By U.S. (GOOG, EXPE, PCLN)
Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 1:27pm | 232A report from Bloomberg News suggests that Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) $700 million purchase of ITA Software may be the target of an antitrust lawsuit by the U.S. Justice Department. ITA provides online airline flight and ticket information. According to the article, Google pressed the government to...
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Jobless Claims Shoot Back Up
Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 12:56pm | 326Initial Claims for the first week of 2011 shot higher by 35,000, jumping to 445,000. This shocked the market slightly as many had hoped the jobs market had turned a corner. During the last couple weeks of December, jobless claims had dropped to the 400,000 range. The key to the previous low numbers...