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Microsoft "Kinect"ing the World - Analyst Blog
Thursday, January 6, 2011 - 3:03pm | 500Microsoft Corp (MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer's keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) was focused on the recent success of its motion-sensing controller, Kinect. Sales touched 8 million units in the first 60 days after launch, better than Microsoft's revised expectations of 5 million units and...
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Microsoft "Kinect"ing the World - Analyst Blog
Thursday, January 6, 2011 - 2:27pm | 500Microsoft Corp (MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer's keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) was focused on the recent success of its motion-sensing controller, Kinect. Sales touched 8 million units in the first 60 days after launch, better than Microsoft's revised expectations of 5 million units and...
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4 Investment Themes & 4 Stocks to Benefit - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 8:03pm | 939As I look out over the investment landscape for the New Year I see 4 profitable investment themes playing out. Each offers upside potential for investors. Blending all four into your portfolio this year should lead to strong outperformance. Here are those themes: Theme #1: Developing Markets This...
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4 Investment Themes & 4 Stocks to Benefit - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 7:34pm | 939As I look out over the investment landscape for the New Year I see 4 profitable investment themes playing out. Each offers upside potential for investors. Blending all four into your portfolio this year should lead to strong outperformance. Here are those themes: Theme #1: Developing Markets This...
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Netflix Now Falling (NFLX)
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 2:45pm | 81Shares of Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) have begun falling over the last half hour, and the stock is now in negative territory. NFLX is trading down 0.85% at $179.71, despite broad market strength. The stock had been hugging the unchanged line for much of the session before breaking down. Netflix, Inc....
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Priceline.com Surging On Heavy Volume (PCLN)
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 1:25pm | 66Shares of Priceline.com (NASDAQ: PCLN) are surging during Wednesday's trading session. The stock has jumped 4% and is currently trading at $425.59. Volume has been heavy with more than 1.25 million shares already trading hands compared to a daily average volume of just under 900,000. PCLN shares...
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Bearish MACD for PetMed Express - Tale of the Tape
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 12:03pm | 111PetMed Express, Inc.'s (PETS) MACD indicator has entered into bearish territory with a reading of -0.1709. The Zacks #4 Rank (“Sell”) stock decreased slightly to $15.92 in morning trade. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the year ending 2011 has decreased by 2 cents over the past two months to 98...
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Top Performing Industries For January 5 (BBW, PCLN, MIPS, WBNK)
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 11:41am | 202At 10:38 am, the Dow fell 0.14% to 11,674.83, the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index moved down 0.08% to 1,269.22 and the NASDAQ composite index rose 0.12% to 2,684.45. The industries that are supporting the market today are: Toy & Hobby Stores: This industry jumped 2.17% by 10:38 am. The...
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POMO Just Starting
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 11:24am | 139Today's POMO is the last of the TIPS auction, and just got under way. It's not a very large auction, and will come in somewhere between $1.5 billion and $2.5 billion. Maturities being bought are between 2028-2040, so the Fed is going out on the long end of the curve on this auction. Despite...
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Bearish MACD for PetMed Express - Tale of the Tape
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 10:34am | 111PetMed Express, Inc.'s (PETS) MACD indicator has entered into bearish territory with a reading of -0.1709. The Zacks #4 Rank (“Sell”) stock decreased slightly to $15.92 in morning trade. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the year ending 2011 has decreased by 2 cents over the past two months to 98...
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Benzinga's Top Performing Industries (CTRP, HDSN, LVS, WYNN, WBD, DF, NFLX, HAST, ONNN, AMD)
Tuesday, January 4, 2011 - 6:56pm | 233Consumer services industry was the best performing industry on Tuesday, with an increase of 3.09%. Ctrip.com International, Ltd. (ADR) (NASDAQ: CTRP) spiked 6.85%, and Hudson Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: HDSN) added 2.45%. Resorts & Casinos industry continued to move higher. It added 2.69% today...
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PetMed Express Falls 10.6% (PETS)
Tuesday, January 4, 2011 - 4:07pm | 138Shares of PetMed Express, Inc. (Nasdaq: PETS) are currently down 10.6% at $15.99 per share during Tuesday afternoon trading. Today's trading range for shares of PetMed Express, Inc has been between $15.90 and $17.78 per share. The consensus price target of analysts covering the company's stock is $...
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Netflix Gives Back Gains (NFLX)
Tuesday, January 4, 2011 - 12:30pm | 117Shares of Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) were off to a strong start this morning after the company announced it had joined with a number of the world's leading consumer electronics companies to develop Netflix-branded one click buttons on remotes that operate internet connected TVs, Blu-ray disc players...
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Company News for January 04, 2011 - Corporate Summary
Tuesday, January 4, 2011 - 11:39am | 852• Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) removed Nike (NYSE:NKE) from its Conviction Buy List, but maintained the "buy" rating with a target price of $95 • KBW upgraded SunTrust (NYSE:STI) to "outperform," increasing the target price $33 from $30 • Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB) lifted its target price of Apple (NASDAQ:...
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Top Performing Industries For January 4 (CTRP, NFLX, CUK, HGG)
Tuesday, January 4, 2011 - 11:24am | 189At 10:20 am, the Dow gained 0.05% to 11,676.08, the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index moved down 0.22% to 1,269.08 and the NASDAQ composite index rose 0.01% to 2,691.70. The industries that are supporting the market today are: Consumer Services: This industry jumped 3.62% by 10:20 am. The top...