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Option Trading Strategies for Ford Motor (F) Investors
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 10:18am | 2035With General Motors (NYSE:GM) available again for public trading, Ford Motor (NYSE:F) has gone back to sharing the trading spotlight. But this doesn't take away from the stock's impressive performance; Ford shares are up 68% year to date and have climbed nearly 470% during the past two years. Last...
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Amazon.com's Success in Wikileaks Attack is Proof of Cloud Safety for Businesses
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 10:14am | 126"Operation Payback" wanted to take Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) down probably more than any other site attacked the week of Dec.6. The organizers wanted Amazon to pay for dropping Wikileaks from its hosting. Hackers attacked for one full hour. But Amazon didn't budge; no slow downs, no outages, no...
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Company News for December 21, 2010 - Corporate Summary
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 10:02am | 944• Toronto-Dominion (NYSE:TD) announced plans to acquire Chrysler Financial for $6.3 billion • Royal DSM said it would acquire Martek Biosciences (NASDAQ:MATK) for $1.09 billion, or $31.50 per share • Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE:ANR) has shown interest for Massey Energy (NYSE:MEE) • According to...
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TRANSALTA CORP (TAC) - Profit Tracks
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 1:00am | 625Since inception in 1988, the S&P 500 has outperformed the Zacks #5 Rank List - Stocks to Sell Now by 80% annually (+2% versus +10%). While the rest of Wall Street continued to tout stocks during the market declines of the last few years, Zacks told investors which stocks to sell or avoid...
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Mike Khouw's Blue Nile (NILE) Trade
Monday, December 20, 2010 - 8:10pm | 210On CNBC's Options Action, Mike Khouw suggested a bearish options strategy in Blue Nile, Inc. (NASDAQ: NILE). This company has a good business, but Mike Khouw believes that NILE is not a good stock to own. It trades 68 times trailing earnings, and 50 times forward earnings. Mike Khouw thinks that...
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Barry Ritholtz Nervous About Markets
Monday, December 20, 2010 - 6:27pm | 75Barry Ritholtz is on CNBC's Fast Money and he believes that the market is likely to top sometime in the first half of the year, as retail investors come back into the market. Ritholtz said he is worried when retail investors begin to make claims about companies like Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) or Netflix...
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E Commerce China Dangdang Sees Heavier Competition Fom 365 (DANG)
Monday, December 20, 2010 - 5:01pm | 121E Commerce China Dangdang (NYSE: DANG), the newly released Chinese IPO, has been in price wars with Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and another Chinese firm called 365, which engages in electronic and computer gear. Recently 365 decided to implement 20% price cuts on all retail sales. This strategy does not...
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Options Activity Muted as Netflix Approaches the 50-Day (NFLX)
Monday, December 20, 2010 - 1:49pm | 171Shares of Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) are lower on the session by 1.36%, currently trading at $177.58. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past month since hitting an all-time high of $209.24 on December 1st. Shares are now approaching the 50-day moving average, at $175.06. While this...
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3 Breakout Plays To Watch Today
Monday, December 20, 2010 - 1:03pm | 77Few breakout plays that I have my eyes on this morning. Amazon.com (AMZN), in particular, is really enticing. RF Micro Devices (RFMD) and Perrigo (PRGO) have a little ways to go still. But all three of them offer intriguing opportunities. Here's the breakout charts. Read more...
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Netflix CEO To Whitney Tilson: Cover Your Short. Now. (NFLX)
Monday, December 20, 2010 - 8:58am | 266It's very rare for a company CEO to discuss short positions in the company stock, but Reed Hastings, Netflix's (NASDAQ: NFLX) CEO, has done just that. Hastings put out a letter to noted value investor Whitney Tilson, telling him to cover his short position in the online movie rental company. In the...
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Goldman Disses Overstock (OSTK)
Monday, December 20, 2010 - 8:46am | 95Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) took a shot at Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSTK), after Overstock has taken so many shots at Wall Street, over manipulation of its stock. Recently, Overstock added RICO charges in its lawsuit against Goldman and Merill Lynch. A Goldman Sachs spokesmen, delivered a verbal...
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Goldman Discusses Retailers During Christmas Shopping Season (TGT, AMZN, WMT)
Monday, December 20, 2010 - 8:17am | 300Goldman Sachs is out with a research report on Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), Target (NYSE: TGT) and Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT). In a note sent to clients, Goldman writes, "Walmart recaptured the Toy Tally lead from Amazon, which took a temporary lead after footballing a few items last week. The...
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Thunder Cloud Stocks
Saturday, December 18, 2010 - 5:11pm | 972Yesterday, Rackspace Hosting (RAX) just announced the purchase of Cloudkick, a private company involved in the creation of web applications for efficient cloud-server management. This will certainly expand the presence of Rackspace in the cloud industry. Last month, Isilon (ISLN) shares jumped over...
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Last Minute Gift Ideas: Get a Gold Bar from a Vending Machine
Friday, December 17, 2010 - 9:11pm | 531Have you run out of ideas for gifts? You still have a week left, and there are plenty of items that can still be ordered on time and arrive by Christmas. Do you live near Boca Raton, Florida? If so, you can go to the Town Center Mall and see the new Gold Vending Machine, which dispenses many...
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Option Selection and Trading Strategies - Option Ideas
Friday, December 17, 2010 - 6:06pm | 584Traveling through an option chain can be an intimidating experience; however, following a few simple guidelines should make the journey much easier. When trading options, one of the principal issues one must consider is how much time-value to purchase. If you don't purchase enough time-value,...