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Zhongpin Registers For Fund Raiser
Monday, December 13, 2010 - 8:18am | 145Piper Jaffray has published a research report on Zhongpin, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOGS) after the company filed a registration for the potential raising of funds. In the report, Piper Jaffray writes "Zhongpin has filed a registration (Form S-3) for a potential offer of equity, debt and/or other instruments...
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Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Fourth Week of December
Sunday, December 12, 2010 - 2:03am | 688Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends'. This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only...
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Heavy Data Week Ahead - Earnings Preview
Friday, December 10, 2010 - 6:33pm | 4894Earnings Preview 12/10/10 The third quarter earnings season is over, and we will actually start to see a handful of fourth quarter reports next week, those with November fiscal ends. Only 63 firms will report, but 6 of those will be S&P 500 firms. We define any fiscal period ending in November...
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Options Brief: Kellogg Company (K)
Friday, December 10, 2010 - 3:21pm | 91Shares of Kellogg Company (NYSE: K) are higher on the session by 0.02%, trading at $49.78. Overall call volume is now running at 4.29x the daily average, with 94% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 2,640 contracts have traded on the session so far. Kellogg Company is engaged in the...
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This Stock Is A Pig
Friday, December 10, 2010 - 11:24am | 70ZHONGPIN INC. (NASDAQ: HOGS) is down sharply this morning, losing nearly 7% to $17.40. This is a loss of $1.30 per share. Volume is a little heavy this morning, as it's already traded 120,000 shares. The average daily volume in the name is just under 500,000 shares. Zhongpin engages in the...
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Stock Market News For Dec 10, 2010 - Market News
Friday, December 10, 2010 - 10:33am | 948On Thursday, markets registered modest upward movement. The blue chip index was led slightly lower primarily due to a weak forecast from DuPont (NYSE: DD), but the S&P 500 closed at its two year high, while Nasdaq moved to its highest level since December 2007. The major benchmark indices...
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Smithfield Foods Yields Positive Outlook
Friday, December 10, 2010 - 10:29am | 205Goldman Sachs has published a report on Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE: SFD) after the company reported a strong quarter that yields a more positive long-term outlook. In the report, Goldman writes "We are adjusting estimates to reflect changes in both the near-term and “normalized” long-term outlook...
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Green Mountain Coffee Down But In-Play (GMCR)
Friday, December 10, 2010 - 10:15am | 104In reaction to disappointing earnings and guidance, shares of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NASDAQ: GMCR) are exchanging hands over 14% lower than yesterday's levels. Green Mountain coffee had high levels of volume in pre-market trading today and will likely be in-play for investors and traders...
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Stock Market News For Dec 10, 2010 - Market News
Friday, December 10, 2010 - 10:10am | 948On Thursday, markets registered modest upward movement. The blue chip index was led slightly lower primarily due to a weak forecast from DuPont (NYSE: DD), but the S&P 500 closed at its two year high, while Nasdaq moved to its highest level since December 2007. The major benchmark indices...
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Benzinga's Top Pre-Market NASDAQ Losers (GMCR, FSYS, BONA, HFWA)
Friday, December 10, 2010 - 9:48am | 141Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc (NASDAQ: GMCR) dipped 15.21% to $31.73 in the pre-market session. GMCR issued weaker-than-expected FQ1 earnings guidance. Fuel Systems Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: FSYS) lost 4.68% to $30.15 in the pre-market session. FSYS has priced its public offering of 2,000,000...
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Piper Jaffray Reports Above Consensus EPS for Green Mountain Coffee
Friday, December 10, 2010 - 9:04am | 124Piper Jaffray reports above consensus EPS for Green Mountain Coffee (NASDAQ: GMCR). In a note to clients, Piper Jaffray reports, "Green Mountain reported September quarter sales and EPS above Street consensus. FY11 Revenue guidance was better than expected at +45% to +53% Y/Y. Unfortunately, the...
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Stocks To Watch For December 10 (GMCR, CYH, THC, PLL, JTX, CHRW)
Friday, December 10, 2010 - 4:18am | 246Some of the stocks that may grab the investor focus today are: Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc (NASDAQ: GMCR) reported about two-fold y/y rise in its FQ4 profit. The company's earnings came in at $0.20 per share. The company's sales surged 73% y/y to $373.1 million. GMCR shares tumbled 17.16% to...
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Heavy Data Week Ahead - Earnings Preview
Friday, December 10, 2010 - 1:00am | 4894Earnings Preview 12/10/10 The third quarter earnings season is over, and we will actually start to see a handful of fourth quarter reports next week, those with November fiscal ends. Only 63 firms will report, but 6 of those will be S&P 500 firms. We define any fiscal period ending in November...
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HOW MUCH SHOULD YOU RELY ON SENTIMENT SURVEYS?
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 8:30pm | 1031By Charles Rotblut, CFA & Vice President with AAII The AAII Sentiment Survey was the subject of a Wall Street Journal article this morning. The article discussed the survey's popularity, its limitations (we do not conduct a random sampling) and the correlations between the survey and market...
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Overhill Farms Reports FY EPS of $.47
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 5:30pm | 63Overhill Farms, Inc. (NYSE: OFI) today reported net revenues of $194.5 million for the fiscal year ended September 26, 2010, and net income of $7.6 million or $0.48 per basic and $0.47 per diluted common share. This compares to net revenues of $209.9 million, and net income of $8.3 million or $0....