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Recovery in Place? 07-07-2011
Thursday, July 7, 2011 - 6:33pm | 906Cusick's Corner Now we wait for payrolls and unemployment pre-market and while that is important, the market already ran up on what is expected to be a better than expected private payrolls. So what does this mean for all of us if we start seeing data like this? Well, recovery is in place,...
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Options Brief: Denison Mines Corp.
Thursday, July 7, 2011 - 12:37pm | 77Shares of Denison Mines Corp. (AMEX: DNN) are higher on the session by 1.01%, trading at $2.00. Overall put volume is now running at 35.45x the daily average, with 57% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 2,730 contracts have traded on the session so far. Denison Mines Corp. is...
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Wednesday's Put/Call Ratio Leaders
Wednesday, July 6, 2011 - 12:58pm | 80Here are today's Put/Call Ratio leaders… 1. ASML Holding NV (NASDAQ: ASML) 2,718 puts, 5 calls 2. Jarden Corp. (NYSE: JAH) 6,934 puts, 21 calls 3. Yanzhou Coal Mining (NYSE: YZC) 3,038 puts, 34 calls 4. HealthSouth Corp. (NYSE: HLS) 2,972 puts, 58 calls 5. Cardinal Health Inc. (NYSE: CAH) 3,323...
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Options Brief: Yanzhou Coal Mining
Wednesday, July 6, 2011 - 10:51am | 70Shares of Yanzhou Coal Mining (NYSE: YZC) are lower on the session by 2.44%, trading at $38.83. Overall put volume is now running at 30.35x the daily average, with 0% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 3,308 contracts have traded on the session so far. Yanzhou Coal Mining Company...
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Peabody Energy Confirmed And Issued Statement Regarding Tavan Tolgoi
Tuesday, July 5, 2011 - 12:05pm | 75Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) today confirmed that the Government of Mongolia has selected Peabody to be part of a global energy consortium to develop the Tavan Tolgoi coking coal reserve in the South Gobi region. Peabody continues to work with the government and other parties to reach agreement on...
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Peabody Energy Statement Regarding Tavan Tolgoi
Tuesday, July 5, 2011 - 12:03pm | 75Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) today confirmed that the Government of Mongolia has selected Peabody to be part of a global energy consortium to develop the Tavan Tolgoi coking coal reserve in the South Gobi region. Peabody continues to work with the government and other parties to reach agreement on...
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Coal Stocks Lose Some Of Their BTU
Tuesday, July 5, 2011 - 10:55am | 293This morning, the leading coal stocks started the morning very strong. Since the gap higher open, many of these leading coal stocks have pulled back off their early highs. This industry group looks to have started the morning higher after a pipe broke in the Yellowstone River that was owned by...
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Going Into July with a Boom 07-01-2011
Friday, July 1, 2011 - 5:49pm | 870Cusick's Corner The month of June is behind us and the market is on a very positive course. I do have some skepticism about the market's move over the last four days because it's been based on the light volume. I will be watching the volume next week and to see if there isn't a pullback where...
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Window Dressing 06-30-2011
Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 2:41pm | 982Cusick's Corner The shopping continues today. Seems like the big money managers are continuing to improve their window, dressing up their end of the month to keep the statement in the green. This is money that is already in the market, but this recent move has scared the managers and hedge funds...
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USEC Enters into Standstill Agreement with Toshiba and B&W
Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 8:33am | 218USEC Inc. (NYSE: USU) announced today that it has entered into a standstill agreement with its strategic investors Toshiba Corporation (Toshiba), acting through its U.S. subsidiary Toshiba America Nuclear Energy Corporation, and Babcock & Wilcox Investment Company (B&W) to provide a limited...
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Top 4 NYSE Stocks In The Industrial Metals & Minerals Industry With The Highest Profit Margin
Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 1:16am | 128Below are the top industrial metals & minerals stocks on the NYSE in terms of profit margin. The trailing-twelve-month profit margin at Natural Resources Partners LP (NYSE: NRP) is 52.54%. NRP's ROE for the same period is 21.68%. The trailing-twelve-month profit margin at Thompson Creek...
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Mad Money Lightning Round: Cramer Advises Investors To Buy Illumina
Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 1:09am | 338On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that Hudson City Bancorp (NASDAQ: HCBK) "turned out to be far more controversial than I realized ... If you want a good regional, I suggest First Niagara Financial (NASDAQ: FNFG)." For Transocean (NYSE: RIG), he said, "I like it, a...
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CONSOL Energy Finalizes Closing of Mine 84
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 - 4:31pm | 35CONSOL Energy Inc. (NYSE: CNX) has decided to close its Mine 84, located near Washington, PA. CONSOL had ceased production at the mine in the first quarter of 2009.
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Societe Generale Initiates Arch Coal Coverage
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 - 1:13pm | 94Societe Generale initiated Arch Coal (NYSE: ACI) coverage with a Buy rating and $30 price target in a research report published today. In the report, Societe Generale states, "We rate the stock a Buy in view of its met coal exposure: we believe met coal pricing is more sustainable than thermal...
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Societe Generale Initiates Peabody Energy Coverage
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 - 1:10pm | 124Societe Generale intiated Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) coverage with a Hold rating and $60 price target in a research report published today. In the report, Societe Generale states, "Peabody is the largest US-based coal miner, with operations mainly in the Western US Powder River Basin and Australia...