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Benzinga's Top ETF Gainers (LBJ, EDC, ERX, UYM)
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 4:23pm | 194Direxion Daily Latin America Bull 3x Shares ETF (NYSE: LBJ) gained 8.21%, as Latin American stocks traded higher. Petroleo Brasileiro SA (ADR) (NYSE: PBR) had a good trading session today. It gained 4.19%, and closed at $36.05. Direxion Daily Emerging Markets Bull 3x Shares(ETF) (NYSE: EDC) is...
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Stock Market News for July 20, 2010 - Market News
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 10:40am | 574Some optimism returned to the Street on Monday after Friday’s hammering, helping stocks post modest gains even as investors confronted some conflicting signals about the economic recovery and mixed earnings reports. However, even as demand for riskier assets rose, investors proceeded with caution...
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Sprint Transitions Spectrum Band for Broadband Use
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 10:01am | 83Today, Sprint (NYSE: S) announced that it has completed the transition of 35 MHz of broadcast auxiliary service (BAS) spectrum across the country. The conclusion of the project, which was begun in 2005 and completed at an estimated cost of approximately $750 million, establishes a new, more...
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Top 4 Stocks In The Oil And Gas Equipment And Services Industry With The Highest EPS Estimates (NOV, SDRL, CLB, SLB)
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 6:04am | 168Below are the top oil and gas equipment and services stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of earnings estimate for the next quarter. The earnings estimate for National Oilwell Varco Inc (NYSE: NOV) for the September quarter is $0.86 per share. NOV’s PEG ratio is 0.86. Seadrill Limited (NYSE:...
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Tech is Under Seige After Close 07-19-2010
Monday, July 19, 2010 - 6:53pm | 713Cusick's Corner Tech is under siege after the closing bell. This includes the biggies too; IBM and TXN both reported earnings after the close and are down in the extended market trading session. Both stocks gave increased guidance for the remainder of the year but weak longs looked to take...
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4 Sectors to Continue Monitoring 07-19-2010
Monday, July 19, 2010 - 4:02pm | 830Cusick’s Corner The market is trading off its worst levels after some pretty decent selling into the end of last week. That selling also got me thinking over the weekend, was it panic selling or just distribution selling? It was hard to tell because of option expiration but it did look more like...
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Top Performing Industries For July 19 (EDMC, HAL, PXLW, BBW)
Monday, July 19, 2010 - 2:04pm | 199At 1:39 pm, the Dow gained 0.18% to 10,115.61, the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index moved up 0.11% to 1,066.07 and the NASDAQ composite index rose 0.15% to 2,182.29. The industries that are driving the market today are: Education & Training Services: This industry jumped 4.73% by 1:39 pm...
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Monday’s Mid-day Options Volume Leaders (C, BAC, AAPL, BP, HAL, SPY)
Monday, July 19, 2010 - 11:29am | 117The overall market is hovering around the unchanged mark today as traders once again grabble with stellar earnings reports and weak economic data. Currently, the S&P 500 (NYSE: spy) is higher by 2.5 points, trading at 1,067. Here are your mid-day options volume leaders… 1. Citigroup (NYSE: C)...
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Pritchard Capital Partners Reiterates Buy Rating on Halliburton (HAL)
Monday, July 19, 2010 - 10:37am | 162Pritchard Capital Partners is out with a research note this morning, where it reiterates its Buy rating on Halliburton Co. (NYSE: HAL) following the company’s earnings report. The PCP analysts said, “(The) biggest upside was in North America. Unexpectedly, Latin America margins nearly doubled to...
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Stock Market News for July 19, 2010 - Market News
Monday, July 19, 2010 - 9:46am | 497Consumers’ growing pessimism about the economic recovery shook investors’ confidence on Friday, sending major averages off at least 2%, even as some companies reported better-than-anticipated quarterly numbers. Financials led on the downside after some big names from the sector posted weaker-than-...
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Company News for July 19, 2010 - Corporate Summary
Monday, July 19, 2010 - 9:46am | 243• Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) reported better-than-expected earnings and revenues as earnings of 52 cents beat Zacks estimates of 37 cents a share, and revenues of $4.4 billion reflected 25.6% YoY improvement and were ahead of Zacks estimates of $4.1 billion • Hasbro (NYSE:HAS) posted estimate-topping...
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Stocks To Watch For July 19 (HAL, TXN, DAL, HAS)
Monday, July 19, 2010 - 7:09am | 168Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Halliburton Co (NYSE: HAL) to post its Q2 EPS at $0.36 on $4.08 billion of revenue. HAL’s shares gained 0.84% to $27.74 in after-hours trading. Analysts are expecting Texas Instruments Inc (NYSE: TXN) to have earned $0....
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Mad Money Lightning Round OT: Cramer Still Believes In WFT (RMBS, INTC, PWR, PIR, WFT)
Sunday, July 18, 2010 - 12:46pm | 307Jim Cramer said on CNBC's Mad Money that Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is a much better investment than Rambus Inc.(NASDAQ: RMBS). He explained that Intel (INTC) had a great quarter with revenue growth and lots of projects, but the stock didn't go up. You can get Intel (INTC) for the price it traded before...
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Global Hunter Opens MIND With Buy
Friday, July 16, 2010 - 6:36am | 51Analysts at Global Hunter Securities initiate coverage of Mitcham Industries Inc (NASDAQ: MIND) with a "buy" rating. The target price for MIND is set to $10. MIND’s shares closed at $6.28 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here
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Wells Fargo Upgrades ALY To Outperform
Friday, July 16, 2010 - 6:33am | 42Analysts at Wells Fargo Securities upgrade Allis-Chalmers Energy Inc (NYSE: ALY) from "market perform" to "outperform." ALY’s shares closed at $2.44 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here