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Calls Purchased on Annaly Capital Management (NLY)
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - 11:08am | 124Shares of Annaly Capital Management Inc. (NYSE: NLY) are higher on the session by 0.45%, currently trading at $17.90. The stock has been rallying strongly over the past three weeks and has now regained the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are betting on further upside today....
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Calls Sold on Chimera Investment Corp. (CIM)
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - 9:55am | 106Shares of Chimera Investment Corp. (NYSE: CIM) are higher on the session by 0.26%, currently trading at $3.88. The stock has been drifting largely lower over the past six months, hovering around that 200-day moving average. One options trader is selling calls on the name today. The December $5...
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Piper Jaffray Reiterates Overweight Rating on CapitalSource (CSE)
Friday, June 18, 2010 - 9:42am | 242Piper Jaffray is out with an analyst note this morning, where they reiterate their Overweight rating on shares of CapitalSource Inc. (NYSE: CSE); they have a $7.00 price target on the stock. Piper analysts said, “Several indicators are pointing to improved fundamentals in the commercial real...
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Mad Money Lightning Round: Jim Cautious Of RIG
Monday, June 14, 2010 - 7:59am | 249In his "Mad Money Lightning Round" on Friday, Jim said that Annaly Capital (NYSE: NLY) is back and it is bigger than ever. He advised investors to “pull the trigger” now. NLY slipped 0.11% on Friday, but gained 0.17% in after hours. When asked about EMC (NYSE: EMC), Cramer said that the company has...
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Top 4 Stocks In The Paper And Paper Products Industry With The Lowest PEG Ratio (FBR, ONP, BZ, CVO)
Monday, June 14, 2010 - 6:05am | 136Below are the top 4 paper and paper products goods stocks on the NYSE and the AMEX in terms of PEG ratio. Fibria Celulose SA (NYSE: FBR) has a PEG ratio of 0.24. FBR’s March quarter earnings were 105.60% higher than anticipated. Orient Paper Inc (AMEX: ONP) has a PEG ratio of 0.32. ONP’s quarterly...
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Puts Purchased on iStar Financial (SFI)
Friday, June 4, 2010 - 2:17pm | 154Shares of iStar Financial Inc. (NYSE: SFI) are lower on the session by 5.36%, currently trading $5.38. The stock has been a relative outperformer as of late, but is now breeching the 50-day moving average to the downside. Puts are also being bought on the name today. The July $5.00 put was just...
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Put Volume Grows in iStar Financial (SFI)
Thursday, June 3, 2010 - 2:43pm | 165Shares of iStar Financial Inc. (NYSE: SFI) are lower on the session by 2.65%, currently trading $5.69. The stock has been a relative outperformer as of late and is still managing to hold the 50-day moving average. Options trading is favoring the put side today, though sentiment is mixed. The July...
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Top 5 Stocks In The Mortgage Investment Industry With The Highest Sales (NLY, MFA, DRL, HTS, ANH)
Tuesday, June 1, 2010 - 7:11am | 171Below are the top 5 mortgage investment stocks on the NASDAQ and the NYSE in terms of sales. The trailing-twelve-month sales of Annaly Capital Management Inc (NYSE: NLY) stand at $2.07 billion. NLY’s trailing-twelve-month operating margins amount to 93.14%. The trailing-twelve-month sales of MFA...
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Top 5 Small-Cap Stocks In The Mortgage Investment Industry With The Highest Return On Equity (IMH, WAC, HTS, RWT, ANH)
Tuesday, June 1, 2010 - 7:08am | 161Below are the top 5 small-cap mortgage investment stocks on the NASDAQ and the NYSE in terms of ROE. Impac Mortgage Holdings Inc (AMEX: IMH) has a trailing-twelve-month ROE of 69.05%. IMH’s quarterly earnings growth stands at 82%. Walter Investment Management Corp (AMEX: WAC) has a trailing-twelve-...
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Lumber Prices Have Crashed On Weak Outlook For Builders (WY, LUK, MAS, LPX, IP, FBR, TOL, KBH, LEN, PHM))
Friday, May 28, 2010 - 10:14am | 246On May 17th and May 25th, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange stopped trading in lumber futures because the contract price had fallen by the maximum allowable amount of $10. On the 25th, lumber was halted at a price of $225/thousand board feet, which is the price that the contract opened at again this...
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Updated GDP Numbers Down a Tad - Analyst Blog
Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 6:22pm | 1604In the first quarter, GDP grew at 3.0% (instead of the initially reported 3.2%). This, while slower than the 5.6% growth in the fourth quarter, is actually stronger once you look at the composition of the growth. However the composition of the growth in the second look is not as good as it was in...
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May 27: GDP Rises 3% - Economic Highlights
Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 9:30am | 480GDP Preliminary Q1 Estimates show GDP increased by 3.0%, less than the expected 3.5% increase, following a 3.2% estimated increase in the advance Q1 estimate (today’s preliminary release is based on a more complete set of data), after increasing by 5.6% in the fourth quarter and by 2.2% in the...
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Calls Purchased on Hatteras Financial (HTS)
Monday, May 24, 2010 - 11:27am | 118Shares of Hatteras Financial Corp (NYSE: HTS) are higher on the session by 4.12%, currently trading $26.54. The stock has been drifting lower for the better part of six months, though looks like it is trying to make a run above the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. I am detecting bullish call...
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“The SEC: Designed for Failure”
Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 4:08pm | 1113Thank you to a loyal Sense on Cents reader for providing a recently released report by the U. S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform entitled The SEC: Designed for Failure. Much of what the American public has been fed about the SEC has been produced by the SEC...
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Early Volume Plays Among Those Valued Below $10 (SMTX, CNTF, IRE, RSO)
Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 10:50am | 267Some of the stocks that are valued below $10 and have the potential to become one of the high volume movers in the early trading hours are: SMTC Corp (NASDAQ: SMTX) climbed 3.7% to $3.88 in the pre-market session after the company announced that its loan agreements with Wells Fargo Capital Finance...