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Bookkeeping: Weekly Changes to Fund Positions Year 3, Week 31
Monday, March 8, 2010 - 8:55am | 2020Year 3, Week 31 Major Position Changes To see historic weekly fund changes click here OR the label at the bottom of this entry entitled 'fund positions'. Cash: 66.5% (v 80.6% last week) 18 long bias: 22.1% (v 12.1% last week) 6 short bias: 12.4% (v 7.3% last week) [Includes 1 'long dollar' position...
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Goldman Sachs (GS) VIP List of Top Hedge Fund Holdings
Friday, March 5, 2010 - 1:19pm | 1198Today is going to be Goldman Sachs (GS) day at FMMF - from their nearly perfect forecasting of monthly labor data (magically adjusting their figures 24 hours before it is released each month to "hit it on the nail"), to their new foray into buying warehouses so they can corner obtain more...
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LHC Group, Inc.’s (LHCG) Fourth-Quarter Review
Thursday, March 4, 2010 - 10:01pm | 113Analysts K. Newton Juhng and Eugene Goldenberg at BB&T Capital Markets have released a report reviewing the fourth-quarter results at LHC Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: LHCG). The company reported EPS of $0.70 for the quarter, which included a $0.05 per share benefit from lower bad debt expense. The...
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Shares Of LHC Group (LHCG) Climb 8%
Thursday, March 4, 2010 - 2:26pm | 88Shares of LHC Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: LHCG) are up more than 7% a day after the company posted an impressive earnings report. LHC Group reported 4th quarter 2009 net income of $12.7 million, or 70 cents per diluted share, compared with net income of $10.5 million, or 58 cents per diluted share, for...
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Bookkeeping: Adding More Individual Shorts
Thursday, March 4, 2010 - 12:15pm | 794It's times like these with the Russell 2000 up 15 of the past 17 sessions, and all intraday pullbacks lasting at most half an hour before buyers rush in when it feels like the market is incapable of going down. Perhaps the powers that be will make it so, I don't know. Even Goldman Sachs (GS) is...
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Weak Guidance For Q1 May Reduce Excitement For Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN)
Thursday, March 4, 2010 - 11:58am | 124Analysts at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey maintain their "buy" rating on Cross Country Healthcare Inc (NASDAQ: CCRN). The target price for CCRN is set to $13. CCRN posted higher-than-expected Q4 EPS, driven by higher-than-anticipated nurse and allied revenues, and gross margin improvement. Despite...
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Stocks That Created New 52-Week Highs (BARI, OZRK, BEAV, BRLI, BIIB)
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 - 3:28pm | 264Bancorp Rhode Island Inc (NASDAQ: BARI) shares jumped 3.87% to create a new 52-week high of $29.23. Analysts at Stifel Nicolaus upgraded BARI from “hold” to “buy.” Read more about this company here. Bank of the Ozarks Inc (NASDAQ: OZRK) shares climbed to create a new 52-week high of $32.03, before...
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CenterPoint Lags Consensus - Analyst Blog
Monday, March 1, 2010 - 4:14pm | 622Energy delivery company CenterPoint Energy Inc. (CNP) posted earnings of 27 cents per share for the fourth quarter of 2009, three cents lower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 30 cents but higher than the year-ago quarterly earnings of 25 cents. However fiscal 2009 EPS came in at $1.01, lower...
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Athenahealth (ATHN) Shares Fall As Quarterly Results Are Delayed, Yet Again
Friday, February 26, 2010 - 4:50pm | 111Shares fell by almost 14%, after Athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN) delayed the announcement of its quarterly results citing an accounting review. This is the second time in a month that the results announcement has been postponed. Shares of the company were down 13% at $37.83 in midday trade on...
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Benzinga’s Top Pre-Market Losers (AIG, CNP, CROX, ATHN, NVTL)
Friday, February 26, 2010 - 9:32am | 307American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) decreased 12.10% to $24.18 in the pre-market session. American International reported today a fourth-quarter net loss of $8.9 billion, or $65.51 per share, as compared to a net loss of $61.7 billion, or $458.99 per share, for the same quarter last...
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Express Scripts, Inc.’s (ESRX) Fourth-Quarter Review
Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 9:18pm | 98Analysts at Stifel Nicolaus have released a report reviewing the fourth-quarter results at Express Scripts, Inc. (NASDAQ: ESRX). The company reported results for the fourth-quarter yesterday. The company reported adjusted EPS of $0.97, which is ahead of analysts’ estimate of $0.87, and the...
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Stocks To Watch Out For Tomorrow (ATHN, COGT, FLR, GPS, HANS)
Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 8:51pm | 271According to Bloomberg, the shares of the following companies may see some unusual movements in trading tomorrow. Athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN), which provides internet based services to medical practices, fell 13% in trading today to $37.80. The company has deferred the announcement of its...
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Benzinga's After Hours Decliners (FLR, ATHN, CROX)
Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 8:02pm | 191Notable names moving lower in the after hours trading session include Fluor Corp. (NYSE: FLR), athenahealth (NASDAQ: ATHN), and Crocs (NASDAQ: CROX). Fluor (FLR) reported disappointing earnings and lowered guidance after the closing bell today. As a result, the stock has lost almost 6% in the after...
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Athena Plummeting After Hours (ATHN)
Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 5:28pm | 115athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN) is losing ground fast in the after hours, after postponing its fourth quarter earnings release. The company is seeking additional time to complete the year-end audit and conduct an internal accounting policy review related to the timing of amortization of deferred...
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Benzinga’s Top Downgrades (ANDS, BBI, FITB, FMS, TSL)
Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 2:16pm | 252Anadys Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: ANDS) was downgraded by Oppenheimer from “outperform” to “perform.” ANDS’ shares slipped 17.32% to $1.91 at 10:06 am. ANDS has a 52-week trading range of $1.44-$7.20. Read more about this company here. Janney Montgomery Scott downgraded Blockbuster Inc (NYSE:...