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"Mad Money Lightning Round:" Jim Cramer Favors TQNT, AKS, AKAM, WLT, HE, DVN, MTW, WFT, DNDN
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 - 6:37am | 399In his "Mad Money Lightning Round," Jim Cramer said that Triquint Semiconductor (NASDAQ: TQNT) is the key player in the mobile Internet tsunami and is worth investing into. TQNT added 1.68% in after hours trading. Although Jim liked AK Steel Holding (NYSE: AKS) for its steel business, he said that...
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PowerShares Small Cap Sector ETFs Hit the Tape
Thursday, April 8, 2010 - 3:02am | 1157PowerShares launched a suite of small-cap sector ETFs based on the S&P SmallCap 600 Index yesterday (4/7/10). These nine new ETFs are the first to provide sector-specific exposure within the U.S. small-cap stock market. I have long been a fan of sector and industry-focused funds, and I warmly...
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Fast Money Picks For April 7th (HES, ACL, LM, BBT)
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 - 6:31pm | 170CNBC Fast Money's Joe Terranova said on the show that he would buy Hess Corp. (NYSE: HES) on Wednesday. Hess Corp. (HES) closed today at $64.29. The stock traded flat and gained only 0.02%. Alcon, Inc. (NYSE: ACL) is one of Karen Finerman's favorite stocks. She recommends a long position in this...
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VPHM Initiates Mid-Stage Study - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 - 2:00pm | 323Recently, ViroPharma Inc. (VPHM) announced the initiation of a mid-stage study to evaluate Cinryze (C1 Esterase Inhibitor (Human)) for treating acute angioedema attacks in children (n=12) suffering from hereditary angioedema (HAE). A child has an even probability of being affected with hereditary...
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Monday's Hot Stocks on Heavier Volume
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 - 9:28am | 1936Today's breakout report is for Monday April 5, 2010. If this is your first time reading one of my breakout reports you'll want to read the section below, however if you are familiar with my daily breakout report you should skip ahead to the list of stocks. To reiterate previous blog posts like...
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Gainers and Losers On April 5
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 - 6:52am | 340Shares that made an impression with their moves in the US market yesterday are: Gainers Shares of National Dentex Corp (NASDAQ: NADX) soared 68% after the operator said that it is to be acquired by GDC Holdings Inc for $17 a share. Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: KERX) gained 22.3% after the...
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Stocks That Have Crossed 52-Week High (ALGN, AERG, BBBY, BRCM, CRME)
Monday, April 5, 2010 - 2:54pm | 238Align Technology, Inc (NASDAQ: ALGN) crossed its earlier 52-week high of $20 and created a new high of $20.52, up 4.80%. ALGN designs, manufactures and markets the Invisalign system to treat malocclusion (the misalignment of teeth). Applied Energetics Inc (NASDAQ: AERG) soared 13.19% to $1.03 on a...
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National Dentex Corp. (NADX) Scales To a Fresh 52 Week High With Strong Volumes
Monday, April 5, 2010 - 2:32pm | 157National Dentex Corporation (NASDAQ: NADX), one of the largest operators of dental laboratories in North America, has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement and plan of merger to be acquired by GDC Holdings, Inc. (GDC), which is a holding company of GeoDigm Corporation (GeoDigm...
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Neogen Corp. Enters Agricultural Lab Business (NEOG)
Monday, April 5, 2010 - 11:22am | 117A report released by Stephens Inc. today has an Equal Weight rating and $25.00 price target on shares of Neogen Corp. (NASDAQ: NEOG). Last Friday, the company announced that it had acquired GeneSeek, which is a privately held commercial agricultural genetics laboratory, based in Lincoln, Nebraska....
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Top 5 Stocks For March 31, 2010 (AYI, MU, MOS, RIMM, BLUD)
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 7:48am | 267Acuity Brands (NYSE: AYI) has forecasted an EPS of $0.09 for the latest quarter. AYI will announce its results before the market opens. AYI’s shares gained 0.57% to close at $42.24 yesterday. Read more about this company here. Analysts expect Micron Technology (NYSE: MU) to post earnings of $0.24...
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Before Jumping Into A Single Health Care Stock Consider This ETF
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 11:22pm | 1667“The healthcare sector has never seen anything like this and neither has the American public. After months of political wrangling, the Affordable Health Care for America Act was signed into law by the President. The Act will extend health insurance coverage to roughly 30 million Americans without...
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Medical Devices Industry Update (BAX, BCR, COO, MASI, HAE)
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 12:33pm | 330Analysts Lawrence Keusch and Konstantin Tcherepachenets at Morgan Keegan have released an update on the Medical Devices industry. After an approval for the healthcare reform bill by the House of Representatives on Sunday, the path is clear now for President Barack Obama to make it into a law. As a...
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Investors Flock To Healthcare ETFs On Historic Reform
Monday, March 22, 2010 - 4:13pm | 1662“Wall street was glued to the weekend vote on health-care reform and scrambled to figure out which areas, if any, might benefit from its passage. Technically, however, the fortunes of the sector relative to the broad market changed for the better a month ago. In other words, nothing historic...
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Changes In ALGN’s 1Q10 Invisalign Teen Promotion May Adversely Affect Product
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 1:52pm | 193Analysts at Northcoast Research maintain their "buy" rating on Align Technology (NASDAQ: ALGN). The target price for ALGN is set to $21. According to Northcoast Research, “In our 1Q10 survey, 14% of respondents experienced stronger Invisalign utilization (cases per submitting doctor) on a year-over...
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Jim Cramer's Lightning Round OT Comments (ACL, AGN, NTES, BIDU, DPM, KMP)
Monday, March 15, 2010 - 8:04pm | 263Jim Cramer said on CNBC's Mad Money that investors should sell Alcon, Inc. (NYSE: ACL) and buy Allergan, Inc. (NYSE: AGN) instead. Cramer added that he likes both Allergan (AGN) and Medicis (NYSE: MRX). Alcon (ACL) added 0.02% today, while Allergan (AGN) and Medicis (MRX) gained 0.85% and 4.85%...