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Piper Jaffray Reiterates Neutral Rating on Expeditors International (EXPD)
Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 9:36am | 180Piper Jaffray is out with an analyst note this morning that is reiterating their Neutral Rating on shares of Expeditors International (NASDAQ: EXPD). The stock has a $42.00 price target as well. Piper analysts cited April airfreight growth that beat expectations and which continues to outpace the...
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Trade with Tight Parameters 05-25-2010
Tuesday, May 25, 2010 - 3:18pm | 752Cusick’s Corner There are a lot of scared investors and traders out there today. We are seeing an enormous spike in emotion and the market seems to be reacting irrationally. While short-term solvency has come into question for some asset classes and countries, I have yet to see or hear a clear,...
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Stocks That Crossed 52-Week Highs (AIRT, CBOU, DLTR, ODSY)
Monday, May 24, 2010 - 2:13pm | 195Air T Inc (NASDAQ: AIRT) crossed its earlier 52-week high of $13.24 and created a new 52-week high of $13.40. AIRT announced on Friday that it planned to pay a $0.33 per share annual cash dividend for fiscal 2010 on June 25, 2010 to shareholders as of record June 4, 2010. Caribou Coffee Company...
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Looking at FedEx Options Strategies After an Upgrade
Friday, May 21, 2010 - 4:49pm | 1802During Thursday’s market meltdown, one analyst still had time for optimistic words on United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) and FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX). David Ross of Stifel Nicolaus boosted his rating on both names to “buy,” noting the shipping industry has room for upside as the global economy...
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Piper Jaffray Maintains Overweight Rating On United Parcel Service (UPS)
Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 2:19pm | 95Analysts Matthew S. Brooklier and Reena E. Krishnan at Piper Jaffray have released an update on United Parcel Services (NYSE: UPS). On Wednesday, the Independent Pilots Association, which represents UPS’s 2,800 union pilots, announced that the company is going ahead with its prior plans to...
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Stocks That Crossed 52-Week Highs (AIRT, HTWR, NAFC, SPRD)
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 1:53pm | 182Air T Inc (NASDAQ: AIRT) crossed its earlier 52-week high of $12.61 and created a new 52-week high of $12.71. AIRT provides overnight air cargo, ground equipment sales and ground support services. Heartware International Inc (NASDAQ: HTWR) was another stock that made a new 52-week high at $59.05,...
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FDX’ Improving Fundamentals Create Entry Point For Investors
Monday, May 17, 2010 - 11:35am | 168Analysts at Piper Jaffray reiterate their "overweight" rating on FedEx (NYSE: FDX). The target price for FDX is set to $110. FDX is set to report its Q4 results on June 16. “We believe International Express ops likely saw continued strong volume growth acceleration with yields also being pushed...
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Early Volume Plays Among Those Valued Below $10 (CDII, NEXM, XPO, TGB)
Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 10:43am | 292Some 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: Chinese company China Direct Industries (NASDAQ: CDII) has swung to a Q2 profit of $0.06 from a loss of $0.06 a share in Q2 2009. CDII’s revenue is also up 13...
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17 Long Trade Setups with Stop-Losses
Monday, May 10, 2010 - 9:20pm | 163The 17 stocks below are in no particular order, but they do include my desired stop-loss for each one. Depending on your trading strategy, there is something for everyone below, whether you like to play the pullback, or the breakout, or simply anything that moves upward, I'm sure you will be...
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Pacer International Inc. (PACR) All Set To Move Into Bullish Zone
Thursday, May 6, 2010 - 1:54pm | 112Pacer international Inc. (NASDAQ: PACR) soared 11% to $7.06 after starting even higher on Thursday. Pacer International Inc. (PACR), the provider of trucking, freight and transportation logistics services, moved up after the company earned 1 cent a share in the first quarter. Analysts, on average...
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Benzinga’s Top Downgrades (ITMN, WBMD, PKOH, BWY, COCO)
Wednesday, May 5, 2010 - 9:16am | 184InterMune Inc (NASDAQ: ITMN) was downgraded by Oppenheimer from “outperform” to “perform.” ITMN closed at $45.44 yesterday. ITMN has a 52-week trading range of $10.48 - $49.46. Canaccord Adams downgraded WebMD Health Corp (NASDAQ: WBMD) from “buy” to “hold.” WBMD’s shares closed at $47.30 yesterday...
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FedEx Drops Orange Bowl Sponsorship
Tuesday, May 4, 2010 - 2:25am | 140FedEx (NYSE: FDX), the second-largest package shipping firm, said it will end its 20-year sponsorship of the Orange Bowl, one of college football's premier bowl games. FedEx said it wants to focus is marketing efforts elsewhere. The company currently sponsors the #11 car driven by Denny Hamlin the...
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Interesting ETF Idea: The NASCAR ETF
Sunday, May 2, 2010 - 2:13am | 271Before we get too carried away here, there are no plans for a NASCAR ETF, but think about: The idea isn't half bad. No sport in the U.S. is as dependent on corporate sponsorship dollars as NASCAR is. Every driver's car is considered a rolling billboard and given the cost involved in sponsoring a...
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Stocks That Crossed 52-Week Highs (FWRD, HANS, HGRD, HTWR, ISBC)
Friday, April 30, 2010 - 11:34am | 194Forward Air Corp (NASDAQ: FWRD) crossed its earlier 52-week high of $28.33 and created a new 52-week high of $29.11. Stifel Nicolaus upgraded FWRD from “sell” to “hold.” Hansen Natural Corp (NASDAQ: HANS) was another stock that made a new 52-week high at $44.80, marking 0.88% growth at 11:03 am....
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Benzinga’s Top Upgrades (KLAC, ORB, CCH, HURN, FWRD)
Friday, April 30, 2010 - 10:06am | 191KLA-Tencor Corp (NASDAQ: KLAC) was upgraded by Caris & Company from “average” to “above average.” KLAC gained 3.24% to $34.69 by 9:19 am. KLAC has a quarterly EPS of 104.88%. Morgan Joseph upgraded Orbital Sciences Corp (NYSE: ORB) from “hold” to “buy.” Shares of ORB jumped 2.09% to $19.04 by 9...