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Puts Purchased on Mobile Mini (MINI)
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 12:17pm | 150Shares of Mobile Mini Inc. (NASDAQ: MINI) are higher on the session by 2.76%, currently trading at $16.76. The stock has been trading largely sideways over the past five months; it is also trading above both the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying protection on the name...
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Oppenheimer Reiterates Perform Rating on Iron Mountain (IRM)
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 9:54am | 273Oppenheimer is out with a research report this morning, where it reiterates its Perform rating on shares of Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM); they did not provide a price target. The Oppenheimer analysts said, “We recently met with IRM's CEO and CFO to discuss the company's prospects. Though...
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Morgan Keegan Sees Healthcare Services Group Beating Earnings Estimate (HCSG)
Thursday, July 8, 2010 - 12:28pm | 154Morgan Keegan reiterated its Outperform rating on shares of Healthcare Services Group (NASDAQ: HCSG) this morning. Ahead of its earnings announcement next week, Morgan Keegan's "EPS estimate of $0.21 is $0.01 above the consensus estimate." "Given Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement pressures on the...
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I Love This Game 07-07-2010
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 - 6:23pm | 714Cusick’s Corner The market held its ground, something the shorts have conceded at this stage. The day ended with the SPX breaking its second point of resistance 1053. For this to have strength, any pullback here needs to garner more support and get more of the sideline money involved to strengthen...
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Bid Lacks Conviction 07-07-2010
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 - 2:45pm | 749Cusick’s Corner This is a nice move to the upside that looks to be shaking out some of the shorts going into the Midday -- typical as far as moves go in a bearish trending market. Traders are hard pressed to position on the long side because the bid does not have the conviction that is necessary...
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FCN Reduces Its 2010 Guidance; Assumes Current Conditions Will Continue
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 - 12:01pm | 157Analysts at Oppenheimer & Co downgrade FTI Consulting Inc (NYSE: FCN) from "outperform" to "perform," while reducing their estimates for the company. The analysts have removed their price target of $48 for the company. FCN pre-announced its 2Q10 revenue and EPS short of the estimates and...
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HURN Amends Its Credit Facility
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 - 12:00pm | 284Analysts at William Blair & Co maintain their "market perform" rating on Huron Consulting Group Inc (NASDAQ: HURN), while reducing their estimates for the company. According to William Blair & Co, “Huron Consulting filed an 8-K yesterday afternoon with some amendments to the terms of its...
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Recovery In FCN’s Strategic Communications Segment Stronger Than Expected
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 - 11:58am | 206Analysts at William Blair & Co downgrade FTI Consulting Inc (NYSE: FCN) to "market perform." FTI Consulting announced its preliminary second-quarter results and full year guidance below the estimates. William Blair & Co says, “We think most buy-side investors were already skeptical of FTI's...
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Benzinga’s Top Downgrades (EW, RNOW, TEX, FCN)
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 - 7:50am | 143Edwards Lifesciences Corp (NYSE: EW) was downgraded by BMO Capital from “outperform” to “market perform.” EW’s shares closed at $56.60 yesterday. Edwards Lifesciences’ quarterly earnings fell 22.48%. Janney Montgomery downgraded RightNow Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: RNOW) from “buy” to “neutral.” RNOW...
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Puts Sold on Corrections Corp of America (CXW)
Tuesday, July 6, 2010 - 11:07am | 142Shares of Corrections Corp of America (NYSE: CXW) are higher on the session by 0.27%, currently trading at $18.76. The stock has been trading largely lower over the past six months and is below both the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders were selling protection on the name today....
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Calls Purchased on Brinks Co. (BCO)
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 4:24pm | 129Shares of Brinks Co. (NYSE: BCO) ended the session lower by 1.55%, trading at $19.03. The stock has been drifting lower and lower throughout the past three months and is trading below both the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders were buying upside calls today. The September $20.00...
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Top Narrow Based Indexes for June 30 (SPEX, PNCL, TSLA)
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 3:05pm | 216By 12:47 pm, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.91 points, or 0.01%, to 9,871.21, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index had gained 2.22 points, or 0.21%. The NASDAQ composite index had also climbed 9.24 points, or 0.43%. Some of the narrow based indexes that are driving the...
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Stocks Hitting 52-Week Highs (LOOP, HTWR, EXPO, BDE)
Monday, June 28, 2010 - 2:05pm | 137LoopNet Inc (NASDAQ: LOOP) shares gained 3.45% to create a new 52-week high, at $12.61. LOOP had $118.53 million of total cash in the latest quarter, while it had no debt in the same period. Heartware International Inc (NASDAQ: HTWR) shares reached $75.98 to create a new 52-week high, before...
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A Peek Into The Market At The Start Of The Trading Day
Monday, June 28, 2010 - 9:04am | 394Pre-open US stock futures moved up modestly today after the Group of 20 leaders pledged to reduce their government deficit by half by the year 2013. While futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 28 points to 10,132, those on the S&P 500 gained 4.30 points to 1,079. Meanwhile, Nasdaq...
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June 28, 2010: 11 Service Sector Micro-Cap Growth Ideas
Sunday, June 27, 2010 - 7:09pm | 378Investors regularly need fresh ideas to explore. I ran a screen on micro-cap stocks with company values in the $100-300m range within the service sector. These stocks beat the S&P 500 average by 20% or more over the past 52 weeks. All stocks were rated a SmartConsensus Buy. The list should be...