-
Benzinga’s Volume Movers (SFLY, MPWR, OTEX, MDVN, ABCO)
Friday, February 5, 2010 - 3:46pm | 243Shutterfly, Inc (NASDAQ: SFLY) shares gained 9.24% to $17.50. The volume of SFLY shares traded was 439% higher than normal. SFLY’s shares jumped after the company gave strong guidance for 2010. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc (NASDAQ: MPWR) shares rose 2.05% to $19.37. The volume of MPWR shares...
-
Monetary policy Update: a review of CB's Meeting over the past week
Friday, February 5, 2010 - 9:42am | 792From our next Top Down Outlook: The ECB decision to leave rates unchanged at 1% at the end of last week's monetary policy meeting was widely expected. Addressing the press after the meeting, President Trichet reiterated the outlook depicted at last month's monetary policy meeting with respect to...
-
Dun & Bradstreet Reports In-line EPS, Raises Dividend (DNB)
Thursday, February 4, 2010 - 6:59pm | 114Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE: DNB), a leading provider of global business information and risk management solutions, reported Thursday fourth-quarter earnings of $1.75 per share, in-line with the First Call consensus. Revenues fell 2.3% year-over-year to $463.7 million, but beat the consensus...
-
Bookkeeping: Stopped Out of 60% of DragonWave (DRWI) & EnerNOC (ENOC)
Thursday, February 4, 2010 - 11:37am | 424Make that 2 material long positions... DragonWave (DRWI) joined the "breakdown" party and my stop loss in the mid $10.90s hit; reducing our exposure by 60%. All the same comments as I made for Atheros in the previous entry apply here. EDIT 10:35: Make that 1 material long position as EnerNOC...
-
Top 5 Stocks For February 4, 2010 (DNB, TM, CLX, GSK, K)
Thursday, February 4, 2010 - 9:30am | 303Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE: DNB): Analysts expect the credit reporting firm to post earnings of $1.75 per share, when it declares its results for the latest quarter after the bell. DNB had slipped 1.72% to close at $78.95 yesterday. Read more about this company here. Car maker Toyota Motor (NYSE...
-
Equifax (EFX) 2009 Revenue and Earnings Fall
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 - 9:09pm | 138Credit reporting firm Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX) reported that its profits dropped 14% in 2009 due to layoff related restructuring charges. Equifax Inc. reported that its net income was $60.2 million, or 47 cents per share, in the 4th quarter of 2009. That compares with $64.0 million, or 50 cents per...
-
Bookkeeping: Cutting Back a Few More Long Positions
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 - 4:02pm | 918I am cutting back on these names for identical reasons in all situations. Stocks that had blown through support and now have made their way back to a resistance area or very close; identical set up as we see in the major indexes. I will go with the same concept as with the indexes - if they jump...
-
Cintas Corporation (CTAS) Maintains Hold Rating
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 - 2:06pm | 143BOE Research Services, Inc. has maintained a Hold rating for Cintas Corporation (NASDAQ: CTAS). Cintas reported second quarter revenue of $884.51 million, a 10.2% decline year-over-year. The decline in revenue was due to the competitive pricing environment and continued job losses in the US....
-
Earnings Preview: Equifax (EFX)
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 - 3:26am | 68Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX) will report fourth quarter (2009) earnings after the market closes on Wednesday. The consensus EPS estimate is a profit of $0.45, which is nickel short of the $0.50 per share earned in the same quarter a year earlier. Equifax Inc. beat estimates in three of the last four...
-
Monday's Hot Stocks on BIG Volume: A Time to Get Sirius?
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 - 9:09am | 2041With the major indices trading higher Monday, there were many stocks which broke out to the upside on BIG volume. 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...
-
Reserve Bank Of Australia preview
Monday, February 1, 2010 - 10:56am | 158The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) hiked rates 3 times in 2010, raising them from 3% to 3.75%. The RBA is likely to continue its tightened monetary policy in February, raising rates to 4%. Economic data published in the last few weeks indicate that economic recovery is well under way in Australia...
-
Overview of Remaining Material Long Positions
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 1:17pm | 1184There have been a ton of changes in exposure the past 5 sessions as the market has really punished many names in the small and mid cap space. We only have light exposure to "weak dollar / commodity" names but they too have bene traumatized the past week. The S&P could have upside to about...
-
Bookkeeping: Adding to EnerNOC (ENOC)
Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 2:12pm | 527Whew - as bad as the index is, there is some serious burning of brush in the small and mid cap area. Lots of -6 to -10% type of action on my watch lists. On the plus side, today has finally brought a few names down from the heavens, as their teflon performance is finally whacked with a baseball...
-
Top 5 Mid-Cap Stocks In The Technology Sector With The Highest EPS Estimates (CEL, PTNR, DNB, CSC, BIO)
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 8:00am | 277Below are the top 5 mid-cap technology stocks on the NASDAQ and the NYSE in terms of EPS estimates. The 2009 EPS estimate for Cellcom Israel Ltd (NYSE: CEL) is $11.26. CEL’s market capitalization is $3.28 billion. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity for CEL is 307.08%. Read more on this...
-
CRA International (CRAI) Reports Solid Fourth Quarter Results
Friday, January 15, 2010 - 1:06pm | 97CRA International (NASDAQ: CRAI) reported solid fiscal fourth-quarter results. William Blair & Company maintained an Outperform rating for CRA International. According to the firm, a portion of the revenue improvement was driven by the recognition of $3 million of revenue that the company could...