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A Penny For Your Thoughts: Advaxis, Inc. (ADXS)
Sunday, December 20, 2009 - 12:30pm | 697Advaxis, Inc., (OTCBB: ADXS), engages in the research and development of live cancer vaccines targeting cervical, head and neck, breast, prostate, and other cancers using a bio engineered bacterium, Listeria monocytogenes to activate the immune system. Results are very promising. The stock trades...
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Bookkeeping: Stopped Out of Most EnerNOC (ENOC), Closing Discover Financial Services (DFS)
Friday, December 18, 2009 - 2:05pm | 549The market action remains akin to scraping fingernails across a chalkboard. Impossible to make any progress with a diversified portfolio, unless you are flying in and our of trades with under 24 hour duration. EnerNOC (ENOC) encountered a failed breakout after 3 days of teasing- we added a big...
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Stocks to Watch (AONE, BA, GEOY, RTP, TWX, FSLR)
Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 9:18am | 354A123 Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: AONE) surged 4.26% to $19.24 in the pre-market session after A123 Systems said today it is forming a joint venture with China's top carmaker SAIC Motor Corp to develop, make and sell complete vehicle traction battery systems for use in hybrid electric and pure electric...
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Bookkeeping: Adding Back to EnerNOC (ENOC) on Clear of Resistance
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 12:50pm | 471EnerNOC (ENOC) has impressively broken above resistance into the $29.30s; I have highlighted in the box below my first trade(s) of this stock - when we first bought near the 200 day moving average and then sold the stock in 2 batches (here) and (here) - leaving only a holding stake as of last...
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Buy Call on Orbital Sciences Corporation (ORB)
Monday, December 14, 2009 - 3:13pm | 232Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) designs, develops and manufactures space-launch vehicles, geosynchronous earth-orbit (GEO) and low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites, suborbital rockets for missile defense systems and transportation management systems for mass transit operators. The major...
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Bookkeeping: Weekly Changes to Fund Positions Year 3, Week 19
Monday, December 14, 2009 - 9:33am | 3167Year 3, Week 19 Major Position ChangesTo see historic weekly fund changes click here OR the label at the bottom of this entry entitled 'fund positions'.Cash: 80.7% (v 74.9% last week)23 long bias: 17.0% (v 20.6% last week) 3 short bias: 2.3% (v 4.5% last week) [includes 1 option position]26...
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National Technical Systems Announces Fiscal 2010 Third Q3 and Nine Months Results
Monday, December 14, 2009 - 7:25am | 156National Technical Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTSC) announced results for its fiscal 2010 Q3 and nine months ended October 31, 2009. Revenues for the 2010 fiscal year's Q3 and first nine months were driven by increases in revenues in the aerospace and defense sectors, which were partially offset by...
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Obama Promises Assistance For Small Businesses
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - 9:13am | 135President Obama and the US Congress are working overtime to raise the total cost of the stimulus package to $1 trillion as urged by some economists last winter. Obama outlined proposals to increase job creation in his speech Tuesday. The measures include the money for building roads, construction...
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Bookkeeping: Selling Almost all Remaining EnerNOC (ENOC)
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 - 11:22am | 544The position in EnerNOC (ENOC) has worked out very well for us... after a purchase right at the 200 day moving average on the 23rd of November, the stock did a complete U-turn the next day and ran right into resistance. We dumped 2/3rds on the 27th, for a 11% gain in a week... the velocity of the...
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Dividend Aristocrats Index Making Changes (CTAS, BBT, PFE, GE)
Monday, December 7, 2009 - 5:46am | 220The Standard & Poor's Dividend Aristocrats Index should be a place where investors can find some of the best dividend payers around, but the index has inlcuded some dubious members recently. Considering that companies must raise their payouts for at least 25 consecutive years to included, the...
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ICFI Announces Secondary Offering
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 - 11:09am | 148Analysts at UBS their “Neutral” rating for ICF International, Inc. (NASDAQ: ICFI) after Yesterday, ICFI announced that it commenced a secondary offering of 3.1M shares of common stock. The price target is set to $29. The broker said “Given that ICFI filed a shelf registration on 9/14, we don’t...
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Bookkeeping: Selling 2/3rds EnerNOC (ENOC)
Friday, November 27, 2009 - 11:48am | 474The trade on EnerNOC (ENOC) worked out far more quickly than I anticipated... in no way, shape, or form is it normal for a stock to fall to its 200 day moving average and then turn on a dime and vault higher - especially a stock that has taken a beating for about 10 sessions in a row. But much of...
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Benzinga’s Top Upgrades (ABCO, IWA, EV, VPRT, HPT)
Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 11:31am | 176The Advisory Board Company (NASDAQ: ABCO) was today upgraded by First Analysis from Equalweight to Overweight at a price target of $30. ABCO is now trading at $25.55, 2.16% up. UBSI rose about 14% so far in 2009. Iowa Telecommunications Services, Inc. (NYSE: IWA) today Morgan Stanley upgraded IWA...
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EnerNOC (ENOC) - Hmmm?
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 - 3:08pm | 442Not that I am complaining since our position was just established yesterday but any reason for this out performance today (aside from the Mad Money crowd following my recommendation of buy buy buy?) ;) It sticks out like a sore thumb... or Lady Gaga at a black tie affair. If this continues, I'll...
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Benzinga's Volume Movers (PEET, CBRL, GPRE, NUAN)
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 - 3:05pm | 292Some of the company’s stocks saw extraordinary trading today in the morning. Some of the companies worth having a look are: Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc (NASDAQ: GPRE) shares moved 9.70% to $12.89. The volume of GPRE shares traded was 338% more than normal. Over the past six months, GPRE’s...