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Top 5 NYSE Stocks In the Technology Sector With The Highest 5-Y Earnings Estimates (ESE, TSU, VIP, VIV, KYO)
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 7:51am | 343Below are the top technology stocks on the NYSE in terms of 5-Y earnings estimates. ESCO Technologies Inc (NYSE: ESE) is likely to achieve 57% earnings growth over the next five years. ESE’s shares have lost 16.25% over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has jumped 47.05% in the same...
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Dow Finishes In The Green Again (VZ, MMM, AAPL, DHR, T)
Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 4:34pm | 285The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed higher for the fourth straight trading session, gaining 11.56 points to finish at 10,907.42. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite also registered small gains today. Volume was particularly anemic, though, which has some observers worried that a market...
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Benzinga’s Volume Movers (AFFY, ROLL, LMIA, GIII, RDWR)
Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 2:49pm | 257Affymax Inc (NASDAQ: AFFY) shares jumped 3.87% to $23.60. The volume of AFFY shares traded was 603% higher than normal. Analysts at Piper Jaffray initiated coverage of AFFY with an “overweight” rating. Read more about this company here. RBC Bearings Incorporated (NASDAQ: ROLL) shares climbed 2% to...
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DHR Raises Guidance For Q1 EPS
Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 10:50am | 130Analysts at Thomas Weisel reiterate their "market weight" rating on Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR), while raising their estimates for the company. The target price for DHR has been raised from $75 to $80. DHR and Cooper have announced that they would be combining parts of their tools businesses in...
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Danaher Pops to a New 52-Week High
Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 10:30am | 136Danaher (NYSE: DHR) is moving higher this morning by over 4.00% to $80.63 after the company raised its guidance for Q1. Previously guidance was set at $0.77-0.82 per share, but the company came out this morning and said EPS would be at or above $0.90. That, my friends, is a large pop and I think...
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U.S. Equity Market Preview (BJ, BBI, CEPH, DHR, MYGN)
Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 7:14am | 323Shares of the following companies may see some unusual movements in trading on Tuesday, according to Bloomberg. BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc. (NYSE: BJ), a warehouse club operator in the Eastern United States, has increased the size of its share buyback program by $200 million. Shares of BJ’s Wholesale...
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FDA to Review VIVUS Drug - Analyst Blog
Monday, March 29, 2010 - 11:46am | 545Recently, VIVUS, Inc. (VVUS) announced that the New Drug Application (NDA) for its obesity candidate, Qnexa, will be reviewed by the Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs advisory committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) tentatively on July 15, 2010. The US regulatory authority...
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Benzinga’s Top Upgrades (VALE, EOG, CLR, ESE, BTM)
Monday, March 29, 2010 - 9:44am | 250Vale (NYSE: VALE) was upgraded by Canaccord Adams from “hold” to “buy.” VALE’s shares closed at $30.79 on Friday. VALE moved up 6.06% year-to-date. Read more about this company here. RBC Capital Markets upgraded EOG Resources Inc (NYSE: EOG) from “sector perform” to “outperform.” EOG closed at $...
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Market Roundup (ABK, DCI, IRDM, AAPL, GOOG)
Friday, March 26, 2010 - 3:30pm | 205According to The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, the move by Wisconsin to takeover contracts from Ambac (NYSE: ABK) is a bankruptcy event. This announcement can trigger swap payments of around $3 billion. The shares of filtration systems firm Donaldson Company (NYSE: DCI) rose 1.2...
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3-26-10 Daily Small Cap Market News and Stock Highlights from SmallCapVoice.com
Friday, March 26, 2010 - 11:30am | 2166Stocks are moving higher as Greece receives debt aid package Stocks rose Friday morning after European leaders agreed to a bailout program for debt-burdened Greece. A slightly worse-than-expected revision to the nation’s fourth-quarter gross domestic product had little effect on trading. The report...
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Top 5 NASDAQ Stocks In Industrial Goods Sector With Highest Gross Margins (MINI, ERII, TASR, SHFL, NDSN)
Friday, March 26, 2010 - 7:41am | 244Below are the top five industrial goods stocks on the NASDAQ in terms of gross margins. The trailing-twelve-month gross margins at Mobile Mini Inc (NASDAQ: MINI) are 93.11%. MINI’s quarterly earnings growth stands at 2332.90% y/y. Read more about this company here. The trailing-twelve-month gross...
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Top 5 NASDAQ Stocks In The Industrial Goods Sector With The Highest Free Cash Flows (FWLT, JOYG, LECO, FAST, SRCL)
Friday, March 26, 2010 - 7:33am | 247Below are the top industrial goods stocks on the NASDAQ in terms of free cash flows. The trailing-twelve-month free cash flows of Foster Wheeler AG. (NASDAQ: FWLT) are $506.3 million. FWLT’s trailing-twelve-month ROE stands at 57.21%. Read more about this company here. The trailing-twelve-month...
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Zignals Trading Strategies That Work; Buyers Go Into Hiding
Friday, March 26, 2010 - 7:14am | 1057After an early stint Thursday where shorts were again forced to cover it was the net sellers which eventually won the day. Thursday was almost a battle between shorts; those who needed to cover and those who were preperated to take the risk on the anticipation of further weakness. Additional profit...
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Volume Talks Wednesday: A Bullish Biotech Breakout Option Play
Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 9:02am | 2954Today's breakout report is for Wednesday March 24, 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...
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IS THE GOVERNMENT UNDERSTATING THE SEVERITY OF THE RECESSION?
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 9:32pm | 223Great read here from the Brookings Institution on the extent of the downturn and how government issued GDP is understating the severity of the current recession: “The U.S. produces two conceptually identical official measures of its economic output, currently called Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and...