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Bookkeeping: More Shorts Added and Ryanair Holdings (RYAAY) Stopped Out
Monday, June 14, 2010 - 12:33pm | 1036A week ago on Tuesday all the world was going to hell in a hand basket, US employment stunk, copper was at 6 month lows, and the S&P was falling to yearly lows. Not 4 sessions later all is great in the world because the stock market bounced. Boo yah bipolar world... The Ryanair (RYAAY) short...
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Put Position Rolled in Steelcase (SCS)
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 - 10:08am | 125Shares of Steelcase Inc. (NYSE: SCS) are higher on the session by 1.43%, currently trading $7.11. The stock has been falling for the past six weeks, off from a recent high of $9.47. The stock is nearing the 200-day moving average. One options trader is rolling their long put position from June to...
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St. Jude Gets CE Mark for Epiducer - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, June 2, 2010 - 1:03pm | 367St. Jude Medical (STJ) recently announced that it received CE Mark for its Epiducer lead delivery system. This system is approved for neurostimulation therapy for managing chronic pain in the back or limbs, arising from unsuccessful back surgery. With the new system from St. Jude Medical, a single...
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Today's Worst Performing Narrow Indexes (AIN, IFSIA, PCX, ICO, AQPTY, IMPUY)
Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 1:14pm | 208U.S. equity markets have been slammed with sellers today, as the Dow Jones Industrial index has fallen 233 points to 10,211. Among the worst performing narrow based indices during the market plunge have been Textile Stocks, which have fallen 8.9%, Coal Stocks, which are down 8.8%, and Platinum and...
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Top 5 Small-Cap NASDAQ Stocks In The Consumer Goods Sector With The Highest Return On Equity (MLHR, COKE, FSYS, LANC, TRLG)
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 5:34am | 157Below are the top 5 small-cap consumer goods stocks on the NASDAQ in terms of ROE. Herman Miller Inc (NASDAQ: MLHR) has a trailing-twelve-month ROE of 41.83%. MLHR has a 52 week trading range of $13.27-$22.50. Coca-Cola Bottling Company (NASDAQ: COKE) has a trailing-twelve-month ROE of 39.60%. COKE...
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PBI: Net Positive For Both Long And Short Term
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 - 2:15pm | 148Analysts at Brean Murray reiterate their "buy" rating on Pitney Bowes Inc (NYSE: PBI). The target price for PBI is set to $30. Although Pitney Bowes has not changed its 2010 guidance, it has decided to expand its buyback to $150 million, which will be complete over the next 12 to 18 months. PBI is...
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Call Buyers Target APAC
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 - 8:50am | 89Shares of APAC Customer Services (NASDAQ: APAC), a provider of customer care services and solutions to companies in the communications, healthcare, business services, media and publishing, travel and entertainment, and financial services industries, is seeing bullish call activity this morning....
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Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Second Week of May
Monday, May 3, 2010 - 12:05pm | 627Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends'. This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only...
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Stocks To Watch For May 3, 2010 (MCK, APC, CLX, PBI, PFG)
Monday, May 3, 2010 - 5:47am | 175McKesson Corp (NYSE: MCK) is expected to post an EPS of $1.29 for the fourth quarter. MCK soared 0.48% to $65.12 in after hours trading. Pitney Bowes Inc (NYSE: PBI) is likely to report an EPS of $0.53 for the first quarter. PBI lost 1.74% to close at $25.40 on Friday. Analysts are expecting...
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Avery Dennison (AVY) Up 8% On Earnings And Guidance
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 12:25pm | 114Shares of Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) jumped after the company released financial results on Tuesday morning that beat Wall Street estimates. Avery Dennison Corporation reported that its 1st quarter net income came in at $54.7 million, or 51 cents per share. Excluding special items,...
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A.T. Cross Improves Margins: Retains “Buy” Rating (ATX)
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 12:12pm | 132A.T. Cross Company (NASDAQ: ATX) has reported its Q1 EPS at 1 cent, up 13 cents Y/Y. Its revenue recorded an increase of 11.5% on a year-over-year basis, and stood at $34.4 million. According to the report, A.T. Cross’s (ATX) cost cutting plans also yielded success and helped it in realizing an...
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Top Stocks of Connecticut
Saturday, April 17, 2010 - 1:24am | 816The state of Connecticut is home to the BioScience cluster, the Aerospace, Software and information technology, Metal Manufacturing, Maritime, Plastics, Agricultural, and Insurance and financial services clusters. These clusters symbolize the state’s diversified economy, and are evident in the...
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Earnings Preview: Ryder System - Analyst Blog
Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 3:30pm | 359Logistics and transportation solution provider Ryder System Inc. (R) is slated to release its first quarter 2010 results on April 21, before the opening bell. Management expects first quarter 2010 earnings to be in the range of 17–22 cents per share, lower than the 30 cents per share reported in...
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Top Yielding Tech Stocks
Monday, April 5, 2010 - 11:07pm | 441The Apple (AAPL) iPad has been released, generating a huge buying spree. Investors are looking for companies that may benefit from the popularity of the iPad, either iPad parts suppliers, apps makers, or other peripheral companies. But it is not just the tech stocks wrapping around Apple that are...
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Investors Need To Pay More Attention To Dividend ETFs In 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 12:44pm | 1310“Stocks delivered nicely in 2009, with the S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:SPY) shooting up an impressive 23.5% and emerging markets were even more impressive. Even bond investors in high yield and junk debt performed admirably throughout the year. The real question now, is what will 2010 hold for investors...