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ARM Holdings Blowing Up Today (ARMH)
Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 3:31pm | 184Shares of ARM Holdings (NASDAQ: ARMH) are skyrocketing today, up nearly 13% on heavy volume. At last check, ARM had already traded 11 million shares, which is more than three times its average daily volume. There has been plenty of speculation that Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), which is set to report...
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Rydex Debuts Equal-Weighted All-Country ETF
Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 3:22pm | 93Rydex, the largest issuer of equal-weight ETFs in the U.S., introduced the Rydex MSCI ACWI Equal Weight ETF yesterday under the ticker "EWAC." EWAC offers exposure to 45 countries - 24 developed markets and 21 emerging markets. At 24%, the U.S. is the biggest country weight while Japan is next at...
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CSC Closes Image Solutions Deal - Analyst Blog
Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 1:31pm | 518Yesterday, Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC) wrapped up the acquisition of privately held information technology outsourcing company Image Solutions Inc. This marks Computer Sciences' progress in the health care industry. The acquisition was announced in December 2010. Financial terms of the deal...
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CSC Closes Image Solutions Deal - Analyst Blog
Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 1:15pm | 518Yesterday, Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC) wrapped up the acquisition of privately held information technology outsourcing company Image Solutions Inc. This marks Computer Sciences' progress in the health care industry. The acquisition was announced in December 2010. Financial terms of the deal...
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Rumored iPad 2 Launch Date: April 2nd or 7th
Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 1:13pm | 141According to macnotes.net, reliable sources have confirmed that the launch of the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad 2 will be on the first or second Saturday in April. This date is only for sales within the United States; other countries should expect the iPad 2 to hit their shores roughly three months...
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Why I Hate Stocks With Debt: Learn From My Mistake
Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 1:23am | 693How many investment blogs write about their mistakes? Now you get to read about one of mine, and hopefully learn from it. If you have read my blog for the last year, you will know that the one trait I look for in stocks is being debt free. As a matter of fact, during the last three months, I have...
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Mike Khouw's Technology SPDR (ETF) (XLK) Trade
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 - 8:13pm | 195Mike Khouw talked on CNBC's Options Action about an options strategy in Technology SPDR (ETF) (NYSE: XLK). He spotted unusually high options activity in this name. Somebody bought 100,000 January 26 calls for $0.21 per option, and that represents 10,000,000 shares. Mr. Khouw recommended investors...
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Dying For Stocks …. (SCI) (STON)
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 - 8:11pm | 1704“Oh..I am investing in precious metals and precious metal stocks”. If you thought that you received glazed over eyes when you responded with the aforementioned at a party when asked the question of what are you investing in, then imagine the response you will get with my next suggestion. I am...
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Cray Announces Preliminary 2010 Revenue of $320-325M
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 - 5:36pm | 96Global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAY) today announced selected preliminary 2010 financial results. The 2010 results presented in this release are based on preliminary financial data and are subject to change until the year-end financial close process is complete. During the fourth...
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DELL Extends Retail Solutions - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 - 5:31pm | 475Dell Inc. (DELL) recently extended its Retail Solutions portfolio, adding secure cloud support for application integration. The company expects the initiative to be particularly helpful for small and medium businesses (SMBs) that are increasingly turning to the cloud. The solutions are expected...
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Zings Of The Day (AAPL, VZ)
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 - 5:02pm | 154Yesterday Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) teamed up for the iPhone to come to the Verizon network. Now when that annoying "can you hear me now?" guy comes on, at least he'll have a cool phone to talk into. Japan will begin buying Euro bonds in an effort to stave off debt worries around...
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DELL Extends Retail Solutions - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 - 4:58pm | 475Dell Inc. (DELL) recently extended its Retail Solutions portfolio, adding secure cloud support for application integration. The company expects the initiative to be particularly helpful for small and medium businesses (SMBs) that are increasingly turning to the cloud. The solutions are expected...
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It's A Banker's World. We Are Just Living In It.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 - 4:56pm | 685If you watch the nightly news or listen to any of the political talk shows you will hear that the major banks in the United States have paid back all the borrowed money from the Troubled Asset Relief Program(TARP) to the U.S. government. The media is now telling the American taxpayer that the...
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Verizon iPhone to Debut Feb. 10 - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 - 3:06pm | 973Market speculation about Verizon Wireless selling Apple Inc. (AAPL) iPhone 4 has been appeased with the two companies finally reaching an agreement. Verizon announced that it will begin selling the handset from February 10, 2011 and pre-orders for existing customers will be cleared online from...
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Verizon iPhone to Debut Feb. 10 - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 - 2:56pm | 973Market speculation about Verizon Wireless selling Apple Inc. (AAPL) iPhone 4 has been appeased with the two companies finally reaching an agreement. Verizon announced that it will begin selling the handset from February 10, 2011 and pre-orders for existing customers will be cleared online from...