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Wednesday's Mid-Day Options Volume Leaders
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 12:54pm | 76Here are today's mid-day options volume leaders… 1. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) 237,259 contracts, 64.3% calls, 35.7% puts 2. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) 140,030 contracts, 50.8% calls, 49.2% puts 3. Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) 102,436 contracts, 56.2% calls, 43.8% puts 4. Las Vegas Sands (NSYE: LVS)...
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The Markets Control The Government...Just Watch
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 11:57am | 315The government is a puppet that the markets will ultimately control. This is the truth and the markets are starting to get angry today. As the debt ceiling talks continue to drag, the markets are starting to hit back. Early in the week, no agreement was a non event as there was a full week to...
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Active Screen - CANSLIM: Top 8 for July 27th
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 10:23am | 1632It was another steady list of qualifying stocks for our CANSLIM scan. The top-8, ranked by Market Cap, were unchanged from July 14th. The CANSLIM stock screener settings employed were: Top dog, leading from December 2010 when the scan was started, is Apple (AAPL). AAPL had already cleared its...
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Market Losers as of 10AM
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 9:56am | 99Stratasys (NASDAQ: SSYS) is trading down almost 11% after reporting Q3 earnings. Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN) is trading down over 10% after reporting Q2 earnings. Alere (NYSE: ALR) is trading down over 7.5% after reporting Q2 earnings. JDA Software Group (NASDAQ: JDAS) is trading down over 5%. RPC...
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NCR and Scopus Tecnologia Form Strategic Alliance in Brazil
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 9:02am | 105NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) and Scopus Tecnologia Ltda, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Banco Bradesco SA, announced today the formation of a strategic alliance for the manufacturing and development of ATMs in Brazil that will see Scopus acquire a 49 percent equity stake in NCR Manaus, NCR's Brazilian...
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Look for Focus Media (FMCN), Strong Earnings Stocks to Go Higher
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 8:18am | 305During earnings season, I love set-ups we get from stocks that made strong reports. I look for a stock to report good earnings, gap up, and then base for 3-5 days. After proving itself with that new upper level base, these leading stocks often make another strong run. We saw this pattern earlier in...
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Why AT&T is a Good Buy
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 8:14am | 537On Wednesday July 20th the FCC said that it would extend its review of AT&T's (NYSE: T) proposed takeover of rival mobile services provider T-Mobile, while Senator Herb Kohl (D. Wis.) lodged a formal objection to the deal, citing fears of a monopoly. "I have concluded that this acquisition, if...
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Ripe for Acquisition? Nokia Debt Rating Cut by Moody's
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 6:50am | 271Nokia (NYSE: NOK), already under pressure to revitalize sales and an aging phone line, had its debt rating cut to Baa2 by Moody's Wednesday, sparking renewed potential that the company could be acquired. Moody's cited a "severe weakening" of Nokia's market position, thanks to Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL...
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18 Fundamentally Strong Stocks With Positive Technicals
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 11:19pm | 2411Click here for a FREE Trading Course Each month I update a fundamental/technical screen at Scott's Investments and track the results real-time. June's list of 14 stocks is here and the top 10 rated stocks returned an average of 6.20% versus 5.08% for SPY. The entire list of 14 stocks last...
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The Greenback Should Guide 7/26/11
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 4:38pm | 532As the US dollar trades to a three month low investors should key of its movement to aid in other trading decisions. Crude oil advanced to a five week high today as prices continue to trend higher holding the up sloping trend line now for the last two weeks. Clients remain bullish with a $102/...
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Dell Opens Solution Center in Northern Virginia
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 2:01pm | 76Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) today announced the opening of its Herndon Solution Center to help customers test their IT solutions and lower their technology investment risk. The center is part of Dell's previously announced $1 billion investment in data and solution centers worldwide and is part of a...
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The iPortfolio: Stocks That Live Off Apple's Glow
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 1:19pm | 618Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) reported earnings last week that absolutely blew away consensus estimates, continuing to defy even the most optimistic on Wall Street. The Cupertino-based company reported third quarter earnings of $7.79 per share on $28.57 billion. That blew away estimates from Wall Street...
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Why Elephant Talk Communications is on The Path to Becoming One of The Great Microcap Winners of The Decade
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 12:39pm | 2776New York, NY, Point Roberts, WA - July 26, 2011 - Investorideas.com, an investor research portal specializing in sector investing including tech stocks presents a Q&A with Josh Levine of the MicroCap Investor newsletter. He discusses why Elephant Talk Communications, Inc. (OTCBB: ETAK) and its...
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Tuesday's Mid-Day Options Volume Leaders
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 12:21pm | 83Here are today's mid-day options volume leaders… 1. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) 240,639 contracts, 66.7% calls, 33.3% puts 2. NetFlix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) 107,254 contracts, 52.4% calls, 47.6% puts 3. Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) 101,658 contracts, 61.0% calls, 39.0% puts 4. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC)...
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Pinnacle Data Systems up 111% on IBM Deal
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 11:48am | 60Pinnacle Data Systems (NYSE: PNS) is up 110% on the IBM (NYSE: IBM) deal that was announced earlier this morning. The company announced it has entered into an Original Equipment Manufacturer agreement with IBM. Pinnacle Data Systems is currently trading at $2.91, a gain of $1.53 or 111.48%.