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Apple Updates Mac Desktops (AAPL)
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 2:34pm | 108Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) updated its line of desktop computers on Tuesday with the latest-generation chips. The move comes as the company continues to gain share in the PC market. Reuters is reporting that "Apple refreshed its all-in-one iMac line with new chips from Intel Corp and better graphics...
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Tuesday’s Mid-day Options Volume Leaders (C, BAC, AAPL, BP, F, SPY)
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 11:25am | 136The overall market opened up higher today, but has been selling off ever since; traders are apparently taking some profits on the heels of the large rally the market has seen as of late. Currently the S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY) is lower by 4 points, trading at 1,110. Here are your options volume...
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Three Cheap Stocks to Buy: CNBC (AAPL, IBM, MSFT)
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 10:42am | 134In an interview with CNBC, Ned Riley, chief executive officer of Riley Asset Management, said, “This economy is going to be growing slowly, but companies are still going to produce a very good response.” He said that companies are likely to produce estimates which beat earnings and that the tech...
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Buy Western Union and Dell (WU, DELL)
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 10:40am | 133David Katz, chief investment officer of Matrix Asset Advisors, is of the view that earnings season will maintain its positive tilt. In an interview with CNBC, he said that about 80 percent of companies that have announced their earnings so far have managed to beat expectations. He said, “We focus...
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A Peek Into The Market At The Start Of The Trading Day
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 9:49am | 421Pre-open movers US stock index futures rose sharply today as strong results by several companies boosted market sentiments. While futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 53 points to 10510, those on the S&P 500 added 6 points to 1115.50. Meanwhile, Nasdaq 100 futures moved up 9.25...
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Apple Unveils New Magic Trackpad Accessory for iMacs (AAPL)
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 9:18am | 46Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has announced a new Magic Trackpad for its iMacs. This Bluetooth accessory will sell for $69. It works like a large touchpad with multi-touch capabilities.
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Apple Store Down (AAPL)
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 8:18am | 56Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) online store is currently down, being refreshed with new products. There is much speculation on what it is, with rumors being thrown out as possible Mac upgrades or monitor refreshes. Shares of Apple are slightly higher in pre-market trading, trading at $259.71, up...
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Overshadowed BlackBerry Bold Is All Business
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 7:38am | 224NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- And now let's have a small-business ode to the Bold. With all the fancy-schmancy, touch-activated smartphones like the Samsung Galaxy, the Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) iPhone 4, the HTC EVO and the Motorola (NYSE: MOT) DroidX clogging the mobile-river byway these days, it's easy to...
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Google And Apple Remain In The Red (AAPL, GOOG)
Monday, July 26, 2010 - 3:55pm | 47Despite a fairly strong rally on Wall Street on Monday, leading technology names Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) are not participating. AAPL has fallen 0.36% to $259.00. GOOG has fallen 0.26% to $488.80.
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Market Roundup (GENZ, SNY, BP, C, BAC, MOT, AAPL, KO)
Monday, July 26, 2010 - 3:27pm | 312Bloomberg has quoted unidentified sources as saying that Genzyme (NASDAQ: GENZ) has refused the takeover offer from Sanofi-Aventis (NYSE: SNY). GENZ is, maybe, holding out for a better offer. Analyst Phil Nadeau of Cowen & Co said that it is just a matter of time, “given that Genzyme has...
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The EU Announces Investigation of IBM (IBM)
Monday, July 26, 2010 - 10:18am | 72The European Union’s antitrust division said this morning that they have decided to initiate an investigation on International Business Machines (NASDAQ: IBM) regarding two separate cases of antitrust rule infringement. The antitrust division, released an e-mailed statement regarding the probe,...
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Major Market Movers To Watch July 26th – 30th: Stocks, Commodities, Forex
Saturday, July 24, 2010 - 10:46pm | 2245Introduction Prior Week Bullish Market Movers US Earnings Week II EU Data UK Data Other Bearish Market Movers EU Non-Events –EU Bank Stress Tests Coming Week Bearish Bullish Conclusion-Downside Risk Greater, EU Banks Stress Tests Likely To Decide Near Term Market Direction Introduction...
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Major Market Movers To Watch July 26th – 30th: Stocks, Commodities, Forex
Saturday, July 24, 2010 - 10:46pm | 2245Introduction Prior Week Bullish Market Movers US Earnings Week II EU Data UK Data Other Bearish Market Movers EU Non-Events –EU Bank Stress Tests Coming Week Bearish Bullish Conclusion-Downside Risk Greater, EU Banks Stress Tests Likely To Decide Near Term Market Direction Introduction...
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15 COMPANIES WITH NO DEBT
Saturday, July 24, 2010 - 7:35pm | 3699For fun, I’ve taken Pragcap’s list of 15 companies with no debt and reproduced tables of Sabrient’s stock reports on these companies for further research. Click on the stock tickers in the tables for the pdf files. - Ilene 15 COMPANIES WITH NO DEBT Courtesy of The Pragmatic Capitalist In these...
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Bookkeeping: Starting Cirrus Logic (CRUS) as Poor Man's Apple Play (Also Some TNA ETF)
Friday, July 23, 2010 - 2:58pm | 1025Preface: As mentioned earlier I would be likely to go long TNA ETF on a break of S&OP 1102; I've done so - initial target will be S&P 1113. I had a very small short TNA which I obviously closed out. A lot of the type of stocks I am interested in are not the huge multinationals so they...