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JP Morgan Reiterates OW Rating on Apple
Thursday, July 14, 2011 - 7:41am | 148JP Morgan is reiterating its Overweight rating on Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and is establishing a Dec-12 price target of $450 (unchanged from Dec-11 target). “Our call is that the wow factor, i.e., extraordinary upside to consensus estimates, is about to return to the model,” JP Morgan writes. “We...
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Piper Jaffray Recommends Owning Apple Shares into the June Quarter
Thursday, July 14, 2011 - 7:28am | 112“We recommend owning shares of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) into the June quarter based on the news flow turning progressively more positive in 2HCY11, including a huge spike in Sept. iPhone units, back to school, and anticipation of strong holiday iPad sales,” Piper Jaffray wrote in a report this morning...
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Microsoft Opening 75 New Stores; Should Apple Be Worried?
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 6:02pm | 289Watch out, Steve Jobs: the Windows maker is coming back with a vengeance. If the hype surrounding Windows 8 isn't enough to satisfy your Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) dreams, perhaps this little tidbit from TechCrunch and Neowin will whet your appetite. Microsoft is planning to open 75 stores in the...
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RFID Stocks Investor Alert
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 1:34pm | 1007Point Roberts, WA - July 13, 2011 - Investorideas.com, a leader in sector research including RFID stocks, issues a trading alert for July 12 th. Inova Technology (OTCBB:INVA) announced this week that they have now completed $790,000 worth of network solutions projects for Ysleta and Abilene school...
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NASDAQ Top Percentage Gainers: Clean Diesel, Radiant Systems, Clean Energy Fuels, Westport Innovations
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 1:30pm | 492POINT ROBERTS - July 13, 2011 - www.InvestorIdeas.com, a global investor research portal for independent investors, reports on top percentage gainers on the NASDAQ for July 12, 2011. Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc topped the gainer list, rising about 60% on Tuesday. Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc...
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Stock Market Movers And Key Small Cap Alert
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 1:25pm | 296As the markets shoot higher on QE3 prospects, many stocks are outperforming or look ready to blast higher. Let's take a look at a few. First, notice how the U.S. Dollar is collapsing today. This is helping commodity stocks rocket higher. Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) is trading at $106.29, +1.90...
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Wednesday's Mid-Day Options Volume Leaders
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 12:26pm | 84Here are today's mid-day options volume leaders… 1. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) 257,932 contracts, 65.5% calls, 34.5% puts 2. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) 144,850 contracts, 64.5% calls, 35.5% puts 3. JP Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) 73,184 contracts, 83.5% calls, 16.5% puts 4. Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX...
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How To Play Bernanke's QE3
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 11:28am | 869Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is speaking in front of Congress, and the prepared remarks basically said that QE3 is going to happen if the economy continues to worsen. Make no mistake readers, it does not look like the economy is going to get better anytime soon, and that a third round of...
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JP Morgan Adjusts NCR Corp. Estimates
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 9:11am | 75“We are estimating $0.18 accretive impact to NCR PF ex pension EPS in 2012. 2011 revenue goes to $5,205mm (previously $5,102mm), NPOI goes to $389mm (previously $385mm), PF ex pension EPS go to $1.67 (previously $1.71). 2012 revenue goes to $5,779mm (previously $5,348mm) NPOI goes to $500mm (...
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Stifel Nicolaus Maintains Buy on IBM
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 9:04am | 129Stifel Nicolaus is out with its report today on IBM (NYSE: IBM), maintaining Buy. In a note to clients, Stifel Nicolaus writes, "IBM reports 2Q11 Monday 7/18. IBM is up 18.5% YTD, outperforming both the S&P (4.5%) and its large cap enterprise IT peers (2%). While attention has turned to the...
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Citigroup Raises PT On Apple To $450
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 5:55am | 25Citigroup has raised the price target on Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) from $435 to $450 and maintains its Buy rating.
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Is Nintendo Smart to Ditch Smartphones?
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 - 2:46pm | 932Contrary to popular belief, Super Mario and Angry Birds are not the same. Last week, Nintendo made it crystal clear that it does not have any plans to develop for the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone or Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android platforms. This news came as a shock to some. “If Nintendo was...
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Checking In: The Russell Aggressive Growth ETF
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 - 1:50pm | 394In the span of just eight days in May, Russell Investments, the firm that lends its name to so many indexes that a plethora of popular ETFs track, went from an issuing just one ETF to being the sponsor of 17 funds. Such is life when a firm rolls out an average of two news funds per day for eight...
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Rodman & Renshaw Outperform On Apple
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 - 12:18pm | 102Rodman & Renshaw has an Outperform rating and a $360 price target on shares of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). In the note, Rodman & Renshaw writes, "Our checks indicate that global handset consumption, or sell-through volumes, deteriorated to mid-single growth year-on-year or lower in the June...
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Tuesday's Mid-Day Options Volume Leaders
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 - 12:10pm | 84Here are today's mid-day options volume leaders… 1. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) 209,212 contracts, 69.0% calls, 31.0% puts 2. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) 149,088 contracts, 29.1% calls, 70.9% puts 3. Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) 82,841 contracts, 60.1% calls, 39.9% puts 4. Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) 77,...