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Stocks to Watch for 6/16/11: Fresh 52-Week Highs and Lows
Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 2:28am | 2229The following stocks hit new 52-week highs in Wednesday's trading session 1) Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrances (NASDAQ: ULTA): Shares of Ulta hit a 52-week high of $59.40 in Wednesday's trading session. The stock closed at $57.03. The year-to-date performance of Ulta has been a gain of 67.7...
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Options Trading Ideas for the June Options Expiration Max Pain
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 5:01pm | 128Options Trading Ideas for Apple, Google, Microsoft and JP Morgan Chase (SeekingAlpha) June 17th will be the last day you can trade June monthly options trading contracts. Hence, here are some options trading ideas to consider: Apple (AAPL). If the max pain options trading theory holds true, going...
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6 Short Ideas for This Summer
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 4:22pm | 128Options Trading Ideas for Apple, Google, Microsoft and JP Morgan Chase (SeekingAlpha) June 17th will be the last day you can trade June monthly options trading contracts. Hence, here are some options trading ideas to consider: Apple (AAPL). If the max pain options trading theory holds true, going...
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5 Stocks Benjamin Graham Would Buy
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 4:21pm | 128Options Trading Ideas for Apple, Google, Microsoft and JP Morgan Chase (SeekingAlpha) June 17th will be the last day you can trade June monthly options trading contracts. Hence, here are some options trading ideas to consider: Apple (AAPL). If the max pain options trading theory holds true, going...
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Stock Market Update: Blood In The Street
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 12:32pm | 279After a one day stock market rally, all hell has broken loose again. This can be blamed on multiple factors but mainly the Euro collapse because of Greece and the Dollar surging in response. As the U.S. Dollar surges, the markets sell sharply. This inverse relationship has been intact for years now...
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Wednesday's Mid-Day Options Volume Leaders
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 12:31pm | 84Here are today's mid-day options volume leaders… 1. AT&T (NYSE: T) 95,008 contracts, 69.9% calls, 30.1% puts 2. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) 76,031 contracts, 63.9% calls, 36.1% puts 3. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) 75,552 contracts, 56.9% calls, 43.1% puts 4. Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) 60,...
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John Boehner Likes J.P. Morgan, Nancy Pelosi Likes Apple
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 10:36am | 110CNBC's Eamon Javers just reported on some of the holdings of members of the House of Representatives, and gave some insight into the wealth of them. Javers mentioned specifically John Boehner (R-OH), the Speaker of the House, and Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), the Minority Leader of the United States House...
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Bank of America Merrill Lynch Maintains Buy on Hewlett-Packard
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 8:31am | 136Bank of America Merrill Lynch is out with its report today on Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), maintaining Buy. In a note to clients, Bank of America Merrill Lynch writes, "We view HP as a large cap, defensive investment, owing to a high portion of recurring sales, significant cost cutting levers,...
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Job Losses = Job Creation
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 3:41am | 1407Apple Inc. (AAPL) is considered the quintessential innovation company. After all, if you flip over an iPad or an iPhone it will clearly state, “Designed by Apple in California. Assembled in China.” Apple is just too busy innovating to worry about dirtying their hands by assembling products – they...
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Go green, go broke?
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 1:01am | 682Is it really worth it to protect the environment? Well, companies of all shapes and sizes think so, including Dell (NASDAQ: DELL), IBM (NYSE: IBM) and HSBC Holdings (NYSE: HBC). I'm assuming that most people, if given the choice, would go green if it had no negative impact on their bottom line. We...
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1280 New Support 06-14-2011
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 2:57pm | 1045Cusick's Corner The market has bounced with some conviction on news that Japan is printing money, there were better than expected Retail Sales & PPI dropped. Copper, JJC, was a real winner on the Japan news, and equities squeezed the shorts on the news that Commodity pricing is pulling back,...
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Apple Shares Near Highs As Ron Johnson Leaves Company
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 12:37pm | 77Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares are still near the highs of the session, as executive Ron Johnson left the company to become J.C. Penney's (NYSE: JCP) next CEO. Johnson headed up the retail initiative at Apple, and created the Apple store experience. At last check, shares of Apple were trading...
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Tuesday's Mid-Day Options Volume Leaders
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 12:28pm | 83Here are today's mid-day options volume leaders… 1. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) 115,817 contracts, 66.9% calls, 33.1% puts 2. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) 99,664 contracts, 60.3% calls, 39.7% puts 3. Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) 92,426 contracts, 77.6% calls, 22.4% puts 4. Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) 64...
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Fossil and SolarWinds Hit New 52-Week Highs
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 12:20pm | 228Fossil (NASDAQ: FOSL) and SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI) reached new 52-week highs of $110.61 and $26.42 per share, respectively, in Tuesday morning trading. Fossil was recently upgraded to Buy at ISI Group, which has a $120 price target on the stock. Fossil has a market cap of $6.8 billion and is a...
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J.C. Penney Up On New CEO Plans
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 11:53am | 96Shares of J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) are jumping nearly 15% this afternoon after the company announced former Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) executive Ron Johnson will take over as the new CEO. In addition, Johnson will make a $50 million investment in the company. Johnson is buying 7.5 year warrants on 7.257...