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Critical Alerts for Apple, Schlumberger, Navistar, Precision Castparts, and Unum Group Released by Seven Summits Research (AAPL, SLB, NAV, PCP, UNM)
Monday, March 14, 2011 - 9:34am | 133Today's PriceWatch Alerts cover the following stocks: Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Schlumberger Limited (NYSE: SLB), Navistar International (NYSE: NAV), Precision Castparts (NYSE: PCP), and Unum Group (NYSE: UNM). In today's unsure markets these brief PriceWatch Alerts contain concise detailed strategies...
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Deutsche Bank Reiterates Buy Rating, $440 Target On AAPL
Monday, March 14, 2011 - 8:30am | 324Deutsche Bank is reiterating its Buy rating and $440 PT on shares of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). “We conducted a series of channel checks over the weekend where we found very strong demand for the newly released iPad 2,” Deutsche Bank writes. “We called ~100 stores (50 Apple retail stores, 20 Best Buy...
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Prioritizing Stock Selection
Monday, March 14, 2011 - 8:27am | 819Michael Santoli's column this week focused more on ETFs than usual. He talked about stock picking not having been rewarded in the last few years due in part, he says, to "the dominance of macro, rather than company-specific factors, in driving returns." He went on to support his argument with stats...
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J.P. Morgan Maintains Overweight on Apple (AAPL)
Monday, March 14, 2011 - 7:44am | 126J.P. Morgan is out with its report today on Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), maintaining Overweight as AAPL released its iPad 2 this past weekend. In a note to clients, J.P. Morgan writes, "We are not updating our estimates for Apple at this time, but we think that the combination of the Verizon iPhone...
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Silver vs. Tech Stocks
Sunday, March 13, 2011 - 11:44pm | 68It's now been over a decade since the great tech bubble burst in the year 2000, but even today technology stocks are still popular among most investors and the financial media. There are good reasons for the continued popularity of technology stocks. Not only do tech companies deliver us cool new...
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Trade Ideas for the Week of March 14
Friday, March 11, 2011 - 7:05pm | 1700( click to enlarge ) Above is a technical daily chart of Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. (NASDAQ:ULTA) with basic trendlines applied. Clearly , the stock is in a long term uptrend. Recently, prices have accelerated off of the lower trendline and after a small consolidation period...
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Where Will You Buy Your iPad 2 At 5PM Today? (AAPL)
Friday, March 11, 2011 - 12:16pm | 344Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) today announced that iPad 2, the next generation of its magical device for browsing the web, reading and sending email, enjoying photos, watching videos, listening to music, playing games, reading ebooks and much more, will be available tomorrow at 5 p.m. local time at all 236...
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iPad 2 Showing Strong Early Demand (AAPL)
Friday, March 11, 2011 - 12:05pm | 128There is strong demand for the iPad 2 this morning, as many are lined up outside Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) stores around the country in order to get their hands on the new device. There were reports that plenty of people were lined up outside Apple's flagship New York story on 5th avenue. The...
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An 8 Percent Yield IS Possible In This Market (PTNR, AAPL)
Friday, March 11, 2011 - 10:32am | 641The discord in the Middle East has made some investors wary about putting money to work anywhere in the region, including Israel. But while the Arab world churns, Israel remains relatively stable and is a great place to find exciting technology companies....
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An 8 Percent Yield IS Possible In This Market (PTNR, AAPL)
Friday, March 11, 2011 - 10:32am | 641The discord in the Middle East has made some investors wary about putting money to work anywhere in the region, including Israel. But while the Arab world churns, Israel remains relatively stable and is a great place to find exciting technology companies....
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Group text apps take center stage at SXSW
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 6:55pm | 378The annual pilgrimage to Austin, TX for South by Southwest, the largest gathering in the country for young tech startups and aspiring musicians and filmmakers, continues to grow in popularity. The festival, abbreviated SXSW, begins this weekend and runs through March 20. In recent years, SXSW,...
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Traded FFIV Long At $106.60
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 4:34pm | 169Jumped into FFIV earlier today at $106.60, and has done nothing but helped blunt the losses in PGH, KEY and a few other holdings. A few of the other stocks that I've traded today, was Apple (AAPL) at $345.81 and SPY at $130.42, both off of the 50-day moving averages, and when Oil shot up to $104, I...
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HP Announces 50 Percent Improvement in Energy Efficiency of Products
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 4:00pm | 95HP (NYSE: HPQ) today announced that the energy-reduction goals made by the company in 2009 have been met or exceeded more than nine months ahead of schedule. HP also unveiled energy savings research and analysis showing that if all makes and models of printers, notebook and desktop PCs, displays...
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Harvey Nash Survey Reports Executives Believe iPad Increases Business Productivity
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 1:44pm | 273Harvey Nash Group recently released executive research today showing that the iPad is not just technology hype. Statistics confirm that tablet devices can have a significant impact on how executives do business, which is timely as Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) rolls out the iPad 2 to consumers this week....
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IBM Launches Global Bootcamps to Help Companies Tackle Big Data Challenges
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 1:35pm | 93IBM (NYSE: IBM) today launched a global skills initiative to educate clients, business partners and college students how to use IBM business analytics and information management software, and many of the underlying technologies of the Watson computing system to capture information from new sources...