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Two Semiconductor Stocks More Attractive Than National Semiconductor
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 - 4:48am | 1206The following is an excerpt taken from a model portfolio strategy update issued to clients April 4, 2011 at 6pm. For more information about our institutional equity research products and soft dollar arrangements please contact us directly. “Texas Instruments Incorporated (TXN) and National...
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Morning Trade: Top And Bottom Five Percentage Gainers (MSSR, OREX, TFCO, VVUS, CSCD, AMIE, DGW, AFFM, RVSN, IBCPO)
Monday, April 4, 2011 - 11:23am | 402The market opened slightly to the upside this morning with the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and NASDAQ Composite all posting slight gains. The market is looking to build on last week's positive momentum, which saw positive economic numbers in many areas including the Jobs Report and...
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Puts Purchased on Cymer, Inc. (CYMI)
Friday, April 1, 2011 - 12:13pm | 137Shares of Cymer, Inc. (NASDAQ: CYMI) are lower on the session by 0.44%, currently trading at $56.33. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six months and is currently trading above the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying puts on the name today. A short...
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Links and Reading for March 31st
Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 10:00pm | 273Some of the more interesting and important items for March 31st : Tech Trader Daily – Barrons.com – Brean, Murray, Caret & Co. analyst Wayne Chang today initiated coverage of four more solar stocks, adding JinkoSolar (JKS) and Renesola (SOL) at a Buy, and JA Solar (JASO) and Canadian Solar (...
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Ultratech Up 8% On Heavy Volume (UTEK)
Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 12:53pm | 71Ultratech, Inc. (NASDAQ: UTEK) shares are sharply higher today on heavy volume, but there does not appear to be any news moving the stock. At last check, shares were up $2.05 to $27.50, a gain of 8.1%. Volume is exceptionally heavy, having traded 425,000 shares already today. The average daily...
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Options Brief: ASML Holding N.V. (ASML)
Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 10:56am | 93Shares of ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ: ASML) are higher on the session by 0.32%, trading at $44.49. Overall call volume is now running at 5.54x the daily average, with 2% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 6,207 contracts have traded on the session so far. ASML Holding N.V. is a...
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J.P. Morgan Reports On Water Facilities In Japan
Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 8:13am | 132J.P. Morgan has issued a report on the state of the safe water facilities in Japan following the earthquake. According to the report, "MEMC Utsunomiya is the company's most advanced semi wafer facility and although representing only a modest percentage of its overall revenue, we think it generates...
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UPDATE: Brean Murray Color On SOL Initiation
Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 7:41am | 95Brean Murray, which initiated Renesola Ltd. (NYSE: SOL) at Buy with a $15 PT, is providing some commentary on the stock. “Renesola operates primarily as a wafer producer that is gradually integrating upstream with its poly capacity ramp that could near-term achieve a $35 per kg rate by year-end,...
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Brean Murray Initiates Renesola At Buy, $15 PT
Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 6:41am | 27Brean Murray Carret & Company has initiated coverage on Renesola Ltd. (NYSE: SOL) with a Buy rating and $15 price target.
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Top 4 Small-Cap Stocks In The Semiconductor-Specialized Industry With The Lowest PEG Ratio (RBCN, IXYS, SPWRA, HSOL)
Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 12:43am | 109Below are the top small-cap semiconductor-specialized stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of PEG ratio Rubicon Technology Inc (NASDAQ: RBCN) has a PEG ratio of 0.27. RBCN's trailing-twelve-month profit margin is 37.63%. IXYS Corporation (NASDAQ: IXYS) has a PEG ratio of 0.27. IXYS'...
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Photronics Acquires $30.4M Aggregate Principal Amount of Its Outstanding 5.5% Convertible Notes
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 4:32pm | 29Photronics, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLAB) today announced that it acquired $30.4 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.5% convertible senior notes due in October 2014.
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Calls Purchased on Teradyne, Inc. (TER)
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 11:00am | 132Shares of Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE: TER) are lower on the session by 0.22%, currently trading at $17.92. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six months and is currently trading above the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying calls on the name today. A short...
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Calls Purchased on ASML Holding N.V. (ASML)
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 11:18am | 136Shares of ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ: ASML) are lower on the session by 0.16%, currently trading at $43.32. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six months and is currently trading above the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying calls on the name today. A...
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DA Davidson Downgrades Verigy To Neutral, PT To $15
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 8:39am | 27DA Davidson has downgraded Verigy (NASDAQ: VRGY) from Buy to Neutral and has lowered the price target from $16 to $15.
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Inflation is on the Brain 03-28-2011
Monday, March 28, 2011 - 7:02pm | 864Cusick's Corner Inflation is on the brain and with the Hawks circling, this market needs leadership to arise before any real money is going to work. With that said, we may have this choppy action until the jobs data comes in at the end of this week. The Consumer Confidence Number will be a big one...