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Benzinga's Top ETF Gainers, March 7th (SOXS, TZA, CZI, SQQQ)
Monday, March 7, 2011 - 7:36pm | 214Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X Shares (NYSE: SOXS) spiked 8.34% on Monday, and it closed at $56.51. In the semiconductor space, Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE: TER) fell 5.37%, and Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) dropped 4.17%. Direxion Small Cap Bear 3X Shares (ETF) (NYSE: TZA) gained 5.13%...
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Capital Looking for a Home 03-07-2011
Monday, March 7, 2011 - 7:23pm | 892Cusick's Corner The market held the lows and bounced into the After Hours, aided by lower crude and a selloff in the fixed income space. Capital needs a home and “Risk” assets are still the place to be. I have been professing protection over the last few weeks, but those who are long and want to...
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Piper Jaffray Reiterates Neutral Rating On Ultra Clean Holdings Inc. (UCTT)
Monday, March 7, 2011 - 10:39am | 106Piper Jaffray is out with its report on Ultra Clean Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: UCTT), maintaining its Neutral rating and $13.50 PT. "Over the last couple of quarters, UCTT has struggled with operations, which has impacted margins," Jaffray writes. "While the company has reorganized its manufacturing...
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New Positions Taken 3/1/2011
Sunday, March 6, 2011 - 11:22pm | 626Tuesday morning we did some shopping and bought some Lam Research (LRCX) and Bunge Limited (BG). We needed more market exposure after the major head fake from the week before. It appeared we were headed to break the solid uptrend we had been in, but nope the bulls took control again. We bounced ...
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New Positions Taken 3/1/2011
Sunday, March 6, 2011 - 11:22pm | 626Tuesday morning we did some shopping and bought some Lam Research (LRCX) and Bunge Limited (BG). We needed more market exposure after the major head fake from the week before. It appeared we were headed to break the solid uptrend we had been in, but nope the bulls took control again. We bounced ...
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Mad Money Lightning Round OT: Cramer Is Bullish On SWN, KLIC, KLAC, TER, NVLS And HCN
Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 9:41pm | 238On CNBC's Mad Money Lightning Round OT, Jim Cramer said that he bought some shares of Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE: SWN) for his charitable trust fund. He thinks that this stock could double on a takeout. He added that this is the cheapest stock in the portfolio of his charitable trust fund....
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Camtek Receives $4M Order for Multiple Falcon Systems
Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 11:39am | 71Camtek Ltd. (NASDAQ: CAMT), announced today that it received a repeated order from a leading OSAT supplier in Asia. The order, totaling approximately $4 million dollars, includes multiple Falcon systems, Camtek's Automatic Optical Inspection (AOI) systems for a 2D and 3D metrology and inspection...
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Benzinga's Volume Movers (ACTG, CETV, HEES, NVMI)
Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 11:24am | 181Acacia Research Corporation (NASDAQ: ACTG) shares moved up 14.68% to $33.52 at 10:20 am. The volume of ACTG shares traded was 448% higher than normal. ACTG shares have surged 169.59% over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has gained 16.95% in the same period. Central European Media...
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Options Brief: Ultratech, Inc. (UTEK)
Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 11:18am | 93Shares of Ultratech, Inc. (NASDAQ: UTEK) are higher on the session by 3.78%, trading at $26.38. Overall call volume is now running at 3.22x the daily average, with 64% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 1,168 contracts have traded on the session so far. Ultratech, Inc. develops,...
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Goldman Sachs Reports Novellus' Guidance Largely Unchanged
Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 11:13am | 137In a report published by Goldman Sachs, Novellus Systems' (NASDAQ: NVLS) 1Q2011 guidance is largely unchanged and it remains Neutral on valuation. Goldman Sachs said that Novellus hosted its scheduled 1Q11 mid-quarter updated conference call during which the company left its revenue, order, and...
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Ron Kisling to Join Nanometrics as CFO
Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 10:01am | 39Nanometrics Incorporated (Nasdaq: NANO) announced today that Ronald W. Kisling has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company, effective March 14th, 2011.
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Goldman Sachs Attends Advanced Energy Industries' Analyst Day
Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 9:49am | 250In a report published by Goldman Sachs, it attended Advanced Energy Industries’ (NASDAQ: AEIS) analyst day. Goldman Sachs said that the key takeaways were, “(1) The company believes its valuation does not reflect its record 4Q earnings and refocused portfolio, and noted...
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Citi Maintains Hold on Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS)
Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 9:02am | 92Citi is out with its report today on Advanced Energy Industries (NASDAQ: AEIS), maintaining Hold. In a note to clients, Citi writes, "We rate AEIS Hold, Speculative with a $18 target. As the semiconductor cycle moderates, we have typically focused on mid-cycle earnings for semicap companies....
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Options Brief: Verigy Ltd. (VRGY)
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 - 2:19pm | 66Shares of Verigy Ltd. (NASDAQ: VRGY) are higher on the session by 0.77%, trading at $13.02. Overall put volume is now running at 9.92x the daily average, with 0% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 10,476 contracts have traded on the session so far. Verigy Ltd. designs, develops,...
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NASDAQ Stocks Hitting 52-Week Highs (PEET, RPRX, FEIC, ALXN)
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 - 11:07am | 144Peet's Coffee & Tea Inc (NASDAQ: PEET) shares reached $47.25 to create a new 52-week high, before falling to $46.98, representing a 9.59% gain. Analysts at Janney Capital upgraded PEET from “neutral” to “buy.” Repros Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: RPRX) shares jumped 8.81% to touch a new 52-week...