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Top Trade Ideas for Friday, February 25
Thursday, February 24, 2011 - 5:58pm | 2137( click to enlarge ) NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) looks like is testing the support level, but if it breaks through that level there could be a quick drop. This has been a strong stock in a strong sector, and this could just be a buyable dip, but be careful because RSI and MACD look weak...
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Benzinga's Top Pre-Market NASDAQ Losers (SLXP, AXTI, IDCC, CLMT)
Thursday, February 24, 2011 - 9:33am | 132Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd (NASDAQ: SLXP) dipped 24.25% to $31.40 in the pre-market session. SLXP expects the US Food and Drug Administration to seek more data for its Xifaxan drug. AXT Inc (NASDAQ: AXTI) fell 9.45% to $7.57 in the pre-market session. AXTI reported weaker-than-expected Q4 results...
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Earnings Scheduled For February 24 (TGT, GM, GPS, DWA, CRM, SHLD, USM, EP, AIG, AMAT, KSS, FSLR, SWY, FWLT, ADSK)
Thursday, February 24, 2011 - 3:49am | 396Target Corp (NYSE: TGT) is expected to post its Q4 earnings at $1.40 per share on revenue of $20.78 billion. General Motors Co (NYSE: GM) is projected to report its Q4 EPS at $0.46 on revenue of $34.11 billion. Gap Inc (NYSE: GPS) is projected to report its Q4 earnings at $0.57 per share on...
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Top 4 Small-Cap Stocks In The Diversified Electronics Industry With The Highest ROE (PWER, AEIS, VICR, IVAC)
Thursday, February 24, 2011 - 3:44am | 132Below are the top small-cap diversified electronic stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of return on equity. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity at Power-One Inc (NASDAQ: PWER) is 66.79%. PWER's PEG ratio is 0.38. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity at Advanced Energy Industries...
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Options Brief: Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC)
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 1:07pm | 86Shares of Kulicke and Soffa Industries (NASDAQ: KLIC) are lower on the session by 4.41%, trading at $9.11. Overall put volume is now running at 5.60x the daily average, with 17% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,809 contracts have traded on the session so far. Kulicke and Soffa...
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UPDATE: Piper Jaffray Color On AMAT Upgrade, PT Increase
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 9:44am | 164Piper Jaffray, which raised its PT and upgraded shares of Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT), is providing some color on the stock. “We downgraded AMAT on 7/6/10 due to headwinds created by the company's thin film solar business,” Piper Jaffray writes. “In retrospect, the downgrade has been a...
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Benzinga's Top Pre-Market NASDAQ Gainers (VRTX, OCLR, JASO, AMAT)
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 9:14am | 131Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: VRTX) rose 19.31% to $45.60 in the pre-market session. VRTX reported that its potential cystic fibrosis drug has met study goals. Oclaro Inc (NASDAQ: OCLR) added 8.36% to $16.47 in the pre-market session. OCLR had $77.28 million in total cash and no debt...
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Piper Jaffray Upgrades Applied Materials To Overweight, PT To $22
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 8:29am | 28Piper Jaffray has upgraded Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT) from Neutral to Overweight and has raised the price target from $12 to $22.
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Piper Jaffray Ups AMAT To Overweight
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 7:07am | 51Analysts at Piper Jaffray upgrade Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ: AMAT) from “neutral” to “overweight.” The target price for AMAT has been raised from $12 to $22. AMAT shares dropped 4.89% to close at $15.66 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here
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Benzinga's Top ETF Gainers, February 22nd (VXX, SOXS, CZI, SQQQ)
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 - 6:33pm | 264iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (NYSE: VXX) traded 12.13% higher in the regular trading session today, and it added 1.14% in the after hours. S&P 500 recorded its biggest single day decline today, since the beginning of the year. Investors are worried about unrest in Libya, and...
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Options Brief: FormFactor, Inc. (FORM)
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 - 2:58pm | 85Shares of FormFactor, Inc. (NASDAQ: FORM) are lower on the session by 2.65%, trading at $8.82. Overall put volume is now running at 2.96x the daily average, with 44% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,426 contracts have traded on the session so far. FormFactor, Inc. designs,...
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Options Brief: Cabot Microelectronics (CCMP)
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 - 11:18am | 85Shares of Cabot Microelectronics (NASDAQ: CCMP) are lower on the session by 1.31%, trading at $49.07. Overall put volume is now running at 5.52x the daily average, with 0% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 2,000 contracts have traded on the session so far. Cabot Microelectronics...
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Piper Jaffray Maintains Overweight on Veeco Instruments (VECO)
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 - 9:38am | 149Piper Jaffray is out with its report today on Veeco Instruments (NASDAQ: VECO), reiterating Overweight. In a note to clients, Piper Jaffray writes, "We reiterate our OW on VECO and would pick up the stock on the recent pullback as our talks with leading LED company Silan in China over the last few...
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Benzinga's Top Pre-Market NASDAQ Losers (ARMH, ASML, GLUU, JBLU)
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 - 9:19am | 108ARM Holdings plc (NASDAQ: ARMH) dipped 4.13% to $29.22 in the pre-market session. ARMH's PEG ratio is 4.98. ASML Holding NV (NASDAQ: ASML) fell 3.51% to $43.49 in the pre-market session. ASML's PEG ratio is 1.66. Glu Mobile Inc (NASDAQ: GLUU) moved down 3.36% to $3.97 in the pre-market session....
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Amkor Receives License Termination Notice from Tessera
Friday, February 18, 2011 - 3:41pm | 64Amkor Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMKR) today announced that it received a notice from Tessera, Inc. purporting to terminate Amkor's Patent License Agreement with them. “This latest letter is just another part of Amkor's ongoing dispute with Tessera regarding the License Agreement and does not affect...