Semiconductors

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects National Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE: NSM) to report its FQ4 EPS at $0.27 on revenue of $365.14 million. NSM shares dropped 0.08% to $24.57 in after-hours trading. Men's Wearhouse Inc (NYSE: MW) reported a two-fold...

Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X Shares (NYSE: SOXL) traded lower on Wednesday, along with the semiconductor stocks. SOXL fell 6.00%, while Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) dropped 2.30%, and Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE: TXN) lost 1.80%. Global X Uranium ETF (NYSE: URA) fell 4....

Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X Shares (NYSE: SOXS) led the gainers among the ETFs on Wednesday, with an increase in price of 6.05%. In the semiconductor space, Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE: TXN) lost 1.80%, and Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) fell 2.30%. Direxion Daily China...

Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE: TXN) today narrowed and lowered its expected ranges for revenue and earnings per share. The company currently expects its financial results to be within the following ranges: Revenue: $3.36 – 3.50 billion, compared with the prior range of $3.41 – 3.69 billion...

Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE: TXN) today narrowed and lowered its expected ranges for revenue and earnings per share. The company currently expects its financial results to be within the following ranges: Revenue: $3.36 – 3.50 billion, compared with the prior range of $3.41 – 3.69...

Once again on Wednesday, a wide cross section of stocks are losing ground, despite the markets being relatively flat at midday. Among the high volume losers are JDS Uniphase (NASDAQ: JDSU), SINA Corp. (NASDAQ: SINA), Baidu.com (NASDAQ: BIDU), and Cirrus Logic (NASDAQ: CRUS). JDSU has shed 4.14%...

1) Motorola Mobility Holdings (NYSE: MMI): Currently trading down 4.1% from yesterday's close to $23.59. Shares have broken below their 50-day simple moving average (one year daily chart) in today's session. 2) Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU): Currently trading down 4.1% from yesterday's close to...

Shares of Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML) are lower on the session by 4.15%, trading at $13.73. Overall call volume is now running at 4.14x the daily average, with 44% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 10,597 contracts have traded on the session so far. Atmel Corporation is...

Shares of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE: CY) are lower on the session by 2.73%, currently trading at $21.94. 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...

Shares of Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: MXIM) are lower on the session by 0.51%, trading at $25.60. Overall put volume is now running at 8.99x the daily average, with 23% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 5,295 contracts have traded on the session so far. Maxim...

Goldman Sachs is out with a research report this morning, where is suggests that traders buy 1x2 put spreads on Micron Technology (NYSE: MU). Goldman Sachs semiconductor analyst, James Schneider, sees 11% downside to Sell rating MU shares over the next 6-mths. He expects DRAM pricing to move...

According to a recent report from Citadel, Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) is expected to provide a 2Q11 mid-quarter update after the market closes today. Citadel expects no surprises from TXN and remain concerned about the health of the business moving forward. Citadel reiterates Reduce rating and $...

According to a recent report, Jefferies meetings at Intersolar will start today after several meetings at the Solar Plaza forum and with suppliers and developers that took place this week. According to Jefferies, expected points from the meeting will include Jefferies thesis that the lowerst cost...

Brean Murray Carret & Company has lowered the price target on LDK Solar (NYSE: LDK) from $20 to $12 and maintains its Buy rating.

US stock futures are lower this morning after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's speech. Investors are awaiting the Fed's recent summary of regional conditions. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 32 points to 12,040.00 and futures on the S&P 500 stock index fell 3.90...