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Little Mental Battles
Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 10:54am | 438The little mental battles that face us each day such as: to chase or not to chase? Titanium Metals (TIE) is the perfect stock looking to breakout here - excuse the lack of volume, as stocks can now rally 100s of percent without any volume expansion. (so we need to adjust to the new paradigm)...
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Early Volume Plays Among Those Valued Below $10 (CDII, NEXM, XPO, TGB)
Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 10:43am | 292Some of the stocks that are valued below $10 and have the potential to become one of the high volume movers in the early trading hours are: Chinese company China Direct Industries (NASDAQ: CDII) has swung to a Q2 profit of $0.06 from a loss of $0.06 a share in Q2 2009. CDII’s revenue is also up 13...
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Top 5 Small-Cap AMEX Stocks In The Gold Industry With The Highest Return On Equity (CDY, CGC, AZK, ANV, GSS)
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 - 6:50am | 176Below are the top 5 small-cap gold stocks on the AMEX in terms of ROE. Cardero Resource Corp (AMEX: CDY) has a trailing-twelve-month ROE of 87.11%. CDY fell 4.62% over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 gained 27.24% over the same period. Capital Gold Corp (AMEX: CGC) has a trailing-twelve-...
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Top Performing Industries For May 11 (CTCH, TBH, MGN, FOSL)
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 1:57pm | 255At 12:46 pm, Dow added 46.17 points or 0.43%, to 10,831.31, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index was up 6.42 points or 0.55%. The Nasdaq composite index too had advanced 21.19 points or 0.89%. The industries that are helping the market keep afloat today are: Internet Service Providers...
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Bulls Dig Up Ivanhoe
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 10:55am | 95Shares of Ivanhoe Mines (NYSE: IVN) are off 1.91% on the session to $15.89; that level is below the 50-day moving average around $16.25 and it looks like it is having troubling moving above that level, but one trader is betting that the stock breaks upwards once again. The June $18 call was...
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US Stock Futures Jump To The Biggest One Day Gain Of The Year
Monday, May 10, 2010 - 8:30am | 214US stock futures moved up sharply today, marking the biggest one-day gain of the year. The move came in after Europe announced its plan that is designed to ward off further hammering of the euro. While futures on the S&P 500 climbed 51.7 points to 1158.60, those on the Nasdaq 100 advanced 84.75...
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Mike Khouw Is Bearish On FCX
Friday, May 7, 2010 - 9:21pm | 94On CNBC's Options Action, Mike Khouw recommended a bearish option strategy in Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE: FCX). He would like to buy one June $69 put for $6.30 and sell two June 60 puts for a total of $4.40. This strategy would cost $1.90, and it is the most profitable if...
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Sohu Inches Past Consensus - Analyst Blog
Friday, May 7, 2010 - 1:30pm | 883Sohu.com Inc.'s (SOHU) net income in the first quarter fell year over year and quarter over quarter due to poor operating performance as operating expenses rose in the quarter. However, earnings beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a penny. Revenue for the quarter was up year over year but...
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Top 5 Stocks In the Gold Industry With The Highest ROE (CDY, BVN, CGC, AZK, NEM)
Friday, May 7, 2010 - 5:51am | 169Below are the top gold stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of return on equity. The return on equity at Cardero Resource Corporation (AMEX: CDY) is 87.11%. CDY has commenced drilling at the Organullo gold project. The return on equity at Compania Mina Buenaventura (NYSE: BVN) is 33.01%. BVN’...
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What Bull Market? (DIA, FCX, AA, X)
Thursday, May 6, 2010 - 12:12pm | 158Despite being in a very robust "Bull Market", many materials stocks have no gains to show for themselves in 2010. I decided to look at some popular names and see how they have performed year-to-date. For comparison, the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (NYSE: DIA) is up 2.32% year-to-date....
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"The Generals" (Leadership Stocks) Flashing Trouble
Thursday, May 6, 2010 - 10:13am | 1157I always like to keep an eye on the leadership stocks i.e. "momo" favorites of the institutional fast money. Let us exclude Apple (AAPL) which at this point exists in it's own sphere of world domination - and Goldman Sachs (GS) which is in a whole 'nother sphere - many of the other 'go to' names...
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TIE Upgraded To Buy At Longbow
Thursday, May 6, 2010 - 9:02am | 41Analysts at Longbow Research upgrade Titanium Metals (NYSE: TIE) from "neutral" to "buy." TIE’s shares fell 0.35% to close at $14.44 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here
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Materials Stocks Rebound (X, FCX, RTP, CENX)
Wednesday, May 5, 2010 - 5:47pm | 239Stocks in the materials sector have been taking it on the chin day after day, but today some big names managed to stay in the green despite another down day for the Dow and S&P. U.S. Steel (NYSE: X) finished up 72 cents, or 1.36%, to close at $53.83. Today's trading action came on heavier-than-...
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Ivanhoe Mines Attracts Bulls as Stock Falls
Tuesday, May 4, 2010 - 10:48am | 80Ivanhoe Mines (NYSE: IVN) is selling off hard this morning by over 5.00% to $14.72, but call volume is running at 3.05x normal volume due to over 5,000 June $20 calls being purchased on the offer. The volume does not exceed open interest, however, which may indicate position closing. Ivanhoe Mines...
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Volatility Sold in XLB
Monday, May 3, 2010 - 2:36pm | 130The SELECT SECTOR MATERIALS SPDR (NYSE: XLB) is receiving a bullish trade this afternoon as the ETF trades flat on the session; the ETF was in the red most of the session and recently rebounded. Freeport McMoran (NYSE: FCX) has been weighing heavily on the ETF as it represents 9.49% of the ETF....