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New 52-Week High Stocks (SLW, PFE, AUY, AXP, KO)
Monday, November 23, 2009 - 12:30pm | 203Silver Wheaton Corp. (USA) (NYSE: SLW) hits a new 52-week high at $16.72 in today’s morning session. Currently SLW is trading at $16.52, up 6%. Today, Michael Curran at Royal Bank of Canada raised SLW to “outperform” from “sector perform”. Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) rose 1.90% to $18.71 on 29 million...
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Exponential Growth, Finite World - Analyst Blog
Friday, November 20, 2009 - 5:27pm | 2079I want to talk about the challenge of exponential growth in a finite world. This is a concept that while on its surface seems easy to get, most people don’t fully grasp it. Any growth rate that is positive will lead to a doubling in size eventually -- the higher the growth rate, the quicker the...
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Benzinga’s Biggest Losers (MVIS, NGD, CMED, EGLE, EXM, DKS, MU)
Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 12:45pm | 259Microvision, Inc. (NASDAQ: MVIS) plunged 22% to $3.22 huge volume of 4.52 million shares after MVIS announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 6.7 million shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $3.00 per share. New Gold Inc. (USA) (AMEX: NGD) plummeted 19% to $3.52...
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John Paulson Set to Launch Gold (GLD) Hedge Fund
Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 10:27am | 782I keep looking for something that marks at least an intermediate term top in gold, i.e. a "magazine cover" indicator aka when everyone is on the same side of the trade and even your barber starts talking up gold stocks. This doesn't mean the thesis is not correct in the long run, but let's keep...
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5 Mid-Cap NYSE Stocks with Highest Sales Growth Estimate (CIM, AEM, HIG, DFS, JEF)
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 7:42am | 189Below are interesting mid-cap stocks on the NYSE with the highest sales growth estimate. Chimera Investment Corporation (NYSE: CIM) has a consensus sales growth estimate of 683.6% for Q4 and a market capitalization of $2.63 billion. CIM shares are trading at a price short of their 52-week high of $...
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Gold Reaches Record Highs As Dollar Weakens (GLD, GDX, GOLD, NEM)
Monday, November 16, 2009 - 12:15pm | 206The price of Gold in the Spot market rose to a record high of $1,130 an ounce. Investors are looking to be cautious as the price approaches the $1,200 level. Experts see the uptrend to continue as the price of Gold rose 7 out of the 10 days. Gold December Futures increased 1.1% from Friday’s...
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5 Large-Cap NYSE Stocks with Highest 5-Y Earnings Growth Estimate (AXA, AU, TM, LVS, SWN)
Monday, November 16, 2009 - 8:06am | 188Below are interesting large-cap stocks on the NYSE with the highest earnings growth estimate. AXA (NYSE: AXA) has an earnings growth estimate of 94.9% for five years and a market capitalization of $51.45 billion. Jefferies & Co initiated coverage of AXA with a “buy” rating. AngloGold Ashanti...
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Imports Surge in September - Analyst Blog
Friday, November 13, 2009 - 2:32pm | 1659In September, the trade deficit expanded to $36.5 billion -- an increase of $5.7 billion or 18.5% over August. This was a much bigger increase than was expected, as consensus expectations were for a deficit of $31.8 billion. Since the trade deficit is a direct input into the GDP calculations, look...
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Vista Gold Corp (AMEX:VGZ) Discounted Premium Options
Friday, November 13, 2009 - 11:03am | 91Vista Gold Corp (AMEX: VGZ) is one of recent implied volatility big losers, that can offer substantially discounted options. Technically and direction wise, Vista Gold is a value stock trading at $2.70 and has an overall slightly bullish outlook, underlying strategy direction should be up and take...
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Benzinga’s Top Pre- Market Losers (MAIL, ESE, CADX, TCLP, LKFN, BRCD, GOLD, LBTYA)
Friday, November 13, 2009 - 9:53am | 274IncrediMail Ltd. (USA) (NASDAQ: MAIL) decreased $0.17 or 2.16% to $7.70 after it reported third quarter total revenue of USD 5.9 million against USD 2.1 million same quarter last year. In the last six months, MAIL gained over 56%. ESCO Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ESE) tumbled 15% to $41.74 after it...
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Benzinga’s Top 5 Pre-Market Losers (GMCR, BRCD, JRCC, GOLD, AMAT)
Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 10:25am | 192Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc (NASDAQ: GMCR) shares plummeted by 11.59% in pre-market trading. GMCR posted robust FQ4 profits, driven by impressive sales of its Keurig single-cup brewing system. However, the lower-than-consensus guidance for GMCR Q1 EPS resulted in the sell-off in the company’...
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Well-Timed Launch For New Junior Gold ETF: GDXJ
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - 1:56pm | 506Investment success often lies in timing. Van Eck Global may have hit the nail on the head with today’s introduction of Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ). With gold bullion breaking above $1,100 earlier this week, gold stocks are flying. GDXJ follows the also very successful Market...
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5 Mid-Cap Stocks with Highest 5-Y Earnings Growth Estimate (ZNH, AEM, CEA, TDW, CTCM)
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 12:57pm | 191Below are interesting mid-cap stocks on the NYSE and NASDAQ with the highest earnings growth estimate. China Southern Airlines Co Ltd (NYSE: ZNH) has a consensus estimate for 5-year earnings growth of 102.14%. CPY has a market capitalization of $2.18 billion. Citigroup upgraded ZNH from “sell” to “...
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Benzinga’s Earnings Roundup (IHG, GOLD, BCS, TYC)
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 11:16am | 273InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (ADR) (NYSE: IHG) third-quarter net profit fell to $67 million as compared to $91 million same period last year and revenues in the latest quarter were $401 million versus $496 million a year ago. InterContinental expects the occupancy rates to stabilize and...
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Today's Morning Top Gainers (EWBC, PERF, REV, MRM, KGN)
Monday, November 9, 2009 - 12:14pm | 234East West Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: EWBC) is the top percentage gainers in morning trade and surged over 49% to $12.94 on huge volume of 7.30 million shares as East West Bancorp is supposed to host a call today to discuss the acquisition of the operations of United Commercial Bank. Perfumania Holdings...