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ETF Investors Should Continue To Be Content With The Metals And Mining Industry Group
Saturday, March 20, 2010 - 9:44pm | 892“The metals and mining industry group has been a market leader during the past year, with the SPDR S&P Metals and Mining exchange-traded fund soaring more than 117% during the prior 52 weeks. Comparatively, the S&P 500 index has rallied some 48% during the same time frame. What’s more, XME...
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Potential Options Trades in Intuitive Surgical (ISRG): Short Iron Condor and a Bull Put Spread
Friday, March 19, 2010 - 11:43am | 1849In Wednesday’s edition of Mad Money on CNBC, Jim Cramer issued a bearish call in Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG), simply saying “don’t buy” the shares, after having missed the last 100 points in this “terrific stock.” Over the past 50 weeks or so, ISRG shares have been on a tear, rallying from...
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Shorting the Pound
Friday, March 19, 2010 - 11:03am | 600When searching for new trades, I enjoy returning to past ideas. After all, if a trade done in the past looks attractive again, our research is simplified and the decision making process accelerated. Having done the initial work in the past, we rely upon our body of knowledge to strike again. An...
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Movers And Shakers For March 16 (ATHN, ARTC, AVII, BNHN, CLF, HOG, MGM, BPOP, SONC, CLUB)
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 7:41am | 301Some of the stocks that made ripples in the US stock market yesterday are: Athenahealth Inc (NASDAQ: ATHN) shares gained 6.5% after the billing services provider reported its fourth-quarter results. AthroCare Corp (NASDAQ: ARTC) rose 5.9% after the medical products supplier announced profits for...
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General Steel Holdings (GSI) Shares Fall 8.22%
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 5:51pm | 140Shares of General Steel Holdings (NYSE: GSI) ended Tuesday trading down 8.22% at $4.02, after the Chinese steel producer reported that its 4th quarter loss widened. General Steel Holdings reported a 4th quarter loss of $11.1 million, or 26 cents per share, compared to a loss of $9.7 million a year...
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Steve Grasso Recommends Cliffs Natural (CLF)
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 2:09pm | 123Today on the Fast Money halftime report, Steve Grasso said that he would be playing Cliffs Natural Resources (NYSE: CLF) from the long side. During the current trading session, Cliffs has already moved 4.83% higher to $66.21. During the last 52 weeks, CLF has climbed an unbelievable 395%. This...
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Cliffs Natural Screams Higher
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 10:51am | 162Metallurgical coal producer, Cliffs Natural Resources (NYSE: CLF) is running higher this morning, currently trading $66.52, up 5.34% on the day, on the heels of an upgrade by J.P Morgan. They were raised to an “Overweight.” Cliffs Natural Resources has been screaming higher since mid February...
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CLF To Benefit From Better Than Expected Iron Ore Settlements
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 10:35am | 69Analysts at Deutsche Bank reiterate their "buy" rating on Cliffs Natural (NYSE: CLF). The target price for CLF has been raised from $65 to $85. According to Deutsche Bank, the better than expected iron ore settlements are likely to drive near-term upside to CLF estimates. CLF’s shares closed at $63...
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Mad Money's Lightning Round: ORCL, FRPT, LLL, SO, FE, CSE, BAC, X, NUE
Monday, March 15, 2010 - 8:30pm | 289CNBC Mad Money's Jim Cramer thinks that it would be wise to sell Force Protection, Inc. (NASDAQ: FRPT) and buy L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: LLL). Force Protection (FRPT) fell 1.37% today, and L-3 Communications (LLL) added 0.13%. Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) will go to $30 thinks Cramer. He...
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NY Empire Manufacturing Index Drops (AA, X)
Monday, March 15, 2010 - 9:30am | 109The March NY Empire Manufacturing Index came in better-than-expected but still dropped from February levels. The general business conditions index dropped to 22.86 this month from 24.91 in February. Analysts were looking for a reading of 22.00. The new orders reading was 25.43 in March vs. 8.78 in...
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Aeropostale (ARO) Challenges Resistance
Friday, March 12, 2010 - 5:17pm | 1496Thursday night, apparel retailer Aeropostale (NYSE: ARO) announced earnings that topped analysts’ estimates by four cents per share, while revenue was in line. The company also lifted its guidance for the first quarter and for fiscal year 2011. Following this upside surprise, Piper Jaffray...
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Fast Money Picks For March 12th (AA, BBY, X, XBI, CAT)
Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 7:40pm | 195Brian Kelly of Kanundrum said on CNBC's Fast Money that he would sell short Alcoa (NYSE: AA) on Friday. Alcoa (AA) added 0.52% today and closed at $13.64. Joe Terranova thinks that Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY) should be bought tomorrow. Best Buy (BBY) gained 1.31% on Thursday. United States Steel...
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Volume Talks Wednesday March 10: Two Option Ideas on One Hot Stock
Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 10:32am | 3236Today I am going to introduce my new breakout report which will also include stocks which traded the session lower on heavier volume. If this is your first time reading one of my breakout reports you'll want to read the section below, however if you are familiar with my daily breakout report you...
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Outlining My Trading Strategy
Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 7:03am | 737I remain in awe of the market. Despite a steady stream of news that is either poor or unremarkable, this market continues higher. Although we have not witnessed blockbuster, high-volume days that crush the bears, a steady climb has allowed prices to approach those of recent weeks. Although I'm...
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Bookkeeping: Closing Potash (POT) - Will Look to Deploy into Another Commodity
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 10:45am | 593I only have 2 commodity plays and I am disappointed in the relative performance of Potash (POT) of late. I had mulled moving into an iron ore (CLF) stock or coal stock over the past month and in retrospect that would of been a very smart thing to do but missed the boat. Considering the price...