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My Top 30 Short Trade Setups
Thursday, February 11, 2010 - 10:59pm | 283Now that the market has finally had the chance to rally some, work off the oversold conditions (I feel like a broken record saying this) I'll be putting on some new short positions come tomorrow morning. I've heard already some chatter from folks getting more optimistic each day, which even more so...
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Benzinga’s Volume Movers (ATVI, EQIX, TKLC, CHBT, PTNR)
Thursday, February 11, 2010 - 3:34pm | 198Activision Blizzard, Inc (NASDAQ: ATVI) shares gained 9.91% to $11.10. The volume of ATVI shares traded was 285% higher than normal. Although ATVI reported a wider-than-expected loss for Q4, the company issued better-than-expected guidance for the full year. Equinix, Inc (NASDAQ: EQIX) shares rose...
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Sprint Nextel Options Actively Traded Suggest a Decrease In Price Movement (S)
Thursday, February 11, 2010 - 2:17pm | 87Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S), which is recently trading down -0.10 today at $3.26, is seeing pressure on implied volatility in the stock's options. This is indicating an easing of price movement on the stock. Sprint's call option volume of 72,422 contracts compares to put volume of 121,009 contracts....
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MICC Posts Spectacular Results For Q4, Likely To Pursue Acquisitions
Thursday, February 11, 2010 - 2:07pm | 132Analysts at Morgan Joseph maintain their "buy" rating on Millicom International Cellular (NASDAQ: MICC). The target price for MICC has been raised to $90. Millicom International Cellular posted its Q4 results ahead of the estimates and the consensus, driven by strong growth in value added service...
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Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) Sheds 9% After Losing Market Share
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - 12:59pm | 115Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S), a leading player in the wireless market in US market, shed close to 9.1% to $3.30 in early trading on Wednesday. Sprint Nextel Corp. (S), which managed to narrow its losses in Q4 compared to Q4 of 2008, started with a gap-down opening as its revenues fell well short...
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S Q4 Losses Narrow; Still Higher Than Expectations
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - 11:26am | 273Sprint Nextel Corp (NYSE: S) announced that its fourth-quarter losses narrowed to $980 million, or $0.34 a share, from a loss of $1.6 billion, or $0.57 a share, in the year-ago period. S’s revenues for the quarter dropped 7% to $7.87 billion. Analysts expected a loss of $0.18 a share on revenues of...
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Company News for February 10, 2010 - Corporate Summary
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - 10:25am | 256• Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) upgraded Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) to "buy" from "neutral," with the price target raised to $18 from $16.50 • Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) was upgraded by analysts at Credit Suisse (NYSE:CS) from "neutral" to "outperform," with the price target raised to $39.50 from $35 • Peabody...
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Top 5 Stocks For February 10, 2010 (DF, JNY, CAT, NYT, S)
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - 9:43am | 174Dean Foods Company (NYSE: DF) has projected earnings of $0.38 per share. DF is scheduled to post its results prior to market open. DF moved up 1.32% to $17.64 in yesterday’s trading. Analysts expect clothing company Jones Apparel Group (NYSE: JNY) to earn $0.11 per share before the bell. JNY’s...
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Top 5 Stocks For February 10, 2010 (DF, JNY, CAT, NYT, S)
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - 9:29am | 174Dean Foods Company (NYSE: DF) has projected earnings of $0.38 per share. DF is scheduled to post its results prior to market open. DF moved up 1.32% to $17.64 in yesterday’s trading. Analysts expect clothing company Jones Apparel Group (NYSE: JNY) to earn $0.11 per share before the bell. JNY’s...
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Top 5 Mid-Cap Stocks In The Technology Sector With The Highest Dividend Yield (TNE, FTR, WIN, CEL, PTNR)
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - 6:42am | 169Below are the top 5 small-cap technology stocks on the NYSE and NASDAQ in terms of dividend yield. The dividend yield at Tele Norte Leste Participacoes SA (NYSE: TNE) is 26.8%. TNE’s quarterly revenue growth was 58.90% y/y. The dividend yield at Frontier Communications Corporation (NYSE: FTR) is 13...
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Benzinga's Top ETF Decliners (EDZ, FXP, EEV, SMN)
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 - 6:40pm | 205Direxion Daily Emerging Markets Bear 3x Shares(ETF) (NYSE: EDZ) suffered a loss of 9.59% today on the news of a possible bailout for Greece. EDZ seeks daily investment results of 300% of the inverse (opposite) of the price performance of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. ProShares UltraShort FTSE/...
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Crown Castle Sees Bearish Options Activity
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 - 12:52pm | 73Crown Castle International (NYSE: CCI), the owner and operator of communications towers, is seeing some unusual options trade today and that activity looks bearish with purchase of 5,000 July 30 puts. There was no corresponding long trade in the stock to indicate the puts are being used as...
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Barclays Is Overweight On Vodafone (VOD)
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 - 10:53am | 27Analysts at Barclays Capital upgrade Vodafone (NASDAQ: VOD) from "equal weight" to "overweight." VOD has slipped 1.56% in pre-market trading.
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Top Performing Industries For February 8 (HAS, LEAP, CVS, PMC, BCH, SPF, PHA)
Monday, February 8, 2010 - 3:01pm | 393Stocks have been trading unpredictably over the past four weeks as investors are on the lookout for signs of stability in the global economic recovery. Over the past couple of weeks, concerns surrounding the unmanageable level of debt for Greece, Spain and Portugal and China’s decision to take...
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Sprint May Buy MetroPCS To Win Prepaid Customers
Monday, February 8, 2010 - 2:52pm | 31Sprint (NYSE: S) may buy MetroPCS (NYSE: PCS) to win pre-paid customers, according to Bloomberg.