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DSX logoDiana Shipping (NYSE: DSX) shares have been sinking today after the company announced it will suspend dividend payments after December. DSX had been paying a 25.30% annual dividend rate. If you think this stock won't be rising too far in the coming months, then it could be a good time to look at a bearish hedged play on DSX.

This morning, DSX opened at $12.50. So far today the stock has hit a low of $10.28 and a high of $11.01. As of 2:35, DSX is trading at $10.96, down $2.97 (21.3%). The chart for DSX looks bearish.

For a bearish hedged play on this stock, I would consider a November bear-call credit spread above the $12.50 range. A bear-call credit spread is an options position that combines the purchase and sale of call options to hedge risk in case the stock doesn't do what you think but still leverage nice returns. For this particular trade, we will make an 11.1% return in ten days as long as DSX is below $12.50 at November expiration. DSX would have to rise by more than 14% before we would start to lose money. Learn more about this type of trade here.

Brent Archer is an options analyst and writer at Investors Observer.

DISCLOSURE: Mr. Archer owns and/or controls diversified portfolios of long and short stock and option positions that may include holdings in companies he writes about. At publication time, Brent neither owns nor controls positions in DSX.

Diana Shipping halts dividend originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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MOST NOTEWORTHY: Diana Shipping, Avanex and Fushi International were today's noteworthy initiations:
  • Stephens believes Diana Shipping's (NYSE: DSX) current share price represents an attractive entry point for investors. Shares were started with an Overweight rating and $40 target.
  • Avanex (NASDAQ: AVNX) was initiated with a Buy rating at Merriman. The firm believes the recovery in optical that began in late 2005 is in a relatively early stage and that new product introductions and strong optical trends will drive growth and leverage.
  • Jefferies assumed coverage of Fushi International (NASDAQ: FSIN) with a Buy rating and $20 target and believes the telecom infrastructure build-out in emerging markets, particularly China, and high copper prices continue to create opportunities for the company.
OTHER INITIATIONS:
  • Mattel (NYSE: MAT) was assumed at Caris with an Above Average rating and $25 target.
  • Lehman initiated Garmin (NASDAQ: GRMN) with an Equal Weight rating.
  • Keefe Bruyette initiated Invesco (NYSE: IVZ) with an Outperform ratin gand $28 target.

Analyst initiations: DSX, AVNX and FSIN originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says investors need to look at the longer time frame and see what drove rates higher to begin with -- world trade and a ship shortage.

Freakout on dry bulk ships! That's what happened yesterday. The hot money saw the break in the rates and skedaddled.

Should you?

Do you believe that rates are done going up? Do you know about secret ships that are being built or contracts being broken? Or revised down? Do you know what's falling apart?

Nothing.

Nothing at all.

Maybe that shouldn't matter. Maybe all that mattered were the stocks, and they are now "bad."

Continue reading Cramer on BloggingStocks: No reason to abandon dry bulk ships

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>diana shippingDianaShippingdsxfeaturedjim cramerJimCramernyse europnextNyseEuropnextnyxoceanfreightocnfparagon shippingParagonShippingprgnWed, 31 Oct 2007 08:15:00 EST<![CDATA[Analyst upgrades: MAT, VOLV, PMI, MOS and DMND]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/09/21/analyst-upgrades-mat-volv-pmi-mos-and-dmnd/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/09/21/analyst-upgrades-mat-volv-pmi-mos-and-dmnd/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/09/21/analyst-upgrades-mat-volv-pmi-mos-and-dmnd/#commentsFiled under: , ,

MOST NOTEWORTHY: Mattel, Volvo, PMI Group, Mosaic and Diamond Foods were today's noteworthy upgrades:
  • Oppenheimer upgraded shares of Mattel Inc (NYSE: MAT) to Buy from Neutral citing valuation, strong 2008 product line-up, and expected organic sales growth.
  • Goldman upgraded shares of Volvo (NASDAQ: VOLV) to Buy from Neutral on valuation as they believe the company's prospects for earnings are not priced into shares. Volvo was added to the firm's Conviction Buy List.
  • PMI Group's (NYSE: PMI) rating was raised to Outperform from Market Perform at Piper Jaffray on valuation.
  • Citigroup upgraded shares of Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) to Hold from Sell to reflect their increased commodity price forecasts.
  • Diamond Foods Inc (NASDAQ: DMND) was upgraded to Buy from hold at BB&T Capital on valuation.
OTHER UPGRADES:

Analyst upgrades: MAT, VOLV, PMI, MOS and DMND originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Wall Street's equity market offers another solid schedule this week, with 12 deals on the docket, including 7 IPOs and 5 Secondaries. Those deals tentatively scheduled to price include:

IPOs:

Monday

Aruba Networks (ARUN), an 8M-share IPO for secure wireless systems company. JP Morgan Chase and Lehman Brothers are the lead managers. Filing range: $8.00-$10.00.

Wednesday

eTelecare Global Solutions (ETEL), a 5.5M-share IPO for this call center company. Deutsche Bank is the lead manager. Filing range:
$12.50-$14.50.

Thursday

GSI Technology (GSIT), an 8M-share IPO for this semiconductor company. Needham and W.R. Hambrecht are the lead managers. Filing range: $6.50-$8.00.

Senorx (SENO), a 5.5M-share IPO for this medical devices company. Bank of America and Citigroup are the lead managers. Filing range: $11.00-$13.00.

Super Micro Computer (SMCI), an 8M-share IPO of this network servers company. Merrill Lynch is the lead manager. Filing range $9.50-$11.50.

Friday

Flagstone Reinsurance (FSR), a 13M-share IPO for this reinsurance company. Lehman Brothers and Citigroup are the lead managers. Filing range: $12.50-$14.50.

Western United Financial (WNF), a 6.4M-share IPO for this business financing company. Sandler O'Neill is the lead manager. Filing price: $8.00.

Continue reading IPO & secondary preview - week of March 26, 2007

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