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Closing Bell: Better Than It Could Have Been (NILE, GRMN, SKIL, BWLD, DDSS, LEAP. PCS)

Posted Feb 12th 2010 4:00PM by Jon Ogg (RSS feed)
Filed under: Garmin Ltd (GRMN)

Today was one of those weak days where you would tell yourself, "this could have been much worse." China tightened its reserve requirements again ahead of its long week off for the Chinese New Year. Greek concerns were back out that its recession might hamper a bailout. University of Michigan sentiment surveys showed a decline versus just a month ago. And the bias is still sour... Yet today's move was not as bad as it could have been.

Here were the unofficial closing bell levels:

Dow 10,100.66 -43.53 (-0.43%)
S&P 500 1,075.88 -2.59 (-0.24%)
Nasdaq 2,183.53 +6.12 (0.28%)

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Closing Bell: Three Days of Rally Is Asking Too Much ... (AOL, TWX, PFE, XIDE, JCI, VLO, TTWO, DDSS)

Posted Feb 3rd 2010 4:00PM by Jon Ogg (RSS feed)
Filed under: Time Warner (TWX), Pfizer (PFE), AOL (AOL)

Apparently two days of rallying was enough for the trading gods. Earnings guidance confused traders compared to what we had seen on Tuesday and Monday when stocks were rallying. The reforms of Greece being approved by the E.U. had the shelf-life of an organic salad buffet.

Here were today's unofficial closing bell levels:

Dow 10,269.94 -26.91 (-0.26%)
S&P 500 1,097.24 -6.08 (-0.55%)
Nasdaq 2,190.91 +0.85 (0.04%)

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Analyst initiations: Biotech, WCC, WYN, CNTY, VLO, KR

Posted Sep 28th 2007 11:25AM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst Reports, Kroger Co (KR), Genentech Inc (DNA), Analyst Initiations, Valero Energy (VLO), Gilead Sciences (GILD)

MOST NOTEWORTHY: The biotech sector, WESCO International, Wyndham and Century Casinos were today's noteworthy initiations:

BMO Capital initiated coverage on Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ARNA) and Gilead Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: GILD) with Outperform ratings and a $16 target and $51 target and Celgene Corp. (NASDAQ: CELG) and Genentech Inc. (NYSE: DNA) with Market Perform ratings and a $69 target and $85 target.
CIBC initiated shares of WESCO International Inc. (NYSE: WCC) with a Sector Outperformer rating and $46 target. The firm believes lower estimates are already priced into shares and that the company's operating initiatives increase the chances for more stable margins in this environment.
Deutsche Bank started shares of Wyndham Worldwide Corp. (NYSE: WYN) with a Buy rating and $41 target. The firm believes stability of the timeshare industry, international expansion and improved transparency will serve as catalysts for shares.
Century Casinos Inc. (NASDAQ: CNTY) was initiated at Nollenberger with a Neutral rating, citing the underperformance of new properties and concerns from the smoking ban in Colorado; however, the firm believes the company is headed in the right direction.

OTHER INITIATIONS:

Soleil started shares of Sunoco Inc. (NYSE: SUN) and Valero Energy Corp. (NYSE: VLO) with Buy ratings and targets of $96 and $88, and initiated shares of Tesoro Corp. (NYSE: TSO) with a Hold rating and $55 target.
Rodman & Renshaw started shares of Labopharm Inc. (NASDAQ: DDSS) with a Market Perform rating.
UBS resumed coverage on Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) with a Buy rating and $34 target.

Analyst upgrades 2-22-07: Whole Foods & Seagate upgraded today

Posted Feb 22nd 2007 11:15AM by Kevin Shult (RSS feed)
Filed under: Before the Bell, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Good news, Whole Foods Market (WFMI), Goldcorp Inc (GG)

MOST NOTEWORTHY: Seagate Technology (STX), Analog Devices inc (ADI) and Whole Foods Market Inc (WFMI) were some of today's notable upgrades:

AG Edwards upgraded Seagate Technology (NYSE: STX) to Buy from Hold citing improving fundamentals as the company ramps 1.8" drives in the first quarter, with a potential Apple (AAPL) qualification, and market share gains in notebooks.

ThinkEquity upgraded Analog Devices Inc (NYSE: ADI) to Accumulate from Source of Funds, with a target of $38, as they believe the improvement in bookings are sustainable; Citigroup also upgraded Analog Devices, to Buy from Hold, to reflect the company's earnings expectations.

William Blair upgraded Whole Foods Market Inc (NASDAQ: WFMI) to Outperform from Market Perform based on valuation and the benefits of the Wild Oats Markets (NASDAQ: OATS) acquisition; HSBC upgraded shares of Whole Foods to Neutral from Underweight, with a $52 target, and UBS upgraded shares to Buy from Neutral based on the acquisition.

OTHER UPGRADES:

Prudential upgraded Goldcorp inc (NYSE: GG) to Neutral from Underweight citing the increase in gold prices and a potential increase in Penasquito mine reserves.