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OVTI logoOmniVision (OVTI - option chain) stock is trading sharply lower today after Sony (SNE) CEO Howard Stringer said late Friday that his company is supplying camera components to Apple (AAPL). This could pose a threat to OVTI's AAPL business, as OVTI had been the main supplier of image sensors for the iPhone. 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 OVTI.

This morning, OVTI opened at $34.06. So far today the stock has hit a high of $34.10 and a low of $32.20. As of 12:15, OVTI is trading at $33.15, down $3.04 (-8.4%). The chart for OVTI looks neutral and S&P gives OVTI a neutral 3 STARS (out of 5) hold ranking.

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Will Apple Squeeze OmniVision Out of the iPhone Business? originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 04 Apr 2011 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This post is part of Japan: A Special Report for Investors.

"The list of those hurt financially by the earthquake include the Japanese government (so don't buy Japan's government bonds), insurance companies (who will make up their losses through higher future premiums) and the unfortunate Japanese people themselves," says Martin Hutchinson.

The contributing editor to Money Morning explains, "Of course, even among listed companies, there will be some losers. Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TKECY), or TEPCO, is the unfortunate owner of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Daiwa House IndustryDWAHYewjfeaturedinvesting in JapaniShares MSCI Japan ETFjapan auto stocksjapan etfjapan rebuildingjapan stocksJapanese stockskubkubotamartin hutchinsonMartinHutchinsonmoney morningsnesonysteven halpernthestockadvisors.comtkecyTmtokyo electrictoyota motorThu, 24 Mar 2011 16:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Analyst Calls: BAC, BHI, KKR, MU, NE, RHT, SNE, TSN, WMT ...]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2011/03/24/analyst-upgrades-downgrades/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2011/03/24/analyst-upgrades-downgrades/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2011/03/24/analyst-upgrades-downgrades/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , , , ,

Analyst Upgrades

  • Red Hat (RHT) to outperform from neutral at RW Baird.
  • Cogdell Spencer (CSA) to buy from hold at Citigroup.
  • Micron (MU) to neutral from reduce at Nomura.
  • El Paso Electric (EE) to buy from hold at Jefferies.
  • MICROS Systems (MCRS) and Harmony Gold (HMY) to outperform from sector perform at RBC Capital.
  • Meridian Bioscience (VIVO) to buy from hold at Canaccord.
  • Verso Paper (VRS) to outperform from neutral at Credit Suisse.
  • Sony (SNE) to buy from hold at Deutsche Bank.
  • Noble Corp. (NE) and Baker Hughes (BHI) to buy from neutral at UBS.
  • Tyson Foods (TSN) and Smithfield Foods (SFD) to buy from hold at BB&T.

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"Few people know exactly how long it will take Japan to recover and rebuild, nor the full impact of the destruction in the world's third-largest economy," says Louis Basenese.

The contributing editor to Investment U advises, "In the short term, expect volatility to be the norm; but if you're a long-term investor there are reasons for bullishness:

"First, Japan is cheap. Even before the earthquake hit, Japan was one of the world's cheapest markets with the average stock on the TOPIX trading at a price-to-book ratio of 1.0 -- a 56% discount to the average U.S. stock.

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Best Buy (BBY) logoBest Buy (BBY) captures one third of U.S. consumer electronics sales, according to the Wall Street Journal (subscription required). That's the good news.

But now Best Buy is losing market share. You are probably wondering why this has happened. After all since Circuit City evaporated into bankruptcy, you would think that Best Buy would be king of the hill. Not so. Other trends are developing that are eroding Best Buy's territory. Here are a few them:

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Best Buy Faces a Bleak Future originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Sun, 13 Mar 2011 14:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund (EWJ) closed lower on the affects of the Northern Japan earthquake. Overall option implied volatility of 25 is above its 26-week average of 21, according to Track Data, suggesting larger price movement.

Sony (SNE) also closed lower on the affects of the Northern Japan earthquake. Overall option implied volatility of 28 is below its 26-week average of 31, according to Track Data, suggesting decreasing price movement

Options Update is by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.com.

Options Update: iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund Volatility Elevated at 25 originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Sat, 12 Mar 2011 08:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Justin Bieber Never Say NeverBased on what I was reading going into the weekend, I thought the multiplex was going to be an unexciting place. I was therefore rather surprised to see what I thought were relatively impressive numbers attached to the top films.

According to early estimates for domestic grosses at Box Office Mojo, Sony's (SNE) Just Go With It, starring Adam Sandler, is so far credited with a first-place showing; the movie is believed to have made about $31 million for the Friday-through-Sunday period. But Viacom's (VIA.B) Justin Bieber: Never Say Never product isn't giving up without a fight. At the time of writing, it was in second place with $30.3 million. Essentially, it's a tie.

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SNE logoSony (SNE - option chain) is rising today after the company reported earnings this morning, posting a fiscal-Q3 profit of 72.33 billion yen. Excluding one-time items, SNE earned 72.07 yen per share on revenue of 2.21 trillion yen. Analysts had forecast a profit of 62.52 yen per share on revenue of 2.24 trillion yen. Without adverse currency action, profits would have been even higher. If you think that the stock won't fall by too much in the coming months, then now could be a good time to look at a bullish hedged trade on SNE.

SNE opened this morning at $35.00. So far today the stock has hit a low of $35.00 and a high of $36.29. As of 12:10, SNE is trading at $36.26 up $1.47 (4.2%). The chart for SNE looks bearish and S&P gives SNE a negative 2 STARS (out of 5) sell ranking.

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earnings expectationsFriday's fourth-quarter GDP numbers offered more evidence that the economy is picking up steam, but one of the biggest obstacles to the recovery remains the stubbornly high unemployment rate. We'll find out whether there's been any movement on that front when employment data for January comes out this week. The Challenger Job-Cut report and ADP employment data are due Wednesday, and the government's unemployment rate on Friday. Another mild increase in jobs is expected, in line with the three-month average, but not enough to significantly reduce the unemployment rate.

Also look for the ISM manufacturing and nonmanufacturing indexes this week, as well as the Chicago PMI and the New York NAPM index. And Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke will speak to the National Press Club on Thursday.

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Week in Preview: January Employment Data, UPS Earnings and More originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Sun, 30 Jan 2011 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Skype logoThe market for streaming video calling is exploding. An estimated 13.2 million people worldwide will make video calls this year, up 400% from last year. By 2015, it is estimated that 155.1 million calls will use streaming videos.

Skype is a leader in low-cost phone calls. Calls to other people who have Skype are usually free. Now Skype is offering video calling for as low as $8.99 per month, with up to 10 people on the same call. Skype accounts for 25% of international calling traffic, up from 13% in 2009.

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Skype to Acquire Qik with Mobile Streaming Video originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 07 Jan 2011 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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IMAX (IMAX) finished 2010 with a wild trading day. With a little over two-and-a-half hours to go before the market bell, I had noticed that the stock was up an incredible 15.6% to $31.05. On heavy volume. Yes, heavy volume, on the last day of the year.

What was the reason? There was some speculation about a buyout. StreetInisder.com had reported that Sony (SNE) was possibly interested in buying the business. Disney (DIS) was also mentioned as a potential acquirer.

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IMAX: Interesting Trading Day originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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MicrosoftThis is my 1200th post. If someone would have told me I could write that much in my "spare time" I probably would not have stopped laughing until I collapsed. I marvel at all that has happened in the marketplace over this time: the ups and downs, good calls and bad; and being called everything under the sun, and then some, by our more 'enthusiastic' readers.

I must thank Amey Stone who I have been corresponding with for over a decade and was the one that first asked this architect and investor to be one of the initial group of bloggers. Now there is an army of writers and a lot has changed. For me this week marks a big change because Amey accepted a new position at another company and last Friday was her last day. Best of luck Amey!

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Chasing Value: Looking at Microsoft 1,200 Posts Later originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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For the past few days I have been writing about Apple Inc. (AAPL) and what it might do with its growing pile of cash, promoting a dividend rather than any misadventures or allowing the cash to continue to drag down earnings per share.

This is not Apple's plan and many readers agree. They believe Steve Jobs and company know what's best about everything and have done fine by them -- the latter part is certainly true.

Today I put it to our readers to check current sentiment.

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Chasing Value: Questions About Apple? originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 27 Oct 2010 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Viacom (VIA.B) scored this past weekend with Johnny Knoxville and his self-abusing colleagues. The film Jackass 3D came out on top, making $50 million at domestic theaters in its debut, according to early estimates at Box Office Mojo. Viacom beat out high-profile products from various media companies: Summit Entertainment's Red, Sony's (SNE) The Social Network, Time Warner's (TWX) Life As We Know It, and Disney's (DIS) Secretariat all had to step aside and watch as multiplexes filled with fans eager to see the comedy saturated with a series of painful stunts.

It isn't too surprising. The promotional campaign for the movie seemed to have hit its target demographic, creating an appropriate amount of excitement that eventually translated into copious ticket sales. Plus, except for Red, the other movies mentioned were already out in the marketplace, making them not as much of a threat to the energetic new kid on the block.

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Viacom's 'Jackass' Franchise Makes Triumphant Return originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 18 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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You want to invest in video game companies, right? I do. It's a fun sector. And there's such theoretical potential for growth (assuming compelling titles are produced that can compete with casual online offerings and can command a decent price premium).

But you're nervous. I know I am. We've been hearing how the industry isn't necessarily doing as well as it had been. And with the latest sales report, we have further confirmation that caution may be the best strategy for investors when it comes to dealing with ideas like Activision Blizzard Inc. (ATVI) and Electronic Arts Inc. (ERTS).

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Video Game Industry Remains Challenged originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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As a Disney (DIS) shareholder, I was disappointed by the third-place showing for the company's latest film, Secretariat. According to Box Office Mojo, it took in an estimated $12.6 million over the Friday to Sunday weekend. We still have the Monday holiday to go, but I don't think it'll make much difference.

I suppose one could say it did all right in its debut considering the type of movie it is and the time of year; this isn't the summer, certainly, so we're not necessarily going to observe supercharged grosses. But I think Disney has a lot to prove with each of its films these days since CEO Bob Iger has been focusing on finding the right strategy for growth in a division that hasn't always pulled its weight.

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Disney's 'Secretariat' Disappoints originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nintendo (NTDOY), whose competitors include Microsoft (MSFT) and Sony (SNE), has had a couple of rough trading sessions. It has to do with disappointment surrounding the release date of the Nintendo 3DS hand-held system -- which will miss the holiday season -- as well a bad profit outlook (I'm presuming the latter issue was more responsible for the bearishness than the former one).

My colleague Gary Sattler gave his opinion on the situation the other day. The question is, should an investor buy the company's American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) on pullbacks? What kind of opportunity do they represent? Yesterday, they closed down 4.9% to $31.20. Volume was very heavy.

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Is Nintendo a Buy on Dips? originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 01 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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No one can truly predict the movie business. I can't, certainly. If you had asked me what film would turn out to be the most popular among movie patrons this past weekend, I would have told you that Devil, distributed by General Electric's (GE) Universal Pictures, stood the best chance of slithering its evil celluloid self to the top of the heap. As it turns out, I was wrong. Time Warner's (TWX) The Town, directed by and starring Ben Affleck, was the winner at domestic theaters, according to Box Office Mojo.

Town brought in over $23 million as of estimates available at the time of this writing. In second place was Easy A, from Sony (SNE), with $18 million. Devil made about $12 million. The Los Angeles Times says that all of these projects didn't cost an exorbitant amount to produce.

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Time Warner's 'Town' Craftier Than Shyamalan's Latest Project originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Google logoGoogle Inc. (GOOG) continues to broaden its reach in the technology sector, and today the company announced that it plans to launch its Google TV platform globally in 2011.

The company gave a demonstration of the new platform today in Berlin, illustrating how a Google search bar would appear on top of the TV and allow users to search both the internet and live TV listings.

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Google to Launch TV Platform Globally in 2011 originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Lionsgate (LGF) has now produced two hits in a row. The Expendables, starring Sylvester Stallone, was third over the past weekend at domestic theaters, according to early estimates at Box Office Mojo. After completing its third weekend in the marketplace, the movie has generated over $80 million so far in total. Not bad, although it must take in more dollars to break even, as I mentioned last week.

More impressively, The Last Exorcism nabbed the top spot. It captured $21.3 million over the last three days. At the time of this writing, though, the second-place film, Sony's (SNE) Takers, was credited with an even $21 million. Once final figures are available later on, it's possible the rankings could change.

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