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FeedPosted Nov 18th 2009 4:00PM by Jon Ogg (RSS feed)
Filed under: Advanced Micro Dev (AMD), American Express (AXP), E*TRADE (ETFC)
The markets were higher before the economic data came to ruin the party. CPI came in higher than PPI on the inflation front, but there was a real disappointment in housing starts considering that many were expecting gains there. Oil inventory contractions across the board failed to boost that market considerably. A late day rally looked like a positive close was in the cards, but the buying action was only so much.
Here were today's closing levels:
Dow 10,426.31 -11.11 (-0.11%)
S&P 500 1,109.79 -0.53 (-0.05%)
Nasdaq 2,193.14 -10.64 (-0.48%)
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Posted Sep 18th 2009 4:00PM by Jon Ogg (RSS feed)
Filed under: Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI), Palm Inc (PALM), AMR Corp (AMR)
Today was one of those days where many traders looked like and acted like they wanted to just lock in gains after what was the first full week for many traders in about three weeks. Yet shares stayed strong. Options expiration dates and a S&P rebalance brought in some added volatility and money managers are now scared to tell their clients that they are not all-in on stocks. So while markets were up most of the day, the real closing bell with all of today's events was something that felt as though it would be down to the wire.
Here were today's unofficial closing bell levels:
Dow 9,819.52 +35.60 (0.36%)
S&P 500 1,068.26 +2.77 (0.26%)
Nasdaq 2,132.86 +6.11 (0.29%)
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Continue reading Closing Bell: Options and index re-balance aid bulls (ARNA, AMR, PALM, SIRI, VVUS)
Posted Sep 9th 2009 4:00PM by Jon Ogg (RSS feed)
Filed under: General Electric (GE), Barrick Gold (ABX), Palm Inc (PALM)
Today was another up and away day, although after the 2:00 PM Beige Book and after a Treasury auction, it felt like today was just going to be a difficult one to call.
This is a light week on data and a light day on earnings and that makes it a hard tell each day to have serious conviction for bulls and bears alike. The DJIA went above 9,500 and marks the 4th day in a row of a rally.
Here are today's unofficial closing bell levels:
Dow 9,538.23 +40.89 (0.43%)
S&P 500 1,032.47 +7.08 (0.69%)
Nasdaq 2,058.60 +20.83 (1.02%)
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Continue reading Closing Bell: The never ending rally (ABX, GE, PALM, VVUS)
Posted May 29th 2008 11:12AM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Marriott Intl'A' (MAR)
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MOST NOTEWORTHY: Shanda Interactive, Evergreen Solar, SunPower and Marriott were today's noteworthy downgrades:
- Citigroup downgraded shares of Shanda Interactive (NASDAQ:SNDA) to Hold from Buy following the company's lower-than-expected guidance as they see a lack of positive catalysts.
- Merrill downgraded Evergreen Solar (NASDAQ:ESLR) and SunPower (NASDAQ:SPWR) to Sell from Neutral citing a potential reduction in German tariffs.
- Morgan Stanley downgraded Marriott (NYSE:MAR) to Equal Weight from Overweight citing economic pressures on business travel.
OTHER DOWNGRADES:
- Vivus (NASDAQ:VVUS) was downgraded at Wachovia to Market Perform from Outperform.
- UBS lowered Juniper(NASDAQ:JNPR) to Neutral from Buy.
- Cemex (NYSE:CX) was downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at JP Morgan.
Posted Apr 18th 2007 11:34AM by Kevin Shult (RSS feed)
Filed under: Before the bell, eBay (EBAY), CA Inc (CA), Analyst initiations, , CKE Restaurants (CKR)
MOST NOTEWORTHY: CKE Restaurants (CKR), Cardinal Health (CAH), eBay (EBAY) and CA Inc (CA) topped today's noteworthy initiation list today:
- Nollenberger believes the Hardee's franchise is entering a period of accelerated growth and initiated shares of CKE Restaurants (NYSE: CKR) with a Buy rating and $27 target.
- Goldman views Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH) as a as a high quality, focused franchise with strong fundamental outlook driven by margin expansion and improvements in non-drug wholesale businesses and restructuring efforts, reinstating its Buy rating on the company.
- American Technology initiated eBAY Inc (NASDAQ: EBAY) with a Buy rating and $43 target, believing the company is the top play on growth of U.S. e-commerce and they expect upside to numbers tonight.
- Needham believes CA Inc (NYSE: CA) Inc remains in transition as it continues to work on the repackaging of its vast product array into five solution sets and started the company with a Hold rating.
OTHER INITIATIONS:
- Roth Capital initiated shares of Vivus Inc (NASDAQ: VVUS) with a Buy rating and $15 target.
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