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Short Interest in Chip Makers on the Rise (AMAT, ARM, QCOM)
Saturday, March 2, 2013 - 10:55am | 775Read More...Semiconductor stocks continued to attract short sellers during the first two weeks of February. The number of shares sold short in Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT), ARM Holdings (NASDAQ: ARMH), Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL), Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU), Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), Qualcomm (...
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Short Interest in Chip Makers on the Rise (AMAT, ARM, NVDA)
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - 8:27am | 772Read More...The short interest in semiconductor makers was mixed during the latter two weeks of January. The number of shares sold short in Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT), ARM Holdings (NASDAQ: ARMH), Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) and Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN) increased between the January 15 and...
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Barron's Recap (2/9/12): Best Fund Families
Saturday, February 9, 2013 - 4:05pm | 917Read More...This weekend in Barron's online: the annual Barron's/Lipper Fund Family Ranking, why the Dell buyout deal may unravel, and the prospects for CSX, Hospira, and Wendy's. Cover Story "All in the Family" by Lawrence C. Strauss. It is time again for the Barron's/Lipper Fund Family Ranking, and the...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of January 21
Sunday, January 20, 2013 - 2:14pm | 1169Read More...The focus was on the big banks last week, with Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) reporting strong results, but Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) and Citigroup (NYSE: C) not so much. The spotlight is on tech earnings this week. Analysts anticipate lower per-...
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Three Alternatives to Sears (AKAM, FISV, KLAC)
Thursday, August 30, 2012 - 5:24pm | 763Read More...Sears Holding (NASDAQ: SHLD) is to be booted from the S&P 500 because it no longer considered representative of the index, according to Standard & Poor's. That is, Sears has too few shares available for trading to be representative of one of the world's top 500 companies. For investors who...
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Stifel Nicolaus Maintains Buy on KLA-Tencor
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 9:20am | 81Read More...Stifel Nicolaus is out with its report today on KLA-Tencor (NASDAQ: KLAC), maintaining Buy. In a note to clients, Stifel Nicolaus writes, "Despite the market uncertainty, we still believe KLA-Tencor remains well positioned through these industry transitions. We maintain our Buy rating and our $59...
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Stifel Nicolaus Maintains Buy on KLA-Tencor
Thursday, July 7, 2011 - 9:14am | 81Read More...Stifel Nicolaus is out with its report today on KLA-Tencor (NASDAQ: KLAC), maintaining Buy. In a note to clients, Stifel Nicolaus writes, "Despite the market uncertainty, we still believe KLA-Tencor remains well positioned through these industry transitions. We maintain our Buy rating and our $59...
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Credit Suisse Updates 7/1
Friday, July 1, 2011 - 8:14am | 364Read More...Credit Suisse made a number of updates in a research report published today. Marathon Petroleum Corp (NYSE: MPC) had its coverage initiated with an Outperform rating and a price target of $55. On Thursday, MPC added 3.32% to its value to finish the day at $41.40. Its shares lost 1.57% of their...
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Morgan Stanley Provides Color on KLA-Tencor Corporation, Equal-Weight
Friday, June 24, 2011 - 7:00am | 99Read More...Morgan Stanley provided color on KLA-Tencor Corporation (NASDAQ: KLAC). In a research report published today, Morgan Stanley stressed its belief that the company's stock will rise over the next 60 days. In the report, Morgan Stanley states, “We believe the share price will rise relative to the...
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Ten More Takeover Candidates
Friday, June 10, 2011 - 7:35am | 874Read More...Yesterday, we had a quick look at ten potential takeover targets from a list of 50 offered up recently by Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB) strategists. Here we glance at another ten from their list of leveraged buyout candidates. Again, the companies on their list have market capitalizations of less than...
