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Mid-Morning Market Update: Markets Drop; Comcast To Acquire Time Warner Cable For $45.2B

US Market News - Thu, 02/13/2014 - 07:25

Following the market opening Thursday, the Dow traded down 0.36 percent to 15,906.11 while the NASDAQ declined 0.06 percent to 4,198.75. The S&P also fell, dropping 0.24 percent to 1,814.88. Leading and ...

BioMarin Bucks Biotech Short Interest Trend (BIIB, BMRN, MDVN)

US Market News - Thu, 02/13/2014 - 07:18

Among the leading biotech and emerging pharmaceutical companies, Incyte (NASDAQ: INCY ) and Pharmacyclics (NASDAQ: PCYC ) saw the largest percentage declines in short interest between the January 15 and ...

Small-Caps with the Biggest Dividends

US Market News - Thu, 02/13/2014 - 07:17

At the beginning of January, I was optimistic that 2014 would deliver some good results to the stock market. I suggested that small-cap stocks would also continue to return profits to investors after a ...

Big Wall Street Firms Slap the Sell Rating on High-Profile Stocks

US Market News - Thu, 02/13/2014 - 05:25

Both Merrill Lynch and UBS have added stocks to Sell to their recent research reports. More and more, big Wall Street firms are trying to stay ahead of the curve, not behind. It helps when the Sell rating ...

Short Interest In Altera Rises, In Marvell Tech Falls (ALTR, MRVL, XLNX)

US Market News - Wed, 02/12/2014 - 12:50

Among the leading semiconductor stocks, Altera (NASDAQ: ALTR ), Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MU ) and Xilinx (NASDAQ: XLNX ) saw the most significant swings in short interest between the January 15 and ...

Big Moves In Social Media Short Interest (EBAY, FB, GOOG)

US Market News - Wed, 02/12/2014 - 12:48

Late January saw sizable retreats by short sellers in several social media companies based in the United States, including Facebook (NASDAQ: FB ) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG ). However, eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY ...

Why Control4 Shares Could Still Double

US Market News - Wed, 02/12/2014 - 09:10

Control4 Corp. (NASDAQ: CTRL) surged after the company’s fourth-quarter earnings report. This is a home automation player with wider ambitions than just your new home. While the stock gained visibility ...

Short Interest Declines in Oil and Gas Sector, With One Exception

US Market News - Wed, 02/12/2014 - 08:35

Short interest in several large oil and gas stocks dropped in the two-week period to January 31, probably on expectations of greater demand due to an improving global economy. Short interest rose in just ...

Short Sellers Abandon Key Nasdaq Stocks — Short Covering Galore

US Market News - Wed, 02/12/2014 - 08:15

January was a month that short sellers have been dreaming of. Here are top six names that saw the highest percentage of short covering.

Zynga Files Shelf Registration, for Selling Stakeholders

US Market News - Wed, 02/12/2014 - 06:35

Zynga has filed a shelf registration statement that will allow the company to sell new shares into the market. This proposed secondary offering will be for up to 28,178,201 shares, which are worth a cumulative ...

Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Amazon, Control4, Ocwen, Sprint, Veeco, More

US Market News - Wed, 02/12/2014 - 05:50

These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Wednesday, February 12, 2014. They include Amazon, Control4, Ocwen Financial, Sprint and Veeco Instruments....

Open Compute Technology Could Change Everything: Top Stocks to Buy

US Market News - Wed, 02/12/2014 - 05:35

Open Compute, or OCP for short, is an organization that was founded by Facebook in 2011. According to the organization’s website, Open Compute’s goal is to “build one of the most efficient computing infrastructures ...

UPDATE: MLV & Co Downgrades Royal Gold as Stock is Fairly Valued at Current Levels

US Market News - Wed, 02/12/2014 - 04:59

In a report published Wednesday, MLV & Co analyst Michael D. Peterson downgraded the rating on Royal Gold (NASDAQ: RGLD ) from Buy to Hold, and removed the $65.00 price target. In the report, MLV & Co ...

Imerys to Acquire AMCOL for $41.00/Share in Cash

US Market News - Wed, 02/12/2014 - 02:52

AMCOL International (NYSE: ACO ) today announced it has signed a definitive merger agreement with Imerys S.A. (OTC: IMYSF ) pursuant to which AMCOL shareholders will receive USD $41 per share in cash for ...

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Shows Value of Correlation Trading

US Market News - Tue, 02/11/2014 - 13:37

Another article in Benzinga recently covered why Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NASDAQ: GMCR ) has been soaring. Over the last week of market action, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters is up more than 40 ...

3 Reasons To Trust Dividends More Than Analysts

US Market News - Tue, 02/11/2014 - 13:23

There was not a single analyst who called The Great Recession. Even closer at home, when Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL ) was trading at over $700 a share in October 2012, some analysts were calling for it to go ...

3 Reasons To Embrace The Double-Digit Drop In Exxon Mobil

US Market News - Tue, 02/11/2014 - 10:48

As detailed in another article on Benzinga , long-term investors should applaud the falling price of oil. The main exchange traded fund for oil, United States Oil (NYSE: USO ), is down in recent market ...

CenturyLink Scores Highly Unusual Analyst Upgrade — Just Before Earnings

US Market News - Tue, 02/11/2014 - 08:20

CenturyLink is a highly shorted stock, in part because of its major dividend yield, one of the highest in its peer group. So what happens when you see an analyst upgrade a stock like this? The timing of ...

Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Alcatel-Lucent, CenturyLink, Cisco, FireEye, Infoblox, More

US Market News - Tue, 02/11/2014 - 05:20

These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Tuesday, February 11, 2014. They include Alcatel-Lucent, CenturyLink, Cisco Systems , FireEye and ...

Shh: GoPro Submits Confidential Filing for IPO

US Market News - Sun, 02/09/2014 - 08:51

GoPro Inc., maker of a hands-free, high-definition video camera that can be attached to a variety of objects, animals, or people in motion, filed a confidential registration for an initial public offering ...

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