Friday, September 3, 2010

Archive for the Category ‘Mid and Large Cap’

JPMorgan And Citigroup Earnings Rings Memories Of Lehman Brothers (NYSE:JPM), (NYSE:C), (NYSE:SPY), (NYSE:FAZ)

JPMorgan And Citigroup Earnings Rings Memories Of Lehman Brothers (NYSE:JPM), (NYSE:C), (NYSE:SPY), (NYSE:FAZ)

With U.S. banks ready to kick off earnings, its important you understand how full of baloney these numbers and balance sheets will be, especially given the future guidance which always have that little “unforeseen economic woes” fine-print style disclaimers that no one seems to speak of. Seems like just yesterday we had the same Wall [...]

Thor Industries: More Than Just Accounting Concerns Signal Caution

Thor Industries: More Than Just Accounting Concerns Signal Caution

I have followed Thor Industries (NYSE:THO) and Drew Industries, Inc. (NYSE:DW), the RV and bus manufacturer, closely for years, ever since I read about the company in Forbes in 2004, where founder Wade Thompson appeared on the cover with a smiling face. I loved the stock at the beginning of 2009, when I first added [...]

Quest Capital: A Public Hedge Fund?

Quest Capital: A Public Hedge Fund?

Quest Capital Corp. (USA) (AMEX:QCC) Hedge fund investing is generally restricted to investors meeting minimum asset levels (i.e. rich people, the thinking being that they’ll be all right if they lose a bunch of money) or those making large minimum investments (the thinking being that investors who plunk down $150K on an investment will do [...]

Layne Christensen: Key Combination of Niche Businesses Yield Strong Growth Prospects

Layne Christensen: Key Combination of Niche Businesses Yield Strong Growth Prospects

Layne Christensen (NASDAQ:LAYN) ($26.97) is a small-cap, cyclical, specialty drilling and construction company focused on water, mining civil construction projects, and natural gas production. LAYN services a diverse client base. As with most industrial companies over the past two years, LAYN has experienced earnings setbacks, but is well positioned for the next upward turn in [...]

Columbia Laboratories’ Promising Trade

Columbia Laboratories’ Promising Trade

Today, Columbia Laboratories (NASDAQ:CBRX) announced that the Company entered into a $15 million “loan” agreement with Watson (NYSE:WPI). According to the 8-K, this loan is structured as a forgivable term loan promissory note. Basically, if the deal between Watson and CBRX closes prior to December 31, 2011, the loan and all accrued interest is forgiven. [...]

ATP Oil & Gas: Great Exploration Play Mired by Gulf of Mexico Uncertainty

ATP Oil & Gas: Great Exploration Play Mired by Gulf of Mexico Uncertainty

ATP Oil & Gas (NASDAQ:ATPG) ($10.16) has provided stock investors with one wild ride, going from $56 in October ’07 to $3 in March ’09, and then to $22 in April ‘10 to $12 yesterday, May 27th , when 26% of the available float traded. ATPG is an small-cap offshore oil and gas development firm [...]

After-market Trade Alerts for XOM, C, AA

After-market Trade Alerts for XOM, C, AA

Shares of Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) jumped more than 2% in today’s trading. The stock reached a high of $60.80 in trading. It closed 2.57% higher at $60.77, with volume at 27.50 million. The stock was active again after-hours trading as it climbed another 0.07% to $60.81. The Exxon Mobil shares have a 52-week [...]

Synergetics Surges Ahead, Strikes Transformative Deal With Alcon

Synergetics Surges Ahead, Strikes Transformative Deal With Alcon

After launching an IPO five years ago in the high single digits, Synergetics (NASDAQ:SURG) has been stuck in the mud. Revenues have been stagnant, averaging around $50 million a year for the past three years, while its stock has done nothing but move lower since becoming public … Until now, that is. A few weeks [...]

Small Caps Rock

Small Caps Rock

This article discusses iShares Russell 2000 Index (NYSE:IWM). Our regular readers have undoubtedly noticed that we have a tendency to discuss small cap stocks quite a bit on this site. Why? Because among the small cap universe some of the most inefficiently priced stocks can be found. They carry little in the way of name [...]

Anadys Bounces Back With Release of Positive Drug Data

Anadys Bounces Back With Release of Positive Drug Data

After a safety scare last year, Anadys Pharmaceuticals’ (NASDAQ:ANDS) trials of its hepatitis C candidate ANA598 appear to be back on track with a series of positive interim results in phase II trials (Anadys’ bubble burst by lack of partner, June 5, 2009). The burning issue for the California firm, however, is its urgent need [...]

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