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Most Active Stock Options November 6, 2009 & Trading Activity

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:34:01 GMT

As of today the top ten option contracts traded were: Volatility Index (VIX) January 22.50 Put OptionsVolatility Index November 22.50 Put OptionsFord (NYSE:F) January 2011 5 Call OptionsFord January 2011 5 Put OptionsS&P 500 SPDR (NYSE:SPY) November 105 Put OptionsS&P 500 SPDR November 107 Call OptionsPowerShares QQQ (NASDAQ:QQQQ) November 42 Put OptionsQualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) April 50 Call OptionsS&P 500 SPDR November 107[More...]

Estimating Future Dividend Growth

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:21:36 GMT

Estimating future dividend growth is difficult if not impossible. Companies which might have had a long history of consistent double digit increases might stop raising dividends and might even cut them.[More...]

Good Returns Come in Small Capitalizations

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:15:39 GMT

We all invest in stocks for the same reason, to make money. However, investment styles can be as unique as fingerprints. Amazingly, investor surveys show that most of us do have one thing in common…we love small cap stocks.[More...]

Three Ways To Trade The Black Stuff

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:50:02 GMT

December Light Sweet Crude is holding a bullish formation, and the daily chart reveals a potential $17 long move, if the global market stars align. There is substantial support around the $77 area, and that is where a bullish flag has formed.[More...]

Two Brazilian Plays To Beat The Market

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:27:51 GMT

But you’re not out of luck just yet… Many countries around the world will be able to steer around this extended recession. Some are even in prime position to explode. And it’s not as difficult to invest abroad as it may seem. Today, it’s as effortless as buying an American Depositary Receipt — same thing as a stock — through your online broker. Figuring out which ones to buy is the hard part.[More...]

Biostar Raises $3.6 Million

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:26:18 GMT

Biostar Pharmaceuticals has completed a private placement that raised $3.6 million in new capital. Biostar will use the proceeds to complete its new raw materials processing facility. By taking its raw material production in house, Biostar will lower costs and ensure its product quality. Biostar plans to sell excess raw materials to other pharmaceutical companies in the Shaanxi province.[More...]

Bulls Back On Track?

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:21:18 GMT

Good morning. With chants of "Dow 10K… Dow 10K" once again rising from the streets at the corner of Broad and Wall yesterday, it is easy to believe that the bulls are back on track and that we'll soon be looking at new highs for the stock market. And when reviewing the data inputs to yesterday's 204 point romp, it is also easy to don the Dow10K hat once again and join in on the celebration.[More...]

Update Re McDonald's/MCD

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:28:46 GMT

Business Week (via Briefing.com) reports McDonald's/MCD missed this year's robust stock market rally. While the is up S&P 15%, shares of the co are off 3%. But some savvy pros regard the lag as an opportunity. "McDonald's is the only new name we added this year to our portfolio," says Edwin Walczak, U.S. portfolio chief at Swiss bank Vontobel.[More...]

Ford's Main Problem: The UAW's Crippling Job Classifications And Work Rules

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:52:50 GMT

Ford's 2,215 page 2007 master contract with the UAW 1941 UAW-Ford contract[More...]

Manufacturers' warning over rising energy costs

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:49:00 GMT

RISING energy costs in Northern Ireland will have major impact on the ability of the sector to compete and could cause more job losses, manufacturers have warned.
Meeting for its AGM in Cookstown yesterday, Northern Ireland Manufacturing, which has over 500 members, said that it had "serious concerns" about the process that has caused business customers to see as much as a 40% hike in their power bills in recent weeks.
The most significant of the factors leading to increases in non- domestic energy costs are the Public Service Obligation or PSO -- a levy charged on all units of electricity sold in Northern Ireland that covers legacy costs from the opening of the province's electricity market, and increased distribution costs.

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Most Active Stock Options November 6, 2009 & Trading Activity

Estimating Future Dividend Growth

Good Returns Come in Small Capitalizations

Three Ways To Trade The Black Stuff

Two Brazilian Plays To Beat The Market

Biostar Raises $3.6 Million

Bulls Back On Track?

Update Re McDonald's/MCD

Ford's Main Problem: The UAW's Crippling Job Classifications And Work Rules

Manufacturers' warning over rising energy costs

Manufacturers' warning over rising energy costs

Total, MIT to develop new stationary batteries to store solar power

At UM, new business school dean lays out ambitious agenda: Two years into her post as dean of the University of Miami's business school, Barbara Kahn is out to make her vision for the school a reality.

Codes enforcers say sweep 'not a crackdown'

Total Q3 profit halved, but better than expected

McDonald's, Uniqlo see brisk sales

Coal profits mask lack of US economic activity

Silicon Valley Chip Companies May Face Drawn-Out Economic Recovery

Power Plant Opponent Hosts Meeting

AES Reports Strong Third Quarter Results and Increases 2009 Full Year Earnings and Free Cash Flow Guidance

Sara Lee Reports Strong Fiscal 2010 First Quarter; Raises Guidance

Salix Pharmaceuticals Secures Additional Intellecutual Property Relating to Rifaximin

Marlin Business Services Corp. Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results

RidgewaterEquity.Com Free Fundamental Sector &Amp; Market Research on RDC, UDR, TDC, CPT, SHO and TOT

Patni Q3 Revenues Up 3.3% at $167.2 Million Net Income* Up 24.5% QoQ

Netezza Teams With NetIQ to Provide a Comprehensive Enterprise Data Compliance & Security Solution

Capella Education Company Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results

Procter &Amp; Gamble Co. Up 13% Since Added to Galtstock Long Portfolio

PicksThatMove.Com Announces Investment Opinion on DRYS, CERP, NRK, RF and DML

Form 4 HEDGE LEN For: Nov 04 (10K)

Form 4 Roberts James F For: Nov 06 (10K)

Form 4 HOSPIRA INC For: Nov 05 Filed by: Kearney Terrence C (10K)

Form 4 DERBYSHIRE ADAM C For: Nov 04 (10K)

Form 4 DEVRY INC For: Nov 03 Filed by: KELLER DENNIS J (10K)

Form 4 DEVRY INC For: Nov 02 Filed by: PAULDINE DAVID J (10K)

Form 4 Roberts James F For: Nov 02 (10K)

Form 4 Quillen Michael J For: Nov 02 (10K)

Form 4 MCBRIDE ANTHONY A For: Nov 01 (10K)

Form 4 HOSPIRA INC For: Oct 30 Filed by: Ramachandra Sumant (10K)