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Conexant Retires Debt - Analyst Blog

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:34:55 GMT

Conexant Systems, Inc. (CNXT) recently announced that it will redeem the remaining $61.4 million of outstanding floating rate senior secured notes due in November 2010 on Dec18, 2009. Earlier, the company retired an aggregate amount of $80 million of its senior secured notes due in November 2010.[More...]

Semiconductors: Cycle stalls; Downgrading sector view - Merrill Lynch/BAM

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:02:25 GMT

Firm notes they are downgrading their view on the sector given unfavorable indications from our cyclical framework suggesting a modest inventory correction, even in the face of improving electronic demand and a more constructive outlook for the global economies. They are also downgrading shares of INTC, TXN, MRVL, and LSI to Neutral, and MXIM, NSM, POWI and MCHP to Underperform. Merrill now rates a modest 5 stocks (BRCM, XLNX, ALTR, ADI and LLTC) as Buys within their[More...]

Bernie's Bets: A Trio Of Trades From Schaeffer

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:52:26 GMT

Options expert Bernie Schaeffer combines fundamental, technical and sentiment-based metrics to select his specific trades.[More...]

Limping Along!

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:55:00 GMT

Good morning. If you had watched TV or hunted around on the popular news sites, you probably would have gone home Friday afternoon thinking that profit taking was the key to the day’s triple digit decline. However, as we discussed on Wednesday, I’m of the mind that stocks don’t make big moves without a good reason. And since we had seen a decent reversal higher on Thursday, the idea that a journalistic catch phrase suddenly cropped up out of nowhere and became the reason for the dive didn’t make much sense.[More...]

Options Intellignece Report : Microsoft (MSFT) Call Options Active, TiVo Implied Volatility Jumps

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:57:23 GMT

Today's tickers: MSFT, VLO, BRCM, XLP, AMZN, MSFT & ELN[More...]

Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM): Third Quarter Earnings Preview 2009

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:55:00 GMT

Broadcom Corporation (BRCM), a leading chipmaker of products used in wired and wireless communications, is scheduled to report the third quarter results on Thursday, October 22, 2009[More...]

Why Two Semiconductor Companies Bucked The Downtrend

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:30:55 GMT

Wednesday the market sold off in the last hour and major indexes ended the day with losses. Semiconductor indexes were underwater pretty much the entire day. The iShares Semiconductor ETF (IGW) ended down 1.72%.[More...]

Monday Morning Musings: Oct 19, 2009

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:59:39 GMT

The market is bouncing higher this morning after Friday's lackluster session. The S&P 500 is actually right back at its highs for the year, with broad participation among the various sectors.[More...]

Market Closing : Late Move Slightly Trims Broad Stock Gains - Commodities Continue Surge

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:25:00 GMT

Stocks end higher but in the lower end of the day's range, clocking between a 0.6% and 0.75% advance. Stocks gained broadly after retailers posted solid September sales, surprising many analysts. Alcoa kicked off earnings season with an unexpected profit and the Labor Department reported a drop in weekly jobless claims. In addition, the European Central Bank and the Bank of England left rates unchanged at record lows, which lent stocks worldwide some support.[More...]

Buy 'Low-Density'… How To Take The Guesswork Out Of Valuing Stocks

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:32:48 GMT

I don’t care what investing legend you idolize and try to emulate – Buffett, Graham, Rogers, Lynch – they all share a common recommendation. Always buy undervalued stocks and sell them when they’re overvalued. Or more commonly: “Buy low, sell high.” Of course, if you’ve invested for more than a week, you know this is easier said than done.[More...]

Sigma Designs shares hit after 3Q sales shortfall

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:51:00 GMT

NEW YORK - Shares of Sigma Designs Inc. took a hit Thursday after the chip designer posted a third-quarter loss amid a sales decline linked to lower demand for its Internet protocol television products.
"It wasn't a major slowdown at carriers nor any big competitive change but rather the mundane use of refurbished set-top boxes that created a shortfall for Sigma Designs," wrote RBC Capital Markets analyst Mark Sue in a note to investors.
Some of Sigma's telecommunications customers refurbished some existing set-top boxes and sent them out to consumers.

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Conexant Retires Debt - Analyst Blog

Semiconductors: Cycle stalls; Downgrading sector view - Merrill Lynch/BAM

Bernie's Bets: A Trio Of Trades From Schaeffer

Limping Along!

Options Intellignece Report : Microsoft (MSFT) Call Options Active, TiVo Implied Volatility Jumps

Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM): Third Quarter Earnings Preview 2009

Why Two Semiconductor Companies Bucked The Downtrend

Monday Morning Musings: Oct 19, 2009

Market Closing : Late Move Slightly Trims Broad Stock Gains - Commodities Continue Surge

Buy 'Low-Density'… How To Take The Guesswork Out Of Valuing Stocks

Sigma Designs shares hit after 3Q sales shortfall

EU drops Qualcomm antitrust probe

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