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Hot Stocks Of The Day: CEPH, CI, CIEN, LDK, ZION

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:04:51 GMT

US stocks were higher in midday trade as better-than-expected housing data reinforced hopes of strong economic recovery.[More...]

Weekly Charts And Trends: Nov 22, 2009

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:22:03 GMT

Main Points EURUSD ST– The volatile consolidation continues.Clear signs of tiredness, but won’t actively look for a broader downside correction until (if) 55-dma at 1.4767 breaks on a close basis. USD Index– Same respect of 55-dma, particularly with the USD –ve seasonals. A close above the 55-dma needed to call for a broader turn, stands at 76.15, if achieved would be serious. Gold– Consolidates against the highs. Broader position squaring may cause it to correct but should be very much a buy on the dip.[More...]

Daily Highlights: Sept 8, 2009

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:12:00 GMT

Asian markets were mostly higher Tuesday; Taiwan up 1.2% on Cabinet reshuffle.China plans to offer 6B yuan ($879M) of government bonds in Hong KongChina showcases commercial jet at Asia air showChina 2009 vehicle sales may rise 28% on stimulus, probably surpassing US.ECB says significant contraction in euro-zone economy has ended; rates unchanged.G-20 finance chiefs propose banks curb bonuses, increase capital holdings.[More...]

US Stock Futures Rise After Jobless Claims, Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) Eyed

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:52:00 GMT

US stock futures climbed on Thursday after a government release showed that jobless claims declined 4,000 to 570,000 in the week ending August 29.[More...]

Ciena (CIEN) Earnings Preview: Third Quarter 2009

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:13:51 GMT

Ciena (CIEN) is scheduled to report their third quarter 2009 results before the market opens on Tuesday, September 3rd. Based on our analysis, we at EarningsPreviews.com are expecting CIEN to report better than expected results that exceed Wall Street’s consensus expectations.[More...]

Watching The Dollar, And Charts For Tuesday

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:59:46 GMT

During the second half of the trading day today, we saw the dollar rallying, with equities giving back early gains and closing flat. Although we should consider last week's stock market action bullish, with a nice recovery from early-week distribution, a couple of factors give reason for caution. First, the Chinese market showed some serious weakness last week. The Shanghai Composite Index fell 5.8% last Monday, followed by a 4.2% drop on Wednesday. Following the Wednesday selloff in China, the US markets gapped down at the open, and then charged higher to close solidly positive for the day. The US markets continued to follow-through during the remainder of the week. Wednesday's action was intriguing, in that it was allegedly due to a report showing surprisingly low oil inventories, which traders took as an indicator of improved demand, recovery, etc. Personally I think it is just as likely that Geithner told Goldman Sachs to buy the open to put a floor under[More...]

S&P 500 - YTD Returns by Sector

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:37:13 GMT

Below is a chart and table outlining the 2009 year to date performance of the sectors within the S&P 500. The Technology sector has lead the way thus-far while Utilities and Financials have been dragging down the overall average of the index. As previously reported in our Market Forecast Project, Technology was also voted most attractive sector according the the survery of over 100 professional investors. These sectors are based on the sector classification created by The Applied Finance Group. [More...]

S&P 500 Stocks With Highest Short Interest

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:48:17 GMT

Going into earnings season it is always interesting to see which stocks have the highest short interest. The reason for that is if there are any "surprises" to the upside, these tend to be the stocks that take off like a rocket as shorts are forced to cover (buy). Courtesy of Bespoke blog we have an interesting list below - including many names we discuss, cover, or have shorted from time to time! (click to enlarge) [More...]

Wall Street Closes Higher As Commodity Shares Gain, Bank Of America Rallies

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:00:03 GMT

US stocks finished with gains on Thursday as a rally in financials and commodity shares boosted investor sentiment.[More...]

US Stock Futures Advance After Initial Claims Data, Ciena (NASDAQ: CIEN) In Spotlight

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:47:19 GMT

US stock futures rose on Thursday after a government release showed that initial claims dropped 4,000 to 621,00 in the week ending May 30.[More...]

Ciena shares dip after courts clear Nortel deal

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:45:00 GMT

NEW YORK - Ciena Corp. shares dipped Thursday as the company came a step closer to completing a $530 million acquisition of Nortel Networks Corp. assets.
On top of $530 million in cash, Ciena is also taking on $239 million in convertible debt, which comes due in June 2017.
In a client note, Jefferies analyst George Notter said the acquisition poses serious risks for Ciena.

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Hot Stocks Of The Day: CEPH, CI, CIEN, LDK, ZION

Weekly Charts And Trends: Nov 22, 2009

Daily Highlights: Sept 8, 2009

US Stock Futures Rise After Jobless Claims, Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) Eyed

Ciena (CIEN) Earnings Preview: Third Quarter 2009

Watching The Dollar, And Charts For Tuesday

S&P 500 - YTD Returns by Sector

S&P 500 Stocks With Highest Short Interest

Wall Street Closes Higher As Commodity Shares Gain, Bank Of America Rallies

US Stock Futures Advance After Initial Claims Data, Ciena (NASDAQ: CIEN) In Spotlight

Ciena shares dip after courts clear Nortel deal

Nokia willing to pay more for Nortel assets

Ciena acquires assets of Nortel's Metro Ethernet business

Ciena to buy Nortel assets, double in size: Purchase of Nortel assets will make it North America's largest fiber-optic networking gear provider

Ciena Corp. wins bid for Nortel assets in bankruptcy auction

Nortel Sells Packet Core Assets to Hitachi

Ciena wins court approval to bid on Nortel assets

Ciena Offers to Acquire Nortel's Metro Ethernet Business

Hopes High for Ciena After Bid for Nortel Assets: But Some Analysts Think Linthicum Firm Will Lose Out in Auction

Ciena to Purchase Optical Networking and Carrier Ethernet Assets of Nortel

Nortel Obtains U.S. and Canadian Court Approvals for Sale to Ciena of Optical Networking and Carrier Ethernet Businesses and for Sale to Ericsson and Kapsch of GSM/GSM-R Businesses

Nortel Selects Ciena as Successful Bidder for Optical Networking and Carrier Ethernet Businesses

Playdom Raises $43 Million in Series A Funding

Corporate Office Properties Trust Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results

Diapers.Com Raises $30 Million

Nortel Statement on Optical Networking and Carrier Ethernet Businesses

CienaIn Negotiations toPurchase Optical and Carrier Ethernet Assets of Nortel's Metro Ethernet Networks Business

EANTC Independently Verifies Latest Carrier Ethernet Innovations By 24 Vendors at Carrier Ethernet World Congress 2009

MTS Allstream and Ciena Deliver Next Generation of Managed Wavelength Services Across Canada

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Form 4 CIENA CORP For: Nov 16 Filed by: ALEXANDER STEPHEN B (10K)

Form 4 CIENA CORP For: Oct 31 Filed by: SMITH GARY B (10K)

Form 4 SMITH ARTHUR D For: Oct 31 (10K)

Form 4 Aquino Michael Gerald For: Oct 31 (10K)

Form 4 CIENA CORP For: Oct 31 Filed by: ALEXANDER STEPHEN B (10K)

Form 4 CIENA CORP For: Oct 15 Filed by: ALEXANDER STEPHEN B (10K)

Form 4 CIENA CORP For: Sep 21 Filed by: SMITH GARY B (10K)

Form 4 SMITH ARTHUR D For: Sep 21 (10K)

Form 4 Rothenstein David M For: Sep 21 (10K)

Form 4 PETRIK ANDREW C For: Sep 21 (10K)