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4 Earnings Season Option Strategies For Monday November 9

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:31:43 GMT

In my latest three blog posts, I listed some stocks which I would be willing to go long by selling the puts right before the stock reported earnings. Keep in mind these are companies which I believed would have a positive reaction to the earnings, however if the stock moved sideways on the number this strategy would still likely return a gain the following day.[More...]

Wall Street Ends Volatile Session Mixed, Merck (NYSE: MRK) Soars

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:15:28 GMT

US stocks finished mostly higher on Wednesday after Federal Reserve left benchmark interest rate unchanged at near zero and said that it will keep them low for an extended period.[More...]

Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI): Third Quarter Earnings Preview 2009

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:08:59 GMT

Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) is scheduled to release third quarter earnings after the market close on Thursday, November 5, 2009.[More...]

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) Announced An Alliance With PayPal

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:28:26 GMT

At PayPal X Innovate 2009, Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) today announced an alliance with PayPal to support application payment in the Java(SM) Store Beta and enhancements to the beta user experience. The announcement was made by Eric Klein, vice president of Java marketing at Sun and Osama Bedier, vice president of Platform and Emerging Technology at PayPal, during the opening keynote of PayPal X Innovate 2009.[More...]

Hot Stocks: Google’s Drive For Dominance Extends Into The Burgeoning Smartphone Market

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:38:16 GMT

Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) was founded in 1996 and went on to become the undisputed king of Internet search and advertising. Ten years later, it brought its ubiquitous search engine to mobile phones with the launch of Google Mobile.[More...]

ETF Update: A Glimmer Of Hope For Growth Stocks?

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:45:39 GMT

After last week, traders may wonder if there is a glimmer of hope anywhere. The market correction expected by many pundits for months finally had a serious impact. Sentiment and expectations have shifted despite a solid earnings season. The market debate continues to focus on the economy, with each data point the subject of both careful analysis and also plenty of spin.[More...]

The Wii Bubble Has Burst

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:58:16 GMT

Inevitably, and for reasons explained many times on here, the Wii bubble has finally burst. In the half year to the end of September sales were down by 40% compared with the year before. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has no option but to admit: “Wii has stalled” he even admitted that the price drop has failed to arrest the decline: “With the price drop, sales returned to a certain level, but they just did not reach the level of last year around this time”. Which was all as inevitable[More...]

Does Ben Bernanke Have The Facts Right On Banking?

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:09:46 GMT

Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, has stayed carefully on the sidelines while a major argument has broken out among and around senior policymaking circles: Should our biggest banks be broken up, or can they be safely re-regulated into permanently good behavior? (See the recent competing answers from WSJ, FT, and the New Republic).[More...]

GDP Notes - In Depth

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:08:06 GMT

Senior strategist Dirk van Dijk, CFA has issued notes on this morning's GDP numbers. These notes will be published in two separate blogs -- Growth Rates and Contributions to Growth. The recession is over![More...]

Wall Street Plunges As Dollar Gains, Citigroup (NYSE: C) Tumbles

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:35:36 GMT

US stocks finished lower on Monday as a strengthening dollar pressurized oil prices and commodity shares.[More...]

Mercury News Interview: Kevin Johnson, CEO, Juniper Networks

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:50:00 GMT

Nov. 7--When Kevin Johnson was hired as CEO of Juniper Networks last year, analysts said the veteran Microsoft executive could help the Sunnyvale networking equipment company find new growth and ramp up competition with the much-larger market leader, Cisco Systems.
Last week, Johnson and other Juniper executives flew east for what the company billed as a major event, inaugurating their listing on the New York Stock Exchange and announcing new hardware and software for an audience of tech analysts and reporters.
Johnson, who ran sales and marketing at Microsoft before he was promoted to oversee Windows software and online services, described the Juniper announcements as a "stake in the ground for our vision for the next decade."

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4 Earnings Season Option Strategies For Monday November 9

Wall Street Ends Volatile Session Mixed, Merck (NYSE: MRK) Soars

Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI): Third Quarter Earnings Preview 2009

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) Announced An Alliance With PayPal

Hot Stocks: Google’s Drive For Dominance Extends Into The Burgeoning Smartphone Market

ETF Update: A Glimmer Of Hope For Growth Stocks?

The Wii Bubble Has Burst

Does Ben Bernanke Have The Facts Right On Banking?

GDP Notes - In Depth

Wall Street Plunges As Dollar Gains, Citigroup (NYSE: C) Tumbles

Mercury News Interview: Kevin Johnson, CEO, Juniper Networks

Software cos. eye key patent case in Supreme Court

Mercury News Interview: Kevin Johnson, CEO, Juniper Networks

Harris: Box.net keeps getting bigger, despite economic downturn

Microsoft's job cuts 'complete' -- for now

Productivity gains may be bad news for job seekers

Microsoft CEO upbeat about initial Japanese response to Windows 7

Productivity gains may be bad news for job seekers

Jump in productivity puts job creation in doubt

Productivity jumps 9.5 percent in third quarter

Amper, Politziner & Mattia Deploys WinMagic's SecureDoc Full-Disk Encryption to Protect All Data on Over 500 Company Laptops

THQ Reports Fiscal Second Quarter Results

Invensys Announces Wonderware Intelligence 1.0

Stratus Program Offers SQL Server 2008 With Continuously Available ftServer Line

Newport Digital Technologies to Implement Microsoft Licensing Agreement; Prepares to Launch First Ruggedized RFID Reader With the Windows Mobile Operating System

Newport Digital Technologies to Implement Microsoft Licensing Agreement; Prepares to Launch First Ruggedized RFID Reader With the Windows Mobile Operating System

Microsoft's Support for 1394b in Windows 7 Delivers FireWire's Superior Bandwidth, Peer-Peer Connectivity to Designers, Users, System Developers

WWT Gains Gold Solution Advisor Status With Citrix

WinMagic Joins Trusted Computing Group

Halliburton Releases Innovative 3D Visualization Offering Based on Next-Generation Microsoft Graphics and Gaming Technology

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