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Analyst upgrades:

  • Barclays upgraded Exxon (XOM) to overweight from equal weight based on a higher production growth outlook. The firm, which raised its target to $92 from $90, expects Exxon to have organic growth of more than 3% in 2010 and an average growth rate of 2.6% between 2009 and 2013.
  • Kaufman Bros. upgraded Palm (PALM) to buy from hold citing the recent pullback in shares and indications that Verizon (VZ) will carry webOS phones as early as 1H10. The firm has a $16 target on the stock.
  • Piper Jaffray raised Medicis (MRX) to neutral from underweight and raised its target to $20 from $16. Following a management meeting, Piper said they have increased confidence in Soldyn risk and LipoSonix's safety profile.
  • Illinois Tool Works (ITW) was upgraded to buy from neutral at UBS.
  • Devon Energy (DVN) was upgraded to outperform from market perform at Wells Fargo.
  • Carmike Cinemas (CKEC) was upgraded to buy from neutral at Merriman.

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This was a strange day with a half-participation as bonds and many government offices were closed due to this being the Veterans Day holiday. Stocks were up all day and this works out to be six straight days of a rally in the DJIA. We had no economic news to digest and here are today's unofficial closing bell levels:

Dow: 10,291.10 +44.13 (0.43%)
S &P: 1,098.52, +5.51 (0.50%)
Nasdaq: 2,166.90, +15.82 (0.74%)

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AIG (AIG) could have a key vacancy open at the firm. Its new CEO Benmosche has expressed to its board of directors that he may step down over frustration of working under the government and over salary restrictions. This would not be welcome as he is deemed one of the few who can run that show. A late day memo from the company said he is committed and the press is over pay for those at the company. Shares were 'only' down 0.7% at $37.30 right before the close.


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Maybe it was the dollar rising earlier, maybe it was poor housing data from a drop in new home sales. Maybe they wanted more than a marginally positive durable goods reading. Maybe it was that oil inventory is back up. And then there is the notion that stocks have just gotten too far ahead of themselves and there were reports of a large strategist cutting GDP targets. But investors sold religiously today ahead of tomorrow's GDP figure.

Here were today's closing bell levels:

Dow 9,762.69 -119.48 (-1.21%)
S&P 500 1,042.63 -20.78 (-1.95%)
Nasdaq 2,059.61 -56.48 (-2.67%)

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Palm (NASDAQ: PALM) closed at $16.45. PALM's Pixi product is expected to be available at Sprint (NYSE-S) before the holidays. PALM November option implied volatility is at 67, January is at 75; verses its 26-week average of 78, according to Track Data, suggesting decreasing near term price movement.

DuPont(NYSE: DD) closed at $34.10. DD is expected to report Q3 EPS on October 20. DD November option implied volatility is at 35; January is at 36; below its 26-week average 40 according to Track Data, suggesting decreasing price movement.

Option Update is provided by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.com.

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Palm Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM) is one company whose fundamentals are making one statement, while the stock chart's technical indicators are arguing something entirely different.

A late roll-out of the Palm Pre with new carriers has sparked concerned about disappointing Palm results in the quarters ahead, and particularly during the upcoming holiday season. Moreover, any hint that FY2010 revenue growth that will not exceed a 100% gain will likely send PALM's shares tumbling.

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TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says Research In Motion's troubles are an exception to the greatness of the mobile Internet theme.

No, this isn't meant to be a bullish article. I am just trying to put Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) (Cramer's Take) in perspective because I think that people will confuse the greatness of the mobile Internet theme with the hazards of investing in the BlackBerry maker.

First, you have to ask yourself, what really went wrong with RIMM? Was it demand? No, demand was strong. They actually guided to the upper end of units. The issue was average selling price because it has gotten more competitive out there.

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Just before Wednesday's opening bell, tech giant Palm (NASDAQ: PALM) announced that it raised the number of shares it will sell in a new public offering. The company will now offer 20 million shares rather than the previously reported 16 million. The offering will be at $16.25 per share and should lead to $313.1 million in proceeds.

In early trading, PALM was up more than 3% -- pushing the stock through the $16 level. This level had acted as resistance in the past, so this technical advance is important. We could see the $16 level act as support if needed. Further support could come from PALM's 10- and 20-week moving averages, both of which are advancing to catch up to the equity's current position. More support can be found in the form of PALM's 10- and 20-month moving averages.

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Today was one of those days where many traders looked like and acted like they wanted to just lock in gains after what was the first full week for many traders in about three weeks. Yet shares stayed strong. Options expiration dates and a S&P rebalance brought in some added volatility and money managers are now scared to tell their clients that they are not all-in on stocks. So while markets were up most of the day, the real closing bell with all of today's events was something that felt as though it would be down to the wire.

Here were today's unofficial closing bell levels:

Dow 9,819.52 +35.60 (0.36%)
S&P 500 1,068.26 +2.77 (0.26%)
Nasdaq 2,132.86 +6.11 (0.29%)

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Continue reading Closing Bell: Options and index re-balance aid bulls (ARNA, AMR, PALM, SIRI, VVUS)

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For Palm (NASDAQ: PALM), the future is really about one product: the Pre smartphone. And based on the latest quarterly report, it looks like things are going fairly well (the device was launched in June).

In fiscal Q1, Palm sustained a net loss of $161.1 million, or $1.17 per share. However, if you exclude certain items, the result was a loss of $13.6 million, or $0.10. This was much better than the Street's consensus of $0.24.

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Today was another up and away day, although after the 2:00 PM Beige Book and after a Treasury auction, it felt like today was just going to be a difficult one to call.

This is a light week on data and a light day on earnings and that makes it a hard tell each day to have serious conviction for bulls and bears alike. The DJIA went above 9,500 and marks the 4th day in a row of a rally.

Here are today's unofficial closing bell levels:

Dow 9,538.23 +40.89 (0.43%)
S&P 500 1,032.47 +7.08 (0.69%)
Nasdaq 2,058.60 +20.83 (1.02%)

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Continue reading Closing Bell: The never ending rally (ABX, GE, PALM, VVUS)

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TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says the action that is linked to the futures markets, such as oil, is distorting rational analysis.

Maybe one day we can escape the commodity linkage and begin to trade on the fundamentals again, something that seems more distant now than any time I can recall. We are totally marching to gold, to oil, to copper, and not the fundamentals.

Throughout the era in which China has become a superpower and hedge funds have become the super arbiters or what goes up or down, we have been stuck with this fairly bogus linkage that corrupts trading and makes a mockery out of some of the most important financial analysis out there, the actual attempts to discover what's really happening at companies.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>bjscbycnwfeaturedjim cramerJimCramermppgseprswksWed, 09 Sep 2009 10:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Options Update: Palm Sept volatility at 81 into EPS and Pre outlook ]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/09/08/options-update-palm-sept-volatility-at-81-into-eps-and-pre-outl/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/09/08/options-update-palm-sept-volatility-at-81-into-eps-and-pre-outl/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/09/08/options-update-palm-sept-volatility-at-81-into-eps-and-pre-outl/#commentsFiled under: ,

Palm (NASDAQ: PALM) closed at $14.61. PALM is expected to report quarterly Q1 EPS on September 17. PALM September option implied volatility is at 81, November call volatility is at 69, puts are at 76; below its six-month average of 81, according to Track Data, suggesting less price movement after EPS.

Rangold Resources (NASDAQ: GOLD) closed at $68.30. Gold is recently up 1.04% to $1007.10 according to Bloomberg. GOLD September and October option implied volatility of 51 is below its 26-week average of 58 according to Track Data, suggesting decreasing price movement.

Option Update is provided by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.com

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Palm (NASDAQ: PALM) closed at $14.61. PALM is expected to report quarterly Q1 EPS on September 17. PALM September option implied volatility is at 81, November call volatility is at 69, puts are at 76; below its six-month average of 81, according to Track Data, suggesting less price movement after EPS.

Rangold Resources (NASDAQ: GOLD) closed at $68.30. Gold closed at $996.70 according to Bloomberg. GOLD September and October option implied volatility of 51 is below its 26-week average of 58 according to Track Data, suggesting decreasing price movement.

Option Update is provided by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.com.

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TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says if the company you're looking at is a player in the mobile Internet space, it's probably a good bet.

Does it have smartphone exposure, or doesn't it? That is the question. When I look at what's moving in tech and what's become sullen and gloomy, there's only one compass: smartphones. Think about what's moved this week: Cree (NASDAQ: CREE) (Cramer's Take), Tellabs (NASDAQ: TLAB) (Cramer's Take) and ADC Telecom (NASDAQ: ADCT) (Cramer's Take). These are terrific plays in the smartphone food chain and are included in the "Mad Money" Mobile Internet Index.

ADC Telecom is Chinese Internet infrastructure, and we know that China's spending $40 billion to build out infrastructure that can allow aggressive adoption of smartphones. Tellabs has been waiting for next-generation telecom orders -- smartphones. I think the fact that it announced a giant buyback -- it matters when the stock is this small -- is the signal needed to suggest they are getting orders.

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Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Palm, Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM) just keep volleying with each other with the duel between the iPhone and the Palm Pre, don't they? Accusations of an
"iPhone copycat" surfaced right after the Palm Pre was announced. After all, quite a bit of Apple design influence now works at Palm. But the war is not over yet, as one of the neater features of the Palm Pre has now been deactivated by Apple.

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Analyst upgrades:
  • Citigroup upgraded Allergan (NYSE: AGN) to Buy from Hold to reflect increased estimates for Botox and its belief Latisse guidance looks conservative. The firm raised its target on shares to $57 from $45.
  • Jefferies upgraded Texas Instruments (TXN) to Hold from Underperform after channel checks indicated business is strengthening. Jefferies believes Texas Instruments' September quarter guidance will come in better than expected and raised its target on shares to 23 from $16.
  • FBR Capital upgraded Peabody Energy (BTU) to Outperform from Market Perform to reflect "strong" long-term steel and steam demand trends from China and India. The firm raised its target on shares to $44 from $36.
  • Elan Corp (ELN) was upgraded to Buy from Neutral at UBS.
  • Affymetrix (AFFX) was upgraded to Equal Weight from Underweight at Morgan Stanley.
  • ASML Holding (ASML) was upgraded to Buy from Neutral at BofA/Merrill.

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Analyst upgrades:
  • Deutsche Bank upgraded HealthSouth (NYSE: HLS) and Rehabcare (NYSE: RHB) to Buy from Hold after raising its Post Acute Care sector view to Positive from Neutral. The firm believes volumes and margin leverage can drive better than expected Q2 results and 2009 guidance. The firm raised its target on HealthSouth shares to $16 from $12 and on Rehabcare to $28 from $19.
  • Jefferies upgraded Moody's (NYSE: MCO) to Hold from Underperform to reflect stabilizing credit markets and its belief regulatory concerns are overstated. The firm raised its target on shares to $30 from $19.
  • Keefe Bruyette upgraded Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) to Outperform from Market Perform as it finds the stock inexpensive following the better than expected results. The firm has a $195 target on shares.
  • Vale (NASDAQ: VALE) was upgraded to Buy from Neutral at BofA/Merrill.
  • CNOOC (NYSE: CEO) was upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.
  • International Game Tech (NYSE: IGT) was upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Janney Montgomery.

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Normally we think of revolutionary products created by start-ups or entrepreneurial minds just out of college, but the most talked about new projects of 2009 are being produced by some of the best known companies in the world.

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN): With its massive online presence and a truly efficient business model, Amazon has become the largest online retailer in the world. It is now taking on a new business, web services, namely cloud computing (learn more HERE), called the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). While hosting this infrastructure and presenting e-commerce with a reasonably affordable alternative with no up-front costs, Amazon has taken an early lead in this space, with some believing its cloud computing business will one day overtake retailing. "Amazon will be like a book store that sells cocaine out the back door. Books will be just a front to sell storage and cloud computing." says Larry Dignan, Editor in Chief of ZDNet and Editorial Director of ZDNet sister site TechRepublic.

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The market was lower most of the day after the Commerce Department reported that consumers were saving a lot more than they were spending. Frankly, after yesterday's big gains today could have sold off much more and there would have been little concern.

Here are today's unofficial closing bell levels:

Dow 8,433.78 -38.62 (-0.46%)
S&P 500 918.48 -1.78 (-0.19%)
Nasdaq 1,838.22 +8.68 (0.47%)

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Palm (NADAQ: PALM) closed at $13.94. PALM is scheduled to report Q4 EPS after the market close. July option implied volatility is at 95 below a level of 112 from June 23. PALM August volatility is at 93; versus its six-month average of 94, according to Track Data, suggesting non-directional price movement into EPS.

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) closed at $409.30. GOOG is expected to report Q2 EPS in mid July. It has been speculated GOOG may be close to launching Google Voice, a service that lets users link all of their phones to a single number. July option implied volatility is at 39, September and December is at 34; below its 26-week average of 44, according to Track Data, suggesting decreasing price movement.

Option Update is provided by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.com.

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