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Options Activity Alert: DMND, MHS, TRIP

Feb 9, 2012, 1:54 PM

DMND – Diamond Foods, Inc. – Investors sent shares in the maker of Pop Secret and Emerald snack nuts sharply lower on Thursday after the Company said it... Read »

Cloud Stocks Reaching A Short Term Ceiling

Feb 9, 2012, 10:49 AM

All of the cloud computing stocks are trading higher again this morning. Earlier today, Oracle Corp (NASDAQ:ORCL) purchased Taleo Corp (NASDAQ:TLEO) for $1.9 billion.... Read »

Caesars (CZK): The Art of Trading Day 1 of an IPO

Feb 9, 2012, 10:43 AM

When trading the first day of an IPO, it is impossible to KNOW what the stock is going to do. In trading, it is all about finding levels to trade against to define... Read »

Still No Sign Of Recession Risk In Latest Jobless Claims Data

Feb 9, 2012, 9:53 AM

Never say never in macroeconomics, especially when it’s based on one economic indicator. But the longer that initial jobless claims zig zag lower, the harder it’ll... Read »

The Quiet After the Storm

Feb 9, 2012, 9:38 AM

It’s all quiet on the equity front. For the past month, the S&P 500 Index has experienced an unusually calm period of lower volatility. Bespoke Investment... Read »

Trade Ideas: AMD, BAC, FORM, MU, NVTL, HSOL

Feb 9, 2012, 9:07 AM

Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) closed above its 200-day moving average for the first time since April 2011, with heavy volume. We start to see now some signals... Read »

Futures Surge Amid Talk of Greece Deal, Diamond Foods (DMND) Drops 40%

Feb 9, 2012, 8:47 AM

US stock futures have surged to positive territory Thursday amid reports of a Greek debt deal. Small snags had been holding up the final approval of a deal between... Read »

Vanguard’s Forex-Hedged Foreign Bond ETFs

Feb 9, 2012, 8:33 AM

Vanguard will soon be launching its first foreign-bond funds, although the roll-out date has been delayed, the firm reports. The proposed set of ETFs and index mutual... Read »

The 102% Tax Rate and Other Perils Measuring Tax Rates

Feb 9, 2012, 8:27 AM

Over at the Tax Policy Center’s blog, TaxVox, my colleague Roberton Williams examines the pitfalls that afflict some efforts to measure a person’s tax rate: Investment... Read »

The Overvalued Euro

Feb 9, 2012, 8:23 AM

Over the last months the Euro has drifted from about 1.45 USD to below 1.30 and some commentators see this as the sign of the decline of the Euro, driven by all... Read »

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