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These numbers are NOT flashing any warning signs. The bears here want you to think otherwise. By the way, I'm in the Bull camp.
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Casual investor??? Get real, I doubt you will find casual investors reading this aggressive stock trading board. Also, who cares if the if Zeev's road map isn't correct? The bottom line are the daily trades. The fact is, this man is will to post his thoughts and trades and put it up there for everyone to see. I don't recall seeing any trades posted by you. Its easy to be a wallflower attacking and critiquing. Try putting your balls on the line.
Thanks Paul but the real run hasn't started yet. The insider buying in MCZ is something I have never seen before. Many are going wish they bought the stock here.
Man, you're really expecting a nightmare. The fact is, this market has been thru worse the past 4 years and here we are at highs. I say put the blinkers on and just trade.
Nice but it doesn't support the Mac.
This is really funny:)
Starbucks Corp., its stock surging amid healthy sales at existing locations, has set a new long-term goal to have 40,000 coffee stores worldwide, 10,000 more than its previous target and more than triple the current number.
Starbucks also announced, at an analysts' meeting in its hometown of Seattle, a deal to feature the music it sells in its stores on Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes online music service.
The coffee retailer did not give a timeline Thursday for its long-term growth plans but said it expects to have more than 14,000 stores worldwide by the close of its fiscal year ending in the fall of 2007. There are currently about 12,000 Starbucks stores around the world.
Starbucks said half of the eventual 40,000 stores will be outside the United States. The company said it plans to expand into Brazil, Egypt, Russia and India by the end of next year, giving Starbucks a presence in 40 countries worldwide.
"We've seen the Starbucks experience become universally accepted around the world," Starbucks Chief Executive Jim Donald told analysts and journalists.
On Wednesday, Starbucks said sales at stores open at least 13 months increased 6 percent for the five weeks ended Oct. 1, compared to the same period ended Oct. 2, 2005. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial had predicted same-store sales would grow 3.3 percent.
Starbucks' shares climbed $2.73 to close at $38.69, up 7.6 percent, Thursday on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The stock had jumped 5.7 percent on Wednesday in advance of the sales report.
In early August, Starbucks shares took a dive after the company announced its lowest monthly same-store sales increase in more than four years.
As the analysts' conference was drawing to a close, Michael Casey, Starbucks' chief financial officer, announced the company would stop issuing monthly revenue figures, saying that encouraged short-term focus and provoked volatility.
Starbucks' expansion plans are being fueled in part by a customer base that is broadening to include people with lower incomes and education levels, said Anne Saunders, senior vice president of global brand strategy and communications.
Five years ago, Starbucks estimated the average income for a person visiting one of its U.S. locations for the first time was $92,000. Now, the company says the average income for first-time customers is $80,000.
Starbucks also said it is seeing more new customers without a college degree, and is seeing an increase in first-time visitors who are Hispanic.
The average age of first-time customers has increased over the five-year period, from 40 to 42 years old, which Saunders attributed in part to an aging U.S. population.
Saunders said the company believes that one key reason even more people don't go to Starbucks is because it isn't convenient _ which is why the company thinks the business can support such massive growth.
Saunders also said Starbucks no longer thinks of its main competition as just high-end coffee retailers. Instead, the company is targeting every cup of coffee consumed in the United States. Despite the chain's ubiquitous presence, Starbucks Chairman Howard Schultz said the company believes it only captures about 8 percent of the overall U.S. coffee market.
Speaking to The Associated Press, Schultz said the company now thinks it can also convert people who currently drink less-fancy cups of joe because it has seen success in unlikely areas, such as rural locations and stores located off highways.
Starbucks has a "much broader universal appeal than we ever imagined," he said.
Starbucks is clearly hoping that appeal extends beyond even those who visit its stores or buy its whole beans. Late Thursday, the company unveiled a vending machine that will let people purchase coffee drinks such as lattes in the same way that people buy a Coke or Pepsi right now.
Dubbing the approach "the smallest Starbucks store you ever saw," Gerry Lopez, senior vice president of global consumer products, said the vending machines will be located in areas where a full store or kiosk wouldn't work.
The company said the vending machines were developed in joint partnership with PepsiCo Inc. The machines, which are scheduled to debut early next year, will deliver warmed lattes, mochas and other drinks in nine-ounce aluminum cans. The drinks will cost $2.50.
The Starbucks deal with iTunes is evidence of the company's growing interest in expanding beyond coffee to offer more entertainment, including books, movies and music.
But the strategy is getting some tweaks. Starbucks also said Thursday it was scrapping plans to offer the ability to burn custom CDs in its regular coffee stores. Ken Lombard, senior vice president for Starbucks' entertainment division, said Starbucks will continue to offer that feature in its music-focused Hear Music Coffeehouses, and remains committed to those stores.
Lombard conceded that the box office returns for the company's first movie promotion, "Akeelah and the Bee," were disappointing. But he said the company still likes the idea of promoting a movie and selling soundtrack CDs and movie DVDs in its stores.
Starbucks also said it plans to expand the snacks and meals it offers. The company expects about 6,500 stores will be able to serve warm food by the fall of 2008.
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PLA surging to day high
Oct. 5--Best Buy Co. today will reveal plans to launch its own Internet-based digital-music store, and to offer a companion music device, in a move that may heat up online competition with industry leader Apple Computer.
The initiative teams Richfield-based Best Buy, the nation's biggest electronics retailer, with RealNetworks Inc.'s Rhapsody music service and music-player manufacturer SanDisk in offering music "subscriptions" or rentals. Consumers will be allowed to sample an unlimited amount of music for a monthly fee, along with an option to buy and download songs.
"We are bringing an end-to-end solution for customers," said Jennifer Schaidler, Best Buy's vice president of music.
Best Buy expects to debut its music store at www.bestbuy.com/digitalmusicstore on Oct. 15. It will charge a $14.99 monthly fee for music subscriptions, and 99 cents per song for individual purchases.
On the same day, it will start selling SanDisk's Sansa e200R music player, which will exploit a new RealNetworks technology for using its Rhapsody-flavored music subscriptions on the device. Apple's iPods lack this capability.
The Best Buy music store, along with RealNetworks' Rhapsody store, has a leg up on Apple's iTunes Store and its purchase-only approach. Its users can't sample songs and genres at will, only download tunes after paying for them.
In addition to its unlimited music sampling, Best Buy's store will offer extra programming and exclusive content from various recording artists, the company said. It plans a party Friday to tout an exclusive track from rapper and music producer Sean "Diddy" Combs, and then make that music available for sale Oct. 17.
Best Buy also plans to preload 32 hours of music on the Sansa e200R, in a deal similar to one for Rhapsody users who buy e200-series Sansas.
Best Buy's new initiative may help boost sales of MP3 players, a niche in which it commands between 25 and 30 percent of the U.S. market. Best Buy also sells Apple iPods, along with rival players from a range of manufacturers. Schaidler wouldn't comment on what impact Best Buy's music store might have on Apple.
"We believe the MP3 market is underserved," she said.
Best Buy's store comes at a time when music sales are declining at bricks-and-mortar retailers and increasing over the Internet. Apple recently announced it had cracked the top-five list of music vendors.
Apple launched its iTunes Store in April 2003 with more than 200,000 songs from the top five record labels and a host of independents. Its catalog now boasts more than 3.5 million tunes. Apple sold its billionth song this year, added feature-movie downloads and expanded its lineup of downloadable TV shows -- all playable on video-capable iPods.
Rivals to the iTunes Store include the struggling Napster and Urge, which is owned by MTV and parent Viacom. These and other stores have had limited success in whittling Apple's market share, estimated at about 70 percent.
The field of competition is expanding, too: News Corp. recently said it would let bands sell music directly through its MySpace networking Web site, and Microsoft will launch an online music store when its iPod rival, the Zune, hits streets in time for Christmas.
Staff writer Doug Hamlin contributed to this story.
MCZ...Checkout the news today and notice the many option buys by insider at .41 USA dollars. I have never seen the insiders buy like this before. I suppose they know what is coming. Get in before its to late. Mad Catz is sitting perfect here with very little competition in the video game accessory business.
MCZ...Checkout the news today and notice the many option buys by insider at .41 USA dollars. I have never seen the insiders buy like this before. I suppose they know what is coming. Get in before its to late. Mad Catz is sitting perfect here with very little competition in the video game accessory business.
MCZ...Checkout the news today and notice the many option buys by insider at .41 USA dollars. I have never seen the insiders buy like this before. I suppose they know what is coming. Get in before its to late.
SIMG breakout
I noticed that some here often short stocks only because they have A FEELING its overbought. My opinion is this is the hands down worse reason to short a stock.
Hope you were watching it:)
GERN
Oct. 4--To the dismay of some advocates for the disabled and sick, a draft report issued today by California's $3 billion stem-cell institute says the agency is unlikely to develop cures for diseases or other ailments any time soon.
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine's proposed strategic plan, written by a group that included two Nobel scientists, methodically sets out a detailed blueprint for eventually turning stem cells into treatments for a variety of health problems.
But the plan -- which must be approved by the institute's board -- cautions that stem cell science remains in its infancy and that much of the agency's time, energy and money will be consumed trying to understand the cells' basic biology. Consequently, the plan concludes, the institute will still be doing early-stage studies on potential treatments by the time its money runs out in about 10 years.
Zach Hall, the institute's president, said he and others who developed the plan were extremely careful about wording it so it set obtainable goals that didn't unrealistically raise the public's hopes.
"One of the points really is to try to educate people about what a long process it is to get any 'therapeutic' approved," said Hall, who predicted it might take 15 years before the institute's research results in a medical product.
Given the political sensitivity surrounding human embryonic stem cells, which are the institute's main focus, he added, it is essential that the agency avoids rushing to commercialize a treatment that later turns out to be unsafe.
"That would set the whole field back," he said.
But others found the plan's cautious approach disheartening.
"I consider this report's estimate to err on the side of over-caution," said Don Reed of Fremont, whose son was left a quadriplegic after he broke his neck in a college football game. "While it is right and proper for scientists to be careful," said Reed, who attends many of the institute's meetings, "I take a more optimistic view. In 10 years, I expect my paralyzed son, Roman Reed, to be walking."
That sentiment was echoed by 60-year-old Bill Franklin of Los Altos, who has suffered from Parkinson's disease for 11 years.
"There's no reason for things to take that long," said Franklin, who worked to help pass Proposition 71, which created the stem-cell institute. "People with PD and other diseases, they want things to happen faster."
Two lawsuits challenging the institute's constitutionality have delayed the sale of bonds to finance the 2-year-old agency. Bolstered by a $150 million loan from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, it has only recently begun seeking applications for its first research grants. Some patient advocates worry that the institute has fallen far behind some companies in developing stem-cell medicines.
StemCells of Palo Alto has begun a study in people to test the feasibility of transplanting fetal stem cells into human brains to correct a fatal disorder. Geron of Menlo Park claims it is close to seeking federal permission to test people with its stem-cell treatment for spinal injuries. And Advanced Cell Technology of Alameda intends to ask for approval next year to test people with its stem-cell treatment for an eye disorder called macular degeneration.
Hall said it has long been the institute's plan to recruit businesses to pay the huge cost of doing late-stage studies of stem-cell treatments and putting such products on the market. He added that the institute may be able to speed up its research by piggybacking onto studies already begun by such firms.
But Hall said it's unclear whether such corporate collaboration might speed up the development of stem-cell treatments. If it doesn't, he added, the state will have to wait to see a share of any product revenue generated by its stem-cell grants, although California could begin receiving fees in a few years from businesses that license its research discoveries.
Jeff Sheehy, a member of the institute's board who suffers from AIDS and participated in the group that developed the plan, said no matter what progress companies make, it's vital for the institute to proceed cautiously and methodically.
"There still is a lot of work that will need to be done to make these therapies widely available and safe," he said. "This is a daunting scientific challenge."
Joan Samuelson, a board member with Parkinson's disease, agreed that the institute needs to be thorough. "But we also are in a rush," she added. "That means every day we report to duty as if somebody is dying."
Contact Steve Johnson at sjohnson@mercurynews.com or (408) 920-5043.
To funny:)
You're always thinking crash. I suspect you even wish it. Enough for positive thinking.
Seasonality will rule.
Derivative traders see Sept US payrolls at 122,880
Tue Oct 3, 2006 8:32am ET
NEW YORK, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Traders are betting on Tuesday that U.S. employers added about 122,880 jobs in September in the first of five derivatives auctions, according to data from the firms holding the auction.
The latest median forecast of economists polled by Reuters predicted a 125,000 job increase in nonfarm payrolls following a 128,000 gain in August.
The U.S. Labor Department will issue the September payroll report on Friday at 8:30 a.m. ET (1230 GMT).
The derivatives auction on Tuesday covered a wide range of expectations, with a payroll gain of 75,000 to 150,000 drawing about 36.5 percent of trader's bets. The auction's median forecast was for a gain of about 122,880 jobs in September.
Investors use the auctions to hedge against unwanted surprises in the report. Traders also use the auctions to speculate on the outcome.
Economic derivatives are offered by Goldman Sachs, interdealer broker ICAP and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Removing Negative Thoughts
by Randy Gage
The question people often ask me is when their self- development work and personal growth finally "takes," is when will they stop having negative thoughts. I wish I knew. Although I'm afraid the answer could be never.
I play CDs with positive subliminal messages while I sleep each night. I start each day by reading something positive, and end each night the same way. I have many positive, success-oriented people in my life. I feast regularly on positive books, tapes and other programs. And let me tell you what happened yesterday...
I have an embarrassing confession to make.
I was practicing the vacuum law of prosperity in my closet again. I decided that since I have so many nice, stylish and beautiful clothes - I was going to stop wearing blue jeans so often. The last time I did this, I gave away over 40 pairs of jeans. I still have about 15 left.
About five of them are black Armani, Boss or other designer jeans that I could wear with a sport coat or similar situation. That left me still with ten pairs of blue jeans. I made a spur of the moment decision to give away nine of them. I figured that way I couldn't be lazy and just reach in the closet and grab a pair every day. So I stacked the nine pairs up on my donation pile. And then it came . . .
The thought.
For a fleeting moment I thought about what would happen if I lost everything and had to start over again. And I thought about the possibility that I might have to take a blue collar or manual labor job where I would want to have those blue jeans again.
And that blows my mind.
For the sake of this neurotic fantasy, let's suppose I lost everything tomorrow. Everything.
I could start a restaurant chain (Which I already have the concept for) and would likely become a billionaire. I need just snap my fingers and I could have ten or twenty investors.
I could start up my speaking business and make millions of dollars from scratch.
I could announce that I was available for copywriting projects and pull in a million dollars a year.
I could jump back into network marketing and be worth a couple million in a few years.
I could announce my availability as a marketing consultant and have more business than I could possibly handle.
If I mentioned to my Mastermind Council that I was looking for a job, I would have two or three high five figure offers in five minutes.
Truth is, it wouldn't matter what business I do, I would be successful in it. I could make a fabulous living anywhere I go.
But I still had that thought...
Fleeting, though it was. And I have been working on my prosperity consciousness for 13 years! I've made millions of dollars, I have the ability to make billions more. I judiciously guard against negative programming to the point that I will leave a movie halfway through, or end a conversation in a mid sentence. And I still had that thought.
And know what?
I've had lots of other ones. Sometimes ten a day. As rich, successful, healthy and happy as I've become, I have often still had fear-based thoughts. Looking back now, I see a lot of things I did, thinking they were prosperous, but I see now they were fear-based.
When I bought a bike, I bought a titanium professional race bike for $3,000. I remember thinking then that if things got bad, I could always sell it for some quick cash.
Well I bought three Vipers at the same time, I felt secure, knowing I could always sell one or two and scrape together a hundred grand.
Coming from the place I did, I always felt like I was somehow cheating destiny. That God, or the universe, or someone was going to wake up one day and discover that I had acquired wealth by mistake.
And given my mother's proclivity for worst case, nuclear meltdown scenarios, I still had that niggling thought in the back of my mind-the defensive, better-prepare-for-the-really-bad-scenario, and have my options covered-just in case. And not get my hopes up too high-because then I was setting myself up for a great disappointment.
And like I told you, I've had those kinds of thoughts recently, as many as ten a day. But here's the difference... I notice every one of them now. Immediately. And I often laugh about how silly they are. Best of all, I see the progression of my mindset. First, I had hundreds of negative thoughts a day, and noticed none of them. Then I graduated to the point that I had lots of negative thoughts a day and noticed some of them. From there I got to the point that I had less negative thoughts a day and I noticed a lot of them.
And gradually over time, I started having less and less of them. Some days I have none. And now when I do have them, I catch myself right away.
I used to wear a rubber band on my wrist, and snap it when I had a lack thought. Now I no longer need to do that. I just tap my fingers on my forehead. That's the signal to my mind, and I instantly reject that thought, and replace it with another one. And once that happens. The world changes.
So when do the negative thoughts end? I doubt they ever do. The sheer enormity of how much negative and lack programming you will be assaulted with over the course of a lifetime makes that seem unlikely. (But let's not affirm that.)
In any event, if you keep counter-programming-you will win the fight. Because once you control the programming-you control the mindset. And once you control the mindset-you control your destiny!
Start a life journal and track your negative lack and limitation thoughts and tally them. At the end of each day, spend some time thinking about this subject.
If I were to spend the day with you-how many times would I say, "Let's not affirm that?" How many times did you think about attempting something and consider not doing it because you thought you would fail? How many times did you just simply assume bad or less-than-great things were going to happen to you?
When you really analyze the day and think about this regularly-you will start to notice these thoughts. And once you do that, they lose most of their power.
And your mindset starts to change . . .
You change your core fundamental beliefs. You believe you are supposed to be healthy, happy and prosperous. You believe you are worthy. And when you are confronted with dozens of situations each day, most minor, some bigger, and even some that are major-you expect good things to happen to you!
You expect to find that tie you need to complete the perfect outfit, you expect to win in a sporting event, you figure you are next in line for that promotion, or you expect your business ventures to be successful.
And because you expect good things to happen to you-you approach life differently. You approach it expecting to end up on top. And because you believe it-that's exactly what happens! Ain't it great?
NASD new lows higher then new highs.
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Shaw Wu, an analyst at American Technology Research, said that while Marvell's warning is likely due to excess inventory because of over-optimism from customers, the weakness at Marvell could spill over.
"We are concerned with a semiconductor slowdown and build up of component inventory across multiple end markets including industrial, consumer, enterprise and communications," the analyst wrote in a research report Tuesday.
Wu noted that rival Broadcom's digital TV business is seeing "strong trends" but that the rest of its businesses are seeing weakness. Wu said Broadcom's September quarter should be OK but noted the company's outlook for the December quarter and 2007 could be at risk. Wu downgraded shares of Broadcom to sell from neutral.
Recently, shares of Broadcom were trading down 5.6%, or $1.73, to $29.12, on volume of 7.3 million shares. Average daily volume is 17.4 million shares.
Srini Pajjuri, an analyst at Merrill Lynch, attributed Marvell's revenue warning to order declines and cancellations in September, which could mean the seasonal pickup in the hard disk drive market is weaker than expected. Pajjuri said that also could put chip maker Agere Systems at risk for a negative preannouncement. "Production trends at Agere's customers in July and August suggest that Agere's storage business in the September quarter is tracking well below our forecast," wrote the analyst. "If production trends at Agere's customers don't improve significantly in September, we think our September quarter estimates could be at risk."
Meanwhile, Roth Capital Partners analyst Jay Srivatsa said that given that Conexant has 35% exposure to the PC market, it too could see weakness. Srivatsa said there are concerns the PC industry could be facing weakness.
Still Friedman Billings Ramsey analyst Chris Caso said that given the hard drive specific issues going on, it may not be the right call to link hard drive weakness to overall PC weakness. Caso noted that thus far the semiconductor build for PCs appears to have been "seasonally normal."
Recently, shares of Agere were down 1.2%, or 18 cents, to $14.87, while shares of Conexant were off 4.7%, or 8 cents, to $1.84. None of the analysts own shares of the companies mentioned in this report, but Merrill Lynch does intend to seek an investment banking relationship with semiconductor companies.
Officials at Agere, Broadcom, Marvell and Conexant weren't immediately available to comment.
Marvell also announced it plans to restate past finaincal results due to stock option accounting errors.
-By Donna Fuscaldo, Dow Jones Newswires; 704-371-4263; donna.fuscaldo@dowjones.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
Yea, the aliens from Mars are behind it and trying to cover it up. Give me a break, you guys spend way to much time talking about conspiracies by some unknown force in stock land. How about just trading it instead of falling into the "cannabis complaining club".
Thank God for backing and filling. Bought more MCZ here.
Come on Mike, when ever you get these many strong personalities together on a stock board you're going to have some conflicts. I've been attacked 1,000 times but I refuse to let it drive me away. Yes, you may leave but the fact is you will continue to read this board and even want to post again. It will happen. I recommend you blow off the recent drama, stick to your guns and continue to contribute to this board. Everyone here has valuable input and no one is better then anyone else. I'll bet 2MARS doesn't even hold any hard feelings towards you.
Put it behind you and get back to business buddy.
DUK could soon breakout. Watch
Keep an eye on TASR
Glad to hear you made some profits but the big money will be made by holding longer term. I strongly believe that MCZ will trade at $2-3 if not higher sometime in 2007. Do the math. Even the insiders are staking the deck which hasn't happen much in the past.
NOVN day high
QCOM looks like a good risk/reward short term trade here. I would consdider buying between 34.50-35
Video game sector
Nintendo Co. on Tuesday raised its profit outlook for the fiscal year ending in March due to robust sales of its Nintendo DS hand-held game machine and software.
The Japanese maker of game machines and Mario and Pokemon video games also expects its new console, Wii, to drive earnings higher in the second half of the year, it said in a statement.
Nintendo's group net profit for the fiscal year was expected to jump to 100 billion yen ($847 million) from its previous outlook of 83 billion yen ($703 million). Sales were expected to hit 740 billion yen ($6.27 billion), up from the previously forecast of 640 billion yen ($5.42 billion).
The Kyoto-based manufacturer has scored a success with its handheld console, the Nintendo DS, which features a touch-screen panel.
Nintendo said it was confident its new Wii console, due out later this year, would also buoy profits.
Wii (pronounced "wee") is the successor to Nintendo's GameCube, which lost out in the earlier home console battle to Sony's PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox.
Nintendo is offering Wii at a relatively affordable 25,000 yen in Japan and $250 in the U.S., undercutting Sony's and Microsoft's' successor models, also due to be released out over the next several months.
Nintendo plans to sell 6 million Wii consoles during the fiscal year ending March 2007, but has declined to say how many machines will be available on the first day.
Before the announcement, Nintendo shares closed down 2.3 percent at 23,820 yen ($201.79) on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
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MCZ ps....
Checkout the very recent options activity. The insiders are stacking their decks.
Mad Catz Interactive Inc. (MCZ)
As of October 2nd, 2006
Filing Date Transaction Date Insider Name Nature of transaction Securities # or value acquired or disposed of Unit Price
Sep 29/06 Sep 20/06 Woodward, William 50 - Grant of options Options 100,000
Sep 29/06 Jul 06/06 Woodward, William 00 - Opening Balance-Initial SEDI Report Options
Sep 29/06 Sep 20/06 Molyneux, Robert J. 50 - Grant of options Options 100,000
Sep 29/06 Jul 06/06 Molyneux, Robert J. 00 - Opening Balance-Initial SEDI Report Options
Sep 29/06 Sep 20/06 Brown, Thomas Robert 50 - Grant of options Options 100,000
Sep 29/06 May 09/06 Brown, Thomas Robert 00 - Opening Balance-Initial SEDI Report Options
Sep 29/06 Sep 20/06 Middleton, Jon C 50 - Grant of options Options 100,000
Sep 29/06 Sep 20/06 Cook, Warren 50 - Grant of options Options 100,000
Sep 29/06 Sep 20/06 Richardson, Darren 50 - Grant of options Options 500,000
Sep 29/06 Sep 20/06 Peterson, Whitney 50 - Grant of options Options 260,000
MCZ
.58 is the next level of resistance. The stock is STILL slowly trending north. The composite indicator has now moved up to a 96% overall buy signal which is VERY bullish.
Composite Indicator
Trend Spotter TM Buy
Short Term Indicators
7 Day Average Directional Indicator Buy
10 - 8 Day Moving Average Hilo Channel Buy
20 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
20 - 50 Day MACD Oscillator Buy
20 Day Bollinger Bands Buy
Short Term Indicators Average: 100% - Buy
20-Day Average Volume - 125330
Medium Term Indicators
40 Day Commodity Channel Index Buy
50 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
20 - 100 Day MACD Oscillator Buy
50 Day Parabolic Time/Price Buy
Medium Term Indicators Average: 100% - Buy
50-Day Average Volume - 152252
Long Term Indicators
60 Day Commodity Channel Index Buy
100 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
50 - 100 Day MACD Oscillator Hold
Long Term Indicators Average: 67% - Buy
100-Day Average Volume - 146891
Overall Average: 96% - Buy
MCZ
.58 is the next level of resistance. The stock is STILL slowly trending north. The composite indicator has now moved up to a 96% overall buy signal which is VERY bullish.
Composite Indicator
Trend Spotter TM Buy
Short Term Indicators
7 Day Average Directional Indicator Buy
10 - 8 Day Moving Average Hilo Channel Buy
20 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
20 - 50 Day MACD Oscillator Buy
20 Day Bollinger Bands Buy
Short Term Indicators Average: 100% - Buy
20-Day Average Volume - 125330
Medium Term Indicators
40 Day Commodity Channel Index Buy
50 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
20 - 100 Day MACD Oscillator Buy
50 Day Parabolic Time/Price Buy
Medium Term Indicators Average: 100% - Buy
50-Day Average Volume - 152252
Long Term Indicators
60 Day Commodity Channel Index Buy
100 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
50 - 100 Day MACD Oscillator Hold
Long Term Indicators Average: 67% - Buy
100-Day Average Volume - 146891
Overall Average: 96% - Buy
MCZ is still trending north and about to break thru .60
This stock is a longer term hold as the new video game platforms hit the street. MCZ is also going into their busy holiday selling season. The chart looks great.
SIERRA HEALTH SERVICES INC (SIE)
Banc of America raised its rating on the stock to
neutral from sell, saying concerns about a provider
dispute and increased competition are overblown. Raised
its 12-month stock price target to $40 from $33.
Price: $39.07
Net Change: $1.23
% Change: 3.25% Gain
Volume: 444,100 Shares
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LAKES ENTERTAINMENT INC (LACO)
El Dorado County, Calif., dropped its lawsuit against
the Shingle Springs Tribe, opening the way for the
company to develop and manage a casino on the tribe's
land.
Price: $9.85
Net Change: $0.19
% Change: 1.97% Gain
Volume: 87,911 Shares
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VINEYARD NATIONAL BANCORP (VNBC)
RBC lowered its rating on the stock to sector perform
from outperform.
Price: $24.70
Net Change: -$1.26
% Change: 4.85% Loss
Volume: 178,083 Shares
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ACCENTIA BIOPHARMACEUTICALS INC (ABPI)
Agreed a four-year, $25 million convertible debenture
financing deal with several institutional investors.
Price: $2.68
Net Change: $0.10
% Change: 4.06% Gain
Volume: 4,392 Shares
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CORINTHIAN COLLEGES INC (COCO)
Citigroup raised its rating on the stock to hold from
sell, citing valuation and lower earnings expectations
that it believes are better aligned with the company's
potential.
Price: $11.45
Net Change: $0.64
% Change: 5.92% Gain
Volume: 1.7M Shares
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APPLE COMPUTER INC (AAPL)
Citigroup downgraded its rating on the personal-computer
company to hold from buy, citing limited potential for
revenue upside versus the consensus forecast in the
third or fourth quarter of the year.
Price: $74.63
Net Change: -$2.35
% Change: 3.05% Loss
Volume: 10.6M Shares
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MYOGEN INC (MYOG)
Gilead Sciences Inc. signed a $2.5 billion agreement to
acquire all of Myogen's shares for $52.50 each.
Price: $51.47
Net Change: $16.39
% Change: 46.72% Gain
Volume: 8.4M Shares
GILEAD SCIENCE INC (GILD)
Price: $64.85
Net Change: -$3.92
% Change: 5.70% Loss
Volume: 7.4M Shares
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HARRAH'S ENTERTAINMENT INC (HET)
Received a proposal from Apollo Management and Texas
Pacific Group to acquire all of the company's
outstanding common stock for $81 a share in cash.
Price: $75.84
Net Change: $9.41
% Change: 14.17% Gain
Volume: 19.3M Shares
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CRYPTOLOGIC INC (CRYP)
Providers of payment-processing services for the online
gaming industry saw a setback Saturday when the U.S.
Congress passed a bill that would prohibit businesses
from accepting any U.S. financial transactions in
connection with unlawful Internet gambling.
Price: $18.53
Net Change: -$3.51
% Change: 15.93% Loss
Volume: 4.2M Shares
OPTIMAL GROUP INC (OPMR)
Price: $8.03
Net Change: -$3.73
% Change: 31.72% Loss
Volume: 4.6M Shares
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PACIFIC SUNWEAR OF CALIFORNIA INC (PSUN)
Said its chief executive officer, Seth Johnson, has
resigned to pursue other interests. Named Director Sally
Frame Kasaks as the interim CEO until a permanent
replacement is found.
Price: $16.42
Net Change: $1.34
% Change: 8.89% Gain
Volume: 4.8M Shares
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SPECTRALINK CORP (SLNK)
JPMorgan upgraded its rating on the stock to overweight
from neutral, citing its view that the current
turnaround hasn't been priced into the stock.
Price: $9.19
Net Change: $0.98
% Change: 11.94% Gain
Volume: 218,961 Shares
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LCA-VISION INC (LCAV)
Raymond James lowered its rating on the stock Monday to
market perform from strong buy following the company's
weaker 2006 outlook.
Price: $30.88
Net Change: -$10.43
% Change: 25.25% Loss
Volume: 4.5M Shares
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SAIA INC (SAIA)
Credit Suisse lowered its rating on the stock to neutral
from outperform, citing concerns about the freight
environment and the economy as a whole. Lowered its
12-month share price target to $32.50 from $34.
Price: $31.46
Net Change: -$1.14
% Change: 3.50% Loss
Volume: 129,938 Shares
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MEDIALINK WORLDWIDE INC (MDLK)
Agreed to sell its U.S. Newswire press release
distribution unit to PR Newswire, a division of United
Business Media PLC, for between $18 million and $23
million.
Price: $4.50
Net Change: $1.48
% Change: 49.01% Gain
Volume: 109,774 Shares
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I-FLOW CORP (IFLO)
Signed a definitive agreement to sell its InfuSytem Inc.
unit to HAPC Inc. for $140 million in cash and a secured
note.
Price: $13.38
Net Change: $1.36
% Change: 11.31% Gain
Volume: 596,936 Shares
HAPC INC (HAPN)
Price: $5.57
Net Change: $0.10
% Change: 1.83% Gain
Volume: 6,000 Shares
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BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICALS INC (BMRN)
Robert Baird raised its rating on the stock to
outperform from neutral.
Price: $15.52
Net Change: $1.29
% Change: 9.07% Gain
Volume: 843,715 Shares
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MVL surging higher
MCZ thru .60 soon. Very little selling here as I'm sure many are in for the longer term since its only the beginning of the new gaming platform drive.
I have played at pokerroom.com
I like that site because you don't need to download anything. As for real play, I play at Oceans Eleven in Oceanside and also the Lucky Lady in San Diego. I prefer the big games, $20-40 on up. Not crazy about the no limit games although lately I've been doing real well in those.
MCZ....The next leg up is coming. The chart looks great.
About Mad Catz
Mad Catz is a worldwide leader of innovative peripherals in the interactive entertainment industry. Mad Catz designs and markets a full range of accessories for video game systems and publishes video game software, including the industry leading GameShark brand of video game enhancements. Mad Catz has distribution through most leading retailers offering interactive entertainment products. Mad Catz has its operating headquarters in San Diego, California and offices in Canada, Europe and Asia. For additional information go to www.madcatz.com.