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First Alert 6/2: The Oil hedge June 2, 2004. (FinancialWire) The market’s movements are so coordinated with the fluctuating price of oil that traders are able to hedge one against the other. As suggested in this column yesterday, terrorism fears are a much more significant concern for oil production than before. The price of oil reflected that as it rose to a record $42.38 per barrel. Good economic news offset that as the day wore on, giving the markets a bit of an upward nudge heading into today.
The Investrend Earnings Calendar focuses on Albertsons (NYSE: ABS), expected at $0.11 versus $0.47 a year ago, Comverse Technology (NASDAQ: CMVT), at $0.02 versus $(0.04), Neiman-Marcus (NASDAQ: NMGA), at $1.40 versus $0.87, and Verint Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: VRNT), at $0.18 versus $0.14.
The Investrend Economic Calendar features Weekly Chain Store Sales at 9 a.m., and Auto Sales for May.
The Investrend Events Calendar showcases the Investrend / Corporate Forum presentation in Houston by Acclaim Energy Trust (TSX: AE), the Securities Industry Association’s Professional Conduct Program Seminar in New York, Banc of America Securities Education & Business Services Conference in New York, Friedman Billings Ramsey 8th Annual Growth Investor Conference in New York, Sanford Bernstein's Twentieth Annual Strategic Decisions Conference, and today and tomorrow, the Smith Barney Citigroup 5th Annual Semiconductor Conference in Monterey, California.
The Investrend Money Index is an indicator of the depth of market direction or indirection. While not always including the same stocks, the NYSE / NASDAQ 50 Most Actives indicate the direction in which the mass of money is flowing. Thursday’s Investrend “money stocks” showed 23 advancers and 27 decliners. The advancers were led by Spectrum SIG (NASDAQ: SSPI), up 30.49%, Sina Corp. (NASDAQ: SINA), ahead 10.33%, and Nortel Networks (NYSE: NT), up 6.53%. The decliners were led by Pozen Inc. (NASDAQ: POZN), down 37.20%, and Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL), off 6.72%.
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Bevo Agro Kept at 'Buy' by Investrend Affiliate Fundamental Research Anayst, Next 2Qs Critical June 2, 2004. (FinancialWire) (Investrend Research Syndicate) Investrend Research affiliate Fundamental Research Corp. maintained its ratings of Bevo Agro Inc. (TSX Venture: BVO) at "Buy ' 3 (Average Risk)" and fair value of C$0.95 after a review of its Q3 2004 results, and industry fundamentals.
Viacom President Heads for the Door, Disney (So Far) Isn't Knocking June 2, 2004. (FinancialWire) No sooner had Viacom (NYSE: VIAb) President Mel Karmazin said his Sayonaras to Sumner Redstone and his tense tenure than the buzz began that he'd be the successor at Disney (NYSE: DIS) for CEO Michael Eisner.
Adzone Press Release Falls Short in Material Details, Says StockPatrol.com June 2, 2004. (FinancialWire) A recent press release from AdZone Research, Inc. (OTCBB: ADZR) suggests major developments for the Company ' but falls short when it comes to providing material details, notes StockPatrol.com in a new commentary.
MarketPerform Analyzes Deutsche Securities Downgrade of ViroLogic June 2, 2004. (FinancialWire) (Investrend Research Syndicate) MarketPerform.com (http://www.marketperform.com) has provided equity research performance analysis of stocks Deutsche Securities downgraded to Hold, noting as a portfolio they average a 13.1% gain, since June 1 2004.
Sun and Fujitsu Team Up to Compete With IBM, Intel, Hewlett-Packard With 'APL' Hardware June 2, 2004. (FinancialWire) Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: SUNW) and Fujitsu Ltd. are teaming up to compete with Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) and Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), and to some degree, IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM), with its new Advanced Product Line, dubbed APL.
StockGate: SEC Needs a Shrink. Truly. It Admits It. June 2, 2004. (FinancialWire) All these Stockgate disclosures, and conflicting staff proposals on how to deal with illegal manipulative trading without toppling the entire U.S. financial marketplace, including brokers identified with the problem, such as A.G. Edwards, Inc. (NYSE: AGE), Ameritrade Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: AMTD), Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB), and ETrade Group, Inc. (NYSE: ET) can get to a person working at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
ValuEngine Upgrades ASE, RF Micro, Kindred Healthcare to '5' Rating June 2, 2004. (FinancialWire) (Investrend Research Syndicate) ValuEngine, Inc. (www.ValuEngine.com) has upgraded three companies, including ASE Test Limited (NASDAQ: ASTSF), RF Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ: RFMD), and Kindred Healthcare Inc (NASDAQ: KIND)) to a "5" rating, its highest.
Electric City is 'Strong Speculative Buy,' But at What Price? June 2, 2004. (FinancialWire) Analyst Richard W West of JM Dutton & Associates reiterates his "strong speculative buy" rating on Electric City Corporation (AMEX: ELC), and the 12-month target price is set to $3.70. according to New Ratings, which posts research updates on major websites such as Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO).
Acclaim Energy Trust Presents Today at Investrend / Corporate Forum Houston Luncheon June 2, 2004. (FinancialWire) Acclaim Energy Trust (TSX: AE) will present today at the Investrend / Corporate Forum luncheon in Houston.
Resin Systems Trades to New 52-Week Highs on Up to 20x Average Volume June 2, 2004. (FinancialWire) Resin Systems (TSX Venture: RS; OTCBB: RSSYF) traded to new 52 week highs Tuesday, climbing 18.11% to $1.50 on the Canadian exchange, on volume of 746,550, some seven times its average volume of 115,413.
Rascals International Changes Name to Headliners Entertainment, Has New Ticker Symbol June 2, 2004. (FinancialWire) Rascals International (OTCBB: RSCA) has changed its name to Headliners Entertainment (OTCBB: HLNB) and will trade under a new ticker symbol.
CorpHQ's Safeguard Subsidiary Closes on $1M Financing June 2, 2004. (FinancialWire) CorpHQ, Inc. (OTC: COHQ) says it has assisted its security industry subsidiary, Safeguard Technology International Inc., in closing a second round of equity financing from existing shareholders.
Wits Basin Raises $650K, Settles Litigation, Continues Kwagga Acquisition June 2, 2004. (FinancialWire) Wits Basin Precious Minerals Inc., (OTCBB: WITM) has raised gross proceeds of $650,000 by issuing an 18-month secured convertible promissory note to Pandora Select Partners LP, a Virgin Islands fund.
MIV Therapeutics Announces Patent Relating to Its Hap Stent Coating Technology June 2, 2004. (FinancialWire) MIV Therapeutics Inc. (MIVT:OTCBB) says the United States Patent and Trademark Office has awarded The University of British Columbia (UBC) a patent relating to MIVT's licensed biocompatible hydroxypatite (HAp) coating technology.
FirstAlert: 8 a.m. Investrend / Bestcalls June 2, 2004. (FinancialWire) Conference calls scheduled during the 8 a.m. period on Investrend Broadcast via partner BestCalls include Descartes Systems Group (NASDAQ: DSGX), Charles River Laboratorie (NYSE: CRL), Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL), PAREXEL International (NASDAQ: PRXL), Albertson's, Inc. (NYSE: ABS), Anteon International Corp (NYSE: ANT), Corinthian Colleges, Inc. (NASDAQ: COCO).
FirstAlert: 9 a.m. Investrend / Bestcalls June 2, 2004. (FinancialWire) Conference calls scheduled during the 9 a.m. period on Investrend Broadcast via partner BestCalls include Insignia Financial Group (NYSE: IFS), Arris Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARRS), Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO).
FirstAlert: 10 a.m. Investrend / Bestcalls June 2, 2004. (FinancialWire) Conference calls scheduled during the 10 a.m. period on Investrend Broadcast via partner BestCalls include AMF Bowling, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMBWQ), Medical Action Industries (NASDAQ: MDCI), Movado Group, Inc. (NYSE: MOV), Honeywell International (NYSE: HON), Reckson Associates Realty (NYSE: RA).
FirstAlert: 11 a.m. Investrend / Bestcalls June 2, 2004. (FinancialWire) Conference calls scheduled during the 11 a.m. period on Investrend Broadcast via partner BestCalls include The SCO Group (NASDAQ: SCOX), Layne Christensen Company (NASDAQ: LAYN), Alpha Technologies Group (NASDAQ: ATGI), RF Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: RFMD).
FirstAlert: 12-1 p.m. Investrend / Bestcalls June 2, 2004. (FinancialWire) Conference calls scheduled during the 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. period on Investrend Broadcast via partner BestCalls include Concurrent Computer Corp. (NASDAQ: CCUR), Labor Ready, Inc. (NYSE: LRW), Dick's Sporting Goods Inc (NYSE: DKS).
FirstAlert: 4 p.m. Investrend / Bestcalls June 2, 2004. (FinancialWire) Conference calls scheduled during the 4 p.m. period on Investrend Broadcast via partner BestCalls include Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: SWKS), Verint Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: VRNT), Ulticom, Inc. (NASDAQ: ULCM), Silicon Storage Technolog (NASDAQ: SSTI), Neiman-Marcus Group, (NYSE: NMG.A).
FirstAlert: 5 p.m. Investrend / Bestcalls June 2, 2004. (FinancialWire) Conference calls scheduled during the 5 p.m. period on Investrend Broadcast via partner BestCalls include McGrath RentCorp (NASDAQ: MGRC), Logility, Inc. (NASDAQ: LGTY), Seagate Technology (NYSE: STX).
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