Wednesday, October 14, 2009

WD-40 posts stronger 4Q; guides higher for 2010 - San Diego Daily Transcript (subscription)


WD-40 posts stronger 4Q; guides higher for 2010
San Diego Daily Transcript (subscription)
(Nasdaq: WDFC) shot up more than $2 in after-hours trading -- almost 7 percent -- after the company reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter sales and ...


Intel earnings on the rise - Computing


Intel earnings on the rise
Computing
Intel shares rose almost 5 per cent on the news in after hours trading. Intel's strong third-quarter results reported a profit of $2.6bn (£1.6bn), ...

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Intel earnings on the rise - Computing


Intel earnings on the rise
Computing
Intel shares rose almost 5 per cent on the news in after hours trading. Intel's strong third-quarter results reported a profit of $2.6bn (£1.6bn), ...

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Morning Business Brief - KELOLAND TV


Morning Business Brief
KELOLAND TV
Intel shares rose strongly in after-hours trading. The semiconductor giant reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue, and raised the outlook for ...

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Intel Beats Estimates In 3Q - InformationWeek


Intel Beats Estimates In 3Q
InformationWeek
But the chip maker easily beat Wall Street estimates, driving its stock up in after hours trading. Intel reported Tuesday that net income for the quarter ...

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Conseco Surging From Paulson & Co. Stake (CNO)

Conseco, Inc. (NYSE: CNO) might have been lower on its secondary offering, but word that esteemed hedge fund and investor Paulson & Co. took a 9.9% stake has shares running higher on the news.  The full details from last night are available at 24/7 Wall Street.  At 8:36 AM EST we have shares trading up a sharp 21% at $6.05 on over 400,000 shares after a $4.99 close on Tuesday.  Average volume here is about 7 million shares and this one traded over 2 million shares last night and went out at $5.79 in the after-hours according to exchange data.  Look for this to be very active today as an exponential volume mover.

JON C. OGG


Stocks mixed after Johnson & Johnson posts 5% drop in sales - Los Angeles Times


Stocks mixed after Johnson & Johnson posts 5% drop in sales
Los Angeles Times
The chip giant's stock jumped as much as 5% in after-hours trading. The market could also get a lift from comments by Michael J. Ward, chief executive of ...

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China's Stocks Rise to Four-Week High; State Construction Gains - Bloomberg


China's Stocks Rise to Four-Week High; State Construction Gains
Bloomberg
Crude oil for November delivery gained as much as 1.4 percent to $75.15 a barrel in after-hours trading. The following companies were among the most active ...

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Asian Stocks Mostly Higher; Nikkei Falls - TheStreet.com


Asian Stocks Mostly Higher; Nikkei Falls
TheStreet.com
US equity markets closed Tuesday below the break-even line, but reversed throughout the after-hours trading session when Intel's(INTC Quote) quarterly ...

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Global Market Outlook: Asia Up, Gold And Crude Oil At A New High - Forex Pros


Global Market Outlook: Asia Up, Gold And Crude Oil At A New High
Forex Pros
... which gained ground on the uptrend seen in the commodity markets. after-hours trading session, when Intel's quarterly results hit the wires. ...

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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Asian Stocks Rise as Intel's Sales Forecasts Beat Estimates; Samsung Gains - Bloomberg


Asian Stocks Rise as Intel's Sales Forecasts Beat Estimates; Samsung Gains
Bloomberg
Intel shares jumped 4.3 percent in after-hours trading. Mitsubishi UFJ sank 3.4 percent to 484 yen, the biggest single drag on the MSCI Asia Pacific Index. ...

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Paul Kangas' Stocks in the News - Nightly Business Report


Paul Kangas' Stocks in the News
Nightly Business Report
The stock rose $1 a share in after hours trading. Intel (INTC) closed down $0.09, but rose about $1 in after hours trading on those better than expected ...

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TOP MARKET NEWS - RTT News


TOP MARKET NEWS
RTT News
OZRK closed Tuesday's regular trading at $27.04, up $0.08 or 0.30%, on the Nasdaq. In after hours trading, the share lost $0.08 or 0.30%, trading at $26.96. ...


Ford To Recall Another 4.5 Mln Vehicles - RTT News


Ford To Recall Another 4.5 Mln Vehicles
RTT News
Ford shares closed Tuesday's regular trading session unchanged at $7.62, but gained 8 cents or 1.05% in after hours trading. by RTT Staff Writer.

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Intel Profit Slides, But Co. Offers Upbeat Outlook - Wall Street Journal


Intel Profit Slides, But Co. Offers Upbeat Outlook
Wall Street Journal
Intel shares, which hit 52-week highs earlier Tuesday, recently rose another 4.5% in after-hours trading to $21.43. The quarterly report pulled the rest of ...

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Conseco to increase capital with stock offerings - Forbes


Conseco to increase capital with stock offerings
Forbes
Shares rose 73 cents, or 15 percent, to $5.62 in after-hours trading following the announcement of the offering. Earlier, the stock fell 13 cents, ...

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After the bell, will PC maker Intel live up to bullish guidance? - Daily Finance (blog)


After the bell, will PC maker Intel live up to bullish guidance?
Daily Finance (blog)
AP Intel Corp. (INTC) reports its third-quarter numbers after the market closes Tuesday. Below is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related ...

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AFTER THE BELL-Shares of Advanced Micro, Altera up - Reuters UK


AFTER THE BELL-Shares of Advanced Micro, Altera up
Reuters UK
NEW YORK, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Shares of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.N) rose 5.6 percent after the closing bell on Tuesday following stronger-than-expected ...

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Break-Out Insights: VASC, CPBY, ININ, NVAX - Small Cap Network


Break-Out Insights: VASC, CPBY, ININ, NVAX
Small Cap Network
Getting a huge 31% jump in yesterday's after-hours trading was Vascular Solutions Inc., (VASC) http://www.vascularsolutions.com/ and it ...

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After the bell, will PC maker Intel live up to bullish guidance? - Daily Finance (blog)


After the bell, will PC maker Intel live up to bullish guidance?
Daily Finance (blog)
AP Intel Corp. (INTC) reports its third-quarter numbers after the market closes Tuesday. Below is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related ...

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Options Traders Citigroup Lotto Ticket Trade (C)

Options traders are making, and have been making, a very large bet using Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) stock options that is technically a very low risk bet if done on a de-leveraged basis.  It is almost very similar to a Citigroup Lotto Ticket.

October stock options expiration date in only about 75 hours away for this Friday.  With the stock itself being such a low-priced stock, many might be shocked about the call and put options trading seen here.   The stock is up 1.5% today at $4.845 on almost 300 million shares as of 1:10 PM EST.  But the OCT-2009 $5.00 CALLS have seen some 89,503 contracts trade versus an open interest of some 791,234 contracts.  The last trades were at $0.11 and the market on this one is listed as $0.10 X $0.11.

In short, this lotto ticket pays off only if shares go north of $5.11 (plus transactional fees).  But if traders are only buying one contract per 100 shares for the exposure to any big earnings upside, then they are actually taking less event risk than stock traders. It would be easy to imagine that Citi shares could fall more than $0.11 if the news is atrocious.  Merely having a stop loss during market hours won’t protect those traders who have on a theoretical $4.50 stop loss if this were to gap down significantly.

As always, out of the money options expire worthless at each options expiration date.  So calling this a lower-risk trade only applies if traders are using the de-leveraged trade.  Options of this sort are 100% purely for risk-based capital. And as far as lotto tickets, the odds are directly at an inverse proportion to the potential reward….

JON C. OGG


After the bell, will PC maker Intel live up to bullish guidance? - Daily Finance (blog)


After the bell, will PC maker Intel live up to bullish guidance?
Daily Finance (blog)
AP Intel Corp. (INTC) reports its third-quarter numbers after the market closes Tuesday. Below is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related ...

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China markets rise, energy shares lead on crude oil hike - Proactive Investors Chinese


Proactive Investors Chinese

China markets rise, energy shares lead on crude oil hike
Proactive Investors Chinese
Crude oil traded at US$73 a barrel in New York in after-hours trading, after settling yesterday at a seven-week high of US$73.27. PetroChina Co. ...

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Starent Volume Immediately Exponential on Buyout (STAR, CSCO)

Starent Networks, Corp. (NASDAQ: STAR), multimedia hardware/software player, is being acquired by Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) for some $2.9 billion versus a $2.08 billion market cap based on Monday’s $29.03 closing price. The deal is an all-cash buyout and the buyout price is $35.00 per share in a deal which companies have approved and which is expected to close in the first half of 2010.  Trading has been halted all morning and the stock was freed up to trade at 9:45 AM EST.  At 9:54 AM EST we have over 6.2 million shares traded and the stock is up 18% at $34.30.  Starent trades 1.6 million shares on average and its 52-week trading range is $7.30 to $30.00.  The $35 buyout price is an all-time high that has never been seen since its 2007 IPO.

JON C. OGG


Vanda Headed Higher on Novartis Deal - Seeking Alpha (blog)


Vanda Headed Higher on Novartis Deal
Seeking Alpha (blog)
VNDA traded higher by 20% during the after hours trading period on Monday after the news hit. A conference call is scheduled for Tuesday morning at 8:30 AM, ...

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After the bell, will PC maker Intel live up to bullish guidance? - Daily Finance (blog)


After the bell, will PC maker Intel live up to bullish guidance?
Daily Finance (blog)
AP Intel Corp. (INTC) reports its third-quarter numbers after the market closes Tuesday. Below is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related ...

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Whitney Pans Goldman Sachs (GS)

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) is getting hit ahead of earnings as analyst Meredith Whitney has come out and downgraded the stock to Neutral from Buy after shares have run up over 30% since her Buy recommendation.  It is surprising that the volume is not more and that the reaction is not more as well.   We have shares down 1.8% at $186.70 on over 120,000 shares as of 8:52 AM EST.  Shares rose much more than this when she initiated the buy rating.  In a bull market it seems easier to add than to take away.  JON C. OGG


China markets rise, energy shares lead on crude oil hike - Proactive Investors Chinese


Proactive Investors Chinese

China markets rise, energy shares lead on crude oil hike
Proactive Investors Chinese
Crude oil traded at US$73 a barrel in New York in after-hours trading, after settling yesterday at a seven-week high of US$73.27. PetroChina Co. ...

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China Stocks Rise to Three-Week High; Shenhua, SAIC Motor Gain - Bloomberg


China Stocks Rise to Three-Week High; Shenhua, SAIC Motor Gain
Bloomberg
Crude traded at $73 a barrel in New York in after-hours trading, after settling yesterday at a seven-week high of $73.27. Coal prices at Qinhuangdao port, ...

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GameStop director sells $60m in shares - GamesIndustry.biz


GameStop director sells $60m in shares
GamesIndustry.biz
GameStop shares closed down a fraction yesterday, dropping 0.4 per cent to USD 26.86, while after hours trading saw a further fall of just under 1 per cent. ...

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Digital River battered by loss of Symantec - Pioneer Press


Digital River battered by loss of Symantec
Pioneer Press
The shares lost 5 cents more in after-hours trading. Digital River officials said California-based Symantec, which makes the widely used Norton antivirus ...

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Pier 1 says sales up 9.9% over last September - Dallas Morning News


Pier 1 says sales up 9.9% over last September
Dallas Morning News
... 1 Imports Inc. said late Monday that its September sales increased 9.9 percent from a year ago, sending its stock price higher in after-hours trading. ...

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Monday, October 12, 2009

Asian Stocks Advance on Weaker Yen, Brokerage Recommendations - Bloomberg


Asian Stocks Advance on Weaker Yen, Brokerage Recommendations
Bloomberg
... 0.9 percent to A$51.75, as crude traded at $73 a barrel in New York in after-hours trading, after settling yesterday at a seven-week high of $73.27. ...

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AFTER THE BELL-Pier 1 Imports jumps on margin, sales update - Interactive Investor


AFTER THE BELL-Pier 1 Imports jumps on margin, sales update
Interactive Investor
Interactive Investor Trading Limited, trading as "Interactive Investor", is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. ...

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Novartis, Vanda in drug deal worth up to $265M - BusinessWeek


Novartis, Vanda in drug deal worth up to $265M
BusinessWeek
Vanda shares jumped $2.10, or 18 percent, to $13.50 in after-hours trading when the agreement was announced. In the regular session, it rose 41 cents, ...

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AFTER THE BELL-Pier 1 Imports jumps on margin, sales update - Reuters UK


AFTER THE BELL-Pier 1 Imports jumps on margin, sales update
Reuters UK
NEW YORK, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Shares of Pier 1 Imports Inc (PIR.N) jumped more than 12 percent to $4.96 after the bell on Monday after the home goods ...

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Pier 1 sales, stock up - Fort Worth Star Telegram


Pier 1 sales, stock up
Fort Worth Star Telegram
In after-hours trading, the stock rose to $4.95. Pier 1 said sales in comparable stores â€" those for stores open at least a year, an industry benchmark ...

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Interactive Intelligence Expects 3Q Growth - ABC News


Interactive Intelligence Expects 3Q Growth
ABC News
Shares of the communication software maker, whose preliminary results are also ahead of analyst estimates, jumped in after-hours trading, rising $2.93, ...

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AFTER THE BELL-Pier 1 Imports jumps on margin, sales update - Reuters UK


AFTER THE BELL-Pier 1 Imports jumps on margin, sales update
Reuters UK
NEW YORK, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Shares of Pier 1 Imports Inc (PIR.N) jumped more than 12 percent to $4.96 after the bell on Monday after the home goods ...

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AFTER THE BELL-Interactive Intelligence rises sharply - Interactive Investor


AFTER THE BELL-Interactive Intelligence rises sharply
Interactive Investor
Interactive Investor Trading Limited, trading as "Interactive Investor", is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. ...

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Vascular, Zerusa Win FDA Approval; Sending Shares Up - Wall Street Journal


Vascular, Zerusa Win FDA Approval; Sending Shares Up
Wall Street Journal
Medical-device maker Vascular's shares jumped 23% to $10.25 in after-hours trading. Vascular Solutions Chief Executive Howard Root said the next-generation ...

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Macau Regulatory Risks (WYNN, LVS, MPEL)

Full coverage is over at 24/7 Wall St. of news affecting Macau casino stocks.  The good news is that these have all bounced some from lows, but these are all still lower and on active volume.

Wynn Resorts Ltd. (NASDAQ: WYNN) is down almost 3% at $65.90 on 5.9 million shares versus and average volume of about 4.9 million shares.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) is now down 3% at $17.50 on 39.5 million shares versus an average daily volume of about 45 million shares.

Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. (NASDAQ: MPEL) is down 4.6% at $6.84 on 6.2 million shares versus average volume of 6.6 million shares.

JON C. OGG
1:50 PM EST


Pre-Market Round-Up for October 12, 2009 - Sumfolio.com


Pre-Market Round-Up for October 12, 2009
Sumfolio.com
Oil-Dri Corporation of America (ODC: 15.62 0.00%) â€" Shares of the sorbent product-maker rose more than 6% in after-hours trading last week after reporting ...


Pre-Market Round-Up for October 12, 2009 - Sumfolio.com


Pre-Market Round-Up for October 12, 2009
Sumfolio.com
Oil-Dri Corporation of America (ODC: 15.62 0.00%) â€" Shares of the sorbent product-maker rose more than 6% in after-hours trading last week after reporting ...


KB Home Hit by SEC Issues (KBH, XHB)

KB Home (NYSE: KBH) is being hit after the company disclosed in an SEC filing that the Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating its accounting and disclosure practices.  We show shares down over 5% at $15.60 as of 8:46 AM EST after closing at $16.46 Friday.  The 52-week trading range is $6.90 to $20.70 and average volume is over 4 million shares.  Volume is likely to increase substantially after the specialist frees up more shares.   While this is stock-specific and not a sectorwide issue that we can tell yet, we’d look at tickers LEN, RYL, DHI, TOL, PHM, MDC, and others.  The SPDR S&P Homebuilders (NYSE: XHB) is teh ETF that follows homebuilder stocks.  JON C. OGG


India's Rupee Weakens for a Second Day as Importers Buy Dollars - Bloomberg


India's Rupee Weakens for a Second Day as Importers Buy Dollars
Bloomberg
Crude oil rose as much as 1.9 percent to a three-week high of $73.13 per barrel in after-hours trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. ...

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Asian stock markets gain on growth hopes - Business Mirror


Asian stock markets gain on growth hopes
Business Mirror
... recovers from its deepest recession since World War II. Oil for November delivery climbed as much as 1.1 percent to $72.56 a barrel in after-hours trading.

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Rupee weakens most in 4 weeks - India Infoline.com


Rupee weakens most in 4 weeks
India Infoline.com
Crude oil rose around 1% to a three-week high of US$72.56 per barrel in after-hours trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. India imports more than 70% ...

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LG Electronics Files Lawsuit Against Whirlpool: WSJ - Update - RTT News


LG Electronics Files Lawsuit Against Whirlpool: WSJ - Update
RTT News
WHR closed Friday's regular trading session at $70.50, up $0.89 or 1.28%, on volume of 894 thousand shares. In the after-hours trading shares fell $0.89 or ...

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Sunday, October 11, 2009

Most Asian Stock Markets Gain on Growth Hopes; Cavalier Rises - Bloomberg


Most Asian Stock Markets Gain on Growth Hopes; Cavalier Rises
Bloomberg
Oil for November delivery climbed as much as 1.1 percent to $72.56 a barrel in after-hours trading. Woodside Petroleum Ltd., Australia's second-largest oil ...

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SEC Adds to KB Home's Troubles - Wall Street Journal


SEC Adds to KB Home's Troubles
Wall Street Journal
Shares of KB Home were down 2.8% to $16.00 in after-hours trading Friday. This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. ...

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Yum Brands' Q3 profit beats forecasts, up 18 pct - WJLA


Yum Brands' Q3 profit beats forecasts, up 18 pct
WJLA
... previous forecast of $2.10 per share. Its shares climbed 39 cents to $35.25 in after-hours trading Tuesday after closing at $34.86 during regular trading.

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Investigation Adds to KB Home's Troubles - Wall Street Journal


Investigation Adds to KB Home's Troubles
Wall Street Journal
Shares of KB Home were down 2.8% to $16.00 in after-hours trading Friday. This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. ...

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Yum Brands' Q3 profit beats forecasts, up 18 pct - WJLA


Yum Brands' Q3 profit beats forecasts, up 18 pct
WJLA
... previous forecast of $2.10 per share. Its shares climbed 39 cents to $35.25 in after-hours trading Tuesday after closing at $34.86 during regular trading.

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