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Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE: RF) is usually no longer very active when it comes to stock options trading. So what happens when it makes the screen of highly unusual trading volume in...
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Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) is seeing its volume pick up in the stock options ahead of Tuesday’s earnings report. On Friday we outlined that the case for this report being a ‘make or...
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Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) looks harmless enough today in its trading as the stock is up about 1.5% at $37.20. That is on only 1.3 million shares against a normal day’s volume of...
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Whether or not the Greek debt deal is finally (finally, finally) reached, the next big question outside if Greece will default again is what exactly the implications are for the Credit Default Swap...
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Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) has seen quite a bit of stock options trading today, and it was a day in which stock trading was more active than normal as well. We do not have the final figures in yet...
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Groupon, Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) is trading lower this morning. What we knew going into this week was that Monday would mark the start of stock options trading in Groupon. This allows traders to...
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Are the Wall Street bankers, traders, and brokers really starting to do the right thing when it comes to controlled greed and compensation? If you ask the poor Wall Street protesters, probably...
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If you can count on the Europeans to invent one thing, it is the invention of taxation. The latest effort by the European Commission is one that is just baffling if you have been watching the...
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24/7 Wall St. has long considered E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) as a buyout candidate in the world of online brokerage firms. The company made some big gambles in an effort to...
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Emerging markets are cumulatively supposed to make up a catch-all investment sector for investors seeking true growth in the next decade. If you have been watching the ticker tape of late, you will...
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This coming weekend will mark the one weekend that the hotels, retailers, and restaurants all look forward to in Omaha, Nebraska… Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A)(NYSE: BRK-B) has its...
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The move of a generation in silver continues to rise in The Devil’s Metal. The same logic two years ago for why silver was the better metal than gold for inflation hedging has come on in full...
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It has finally happened. Genzyme Corporation (NASDAQ: GENZ) is being acquired by Sanofi-Aventis (NYSE: SNY). The deal should trade at a premium to the $74.00 cash component due to what is called...
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F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV) was last week’s ‘sobering-up stock’ when it comes to high-priced tech stocks that have run substantially over the last year. The revenues were almost there...
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Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) is a name which has been thrown around buyout circles before. While the company has remained independent, there appear to be fresh buyout rumors driving interest...
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