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Tha COMP toppled the 2,900 level for the first time in over 11 years
By SchaeffersResearch.com Market Observations
Posted in Featured on 3 February 2012
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Following yesterday’s mixed trading, U.S. stocks surged out of the gate this morning and never looked back…(Read More)

Checking out the contrarian prospects for BBBY, PIR, and WSM
By SchaeffersResearch.com Market Observations
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Recent economic data suggests that the jobs market is on a positive trajectory, as evidenced by sizable payroll expansion and a distinct downtrend in the unemployment rate…(Read More)

GILD tagged a three-year high in today’s session
By SchaeffersResearch.com Market Observations
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Options players have turned up the volume on Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD - 54.24) post-earnings , with calls and puts flying off the shelves…(Read More)

Wells Fargo cut EW to ‘market perform’
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Adding to this week’s deluge of corporate earnings, Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (EW - 71.43) last night revealed its fourth-quarter report…(Read More)

CTCT jumps 20% in today’s session on better-then-expected results
By SchaeffersResearch.com Market Observations
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Shares of Constant Contact, Inc. (CTCT - 31.37) are soaring in today’s session, after the online marketing maven took its turn in the earnings booth last night…(Read More)

Several analysts swarmed N after earnings
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NetSuite, Inc. (N - 47.19) took its turn in the earnings spotlight last night, and posted a fourth-quarter loss of %247.6 million, or 11 cents per share, down from a year-ago loss of %246.4 million, or 10 cents per share…(Read More)

However, EL drops on a weaker-than-expected outlook
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Wrapping up a week chock-full of earnings releases, The Estee Lauder Companies Inc…(Read More)

Utilize this spread strategy to benefit from sluggish price action in a stock
By SchaeffersResearch.com Market Observations
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Welcome back to SchaeffersResearch.com. In this episode of Inside Options, we’ll turn the page in the options playbook and examine the short straddle…(Read More)

APKT reported weaker-than-forecast fourth-quarter earnings
By SchaeffersResearch.com Market Observations
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U.S. stocks are on track to end the week on a positive note, with futures on all three major market indexes pointed north of breakeven…(Read More)

Following profit-taking from recent rallies in energy stocks, conditions could be right for short-term trades
By SchaeffersResearch.com Market Observations
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Compared to financials and technology, energy stocks have underperformed over the past few months…(Read More)