There are many issues to watch in the coming week for this weekend’s edition of THE UNUSUAL SUSPECTS. We have some earnings on deck and some unfinished business from last week, but there are several events that will be key to watch around charts and catalysts. The Unusual Suspects for the week of August 23 [[ This is a content summary only.
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SandRidge Energy Inc. (NYSE: SD) is moving from a case of being grossly oversold to a case where the situation is becoming almost obscene. The stock is getting crushed after its earnings report because of several issues. Frankly, the reaction seems overdone even for a negative report in a market that is having a hard [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is trading at higher prices compared to the first time around, but the stock finds itself after earnings in very much the same place it was in January. Two analyst calls after this week’s earnings followed by three others could cause a repeat performance. Maybe even on a larger [[ This is a content summary only.
Today may seem like a poor example of growth and sector dominance when you consider that the news catalyst has a shadow over its peers. Family Dollar Stores Inc. (NYSE: FDO) beat earnings but is lower after guidance. This is acting as drag on Dollar General Corp.
Many traders and investors love the active penny-stocks and low-priced stocks. And betting against low-priced shares is something that expert short sellers frequently do. The short selling from June 15 settlement date looked grossly different on many of these actively traded penny stocks or low-priced shares of these cult stocks. We wanted to track and [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Restructuring never ends in many large corporations. After a week’s worth of reading through dozens of corporate deals in the pipeline and analyzing others which could be close, it seems that many of America’s (and ex-US) largest companies are about to go through major changes because of asset sales, spin-offs, and unit dispositions. These can [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Calling for a stock to double is not exactly the easiest game in investing and trading. Double the caveats when the raging bull market has turned into the screaming market of caution. We have also already seen many large and key companies double, triple, or even quadruple rom the lows of 2009. For Q2-2010, we [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Being young has its advantages, but apparently being employed is not one of those. A new study from the Economic Policy Institute shows that people between 16 and 24 years old are 13.5% of the work force. However, they make up 26.4% of unemployed people.
If and when the DJIA hits 11,000 it won’t matter much beyond being a round number. The Dow fell below 12,000 in June 2008 and below 10,000 in October of that same year. 11,000 was not around for long
