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Go Long Salesforce Against Oracle
Thursday, May 3, 2012 - 10:30am
Are Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) and Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) the perfect pair trade? Yes, says Brett Golden, the president and co-founder of The Chart Lab and Chart Lab Pro. "Long CRM, short Oracle, and you would have massively outperformed," Golden told Benzinga. He also thinks that Oracle should...
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Sunday, April 29, 2012 - 9:21am
Barron's Recap (4/28/12): Can the Dow Stay Relevant?
This weekend in Barron's online: The Dow Jones Industrial Average is overdue for a makeover, and the prospects for eBay, Thermo Fisher Scientific and Oracle. Cover Story "Shake Up the Dow!" by Andrew Bary. Barron's cover story this week suggests that the Dow Jones Industrial Average risks...
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Seagate, SAP and Other Top European Tech Stocks
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 - 6:48am
Some European nations may be trying to keep their heads above water, but not all is doom and gloom on the continent. Take the tech sector. Here is a quick look at seven companies with share prices that are between 13% and 64% higher than at the beginning of the year despite recent pull backs. They...
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Thursday, March 29, 2012 - 6:49am
Nine Technology ETFs on a Roll (TYH, TQQQ, ROM)
Shares of the following exchange traded funds focused on technology or the Nasdaq 100 are between 20% and 90% higher year to date and trading at or near their 52-week highs. Direxion Daily Technology Bull 3X Shares (NYSE: TYH) is up about 82% year to date, including more than 15% higher in the...
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Sunday, March 25, 2012 - 11:16am
Barron's Recap (3/24/12): Profiles of the World's Best CEOs
This weekend in Barron's online: the annual listing of the top 30 corporate chiefs, a look at Deere, International Game Technology and Alexion Pharmaceuticals, as well as growth in Latin American airlines. Cover Story “World's Best CEOs” by Andrew Bary. Barron's offers up its annual listing of...
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Sunday, March 18, 2012 - 10:31am
Earnings Expectations for the Week of March 19 (FDX, ORCL, NKE, TIF)
This week's prominent quarterly reports include those from FedEx, Oracle and Nike, which analysts expect to post year-over-year earnings growth. Discover Financial and Gamestop are expected to report earnings growth as well, but Tiffany's per-share earnings for the most recent quarter are forecast...
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Sunday, March 4, 2012 - 2:11pm
Nine ETFs Trading Near 52-Week Highs
The following exchange traded funds ended the week in the neighborhood of their 52-week highs. The share price of each is more than 20% higher than at the beginning of the year as well. Barclays Long B Leveraged S&P 500 Total Return ETN (NYSE: BXUB) is more than 22% higher than at the...
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Thursday, March 1, 2012 - 7:58am
Garmin, Jabil Circuit and Other Top Tech Stocks in February
Here's a quick look at some of the top performing tech stocks in February. These stocks all have a market cap of more than $500 million, and they all pay a dividend too. Advantest (NYSE: ATE) rose more than 33% in the past month but is still down almost 31% from a year ago. This Tokyo-based maker...
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - 7:25am
Seven Hot Indian Stocks
India recently decided to open up its equity market to individual foreign investors. The hope is that allowing foreign investors to buy Indian stocks directly would help reverse a year-long decline in Indian stock prices and lead to more foreign investment in the Indian economy. If you're not ready...
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Monday, January 30, 2012 - 7:10am
Nasdaq's Top Performers in January
Here's a quick look at some of the top performing dividend stocks, year to date, that are listed on the Nasdaq. CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) is almost 26% higher year to date, more than 12% just in the past week. Shares surged after the company posted better-than-expected quarterly results that...
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