February 27, 2006

February 27, 2006

European Markets:

European Markets are stable this morning;

Sector News:

~Smith Barney downgraded the equipment manufacturers on the Semiconductors including AMAT, AEIS, MTSN, and ASYT.

~Prudential says retail sales will be Neutral at best.

~KSE - taken over in the Natural Gas sector which could help that sector today;

Oil: HAL - awarded a $2.4B no bid contract from the government;

Breaking News:

~CSCO - completes acquisition of Scientific Atlantic;

~GE and a Macquarie investment fund are vying to buy a big stake in TXU's electricity-delivery business, in a deal that

could be valued at more than $5 billion.

~DTV - will be buying 100M shares @ 15.50 from the GM retirement account;

Upgrades:

• NBP Northern Border Harris Nesbitt Underperform » Neutral
  
• EQT Equitable Res Citigroup Hold » Buy
  
• WTHN WiderThan Lehman Brothers Equal-weight » Overweight
  
• ANF Abercrombie Goldman Sachs In-Line » Outperform
  
• SAP SAP AG HSBC Securities Underweight » Neutral
  
• OSI Outback Steakhouse Morgan Stanley Equal-weight » Overweight
  
• CEPH Cephalon BWS Financial Buy » Strong Buy
  
• FLSH M-Systems Citigroup Hold » Buy
  
• SNDK SanDisk Citigroup Hold » Buy, NOTE: SNDK breaks out at 59.35.
  
• CRE CarrAmerica JP Morgan Underweight » Neutral
  
• CLX Clorox Prudential Underweight » Neutral
  
• ADSK Autodesk Deutsche Securities Hold » Buy
  
• SM St. Mary Lnd/Expl First Albany Neutral » Buy
  
• CVG Convergys UBS Neutral » Buy
  
• GLG Glamis Gold CIBC Wrld Mkts Sector Perform » Sector Outperform $41 » $46
  
• LOW Upgraded today and has a gap at 69.15
  
  
  
  
• SNRR Sunterra Matrix Research Buy
  
• SEED Origin Agritech Maxim Group Buy $24
  
• NWRE Neoware Systems Needham & Co Buy $30
  
  
  
  
• ADCT ADC Telecom(b;) Miller Johnson Buy $30
  
• MRVL Marvell BWS Financial Buy $57 » $74
  
• SPN Sup Energy Svcs Hibernia Southcoast Capital Buy $31 » $36
  
• AMT American Tower CIBC Wrld Mkts Sector Outperform $35 » $37
  
• DECK Deckers Outdoor Lazard Captial Buy $37 » $45
  
• PWAV Powerwave Oppenheimer Buy $16 » $17
  
• AMT American Tower Soleil Buy $29 » $37
  
• CCI Crown Castle Soleil Buy $28 » $36
  
• PLT Plantronics Kaufman Bros Buy $38 » $40
  
• AMLN Amylin Pharms Piper Jaffray Outperform $50 » $52
  
• IMA Inverness Medical Jefferies & Co Buy $36 » $38
  
• IART Integra KeyBanc Capital Mkts / McDonald Buy $43 » $45
  
• NX Quanex KeyBanc Capital Mkts / McDonald Buy $65 » $75
  
• WYNN Wynn Resorts Jefferies & Co Buy $64.50 » $75
  
• INSU Insituform Tech Stifel Nicolaus Buy $27 » $30
  
• WGRD Watchguard McAdams,Wright,Ragen Buy
  
• FPO First Potomac Realty Ryan, Beck & Co Outperform $31.50 » $32
  
• LFG Target raised to 68 by KBWI and reiterated market perform
  
• ET Estimates raised by KBWI
  
• ESV Price target raised to 54 by DBAB
  

Downgrades:

• RIC Richmont Mines Inc. BMO Nesbitt Burns Outperform » Market Perform
  
• EQY Equity One BB&T Capital Mkts Buy » Hold
  
• OTIV On Track Innovations Oppenheimer Buy » Neutral
  
• MEL Mellon Financial Sandler O'Neill Hold » Sell
  
• ROP Roper Inds Friedman Billings Outperform » Mkt Perform
  
• SLXP Salix Pharm William Blair Outperform » Mkt Perform
  
  
  
  
• DCN Dana Corp KeyBanc Capital Mkts / McDonald Buy » Hold
  
• GLG Glamis Gold UBS Buy » Neutral
  
• NFB North Fork Banc Ryan, Beck & Co Outperform » Mkt Perform
  
• AEIS Advanced Energy Citigroup Buy » Hold
  
• MTSN Mattson Citigroup Hold » Sell
  
• LRCX Lam Research Citigroup Hold » Sell
  
• SRE Sempra Energy Citigroup Buy » Hold
  
• RJF Raymond James Keefe Bruyette Mkt Perform » Underperform
  
• RRI Reliant Energy Banc of America Sec Buy » Neutral
  
• BDN Brandywine Realty JP Morgan Overweight » Neutral
  
• WRI Weingarten Realty JP Morgan Neutral » Underweight
  
• ALSK Alaska Comms Banc of America Sec Buy » Neutral
  
• POT Potash UBS Buy » Neutral
  
• HOKU HOKU Scientific Thomas Weisel Outperform » Peer Perform
  
• CBH Commerce Bancorp Ryan, Beck & Co Outperform » Mkt Perform $36
  

February 17th — Friday Morning

February 17th — Friday Morning

European Markets:

Up slightly in early morning trading;

Stocks that are components of the Dow:

CAT – price target raised by Robert Baird to $84;

INTC - price target lowered by RBC Capital Mkts from $29 to $21;

Oils:

~Nigerian Militant are warning about war.

~HAL – on Thursday announced a $1B dollar buy back and a 2 for 1 split. In past news SLB announced a 15M share buy back and

RIG announced a $2B buy back in October.

Breaking News:

~Brazilian stocks took off on Thursday due to a decision by the Government to not charge a 15% capital gains tax on bonds.
~KGC – RBC sees no growth until 2007

~PMI – announced they plan to buy back up to $150M in stock.

~SIRI – loss widens while subscriptions surge says David Wilkerson;

~Icahn ended his effort to seek control of Time Warner, deciding to run only five candidates for the board instead of a

full 14-member slate.

Brokerage Comments:

FFIV – positive comments from Piper Jaffray;

JCP – debt rating upgraded due to flawless execution says DBAB – possible scalp short around $60;

GES – upgraded by Piper with a $44 target, and downgraded by BMUR with a $46 Price target.

ADBL – upgraded to buy at Merriman Curhan Ford, downgraded by Piper Jaffrey, and price target lowered by Kaufman Brothers

from $8 to $7;




With more than double the volume of any other half hour period, the last half hour of trading is the time when stocks can

gather the most momentum. For you momentum and day traders out there this is the most critical time to pay attention.

Upgrades:

• UAUA UAL Corp. Prudential Underweight » Overweight
  
• ASEI American Science & Engineering Matrix Research Sell » Hold
  
• MKSI MKS Instruments Needham & Co Hold » Buy $31
  
• AEIS Advanced Energy Needham & Co Hold » Buy $29
  
• ADBL Audible Merriman Curhan Ford Neutral » Buy
  
• TWP Trex Sun Trust Rbsn Humphrey Neutral » Buy $33
  
• WEBX WebEx CIBC Wrld Mkts Sector Perform » Sector Outperform $35
  
• DITC Ditech First Albany Neutral » Buy
  
  
• NFX – upgraded to buy at AG Edwards;
  
• UAUA – upgraded by Prudential with a price target of 43;
  
• FE – upgraded by MLCO;
  
  
  
  
• MRVL – Price target raised to 70 by Lehman
  
• PNC – Morgan Stanley raises price target to $76
  
• NVDA – price target raised by Morgan Stanley to $57
  
  
• XMSR – Morgan Stanley cuts price target to $34
  
• ADIC – price target cut by Friedman to $9.50
  
  
• MCO Moody's Friedman Billings Outperform $74
  
• QSII Quality Systems Jefferies & Co Buy $77
  
• HSY Hershey Foods Banc of America Sec Buy $57
  
• KFT Kraft Foods Banc of America Sec Buy $32
  
• CPB Campbell Soup Banc of America Sec Buy $32
  
• PETS PetMed Express Oppenheimer Buy $21
  
  
  
  
• B Barnes Group Banc of America Sec Buy $41 » $44
  
• BRCD Brocade Kaufman Bros Hold $5 » $5.50
  
• IVIS ICOS Vision Sys Needham & Co Buy $49 » $57
  
• HITT Hittite Microwave Needham & Co Buy $24 » $32
  
• CSGP CoStar Group Needham & Co Buy $50 » $53
  
• ANSS ANSYS Needham & Co Buy $47 » $53
  
• ADIC Advanced Digital Needham & Co Buy $11.50 » $12
  
• ANSS ANSYS KeyBanc Capital Mkts / McDonald Buy $49 » $53
  
• ASF Administaff RBC Capital Mkts Sector Perform $48 » $52
  
• ILSE Intralase RBC Capital Mkts Outperform $21 » $25
  
• NVDA NVIDIA RBC Capital Mkts Sector Perform $46 » $54
  
• BRCD Brocade RBC Capital Mkts Sector Perform $5 » $6
  
• OATS Wild Oats Mkts RBC Capital Mkts Outperform $15 » $20
  
• OATS Wild Oats Mkts KeyBanc Capital Mkts / McDonald Buy $17 » $20
  
• GLBL Global Industries Jefferies & Co Buy $15 » $17
  
• B Barnes Group Jefferies & Co Buy $40 » $45
  
• CLI Mack-Cali Realty Ryan, Beck & Co Outperform $45 » $49
  

Downgrades:

• BLDR Builders Firstsource Avondale Partners Mkt Outperform » Mkt Perform $25
  
• MDTH Medcath Matrix Research Strong Buy » Buy
  
• HPY Heartland Payment Systems Credit Suisse Neutral » Underperform
  
• ADBL Audible Piper Jaffray Outperform » Market Perform
  
• FMD First Marblehead Bear Stearns Outperform » Peer Perform
  
• MCGC MCG Capital AG Edwards Buy » Hold
  
• PTEN Patterson-UTI Credit Suisse Outperform » Neutral
  
• BF BASF AG Credit Suisse Outperform » Neutral
  
• PGI Premiere Glbl Svcs CIBC Wrld Mkts Sector Outperform » Sector Perform $10
  
• GES Guess Brean Murray Strong Buy » Accumulate $40 » $46
  
• VCI Valassis Deutsche Securities Buy » Hold $37 » $32
  
• DELL Dell Banc of America Sec Buy » Neutral
  
• ENN Equity Inns JMP Securities Mkt Outperform » Mkt Perform $16
  
• AJG Arthur J. Gallagher Matrix Research Sell
  

Investing 101... What are Pennystocks?

Introduction to Investing

How to start off in the Investment world?

Learning about today's economy trends and making this work for you is a vital skill to insure one’s economic security, prosperity and survival. Weather you goals is to retire in ten years, twenty years, or just secure some economical savvy, well we hope we can help you with that here. With the new millennium, the Information age, it seems the “Gen Xer's” are at the helm. So how does one new to the Internet investing platform work? It is our intentions to aid you with that here and now.

I)
What are my investment goals? Retire at 40? Supplemental income, higher returns on cash than bank’s interest?

  II)
It is not our intentions to determine any ones priorities, we are just sharing our experiences. We categorize portfolio’s to three chief components.
    a) Cash
    b) Retirement accounts
    c) Investment accounts


a) Cash- Accounts that contain Monies or the equivalent (Such as low-risk, short-term securities such as CD’s = Certificates of Deposits) this is the Chief component of the three. Some determine that this should exceed 4 months of annual salary.
b) Retirement- Secondary component (more conservative) generally consists of long term investments. As one comes closer to retirement Bonds may play a more prolific role.

c) Investment accounts- Final and more aggressive of the components. This generally is more focused on short term near term. The term “Who dare’s Wins” could come into play. We advice that the investment account be the tail end of the three components.

What are Penny stocks

What Are penny stocks? pennystocks?

Penny stocks or pennystocks are shares that trade from .001 of a penny to $5.00. They currently trade in decimals.
They are much more risky than other investments, but have tremendous reward potential. Some penny stocks have gone from 25 cents to $20.00, while others have become worthless.

In the past, penny stocks or pennystocks had a bad name because of risk and lack of information about the companies and the fact that the spread between the bid and the ask were sometimes more than 50%... In addition penny stocks were considered to be easily manipulated.
Nowadays, investors are quickly learning that penny stocks represent all the small companies across America that are great and have yet to grow or be discovered.

The SEC keeps a close eye on manipulation practices and prosecutes those who break the laws.
Many investors like penny stocks because it does not take significant cash to get started, and one can own a portion of a good company and live the American dream.

Our goal is to inform you Let you know What are penny stocks, penny stocks or hot pennystocks.

The upside of penny stocks, is the ability to turn a small investment into a fortune.
The downside is the risk, volatility of the shares, and the lack of corporate transparency.
We advise anyone interested in penny stocks, pennystocks to do their Homework on the company.

With penny stocks, or pennystocks one needs to all aspects of the companies business.
Management is KEY. I have seen management squander money self seeking items rather than what’s best for the company and shareholders.
You also should look for the following things, among others, to ensure that you are only getting involved with the absolute best penny stocks.

• Market Liquidity (this will make it easier buy and sell.


• Are the shares good if they trade on the pinksheets or pink sheets, OTC.BB or otc bb, or Grey Market? Grey Market has no information is like throwing money away or at least that’s what the regulators are suggesting. We take that point of view as well. Since pinksheets.com , the pinksheet stocks have much more information available and because of pink link the electronic trading platform now available to Market Makers and pinksheet traders, the spreads have tightened. The OTC Bulletin board is like the old Nasdaq small cap.


• The NASDAQ Small Cap or AMEX, they will have to report to shareholders regularly, and must adhere to strict requirements of the exchange. OTC-BB and Pink Sheet stocks are generally less transparent or cooperative)


• Strong business plan and results (Check the financials to see if they are making more money than they are spending and if their operational plan makes sense)


• Look for a trend of improvement (Share prices go up the most when a company has momentum. If they keep making more money each year than they did the last, the shares will probably benefit as the company grows.)


• Lean heavily on the opinions of professionals (When a a newsletter or service reviews a company, and analyses all the details, it is a good starting point for you to read that report and decide if the company fits with your trading goals.)

Our goal is to find the best penny stock list.

Introduction to Investing

Introduction to Investing

How to start off in the Investment world?

Learning about today's economy trends and making this work for you is a vital skill to insure one’s economic security, prosperity and survival. Weather you goals is to retire in ten years, twenty years, or just secure some economical savvy, well we hope we can help you with that here. With the new millennium, the Information age, it seems the “Gen Xer's” are at the helm. So how does one new to the Internet investing platform work? It is our intentions to aid you with that here and now.

I)
What are my investment goals? Retire at 40? Supplemental income, higher returns on cash than bank’s interest?

  II)
It is not our intentions to determine any ones priorities, we are just sharing our experiences. We categorize portfolio’s to three chief components.
    a) Cash
    b) Retirement accounts
    c) Investment accounts


a) Cash- Accounts that contain Monies or the equivalent (Such as low-risk, short-term securities such as CD’s = Certificates of Deposits) this is the Chief component of the three. Some determine that this should exceed 4 months of annual salary.
b) Retirement- Secondary component (more conservative) generally consists of long term investments. As one comes closer to retirement Bonds may play a more prolific role.

c) Investment accounts- Final and more aggressive of the components. This generally is more focused on short term near term. The term “Who dare’s Wins” could come into play. We advice that the investment account be the tail end of the three components.

Penny stocks Guide

What are Penny stocks

What Are penny stocks? pennystocks?
penny stocks or pennystocks are shares that trade from .001 of a penny to $5.00. They currently trade in decimals.
They are much more risky than other investments, but have tremendous reward potential. Some penny stocks have gone from 25 cents to $20.00, while others have become worthless.
In the past, penny stocks or pennystocks had a bad name because of risk and lack of information about the companies and the fact that the spread between the bid and the ask were sometimes more than 50%... In addition penny stocks were considered to be easily manipulated.
Nowadays, investors are quickly learning that penny stocks represent all the small companies across America that are great and have yet to grow or be discovered. The SEC keeps a close eye on manipulation practices and prosecutes those who break the laws.
Many investors like penny stocks because it does not take significant cash to get started, and one can own a portion of a good company and live the American dream.

To answer the Question, "What are penny stocks"? penny stocks, or hot pennystocks.

The upside of penny stocks, is the ability to turn a small investment into a fortune.
The downside is the risk, volatility of the shares, and the lack of corporate transparency.
We advise anyone interested in penny stocks, pennystocks to do their Homework on the company.
With penny stocks, or pennystocks one needs to all aspects of the companies business.
Management is KEY. I have seen management squander money self seeking items rather than what’s best for the company and shareholders.
You also should look for the following things, among others, to ensure that you are only getting involved with the absolute best penny stocks.

· Market Liquidity (this will make it easier buy and sell.

· Are the shares good if they trade on the pinksheets or pink sheets, OTC.BB or otc bb, or Grey Market? Grey Market has no information is like throwing money away or at least that’s what the regulators are suggesting. We take that point of view as well. Since pinksheets.com , the pinksheet stocks have much more information available and because of pink link the electronic trading platform now available to Market Makers and pinksheet traders, the spreads have tightened. The OTC Bulletin board is like the old Nasdaq small cap.

The NASDAQ Small Cap or AMEX, they will have to report to shareholders regularly, and must adhere to strict requirements of the exchange. OTC-BB and Pink Sheet stocks are generally less transparent or cooperative)

· Strong business plan and results (Check the financials to see if they are making more money than they are spending and if their operational plan makes sense)

· Look for a trend of improvement (Share prices go up the most when a company has momentum. If they keep making more money each year than they did the last, the shares will probably benefit as the company grows.)

· Lean heavily on the opinions of professionals (When a a newsletter or service reviews a company, and analyses all the details, it is a good starting point for you to read that report and decide if the company fits with your trading goals.)

Our goal is to find the best penny stock list

February 15th — Wednesday Morning

February 15th — Wednesday Morning

European Markets:

CAC40: -0.46%

DAX: -0.10%

FTSE100: -0.07%

Sector News:

~Mortgage applications were lower this month which may hurt the Homebuilders.

Stocks that are components of the Dow:

~UTX - may be hurt by the U.S. Senate killing the Asbestos Fund bill. UTX also announced they will produce parts for the GE jet engine which should show in 2007.

~HPQ - positive comments from Cowan;

Breaking News:

~The Dow Industrials finished above 11000 for the first time in a month, gaining 136.07 points, or 1.25%. The Nasdaq composite rose 1%. Oil prices fell below $60 a barrel.

~Tests confirmed Bird Flu in two dead swans in northern Germany, in the country's first known cases of H5N1, German experts said. Verification by an EU lab is expected later this week.

~CSCO - announced a 9.7% stake in SNDA;

~SNDK - signs partnership with VRSN and RSAS to limit online theft of corporate data.;

~AMGN - has increased their notes;

~SHLD - Legg Mason and Atticus add to their position in Sears;

~U.S. Senate kills Asbestos Fund - This could hurt OI, OWENQ, HAL, GRE, SEE, USG;

~Barrons Highlighted two technology stocks: INFA and WITS;

Upgrades:

• Ticker Company Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
  
• WW Watson Wyatt Matrix Research Hold » Buy
  
• CEPH Cephalon Jefferies & Co Hold » Buy $85
  
• OMC Omnicom CIBC Wrld Mkts Sector Perform » Sector Outperform $88 » $98
  
• RIO Comp Vale Do Rio Bear Stearns Peer Perform » Outperform
  
• BEN Franklin Resources Morgan Stanley Equal-weight » Overweight
  
• COF Capital One Jefferies & Co Hold » Buy $75 » $100
  
• WMS WMS Industries Banc of America Sec Neutral » Buy $28 » $31
  
• MWV MeadWestvaco Banc of America Sec Neutral » Buy $28 » $31
  
• UDR United Dominion Stifel Nicolaus Hold » Buy $30
  
• AEM Agnico-Eagle Mines CIBC Wrld Mkts Sector Perform » Sector Outperform $34 » $39
  
• DGIN Digital Insight Jefferies & Co Hold » Buy $37
  
• BOBJ Business Objects UBS Neutral » Buy
  
• ABPI Accentia Biopharmaceuticals Jefferies & Co Hold » Buy $7 » $11
  
• FLS Flowserve Robert W. Baird Neutral » Outperform $38 » $55
  
• WCN Waste Connections Thomas Weisel Peer Perform » Outperform
  
• Ticker Company Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
  
  
  
  
• NIHD NII Holdings Lehman Brothers Overweight
  
• SVC Stewart & Stevenson Friedman Billings Outperform
  
• CDWC CDW Corp Bear Stearns Peer Perform
  
• SHPGY Shire Pharm Goldman Sachs Outperform
  
• ICON Iconix Brand Brean Murray Strong Buy $18
  
• THC Tenet Healthcare Bear Stearns Peer Perform
  
• CNXT Conexant CIBC Wrld Mkts Sector Perform
  
• ENSI EnergySouth, Inc. AG Edwards Buy $31
  
  
  
  
• Ticker Company Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
  
• LVS Las Vegas Sands Prudential Overweight $56 » $59
  
• PRAA Portfolio Recovery Assoc. Brean Murray Hold $40 » $46
  
• RCKY Rocky Shoes & Boots Brean Murray Accumulate $22 » $25
  
• SKX Skechers USA Brean Murray Strong Buy $20 » $24
  
• BWS Brown Shoe Brean Murray Strong Buy $47 » $49
  
• DVA DaVita Deutsche Securities Buy $60 » $64
  
• MSSR McCormick & Schmick's RBC Capital Mkts Outperform $25 » $27
  
• PLA Playboy RBC Capital Mkts Outperform $15 » $16
  
• LVS Las Vegas Sands Stifel Nicolaus Buy $46 » $60

Downgrades:

• Ticker Company Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
  
• TSAI Transaction Systems Matrix Research Sell » Strong Sell
  
• IM Ingram Micro Prudential Overweight » Neutral
  
• SNE Sony HSBC Securities Overweight » Neutral
  
• OCAS Ohio Casualty KeyBanc Capital Mkts / McDonald Buy » Hold
  
• CHH Choice Hotels CIBC Wrld Mkts Sector Perform » Sector Underperform
  
• GWR Genesee & Wyoming Bear Stearns Outperform » Peer Perform
  
• CSR Credit Suisse Deutsche Securities Buy » Hold
  
• SSCC Smurfit-Stone Banc of America Sec Buy » Neutral $15 » $14
  
• TIN Temple-Inland Banc of America Sec Buy » Neutral $50 » $46
  
• ZIPR Ziprealty Thomas Weisel Outperform » Peer Perform
  
• CD Cendant Thomas Weisel Outperform » Peer Perform
  

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