Saturday, March 20, 2010

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Sequenom: Missing Analysts’ Expectations by Five Cents Caused a Sell-Off?

Prohost Biotech submits:
SEQUENOM (SQNM): Does Anyone Really Believe That Missing Analysts Expectations By Five Cents Should Cause a Sell-Off In A Fundamentally Sound Development-Stage Biotechnology Firm’s Shares?
To those who keep downgrading Sequenom we say, we would love to be your disciples on condition that you do not try to convince us that development-stage firms deserve [...]

Vehicle Electrification: Sticker Shocks, Delays and Manufacturing Capacity Forecasts

John Petersen submits:
Today we have a bit of a hodge-podge as I consider sticker shocks, delays and manufacturing capacity forecasts in the vehicle electrification and energy storage sector. Since the sticker shock and delay discussions involve recent news, I’ll touch on them first before getting into the fuzzier aspects of manufacturing capacity forecasts.
I’d [...]

Turnaround Time for Financial ETFs

Tom Lydon (ETF Trends) submits:
The financial sector is on many investors’ radar, as the lows seen last year have to get better. What does the recent performance of the biggest financial exchange traded fund indicate about the health of the sector?
The ETF Financial Select Sector SPDR (XLF) indicates a financial rally of some sort, [...]

Nokia Look Ahead to March 2010 Quarterly Results

Neil Carvin submits:
This post describes our model of Nokia’s (NYSE: NOK) Income Statement for the quarter that will end on 31 March 2010. GCFR estimates are derived from guidance provided by company management, when available, and the company’s historical financial results.
The intent of our [...]

Tech Hiring Bounces Back: Software / Services Companies Have Positive Net Adds in 2009

Naveen Selvaraj submits:
I guess anybody following the US stock markets on a weekly basis would know how keenly the jobless claims and other employment-related metrics are tracked.
With this mind, I collated the headcount data for around 168 Tech stocks from data available on the Gridstone Platform (of the 400 Tech stocks, 168 had headcount [...]

Medtronic’s Study in Trouble

Zacks.com submits:
Medtronic Inc. (MDT) has received several complaints from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ((FDA)) regarding the company’s study of a new pacemaker that can be used in a Magnetic Resonance Imaging ((MRI)) machine. The FDA has raised concerns over the small population size and missing data in the [...]

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