Arch Coal (NYSE: ACI) Jumps +20% After Solid Earnings Call

Tomahawk, WI 7/27/12 (StreetBeat) – Arch Coal, Inc. (NYSE: ACI) is up nearly 20 percent at $6.26 per share on heavy volume of nearly 20 million shares, as I write.

The company’s earnings call started at 11:00 am ET today and must have pleased investors.

Arch Coal’s stock is down quite a bit from its 52-week high of $26.50 per share in August of last year, but hopefully this is a sign of good things to come.

Arch Coal is a top five global coal producer and marketer. Arch is the most diversified American coal company, with mining complexes across every major U.S. coal supply basin. Its core business is supplying cleaner-burning, low-sulfur thermal and metallurgical coal to power generators and steel manufacturers on five continents.

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Arch Coal (NYSE: ACI) Jumps +20% After Solid Earnings Call

Tomahawk, WI 7/27/12 (StreetBeat) – Arch Coal, Inc. (NYSE: ACI) is up nearly 20 percent at $6.26 per share on heavy volume of nearly 20 million shares, as I write.

The company’s earnings call started at 11:00 am ET today and must have pleased investors.

Arch Coal’s stock is down quite a bit from its 52-week high of $26.50 per share in August of last year, but hopefully this is a sign of good things to come.

Arch Coal is a top five global coal producer and marketer. Arch is the most diversified American coal company, with mining complexes across every major U.S. coal supply basin. Its core business is supplying cleaner-burning, low-sulfur thermal and metallurgical coal to power generators and steel manufacturers on five continents.

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Zynga (Nasdaq: ZNGA) is Withering on the Vine

Northern, WI 7/26/2012 (StreetBeat) -- Zynga is losing time, losing players and is losing share value to the tune of almost 40% in morning trading. See Full Disclaimer

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3 Things to Consider While Trading Today

Tomahawk, WI 7/26/12 (StreetBeat) – *Stocks were mixed in Asian trade. The Nikkei rose 0.9% and Australia was up about 0.6%, but the Hang Seng was essentially flat and Shanghai fell a half percent. European markets all rallied this morning when the ECB boss gave a “whatever it takes” comment, in particular Spain and Italy are up three and four percent respectively. US stock futures also caught a bid after Draghi spoke and are now up about one percent.

*With the turn of a phrase ECB boss Draghi rallied stock markets everywhere and debt in the Euro Zone periphery. In the last couple of hours he said; “Within our mandate, the ECB is ready to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro, and believe me, it will be enough.” In his London speech he said the euro is irreversible and that one should not underestimate the political capital in the euro. Spanish and Italian debt yields have fallen sharply in the aftermath of the comments, but at the moment Spain’s 10 Year market is straddling seven percent.

*The June reading of Germany’s Import Price Index is -1.5% year on year, well below the estimate of -0.9%.

*The weekly report on Initial jobless claims is due out at 7:30am CDT, it is expected to be 380k. Also due out at 7:30am is the June reading of Durable Goods Orders. Headline Orders is expected to be up 0.3% month on month and Orders ex-transportation are forecast to be +0.1%. The June reading of Pending Home Sales is due out at 9:00am CDT, it is expected to be +0.3% on the month.

*The weekly report on inventories of Natural Gas is due out at 9:30am CDT, it is expected to show an increase of 26 bcf.

*The July reading of the Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Activity Index is due out at 10:00am CDT, it is expected to improve by one point on the month to 4.

*The Fed is scheduled to buy Treasuries today that are due to mature between 2/15/36 and 5/15/42; the results of the operation will be announced just after 10:00am CDT.

*The Treasury plans to sell $29 billion 7 Year Notes today; the auction results will be announced just after noon CDT.

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3 Things to Consider While Trading Today

Tomahawk, WI 7/26/12 (StreetBeat) – *Stocks were mixed in Asian trade. The Nikkei rose 0.9% and Australia was up about 0.6%, but the Hang Seng was essentially flat and Shanghai fell a half percent. European markets all rallied this morning when the ECB boss gave a “whatever it takes” comment, in particular Spain and Italy are up three and four percent respectively. US stock futures also caught a bid after Draghi spoke and are now up about one percent.

*With the turn of a phrase ECB boss Draghi rallied stock markets everywhere and debt in the Euro Zone periphery. In the last couple of hours he said; “Within our mandate, the ECB is ready to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro, and believe me, it will be enough.” In his London speech he said the euro is irreversible and that one should not underestimate the political capital in the euro. Spanish and Italian debt yields have fallen sharply in the aftermath of the comments, but at the moment Spain’s 10 Year market is straddling seven percent.

*The June reading of Germany’s Import Price Index is -1.5% year on year, well below the estimate of -0.9%.

*The weekly report on Initial jobless claims is due out at 7:30am CDT, it is expected to be 380k. Also due out at 7:30am is the June reading of Durable Goods Orders. Headline Orders is expected to be up 0.3% month on month and Orders ex-transportation are forecast to be +0.1%. The June reading of Pending Home Sales is due out at 9:00am CDT, it is expected to be +0.3% on the month.

*The weekly report on inventories of Natural Gas is due out at 9:30am CDT, it is expected to show an increase of 26 bcf.

*The July reading of the Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Activity Index is due out at 10:00am CDT, it is expected to improve by one point on the month to 4.

*The Fed is scheduled to buy Treasuries today that are due to mature between 2/15/36 and 5/15/42; the results of the operation will be announced just after 10:00am CDT.

*The Treasury plans to sell $29 billion 7 Year Notes today; the auction results will be announced just after noon CDT.

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Zynga (Nasdaq: ZNGA) and Farmville Feeling a 'Drought' of Their Own

Tomahawk, WI 7/26/12 (StreetBeat) – Zynga (Nasdaq: ZNGA) is having a terrible pre-market day this morning down more than 40 percent at $3.04 per share on volume of more than 4.5 million shares, as I write.

Many analysts slashed their ratings and price targets after Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) changed the way users find games on its platform. They essentially made it harder to find older games like “FarmVille” and “Hidden Chronicles” that Zynga relies on heavily to keep its social media ship afloat.

Zynga is down more than 60 percent since March and has a range between $4.45 and $15.91 per share. Market cap is $3.75 billion and Zynga averages just fewer than 24 million shares traded per day.

This doesn’t look pretty for Facebook, who is slated to report its second quarter earnings after the market close today.

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Zynga (Nasdaq: ZNGA) and Farmville Feeling a 'Drought' of Their Own

Tomahawk, WI 7/26/12 (StreetBeat) – Zynga (Nasdaq: ZNGA) is having a terrible pre-market day this morning down more than 40 percent at $3.04 per share on volume of more than 4.5 million shares, as I write.

Many analysts slashed their ratings and price targets after Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) changed the way users find games on its platform. They essentially made it harder to find older games like “FarmVille” and “Hidden Chronicles” that Zynga relies on heavily to keep its social media ship afloat.

Zynga is down more than 60 percent since March and has a range between $4.45 and $15.91 per share. Market cap is $3.75 billion and Zynga averages just fewer than 24 million shares traded per day.

This doesn’t look pretty for Facebook, who is slated to report its second quarter earnings after the market close today.

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Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) Banking on Subscribers Not Financials

Tomahawk, WI 7/26/12 (StreetBeat) – Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) is due to report its much anticipated earnings after the market close today. This is a stock that will be a long-term investment and is not dependent nearly as much as most every other stock on its earnings and revenue numbers as opposed to its number of subscribers.

Facebook is, by far, the most popular social network after surpassing MySpace years ago with its user-friendly apps and popular games but has frustrated investors and potential investors by not taking advantage of the potential revenue from its subscriber base of a billion plus.

The stock is a heavily traded stock, averaging more than 46 million shares per day, with a range between $25.52 and $45.00 since its IPO back in May.

Currently, Facebook has a market cap of $63 billion and closed yesterday at $29.34 per share.

In pre-market trading, shares were down more than 6 percent at $27.50 per share with traders expecting disappointing results.

Estimates are calling for earnings of $0.12 per share on revenue of $1.15 billion.

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Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) Its a Swing and a Miss

Northern, WI 7/25/2012 (StreetBeat) -- Apple takes a swing and missed margins on the iPad pushing shares prices considerably lower in morning trading. Where and when will the bleeding stop? See Full Disclaimer

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Record Quarter for Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT): Up 4% in Pre-Market Trading

Tomahawk, WI 7/25/12 (StreetBeat) – Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) reported record results for its second quarter and beat estimates by a large margin this morning sending the stock up more than 4% in pre-market trading.

Caterpillar cited strong global sales of its construction and mining equipment as the main reason for its record quarter, so the company also raised its guidance for the year.

Net Income was $1.7 billion, or $2.54 per share, in the second quarter, which is up from $1.02 billion, or $1.52 per share, a year ago.

Revenue increased 22 percent to $17.37 billion from last year’s $14.23 billion.

Estimates were for EPS of $2.28 on revenue of $16.98 billion.

As for the company’s outlook, Caterpillar now projects EPS of $9.60, which is up from its projection of $9.50 back in April, but Caterpillar lowered its revenue projection for the year.

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Netflix (Nasdaq:NFLX) Beats Estimates But Lowers Outlook: Aftermarket -15%

Tomahawk, WI 7/24/12 (StreetBeat) -- Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) beat analysts' EPS estimates by more than double but lowered their guidance. This was blood in the water for sellers driving share price down more than 15 percent in aftermarket trading. As I write, shares of Netflix were at $68.80 per share after closing the day up slightly at $80.39 per share.

For the second-quarter, Netflix reported earnings of $0.11 a share on revenue of $889.2 million. Estimates were for earnings of $0.05 a share on revenue of $888.9 million.

A year ago, the company earned $1.11 a share on revenue of $788.6 million.

Netflix projected a weak third-quarter forecast, with results in a range between a loss of ($0.10) a share to a profit of $0.14 a share. Estimates are for earnings of $0.11 a share.

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Sarepta Therapeutics (NASDAQ: SRPT) has Big News

Northern, WI 7/ 24/ 2012 (TheStreetBeat) - Sarepta Therapeutics (NASDAQ: SRPT) stock is up over 130% in morning trading following the results from a small study of their drug eteplirsen. See Full Disclaimer

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What is the True Value of Water

Tomahawk, WI 7/23/12 (StreetBeat) – Bottled water is a $10 billion industry and in a year like this one with the record drought affecting much of the US corn market, water has been a hot topic between politicians, analysts, farmers and, of course, the everyday consumer.

I grew up on a cotton farm in Mississippi and have spent many a hot summer days pumping millions of gallons of water into the fields with nothing on my mind but how hot it was outside.

Today, I watched a special on CNBC about the business of water entitled “Liquid Assets” and began to reflect on how much water is wasted everyday which is one of the main reasons why there is so much more of a push today on conservation.

Water is the most abundant resource on the planet, but it, like anything else can be depleted unless people take the proactive approach of using only what they need instead of wasting countless gallons on the overwatering of gardens, lawns, houseplants, etc…

The “Liquid Assets” special was a very informative and interesting piece that everyone in the world, especially the US, can relate too.

Should water be more regulated? How much water does the average person really need and how is that determined? What should a farmer receive per acre to water his/her crops on an annual basis?

These are just a few of the questions that would have to be answered before drafting new legislation or drawing up a realistic plan to actively approach water conservation.

Some water stocks to follow:

Mueller Water Products (NYSE: MWA) closed up slightly at $3.51 per share on moderate volume.

Aqua America (NYSE: WTR) closed down at $26.54 per share on average volume.

Abtech Holdings (OTC: ABHD) closed down slightly at $0.82 per share on light volume.

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Galectin Therapeutics (GALT) is up over 70%

Northern, WI 7/ 23/ 2012 (TheStreetBeat) -- Galectin Therapeutics (NASD:GALT): has been issued a new patent in their ongoing treatment of liver disease. This has sent their share price up over 70% in morning trading. Full Disclaimer Here

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LargeCap Stocks to Watch Today

Tomahawk, WI 7/23/12 (StreetBeat) -- McDonald's (MCD), the fast-food giant, is expected by analysts Monday to post second-quarter profit of $1.38 a share on sales of $6.94 billion.

Germany's Bayer and Onyx Pharmaceuticals (ONXX) said Monday that Tarceva, a jointly produced drug, in combination with Nexavar tablets for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma, a type of liver cancer, failed in further improvement of overall survival.

NRG Energy NRG said Sunday it reached a deal to buy GenOn Energy (GEN) for $1.7 billion in stock.

The merger creates the largest U.S. independent power producer.

Halliburton (HAL) is expected by analysts Monday to post second-quarter earnings of 75 cents a share on revenue of $6.93 billion.

Chipmaker Texas Instruments (TXN), according to analysts, will post second-quarter profit of 41 cents a share on revenue of $3.35 billion.

Texas Instruments posts numbers after Monday's closing bell.

Hasbro (HAS), the toy maker, is seen by analysts posting quarterly earnings on Monday of 24 cents a share on revenue of $832 million.

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Pluristem Therapeutics Inc. is Up Over 15%

Northern, WI 7/20/12 (traderscorner) -- Pluristem Therapeutics Inc.. (NASDAQ: PSTI) is a stem Cell research company that is on the move. Their share price is up over 15% in morning trading. See Disclaimer Here

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Kayak and Palo Alto Take Off Day One Trading with a Bang

Palm Beach, FL 7/20/12 (StreetBeat) – Kayak (Nasdaq: KYAK), a household name for online hotel-and flight-search, jumped $4, or 16 percent, this morning to open at $30 a share.

The company sold shares last night at $26 a share, raising $100 million. At that price point, the company has a market valuation of $1 billion.

Only last week, Kayak had estimated it would sell 3.5 million shares between $22 and $25. The stock can be found on Nasdaq Exchange under the ticker symbol “KYAK.”

Kayak was founded in 2004 by Steve Hafner, Kayak’s CEO, and Paul English, Kayak’s CTO.

The IPO has been a long time in coming. The Norwalk, Conn.-based company filed nearly a year ago, but faced multiple delays as the economy sputtered. More recently, the offering was considered to be a possibility again after other companies, such as LinkedIn, Yelp, Angie’s List, Facebook and others, went public with varying degrees of success.

Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW), a provider of Internet firewall technology, also started trading early this morning, jumping as much as 48 percent in its public debut.

Kayak had raised a combined $223 million over four rounds, including a mammoth $196 million round in 2007 from Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst Partners and Accel Partners, most of which was used to acquire rival SideStep for about $200 million in cash and stock.

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Rambus Inc (Nasdaq: RMBS) Drops 15% After Q2 Report

Orlando, FL 7/20/12 (StreetBeat) – Rambus Inc. (Nasdaq: RMBS) missed Wall Street’s earnings targets by $.09 per share in its Q2 report, causing shares to plunge 15% to $4.43. The stock has dropped 37% in 2012, and the company cites 15% lower sales year over year on “decrease in contract revenue, lower royalties reported by certain licensees and expiration of a patent license agreement.”

According to Motley Fool, the company is spending less on expensive litigation campaigns than it used to, but operating costs are way up anyhow. This it due to Rambus’ trying its hand at growth by acquisition, incurring a variety of costs for the add-on operations. Rambus received its first royalty payment from a recent Broadcom agreement, but it wasn’t enough to balance out Rambus’ challenges.

Rambus is currently a one-star CAPs stock (out of five). The company plans to explore pathways such as its new LED lighting research, hoping for about 15% of its revenue out of that division in 2013.

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Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) Plunges on Slowing Sales

Northern, WI 7/20/12 (StreetBeat) – Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) is the biggest loser on the NYSE, with shares trading down 22.6% after touching a low of $309.01 in morning trade. It lost almost a quarter of its market value Friday after announcing a slower sales growth in Q2.

"We continue to worry about slower growth in the second half of 2012 (in the absence of) additional menu pricing, acceleration in multiyear traffic trends, or a positive margin surprise," BMO Capital Markets analyst Phillip Juhan, who cut his target price to $410 from $440, wrote in a client note.

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Onyx (Nasdaq: ONXX) Trading Higher After Rival Drug Fails Test

Northern, WI 7/20/12 (StreetBeat) – Onyx (Nasdaq: ONXX) shares hit a 52 week high in trading Friday after announcing that its competitor’s drug trials failed to demonstrate statistically significant results on the study. Bristol-Meyers (NYSE: BMY) reported last night that its brivanib, a liver cancer treatment, failed to meet its primary overall survival objective in a Phase III Trial. Onyx’s Nexavar is used to treat liver cancer, and CEO Leerink Swann wrote that brivanib’s failure represents a significant positive for the long-term outlook of Nexavar.

Onyx increased 6% in morning trade Friday, up $4.10 to $72.50. Bristol Meyers decreased 1.75% to $35.51 after reporting these results.

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