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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
Top China Stocks by PEG	Chinese stocks have been hit heavily during the last several months, and if you are bottom fishing, Chinese stocks with low price earnings to growth ratios [PEG] might be worth taking a close look at. Remember the lower the PEG, the better the buy. A PEG between 1 and 2 is good, and below one is great. By the way, did you see the article about the Chinese students who were banned from taking their final exams for playing the stock market?Here are the top ten China stocks by PEG.China Life Insura...	July 11, 2008
Volterra Jumps Ahead of Earnings	Volterra Semiconductor (VLTR) shares are sharply higher ahead of the company’s fourth quarter earnings report, which is expected after the close. The maker of power management semiconductors is expected to report $19.6 million in revenue and EPS of 8 cents a share. But maybe someone thinks they’ll do better: VLTR shares are up 84 cents, or 10.5%, at $8.84. Also coming after the close are earnings reports from Atheros (ATHR), Zoran (ZRAN), SanDisk (SNDK), VMware (VMW), Actions Semico...	January 28, 2008
This Mornings Upgrades and Downgrades	Upgrades:Ingersoll-Rand (IR) =Outperform PrivateBancorp (PVTB)= Strong Buy Natl Instruments (NATI) = Overweight Tektronix (TEK) = Overweight Fairchild Semi (FCS) = Outperform CheckFree (CKFR)= Sector Outperform Downgrades:Hercules Offshore (HERO) =Hold Action Semi (ACTS) =Hold Western Digital (WDC) =Neutral ChoicePoint (CPS) =Sector Perform Enter your Email Preview \| Powered by FeedBlitz...	June 18, 2007
Does Expected Sales Growth Justify Inventory Build At Semiconductor Firms?	In a press release yesterday, the Semiconductor Industry Association said: According to iSuppli, an independent market analysis firm, excess semiconductor inventories are increasing, reflecting expectations of growing demand in the second half of the year. An increase in inventory may be justified if sales are expected to grow at the same pace or greater. This could be due to seasonal factors, a new product launch, or merely wishful thinking on the part of the company building the inventory. I&r...	June 05, 2007
Semiconductor Production Relative to Sales	For semiconductor manufacturers, production is represented by the semiconductors sold (COGS) and any change in inventory. Since the business has high operating leverage, producing more chips in any given period means each chip costs less. This in turn tends to boost gross margin when production levels are high. The problem arises when the company is producing more than it can sell, which is what made me bearish on semiconductors over the last year. By comparing production to sell-through (COGS...	June 04, 2007
Actions Semi: Pricing Crumbles For MP3 Player Chips	Related Stocks: ACTS Eric Savitz (Barron's) submits: Actions Semiconductor (ACTS), a Zhuhai, China-based maker of chips used in MP3 players, reported mixed first quarter results, but seriously disappointing second quarter guidance. For the first quarter, the company had revenue of $30.3 million and EPS of 15 cents per American depositary share, compared with Street expectations of $31.6 million and 15 cents. Complete Story » ...	May 14, 2007
The 52-Week Low Club	Furniture Brands (FBN) April sales slump. Down to $14.40 from 52-week high of $24.60. Distributed Energy (DESC) Electric power system company misses numbers. More painful that having a tooth out. Shares drop 44% in one day. New 52-week low is $.55 compared to 52-week high of $6.85. Fuwei Films (FFHL), a Chinese maker of plastic films, posts poor earnings. Drops to $7.10 from 52-week high of $18.43. Actions Semiconductor (ACTS) Chinese fabless chip company had drop in first quarter...	May 11, 2007
Analyst downgrades 5-11-07: AMGN, ICE, RTP and WEN	Filed under: Before the bell, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Bad news, Wendy's Intl (WEN), Amgen Inc (AMGN), Rio Tinto plc ADS (RTP)MOST NOTEWORTHY: Amgen (AMGN), Wendy's (WEN), webMethods (WEBM), Global Crossing (GLBC) and International Securities Exchange (ISE) topped out today's noteworthy downgrades: A host of companies shot down Amgen Inc (NASDAQ: AMGN) today: Lazard cut the drugmaker to Sell from Buy while Citigroup cut them to Sell from Hold. JP Morgan and HSBC downgr...	May 11, 2007
Actions Semiconductor Q1 2007 Earnings Call Transcript	Related Stocks: ACTS Complete Story » ...	May 10, 2007
Full Research Summary (MAR 19, 2007)	ACC cut to Mkt Perform at Wachovia.ACTS cut to Peer Perform at Bear Stearns.ALTI started as Buy at Merriman Curhan Ford.ANAD started as Buy at Jefferies.ANN raised to Mkt Perform at Piper Jaffray.ARXT raised to Strong Buy at First Albany.BEAS raised to Buy at UBS.CEL started as Buy at Jefferies.CERN cut to Peer Perform at Bear Stearns.COGN raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley.FCX raised to Outperform at Bear Stearns.GDP started as Overweight at JPMorgan.GIII started as Outperform at Cowen &...	March 19, 2007

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