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Activision reached a new 52-week high -- how high is it going?	Filed under: Industry, Microsoft (MSFT), Sony Corp ADR (SNE), Electronic Arts (ERTS), Activision Inc (ATVI), Stocks to BuyAt least one of my stocks is doing pretty well in this terrible, depressing market environment. Activision (NASDAQ: ATVI) hit a new 52-week high of $36.84 on Tuesday. It closed a little below that, but it was a great, high-volume day for the stock, one that saw the shares rise almost 5%. Yes, with the Dow Jones index shedding 100 points, with every other stock in my portfol...	June 18, 2008
MFA Mortgage Highly Unusual Options Activity (MFA)	There has been a sudden explosion in some options trading in MFA Mortgage Investments Inc. (NYSE: MFA) mid-day. While the trading price on this one was rather low, it is a significant amount of shares if you run these through. Not only that, but it is for the current month of June 2007. There have been 28,5099 contracts in the JUNE $7.50 CALLS. The open interest before this was only 447 contracts. On a fully leveraged basis this represents some 2.8 million shares. Keep in mind that the...	June 06, 2008
Analyst upgrades: ANN, FNB and MFA	Filed under: Analyst upgrades and downgradesMOST NOTEWORTHY: AnnTaylor, FNB Corp and MFA Mortgage were today's noteworthy upgrades: Friedman Billings upgraded AnnTaylor (NYSE:ANN) to Outperform from Market Perform based on better management of the business by management, stabilizing fundamentals, and strong balance sheet and cash flow. B. Riley raised FNB Corp (NYSE:FNB) to Buy from Neutral as they feel more bullish about the company's prospects after meeting with management. The f...	May 30, 2008
Friday's Upgrades and Downgrades	UpgradesBankrate (RATE)- Pacific Growth Equities Neutral » Buy Autodesk (ADSK)- AmTech Research Neutral » Buy SunTrust Banks (STI)- Stifel Nicolaus Sell » Hold Orbitz (OWW)- Stifel Nicolaus Hold » Buy Expedia (EXPE)- Stifel Nicolaus Hold » Buy MFA Mortgage (MFA)- Keefe Bruyette Mkt Perform » Outperform Flagstone Reinsurance (FSR)- Citigroup Hold » Buy American Axle (AXL)- Deutsche Securities Hold » BuyDowngradesApplied Signal (APSG)- BB&T Capital Mkts B...	May 30, 2008
Closing Bell: stocks run on GDP, retail, and lower oil	Filed under: Exxon Mobil (XOM), Sears Holdings (SHLD), MasterCard Inc'A' (MA), Trump Entertainment Resorts (TRMP)Today's stock market rally may be more of a relief run than anything, but the end of day strength of late has been hard to ignore. Today we saw a huge drop of almost 9 million barrels of oil that caught traders off guard, but interestingly enough the oil markets dropped considerably. Combine that with a slightly higher revision to Q1 US GDP to +0.9% and all of a sudden the recession i...	May 29, 2008
Analyst upgrades: ALU, OPXT and AXL	Filed under: Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Alcatel-LucentADS (ALU)MOST NOTEWORTHY: Alcatel-Lucent, Opnext and American Axle were today's noteworthy upgrades: Goldman upgraded shares of Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE:ALU) to Neutral from Sell to reflect the recovery of U.S. corporate bond yields which they believe is positive for the company's long-term pension liability. Goldman also thinks analyst estimates may have bottomed. Thomas Weisel raised Opnext (NASDAQ:OPXT) to Overweight from M...	May 29, 2008
MFA Mortgage hiked its dividend (and shareholders' spirits)	Filed under: Analyst reports, Newcastle Investment (NCT)MFA Mortgage (NYSE: MFA) had a good trading session yesterday. A cool thing, since it's well off its recent highs. The stock closed yesterday at $7.01, having risen over 11%. What was the catalyst? Well, some bullish commentary from an analyst certainly helped out, but, for my money, the bigger news was the increase in the dividend. MFA announced a Q1 payout of $0.18 per share, which is 24% higher than the previous quarter's dividend. Thi...	April 02, 2008
MFA Mortgage Investments (MFA) Director Buys 100K Shares	Visit StreetInsider.com at http://www.streetinsider.com/Insider+Trades/MFA+Mortgage+Investments+%28MFA%29+Director+Buys+100K+Shares/3463668.html for the full story....	March 17, 2008
Getting killed on MFA Mortgage	Filed under: Analyst reports, Bad news, Press releasesWithout a doubt, I picked the worst possible time to buy MFA Mortgage (NYSE: MFA). Not long ago, I wrote about my desire to get in on MFA. Well, I did. And now I am paying for it, it seems. I made a few buys between $7 and $10, starting at the high end of the range and then working down. Today, MFA got hit again; as I write this, it's trading around $6 (the low for the day so far is $5.96). My portfolio is certainly getting bloodier. The m...	March 13, 2008
Tuesday's Upgrades and Downgrades	UpgradesGranite Constr (GVA)- DA Davidson Neutral » BuyPraxair (PX)- First Analysis Sec Equal-Weight » Overweight Analogic (ALOG )- Needham & Co Hold » Buy Art Technology (ARTG)- Roth Capital Hold » Buy Quiksilver (ZQK B)-. Riley & Co Neutral » Buy Town Sports Intl (CLUB)- RBC Capital Mkts Underperform » Sector Perform MFA Mortgage (MFA)- JMP Securities Mkt Outperform » Strong Buy Omniture (OMTR)- Friedman Billings Mkt Perform » Outperform Dynamic Mate...	March 11, 2008

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