IBD 50: Auto, Other IBD 50 Stocks Forming Bases
at Investor's Business Daily - Thu Apr 17, 5:53PM CDT
Thanks to a longer market contraction, about a dozen IBD 50 stocks are forming bases, making those stocks worth a closer look. The major indexes have sunk longer and deeper than previous declines since the start of 2013. That's given some leading...
Stocks: Thin Gains; Yellen Coaxes Banks To Fortify
at Investor's Business Daily - Tue Apr 15, 9:40AM CDT
Stocks rolled up early gains in weak trade, as soft economic news did little to coax investors off the sidelines. The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones industrial average scrambled ahead 0.4%. The Nasdaq fought to hold a fractional gain. Volume opened on...
Stocks Rise Moderately, But Volume Is Weak
at Investor's Business Daily - Mon Apr 14, 3:28PM CDT
Stocks tacked on moderate gains Monday as volume slowed. The Nasdaq rose 0.6% after being up 1% early in the afternoon. The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones industrial average gained 0.8% and 0.9%, respectively. Volume ran roughly 15% below average on both...
Samsung's Galaxy S5 Will Take This Chipmaker to New Highs
Harsh Chauhan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Apr 11, 1:30PM CDT
The way chipmaker Synaptics kicked off the year can be summed up in one word -- inauspicious. First, Synaptics posted mixed results and issued a terrible earnings outlook. Next, the stock received a downgrade from Oppenheimer due to its high...
Don’t Bet On a Cypress Turnaround
Harsh Chauhan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Apr 11, 1:20PM CDT
Chipmaker Cypress Semiconductor has been an underperformer for the last one year, but all that could change in the coming quarters. Despite competition from peers Synaptics and Atmel , Cypress seems to be getting more business for itself and...
Stocks Go Red In Heavy Trade; Gap, JPMorgan, NQ Mobile Dive
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Apr 11, 9:27AM CDT
Healthy March wholesale price and April consumer sentiment data had no effect on stocks early Friday as indexes opened sliding lower in heavy trade. The Nasdaq and the Dow Jones industrial average were down 0.5% each. The S&P 500 fell 0.4%. Big-money...
Tech Leaders Resilient Despite Recent Market Sell-Off
at Investor's Business Daily - Tue Apr 08, 3:21PM CDT
Tech stocks making the Stock Spotlight screen have held up fairly well in spite of the Nasdaq's recent sell-off. Marvell Technology Group (MRVL) continues to move mostly sideways as it works on a flat base with a potential 16.62 buy point. The stock...
Stock Updates on Software Bellwethers -- Research on Nuance Communications, Adobe Systems, Cadence Design Systems, and Synaptics
PR Newswire - Mon Apr 07, 7:34AM CDT
The trading session on Friday, April 4, 2014 ended on a lower note as the S&P 500 finished the session 1.25% lower at 1,865.09 and the NASDAQ Composite closed at 4,127.73, down 2.60%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished at 16,412.71, down 0.96%. During the session, nine out of ten sectors ended the session in negative. The S&P 500 Information Technology Sector Index finished the day at 587.18, down 2.23%, and the index has declined 1.78% in the last one month. Investor-Edge has initiated coverage on the following equities: Nuance Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN), Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE), Cadence Design Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) and Synaptics Inc. (NASDAQ: SYNA). Free technical research on NUAN, ADBE, CDNS and SYNA can be downloaded upon signing up at:
Confidence Grows On Synaptics' Galaxy S Order
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Apr 04, 5:22PM CDT
Analysts are becoming increasingly confident that touchpad sensor developer Synaptics (SYNA) won the fingerprint sensor design slot for the Samsung's Galaxy S smartphone. Analyst Jeffery Schreiner with Feltl & Co. wrote in a March 15 report that the...
Caesarstone, Other Leaders Show Supporting Action
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Apr 04, 4:49PM CDT
Even as market volatility increased in recent weeks, some leaders have managed to find support at their 10-week lines or are close to that key moving average. Caesarstone (CSTE) found support at its 10-week moving average two weeks ago. It tested the...
Salix Among Stocks Getting Support At 10-Week Line
at Investor's Business Daily - Thu Apr 03, 5:13PM CDT
A number of leading stocks in Your Weekly Review are in a secondary buy range amid the market's renewed uptrend. Stocks in the highly rated Medical-Ethical Drugs industry again led this week's list, which expanded to 109 members after shrinking to...
Synaptics to Report Third Quarter Results on April 24
PR Newswire - Thu Apr 03, 3:15PM CDT
Synaptics Inc. (NASDAQ: SYNA), the leading developer of human interface solutions, announced today that it will report financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2014 on Thursday, April 24, 2014, after the close of market. The company will host a corresponding conference call for analysts and investors at 2:00 p.m. PT (5:00 p.m. ET), during which management may discuss forward-looking information.
IBD 50: Despite Weak Market, Some Names Soar
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Mar 14, 5:22PM CDT
The Nasdaq dropped for the first time in six weeks on jitters over Ukraine. But no one told that to some IBD 50 leaders that put in solid performances. One of the best performers of the week was Keurig Green Mountain (GMCR). First, the Waterbury,...
Look for Shares of Synaptics to Potentially Rebound after Yesterday's 4.39% Sell Off
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Wed Mar 12, 4:21PM CDT
Synaptics (NASDAQ:SYNA) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $58.59 to a high of $61.52. Yesterday, the shares fell 4.4%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $61.53 on volume of 2.8 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
Stocks Reverse This Way And That; Tesla Gains
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed Mar 12, 3:24PM CDT
Stocks steered a wavering course Wednesday, ending positive after several reversals within the session. The Nasdaq rose 0.4% after being down 0.9% early in the day. The S&P 500 added less than 0.1%, while the Dow Jones industrial average slipped less...
Stocks Open Broadly Lower; Verifone Provides A Bright Spot
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed Mar 12, 9:31AM CDT
Stocks opened to moderate losses in higher trade Wednesday as U.S. stocks reflected the day's cautious shift across global markets. All three major indexes were down 0.4%: the Nasdaq, the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones industrial average. Volume rose...
Technology Companies Report Public Offering, Senior Management Statements, Stock Movements Launches, and Financial Results - Analyst Notes on FireEye, Intuit, Synaptics, MSCI, and Smith Micro Software
PR Newswire - Wed Mar 12, 7:00AM CDT
Today, Analysts Review released its analysts' notes regarding FireEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: FEYE), Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ: INTU), Synaptics Inc. (NASDAQ: SYNA), MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI), and Smith Micro Software Inc. (NASDAQ: SMSI). Private wealth members receive these notes ahead of publication. To reserve complementary membership, limited openings are available at: http://www.AnalystsReview.com/register
Wave Joins the FIDO Alliance
Marketwire - Fri Mar 07, 7:25AM CST
Wave Systems Corp. (NASDAQ: WAVX) today announced that it has joined the FIDO (Fast IDentity Online) Alliance, an industry consortium revolutionizing online authentication.
IdentityX Joins FIDO Alliance Board
Marketwire - Thu Mar 06, 10:00AM CST
The FIDO (Fast IDentity Online) Alliance (www.fidoalliance.org), an industry consortium revolutionizing online authentication with the first standards-based specifications, today announced that IdentityX, a global leader in mobile biometric authentication technology and Daon affiliate, has joined as a board member to help create a more secure digital presence for consumers.
Shares of Mobile Telesystems Underperformed its Peers in the Technology Sector (MBT, VIP, MLNX, ARRS, SYNA) - March 03, 2014
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Mon Mar 03, 10:00AM CST
We looked at the Technology sector and measured relative performance to find the worst performing stocks. Relative underperformance is a possible bearish sign of underlying fundamental and technical weakness should it continue for an extended period of time. We looked at today's price action of all companies in this peer group and measured their performance against one another. Mobile Telesystems (NYSE:MBT) ranks first with a loss of 7.96%; Vimpel-Communications (NYSE:VIP) ranks second with a loss of 6.10%; and Mellanox Technologies (NASDAQ:MLNX) ranks third with a loss of 4.11%.