Archive for February 18th, 2010

The Rate Hike Cycle Begins

Just yesterday in the FOMC meeting minutes from January, it was becoming painfully clear that the FOMC was getting closer and closer to hiking rates.  Most notable was that the discussions had been revolving around whether changing the “extended period” and more importantly that the FOMC was considering a hike in the discount rate. It [...]

SIRIUS Takes Leaderboard (SIRI)

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) has suddenly become everyone’s buddy again.  After shares cracked through the $1.00 mark they just kept running.  At 2:28 PM EST we have seen a whopping 161 million shares trade hands and the stock is up 8.5% more at $1.14 for a new 52-week high (intraday high $1.18).  If [...]

Top Day Trader Alerts (XNPT, GSK, NVDA, LVS, WYNN, DSCO, NTAP, VLNC)

These are this Thursday’s top pre-market day trader and active trader alert stocks with a brief explanation and color on each: Xenoport, Inc. (NASDAQ: XNPT) is the worst we have seen in a while…. Shares are down about 64% at $7.05 on almost 4 million shares as of 8:48 AM EST.  Average volume is under [...]