ASUS Enters Navigation Market Armed with CCTTN Data

Mega-LBO Clear Channel, which closed a mere 9 months ago, and is faced with a staggering debt load, is considering among other options, a prepackaged bankruptcy to address its insurmountable leverage, the NY Post reported today. As Zero Hedge disclosed several months ago, CCU had drawn whatever cash it had available on its revolver and the only recourse it has at this point to raise funds is to beg its PE sponsors Tommy Lee and Bain Capital for an emergency cash allowance or to sell assets. As the former is out of the question considering the state of the PE industry, it appears that the latter is exactly what both the company and the banks are currently considering. According to the Post: As part of those discussions, one topic being[More...]

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Recently, I posted the Top 10 and Bottom 10 Stocks in the S&P 500 average by daily Average True Range.  Now, let’s look at the top and bottom stocks by factor of percentage of the ATR to the recent close - stocks with a higher percentage will be more volatile than those with lower percentages, and absolute ATR dollar value says little in terms of ranking stocks.  Let’s get more precise.Steven Geringer of the Trade Performance website advised me to look into a factor of percentages when comparing ATR values, as this would give a more accurate reading of volatility than the pure ATR value itself - he’s right.  By the way, please check out the Trade Performance Website for active trader software that calculates a vast array of essential trading metrics that can help guide you to assess your results and measure your trading progress.Steven provided the[More...]

WITH RESPECT TO THE US’ GDP GROWTH, THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH SEES A SIGNIFICANT DECLINE IN ECONOMIC ACTITIVY SPREAD ACROSS THE ECONOMY, WHICH WILL LAST MORE THAN A FEW MONTHS - WSJ - According to Robert Hall, economist at Stanford University, US economic data that has been reported provide (...) [More...]

XM Satellite Radio (XMSR) - SIRIUS Satellite Radio (SIRI), BCE, Inc. (BCE) - Teachers Private Capital, Frontier Pacific Mining Corp (FRP) - Eldorado Gold Corp (ELD), Ansoft Corp. (ANST) - Ansys, Inc. (ANSS) [More...]

Schaeffer's Colleen King takes a look at activity on the Street after the market close

Schaeffer's Andrea Kramer takes a look at activity on the Street ahead of the market open

Schaeffer's Senior Equities Analyst Joseph Hargett takes a look at today's options activity on Clear Channel Communications and Hewlett-Packard

Joseph Hargett takes a look at today's options activity for Clear Channel Communications and Research in Motion

Elizabeth Harrow takes a look back at news driving the market today.