tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2628419499695951652024-03-13T10:37:48.909-07:00Stocks::Stuffer::Stuff About StocksThis blog covers the stocks that are part of the GDT::Portfolio.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger740125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262841949969595165.post-24030884879976449622019-08-01T08:26:00.000-07:002019-08-01T08:26:04.437-07:00Adamis Pharmaceuticals (ADMP) CrashesAdamis Pharmaceuticals (ADMP) needs more money, so they're floating more stock (dilution).
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"[The company] is offering of 12,000,000 shares of its common stock and warrants to purchase up to 12,000,000 shares of its common stock. Each share of common stock is being sold together with a warrant to purchase one share of common stock for a combined public offering price of $1.00, resulting in gross proceeds of approximately $12,000,000, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses payable by the company and excluding the proceeds from the exercise of any warrants. All shares of common stock and warrants to purchase common stock to be sold in the public offering are being sold by Adamis. The warrants will be exercisable commencing on the date of issuance, will expire five years from the date of issuance, and have an exercise price of $1.15 per share, subject to certain adjustments. The shares of common stock and warrants will be purchased together but will be issued separately and will be immediately separable upon issuance."</code>
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ADMP closed at $1.46 on 10 July 02019. At 8:14am MST on 1 August 02019 ADMP was at $0.97 (down +15% for the day).
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16 days ago I bought some ADMP at $1.26. D'oh!
</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262841949969595165.post-67692003497464872362019-07-31T11:57:00.001-07:002019-07-31T11:59:39.460-07:00Trimble Navigation (TRMB) Drops Prior to Reporting Quarterly ResultsTrimble Navigation (TRMB) was making new 52-week highs ($46.25) dfiuring the last few months, but today (31 July 02019) it is down ~4.7% at $42.33. The volume is maybe a bit more than average.<br />
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The company reports 2Q'02019 after the market closes in an hour. Hmm... Profit taking? Or do some "insiders" know something that us "outsiders" don't know? Regardless, our TRMB investment is small (#20 out of 29) in the GDT::Portfolio) and the stock is a hold.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262841949969595165.post-4734316257140934252019-07-26T13:29:00.003-07:002019-07-31T09:43:41.683-07:00Alphabet (GOOG/GOOGL) Reports 2Q'02019 ResultsAlphabet Inc. reported 2Q-02019 results yesterday (25 July 02019) when the markets closed.<br />
Nutshell: Alphabet Inc. had a good 2nd-quarter.<br />
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GOOG closed yesterday at $1132.12. Today (26 July 02019) it opened at $1224.04; hit an intra-day high of $1265.55; and closed up 10.45% at $1250.41. Note: GOOG did not make a new 52-week high. Volume: 4.48M vs. 1.59M.<br />
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GOOGL was up 9.62% today, so it under-performed GOOG.<br />
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Alphabet's market value at the close on 26 July 02019 was $869.549 billion.<br />
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A limit order was placed to sell one GOOG share at 414 $Pi (i.e. $1300.62).Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262841949969595165.post-56157024762679996212019-07-26T13:13:00.000-07:002019-07-26T13:14:36.363-07:00Twitter (TWTR) Reports 2Q'02019 ResultsTwitter Inc. reported 2Q'02019 this morning (26 July 02019) before the markets opened. Nutshell: Twitter Inc. had a good 2nd-quarter of 02019.<br />
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TWTR closed yesterday at $38.12; opened today at $40.07; hit an intra-day high of $42.23 (a new 52-week high); and, closed at 9.65% at $41.80. Trading volume was 56M vs. an average of 12M. Note: TWTR closed well below its all-time high.<br />
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TWTR has been battling Vericel (VCEL) and First Solar (FSLR) for the 10th spot in the GDT::Portfolio and today ended with TWTR at #10.<br />
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Right now TWTR is a hold (not buying nor selling any TWTR).Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262841949969595165.post-17458668386647254312019-07-25T13:31:00.000-07:002019-07-25T13:31:03.802-07:00Facebook (FB) Reports 2Q'02019 ResultsFacebook (FB) reported 2Q'02019 after the market closed yesterday (24 July 02019). I think they had a good quarter. Wall Street initially agreed, but then they started to contemplate the future for Facebook Inc.<br />
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FB closed yesterday (24 July 02019) at $204.66. It opened today at $206.70 and spiked to a new 52-week/all-time high of $208.65; however, it closed the day down 1.93% at $200.71.<br />
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During 2nd-quarter 02019, Facebook Inc. increased its headcount at a linear rate of 782 heads per month (or 2.14 heads per day).<br />
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Facebook Inc. ended 2nd-quarter 02019 with "cash & cash equivalents" of $48.6 billion.<br />
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Sadly, the U.S. Department of Justice is going to cause Facebook's cost of doing to increase as the company is going to have to spend money implementing and satisfying "compliance measures." I think Facebook's headcount is higher than it needs to be, so I think the company should tap the brakes when it comes to increasing its headcount.<br />
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I have a limit order to sell a tiny amount of FB at 67 $Pi (i.e. $210.49) even though it's possible that longer term FB has many new all-time highs ahead of it. A new mantra for the next few years: FB to $1000.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262841949969595165.post-44922824538177999932019-07-24T13:22:00.000-07:002019-07-24T13:25:24.559-07:00Mace Security International (MACE): Bought Some More Mace (MACE)Via Finance! Yahoo... "Mace Security International Inc. Announces Additional Stock Purchases by Members of Board."<br />
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A long time ago I saw the following quote: "Insiders sell for a plethora of reasons, but they usually buy for one reason."<br />
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Bought some MACE today (24 July 02019) at $0.33. [Yes, a penny stock.]Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262841949969595165.post-21936274824952344462019-07-24T08:52:00.000-07:002019-07-24T08:52:48.115-07:00AT&T (T) Reports 2Q'02019 ResultsAT&T reported 2nd-quarter 02019 results and I liked them.<div>
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From the press release.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">"Cash from operating activities was $14.3 billion, and capital expenditures were $5.5 billion. Capital investment – which consists of capital expenditures plus cash payments for vendor financing – totaled $6.5 billion, which includes about $1.0 billion of cash payments for vendor financing. Free cash flow — cash from operating activities minus capital expenditures — was a record $8.8 billion for the quarter."</span></blockquote>
$8.8 billion free cash flow seems like a decent flow of cash.<br />
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AT&T closed yesterday (23 July 02019) at $32.09. So far today, at 8:50am MST, intra-day high has been $33.39. Current 52-week high is $34.37.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262841949969595165.post-28097748144423547392019-07-23T13:19:00.000-07:002019-07-23T13:19:04.694-07:00iRobot (IRBT) Reports 2Q'02019 ResultsiRobot (IRBT) reported 2Q'02019 after the market closed on 23 July 02019. The company's press release started with the following paragraph.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">"We delivered 15% revenue growth as a result of double-digit expansion in each major geographic region. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">We took steps to adjust spending during the quarter, which enabled us to deliver higher-than-expected operating income and EPS results. The successful launch of our new Roomba s9 vacuums and Braava jet m6 mops at the end of May represented an important milestone in our plans to strengthen Roomba leadership, extend the portfolio beyond vacuuming and advance our position in the Smart Home." </span></blockquote>
I checked the stock after hours and it was down almost 20%.<br />
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The second paragraph of the press release started with:<br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">"Although we achieved our U.S. revenue target in the second quarter, we believe that the direct and indirect impacts of the ongoing U.S.-</span><span class="xn-location" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">China</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"> trade war and the recently implemented 25% tariffs are likely to constrain U.S. market segment growth in the second half of the year below our expectations at the start of 2019."</span></blockquote>
D'oh!<br />
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IRBT closed at $89.63 on 23 July 02019.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262841949969595165.post-37360154585808069452019-07-18T11:04:00.000-07:002019-07-18T11:04:05.998-07:00Merge AT&T and IBM Into One Company <pre style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">16 July 02019 headline: </pre>
<pre style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">"AT&T and IBM Announce Multi-Year Strategic Alliance"
Hmm... Now I'm thinking about an AT&T/IBM merger.
AT&T and IBM market values on 16 July 02019.
AT&T $245.603B
IBM $127.575B (includes Red Hat)
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ATTIBM $373.178B ($373,178,000,000)
Comparison market values on 16 July 02019.
Microsoft $1.056T ($1,056,000,000,000)
Amazon.com $995.22B ($ 995,220,000,000)
Apple $946.787B ($ 946,787,000,000)
Alphabet $799.494B ($ 799,494,000,000) [Google]
Facebook $582.573B ($ 582,573,000,000)
ATTIBM $373.178B ($ 373,178,000,000) [AT&T + IBM]
I'd be shocked if the federal government would
let AT&T and IBM become one company, but...
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262841949969595165.post-34981250146137372332019-07-17T10:52:00.001-07:002019-07-17T10:52:50.782-07:00Hello, World... Stocks::Stuffer ReturnsHello, World...<br />
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It's been three years since I last posted, but a couple of months ago I quit my job and now have more time to blog stuff about stocks (i.e. resume posting the Stocks::Stuffer).<br />
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The GDT::Portfolio has done okay during the last three years and currently contains 28 stocks. The top 10 on 17 July 02019: Alphabet (GOOG/GOOGL), Facebook (FB), iRobot (IRBT), Illumina (ILMN), Amazon.com (AMZN), Bruker (BRKR), AT&T (T), IBM (IBM), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), and Vericel (VCEL). Note: VCEL is fighting for the #10 spot with Twitter (TWTR) and First Solar (FSLR). Note: Red Hat (RHT) was recently in the top 10, but it got acquired by IBM.<br />
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Again, this posting was posted to announce that the Stocks::Stuffer blog is no longer in a zombie state.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262841949969595165.post-42709570773131230812016-06-28T13:20:00.002-07:002016-06-28T13:20:34.358-07:00NeuroMetrix (NURO) Survives the Brexit DamageThe GDT::Portfolio got hit hard thanks to Brexit. If Wall Street really did "climb a wall of worry," then Brexit should have cause stocks to go up.
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NeuroMetrix (NURO) was at $1.68 pre-Brexit and today (Tuesday, 02016.06.28; 2-Pi Day/Tau Day) it closed at $1.73. NURO spiked to $2.00 after some firm named Rodman & Renshaw initiated NURO with a 'Buy'. Volume was 407,612 vs. 67,406.
</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262841949969595165.post-79270947026173473192016-05-10T06:35:00.002-07:002016-05-10T06:35:49.196-07:00Facebook (FB)/Amazon.com (AMZN) Hit All-Time HighsFacebook (FB) hit a new all-time high of $120.28 yesterday (02016.06.09).
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Amazon.com (AMZN) hit a new all-time high of $698.35 this morning (02016.06.10) shortly after the market opened.
</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262841949969595165.post-48125939145171757892016-05-05T07:09:00.001-07:002016-05-05T07:09:51.905-07:00Cray (CRAY) Crashes on 1Q'16 ResultsCray (CRAY) lost 20+% of its market value on 02016.05.04 after reporting 1Q'16 results.
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CRAY closed at $38.91 on 02016.05.03 and then reported 1Q'16 results. CRAY opened at $28.90 (down ~26%) on 02016.05.04 and hit an intra-day low of $28.75 before closing at $28.90. Volume was 4.16 million shares versus 0.57 million. 52-week range: $18.00 - $43.79.
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<i>"We are off to a good start to our year,"</i> said Peter Ungaro, president and CEO of Cray.
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I guess Wall Street didn't agree.
</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262841949969595165.post-10486509456781188822016-05-03T05:07:00.002-07:002016-05-03T05:07:52.615-07:00Cray (CRAY)/Illumina (ILMN) Nearing 52-Week High/Low, RespectivelyThe following was copied this morning (02016.05.03) from my Yahoo! Finance page.
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CRAY Q1 2016 Cray Inc Earnings Release - After Market Close
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ILMN Q1 2016 Illumina Inc Earnings Release - After Market Close
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Cray makes high performance computing systems for processing "big data".
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Illumina makes high performance genomics systems for processing large quantities of genomics data.
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CRAY closed last week (02016.05.01) at $39.34. 52-week range: $18.00 - $43.79. 1Q'16 results could result in CRAY hitting a new 52-week high.
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ILMN closed last week (02016.05.01) at $139.52. 52-week range: $130.00 - $242.37. 1Q'16 results could result in ILMN hitting a new 52-week low.
</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262841949969595165.post-62891175905078339882016-04-27T13:33:00.000-07:002016-04-27T13:33:45.400-07:00Facebook (FB) Reports 1Q'16 Results (And They Were Good)Facebook (FB) reported 1Q'16 results today (02016.04.27) after the market closed. After hours trading is hinting that FB could hit a new all-time high tomorrow.
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From Facebook's press release...
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Capital expenditures for the first quarter of 2016 were $1.13 billion.
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Cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities were $20.62 billion at the end of the first quarter of 2016.
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Free cash flow for the first quarter of 2016 was $1.85 billion.
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Effective tax rate was 27%.
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CEO Mark Zuckerburg... <i>"We had a great start to the year. "We're focused on our 10 year roadmap to give everyone in the world the power to share anything they want with anyone."</i>
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FB closed today (02016.04.27) at $108.76. 52-week range: $72.00 - $117.59.
</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262841949969595165.post-50315456581770687492016-04-27T08:05:00.000-07:002016-04-27T08:05:38.142-07:00iRobot (IRBT) Hits New 52-Week on 1Q'16 ResultsiRobot (IRBT) spiked to a new 52-week high of $38.08 today (02016.04.27) after reporting 1Q'16 results.<blockquote> <i>"Our first quarter results were outstanding. Home Robot revenue grew 15% over Q1 2015, driven by significant growth in the United States following a record Q4 2015,"</i> said Colin Angle, chairman and chief executive officer of iRobot.</blockquote>
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At $38.02, iRobot has an approximate market value of $1.1 billion, which seems low to me. The PSR (Price-Sales-Ratio) is less than 2.0 and this also seems low to me. I'll sell some IRBT at $50.27 (i.e. 16 $Pi).
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262841949969595165.post-67926758266914355982016-04-22T07:52:00.000-07:002016-04-22T07:52:37.789-07:00Alphabet (GOOG/GOOGL) Reports 1Q'16 ResultsAlphabet (GOOG/GOOGL) reported 1Q'02016 results when the market closed yesterday (02016.04.21).
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I've be recording Google's (now Alphabet's) quarterly results since 4th-quarter 02008. Google reported 1Q'02016 results yesterday. In a nutshell: For the first 91 days of 02016, Alphabet generated $5.23 billion free cash flow while hiring 2,301 new workers and spending $2.428 billion on capital expenditures and paying an effective tax rate of 18%. Alphabet ended March with $75.264 billion in "cash." Seems like a decent quarter to me, yet right now (02016.04.22 at 7:42am MST) Alphabet has lost 5+% of its market price.
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262841949969595165.post-44508492753446452092016-04-19T06:45:00.000-07:002016-04-19T06:45:02.404-07:00Illumina (ILMN) -- Heading For a New 52-Week Low?Illumina (ILMN) lost 20+% of its market value when the market opened today (02016.04.19) after the company announced preliminary Q1'16 results that failed to match or exceed expectations. ILMN was at $139.09 at :40am EDT on 02016.04.19. 52-week range: $130.00 - $242.37. In other words, ILMN is approaching a new 52-week low. Hmm... Maybe we're nearing the end of the Genomics Age.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262841949969595165.post-49231088277161248932016-04-15T10:08:00.001-07:002016-04-15T10:08:33.087-07:00Red Hat (RHT) Gets an Upgrade by Some Investment FirmRed Hat (RHT) was upgraded to "overweight" from "sector weight" at Pacific Crest (target price: $88). The GDT::Portfolio's target price is $101.22. RHT closed yesterday (02016.04.14) at $74.45. 52-week range: $59.59 - $84.44.
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Finance.Yahoo.com: <i>"Red Hat, Inc. provides open source software solutions to enterprise customers worldwide. It develops and offers operating system, virtualization, middleware, storage, and cloud technologies."</i>
</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262841949969595165.post-17413830035769758722016-04-15T05:28:00.000-07:002016-04-15T05:28:07.794-07:00Adamis Pharmaceuticals (ADMP) Hits New 52-Week HighAdamis Pharmaceuticals (ADMP) spiked to a new 52-week high of $8.12 before closing yesterday (02016.04.14) at $8.07. Three months ago, on 02016.01.20, ADMP hit an intra-day low of $3.63. Yesterday's volume was 419,290 vs. 64,592. [There are ~13.46 million ADMP shares.] The GDT::Portfolio average cost per ADMP is $6.23, so at least our investment is currently above water.
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Adamis is <i>"focused on developing and commercializing products in the therapeutic areas of allergy and respiratory disease."</i>
</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262841949969595165.post-76682713263049865632016-04-04T09:12:00.001-07:002016-04-04T09:12:21.697-07:00Keryx Biopharmaceuticals (KERX) Added to GDT::PortfolioKeryx Biopharmaceuticals (KERX) was added to the GDT::Portfolio on 02016.04.01 (yes, April Fools' Day). We paid $4.55 per KERX share. <i>" Keryx Biopharmaceuticals focuses on providing therapies for patients with renal disease in the United States."</i>
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Steven C. Gilman joined the Keryx board on 02016.03.31. Gilman is also on the board of Vericel (VCEL) and VCEL is a GDT::Portfolio stock.
</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262841949969595165.post-39360708821229718402016-03-23T08:13:00.001-07:002016-03-23T08:13:46.308-07:00Red Hat (RHT) Reports 4Q'16 ResultsRed Hat (RHT) reported 4Q'16 results after the market closed yesterday (02016.03.22) and today (at 11:06am EDT) RHT is down almost 4% at $72.77. 52-week range: $59.59 - $84.44.
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From the company's press release.
</p><blockquote><i>"Enterprises increasingly adopting hybrid cloud infrastructures and open source technologies drove our strong results. The fourth quarter marked our 56th consecutive quarter of revenue growth, contributing to Red Hat’s first fiscal year crossing $2 billion in total revenue,</i>" stated Jim Whitehurst, President and Chief Executive Officer of Red Hat.</blockquote>
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On 02016.02.29, Red Hat $2.0 billion in cash and still had $237 million reserved to buyback RHT shares.
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262841949969595165.post-49338328116047352782016-03-10T14:53:00.001-08:002016-03-10T14:53:27.406-08:00Vericel (VCEL) Pops on Huge VolumeVericel (VCEL) closed today (02016.03.10) at $3.95, up 86.32%. Prior to the market opening the company issued a press having the headline: <i>Vericel Announces Positive Top-Line Results From Phase 2b ixCELL-DCM Clinical Trial of Ixmyelocel-T in Patients With Heart Failure Due to Ischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy</i>.
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Previous close was $2.12. VCEL opened at $3.95 and hit an intra-day high of $4.90 (up 131%) before closing at $3.95. Volume was 29.8 million vs. 49,403.
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About the volume... There are ~23.8 million VCEL shares and the float is ~15.3M. Today's volume was 29.8 million (i.e almost 2-times the float).
</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262841949969595165.post-30216832251283122182016-02-29T08:17:00.001-08:002016-02-29T08:17:13.299-08:00Hanger (HGR) Delisted From the NYSE; Now It's HNGR on OTC PinkHanger (HGR) is now HNGR because the stock has gone from being listed on the NYSE to the OTC Pink.
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Hanger's accounting system is majorily foo'ed up.
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HGR closed last week (02016.02.26) at $12+.
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Hanger has been a great investment for the GDT::Portfolio, but once again I'm paying a price for being a long-term investor.
</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262841949969595165.post-15292584145041627242016-02-24T13:06:00.000-08:002016-03-23T08:14:45.393-07:00First Solar (FLSR) Spikes Up on 4Q'15 ResultsFirst Solar (FLSR) was up 12+% today (02016.02.24) after reporting 4Q'15 results. FSLR's intra-day high was $70.57 (not a new 52-week high). 52-week range: $40.25 - $72.12.
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FSLR closed today (02016.02.24) at $69.45. Volume was 7.7M vs. 2.5M.
</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0