Mace Security (MACE) Needs To Hit a Buck

Mace Security Intl. (MACE) headline seen yesterday (02013.03.07): "Mace Security International hires another Industry Veteran" via PR Newswire. MACE closed yesterday at $0.32. 52-week range: $0.12 - $0.38. It's possible MACE will not have to execute a reverse stock split in order to stop being a penny stock. MACE at $1.00 would improve the health of the GDT::Portfolio.

Level 3 Communications (LVLT) To Get a New CEO

Level 3 Communications (LVLT) reported that its CEO is leaving. Some investors must have considered this good news because LVLT spiked up on the news. LVLT closed yesterday at $21.37 after hitting an intra-day high of $22.24. Previous close was $20.39. 52-week range: $16.36 - $27.99.

Google (GOOG) To a Kilo-Dollar? Yahoo! (YHOO)

Google (GOOG) closed yesterday (02013.03.06) at $831.38. I'm seeing more ANALysts upping their GOOG target price to $1000. Unless forced to do so by personal financial reasons, I would not take less than $2000 for a GOOG share.

Yahoo! (YHOO) has been making new 52-week highs lately. Today (02013.03.07) I saw the following headline: "Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Gets a Million-Dollar Bonus After Six Months on the Job." In a nutshell: Mayer appears to be doing a good job. Kudos to her! Yesterday YHOO hit a new 52-week high of $23.09 before closing at $22.80.

Aastrom Biosciences (ASTM) Names a President/CEO

Aastrom Biosciences (ASTM) had a good day today (02013.03.06) closing at $1.29. ASTM was up 7.5 on volume that was 2.6 times the trailing-3-month average. I didn't see any news; however, after the market closed, Aastrom announced they had hired their new President/CEO. Dominick C. Colangelo, Esq. replaces Aastrom's interim CEO. Naming a new CEO removes some degree of uncertainty for the company and that might help ASTM over the short term.

DJIA Hits an All-Time High

Moment in time... The DJIA hit a new all-time high today (02013.03.05) of 14,250. If new highs beget new highs, then it's possible we might be in a bull market.

[Update::02013.03.06] Moment in time... Yesterday, 3/5/02013, the DJIA hit an all-time high of 14,286.37 (intra-day). That's nice, but I like that the NASDAQ (at 3,224.13) remains 37% below its all-time high (5,132.52 hit on 10 March 02000). It's possible, but I refuse to believe that the 20th century is going to be the century that the NASDAQ topped out.

Illumina (ILMN) Spikes Up a Bit

Illumina (ILMN) had a good week. One week ago ILMN hit an intra-day of $48.00. Yesterday (02013.03.01), ILMN hit an intra-day high of $52.50 before closing at $52.22. The last two trading days were up days on increased volume.

iParty (IPT) Bought By Party City

iParty (IPT) closed today (02013.03.01) at $0.43, up ~180%) after it was announced that it was being bought by Party City. I liquidated our IPT holdings and iParty is no longer a GDT::Portfolio stock. Our IPT investment, which spanned 9.5 years, was a break even investment.