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SchaeffersResearch.com Market Observations

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Option volume more than doubled on shipping sultan DryShips Inc. (DRYS) yesterday

As reported in this morning's Opening View, options traders from both sides of the Street bombarded bulk-shipping behemoth DryShips Inc...(Read More)

Put volume soars on Pulte Homes (PHM) following poor October housing starts data

Just when the credit crisis and trouble with the financial sector had taken center stage on Wall Street, the housing sector reminded investors why they dare not forget about this troubled section of the market...(Read More)

Can this slumping defense stock benefit from multiple international skirmishes?

We'll spare you our lame jokes about "defensive" stocks, but we do find it interesting that defense-sector names haven't held up better amid the recent market turmoil...(Read More)

As unemployment claims rose to a 16-year high, stocks dropped

U.S. stocks sank this morning, as the weekly jobless claims rose, revealing new economic concerns...(Read More)

Examining option player sentiment using volume put/call ratios

Two weeks before Halloween 2008, I warned investors to be wary of the upcoming investing climate due to the lack of capitulation shown by option volume indicators...(Read More)

American International Group is one of 8 troubled U.S. financial firms, says Friedman analyst

Forget the %24700-billion bailout -- analysts at Friedman Billings Ramsey & Co...(Read More)

SanDisk (SNDK) skirts long-term support following Matrix Research downgrade

With flash memory prices continuing to plummet and corporations cutting back on IT spending across the globe, now is not a good time for SanDisk (SNDK: sentiment, chart, options) to attract additional negative attention...(Read More)

A bearish candidate sees a surge in call trading

This week's edition of Options Spotlight takes a look at Schering-Plough Corporation (SGP: sentiment, chart, options)...(Read More)

Job cuts at tech company send shares sharply lower

After the close on Wednesday, Akamai Technologies, Inc. (AKAM: sentiment, chart, options) announced that it will cut 110 jobs, or about 7% of its work force, as part of its plan to reduce operating costs...(Read More)

Trendy retailer soars on strong earnings report

As fashion fads come and go, its seems that Hot Topic, Inc. (HOTT: sentiment, chart, options) may now be the hottest place to shop for teens, based on the company's latest sales figures...(Read More)

McAfee (MFE), McKesson (MCK), and Diamond Offshore Drilling (DO) are loved by analysts and investors alike; contrarians beware

With selling pressure dominating Wall Street in recent weeks, some investors are looking to exit the market altogether...(Read More)

A rundown of the morning's major news

Today's Early Edge features news from Barclays (BCS), General Electric (GE), PepsiCo (PEP), and Pfizer (PFE)...(Read More)

Suntech Power (STP) lowers fourth-quarter revenue guidance on strong dollar

U.S. stock futures are lower this morning, indicative of a potentially negative start to the regular session of trading...(Read More)

Final hour sell-off pushes the market to 6-year lows

The morning started well enough, but then news came across that consumer prices staged their largest-ever drop...(Read More)

American Science & Engineering, Inc. (ASEI) attempts to defy the skeptics

Amid this uncertain market environment, it's not often you hear about stocks with the potential to muscle higher...(Read More)

This pharmaceutical firm is defying short sellers with its 50-percent rally this year

It may seem hard to believe, but there are plenty of stocks that have collected impressive year-to-date gains, even amid the stomach-churning market turmoil of 2008...(Read More)

Examining technical and sentiment indicators for Arch Coal, Inc. (ACI) and Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (ANR)

Coal concerns Arch Coal, Inc. (ACI: sentiment, chart, options) and Alpha Natural Resources, Inc...(Read More)

Options traders bulk up their bearish bets on Nordic American Tanker Shipping Limited (NAT)

Bearish bettors in the options pits have been in full-fledged battle mode for Nordic American Tanker Shipping Limited (NAT: sentiment, chart, options) recently...(Read More)

Bullish bets were a popular choice yesterday amid a CEO-related rally

If you've been paying even the slightest attention to financial news lately, you probably already know that investors were tremendously enthused that Jerry Yang of Yahoo! Inc...(Read More)

Merrill Lynch speculators pile into soon-to-expire November put options

Shares of Merrill Lynch (MER: sentiment, chart, options) have fallen more than 7% so far today, as the financial concern is suffering under a fresh wave of selling pressure amid a broad-market decline...(Read More)

Positive brokerage comments lift utility company

Consolidated Edison (ED: sentiment, chart, options) has pulled back slightly this afternoon amid a sharp drop in the broad market...(Read More)

While both stocks receive a glut of optimism from analysts, RIMM is severely over-loved

Goldman Sachs made some adjustments to its "conviction buy" roster this morning, with the brokerage firm shuffling its opinion on a couple of tech-sector heavyweights...(Read More)

Dow falls more than 200 points after consumer-price report

U.S. stocks started the morning in positive territory, but after investors digested news that consumer prices dropped by the largest margin ever and that October marked the fewest housing starts on record, the major indices retreated...(Read More)

Call activity more than doubled the norm on drug diva Biogen Idec Inc. (BIIB) yesterday

As reported in this morning's Opening View, optimistic options traders placed their eleventh-hour bets on pharmaceutical firm Biogen Idec Inc...(Read More)

Measuring Treasury data against a chart of the S&P 500 Index (SPX)

Some of the more noteworthy developments these days (beyond the market volatility) have been Treasury yields...(Read More)

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