Related Stocks: EMI Larry Dignan (ZDNet) submits: When the obituary of digital rights management software is written, music label EMI (EMI) is going to get a fairly meaty chapter. Complete Story »
May, 2007
Related Stocks: ALTU A. Reza Saadat submits: Altus Pharmaceuticals (ALTU) is a small cap (~$400M) biopharmaceutical company with a unique crystallization technology that amongst other things allows for better purity and longer half life for otherwise rapidly broken down proteins and enzymes. This technology is very difficult to master and creates a natural barrier to entry even beyond patent expiration. Complete Story »
Barry Ritholtz submits: On Tuesday, we told the Housing story using mostly words. Today, we'll go with an only-pictures review: Complete Story »
Related Stocks: GOOG, YHOO Larry Dignan (ZDNet) submits: UBS is out with its 2007 analysis of open job listings at Google (GOOG) and Yahoo (YHOO) and what it tells us about the two companies’ respective direction. The short version: Both are thinking video. Google is on a lawyer binge while Yahoo wants engineering types. Complete Story »
Related Stocks: DJ, NWS Eric Savitz (Barron's) submits: Goodbye, Dow Jones (DJ), it has been nice knowing you. The Bancroft family, which has voting control of the company that publishes The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and this blog, has apparently softened in its opposition to Rupert Murdoch’s $60 a share takeover offer. Complete Story »
Related Stocks: DELL Eric Savitz (Barron's) submits: Is Dell (DELL) back? Dell Thursday afternoon reported revenue for its fiscal first quarter ended May 4 of $14.6 billion, with EPS of 34 cents. That is far better than the Street’s forecast of $13.95 billion and 26 cents. The stock jumped on the news. Complete Story »
Related Stocks: ENZ Sara Calabro submits: Enzo Biochem (ENZ), of New York, NY, said Wednesday that it would buy Axxora Life Sciences, a private company based in San Diego that makes life sciences research products, for $16.3 million in cash. Once the deal goes through, Axxora will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Enzo’s Enzo Life Sciences subsidiary, which makes labeling and detection products for gene sequencing and genetic analysis. Complete Story »
Related Stocks: RNWK Eric Savitz (Barron's) submits: RealNetworks (RNWK) Thursday unveiled a a new version of its RealPlayer media player software, adding the ability to capture, store and burn non-protected Web-based video. Real CEO Rob Glaser unveiled the software Thursday at the D: All Things Digital conference in Carlsbad, California. Complete Story »
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We had an interesting situation on Thursday in which both the price of the S&P 500 Index (SPY) and the ten-year Treasury yield hit 40 day highs during the session. Rising rates have been the bane of many a bull market, but how have they affected prices recently?I went back to 2004 (N = 819 trading days) and examined what happened in the S&P 500 Index following rising vs. falling 40-day periods in the 10-year yield. When the yield has been up over the past 40 days (N = 398), the next 40 days in SPY have averaged a gain of only .12% (206 up, 192 down).When 40-day yields have fallen (N = 421), the next 40 days in SPY have averaged a healthy gain of ...
