>>Hey, no Guido jokes. One of my brothers in Chicago is named Guido, the other is Silvio. (Of course I am Antonio.) :)<<
Well I could tell you who I am but then I would have to flash that thingy at you and fry a few brain cells.
This just hit me.. usually I aint too bright, after having the thingy flashed at me during testing so many times.
(DAYTRADER) Some of the Internet's biggest names are due to release quarterly results next week. Starting the week off will be online auctioneer eBay (EBAY), followed by America Online (AOL) on Tuesday and Amazon.com (AMZN) on Wednesday. As the table shows, each of these companies exceeded Wall Street expectations last quarter, and are generally expected to do the same this quarter. And as the "Closing Prices" column demonstrates, each of the stocks (excluding MindSpring), rallied following the release of fiscal Q4 numbers. MindSpring did, however, rise 7 points the day before earnings were released. (The "Closing Price" data are based on closing quotes on the day before earnings were released, the day of earnings and the day after earnings were reported.
Watching the price action in shares of CNET Inc (CNET 143 3/4 +24) and Go2Net (GNET 184 3/4 +7 1/4) over the past two sessions reminds us to remind our readers just how important it is to anticipate events. Yesterday, CNET and GNET rallied 14 1/4 points and 29 3/8 points respectively, as traders positioned themselves in the stocks ahead of the report of quarterly results. Those who held overnight got a quick ride of 35 1/4 points on CNET and 21 1/2 points on GNET, before profit-taking hit. Those individuals who did not purchase the stock until this morning weren't able to get in until $148 11/16 and $196 7/8 (opening prices) and, if still holding, have possibly seen their positions fall under water... While it is impossible to predict when a company will receive an upgrade or issue a press release that will ignite a run in the stock, it doesn't take much leg work to find out when a company is due to report earnings --one need only make a visit to Briefing.com's Tech Earnings Calendar. There was certainly no guarantee that either CNET or GNET would report blow-out quarterly results, but as Briefing.com's Earnings Calendar Archives show, both companies have a recent history of dramatically exceeding Wall Street estimates (archives available to Briefing.com subscribers). Throw in the fact that both stocks were trading at a level which might trigger management to announce stock splits, not hard to imagine why traders were piling into the two stocks yesterday.... Other events which one can anticipate that often ignite rallies in Internet stocks are: the initiation of coverage of a company following its IPO (usually 30 days after IPO is completed), the actual execution of a stock split (readers can find split dates on the Briefing.com Upcoming Splits page), the upcoming IPO of an Internet play (companies which hold large positions in these IPOs are usually bid up sharply based on potential value of their equity stake).
Splits next month
Company Symbol Ratio Payable Ex-Date Announced Optionable
Laforza Automobiles LFZA 2-1 May 01 May 03 Mar 23
American Eagle Outfitters AEOS 2-1 May 03 May 04 Mar 29 Yes
Bank of Marin California BMRC 3-2 May 03 May 04 Apr 08
4 Kids Entertainment KIDE 3-2 May 03 May 04 Mar 29
InfoSpace.com INSP 2-1 May 04 May 05 Apr 07
Priority Healthcare PHCC 3-2 May 04 May 05 Apr 07
Price Communications PR 5-4 May 04 n/a Apr 14 Yes
Comcast Corp CMCSK 2-1 May 05 n/a Mar 03 Yes
FDX Corp FDX 2-1 May 06 May 07 Mar 18 Yes
AboveNet Comms ABOV 2-1 May 07 May 10 Mar 30
Security First Tech SONE 2-1 May 07 May 10 Apr 14 Yes
Ohio Valley Banc OVBC 5-4 May 10 May 11 Apr 07
Qualcomm QCOM 2-1 May 10 May 11 Apr 14 Yes
RealNetworks RNWK 2-1 May 10 May 11 Apr 20 Yes
Valassis Communications VCI 3-2 May 12 May 13 April 05 Yes
VISX, Inc VISX 2-1 May 12 May 13 Apr 14 Yes
Cox Comms COX 2-1 May 13 n/a Mar 18 Yes
Conestoga Enterprises CENI 3-2 May 14 May 17 Jan 26
Gemstar International GMST 2-1 May 14 May 17 Apr 12 Yes
Knight/Trimark Group NITE 2-1 May 14 May 17 Apr 21 Yes
Net.B@nk, Inc NTBK 3-1 May 14 May 17 Apr 13 Yes
theglobe.com TGLO 2-1 May 14 May 17 Apr 08
Aon Corp AOC 3-2 May 17 May 18 Mar 19 Yes
Mellon Bank MEL 2-1 May 17 May 18 Apr 20 Yes
Tellabs TLAB 2-1 May 17 n/a Apr 21
Altera Corp ALTR 2-1 May 19 May 20 Apr 21 Yes
CDW Computer CDWC 2-1 May 19 May 20 Apr 21 Yes
First Georgia Hldg FGHC 3-2 May 19 May 20 Apr 15
ISS Group ISSX 2-1 May 19 May 20 Apr 01
Metromedia Fiber Network MFNX 2-1 May 19 n/a Apr 13 Yes
Concentric Network Corp CNCX 2-1 May 21 May 24 Mar 29 Yes
Paychex PAYX 3-2 May 21 May 24 Apr 08 Yes
Stewart Information Services STC 2-1 May 21 May 24 Mar 15
ZiaSun Tech ZSUN 2-1 May 21 n/a Apr 20
Qwest Communications QWST 2-1 May 24 n/a Apr 21 Yes
AmSouth Bancorp ASO 3-2 May 24 May 25 Apr 15 Yes
Cadbury Schweppes plc CSG 2-1 May 24 n/a Mar 29 Yes
Old National Bancorp OLDB 3-2 May 24 May 25 Apr 15
Int'l Business Machines IBM 2-1 May 26 May 27 Jan 26 Yes
CMGI, Inc CMGI 2-1 May 27 n/a Mar 17 Yes
American River AMRB 3-2 May 28 n/a Apr 22
Amer Pwr Conversion APCC 2-1 May 28 n/a Feb 10 Yes
Citigroup C 3-2 May 28 n/a Apr 20 Yes
CNET, Inc CNET 2-1 May 28 n/a Apr 21 Yes
EMC Corp EMC 2-1 May 28 Jun 01 Feb 25 Yes
John Wiley & Sons JWA 2-1 May 28 Jun 01 Mar 11
VeriSign, Inc. VRSN 2-1 May 28 n/a Mar 31 Yes
Panhandle Royalty PANRA 3-1 (a) n/a Feb 26
TranSwitch TXCC 3-2 (b) n/a Apr 14 Yes
The Federal Agricultural Mtge Co FAMCK 3-1 (c) (c) Apr 19
Go2Net GNET 2-1 (d) n/a Apr 21 Yes |
