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November 20

76%

TEVA A New Index of Healthcare Cost Containment Companies

Sector: Healthcare > Biotechnology & Drugs

A New Index of Healthcare Cost Containment Companies The ETF Innovators [ETFI] Global Healthcare Cost Containment Index profiled in the accompanying table includes companies with market caps over $250M which are involved in the following two segments of the healthca...

Mike Havrilla

(-3.95% risk: moderate)

1 comment

November 19

82%

SJF Bullish on SJF ...

These days it is hard for anyone to be credible when they say they know what is going to happen next. I am no different. I have a view and for now it is working but that doesn't mean it will tomorrow. I am happy to tell everyone what I think and they are free to agree or disagree. My premise is a ...

newsmonkey

(+11.08% risk: aggressive)

3 comments

76%

PFE Dissecting Defensive Dividend Stocks & ETFs

Sector: Healthcare > Major Drugs

Dissecting Defensive Dividend Stocks & ETFs The accompanying table includes 47 U.S.-listed companies with market caps over $10B and dividend yields over 5%, excluding all companies from the following sectors or industry groups: finance, insurance, consumer cyclical ...

Mike Havrilla

(-3.95% risk: moderate)

1 comment

November 18

76%

T New Global Telecom Index Connects Investors to Dividends

Sector: Services > Communications Services

New Global Telecom Index Connects Investors to Dividends As investors search for defensive stock investments and high dividend yields during the current bear market turmoil, they need look no further than telecom services companies. In contrast to many of the existi...

Mike Havrilla

(-3.95% risk: moderate)

2 comments

69%

TWM Bullish on TWM ...

FUND SUMMARY The investment seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, which correspond to twice the inverse of the daily performance of the Russell 2000 index. The fund normally invests 80% of assets in financial instruments with economic characteristics that should be inverse to t...

Marian Filo

(-4.25% risk: conservative)

1 comment

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SPY S&P 500 a short term buy

Sector: Financial > Misc. Financial Services

The current price pattern in the S&P 500, and spike in treasury bond prices set up a bullish short term ( 1-3 day) scenario if the S&P futures have a big gap down on Monday November 17th below 845 then rally through 845. See performance results of this pattern below. This pattern has 18 wins ...

ripetrade1

(+0.85% risk: conservative)

3 comments

November 17

80%

BGU Short Term Market Rally - Long Ultralong ETF's

The Dow closed up 151.57 points to 8,424.75 with the Russell 1000 closing at 461.33 up 4.01 points (1.15%) and Russell 2000 closing at 447.51 down 3.79 ponits (-.84%). The market is traditiionally up the week before Thanksgiving. Also, the recent significant declines in the market indice...

Darth Vader

(+4.32% risk: aggressive)

1 comment

78%

SMHT SmartHeat Inc - (OTCBB: SMHT) Announces Record 3rd Quarter Financial Results

SmartHeat Inc - (OTCBB: SMHT) Announces Record 3rd Quarter Financial Results - Earnings Per Share (EPS) of $0.18, Increased 1700%, Energy Saving Equipment Sales Continue to Benefit from Rapid Growth Momentum - Net Income increased 1865% to $4.3 million for the quarter ended September 30, ...

TheSUBWAY

(+0.54% risk: conservative)

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76%

IYT An Index of Top Rated Global Transport Companies

Sector: Financial > Misc. Financial Services

An Index of Top Rated Global Transport Companies The accompanying table includes the top 50 rated companies and statistics for the ETF Innovators (ETFI) Global Transportation PerformIdex, which is structured as an equally-weighted index with quarterly updates from a datab...

Mike Havrilla

(-3.95% risk: moderate)

Comment

67%

SMHT SmartHeat Inc - (OTCBB: SMHT) Announces Record 3rd Quarter Financial Results - Earnings Per Share (EPS) of $0.18, Increased 1700%, Energy Saving Equipment Sales Continue to Benefit from Rapid Growth Momentum

- Net Income increased 1865% to $4.3 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2008 compared to $0.22 million for the same period in 2007. - Net Income for the first nine months in 2008 reached $5.53 million, an increase of 1335% over the $0.39 million reported for the comparable 2007 period....

blendnewyork

(-12.00% risk: moderate)

1 comment

November 16

76%

CHRW An Index of Top Rated Global Transport Companies

Sector: Transportation > Misc. Transportation

Mike Havrilla

(-3.95% risk: moderate)

Comment

November 15

76%

CFI 10 Under the Radar Small & Micro-Cap Value Stocks

Sector: Consumer Cyclical > Textiles - Non Apparel

10 Under the Radar Small & Micro-Cap Value Stocks (Ex-Healthcare) The accompanying table presents 10 small and micro-cap companies from a variety of industries which are trading at value parameters, with average valuations for the group of 0.54X trailing 12-month ...

Mike Havrilla

(-3.95% risk: moderate)

2 comments

November 14

76%

NVS ETFI Global Healthcare Sector PerformIdex

Sector: Healthcare > Major Drugs

Global Health Composite Index Representing 400 Companies The accompanying table presents the top five rated companies with market caps of at least $250 million (USD) from each of the nine new healthcare indexes developed by ETF Innovators [ETFI] from a database of about 400...

Mike Havrilla

(-3.95% risk: moderate)

1 comment

80%

CBST EU approves Cubicin

Sector: Healthcare > Biotechnology & Drugs

EU approves Novartis' Cubicin to treat hospital infections FDLI SmartBrief | 11/07/2008 The European Union has approved Cubicin for expanded use in patients suffering from potentially fatal infections commonly contracted during hospital stays. The two new indications approved were rig...

ariesdragon

(+1.53% risk: conservative)

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November 13

76%

DSCO Updated FDA Calendar of Decision Dates

Sector: Healthcare > Biotechnology & Drugs

Updated FDA Calendar of Decision Dates The accompanying table of FDA decision dates is updated to include the following: 1) XenoPort (XNPT) withdrew its NDA for restless leg syndrome drug Solzira for what appears to be a minor, administrative delay to reformat some trial da...

Mike Havrilla

(-3.95% risk: moderate)

1 comment

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