Schaeffer's Street Chatter Highlights the Following Stocks: Yahoo!, eBay, Lowe's Companies, and Regions Financial.

CINCINNATI -- Today's "Street Chatter" from Schaeffer's Investment Research focuses on: Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO), eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY), Lowe's Companies (NYSE:LOW), and Regions Financial (NYSE:RF). "Street Chatter" is a report that analyzes newsworthy stocks that are generating a lot of attention on Internet message boards. "Street Chatter" is published on www.SchaeffersResearch.com - the home of Bernie Schaeffer and Schaeffer's Investment Research.

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Street Chatter:

Lowe's Companies: Lowe's Companies (NYSE:LOW) has attracted some buying momentum today after announcing a two-for-one stock split and boosting its quarterly dividend payout by 67 percent to 10 cents per share (pre-split levels). After being as much as 2.6 percent higher earlier today, LOW is up 1.7 percent in mid-afternoon trading. The stock has been in decline mode since peaking in February but has remained solidly above the 60 mark, a site of former resistance on the shares from late 2003 through mid-2005. Levels of significance resistance can often reverse roles and begin to provide support. LOW is also trading above its 20-month moving average but is beneath its 10-month trendline, which recently reversed into a downtrend. On the sentiment front, options players have not been more bullishly aligned during the past year; the stock's Schaeffer's put/call open interest ratio (SOIR) of 0.32 stands at an annual low. What's more, the dominant force in the June and July options series is the out-of-the-money July 70 call, home to more than 13,500 open positions. This threshold could prove to offer options-related resistance over the intermediate term.

Click the following link to see a Monthly Chart of LOW since September 2003 with 10-Month and 20-Month Moving Averages: http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/wire?ID=16093

Regions Financial: Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) is in the news today after announcing a $9.8 billion merger deal with AmSouth Bancorp (ASO). RF shares rallied higher out of the gate but have steadily declined throughout the session and are at their intraday low, down more than two percent. The long-term trend in RF remains skewed higher, but the stock may be struggling with the 37 level, which was the equity's all-time high, reached in April 1998. Should the security regain its footing and resume its uptrend, we could see a short squeeze develop, as the security currently boasts a short-interest ratio of nearly seven days to cover.

Click the following link to see a Monthly chart of RF since September 1997: http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/wire?ID=16093

Yahoo!: One of the big stories in the tech market today is the agreement between Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) and online auctioneering giant eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY). Under the partnership, YHOO will act as the exclusive third-party provider of graphical advertising on EBAY. In turn, eBay's PayPal unit will act as the exclusive payment system for YHOO sites. EBAY has charged nearly nine percent higher today, while YHOO has rallied nearly four percent. This move has taken YHOO through the 32.50 strike, site of heaviest call open interest in the front-month series. The equity isn't out of the woods just yet, however, as calls are heavy on the July 35 call, where more than 43,500 open contracts currently reside.

Also, YHOO continues to trade below its 10-month and 20-month moving averages, which themselves just completed a bearish crossover. For in-depth analysis of eBay, please refer to Mark Fightmaster's Options Update (http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/commentary/observations.aspx? ID=16089) (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field.Remove the extra space if one exists.), published earlier today.

Click the following link to see a Monthly Chart of YHOO since January 2004 with 10-Month and 20-Month Moving Averages: http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/wire?ID=16093

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