Schaeffer's Upon Further Review Highlights the Following Stocks: EMC Corp., Kraft Foods, Walt Disney, Movie Gallery, and Standard Microsystems.CINCINNATI -- Today's "Upon Further Review" from Schaeffer's Investment Research focuses on EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :EMC), Kraft Foods Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) is the largest food and beverage company headquartered in North America and the second largest in the world after Nestlé SA. The Philip Morris Company (now known as Altria Group), a company that produces tobacco products, acquired Kraft for (NYSE:KFT KFT Korlátolt Felelõsségû Társaság (Hungarian: limited liability corporation) KFT Kraft Foods International (stock symbol) KFT Kilo-Feet KFT Kung Fu Tzu (Confucius) ), Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) Disney, Walter Elias Disney (NYSE:DIS), Movie Gallery (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :MOVI MOVI Move Immediate MOVI MObile VIsualisierung ), and Standard Microsystems (NASDAQ:SMSC SMSC Short Message Service Center SMSC Standard Microsystems Corporation (New York) SMSC Spiritual Moral Social Cultural (education) SMSC Stephenville Medical and Surgical Clinic ). "Upon Further Review" is a report that analyzes newsworthy stocks that are generating a lot of attention on Wall Street. "Upon Further Review" is published on www.SchaeffersResearch.com - the home of Bernie Schaeffer and Schaeffer's Investment Research. Take advantage of the timely Schaeffer commentaries by signing up for their free e-newsletters -- Opening View, Market Recap, and Monday Morning Outlook. Click here to have the Schaeffer's commentaries delivered to you free via email every day. http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/redirect.aspx?CODE=PRSC PRSC Partido Reformista Social Cristiano (Spanish: Social Christian Reformist Party) PRSC Post-Removal Site Control PRSC Program Resources Steering Council 12M&PAGE=1 . Upon Further Review: EMC Corp.: EMC Corp. (NYSE:EMC) has slipped more than four percent in trading following news that it has cut its second-quarter earnings outlook due to later-than-expected orders from customers, and a faster-than-anticipated customer transition to its Symmetrix DMX-3 platform. Technically speaking, today's session high has been capped by the equity's 10-day moving average. In fact, this trendline has worked in tandem Adv. 1. in tandem - one behind the other; "ride tandem on a bicycle built for two"; "riding horses down the path in tandem" tandem with the equity's 20-day moving average, ushering the shares steadily lower. Since May 10, EMC has enjoyed only two daily closes above both of these moving averages. Click the following link to see a Daily Chart of EMC since May 2006 with 10-Day and 20-Day Moving Averages: http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/wire?ID=16387 . Kraft Foods: The shares of Kraft Foods (NYSE:KFT) are showing a surprising bit of strength despite news that the company plans to buy the Spanish and Portuguese operations of United Biscuits __FORCETOC__ United Biscuits ("UB") is a British multinational food manufacturer, makers of McVitie's biscuits, KP nuts, Hula Hoops, The Real McCoy's crisps, Phileas Fogg crisps, and Jacob's Cream Crackers. , a U.K. cookie maker, for $1.07 billion. Usually, the shares of the company making the acquisition retreat on the news. The security is currently clinging to support at the 30 level. This area is not only home to the stock's 10-month moving average, but its 160-day trendline also resides in the region. Furthermore, the 30.38 is the site of a 50-percent retracement Retracement A reversal in the movement of a stock's price, countering the prevailing trend. ![]() Notes: An example might be market risk causing a stock's price to pull back. of the stock's rally from its January low of 27.44 to its June high of 33.31, adding yet another layer of support. Throw in the fact that nearly 12 percent of the security's float has been sold short, and KFT finds itself with ample fuel to rally from this key support level. Click the following link to see a Daily Chart of KFT since January 2006 with 160-Day Moving Average: http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/wire?ID=16387 . Walt Disney : A strong opening for "Pirates of the Caribbean This article is about the franchise. For other, more specific uses, see Pirates of the Caribbean (disambiguation). For real pirates, see Piracy in the Caribbean. Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Man's Chest" helped the shares of Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) gap higher this morning. However, those gains were quickly lost as the shares pulled back to the 30 level. This strike could prove to be somewhat problematic for the security. The equity's July 30 call is home to more than 30,000 contracts, making it the site of peak call open interest in the front-month series. This accumulate of bullish bets could act as a magnet, keeping the equity locked at or below this level until they expire following the market close on July 21. Click the following link to see an Intraday Chart of DIS for July 10, 2006: http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/wire?ID=16387 . Movie Gallery: Movie Gallery (NASDAQ:MOVI) is up more than eight percent this afternoon on no particular news. The shares are in the process of rebounding off support at their ascending 10-week moving average. Furthermore, short interest climbed by 19 percent in June to 16.6 million shares, or 64 percent of the security's float. This hefty accumulation of bearish bets would provide ample fuel for a significant rally higher in the shares. Click the following link to see a Weekly Chart of MOVI since March 2006 with 10-Week Moving Average: http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/wire?ID=16387 . Standard Microsystems : Standard Microsystems (NASDAQ:SMSC) announced this morning that its earnings beat expectations for the first quarter and it provided an upbeat forecast for the second quarter. However, it appears that more than earnings are fueling today's gains. In June, short interest crept one percent higher to 1.7 million shares. This buildup of bearish bets accounts for 7.6 percent of the security's float and is nearly six times its average daily trading volume Trading volume The number of shares transacted every day. As there is a seller for every buyer, one can think of the trading volume as half of the number of shares transacted. That is, if A sells 100 shares to B, the volume is 100 shares. . Today's gap higher has put the squeeze on a lot of those bears, forcing them to buy back their pessimistic positions in an effort to stem their losses. The best way to take advantage of the timely Schaeffer commentaries is to sign up to receive their free e-newsletters -- Opening View, Market Recap and Monday Morning Outlook. Click here to have the Schaeffer's commentaries delivered to you free via email every day. http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/redirect.aspx?CODE=PRSC12M&PAGE=1 . About Schaeffer's Investment Research (www.SchaeffersResearch.com) Schaeffer's Investment Research, founded by Bernie Schaeffer in 1981, is a financial information and trading resources company. It publishes Bernie Schaeffer's Option Advisor, the nation's leading options subscription newsletter. The firm's contrarian approach focuses on stocks with technical and fundamental trends that run counter to investor expectations. The firm's website, http://www.SchaeffersResearch.com , is recognized as one of the leading information sources for stock and options traders and was cited as the top options website by both Forbes and Barron's. Click here for more details about Schaeffer's trading methodology: http://www.SchaeffersResearch.com/method . |
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