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1631 ET 07Dec07-After the Bell-AMC shrs drop after says received margin calls
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Shares of American Mortgage Acceptance Company dropped 41.2 percent in
extended trade on Friday, after the company said it received margin calls. For
more, see [ID:nWNAS4100]
Shares fell to $2.50 in trading after the bell, from a close of $4.22 on
the American Stock Exchange.
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1613 ET 07Dec07-US STOCKS-Wall St ends flat on lower oil, jobs data
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U.S. stocks ended little changed on Friday as a sharp drop in oil prices
and signs of resiliency in the labor market, offset concerns that tighter
credit is hurting consumer spending.
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1606 ET 07Dec07-REUTERS SUMMIT-Challenging backdrop for markets in 2008
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Investors worldwide are facing the most uncertain outlook in six years as
an intractable U.S. housing and credit crisis threatens recession, driving
market volatility to extremes not seen since the Internet bubble burst.
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1419 ET 07Dec2007-Pulte calls, volatility begin to stir-trader
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Pulte Homes Inc <PHM.N> which saw heavy January put selling just days ago,
are now apparently showing interest from option bulls, hoping to catch further
gains in the shares.
Pulte shares rose 3.56 percent to $11.92 in afternoon trade. Home builder
shares got a boost on Thursday after the White House unveiled a mortgage plan
to stem U.S. home foreclosures. "The activity hitting in the December calls of
Pulte does give us a reason to take note," said Pete Najarian of
optionmonster.com. The PHM Dec $12.50 calls have been bought for 40 cents and
now 50 cents, aggressively enough to surpass the open interest of 10,786 lots.
The volatility is also up into a Friday, which always grabs our attention," he
said.
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1406 ET 07Dec2007 RTRS-US STOCKS-Market flat after modest jobs growth data
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U.S. stocks were little changed on Friday after data showed modest jobs
growth in November, solidifying chances for an interest-rate cut next week but
reducing the odds for a sharp rate reduction.
Investors had been hopeful that the Federal Reserve was leaning toward
cutting short-term rates by a half percentage point to rescue a sinking economy
after recent comments by Fed officials.
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1401 ET 07Dec2007-Players ring up Apple calls, betting on more gains-analyst
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Option traders can't keep away from Apple Inc <AAPL.O> calls as the shares
of the iPhone manufacturer rose $1.53 to $191.50 in afternoon trade. Option
buyers lifted twice as many calls as they did puts, said Andrew Wilkinson,
options analyst at Interactive Brokers Group. In the January contract, the $200
calls remained active on Friday with premiums trading at $9.70, indicating a
break-even of $209.70 at expiration. The Dec $190 and $195 strikes are also
busy as traders appear to be looking for higher prices before year-end, he
said. According to Trade Alert, 95,000 calls vs. 45,000 puts traded in Apple
during the first part of the session, below average volume of 350,000.
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1350 ET 07Dec2007-Market seen vulnerable, bull traps abound
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The equity market remains technically vulnerable, notwithstanding the
year-end rally that is trying to gain traction, according to Louise Yamada,
market technician at Louise Yamada Technical Research Advisors in New York.
"Many of the individual stock rallies qualify as kickback rallies, in
ongoing bear trends."
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1213 ET 07Dec2007-Analyst sees unusual Sandisk call trades as bullish
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Two December call series in Sandisk Corp <SNDK.O> traded above their
theoretical values on Thursday as the stock fell, which is often viewed as a
bullish sign, said Jay Shartsis, director of option trading at R.F. Lafferty &
Co. He noticed on midday on Thursday when Sandisk traded at $37.83, down 4
cents from the prior close of $37.87, its Dec $40 calls jumped to 97 cents a
contract from 55 cents. That was far above their theoretical value of only 53
cents. "Two very bullish elements there," he said. It was the same for the Dec
$37.50 calls which jumped to $2.46 from $1.41, up from their theoretical value
of $1.49. "Such action is an automatic buy signal," Shartsis said. "With the
general market due for a pullback now, I would look to buy this one just above
its last support at $36.75."
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