Author Archives: Sam Manning

Sam Manning

About Sam Manning

Sam Manning is a long-time investor and writer for various stock market related news sources. Sam loves playing futbol/soccer and spending time with two sons and daughter. Sam's experience of over 15 years of full-time investing adds a great deal to the usefulness of the articles on TheStockMarketWatch.com.

Pre-Market Losers (WDC, EBAY, WYNN, NVEC, TYP)

Posted on October 20, 2011 7:59 am by Sam Manning

Some earning disappointments have led to these pre-market losers. Western Digital Corp. (NYSE:WDC) WDC’s pre-market quote is currently, $23.02 -$1.42 (-5.8%) Western Digital Corporation designs, develops, manufactures and sells hard drives. A hard drive is a device that uses one … Continue reading →

Posted in Hot Stocks to Watch | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Pre-Market Movers (NOK, KWK, ERIC, ALU, WY)

Posted on October 20, 2011 7:59 am by Sam Manning

These are the pre-market movers on our watchlist this morning.   Nokia Corp. (NYSE:NOK) NOK’s pre-market quote is currently, $6.80 +$0.68 (11.1%) Nokia Corporation is a manufacturer of mobile devices, which makes a range of devices for all major consumer … Continue reading →

Posted in Hot Stocks to Watch | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Oracle and Adobe Jump on Earnings

Posted on September 20, 2011 11:12 pm by Sam Manning

Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) topped estimates with 48 cents per share which was 1 cent per share higher than the average estimate.  Oracle is currently up 3.32% in after hours. Net income rose to $1.84 billion vs $1.35 billion in the same … Continue reading →

Posted in Business News, Earnings, Earnings Calendar | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Did a Rogue Trader Hurt UBS Investment Bank?

Posted on September 15, 2011 10:24 am by Sam Manning

UBS is down more than 9% this morning on 6.10 million shares traded.  There recent loss of $2 billion is being blame on a single rogue trader.  This rogue trader is thought to have executed many unauthorized trades of UBS … Continue reading →

Posted in Hot Stocks to Watch | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Greece default crisis fears subside, Asia markets bullish today

Posted on September 14, 2011 11:28 pm by Sam Manning

As fears of a Greece default subside, Asian markets are beginning to rise today.  Germany and France have said today that they will support Greece as continues to find a way to relieve its massive debt. The Shanghai Composite Index … Continue reading →

Posted in Business News | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

What is Rule 48, which was invoked by the NYSE?

Posted on September 7, 2011 5:35 pm by Sam Manning

Just yesterday the NYSE invoked Rule 48.  Rule 48 was designed to be used in the event of a very volatile market condition.  It allows for market makers to hold off from giving price indications prior to the market open.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Business News | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Groupons holds off on IPO because of poor market conditions

Posted on September 6, 2011 6:26 pm by Sam Manning

This year started out as the hip year to launch your IPO.  Social networks were all the buzz with Facebook IPO rumors after LinkedIn’s IPO. LinkedIn (NYSE:LNKD) is a professional network on the Internet with more than 90 million members … Continue reading →

Posted in Business News | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment