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I’ve stated before that I love when analysts start hating stocks. Today, Netflix (NFLX) was downgraded from a hold to a sell. In typical analyst fashion, as the stock has begun sliding from the high last week after Netflix announced positive earnings, Wall Street analysts are now pounding the drum to sell the stock.

TheStreet.com announced today they will present at the 14th Annual Emerald Groundhog Day Investment Forum.

Emerald Asset Management also announced that Jim Cramer of TheStreet.com will kick off the Forum as keynote speaker at breakfast, scheduled for Thursday, February 1, 2007 at the Radisson Plaza-Warwick Hotel in Philadelphia.

Continuing the climb today, Rainmaker Systems (RMKR) announced they have acquired Lead Generation company CAS Systems, Inc.

The cash deal is worth $4 Million plus 5.25% over the next 3 years.

Microsoft (MSFT) released first quarter earnings today and beat the street estimate by 3 cents. Earnings were $.26 cents a share compared with the $.23 cents predicted by analysts on the street.

Netflix reported not only a blowout quarter, but issued guidance for the year in revenues of between $1.25 billion and $1.3 billion. By rolling out their new plan for allowing immediate downloads using the Windows Media Player, they are going to give companies like Apple, Movielink and Vongo a run for their money.

Emerald Asset Management has announced that Jim Cramer of TheStreet.com will kick off the Fourteenth Annual Emerald Groundhog Day Investment Forum at a breakfast, scheduled for Thursday, February 1, 2007 at the Radisson Plaza-Warwick Hotel in Philadelphia.

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. (AMTD) said Thursday that Chief Executive Joseph H. Moglia realized $55.05 million from the exercise of stock options to acquire 3,991,681 shares during the fiscal year ended Sept. 29.
Value realized generally is defined as the market value of the stock on the dates of exercise minus the applicable exercise price. It […]

I’ve been talking about this company for six months now. Crystallex is in a great position here especially with Hugo Chavez turning much of the country’s business into a socialist network of government run facilities. This is actually good news for the Canadian mining company because now all they need is the permit from the government to mine. This will put thousands of Venezuelans to work and I think immediately raise the price of the stock.

Overall the tape looked positive today giving the bulls a little ground after options expired last week. The DOW closed up 87 points and the NASDAQ was up 34 points.