Colin Pettis

Colin Pettis covers the senior semiconductor sector and is a managing director at Tech Insider, joining in 2012. Colin has 20 years of experience in equity research including 15 years in semiconductor components. Colin is currently responsible for the coverage of 18 large-cap and small-cap semiconductor companies.

Stocks To Watch: Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS), Wolverine World Wide (NYSE:WWW), Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), Eaton Corp (NYSE:ETN)

Littelfuse Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS), the global leader in circuit protection, was recently recognized with a Supplier of the Year Award (circuit protection devices) from one of the company’s strategic channel providers, Arrow Electronics Inc. Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS) stock performance was -2.71% in last session and finished the day at $90.78. Traded volume was 322,756.00million shares in…

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Hot Stocks: National Bank of Greece (NYSE:NBG), Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), Merck & Co. (NYSE:MRK), Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ)

As the European Central Bank prepares to take over supervision of about 130 euro-area lenders from BNP Paribas to National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG) starting in November, regulators have sought to compile the toughest stress tests in a bid to repair credibility damaged by assessments in 2010 and 2011 that didn’t uncover weaknesses at…

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Basic Material Gainers: Quicksilver Resources (NYSE:KWK), Magellan Petroleum Corporation (NASDAQ:MPET), PolyMet Mining (NYSEMKT:PLM), Whiting USA Trust (NYSE:WHX)

Quicksilver Resources Inc. (NYSE:KWK) announced that the company completed its semi-annual redetermination and closed an amendment to its Combined Credit Agreements on April 25, 2014. Quicksilver Resources Inc (NYSE:KWK) stock performance was 6.84% in last session and finished the day at $3.28. Traded volume was 11.14million shares in the last session and the average volume…

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NYSE upgrades: Weatherford International (NYSE:WFT), Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE:RBA), Simpson Manufacturing (NYSE:SSD), Colfax Corp (NYSE:CFX)

Research analysts at Jefferies Group upped their price target on shares of Weatherford International (NYSE:WFT) from $17.00 to $19.00 in a report released on Monday. Weatherford International (NYSE:WFT) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 24th. The company reported $0.13 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.11 by…

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Healthcare winners: HCA Holdings Inc (NYSE:HCA), Community Health Systems (NYSE:CYH), Universal Health Services (NYSE:UHS), Uniqure NV (NASDAQ:QURE)

Given the lack of management expertise and synergies, Wesfarmers could struggle to justify offering more for Healthscope than other mooted bidders, which include US healthcare company HCA Holdings Inc (NYSE:HCA), Chinese conglomerate Fosun Pharma and Malaysia’s IHH. HCA Holdings Inc (NYSE:HCA) stock performance was 5.76% in last session and finished the day at $53.44. Traded…

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Top Winners of BAsic Material: Gold Fields (NYSE:GFI), Platinum Group Metals (NYSEMKT:PLG), Harmony Gold (NYSE:HMY), Eagle Rock Energy (NASDAQ:EROC)

Shares of Gold Fields Limited (NYSE:GFI) have earned an average recommendation of “Hold” from the eleven brokerages that are currently covering the company, Analyst Ratings Net reports. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have issued a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company. Gold…

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