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.

Services Sector Unusual Volume: Covenant Transportation (NASDAQ:CVTI), Chanticleer Holdings (NASDAQ:HOTR), Hemisphere Media (NASDAQ:HMTV), Versar Inc. (NYSEMKT:VSR)

Covenant Transportation Group (NASDAQ:CVTI) VP Ralph Lovin, Jr. sold 1,409 shares of Covenant Transportation Group stock on the open market in a transaction dated Thursday, March 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $11.55, for a total transaction of $16,273.95. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president now directly owns…

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Bearish Stocks at NYSE: New Oriental Education & Tech (NYSE:EDU), Silvercorp (NYSE:SVM), Furmanite (NYSE:FRM), Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras (NYSE:EBR.B)

After social platform YY launched a new online education offering and New Oriental Education & Tech Grp (ADR) (NYSE:EDU)’s stock sank 14%, Oppenheimer thinks that YY’s product faces a number of significant hurdles, including the firm’s belief that Internet education is a better fit for adults than teenagers, who have become the main consumers of…

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NASDAQ Bullish Stocks: Smith Micro Software (NASDAQ:SMSI), Skullcandy Inc. (NASDAQ:SKUL), FuelCell Energy (NASDAQ:FCEL), Hurco Companies Inc. (NASDAQ:HURC)

Shares of headphone maker Skullcandy Inc. (NASDAQ:SKUL) extended pre-market gains and hit a 52-week high of $11.40 in recent early trade after the company reported Q4 earnings and Q1 guidance that beat street expectations. The shares were slightly off their earlier highs by mid-morning, but were nevertheless up 42.5% at $10.59. Also this morning, Northland…

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Computer Peripherals: 3D Systems Corporation (NYSE:DDD), Logitech International (NASDAQ:LOGI), Qumu Corp (NASDAQ:QUMU), Stratasys (NASDAQ:SSYS)

3D Systems Corporation (NYSE:DDD) Director G Walter Loewenbaum II sold 50,000 shares of 3D Systems stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 5th. 3D Systems Corporation (NYSE:DDD) stock performance was -3.93% in last session and finished the day at $68.50. Traded volume was 6.93million shares in the last session and the average volume…

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Tech Sector Updates: Sodastream (NASDAQ:SODA) Advances, Pixelworks (NASDAQ:PXLW), Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL)

SodaStream  (NASDAQ:SODA) advances after Tilson touts shares Shares of SodaStream (NASDAQ:SODA), which makes at-home soda makers, are climbing after well-known hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson revealed that he had established a position in the stock and wrote an upbeat article about the company. Tilson wrote in the article dated yesterday that after conducting a survey he…

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