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.

Mid Cap Active Runners: Sunedison Inc (NYSE:SUNE), Groupon Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN), Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE:AMD), Cliffs Natural Resources (NYSE:CLF)

Making the adjustment cost $134,000 and provides the investor an additional month of long exposure to the solar-energy company. The new long calls control the equivalent of 171,100 shares off the bat, and that correlation will increase to 590,000 if Sunedison Inc (NYSE:SUNE) pushes over $23 by expiration in mid-May. Sunedison Inc (NYSE:SUNE) stock performance…

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Diversified Machinery: Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT), General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), Pall Corporation (NYSE:PLL), Broadwind Energy (NASDAQ:BWEN)

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) has the potential to generate around $15-$17 billion of cumulative free cash through 2016, and could even repurchase up to 35 million shares per year over the next three years, says a report from Barclays on 31 March 2014 by analysts Andy Kaplowitz, Vlad Bystricky, Alan Fleming and Jing Feng. Caterpillar Inc….

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Most Active Services: Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:SIRI), Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD), Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA), Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL)

SiriusXM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:SIRI) announced the launch of “The Perri Peltz Show,” a weekly show featuring veteran journalist, filmmaker and SiriusXM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:SIRI) host Perri Peltz, discussing the issues that are most relevant to working women and mothers, ranging from their personal challenges to how these issues affect society at large. Sirius XM Holdings…

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Bearish Stocks: MannKind Corporation (NASDAQ:MNKD), Prana Biotechnology Limited (NASDAQ:PRAN), Oi SA (ADR) (NYSE:OIBR), Idera Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IDRA)

Shares of MannKind Corp. (NASDAQ:MNKD) fall as much as 27.105% prior to Tuesday’s Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee Meeting. MannKind Corporation (NASDAQ:MNKD) stock performance was -16.77% in last session and finished the day at $4.02. Traded volume was 30,207,668 million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 7.92…

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Bullish Stocks: Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU), Nordion (NYSE:NDZ), FuelCell Energy Inc (NASDAQ:FCEL), BioFuel Energy (NASDAQ:BIOF)

Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) rallied 8% in the wake of a positive write-up from analysts at Stifel Nicolaus. Analyst Kevin Cassidy said in a note that he disagrees with the general bearish outlook on Micron shares and urged investors to build positions in the stock on weakness. Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) stock performance was 7.99%…

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