Kristen Barton

Kristen Barton is a managing director and co-director of investment research. Kristen is also a senior research analyst focusing on agriculture & biotech companies. Prior to joining Tech Insider in 2010, Barton worked in equity research at RBC Capital Markets in Minneapolis, MN and Edward Jones in St. Louis, Mo. She was recognized for her stock picking in the 2012 Wall Street Journal "Best on the Street" publication.

Bearish Stocks At Services Sector: Pandora Media Inc (NYSE:P), Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX), The Wet Seal (NASDAQ:WTSL), dELiA*s (NASDAQ:DLIA)

Notable decliner Monday was Internet radio company Pandora Media Inc. (NYSE:P), which fell almost 8% to $31.39 a share. The music publication Billboard reported that Apple is considering launching an iTunes app that would work with Google’s Android-based mobile devices. Pandora Media Inc (NYSE:P) stock performance was -7.70% in last session and finished the day…

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Basic Material Active Stocks: Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA), Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (NYSE:PBR), North American Palladium (NYSEMKT:PAL), Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX)

Shares of Alcoa (NYSE:AA) saw some unusual options trading activity on Monday. Investors purchased 35,778 call options on the company, AR Network reports. This is an increase of approximately 129% compared to the typical volume of 15,651 call options. Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA) stock finished the day at $12.01. Traded volume was 28,890,184 million shares in…

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MID CAP bullish Stocks: Cliffs Natural Resources (NYSE:CLF), Columbia Property (NYSE:CXP), Newfield Exploration (NYSE:NFX), Yanzhou Coal Mining (NYSE:YZC)

Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (NYSE:CLF) had its target price decreased by Bank of America from $20.00 to $16.00 in a research note released on Thursday morning, Analyst Ratings News reports. Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (NYSE:CLF) stock performance was 5.69% in last session and finished the day at $19.69. Traded volume was 7.07million shares in the…

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Tech Most Volatile: Sky-mobi (NASDAQ:MOBI), Hanwha Solarone (NASDAQ:HSOL), GigOptix Inc. (NYSEMKT:GIG), Plug Power (NASDAQ:PLUG)

Sky-mobi Ltd (ADR) (NASDAQ:MOBI) a leading mobile application in china has signed a strategic partnership agreement with WO Store of China Unicom, through its subsidiary Mopin Technology. Sky-mobi Ltd (ADR) (NASDAQ:MOBI) stock performance was 3.74% in last session and finished the day at $11.38. Traded volume was 2.23 million shares in the last session and…

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Tech Most Volatile: SouFun Holdings (NYSE:SFUN), Pixelworks (NASDAQ:PXLW), American Superconductor (NASDAQ:AMSC), RadiSys Corporation (NASDAQ:RSYS)

SouFun Holdings Ltd (NYSE:SFUN) appears to be finding support at its 50-day moving average. The company runs an Internet portal that specializes in the residential real estate market. SouFun Holdings Ltd (NYSE:SFUN) stock performance was 81.93% in last session and finished the day at $75.40. Traded volume was 2.34million shares in the last session and…

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Tech Bullish Stocks: Envivio Inc (NASDAQ:ENVI), eOn Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:EONC), Mechanical Technology (OTCMKTS:MKTY), Black Box Corporation (NASDAQ:BBOX)

This week, Envivio, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENVI) is showing good progress as the company’s rating jumps from a B (“buy”) last week to an A (“strong buy”). Envivio Inc (NASDAQ:ENVI) stock performance was 3.93% in last session and finished the day at $3.90. Traded volume was 274,509.00million shares in the last session and the average volume of…

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