Mark DeFrance

Mark DeFrance is a senior research analyst at Tech Insider, focusing on the enterprise software sector. Prior to joining TI, Mark covered enterprise software for First Albany, and prior to that he worked in equity research at B.T. Alex Brown and Bankers Trust. Mark has written software applications in various programming languages including BASIC, Pascal, and COBOL. He has also been recognized in The Wall Street Journal's "Best on the Street" survey and was recognized by Forbes Magazine as the No. 1 sell-side stock picker in the software industry for a five-year period, with returns of 115% versus 26% for the software industry.

Watch List: National Bank of Greece (NYSE:NBG), NGP Capital Resources Company (NASDAQ:NGPC), Weibo Corp (NASDAQ:WB), SINA Corp (NASDAQ:SINA)

Greece’s second-biggest lender, the National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG) has unveiled the terms of a planned share capital increase that must be approved by the shareholders’ general meeting on May 10. National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG) stock performance was 0.23% in last session and finished the day at $4.44. Traded volume was 1.49million…

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Recent Insider Buying: Molycorp Inc (NYSE:MCP), Callon Petroleum Company (NYSE:CPE), Opko Health (NYSE:OPK), Miller Energy Resources (NYSE:MILL)

Molycorp Inc (NYSE:MCP) major shareholder Y Metales S.A. Molibdenos purchased 14,650,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on 2014, March 5th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of $5.00 per share, with a total value of $73,250,000.00. Molycorp Inc (NYSE:MCP) stock performance was 4.00% in last session and finished…

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Industrial Goods Most Volatile: Orbital Sciences (NYSE:ORB), ZBB Energy Corporation (NYSEMKT:ZBB), Adept Technology (NASDAQ:ADEP), Hydrogenics Corporation (NASDAQ:HYGS)

NASA is paying SpaceX, as well as Virginia’s Orbital Sciences Corp. (NYSE:ORB), to regularly stock the orbiting lab. These commercial shipments stemmed from the 2011 retirement of the space shuttles. This was the fourth station delivery for SpaceX, which tests its rocket engines at its McGregor facility. Orbital Sciences Corp (NYSE:ORB) stock performance was 5.21%…

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Consumer Goods Active Runners: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Mondelez International (NASDAQ:MDLZ), The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG), Mattel (NASDAQ:MAT)

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Google are wooing game developers to ensure that top game titles arrive first on devices powered by their respective operating system, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock performance was 1.14% in last session and finished the day at $524.94. Traded volume was…

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Investor’s ALert: Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE:AMD), Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), ON Semiconductor (NASDAQ:ONNN), Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN)

On the GPU accelerator front, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE:AMD) and NVIDIA both have products dropping today. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE:AMD) is launching the FirePro S10000, its most powerful GPU card yet. In fact, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE:AMD) is claiming this is the most powerful server graphics card on the market. Advanced Micro…

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Automaker Stocks In News: Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), General Motors Company (NYSE:GM), Toyota Motor (NYSE:TM)

Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) and the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers recently filed a petition with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for permission to replace side mirrors with cameras, a dumb idea for those of us living above 40 degrees north latitude, stretching from New Jersey to northern California. Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) stock performance…

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