http://www.vsinvestor.com Investing in stocks based on short term spikes in volume Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:32:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Tivo Inc. (Nasdaq: TIVO) shares are down 14 percent to $9.25 as of 11:30 a.m. Eastern on volume of 3.6 million shares, about 1.4 times its average daily volume, after a federal judge's handed the company a setback in its long-standing patent dispute with rival Dish Network Corp (Nasdaq: DISH). The U.S. ... http://www.vsinvestor.com/2009/07/volume-alert-tivo-inc-tivo-dish.html Fertilizer stocks are gaining ground, with stocks including Potash CP (NYSE: POT) trading rising 4 percent, above $94, with nearly half its average volume changing hands in the first hour of Thursday trading. The company could be benefit from a Bloomberg.com's report that Russia's two largest potash miners plan to raise ... http://www.vsinvestor.com/2009/07/fertilizer-begins-to-fly-as-russian-miners-demonstrate-pricing-power-pot-ipi-mon-agu-mos.html Beacon Power Corporation (NASDAQ: BCON) has just surged on a single note that the D.O.E. is offerinhg a $43 million conditional loan guarantee to the company.  Shares opened at $0.80 this morning and at 10:06 are at $0.90.  We have now seen 900,000 shares after about 600,000 of the shares ... http://www.vsinvestor.com/2009/07/pricevolume-alert-beacon-power-bcon.html Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) shares are up 2 percent near $6.20 a share, and have climbed roughly 20 cents shortly after noon on Wednesday on a volume spike of more than 5 million shares. The company announced at around 12:20 p.m. Eastern that its June auto sales fell 10.9% from ... http://www.vsinvestor.com/2009/07/volume-alert-ford-motor-f.html Pier 1 Imports Inc. (NYSE: PIR) saw a sudden spike higher late in the morning.  The company' CEO spoke at an annual meeting and said that the first month of the new quarter is running better than internal projections.  The company has also approved a par value reduction to accommodate ... http://www.vsinvestor.com/2009/07/major-pricevolume-alert-pier-1-pir.html Immersion Corp. (Nasdaq: IMMR) shares are down more than 20 percent on nearly 50,000 shares volume as of 9:10 Eastern this morning, after the company announced an investigation into previous revenue transactions in its medical business. The company's audit committee has not yet determined the impact, if any, to Immersion's historical ... http://www.vsinvestor.com/2009/07/premarket-alert-immersion-corp-immr.html Gold stocks that took a hit in yesterday's trading following a disappointing consumer confidence number that sent the dollar higher and many commodities lower are rebounding in premarket trade this morning, ahead of expected reports this morning on construction spending and pending home sales that may broadly affect commodities. Spot gold ... http://www.vsinvestor.com/2009/07/gold-stocks-remain-on-close-watch-ahead-of-data-drooy-gold-au-auy.html IncrediMail Ltd. (Nasdaq: MAIL) shares are up 8 percent on a premarket volume spike after the company said it's reached a deal to use Google Inc.'s (Nasdaq: GOOG) Adsense advertising platform for two additional years. The Israeli company's stock had risen nearly 18 percent in trading in Tel Aviv. The platform allows the ... http://www.vsinvestor.com/2009/07/premarket-alert-incredimail-mail.html Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: SPPI) Inc. shares are down roughly 8 percent on nearly 60,000 shares traded as of 8:15 a.m. Eastern. The company announced early this morning that it will raise $21 million from institutional investors at $7.15 a share. The stock had been trading near $7.65 a share. ... http://www.vsinvestor.com/2009/07/premarket-alert-spectrum-pharmaceuticals-sppi.html Shares of vaccine maker Novavax Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX) are rising in premarket trading, seeing some continued buying a day after Spanish health authorities licensed its technologies to make pandemic and seasonal flu vaccines. The stock had risen more than 30 percent yesterday on the news. Boutique research firm Rodman and Renshaw raised ... http://www.vsinvestor.com/2009/07/premarket-alert-novavax-active-for-a-second-session-nvax.html