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Is it 2009 yet? Golly, what a year 2008 was. Can we even begin to imagine a year that was worse for the stock market, financial market, housing market… The markets.
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The year ends on a high note with many stocks breaking above their moving averages:

Stock
Alert

Powell Industries Inc
Price (28.2) Rises Above Moving Average of 28.19

Devon Energy Corp
Price (66.64) Moves Below Moving Average of 66.65

Rexahn Pharmaceutical
Price (0.86) Rises Above Moving Average of 0.85

Gaiam Incorporated Cl A
Price (4.5) Rises Above Moving Average of 4.46

Alon USA Energy Inc
Price (9.36) [...]

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Last PageRank update for 2008 (or is it the first PageRank update for 2009?) seems to be rolling out to all the Google ToolBar users. DeepMarket went from a PR2 to PR3. yawn. A couple years ago we were PR6 – that was pretty cool, but we are [...]

These are some stocks that have been tagged by users over at StockTickr:

INGN: INTROGEN THERAPEUTICS INC

Outlook: Short Industry: Drug Related Products
New low on 36.35 times average volume: 2,035,531 vs. 56,000
(tags: short, New Low on Huge Volume)

LMNX: LUMINEX CORPORATION

Outlook: Long Industry: Medical Instruments Supls
New high on 4.68 times average volume: 1,323,724 vs. 283,117
(tags: long, New High on Huge [...]

Seasonal Patterns found for the following stocks:
Delta Air Lines Inc (DAL) over the next 5 trading days. Look at the seasonal patterns for Delta Air Lines Inc in context.
Baidu.com Inc (BIDU) over the next 8 trading days. Look at the seasonal patterns for Baidu.com Inc in context.
Intercontinental Exchange Inc (ICE) over the next [...]

Seasonal Patterns found for the following stocks:
Cobra Electronics Corp (COBR) over the next 10 trading days. Look at the seasonal patterns for Cobra Electronics Corp in context.
Hudson Technologies Inc (HDSN) over the next 10 trading days. Look at the seasonal patterns for Hudson Technologies Inc in context.
Tarragon Corp (TARR) over the next 10 [...]

Inverted Head and Shoulders chart found for the following stocks:
Brush Engineered (BW) over a 7 day period with about a 92% match.
Entravision Cmmnctns (EVC) over a 7 day period with about a 91% match.
Man Sang Holdings Inc (MHJ) over a 7 day period with about a 91% match.
Essa Bancorp Inc (ESSA) over a 7 day [...]

Head and Shoulders chart found for the following stocks:
Sussex Bancorp (SBBX) over a 7 day period with about a 92% match.
Legacy Bancorp Inc (LEGC) over a 7 day period with about a 92% match.
DWS RREEF Real Estate Fund II Inc (SRO) over a 7 day period with about a 91% match.
Hampden Bancorp` Inc. (HBNK) over [...]

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Lending Club recently received some really great media attention in a report by CBS news – take a look:
An Unexpected Lifeline
With the frozen credit market still showing no signs of thawing, many consumers are turning to online person to person loans. Priya David has more on what could be a $6 billion industry [...]