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SCI, MSTR, ALKS, MMSI, BAC, PMCS, Expected to Trade Lower After Bearish Insider Trading

^{Published on 2011-06-03 06:20:32 - WOPRAI}
 

June 3, 2011 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / http://www.squeezetrigger.com is monitoring top insider trading patterns and these stocks are the most likely to trade Lower in the next 6 months. SERVICE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL (NYSE:SCI), MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED (NASDAQ:MSTR), ALKERMES, INC. (NASDAQ:ALKS), MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ:MMSI), BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (NYSE:BAC), PMC - SIERRA INC (NASDAQ:PMCS) are all expected to go Lower as Sell signals have been generated by top insider trading patterns. The most important data elements considered when performing insider analysis are: Insiders Track Record - An insiders track record is best summarized by the Insider Score which ranges from 1 (least predictive) to 100 (most predictive) based on prior trading performance. In addition, the actual returns following the insiders prior trades are included to determine the potential magnitude of future returns. Insiders Role - Trades by higher-level insiders are generally more predictive than trades by lower level insiders. Higher-level insiders to include Chairman (CB), Chief Executive Officer (CEO), President (P), Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and Vice Chairman (VC).

The chart below displays the stocks expected to go Lower along with the insider name, position, predictive insider score, 6 month expected return and number of trading decisions included in the score.

     Symbol     Company Name                        Insider Name                        Role        Shares         Insider Score     Avg 6 Month Return     # of Dec. 
     SCI        SERVICE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL     Waltrip, Robert L                   CB          102,000        95                -13.3%                 14        
     MSTR       MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED          Saylor, Michael J                   CEO         40,472         100               -21.7%                 66        
     ALKS       ALKERMES, INC.                      Breyer, Robert A                    D           6,050          90                -21.9%                 42        
     MMSI       MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.         Perry, Rashelle                     O           12,335         80                -23.1%                 5         
     BAC        BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION         Price, Joe L                        O           9,387          78                -6.9%                  12        
     PMCS       PMC - SIERRA INC                    Harris, Colin C                     CO          13,840         89                -22.4%                 5         

SERVICE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL (NYSE:SCI) - Service Corporation International provides deathcare products and services in the United States, Canada, and Germany. Its funeral service and cemetery operations consist of funeral service locations, cemeteries, funeral service/cemetery combination locations, crematoria, and related businesses. The company provides various professional services relating to funerals and cremations, including the use of funeral facilities and motor vehicles, and preparation and embalming services. It also sells funeral related merchandise, including caskets, burial vaults, cremation receptacles, cremation memorial products, flowers, and other ancillary products and services at funeral service locations. The companys cemeteries provide cemetery property interment rights, including mausoleum spaces, lots, and lawn crypts; and sell cemetery related merchandise and services comprising stone and bronze memorials, markers, merchandise installations, and burial openings and closings. It also sells preneed funeral and cemetery products and services whereby a customer contractually agrees to the terms of certain products and services to be delivered and performed in the future. As of December 31, 2009, Service Corporation operated 1,254 funeral service locations and 372 cemeteries, including 208 combination locations, covering 43 states in the United States, 8 Canadian provinces, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, as well as 12 funeral homes in Germany. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED (NASDAQ:MSTR) - MicroStrategy Incorporated provides business intelligence (BI) software worldwide. It offers MicroStrategy 9, an integrated BI platform that enables businesses to make business decisions. The MicroStrategy 9 platform consists of product components, such as Intelligence Server, a foundation for the BI platform; Report Services, an enterprise reporting engine that delivers production and operational reports, managed metrics reports, and interactive dashboards; OLAP Services that allows Web and desktop users to manipulate Intelligent Cubes databases; Web and Web Universal, a browser independent Web interface providing query, reporting, and analysis through a platform independent architecture; Office that lets Microsoft Office users to run, edit, and format MicroStrategy reports directly from within Microsoft applications; and Distribution Services product that controls report and dashboard distribution. The MicroStrategy 9 platforms product components also comprise Desktop, a BI development environment; Architect, whose applications are modeled through an intuitive graphical user interface; SDK for the integration of MicroStrategy 9 features and functionality into any application on multiple platforms; Mobile that offers mobile workers with access to BI reports on their smartphones; Integrity Manager; Command Manager, which automates MicroStrategy administrative tasks; Enterprise Manager that provides prebuilt reports and dashboards; Object Manager; and MultiSource Option that allows users to report, analyze, and monitor data across various data sources. The company also offers technical support, consulting, and education services; and operates Angel.com that provides interactive voice response telephony systems. MicroStrategy Incorporated serves retail, telecommunications, financial services, insurance, healthcare, manufacturing, technology, and government and public services sectors. The company was founded in 1989 and is based in McLean, Virginia.

ALKERMES, INC. (NASDAQ:ALKS) - Alkermes, Inc., an integrated biotechnology company, provides extended-release injectable and oral products for the treatment of prevalent and chronic diseases, such as central nervous system disorders, reward disorders, addiction, diabetes, and autoimmune disorders. The company develops, manufactures, and commercializes VIVITROL, an injectable medication for the treatment of alcohol dependence; and manufactures RISPERDAL CONSTA for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar I disorders. It is also developing BYDUREON, a once weekly formulation of exenatide for the treatment of type 2 diabetes; ALKS 33, an oral opioid modulator for the potential treatment of addiction and other CNS disorders; ALKS 37, an orally active, peripherally-restricted opioid antagonist for the treatment of opioid-induced constipation; ALKS 9070, a once-monthly, injectable, sustained-release version of aripiprazole for the treatment of schizophrenia; ALKS 6931, a long-acting form of a TNF receptor-FC fusion protein for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and related autoimmune diseases; and ALKS 7921, a once-monthly, injectable, and extended-release version of olanzapine for the treatment of schizophrenia. The company has collaborative arrangements with Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc.; Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Cilag GmbH International; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; and Acceleron Pharma, Inc. Alkermes, Inc. was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.

MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ:MMSI) - Merit Medical Systems, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and markets single-use medical products for interventional and diagnostic procedures worldwide. The companys cardiology and radiology products include percutaneous coronary interventions and percutaneous peripheral interventions. Its inflation devices, such as IntelliSystem, Monarch, and Basix COMPAK are used for measuring pressures during balloon and stent deployment. Merit Medical offers hemostasis valves; vascular retrieval devices; vascular access products; and diagnostic catheters, guide wires, and torque devices. The company also offers angiography and angioplasty accessories used during minimally invasive diagnosis and for the treatment of coronary artery and peripheral disease; safety and waste management systems to help avoid accidental exposure to contaminated fluids; and drainage catheters and accessories for nephrostomy, abscess, and other drainage procedures. In addition, it offers paracentesis and pericardiocentesis catheters to provide clinicians with a safe and convenient alternative for paracentesis procedures; therapeutic infusion catheters for the treatment of thrombus formation in the peripheral vessels of the body; multipurpose microcatheters for the delivery of interventional devices or therapeutic pharmaceuticals into selected blood vessels; and products for dialysis and interventional nephrology. Further, the company offers obesity-related products; gastroenterology and pulmonary products, such as non-vascular stents and bi-polar probes; and specialty procedure products, such as discography products and pressure sensors. It offers its products primarily to radiologists, anesthesiologists, physiatrists, neurologists, nephrologists, vascular surgeons, thoracic surgeons, technicians, and nurses. Merit Medical sells its products through direct sales forces, distributors, OEM partners, custom packagers, and packers. The company was founded in 1987 and is based in South Jordan, Utah.

BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (NYSE:BAC) - Bank of America Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides banking and financial services to individuals, small- and middle-market businesses, corporations, and governments primarily in the United States and internationally. The companys Deposits segment generates savings accounts, money market savings accounts, certificate of deposits and IRAs, and checking accounts; and Global Card Services segment provides the U.S. consumer and business card, consumer lending, international card and debit card services. Its Home Loans & Insurance segment offers fixed and adjustable-rate first-lien mortgage loans for home purchase and refinancing needs, reverse mortgages, home equity lines of credit, and home equity loans, as well as property, casualty, life, disability, and credit insurance. The companys Global Commercial Banking segment provides commercial loans and commitment facilities, real estate lending, leasing, trade finance, short-term credit, asset-based lending, and indirect consumer loans; and capital management and treasury solutions, such as treasury management, foreign exchange, and short-term investing options. Its Global Banking & Markets segment provides financial products, advisory services, financing, securities clearing, settlement, and custody services; debt and equity underwriting and distribution, merger-related advisory services, and risk management products; and integrated working capital management and treasury solutions. The companys Global Wealth & Investment Management segment offers advisory services, team-based investment advice and guidance, brokerage services, and wealth management solutions, as well as retirement services. Bank of America Corporation serves customers through a network of approximately 5,900 banking centers and 18,000 automated teller machines. The company was founded in 1874 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

PMC - SIERRA INC (NASDAQ:PMCS) - PMC-Sierra, Inc. engages in the design, development, marketing, and support of semiconductor solutions for the enterprise infrastructure and communications infrastructure markets. Its products include controllers based on Fibre Channel, Serial Attached SCSI, and Serial ATA that enable the development of external and server-attached storage systems; framers and mappers, which convert the data into a format for transmission in the network before the data is sent to the next destination; line interface units that transmit and receive signals over a physical medium, such as wire, cable, or fiber; and microprocessor-based system-on-chips, which perform the high-speed computations that help in identifying and controlling the flow of signals and data in various network equipment used in the communications, storage, and enterprise markets. The company also offers packet and cell processors that examine the contents of cells or packets, and perform various management and reporting functions; radio frequency transceivers, which transmit and receive broadband signals over the air; and serializers/deserializers that convert and multiplex traffic between slower speed parallel streams and higher speed serial streams. PMC-Sierra sells its products to end customers directly, as well as through distributors and independent manufacturers representatives primarily in China, Asia, Japan, Taiwan, Europe, the United States, and the Middle East. The company was founded in 1983 and is based in Santa Clara, California.

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