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MERR, LXRX, CAR, NLY, ASMI, CVTI Are Seasonally Ripe To Go Down In the Next Five Weeks

September 17, 2012 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / www.squeezetrigger.com is monitoring the Seasonality of Merriman Holdings Inc (OTC:MERR), Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:LXRX), AVIS BUDGET GROUP, INC. (NASDAQ:CAR), Annaly Capital Management Inc (NYSE:NLY), ASM International NV (NASDAQ:ASMI), Covenant Transportation Group Inc (NASDAQ:CVTI) and each have a high seasonal probability to go Down in the next weeks. By identifying stocks that are poised to go up or down based on seasonal tendencies, traders can increase their odds of making money. SqueezeTrigger.com is able to analyze over 20 years of data in less than 1 second for any stock in the market and determine if the stock has a long or short seasonal bias, how many trading days the move is expected to last, the probability of that move and the percentage move the stock is expected to make based on the seasonal bias. The technology used to generate these predictions is available for a low monthly fee at: http://www.squeezetrigger.com/services/strat/mh.php

The following stocks are expected to go Down:

  Symbol  Company                          Expected Return  Odds                 By The Following Date
  MERR    Merriman Holdings Inc            -11.68%          91.67% (11 of 12)    Friday, October 5th 2012
  LXRX    Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc      -10.43%          75.00% (9 of 12)     Friday, September 21st 2012
  CAR     AVIS BUDGET GROUP, INC.          -8.48%           75.00% (9 of 12)     Friday, September 21st 2012
  NLY     Annaly Capital Management Inc    -7.70%           85.71% (12 of 14)    Thursday, October 11th 2012
  ASMI    ASM International NV             -8.16%           75.00% (9 of 12)     Friday, September 21st 2012
  CVTI    Covenant Transportation Group Inc  -8.51%           91.67% (11 of 12)    Friday, September 28th 2012

Merriman Holdings Inc (OTC:MERR) - Merriman Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiary, Merriman & Co., provides investment banking, capital markets services, and corporate and venture services to institutional investors and corporate clients primarily in the United States and Canada. Its investment banking services include advising on and structuring capital raising solutions for corporate clients through public and private offerings of primarily equity and convertible debt securities. The companys investment banking services also comprise strategic advisory services consisting of transaction-specific advice regarding mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, spin-offs, and privatizations, as well as general strategic advice. In addition, it offers institutional brokerage services, including institutional sales, sales trading, and trading services, as well as executes securities transactions for money managers, mutual funds, hedge funds, insurance companies, and pension and profit-sharing plans. Additionally, the company provides corporate and executive services; venture services, including distribution and liquidity programs, portfolio company advisory services, research dissemination, and execution trading; OTCQX advisory services; and institutional cash distributors services. Further, it offers equity research services for the clean energy; consumer, media, and Internet; health care; and technology sectors. The company was formerly known as Merriman Curhan Ford Group, Inc. and changed its name to Merriman Holdings, Inc. on August 16, 2010. Merriman Holdings was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California..

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:LXRX) - Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the discovery and development of pharmaceutical products for the treatment of human diseases in the areas of cardiology, gastroenterology, immunology, metabolism, and ophthalmology. The companys drug candidates include LX1031, which has completed Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome and other gastrointestinal disorders; LX4211 that has completed Phase II clinical trials to treat type 2 diabetes; LX2931, which is in Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases; and LX1032 that has completed Phase II clinical trials to treat the symptoms associated with carcinoid syndrome. It also has a preclinical development drug candidate, LX7101, for the treatment of glaucoma. The company has drug discovery alliances with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Genentech, Inc.; N.V. Organon; and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited. It also has drug development financing collaboration with Symphony Icon; and an alliance with Nuevolution A/S, which provides access to Nuevolutions Chemetics platform chemistry technology. Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was formerly known as Lexicon Genetics Inc. and changed its name on April 26, 2007. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas..

AVIS BUDGET GROUP, INC. (NASDAQ:CAR) - Avis Budget Group, Inc. provides car and truck rentals, and ancillary services to businesses and consumers in the United States and internationally. The company supplies rental cars to the premium commercial and leisure segments of the travel industry under the Avis brand name; and to the value-conscious segments of the industry under the Budget brand name. It operates or franchises approximately 2,200 rental locations that comprise the Avis car rental system worldwide. The Avis System encompasses locations at various airports and cities in the United States and internationally. The company also operates or franchises approximately 1,800 car rental locations in the Budget System worldwide. In addition, it operates local and one-way truck rental businesses under the Budget trucks brand in the United States. The Budget truck rental business has a combined fleet of approximately 29,000 trucks, which is rented through a network of approximately 2,300 dealers and 250 company-operated locations in the continental United States. As of December 31, 2009, it rental fleet totaled approximately 350,000 vehicles, and completed 23 million vehicle rental transactions in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, the Caribbean, and parts of Asia. In addition, it engages in the sale and/or rental of supplemental equipment, loss damage waivers, additional/supplemental liability insurance, personal accident/effects insurance, fuel service options, fuel service charges, optional emergency roadside assistance, satellite radio, and electronic toll collection. The company was formerly known as Cendant Corporation and changed its name to Avis Budget Group, Inc. in August 2006. Avis Budget Group was founded in 1946 and is based in Parsippany, New Jersey..

Annaly Capital Management Inc (NYSE:NLY) - Annaly Capital Management, Inc., a real estate investment trust, engages in the ownership, management, and financing of a portfolio of investment securities. The company invests primarily in mortgage pass-through certificates, collateralized mortgage obligations, agency callable debentures, and other mortgage-backed securities representing interests in or obligations backed by pools of mortgage loans. Annaly Capital also invests in Federal Home Loan Bank, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and Federal National Mortgage Association debentures. The company has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (REIT). As a REIT, the company would not be subject to federal corporate income tax, provided it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its stockholders. It was formerly known as Annaly Mortgage Management, Inc. and changed its name to Annaly Capital Management, Inc. in August 2006. Annaly Capital Management was incorporated in 1996 and is based in New York City..

ASM International NV (NASDAQ:ASMI) - ASM International N.V., together with its subsidiaries, engages in researching, developing, manufacturing, marketing, and servicing equipment and materials used to produce semiconductor devices. It provides production solutions for semiconductor production areas that include wafer processing, and assembly and packaging. The companys front-end products comprise the Advance 400, a vertical furnace and batch processing platform that is used in various manufacturing steps of semiconductor devices; Eagle, a single-wafer processing product platform for PECVD applications; Eagle XP, a platform for various 300mm single wafer processing; Epsilon, a platform that offers a range of epitaxy products and materials for various applications; and Polygon, a single wafer atomic layer deposition platform. Its back-end products include die and flip chip bonding, and die sorting products; wire bonding products; encapsulation products; post encapsulation products; and automated systems. ASM International primarily sells its products to manufacturers of semiconductor devices and silicon wafers in Europe, the United States, the Southeast Asia, and Japan. It sells its products through sales representatives and direct sales force. The company, formerly known as Advanced Semiconductor Materials International N.V., was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Almere, the Netherlands..

Covenant Transportation Group Inc (NASDAQ:CVTI) - Covenant Transportation Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, offers truckload transportation and brokerage services primarily in the continental United States. The company provides long haul, dedicated, regional solo-driver, and regional temperature-controlled services. It offers its freight brokerage services directly, as well as through freight brokerage agents. The company serves transportation companies, such as freight forwarders, less-than-truckload carriers, and third-party logistics providers, as well as traditional truckload customers, including manufacturers, retailers, and food and beverage shippers. As of December 31, 2009, it operated 3,113 tractors and 8,005 trailers. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee..

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