Monday , April 17, 2006 08:45 ET
ATLANTA, Apr 17, 2006 (PRIMEZONE via COMTEX) -- Market Pulse is pleased to announce the following stock recommendations. Bernard Schmitt of Market Pulse states, "These notable stocks should be watched because they look great from a fundamental and technical perspective." Bernard possesses many years of experience in the financial industry recommending and evaluating stocks. He rates them as follows:
Qualcomm Inc. (Nasdaq:QCOM) : Market Outperform
ActiveCore Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB:ATVE) : Attractive
Intel Corp. (Nasdaq:INTC) : Bearish
Insmed Inc. (Nasdaq:INSM) : Attractive
Recommendation Meanings
These recommendations are investment opinions of Market-Pulse.com and reflect the stock's potential to move over the next one to four weeks of trading. This analysis is done from a technical and fundamental perspective.
After The Bell Market Commentary
According to Bernard Schmitt, "On Thursday, a barrel of light crude settled at $69.32, up 70 cents. The Commerce Department reported overall retail sales rose 0.6 percent last month after a revised 0.8 percent February fall that had been reported as a much steeper 1.4 percent drop. The University of Michigan's preliminary report showed its April index of consumer sentiment at 89.2, up from March's final reading of 88.9.The Dow Jones industrial average rose 7.68, or 0.07 percent, to 11,137.65. The Nasdaq composite index rose 11.43, or 0.49 percent, to 2,326.11. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 1.00, or 0.08 percent, to 1,289.12. The Russell 2000 index rose 3.34, or 0.45 percent, to 751.11."