LAB - LaBranche & Co. Inc. (LAB)

occhio: Lehman è pronta a comprare le attività americane di VDM lo specialist concorrente di LAB, che ha annunciato alcuni gg fa il ritiro dal mercato americano. Quindi anche con questa qualcosa potrebbe succedere
Lehman poised to buy Van der Moolen arm

By Anuj Gangahar and Ben White in New York
martedì nov 27 2007 21:45
Lehman Brothers (NYSE:LEH) is set to snap up the US specialist business of Van der Moolen, the New York Stock Ex*change marketmaker which quit the Big Board earlier this month after posting steep losses.

The role of specialists, who match buyers with sellers, has been under increasing threat in recent years as a result of the explosive growth of automated trading.

It was unclear on Tuesday night why Lehman would want to acquire the specialist business, which Van der Moolen Holding (NYSE:VDM) , the unit's parent company, earlier this month said that it planned to shut down.
 
acquisto su chiusura gap intraday a questi livelli
 
fanno quello che vogliono. Da -1,5% a +6% nel finale:D
 
scaricato in alto a 5,44 in teoria siamo vicini a ennesimo segnale di acquisto in area 5,10\20:D
 
graficamente è impostato molto bene: ho alleggerito la mia quota trading a questi livelli
 
qui si può prendere qualcosa per eventuale incremento più in basso o per sgancio in caso di rimbalzo
 
in perfetta sintonia con NYX. Quasi un cw per andare in leva su questo titolo questo titolo.
 
OK!
LaBranche swings to 4Q adjusted profit; revenue tops expectations
Friday January 18, 2008 09:19:56 EST
BOSTON, Jan 18, 2008 (Thomson Financial via COMTEX News Network) --
LaBranche & Co. Inc. Friday swung to a fourth-quarter profit, posting adjusted earnings of $2.3 million, or 4 cents a share, from a year-earlier loss of $1.8 million, or 3 cents a share.

Results for the latest quarter exclude a net gain related to the increase in fair value of the company's NYSE Euronext Inc. shares.

The mean estimate of three analysts polled by Thomson Financial was for a fourth-quarter loss of 2 cents a share.

LaBranche said revenue for the period fell to $118.6 million from $198.8 million a year earlier. Three analysts, on average, had estimate revenue of $111.1 million.

Shares of the New York-based registered broker-dealer closed Thursday at $4.46. Casey Logan cl/pc
 
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