Traders Are Gambling on: Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:ARIA), Silicon Image (NASDAQ:SIMG), Calamos Asset Management Inc. (NASDAQ:CLMS), Mondelez International (NASDAQ:MDLZ), Intel (NASDAQ:INTC)


Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:ARIA) announced that it has granted exclusive rights to privately-held pharmaceutical company Angelini Pharma to commercialize Iclusig in Central and Eastern Europe for the indications approved by the European Medicine Agency (EMA). Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:ARIA) in last trading activity moved up 0.81% to close at $6.87. Company weekly performance is 3.15% while its quarterly performance stands at 30.11%. Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:ARIA) is -30.11% away from its 52 week high.

Dougherty & Co restated their buy rating on shares of Silicon Image Inc (NASDAQ:SIMG) in a report issued on Thursday. They currently have a $7.00 target price on the stock. On last trading day Silicon Image, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIMG) moved up 1.66% to close at $5.52. Its volatility for the week is 3.01% while volatility for the month is 4.88%. SIMG’s sales growth for past 5 years was 0.10% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 2.90%. Silicon Image, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIMG) monthly performance is -2.82%.

Calamos Asset Management Inc (NASDAQ:CLMS) CEO John P. Sr Calamos, Sr. acquired 19,190 shares of Calamos Asset Management stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 16th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of $12.47 per share, for a total transaction of $239,299.30. Following the purchase, the chief executive officer now directly owns 3,555,326 shares in the company, valued at approximately $44,334,915. Calamos Asset Management Inc. (NASDAQ:CLMS) has 18.00% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 62.80%. In last trading activity company’s stock closed at $13.32.

Mondelez International, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDLZ) cash dividend payment of $0.15 per share is scheduled to be paid on January 15, 2015. Shareholders who purchased MDLZ stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. On Wednesday shares of Mondelez International, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDLZ) closed at $36.33. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was -2.70% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 12.95%.

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) was the target of a large decrease in short interest during the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totalling 141,197,742 shares, a decrease of 14.3% from the November 28th total of 164,753,317 shares. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) in last trading activity moved down -1.28% to close at $36.29. Company weekly performance is -3.05% while its quarterly performance stands at 7.46%. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) is -4.25% away from its 52 week high.


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