NOTE TO EDITORS: The Following Is an Investment Opinion Being Issued by Benchmark Journal.

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NOTE TO EDITORS: The Following Is an Investment Opinion Being Issued by AnalystChoice.com (AC).

There is an upside to the effect of the bear market. It drove the price of some great dividend-paying stocks lower, driving yields sky high.

It looks like the markets are wanting to go up, or, it looks like those who control the direction of the markets are working their plan and heading for DJIA 11,000 or higher from here.[More...]

Investors love low priced stocks. Investors love dividends. What happens if you combine the two criteria? WallStreetNewsNetwork.com just came out with a list of over 25 stocks selling for less than $10 per share, with market caps over $250 million, and yields over 10%. Many of them were closed end funds, but several are businesses, such as Cedar Fair LP (FUN), the amusement park and water park company, which just went ex-dividend. Based on its latest quarterly payment of 25 cents, it yields 14.6%.

How about a biotech that has a 12.2% yield? PDL BioPharma, Inc. (PDLI) is an interesting company selling for less than ten dollars a share. They manage antibody humanization patents and royalty assets, consisting of patents and license agreements with biotech companies. They also pay 25 cents per quarter and last went ex dividend on September 15, and paid their dividend October 1. They just priced a $300 million securitization transaction which will monetize 60% of the royalties from sales of current Genentech products. They intend to pay a significant portion of the proceeds from the securitization to stockholders in the form of a special dividend, most likely in December of this year. The total amount of this special cash dividend, along with the record and payment dates will be finalized at the upcoming board of director's meeting on November 11th and announced the following day.

If you want to see a bunch of other interesting low priced high yield stocks in the form of a free downloadable Excel database of high dividend low priced stocks, go to wsnn.com.

Author does not own any of the above.

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{tiny;ARIA;3}ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARIA) will hold a live webcast of its quarterly conference call at 8:30 a.m. (ET) on Thursday, November 5, 2009. Harvey J. Berger, M.D., chairman and chief executive officer, will host the call. Senior management will discuss the Company’s financial results for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, progress toward 2009 key corporate objectives and additional corporate activities.

The live webcast can be accessed by visiting the investor relations section of the Company’s website at http://www.ariad.com/investor. The call can be accessed by dialing 866-783-2146 (domestic) or 857-350-1605 (international) five minutes prior to the start time and providing the passcode 97543712. A replay of the call will be available on the ARIAD website approximately two hours after completion of the call and will be archived for two weeks.

 

{tiny;OSIR;3}Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSIR) today announced that it will report its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009, on Wednesday, November 4, 2009. C. Randal Mills, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, and Philip R. Jacoby, Jr., Chief Financial Officer, will provide a company update and discuss results via a webcast and conference call on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. ET.

To access the webcast, visit the Investor Relations section of the company's website at http://investor.osiris.com/events.cfm. Alternatively, callers may participate in the conference call by dialing (866) 431-2027 (U.S. participants) or (719) 325-2274 (international participants).

A replay of the conference call will be available approximately two hours after the completion of the call through November 18, 2009. Callers can access the replay by dialing (888) 203-1112 (U.S. participants) or (719) 457-0820 (international participants). The audio replay passcode is 6412442. To access a replay of the webcast, visit the Investor Relations section of the company's website at http://investor.osiris.com/events.cfm.

 

{tiny;insm;3}Insmed Inc. (Nasdaq: INSM), a biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it will host a conference call on Friday, November 6th, at 8:30 AM ET, to discuss its financial results for the third quarter 2009. Insmed intends to issue its quarterly financial results press release before the market opens on November 6th.

To participate in the live conference call, please dial 800-573-4754 (U.S. callers) or 617-224-4325 (international), and provide passcode 14720373. A live webcast of the call will also be available at http://phx.corporate-ir.net/playerlink.zhtml?c=122332&s=wm&e=2498647. Please allow extra time prior to the webcast to register, download and install any necessary audio software.

The webcast will be archived for 30 days, and a telephone replay of the call will be available for seven days, beginning at 11:30 AM ET on November 6th at 888-286-8010 (U.S. callers) or 617-801-6888 (international), using passcode 92577797.

 

{tiny;CRIS;3}Curis, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRIS), a drug development company seeking to develop proprietary targeted medicines for cancer treatment, today announced that the Company will release its third quarter financial results on Thursday, October 29, 2009 before the market opens. The Company will also hold a conference call on the same day at 9:00 A.M. Eastern time to discuss: (i) its Hedgehog Pathway Inhibitor program under collaboration with Genentech, (ii) its August 2009 license agreement with Debiopharm under which the Company’s Hsp90 inhibitor technologies, including Debio 0932 (formerly CUDC-305), were exclusively licensed, (iii) CUDC-101 and other proprietary targeted cancer programs, (iv) its financial results as of and for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2009, and (v) additional corporate activities. Daniel Passeri, President and Chief Executive Officer of Curis, will host the call.To access the live conference call, please call (800) 569-2037 from the United States or Canada or (617) 614-2713 from other locations, shortly before 9:00 A.M. EDT. The conference ID number is 77811969. The conference call can also be accessed on the Curis website at www.curis.com in the Investors section. Replay will be available approximately two hours after the completion of the call and through 5:00 P.M. EST, Thursday, November 5, 2009. To access the replay, please call (888) 286-8010 from the United States or Canada or (617) 801-6888 from other locations and reference the conference ID number 60149533.

 

{tiny;IMGN;3}ImmunoGen, Inc. (Nasdaq:IMGN), a biotechnology company that develops targeted anticancer products, today announced that will host a conference call at 4:30 pm ET on Thursday, October 29, 2009 to discuss the Company’s financial results for the three-month period ended September 30, 2009 – the first quarter of ImmunoGen’s 2010 fiscal year. Management also will provide an update on the Company.

To access the live call by phone, dial 913-312-6698. Passcode is 6451192. The call also may be accessed through the Investor Information section of the Company’s website, www.immunogen.com. Following the live webcast, a replay of the call will be available at the same location through November 5, 2009.

 

{tiny;QCOR;3}Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:QCOR) today announced that it will release financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009 on Monday, November 2, 2009 after the market close. The Company will host a conference call and webcast on Monday, November 2, 2009 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern / 1:30 p.m. Pacific to discuss the Company's second quarter and current corporate developments. The dial-in number for the conference call is 480-629-9723 for domestic participants and 877-941-2332 for international participants.

A taped replay of the conference call will also be available beginning approximately one hour after the call's conclusion and will be available for seven days. This replay can be accessed by dialing 800-406-7325 for domestic callers and 303-590-3030 for international callers, both using passcode 4169702#. To access the live webcast of the call, go to Questcor Pharmaceuticals' website at www.questcor.com. An archived webcast will also be available at www.questcor.com.

 

{tiny;NSPH;3}Nanosphere, Inc., (Nasdaq:NSPH), which develops, manufactures, and markets advanced molecular diagnostics systems, will report its results for the third quarter of 2009 after market close on Thursday, November 5, 2009. The company will also hold a live investor conference call and webcast at 5:00 P.M., Eastern Time.

The teleconference can be accessed by dialing 888.713.4218 (U.S./Canada) or 617.213.4870 (international), participant code 68742213. The call will also be broadcast live over the Internet and can be accessed by interested parties at the Investor Relations tab on the Nanosphere website: www.nanosphere.us.

Participants may pre-register for the call at: https://www.theconferencingservice.com/prereg/key.process?key=PCA9ULWQT Pre-registrants will be issued a pin number to use when dialing into the live call, which will provide quick access to the conference by bypassing the operator upon connection. For interested individuals unable to join the call or webcast, a replay will be available through November 11, 2009 by dialing 888-286-8010 or for international calls 617-801-6888, pass code 80886974, or on the company's website.

 

{tiny;PDLI;3}PDL BioPharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: PDLI) today announced that the company will hold a conference call and webcast on Wednesday, October 28 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss its financial results for the third quarter of 2009 and provide a business update. The call and webcast will follow the release of the third quarter ended September 30, 2009 financial results after market close.

To access the live conference call via phone, please dial (866) 804-6928 from the United States and Canada or (857) 350-1674 internationally. The conference ID is 28992227. Please dial in approximately ten minutes prior to the start of the call. A telephone replay will be available beginning approximately one hour after the call through November 3, 2009 and may be accessed by dialing (888) 286-8010 from the United States and Canada or (617) 801-6888 internationally. The replay passcode is 78436903.

 

{tiny;IDIX;3}Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (Nasdaq: IDIX) announced today that it will report its financial results for the third quarter of 2009 on Thursday, October 29, 2009 after U.S. financial markets close.

In conjunction with the issuance of the press release, Idenix management will host a conference call at 4:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, October 29, 2009 to discuss the company's financial results for the third quarter of 2009 and provide an update on the company's discovery and development programs.

To access the call please dial 800-471-3635 U.S./Canada or 706-758-9475 International and enter passcode 37050246 or to listen to a live webcast and view accompanying slides, go to "Calendar of Events" in the Idenix Investor Center at www.idenix.com. A replay of the call will also be available from October 29, 2009, 6:30 p.m. ET until November 11, 2009, 11:59 p.m. ET. To access the replay, please dial 800-642-1687 U.S./Canada or 706-645-9291 International and enter passcode 37050246. An archived webcast will also be available for two weeks after the call on the Idenix website.

 

{tiny;ANDS;3}Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANDS) announced today that it will report third quarter 2009 financial results on Thursday, October 29, 2009, after the U.S. financial markets close.

Anadys will hold a conference call and webcast on Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time to discuss its third quarter 2009 financial results and highlights and to provide an update on the ANA598 program. A live webcast of the call will be available online at www.anadyspharma.com. A telephone replay will also be available approximately one hour after completion of the call. To access the telephone replay, dial 888-286-8010 (domestic) or 617-801-6888 (international), passcode 81828355. The webcast and telephone replay will be available through November 12, 2009.

The market opened lower today, but, closed in the green, again!  As I mentioned in my Market Forecast on Sunday, "[T]he market needs to let off some more steam."  It did so in the morning.  We continued to discussed the importance of the commodity sectors, which were mostly in the red on Monday morning.  But, [...]

PDL Biopharma squandered its fortune. PDL was one of biotech's earliest success stories... Its scientists developed techniques that made possible some of the most successful biotech drugs to date. Today, the company still fetches more than $300 million per year in royalties from top-selling cancer drugs like Genentech's Avastin and Herceptin.[More...]

Andrea Kramer takes a look at options activity on the Street today.