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Software Sector

Hot Stocks in This Sector	Electronic Arts, Microsoft, Oracle, TigerLogic, Intuit, DivX, Quest Software, Pharsight.
Related Sectors	Hardware, IT Services, Electronics, Information Technology (IT), Conglomerates.
Hot Sectors	Investing, Healthcare, Services, Banking, Energy.
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Industries in the Software Sector

• Multimedia & Graphics Software

• Business Software & Services

• Application Software

• Technical & System Software

Software Upgrades

Date	Ticker	Analyst	Old Rating	New Rating
11/10/2009	ADBE	Janney Montgomery Scott	Neutral	Buy
11/06/2009	DIVX	Maxim Group	Hold	Buy
11/06/2009	ANSS	Jefferies & Co	Hold	Buy
11/05/2009	BCSI	Wedbush	Neutral	Outperform

Software Downgrades

Date	Ticker	Analyst	Old Rating	New Rating
11/09/2009	RHT	Goldman Sachs	Buy	Neutral
11/05/2009	THQI	Deutsche Bank	Buy	Hold
10/30/2009	VMW	Goldman Sachs	Buy	Neutral
10/14/2009	SXCI	ThinkEquity	Buy	Hold

Software New Coverages

Date	Ticker	Analyst	Rating
11/02/2009	RADS	Needham & Co	Strong Buy
10/26/2009	INTU	Barclays	Overweight
10/13/2009	CPBY	Rodman & Renshaw	Market Outperform
10/13/2009	INFA	Bank of America	Neutral

Software Earnings

Date	Ticker	Actual	Expected	Prev Yr Qtr
11/09/2009	CPBY	0.21	0.19	0.19
11/09/2009	DIVX	-0.01	-0.01	0.16
11/09/2009	ERTS	0.06	0.07	-0.06
11/09/2009	UNCA	0.02	-0.01	0.03
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Stock of the Day

The Software Sector's Electronic Arts (ERTS) was InvestorGuide.com's Stock of the Day on 11/10/2009.
Electronic Arts Hits Dead End, Makes Strategic U-Turn
Today, Electronic Arts (ERTS: Charts, News, Offers) posted a wider quarterly loss than expected. It earned 6 cents a share below the average analyst estimate of 7 cents. Revenue for the quarter ending September 30 fell 12 percent to $788 million down from $894 million in the same period a year ago. As a result, it announced another strategic move to once again focus on its established and successful franchises. This means EA will kill a dozen of projects, shut down facilities, cut about 1,500 jobs, and reduce the number of titles it planned to publish in 2010 to less than 40, down from the 60 plus titles published in 2008. But in a separate move, EA bought an online game company Playfish for $275 million in an attempt to gain a foothold in the social media game market. How many strategic turns can a company make before it withers on spot? Are these the right moves for EA? Read more

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