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What: Shares of Chinese online gaming and community website NetEase.com
So what: Susquehanna expects online gaming and ad revenue to come in ahead of consensus expectations and for marketing expenses to be lower. The firm upped its price target on the company from $50 to $55 and maintained a positive rating on NetEase.com. Today's rally is also occurring on more than four times its normal daily volume.
Now what: Today's news is a good boost for bulls, but I don't like to get too wrapped up in the short-term moves of investment firm upgrades and downgrades. More than anything, today's volume shows that this move might be more technically oriented than fundamental. NetEase.com has had significant resistance getting above $42, and the strong volume today has pushed the stock well beyond that level. Still, the real value of NetEase.com is in its online gaming business, and based on the figures we've seen from competitors Sina
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