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Sandisk (SNDK) was initiated by Credit Suisse (CS) with an outperform rating with a price target of $50, as strong demand growth is expected in 2013. Shares are higher by about one percent.

DSW (DSW) was upgraded by Keybanc (KEY) to buy from hold with a price target of $81, as the company has been opening more stores that should add to its bottom line. Shares are higher by about four tenths of a percent.

HCC Insurance Holdings (HCC) maintained its quarterly dividend of 16.5 cents per share. The dividend is payable to stockholders of record on January 2, 2013 and will be paid on or about January 16, 2013.

As the saying goes, there are many possible reasons for an insider to sell a stock, but only one reason to buy — they expect to make money. So let’s look at two noteworthy recent insider buys.

In trading on Monday, trucking shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 1.8%. Leading the group were shares of Arkansas Best (ABFS), up about 7.7% and shares of Yrc Worldwide (YRCW) up about 4.3% on the day.

The first trading day of the trading week will have investors analyzing retail sales data as the holiday shopping season kicks off. Good morning, this is Kristin Bianco with the Week Ahead Market Report for November 26, 2012.

This forty seventh trading week of 2012 comes to a close with investors keeping a close eye on retailers as the holiday shopping season kicks off. Hi.

The markets managed to hold onto narrow gains as investors took in mixed bag of economic reports ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. The number of Americans filing first time unemployment benefits dropped 41,000 to 410,000 last week, according to the Labor Department.

As the saying goes, there are many possible reasons for an insider to sell a stock, but only one reason to buy — they expect to make money. So let’s look at two noteworthy recent insider buys.

The Daily Ticker’s Aaron Task interviews author and currency strategist Jim Rickards