Monday, November 26, 2007
LocateStock.com Daily High Five For Monday November 26, 2007

Jersey City, NJNovember 26, 2007

The LocateStock.com HIGH FIVE for Monday, November 26th are:

5 – WellCare Health Plans – NYSE:WCG

4 – DryShips – NASDAQ:DRYS

3 – E*TRADE Financial – NASDAQ:ETFC

2 – BIDZ.com – NASDAQ:BIDZ

1 – CarMax – NYSE:KMX

WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (NYSE:WCG) provides managed care services exclusively for government-sponsored healthcare programs, focusing on Medicaid and Medicare in the United States. It offers a range of Medicaid and Medicare plans, including health plans for families, children, the aged, blind and disabled, and prescription drug plans.

* Shares of several managed-care companies fell last Wednesday after Health Net said its Connecticut contract for a youth insurance program was canceled because the company refused to release reimbursement rates. Several other companies had contracts canceled over the same issue this week including WellCare Health Plans. WellCare shares fell 3.7% Wednesday and picked up $1.87 or 5.04% in shortened trading on Friday. The stock has traded between $20.81 and $128.42 over the past 52 weeks. The company faced more negative news over last weekend after more details of a federal investigation became public.

DryShips, Inc. (NASDAQ:DRYS) engages in the ownership and operation of drybulk carriers worldwide. The company's fleet carries various drybulk commodities, including coal, iron ore, and grains, bauxite, phosphate, fertilizers, and steel products. As of May 30, 2007, it owned and operated a fleet of 35 drybulk carriers comprising 5 Capesize, 25 Panamax, 3 Handymax, and 2 newbuilding Panamax vessels with a combined deadweight tonnage of approximately 2.9 million.

* DryShips announced last Wednesday that George Economou, the company's Chairman, President and CEO, will participate in a panel discussion on Monday, November 26, 2007 at 11:00 am EST to discuss sector trends, fundamentals and outlook of the dry bulk sector. The panel discussion is accessible through a live webcast at www.capitallinkshipping.com, as well as through DryShips' corporate website at www.dryships.com in the Investor Relations section where it will remain archived.

Shares of DryShips fell $1.86 or 2.36% to $76.95 on Friday.

E*TRADE Financial Corporation, (NASDAQ:ETFC) through its subsidiaries, offers financial solutions to retail and institutional customers worldwide. It provides retail investments and trading, which include automated order placement, and execution of market and limit equity, futures, options, exchange-traded funds, mutual funds, and bond orders, as well as offers quick transfer, wireless account access, extended hours trading, quotes, and research and advanced planning tools.

* E-Trade Financial shares spiked 25.12% Friday on continued speculation the struggling online brokerage might negotiate a takeover by chief rivals TD Ameritrade Holding or Charles Schwab. ETFC gained $1.07 to $5.33 in Friday's shortened trading session.

BIDZ.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDZ) operates as an online retailer of jewelry primarily in the United States and internationally. The company operates a Web Site, bidz.com, for the purpose of selling merchandise, utilizing an online sales auction platform. Its product inventory includes gold, platinum, and silver jewelry set with diamonds, rubies, emeralds, sapphires, and other precious and semi-precious stones; and watches.

* The chief operating officer of online jewelry auctioneer Bidz.com exercised options for 55,000 shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Tuesday. In a Form 4 filed with the SEC, Claudia Liu reported exercising the options on Friday and Monday for $3.75 apiece and then selling the same number of shares on the same days for $16.79 to $17.82 apiece. Bidz.com is a roughly $400 million company whose stock has risen 125% since its May initial public offering. Shares of BIDZ soared Friday, gaining $2.43 or 13.88% to $19.94.

CarMax, Inc., (NYSE:KMX) through its subsidiaries, operates as a retailer of used vehicles in the United States. The company purchases, reconditions, and sells used vehicles. It also sells new vehicles under franchise agreements.

* Last Monday, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, the CFO and executive vice president of CarMax exercised options for 120,000 shares of common stock. In two Form 4s filed with the SEC Friday, Keith Browning reported he exercised the options last Wednesday for $2.44 a piece and then sold all the shares the same day for $21.39 to $21.77 apiece. KMX shares finished flat Friday to end the day where it closed on Wednesday, at $20.65.

The daily HIGH FIVE stocks are determined by the company's proprietary, internal algorithmic calculators. The result is five securities that are the most sought after to borrow, and have proven to be the hottest­ stocks to short that day.

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