LocateStock.com Daily High Five For Thursday January 31, 2008

Jersey City, NJ – January 31, 2008

The LocateStock.com HIGH FIVE for Thursday, January 31^st are:

5 – IHOP – NYSE:IHP

4 – Alliance Data Systems – NYSE:ADS

3 – MBIA – NYSE:MBI

2 – Arthrocare – NASDAQ:ARTC

1 – Ambac – NYSE:ABK

IHOP Corp. (NYSE:IHP) and its subsidiaries develop, franchise, and operate International House of Pancakes (IHOP) restaurants in the United States and Canada. Its family restaurants feature table service, and food and beverage items.

 

* On Tuesday CNBC said to beware of stocks getting an artificial bounce from a 'short squeeze.' Instead, Jeff Macke explains how to use the squeeze to get out of bad stocks while you still can. Short squeezes can often be identified when a little piece of good news sends a stock screaming higher. Karen Finerman pointed out IHOP a winner in a space that's otherwise been annihilated. With a float that's 33% short interest, Karen said IHOP is a perfect example of how to use a bounce to make a "graceful exit." IHOP shares lost 97 cents or 1.99% to $47.69 on Wednesday.

 

Alliance Data Systems Corporation, (NYSE:ADS) together with its subsidiaries, provides transaction, marketing, and credit services in the United States, Canada, and internationally. Its transaction services consist of card processing, billing and payment processing, and customer care; customer information system hosting; and merchant bankcard services.

* Business services company Alliance Data Systems posted lower fourth-quarter profit on Wednesday, including merger and other costs. Alliance Data, which filed a lawsuit Wednesday against private equity firm Blackstone Group to force it to complete its proposed $6.76 billion acquisition, said net income fell to $33.9 million, or 42 cents per share, from $39.6 million, or 48 cents per share, a year earlier. Shares of ADS lost 30 cents or .70% to $42.70 after losing 35% earlier in the week on news of the possible takeover fallout.

MBIA, Inc., (NYSE:MBI) through its subsidiaries, provides financial guarantee insurance and credit protection products, as well as investment management services to public finance and structured finance issuers and investors, and capital market participants worldwide. It operates through two segments, Insurance and Investment Management Services.

* MBIA and Ambac Financial will lose more money than they're currently predicting from guarantees they sold on complex mortgage-related securities, according to Bill Ackman, a longtime critic of the bond insurance industry who is betting against the two companies. MBIA shares fell almost 20% at one point in afternoon trading on Wednesday. CNBC said a downgrade for the bond insurer is just around the corner. MBI settled the day down $2.02 or 12.64% to $13.96 after being up more than 12% this week. Shares added 66% in the previous week.

ArthroCare Corporation (NASDAQ:ARTC) engages in the design, development, manufacture, and marketing of medical devices for use in soft-tissue surgery primarily in the United States and internationally. Its products are based on the patented soft-tissue surgical controlled ablation technology.

* Shares of Arthrocare gave up .60% Wednesday on no news, after trading up 4.5% earlier this week. ARTC lost 24 cents to $39.60 on Wednesday. ARTC closed down 22% last week.

Ambac Financial Group, Inc., (NYSE:ABK) through its subsidiaries, provides financial guarantee products and other financial services to clients in the public and private sectors worldwide. It operates in two segments: Financial Guarantee and Financial Services.

* Ambac Financial and MBIA will lose more money than they're currently predicting from guarantees they sold on complex mortgage-related securities, according to Bill Ackman, a longtime critic of the bond insurance industry who is betting against the two companies. And CNBC said a downgrade for the bond insurer is just around the corner. Shares of ABK pared a day earlier gains, losing $2.08 or 16.09% to $10.85 on the NYSE. The stock is down almost 20% this week after rising 86% last week.

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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