Volterra Semiconductor Corporation (NASD: VLTR), a leading provider of high-performance analog and mixed-signal power management semiconductors, recently announced the company’s financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2008.

Another historic day and massive drop in the Dow. We had a 797 point range during the day! In the third primary leg of a bar market, I stated that this leg and any follow legs will exhibit the most erratic and volatile sessions of all. The reason is because we’re at a point where almost everyone just wants to liquidate, liquidate, liquidate.

They say that good things come in small packages.

While that might be true of AuthenTec's fingerprint sensors, it sure wasn't true with the nice little "Business Update" that AuthenTec provided on Sunday evening or their nice little share price after the close of today's market.

Why you should buy applied materials by looking at the stock chart?