Alliance Imaging (AIQ)

Company

"Alliance Imaging completes 1,000,000 patient scans annually in the areas of MRI, Open-MRI, CT, SPECT, and PET, making us the nation's leading provider of diagnostic services. We operate over 450 systems at large university hospitals, physician offices, community medical centers, clinics and free-standing imaging centers across the United States." (company website)

Buy

10-Jul-06. The balance of my 5-Jul order to buy finally executed today, completing a lot of 500 shares.

Sell

2-Aug-06. I sold AIQ today, even though it is starting to look a lot better after weeks of blah. The company is scheduled to report earnings tomorrow, and I would rather pocket a few dollars profit than run the risk of a surprise. Surprises are not handled gracefully by this skittish market.