Stock and option volume for EZCORP (EZPW) was significantly up yesterday, probably due to their pending earnings conference call scheduled for today at 3:30pm CST. EZCORP is basically in the pawn shop/short term credit business with 294 pawn stores and 477 signature loan stores in the U.S. and 38 pawn stores in Mexico. With the economy in the doldrums and consumers looking for cash, EZCORP should be raking in the profits. Competitors to EZCORP include First Cash Financial Services (FCFS) and Cash American International (CSH). Interestingly all three of these companies are based in the state of Texas. Sign up now for PowerOptions 14-day free trial EZCORP’s stock has been very volatile over the last year and had been in a trading range between $10 and $14 over the last seven months. A large spike in volume for EZCORP’s stock occurred yesterday. A significant amount of stock options volume was...