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EU Attempts to Create a Cashless Society
Central Banks are Attempting to Outlaw Cash Transactions.
This is the translation of a german article that states the objectives of the EU.
There is a,link at the foot of this article for those who read german and another link to the english translation.
“German cash transactions to be limited by august 2012
“There are several such EU directives. Fasst man sie zusammen, dann wird das Bild klar: Schritt für Schritt wird Bargeld in der EU abgeschafft oder das Bezahlen mit Bargeld sogar verboten. Summarizing them, the picture becomes clear:
step by step is abolished in the EU cash or paying with cash even prohibited”
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Employees Want a Bigger Piece of the Bloomberg Terminal Pie
Bloomberg LP employees are riled that the financial data giant is doling out lower-than-expected pay for 2011 despite a 10.5 percent jump in overall revenue, sources said.
The company, founded by Mayor Mike Bloomberg, said revenue rose $720 million, or 10.5 percent, to $7.59 billion during a tough year for its biggest Wall Street clients, according to an internal memo obtained by The Post.
The company, known for its ubiquitous financial terminals on trading floors, said it fell short of its own internal sales targets, to which employee pay is tied.
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Money Flows, Heat Map, and the S&P A/D Line
Money Flows
ISSUE GAINERS SYMBOL EXCH LAST PRICE MONEY FLOW RATIO (in millions) Google GOOG NASD 574.33 +39.3 1.44 iShrs MSCI Pacific ex-Jpn EPP ARCA 43.18 +38.9 116.60 iShrs Russell Top 200 IWL ARCA 30.42 +24.8 117.50 Juniper Networks JNPR NYSE 20.60 +14.2 1.42 General Electric GE NYSE 19.04 +13.1 3.16 Halliburton HAL NYSE 37.51 +12.7 1.37 Eastman Chem EMN NYSE 51.21 +11.7 1.45 Johnson & Johnson JNJ NYSE 65.73 +10.6 2.31 Starbucks SBUX NASD 47.34 +10.5 1.43 Oracle ORCL NASD 28.49 +10.2 2.19 Mkt Vectors Russia Tr SBI RSX ARCA 30.32 +9.9 12.56 Verizon Communications VZ NYSE 37.59 +9.0 1.92 Pfizer PFE NYSE 21.54 +8.8 2.95 Cypress Sharpridge Invs CYS NYSE 13.40 +8.7 2.33 United Parcel Service B UPS NYSE 76.17 +8.2 2.13 Frontier Communications FTR NASD 4.16 +8.0 1.72 Doubleline Oppor Credit DBL NYSE 25.12 +7.9 38.04 IDEXX Laboratories IDXX NASD 83.15 +7.6 2.93 F5 Networks FFIV NASD 119.11 +7.6 1.46 ConocoPhillips COP NYSE 69.01 +7.2 1.57 ISSUE DECLINERS SYMBOL EXCH LAST PRICE MONEY FLOW RATIO (in millions) Apple AAPL NASD 446.65 -46.4 0.83 Chevron CVX NYSE 103.83 -23.9 0.58 SPDR S&P BRIC 40 BIK ARCA 24.99 -22.4 0.00 51job ADS JOBS NASD 45.62 -19.1 0.00 Caterpillar CAT NYSE 111.94 -19.0 0.62 Illumina ILMN NASD 52.56 -18.8 0.12 Cliffs Ntrl Res CLF NYSE 72.24 -17.9 0.66 ExxonMobil XOM NYSE 86.38 -17.5 0.47 Riverbed Tech RVBD NASD 23.65 -16.8 0.64 Dunkin' Brands Group DNKN NASD 27.63 -16.8 0.02 Transocean RIG NYSE 48.98 -15.7 0.71 Baxter Intl BAX NYSE 55.74 -14.7 0.24 Select Sector SPDR-Util XLU ARCA 34.83 -14.6 0.25 Intel INTC NASD 26.82 -13.6 0.39 McDonald's MCD NYSE 98.42 -13.3 0.50 Procter & Gamble PG NYSE 64.60 -13.1 0.66 Cisco Systems CSCO NASD 19.55 -12.8 0.52 IBM IBM NYSE 191.45 -12.2 0.57 AT&T T NYSE 29.40 -11.5 0.54 JC Penney JCP NYSE 40.48 -11.3 0.74Comments »
52 Week Highs and Lows
NYSE
New Highs 83 COMPANY SYMBOL HIGH VOLUME ------- ------ ---- ------ Alliance CA Municipal AKP 15.36 3,253 AllianceBrnstn IncoFd ACG 8.28 61,625 AllianceBrnstn NtlMun AFB 15.49 21,077 BlRk Cr Alloc Inco Tr IV BTZ 12.84 17,536 BlkRk IncoTr BNA 10.51 8,763 BlackRock Long-Term Muni BTA 12.28 7,271 BlkRk Muni Inter Dur MUI 16.23 8,511 BlackRockMuni 2020 BKK 16.09 3,405 BlackRock Muni Bnd BIE 16.24 272 BlackRock Muni BBK 16.73 1,594 BlackRock Mun Inco BBF 14.99 12,625 BlackRockMuni Tr BYM 15.36 19,833 BlkRk Munienhanced MEN 11.91 10,043 BlkRk MuniHldgs II MUH 16.30 5,534 BlkRk MuniHldgs MHD 17.76 10,293 BlRk MuHldg NY Qlty MHN 15.46 20,906 BlkRk MuniYld Inv MYF 15.67 8,646 BlkRd MuniYld Michigan II MYM 15.16 20,455 BlkRk MuniYld NJ Fd MYJ 15.80 11,296 BlRk Muyld NJ Qlty MJI 15.89 4,273 BlkRk MuniYld Ins Qlty MFT 14.72 2,134 BlkrckNYMuni Qlty BSE 15.95 2,635 BlkRk Cr Alloc Tr I PSW 9.60 9,115 Blackrock Strategic Muni BSD 14.22 4,693 CompanhiaSBEDP SBS 65.29 74,370 Crown Castle Intl CCI 47.44 322,601 Cutwater Select Incm Fd CSI 19.26 3,611 Delphi Automotive DLPH 27.36 469,901 EV National Municipal Opp EOT 21.61 5,788 Federated Premier FMN 15.42 2,293 First Tr Strat High Fd II FHY 16.22 8,684 Franklin Universal FT 6.90 91,644 HBFuller FUL 28.53 40,273 Gabelli Utility Tr GUT 8.40 16,113 WR Grace GRA 53.30 151,451 Healthspring HS 54.95 287,070 DR Horton DHI 14.72 1,745,009 Invesco CA Qty Tr IQC 14.42 1,390 Invesco Mun Incm Opps Tr OIA 7.05 2,395 Invesco Value Mun Secs IMS 15.44 11,594 Invesco VnKmCAInc VCV 13.69 7,361 Invesco Van Kampen Mun Tr VKQ 14.73 15,847 Inv Vn Km Inv Grd VGM 15.45 27,052 Inv Vn Km NJ VTJ 18.28 3,390 MFS Intermarket Inc Tr I CMK 8.48 16,932 Mangd Durtn InvGr Mun Fd MZF 15.19 6,323 Navigant Consulting NCI 12.87 7,940 Neenah Paper NP 24.51 5,076 NewMarket Corp NEU 219.34 8,054 Nuveen AZ Premium Income NAZ 14.67 300 Nuveen CA Div Fnd NAC 14.74 7,184 Nuveen CA Investment NQC 15.51 14,263 Nuveen CA Muni Mkt NCO 15.27 2,246 Nuveen CA Performance NCP 15.36 4,103 Nuveen California Select NVC 15.81 8,406 Nuveen Div Fnd NAD 15.12 31,295 Nuveen Mich Premium Inc NMP 14.61 3,327 Nuveen MI Quality Income NUM 15.42 55,063 Nuveen Muni High Income NMD 12.03 10,082 Nuveen Muni Value Fund NUV 10.05 47,570 Nuveen NJ Investment Qual NQJ 14.97 7,441 Nuveen NJ Premium Income NNJ 15.69 3,668 Nuveen NY Select Quality NVN 15.91 9,206 Nuveen Pa Premium Inc 2 NPY 14.38 17,233 Nuveen Performance Plus NPP 15.78 43,080 Nuveen Prem Inco Muni 2 NPM 15.24 19,890 Nuveen Prem Inco Muni 4 NPT 13.83 11,993 Nuveen Quality Income NQU 15.19 23,826 JC Penney JCP 41.27 4,383,691 PIMCO NY Fd PNF 12.01 1,121 PimcoNY Fd PYN 10.22 1,215 Putnam Muni Opportunities PMO 12.53 32,666 Realty Income O 36.67 39,203 RenaissanceRe Hldgs 6.08% RNRpC 25.26 3,415 Six Flags Entertainment SIX 44.17 22,265 Solutia SOA 27.89 11,914,394 Stewart Info Svcs STC 13.86 15,055 SummitHotelPropInc.9.25% INNpA 25.58 1,150 Sun Communities SUI 40.54 19,368 Systemax SYX 18.26 800 Targa Resources TRGP 42.54 37,822 Wstrn Asset Infltn Mgmt IMF 18.00 3,941 Wstrn Asset Muni Ptnrs Fd MNP 15.85 4,326 New Lows 5 COMPANY SYMBOL LOW VOLUME ------- ------ ---- ------ Comstock Resources CRK 12.02 190,580 Dynegy DYN 1.93 129,187 GMX Res 9.25% Cum pfd B GMXRp 10.62 6,301 Inergy LP NRGY 19.25 1,273,648 Solutia WT SOA/WS 0.15 83,128
NASDAQ
New Highs 26 COMPANY SYMBOL HIGH VOLUME ------- ------ ---- ------ AEP Industries AEPI 32.49 3,580 Altisource Ptfl Sol SA ASPS 54.36 26,278 Cass Info Systems CASS 38.44 720 Curis CRIS 5.18 96,344 Datawatch Corp DWCH 7.92 25,679 eHealth EHTH 15.89 3,519 FARO Techs FARO 57.78 3,218 First California Finl Grp FCAL 4.50 15,375 Franklin Financial FRNK 12.55 800 Gilead Sciences GILD 48.79 714,242 Golar LNG Partners LP GMLP 34.64 3,440 JB Hunt Transport JBHT 51.90 530,375 InnerWorkings INWK 11.06 10,104 KLA-Tencor KLAC 52.17 1,845,304 Lincoln Electric Hldgs LECO 43.01 33,350 Pharmacyclics PCYC 19.04 268,956 QLogic QLGC 19.00 684,535 RBC Bearings ROLL 45.16 2,351 Retalix RTLX 18.00 4,400 Rockville Fincl RCKB 11.08 9,913 Rush Enterprises A RUSHA 22.50 23,416 Ryanair Hldgs PLC (ADS) RYAAY 33.37 211,539 SeagateTech STX 21.00 4,437,024 Select Comfort SCSS 25.50 71,976 Smith & Wesson Hldg SWHC 5.19 98,659 Synaptics SYNA 35.71 411,155 New Lows 4 COMPANY SYMBOL LOW VOLUME ------- ------ ---- ------ Enterprise Fincl Services EFSC 11.87 9,174 Frontier Communications FTR 3.81 17,011,486 Mission NewEnergy MNEL 1.75 22,338 Uroplasty UPI 3.33 179,273Comments »
Most Active Options Trades
-CALLS- OPTION EXP.DATE STRIKE PRC. VOLUME LAST S/PRC. NET CHANGE CSCO 2/18/12 19.0000 3852 1.0000 dn 0.2000 F 2/18/12 13.0000 3411 0.1000 dn 0.2200 NOV 2/18/12 80.0000 2256 1.0600 up 0.0900 C 2/18/12 29.0000 2156 2.0500 up 0.0800 C 2/18/12 28.0000 2140 2.8000 up 0.0300 BAC 1/19/13 10.0000 2053 0.5000 up 0.0300 FCX 5/19/12 50.0000 2050 2.6500 up 0.3700 FCX 5/19/12 43.0000 2023 6.4600 up 0.5100 FTR 3/17/12 4.0000 1630 0.3500 dn 0.2000 F 1/19/13 15.0000 1626 0.6600 dn 0.1500 -PUTS- OPTION EXP.DATE STRIKE PRC. VOLUME LAST S/PRC. NET CHANGE STX 2/18/12 19.0000 13749 0.4700 dn 0.3300 JNPR 1/19/13 17.5000 1563 2.0100 up 0.2800 F 1/27/12 12.0000 1307 0.0300 dn 0.0200 JNPR 2/18/12 21.0000 1211 1.2000 up 0.5100 F 2/18/12 12.0000 1041 0.2800 up 0.0900 PFE 1/19/13 17.5000 1009 0.7800 dn 0.0600 MSFT 7/21/12 27.0000 993 0.9800 up 0.0400 UAL 3/17/12 20.0000 978 0.5400 dn 0.0200 TOL 3/17/12 19.0000 900 0.3000 up 0.0000 AAPL 1/27/12 445.0000 810 0.5300 dn 1.5400 -VOLUME- CALLS PUTS TOTAL 255532 221401 476933
-CALLS- OPTION EXP.DATE STRIKE PRC. VOLUME LAST S/PRC. NET CHANGE CVX 2/18/12 110.0000 265 0.1700 dn 0.4800 AAPL 1/27/12 450.0000 192 0.1900 dn 0.2400 GLD 1/27/12 170.0000 181 0.0400 dn 0.0400 NBR 2/18/12 19.0000 180 0.4300 dn 0.1200 FSLR 1/27/12 46.0000 150 0.1500 up 0.1300 PG 4/21/12 67.5000 143 0.3600 dn 0.2300 PG 2/18/12 67.5000 143 0.1000 dn 0.0800 F 2/18/12 13.0000 101 0.0600 dn 0.2700 MOS 1/27/12 57.5000 100 0.0800 up 0.0200 S 5/19/12 2.0000 100 0.4000 up 0.0200 -PUTS- OPTION EXP.DATE STRIKE PRC. VOLUME LAST S/PRC. NET CHANGE GLD 2/18/12 160.0000 241 0.5700 dn 0.1700 F 1/27/12 12.0000 131 0.0900 up 0.0400 BAC 2/18/12 6.0000 105 0.0400 up 0.0000 JCP 8/18/12 42.0000 104 5.6500 dn 0.2000 GLD 1/27/12 168.0000 100 0.4900 dn 0.5600 FSLR 2/18/12 44.0000 99 3.0500 dn 1.6000 CVX 1/27/12 105.0000 98 1.0000 up 0.7500 F 3/17/12 12.0000 84 0.4600 up 0.1700 GOOG 1/27/12 570.0000 80 0.7000 dn 3.1000 GLD 2/18/12 168.0000 75 2.8800 dn 0.5200 -VOLUME- CALLS PUTS TOTAL 13836 15706 29542Comments »
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No. Ticker % Change Industry
1 SOL 8.92 Solar
2 DQ 7.35 Solar
3 FSLR 7.13 Solar
4 CSIQ 6.41 Solar
5 LDK 5.81 Solar
6 JASO 5.14 Solar
7 HSOL 4.79 Solar
8 STP 4.32 Solar
9 TSL 4.08 Solar
10 JKS 3.89 Solar
11 SPWR 3.06 Solar
12 WFR 2.81 Solar
13 YGE 2.61 Solar
14 EMKR 2.44 Solar