52 Week Highs and Lows

NYSE

New Highs 86 

COMPANY                       SYMBOL      HIGH                VOLUME 
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ACCO Brands                   ABD         12.34               14,237 
Acuity                        AYI         63.99               12,784 
Airgas Inc                    ARG         82.00               18,567 
Bebidas de Americas ADS       ABV         39.08              224,273 
Bebidas de Americas ADS C     ABV/C       32.55                1,514 
Amer Finl Grp 7% Snr Nt       AFQ         27.79                  827 
Anheuser Busch                BUD         66.20              208,017 
Assur Grty Mun Hldg  Qt Inter AGOpB       25.01                1,201 
Aviva PLC Sub Cap Secs        AVV         26.55                2,477 
Banco Latinamer               BLX         20.21               28,555 
BlkRk Corp High Yld Fd V      HYV         12.92               27,686 
Blackrock Income Trust        BKT         7.56                18,374 
Bt Group                      BT          34.47                5,877 
Cabelas                       CAB         35.23              105,868 
Caterpillar                   CAT         116.75             490,619 
Cementos Pacasmayo ADS        CPAC        11.93                5,400 
Cervecerias Compania          CCU         73.39                4,936 
Chicago Bridge & Iron         CBI         46.86              193,358 
Chipotle Mexican Grill        CMG         387.94              51,916 
Core Labs                     CLB         127.94              26,394 
Crown Castle Intl             CCI         52.59              129,184 
Drdgold Limited ADS           DRD         8.03                27,534 
DTEEnCo.Series6.50%           DTZ         27.89                5,629 
DWS Hi Incm Opps Fd           DHG         15.79               23,601 
DWS Strat Inco                KST         14.23                6,490 
Delphi Finl Group 7.376%      DFP         25.19                  329 
Discover Fnl Svcs             DFS         30.11              286,812 
Ecolab Inc                    ECL         62.49              115,577 
Edison Intl                   EIX         42.10              110,996 
Fed Premier Intemediate       FPT         15.99                7,358 
First Republic Bk Pfd A       FRCpA       25.50                1,983 
Genesis Energy                GEL         31.34                6,994 
Granite Construction          GVA         30.19               49,920 
Gruma ADS                     GMK         9.70                 2,800 
John Hancock Pfd II           HPF         22.35                7,923 
Harley Davidson               HOG         47.74              122,959 
Helios Multi-Sec Inco Fd      HMH         5.90                 5,142 
Hels Str tInco Fd             HSA         6.07                14,414 
Hornbeck Offshore             HOS         42.65               53,351 
Imperva                       IMPV        36.04               25,600 
JHancock Pr Div               PDT         14.23               23,567 
Kenneth Cole                  KCP         16.00              406,945 
KIMCO Realty Pfd H            KIMpH       29.16                  861 
Kinder Morgan Mgmt            KMR         81.43               32,390 
LSI Corp                      LSI         8.66               564,111 
Lions Gate Entertainment      LGF         13.71              586,332 
Lockheed Martin               LMT         89.42              216,970 
MFS Multimkt                  MMT         7.11                33,081 
MI Developments               MIM         37.42                9,736 
Magellan Midstream            MMP         72.67               12,347 
Maiden Hldg NA 8.25% 2041     MHNA        25.80                1,250 
Marathon Oil                  MRO         35.40              745,178 
Mastercard                    MA          414.74             185,114 
Mead Johnson Nutrition        MJN         78.17               58,082 
MS Emerging Mkts Debt         MSD         11.04               25,017 
Neenah Paper                  NP          27.89               10,832 
NetSuite                      N           50.00              149,487 
Novo Nordisk                  NVO         143.87              26,837 
Nuveen CA Quality Income      NUC         16.76                6,364 
Oceaneering Intl              OII         57.16               56,931 
Oil States Intl               OIS         87.32               79,716 
Pearson PLC                   PSO         19.92               64,560 
ProAssurance                  PRA         90.45               24,511 
Public Storage Dep Pfd S      PSApS       25.51               17,383 
RSC Hldgs                     RRR         22.95               69,405 
Rlty Incm Monthly Pfd         OpF         25.39               14,176 
Rentech Nitrogen Ptrs LP.     RNF         26.30               29,325 
Rex American Resources        REX         30.68                2,899 
Sanchez Energy                SN          24.32               16,499 
SeaDrill                      SDRL        40.82              203,856 
SolarWinds                    SWI         39.43               50,177 
Strat Htls & Resorts B        BEEpB       30.00                  100 
Telephone & Data Sys Pfd      TDJ         27.35                  723 
Thai Fund Inc                 TTF         14.73                4,200 
TransDigm Group               TDG         119.41              84,253 
Tyler Tech                    TYL         39.43               28,245 
US Bncp Dep Pfd Perp F        USBpM       26.70               12,360 
U.S. Cellular Sr Nts          UZA         27.23                2,300 
Utd Rentals                   URI         44.10              410,875 
Vector Group                  VGR         18.45               25,064 
Vornado Rlty Tr 6.75%  H      VNOpH       25.61                2,062 
Wachovia Cp Tr X 6.375%       WBpC        25.60                  818 
Wells Fargo Cap IX 5.625%     JWF         25.97               13,077 
Wells Fargo Cap VIII          GWF         25.95                1,500 
Wstrn Asset Emerg Mkts        ESD         20.30               33,663 
Wstrn Asset Worldwide Inc     SBW         14.52               16,898 

New Lows 0 

COMPANY                       SYMBOL      LOW                 VOLUME 
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NASDAQ

New Highs 60 

COMPANY                       SYMBOL      HIGH                VOLUME 
-------                       ------      ----                ------ 
ACI Worldwide                 ACIW        39.74               48,564 
Access National               ANCX        10.46                  823 
Aceto                         ACET        8.61                23,058 
RG Barry                      DFZ         14.15                  300 
Blackbaud                     BLKB        33.36               44,926 
Bottomline Techs              EPAY        29.44               10,286 
Cerus                         CERS        3.75               181,703 
Chart Industries              GTLS        68.44              141,480 
Charter Communications        CHTR        63.81                8,238 
Citizens Republic Bancorp     CRBC        13.95                4,013 
Clean Energy Fuels            CLNE        18.88              601,983 
Comcast                       CMCSA       29.92            1,529,634 
Comcast A Sp                  CMCSK       28.98              474,587 
Core Mark Hldg Co             CORE        42.74                  800 
Coronado Biosciences          CNDO        7.65                35,083 
Cyberonics                    CYBX        37.00              123,211 
eBay                          EBAY        36.27            1,192,786 
Energy XXI (Bermuda)          EXXI        39.29               54,238 
Exar                          EXAR        7.16                36,780 
F5 Networks                   FFIV        130.27             225,678 
Fastenal Co                   FAST        52.18              164,343 
Female Health                 FHCO        5.50                 1,360 
Fiserv                        FISV        66.49               90,754 
Flexsteel Industries          FLXS        17.09                1,300 
Franklin Financial            FRNK        13.63               13,461 
GeoResources                  GEOI        34.49               21,607 
Global X NASDAQ 500           QQQV        28.24                  100 
Great Wolf Resorts            WOLF        4.20                27,184 
Guidance Software             GUID        11.87                9,135 
Jive Software                 JIVE        21.29              159,781 
Key Tronic                    KTCC        10.80                4,449 
LCA-Vision                    LCAV        8.44                18,080 
lululemon athletica           LULU        67.57              262,007 
MTS Systems                   MTSC        49.93               10,237 
Marlin Business Services      MRLN        16.58               17,600 
MercadoLibre                  MELI        101.88             439,007 
Mitcham Industries            MIND        26.64               70,049 
MOCON                         MOCO        17.87                4,335 
Monster Beverage              MNST        56.96              664,725 
O'Reilly Automotive           ORLY        86.69              118,733 
OYO Geospace                  OYOG        115.99               2,394 
PwrShrs QQQ Tr Series 1       QQQ         63.96            5,545,218 
pricelinecom                  PCLN        594.00             129,592 
Provident Fincl Hldgs         PROV        10.30                  360 
Qualcomm                      QCOM        63.81            1,320,116 
Quality Distribution          QLTY        13.83               11,659 
Rockville Fincl               RCKB        11.80                4,343 
Russ SmCp Consistent Gwth     SCOG        65.19                  100 
SXC Health Solutions          SXCI        69.35               99,713 
Santarus                      SNTS        5.14                40,076 
SeagateTech                   STX         27.55            1,614,518 
Tech Data                     TECD        56.82               18,313 
Town Sports Intl Hldgs        CLUB        10.55                8,467 
TriCo Bancshares              TCBK        16.98                1,653 
United Bancorp                UBCP        9.48                15,041 
Vanguard Long-Trm Crp Bd      VCLT        88.66               11,673 
VeriSign                      VRSN        38.50              212,184 
Verisk Analytics Inc          VRSK        42.00               29,709 
vitacost com Inc              VITC        7.84                 2,650 
York Water Co                 YORW        18.43                5,517 

New Lows 5 

COMPANY                       SYMBOL      LOW                 VOLUME 
-------                       ------      ----                ------ 
Ampio Pharmaceuticals         AMPE        3.47                   800 
CyberDefender                 CYDE        0.06               377,230 
Merit Medical Systems         MMSI        11.51              667,644 
ProShr Ul Sh QQQ              SQQQ        12.91              271,549 
Telik                         TELK        0.13               311,677

It’s hard to beat a sitting president…..

Fucking idiots

In order to have a little less personal information stored it behooves you to delete history b4 Google launches a new program…

Churches will begin installing the ‘voice of God’ on rooftops to prevent theft of copper and other metals….

The dingo ate my baby case resurfaced again in a recent hash of fatal dingo attacks….

Traffic has been volatile this year. Perhaps a reversion to the mean. 

8 ways to save some coin….

Along with cheap wages….

The closings are expected to hit by summer…

GOOG takes a 29% hit on the investment….

Source 

G20 finance ministers need to stand in the way of European manipulation of the International Monetary Fund when they meet in Mexico City this weekend, PIMCO chief executive Mohamed El-Erian writes in a column published today in the Financial Times.

A staunch critic of Europe’s attempts to get around its internal problems by relying on IMF funding, he argues that non-European economies need to stand up for the IMF’s professed “uniformity of treatment,” particularly given the harsh rules the organizations have imposed on emerging market countries in Asia and Latin America in the past.

A few choice snippets:

It should come as no surprise that over the last couple of years Europe has pressed the IMF very hard to make exception after exception – and it has succeeded. This has resulted in a number of firsts by an organisation that prided itself on the “uniformity of treatment” for member countries.

And later…

This is an internal issue that the IMF cannot, and should not be expected to, solve. It is up to the eurozone to decide whether to go forward in its current configuration towards a fiscal union or whether to first slim down to a more coherent and stable configuration. This would provide a better basis for a larger European-financed firewall.

As tempting as it is, Europe should not seek to obfuscate this critical decision by using IMF financing to give the appearance of sustaining the unsustainable. It must start making the necessary, albeit very difficult, decisions. Until this happens, the G20 has a global responsibility to protect the IMF from further damage to its credibility and legitimacy.

Read El-Erian’s full editorial in the Financial Times >

28 tips to help you save coin….

Money management is a funny choice of words when $2,3 billion in pension funds can not be accounted for….

UP 

CHTP +86.7%, OVTI +12.6%, CRM +9.3%, JOBS +8.4%, AIG +7.2%, TI +6.6%, NOK +4.7%, MGA +4.5%, DB +3.1%, SAP +1.9%, MRVL +1.3%, WTI +1.3%,  CRUS +2.8%,

KDN +9.9% , IPG +5.1%,  GPS +2.7%, MRVL +2.2%, WTI +1.3%, SD +1.1%, MNST +1.1%,  KCP +16.7% , BCS +3%, ING +1.1%, JPM +1.1%, WFC +1.1%, BAC +0.9%,

CLNE +2% and WPRT +1.3% ,

DOWN

TELK -20%, RBCN -15%, CROX -11.9%, DECK -10.8%, TORM -8.4%, KND -7.7%, CLDX -6%, MELI -5.7%, CENX -4%, CIE -3.7%, YMI -2.4%, ATPG -2.1%, XCO -1.2%,

DECK -11.3%,  WMGI -4%, ANR -3.8%, XCO -3%, SPN -1.2% , MCP -1%, ADSK -0.5% ,   BPAX -5% ,  VTR -3%,

Source

Alpha Natural Resources Inc. (ANR) fell 4.6 percent $18.91. The coal producer that bought Massey Energy Co. for $7.1 billion in June posted an unexpected fourth-quarter loss and cut its 2012 output forecast as U.S. electricity generators switched to cheaper natural gas.

American International Group Inc. (AIG) rose 6.5 percent to $29.82. The bailed-out insurer posted a fourth-quarter profit fueled by a tax benefit and an increase in the value of a stake in Asian insurer AIA Group Ltd. Operating profit beat analysts’ estimates.

Clearwire Corp. (CLWR) dropped 2.9 percent to $2.20. The wireless broadband provider’s third-largest investor, Google Inc. (GOOG US), plans to sell its 29.4 million shares.

Crocs Inc. (CROX) fell 10 percent to $18.30. The plastic-clogs maker forecast first-quarter earnings of no more than 26 cents a share, below the 30-cent profit estimated by analysts on average.

Deckers Outdoor Corp. (DECK) : The maker of Ugg boots and Teva sandals said earnings in 2012 will be unchanged from last year at $5.07 a share, missing the average analyst estimate of $5.80.

El Paso Corp. (EP) rose 4.6 percent to $28. Apollo Global Management LLC (APO US) is leading a group that is near a deal to acquire the Houston-based company’s oil-exploration business for about $7 billion, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.

Interpublic Group of Cos. (IPG US) rose 4.9 percent to $11.44. The New York-based advertising company announced a $300 million share buyback program.

Monster Beverage Corp. (MNST) (MNST US): The distributor of energy drinks and fruit juices reported fourth-quarter sales of $410 million, falling short of the average analyst estimate of $411.8 million.

OmniVision Technologies Inc. (OVTI) : The primary supplier of camera sensors for Apple Inc.’s (AAPL US) iPhone 4S projected fourth-quarter earnings of at least 15 cents a share, exceeding the 12-cent profit predicted by analysts on average.

Salesforce.com Inc. (CRM) rallied 9.8 percent to $144.67. The largest seller of online customer-management software reported profit and sales that topped analysts’ estimates after the company added features and pushed into social media.

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ARM Holdings PLC (NASDAQ: ARMH) Started as Overweight at Piper Jaffray.
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (NYSE: AVB) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) Started as Equalweight at Barclays.
Deckers Outdoor Corporation (NASDAQ: DECK) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse; Maintained Buy with $105 target at Canaccord Genuity.
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) Cut to Neutral at Susquehanna.
Forest Oil Corporation (NYSE: FST) Cut to Hold at Canaccord Genuity.
Monster Beverage Corporation (NASDAQ: MNST) Reiterated Conviction Buy List and raised estimates by Goldman Sachs.
Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR) Raised to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.
Nabors Industries Ltd. (NYSE: NBR) Raised to Buy with $30 target at Argus.
PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL) named as Value Stock of the Day at Zacks.
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (NASDAQ: RRGB) named as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Sunoco, Inc. (NYSE: SUN) Cut to Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) Maintained Neutral but raised target to $145 on Credit Suisse; Raised to Buy at ThinkEquity; Reiterated Buy and raised target to $170 at Canaccord Genuity.
Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.
Trina Solar Limited (NYSE: TSL) Cut to Market Perform at Wells Fargo; Cut to Negative at Susquehanna.

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