Monthly Archives: April 2012
Today’s 52 Week Highs and Lows
NYSE
New Highs 124 COMPANY SYMBOL HIGH VOLUME ------- ------ ---- ------ Ace Ltd ACE 77.19 314,353 AT&T T 32.75 6,836,475 Acadia Realty Trust AKR 23.26 50,763 Advance Auto Parts AAP 92.62 183,853 Airgas Inc ARG 91.19 48,133 Alamo Grp ALG 33.43 5,601 Allergan AGN 97.09 200,767 Alliance Data Sys ADS 130.43 120,969 Allied World AWH 72.01 30,039 Amdocs DOX 32.32 76,977 Amer Eagle Outfitters AEO 18.41 529,914 American Express AXP 60.30 1,978,002 Amer Fincl Grp AFG 39.51 50,968 Amer Intl Grp Inc. Wt AIG/WS 12.64 22,761 Amer Intl Group AIG 34.00 3,121,119 American Tower REIT AMT 65.00 286,945 Aspen insurance AHL 29.18 53,514 Atlas Energy ATLS 39.08 40,101 AutoZone AZO 397.87 145,168 Avalonbay Communities AVB 146.18 97,917 BB&T Corp BBT 32.67 784,999 Bally Technologies BYI 49.32 189,326 Blyth BTH 89.13 39,298 Brookfield Infrastructure BIP 32.21 42,254 Brown & Brown BRO 27.24 407,822 Brown Forman A BF/A 85.45 225 Brown Forman B BF/B 87.26 33,733 Brunswick BC 27.35 502,107 CBS Corp A CBS/A 34.97 900 CBS Corp B CBS 34.45 3,502,509 CF Ind Hldgs CF 196.81 534,629 CMS Energy Corp CMS 22.95 358,722 CVR Energy CVI 30.35 444,656 Calpine CPN 18.72 1,522,954 Canadian Natl Railway CNI 85.60 205,983 CapLease Pfd. Series B LSEpB 24.95 14,200 Cleco Corp CNL 40.66 63,793 Coca-Cola KO 76.95 4,051,660 Colonial Properties Tr CLP 22.74 61,036 DTE Energy DTE 56.65 220,207 Dick's Sporting Goods DKS 50.98 295,971 Dillard's DDS 64.99 99,058 Eastman Chem EMN 55.53 1,256,542 Ecolab Inc ECL 63.58 249,096 Enbridge Inc ENB 41.36 160,076 Equity One EQY 20.95 41,085 Estee Lauder EL 65.60 317,098 Everest Re RE 100.30 144,478 Extra Space Storage EXR 30.41 371,977 F M C Corp FMC 111.97 145,017 Fidelity Ntl Financial FNF 19.49 364,895 Fst Niagara Finl Pfd B FNFGpB 28.38 541 First Pfd Cap Tr IV Secs FBSpA 19.29 8,490 FirstEnergy FE 47.12 301,528 GNC Holdings A GNC 41.20 356,378 Gap Inc GPS 28.55 1,370,335 General Growth Prop GGP 17.97 856,371 Genesco Inc GCO 77.68 56,286 WR Grace GRA 59.81 216,666 Grupo Aero Sureste ads ASR 79.13 9,528 InterCont Hotels Grp IHG 24.10 57,948 Kansas City Southern KSU 79.17 304,316 Kenexa KNXA 33.58 96,121 Kraft Foods KFT 39.53 2,477,006 Limited Brands LTD 50.69 586,057 Lumber Liquidators Hldgs LL 28.47 376,877 M/I Homes MHO 14.05 97,856 Marsh & McLennan MMC 33.47 463,392 Mastercard MA 462.34 371,467 McCormick & Co MKC 55.92 98,841 McCormick & Co Vtg MKC/V 55.61 509 Meritage Homes MTH 29.38 181,361 Midstates Petroleum MPO 16.15 65,867 Movado Group MOV 29.14 260,847 NV Engy NVE 16.73 319,533 NVR Inc NVR 793.72 8,007 PNC Fincl Svcs PNC 67.47 809,165 PPG Industries PPG 105.94 194,473 Par Pharma PRX 42.24 40,891 PennyMac Mortgage Inv Tr PMT 20.09 53,308 Pfizer PFE 23.30 8,136,473 Post Properties PPS 49.10 200,775 Praxair PX 116.12 297,786 Primerica PRI 26.68 13,806 Public Storage PSA 143.49 76,320 PulteGroup PHM 9.90 3,659,500 Raytheon RTN 54.69 748,430 Regis Corp RGS 18.91 179,806 Rentech Nitrogen Ptrs LP. RNF 29.91 291,802 Roper Indus ROP 102.72 150,772 Ryland Group RYL 22.25 777,787 Sally Beauty Hldgs SBH 26.71 207,638 SandRidge Miss Tr II SDR 23.18 214,534 Sara Lee Corp SLE 22.11 683,436 Scana Corp SCG 46.15 71,144 Schiff Nutrition Intl WNI 16.22 13,071 Simon Property Group SPG 155.25 418,131 AO Smith AOS 48.67 117,419 SolarWinds SWI 47.42 566,537 Solutia SOA 28.48 266,272 Sovran Self Storage SSS 52.54 43,770 Standard Pacific SPF 5.09 934,979 Standex Intl SXI 44.02 8,473 Sunoco Inc SUN 40.80 203,745 TAL Intl Grp TAL 41.19 123,121 TJX Cos TJX 42.06 723,949 Taubman Ctrs TCO 80.69 181,395 Teekay LNG Ptnrs un TGP 41.67 191,595 Telekom Indonesia TLK 37.00 230,445 Telus Corp TU 58.85 21,060 Teradata Cp TDC 70.99 233,638 Thai Fund Inc TTF 16.50 28,880 3D Sys DDD 29.47 200,935 Tim Hortons THI 57.48 69,984 Toll Brothers TOL 25.39 811,317 Total Sys Svcs TSS 23.85 257,768 TransDigm Group TDG 126.96 145,770 VF Corp VFC 155.00 450,238 VISA (Cl A) V 124.21 733,188 Weis Markets WMK 44.98 7,026 Wesco International WCC 67.89 48,947 Williams Cos WMB 34.12 853,225 Wisconsin Energy WEC 36.55 282,044 Wyndham Worldwide WYN 50.58 647,841 New Lows 6 COMPANY SYMBOL LOW VOLUME ------- ------ ---- ------ Accretive Health AH 9.46 2,411,934 Artio Global Invs Inc ART 3.59 47,574 Chesapeake Energy CHK 16.78 17,946,781 Chesapeake Engy 4.5% pfd. CHKpD 70.28 56,405 Pampa Energia ADS PAM 6.51 9,700 Xerium Tech XRM 4.71 22,432
NASDAQ
New Highs 79 COMPANY SYMBOL HIGH VOLUME ------- ------ ---- ------ Abaxis ABAX 33.60 141,834 Access National ANCX 13.56 10,160 Actuate BIRT 7.09 36,401 Advisory Board ABCO 90.98 59,674 Amgen AMGN 71.39 985,006 Ardea Biosciences RDEA 31.89 345,948 Ariba ARBA 39.84 1,226,906 Aware AWRE 6.54 370,108 BSB Bancorp BLMT 12.46 6,200 Biogen Idec BIIB 131.94 337,873 Black Diamond BDE 10.09 18,608 CarolinaBk CLBH 4.60 717 Cerner CERN 79.82 1,139,733 Chart Industries GTLS 79.29 165,105 Cirrus Logic CRUS 27.92 1,604,516 Citizens Republic Bancorp CRBC 17.10 647,767 Colonial Finl Svcs COBK 13.40 200 Cray CRAY 10.85 1,772,466 Cynosure (Cl A) CYNO 20.95 7,381 Dentsply Intl XRAY 41.18 129,806 Discovery Comm C DISCK 49.79 61,267 Discovery Comm A DISCA 54.07 173,262 Dollar Tree DLTR 100.75 187,494 eHealth EHTH 17.75 104,115 Epoch Hldg EPHC 27.59 9,895 Expedia EXPE 43.00 11,317,647 FEI Co FEIC 50.31 75,764 Fidelity Southern LION 8.48 5,010 Grifols ADS GRFS 9.57 1,001,965 HSN Inc HSNI 39.29 131,369 Harleysville Group HGIC 59.96 18,983 Heartland Fincl USA HTLF 18.44 2,461 Hercules Tech Growth Cap HTGC 11.52 64,617 Heska HSKA 12.50 23,438 Hibbett Sports HIBB 59.37 30,529 ICU Medical ICUI 52.36 15,512 Incyte INCY 22.25 959,548 Independent Bank Michigan IBCP 3.64 64,717 Infinity Pharmaceuticals INFI 13.25 17,735 iShrNasdaqBiotch IBB 125.52 226,835 Jacksonville Bancorp JXSB 16.13 100 Jazz Pharm Inc JAZZ 54.50 2,074,281 LKQ LKQX 33.85 331,692 Lincoln Electric Hldgs LECO 49.34 51,676 Liquidity Services LQDT 54.89 80,585 M B T Fincl MBTF 2.79 55,793 MHI Hospitality MDH 3.50 3,292 MWI Veterinary Supply MWIV 94.25 6,661 Madison Square Garden MSG 35.97 32,996 Maxim Intgrtd Prod MXIM 29.35 1,372,154 Mayflower Bancorp MFLR 9.41 3,671 Medtox Scientific MTOX 20.78 6,714 Methanex MEOH 34.60 133,650 Monarch Fincl Hldgs MNRK 10.25 4,125 Monster Beverage MNST 65.94 163,133 Myriad Genetics MYGN 26.46 153,048 Nathan's Famous NATH 25.99 5,900 O'Reilly Automotive ORLY 106.00 549,867 OSI Systems OSIS 66.71 30,550 Oritani Fincl ORIT 15.08 22,265 Pacific Mercantile Bncp PMBC 6.00 2,500 Peapack Gladstone PGC 15.77 2,650 Points International PCOM 12.82 19,186 Progenics Pharmaceuticals PGNX 10.97 16,636 Ross Stores ROST 61.92 255,150 SBA Comm SBAC 53.79 287,259 Saia SAIA 18.45 208,480 Spirit Airlines SAVE 23.82 80,852 StealthGas GASS 6.50 3,710 Sucampo Pharm (Cl A) SCMP 8.50 16,644 Susquehanna Bancshares SUSQ 10.38 1,062,935 Synergy Pharms Wt SGYPW 2.90 1,590 Texas Cap Bancshares Wt TCBIW 24.49 500 Trustmark TRMK 26.04 112,997 UMB Fincl UMBF 49.20 57,699 Universal Forest Products UFPI 37.75 16,171 VCA Antech WOOF 26.00 916,010 Verisk Analytics Inc VRSK 49.66 120,194 VIVUS VVUS 25.23 1,760,361 New Lows 21 COMPANY SYMBOL LOW VOLUME ------- ------ ---- ------ Allscripts Hlthcr Solns MDRX 8.99 25,439,358 Anthera Pharmaceuticals ANTH 1.50 143,960 Brightpoint CELL 6.07 685,859 CafePress PRSS 16.51 7,577 Carbonite CARB 7.79 69,990 Deckers Outdoor DECK 51.24 7,447,143 Digi Intl DGII 8.97 963,350 Dynamics Research DRCO 7.30 14,240 Education Management EDMC 11.80 53,138 EnerNOC ENOC 5.90 35,503 Euroseas ESEA 1.81 26,855 First Solar FSLR 17.81 1,413,395 InterDigital IDCC 26.83 716,218 InterMune ITMN 9.66 4,486,721 Marshall Edwards MSHL 0.56 76,429 Maxwell Techs MXWL 9.47 2,234,002 NII Hldgs NIHD 13.75 1,956,992 Perfumania Holdings PERF 8.31 12,948 Proofpoint PFPT 13.03 50,331 Skywest SKYW 8.62 80,870 TeleComm Systems (Cl A) TSYS 2.05 1,252,640Comments »
Intuit, $INTU, Picks Up SaaS Marketing for $423 Million
Jim O’Neil Opines on the Best Long Term Equity Strategies
“Jim O’Neill, Chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, is the economist behind the BRIC acronym.
Business Insider spoke with O’Neill about the BRICs, which he considers to be the “dominant structural theme of our generation.”
This may be no surprise coming from O’Neill. However, he shared with us some mind-boggling statistics that made the current issues facing the eurozone seem trivial….”
Comments »State of the Union: On Employment
Granted the financial sector is a tough place to work these days, but you would think that this person would have no problem getting back on the horse or at least scoring something other than $SBUX….
Comments »Wells Fargo, $WFC, to Buy Merlin Securities LLC Investment Banking Division
$WFC is making their first splash into hedge fund client services with a purchase valued around $2billion in assets…
Comments »El-Erian Says Low Traction in the Economy Should Result in More Stimulus
“Pacific Investment Management Co.’s Mohamed El-Erian said the U.S. economy is having difficulty gaining traction after a government report showed U.S growth expanded less-than-forecast in the first quarter.
The Federal Reserve is likely to provided additional assistance if the U.S. economy weakens further, though there is “no immediate need” to do so, El-Erian, the chief executive officer of the world’s largest manager of bond funds, said during an interview on Bloomberg Television’s “In the Loop” with Betty Liu…”
Comments »Manhattan Apartment Buildings Hit Peak Prices as Investors Look to Supply Rental Market
Low rates and rising rents are a good formula for investors in rental apartment buildings…
Comments »Coffee Break: Do Not Try This at Home
Lobbyists Attack Laws Protecting U.S. Waters From Pesticides
The definition of insanity and greed can be found on K street. The pesticide industry is lobbying to change America’s 130 year old clean water act via a sneaky farm bill.
Comments »Mother Earth: That Bastard Son of Mine Will Pay
Dodd Frank Bill Causes Vampire Squids to Feed Upon the Poor
Big banks are up to their old tricks….and we the tax payer, unfortunately, helped it to happen by giving money without demands or stipulations. It reminds me of no bid contracts and the wild west mentality of the Iraq & Afghan wars.
Comments »Investors Hit the Bid on U.S. Equities Picking Up Bond Funds and Foreign Equities
“(MoneyWatch) In both up markets and down, investors continue to pull money from U.S. stock mutual funds and plow into foreign stocks and bond funds, new data show.
Total money flows to all long-term mutual funds recently jumped to $6.5 billion, but foreign stock and bond funds flourished at the expense of U.S. stock mutual funds, which continue to see cash fly out the door…”
Comments »El-Erian: ‘liquidity injections or austerity measures won’t rid the world of its economic ills’
“Short-sighted reforms like central-bank liquidity injections or austerity measures won’t rid the world of its economic ills and are actually endangering global economic recovery, says Mohamed El-Erian, CEO at Pimco, which runs the world’s largest bond fund.
More sweeping global economic overhaul is needed that includes greater input from emerging-market countries if developed countries want to see better days.
Otherwise, unpleasant surprises will continue, such as the U.K.’s return to recession or disappointing manufacturing data in the U.S….”
Comments »Jim Rogers Still Expects Inflation and is Staying With Commodity Bets
“International investor Jim Rogers thinks a wave of inflation is coming to the United States. As a result, he staying with his investment of choice – commodities.
The Federal Reserve’s monetary policy is impotent, Rogers says.
“[Fed Chairman Ben] Bernanke and the Fed have zero credibility,” he tells Marketwatch. “Bernanke has never been right about anything.”
Comments »For Every $2.52 Spent We Receive $1 in GDP
Presented without much commentary, because little is necessary: the only ratio that matters for the US economy, the change in US public debt ($359.1 billion) and US GDP ($142.4) in the first quarter, hit 2.52x and rising.
It takes $2.52 in new debt to increase $1 of GDP.
Source: Debt to the Penny, Commerce Dept
Comments »REALLY: Senate probe finds little evidence of effective “torture”
“(Reuters) – A nearly three-year-long investigation by Senate Intelligence Committee Democrats is expected to find there is little evidence the harsh “enhanced interrogation techniques” the CIA used on high-value prisoners produced counter-terrorism breakthroughs.
People familiar with the inquiry said committee investigators, who have been poring over records from the administration of President George W. Bush, believe they do not substantiate claims by some Bush supporters that the harsh interrogations led to counter-terrorism coups….”
Comments »Surprise: Bidding War Home Buyers Resurface
“A new development is catching home buyers off guard as the spring sales season gets under way: Bidding wars are back.
From California to Florida, many buyers are increasingly competing for the same house. Unlike the bidding wars that typified the go-go years and largely reflected surging sales, today’s are a result of supply shortages….”
Comments »U.S. Firms Add Jobs……Wait for it………..Mostly Overseas
GDP Chart Porn
Here’s a chart from Scott Barber of Thomson Reuters Datastream. It offers an elegant breakdown of the components of GDP growth.