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Comments »Monthly Archives: May 2012
Black Gold Getting Ham-Hammered
$GS Likens Fed Regulation With Killing 300k Jobs
A war is quietly being waged within the banking sector. $GS uses jobs in America as a defense against regulation…
Comments »Slave Labor on the High Seas; $CCL, $CUK
Granted you get free room and board, but a $400 monthly paycheck seems a bit absurd…
Comments »Nuclear Renaissance Back On
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire -05/03/12)- Last year the Fukushima disaster in Japan started a downward spiral for companies in the Uranium Industry. Approximately one year later the industry looks to be finally recovering as the Global X Uranium ETF (URA) is up nearly 12 percent year-to-date. “Fukushima put a speed bump on the road to the nuclear renaissance,” Ganpat Mani, president of Converdyn, said at a nuclear industry summit. “It’s not going to delay the programs around the world.”
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Comments »The Treasury Puts Out Chart Porn on the Economy Since the Bottom in ’09
Today’s Heat Map and A/D Lines
Hybrid Movers
Here are some early hybrid movers, click here for charts.
Comments »Today’s 52 Week Highs and Lows
NYSE
New Highs 69 COMPANY SYMBOL HIGH VOLUME ------- ------ ---- ------ Ace Ltd ACE 77.42 82,019 Abbott Labs ABT 62.80 380,059 Alexander & Baldwin ALEX 53.11 10,126 Allied World AWH 77.36 26,761 Allstate ALL 34.83 1,779,218 America Movil ADS AMX 27.70 851,430 American Assets Trust AAT 24.18 17,328 Amer Intl Group AIG 35.05 818,779 American Tower REIT AMT 68.52 800,192 Amer Vanguard AVD 26.50 57,921 Anheuser Busch BUD 75.07 561,463 Beam Inc BEAM 60.00 226,065 WR Berkley WRB 38.56 51,247 BlackRock Mun Inco BBF 15.70 5,257 BlackRock NY Municipal Tr BNY 16.43 638 Brown Forman B BF/B 87.96 4,600 CF Ind Hldgs CF 203.32 223,598 Cabot Corp CBT 44.90 18,643 China Mobile CHL 57.29 172,202 Church & Dwight CHD 51.58 32,754 Cohen Steers Mjrs Fd DVM 14.74 4,197 Colgate-Palmolive CL 100.81 158,412 Copa Hldgs Cl A CPA 83.48 13,614 Core Labs CLB 142.87 54,132 DSW Cl A DSW 58.66 24,254 Diageo PLC DEO 104.48 62,399 Dillard's DDS 66.56 63,795 DTF Tax-Free DTF 17.30 3,562 Eagle Materials EXP 37.28 23,884 Education Realty Trust EDR 11.52 16,240 El Paso Corp EP 30.86 353,053 Equity One EQY 21.48 39,948 FX Alliance FX 18.53 2,259 FortuneBrandsHome&Sec FBHS 24.05 28,729 Hubbell B HUB/B 81.62 2,385 InterCont Hotels Grp IHG 24.85 112,049 Kimco Realty Dep 6 Pfd I KIMpI 25.18 22,294 Luxottica Grp LUX 37.25 5,779 MDC Holdings MDC 30.41 284,430 Masco Corp MAS 14.64 232,573 Mohawk Indus MHK 70.02 48,870 Nike Inc NKE 114.81 284,041 Nordstrom Inc JWN 57.47 205,251 Northstar Realty Finance NRF 5.95 342,218 PPG Industries PPG 107.71 71,592 PA REIT 8.25% Pfd PEIpA 25.43 8,978 PennyMac Mortgage Inv Tr PMT 20.67 58,841 Pionr Muni HI Tr MHI 15.58 2,886 Public Storage PSA 146.49 24,051 Putnam Muni Opportunities PMO 12.84 5,846 Quanta Svcs PWR 24.06 628,812 Regency Ctrs Pfd REGpF 26.22 7,439 RenaissanceRe Hldgs RNR 80.53 67,067 Roadrunner Trans Sys RRTS 19.06 27,888 SL Green Realty 7.625% C SLGpC 25.85 1,800 Sally Beauty Hldgs SBH 27.60 145,974 Scripps Netwrks Inter A SNI 54.90 545,388 Sherwin-Williams SHW 122.20 27,898 Sunstone Hotel Investors SHO 11.14 207,203 TAL Intl Grp TAL 41.69 11,399 TJX Cos TJX 42.72 471,056 Targa Resources Partners NGLS 44.70 12,021 Teradata Cp TDC 78.76 549,983 Textainer Group Hldg TGH 35.79 9,041 TransDigm Group TDG 128.39 14,788 Travelers Cos TRV 65.00 144,112 Unilever PLC UL 34.77 83,557 Valeant Pharm Intl VRX 59.94 962,331 Weingarten Realty Inv WRI 27.18 31,846 New Lows 16 COMPANY SYMBOL LOW VOLUME ------- ------ ---- ------ Accretive Health AH 8.38 130,737 Arch Coal ACI 8.30 1,225,669 Ares Commercial Real Est ACRE 17.60 56,734 Barrick Gold ABX 38.42 1,123,316 Berkshire Hathaway A BRK/A 1.00 105 Checkpoint Sys CKP 8.55 190,340 Clear Chnnl Outdoor CCO 7.28 4,760 DelhaizeGrp DEG 42.26 26,960 Goldcorp GG 37.30 565,712 Jaguar Mining JAG 2.40 477,847 KT Crp ADS KT 12.69 72,134 Mechel Pfd MTLp 3.16 36,668 Panasonic Cp PC 7.37 14,610 Phillips 66 PSX 31.36 558,651 Standard Register SR 0.75 24,151 USEC Inc USU 0.80 102,429
NASDAQ
New Highs 52 COMPANY SYMBOL HIGH VOLUME ------- ------ ---- ------ Acorn Energy ACFN 13.20 64,789 America Movil ADS A AMOV 27.56 9,800 American Capital Agency AGNC 31.74 978,715 AmeriServ Fincl ASRV 3.09 1,200 Arch Capital Grp ACGL 39.54 24,260 BBC Capital Trust II 8.5% BBXT 33.00 200 Biogen Idec BIIB 135.84 86,489 BofI Hldg BOFI 18.49 5,550 C&F Fincl CFFI 32.00 500 Cardtronics Inc CATM 30.00 35,569 Chicopee Bancorp CBNK 14.96 1,815 Cimatron CIMT 4.65 12,250 Concur Techs CNQR 64.42 148,754 DXP Enterprises DXPE 49.50 38,448 First Merchants FRME 12.73 1,315 FirstBank (Michigan) FBMI 10.78 4,499 Grifols ADS GRFS 9.73 390,547 Hain Celestial Group HAIN 49.38 41,340 Hibbett Sports HIBB 61.67 42,079 Homeownrs Choice HCII 14.94 11,844 InfoSonics IFON 1.36 421,118 Intest INTT 3.97 11,821 Inventure Foods SNAK 6.03 67,451 Kensey Nash KNSY 38.49 479,457 Key Tronic KTCC 13.16 16,867 LKQ LKQX 34.55 69,166 Lincoln Electric Hldgs LECO 50.33 20,037 Liquidity Services LQDT 60.99 251,609 MHI Hospitality MDH 3.80 1,500 Market Leader LEDR 4.10 20,000 MidWestOne Fincl Group MOFG 21.28 775 Multimedia Games Holding MGAM 14.20 230,727 PLX Tech PLXT 6.71 53,640 Papa John's Intl PZZA 47.98 65,408 Penford PENX 8.97 5,526 Peoples Federal Bcshs PEOP 16.55 300 PwrShs S&P SmCp Cons PSCC 34.80 100 PriceSmart PSMT 83.95 33,324 Retail Opp Investment ROIC 12.47 26,185 Ross Stores ROST 64.00 184,338 Rurban Fincl RBNF 5.67 4,200 Security Natl Finl Cl A SNFCA 1.85 1,300 Spirit Airlines SAVE 24.75 64,193 State Investors Bancorp SIBC 12.29 400 Synacor SYNC 10.97 485,421 TCP Capital TCPC 14.75 2,800 Taylor Capital Group TAYC 15.15 6,807 Tetra Tech TTEK 28.00 84,335 tw telecom TWTC 23.79 310,198 21st Century Hldg TCHC 5.00 800 Washington Federal WAFD 17.94 20,448 Whole Foods Market WFM 90.00 1,388,376 New Lows 19 COMPANY SYMBOL LOW VOLUME ------- ------ ---- ------ Alaska Comm Sys Grp ALSK 2.26 83,307 AudioCodes AUDC 2.27 5,500 CEVA CEVA 16.47 117,529 China Auto Logistics Inc CALI 0.66 13,400 CommTouch Software CTCH 2.61 1,431 Ctripcom Intl CTRP 20.13 236,871 ExlService Hldgs EXLS 20.28 202,972 Green Mountain Coffee GMCR 29.14 8,339,552 Groupon Inc GRPN 10.45 89,196 Hoku HOKU 0.35 54,980 KIT digital Inc KITD 4.53 2,351,348 Leap Wireless Intl LEAP 5.07 166,154 Mitek Systems MITK 3.00 1,555,707 Nash Finch Co NAFC 24.45 4,405 Novatel Wireless NVTL 2.47 74,715 Pan American Silver PAAS 17.77 343,799 Utd Online UNTD 3.96 643,790 Vision-Sciences VSCI 1.51 6,070 WebMD Health WBMD 22.08 22,018Comments »
“If I Wanted America To Be A Dictatorship”
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Comments »Interesting Study Links Air Pollution to Obesity
“Bad air may contribute to cases of obesity for some inner-city residents of New York City.
Researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health studied more than 700 pregnant women and found those exposed to higher concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were more than twice as likely to have obese children by age seven compared with women with lower levels of exposure.”
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Most Active Options Trades
-CALLS- OPTION EXP.DATE STRIKE PRC. VOLUME LAST S/PRC. NET CHANGE SPY 6/16/12 146.0000 3687 0.5700 dn 0.0100 GLD 5/19/12 162.0000 3221 0.7000 dn 0.5100 SPY 5/4/12 140.0000 1799 0.6800 dn 0.1700 CHK 1/19/13 45.0000 1680 0.1000 up 0.0100 OCZ 9/22/12 7.0000 1470 0.4500 dn 0.0500 SPY 5/4/12 142.0000 1360 0.0500 dn 0.0700 GMCR 5/4/12 30.0000 1277 0.9700 dn 17.9300 VOD 10/20/12 30.0000 1064 0.2500 up 0.0000 AAPL 5/4/12 590.0000 1044 3.4500 up 0.2500 ONNN 1/19/13 9.0000 962 0.9500 up 0.1500 -PUTS- OPTION EXP.DATE STRIKE PRC. VOLUME LAST S/PRC. NET CHANGE SPY 5/4/12 140.0000 6864 0.5000 dn 0.0500 CHK 1/18/14 10.0000 3482 1.8200 up 0.0200 SPY 5/4/12 139.0000 2973 0.2300 dn 0.0500 SPY 5/19/12 136.0000 2335 0.5200 dn 0.0300 JCP 5/4/12 34.0000 2233 0.3500 up 0.0000 SPY 6/16/12 136.0000 2030 1.7700 up 0.0300 HLF 8/18/12 50.0000 2000 7.1500 up 2.1500 SPY 5/4/12 137.0000 1985 0.0700 up 0.0000 SPY 5/4/12 141.0000 1964 0.9500 dn 0.1100 STX 6/16/12 23.0000 1804 0.1500 up 0.0100 -VOLUME- CALLS PUTS TOTAL 218952 222826 441778
-CALLS- OPTION EXP.DATE STRIKE PRC. VOLUME LAST S/PRC. NET CHANGE GMCR 5/4/12 30.0000 260 1.0000 dn 18.4500 GLD 5/19/12 162.0000 245 0.7100 dn 0.4900 GLD 5/4/12 160.0000 123 0.4100 dn 0.6800 X 5/19/12 30.0000 92 0.4600 up 0.1000 ACI 7/21/12 12.0000 76 0.1300 up 0.0100 GMCR 5/19/12 33.0000 70 0.8900 dn 15.6600 AAPL 5/4/12 600.0000 70 0.7400 up 0.0000 QCOM 5/19/12 65.0000 67 0.7300 up 0.1200 JDSU 6/16/12 15.0000 63 0.0600 dn 0.1100 CHK 5/4/12 20.0000 60 0.0100 dn 0.0100 -PUTS- OPTION EXP.DATE STRIKE PRC. VOLUME LAST S/PRC. NET CHANGE GMCR 5/4/12 30.0000 202 1.2400 up 1.1700 PRU 5/19/12 57.5000 150 2.7000 up 2.2300 JCP 5/19/12 34.0000 108 1.5100 up 0.5300 GLD 5/19/12 159.0000 103 1.8500 up 0.7000 GLD 5/4/12 157.0000 100 0.2400 up 0.1500 AAPL 5/4/12 580.0000 98 1.5900 dn 1.2100 GLD 5/4/12 159.0000 80 0.8400 up 0.5900 QCOM 6/16/12 65.0000 76 2.0000 dn 0.2800 AAPL 5/4/12 590.0000 72 4.9300 dn 2.4200 ACI 1/19/13 8.0000 69 1.3200 up 0.1000 -VOLUME- CALLS PUTS TOTAL 9201 10621 19822Comments »
The DOJ Investigates Pricing Structure for Visa and MasterCard; $V, $MA
“Visa, Inc. (NYSE: V) and Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE: MA) should both be trading higher this morning if you were only looking at the earnings reports from Wednesday. Both credit card processing outfits beat earnings and are in solid shape. But…
The trick is that Visa divulged in a filing that the Department of Justice has a civil investigative demand as an official request for information over its pricing structure and over recent pricing adjustments. It needs to be known that Visa has received inquiries of this nature before and the CEO noted that it could take up to a year to resolve…”
Comments »ISM Non Manufacturing: Prior 56, Market Expects 55.5, Actual 53.5
The Stock Traders Almanac and Seasonality for May-June
Small Businesses Have a Lock Down on Hiring
“Today, The Small Business Authority released the findings of their SB Authority Market Sentiment Survey. The survey is a monthly window into the concerns of independent business owners. This month, over 2,600 respondents were polled on the topic of hiring and employment. A key finding was that 67% of business owners do not plan on hiring in the next 6 to 12 months. Additionally, 58% of business owners do not hire recent graduates. When looking at the current 8.2% unemployment rate, 26% of business owners believe that the rate will be higher on Election Day in November, while 40% think it will be lower and 34% believe it will remain unchanged…”
Comments »Retailers Saw Less Foot Traffic Last Month: $M, $TGT, $COST, $JWN, $LTD, $ZUMZ
“After a warm winter sent Americans into stores, retailers saw sales drop last month, as high gas prices and new worries about the economy weighed on consumers.
Retailers had expected fewer shoppers in April. Analysts were expecting only a 1.5% gain at stores open at least 12 months. That’s considerably below the surge seen a month earlier, when retailers experienced an average 4.5% increase in sales.
Gas prices remained elevated last month, eating away disposable income. And worries surfaced over the recovery after lackluster job growth in March and consistently higher jobless claims that suggest April also experienced weak job gains. These fears weighed heavily on consumers, prompting restrained spending.”
Comments »Fast Tech of Forbes High: The 25 Best Growth Companies
Bad News for the ECB as Hollande Beats Sarkozy in a T.V. Debate
A Graphic Breakdown of Those Not in the Labor Force
Some 86 million people are not in the work force. Here is a graphic breakdown…
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