After rising to astronomical levels, both cotton and corn are getting hammered in recent weeks, with cotton down 15% and sugar off by 8% over the past 2 weeks. Conversely, silver and coffee are charging higher, with silver up 14% and coffee 11%, over the same time frame.
Over the past three months, cotton is up 20%, sugar is down 16%, silver is up 63% and coffee is up 25%.
Comments »Markets up close to 1%.
Comments »Commissioner Bud Selig has “deep concerns” over their finances. Hence, he snatched the Dodgers.
Bring them back to Brooklyn.
Comments »Apple sees Q3 EPS of about $5.03 vs $5.25 Thomson Reuters consensus; sees revs of about $23 bln vs $23.83 bln Thomson Reuters consensus
Comments »No. Ticker % Change Sector
1 SIMO 11.62 TECHNOLOGY
2 VMW 11.54 TECHNOLOGY
3 IL 9.74 TECHNOLOGY
4 EZCH 9.29 TECHNOLOGY
5 ASMI 7.94 TECHNOLOGY
6 CRUS 7.87 TECHNOLOGY
7 CRM 7.85 TECHNOLOGY
8 ASML 7.73 TECHNOLOGY
9 DLB 7.62 TECHNOLOGY
10 SMCI 7.46 TECHNOLOGY
11 ATMI 7.32 TECHNOLOGY
12 MU 7.06 TECHNOLOGY
13 BVSN 6.97 TECHNOLOGY
14 PSEM 6.90 TECHNOLOGY
15 VSEA 6.84 TECHNOLOGY
16 NANO 6.73 TECHNOLOGY
17 OCZ 6.67 TECHNOLOGY
18 INTC 6.65 TECHNOLOGY
19 TTMI 6.65 TECHNOLOGY
20 ALU 6.42 TECHNOLOGY
21 SIMG 6.38 TECHNOLOGY
22 CSOD 6.26 TECHNOLOGY
23 UTEK 6.20 TECHNOLOGY
24 VDSI 6.16 TECHNOLOGY
25 ENER 6.03 TECHNOLOGY
The Brent-WTI crude spread has tightened in recent days, now $12.19 wide, down from nearly $15.
Comments »No. Ticker % Change
1 SOXL 10.44
2 USD 8.43
3 TYH 7.13
4 DZK 6.86
5 TQQQ 6.26
6 EDC 6.25
7 ERX 6.00
8 TNA 5.87
9 MWJ 5.25
10 XPP 5.21
11 UCO 4.90
12 ROM 4.90
13 EET 4.44
14 QLD 4.44
15 UKK 4.31
16 AGQ 4.30
17 UPRO 4.28
18 BGU 4.18
19 CZM 4.12
20 DIG 4.03
21 SMH 3.94
22 EWY 3.91
23 UWM 3.87
24 XIV 3.84
25 SAA 3.83
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No. Ticker % Change
1 BXDD -14.41
2 SOXS -10.79
3 SSG -8.44
4 TVIX -7.92
5 CVOL -7.74
6 BXDC -7.18
7 TYP -7.10
8 EDZ -6.81
9 DPK -6.75
10 SQQQ -6.65
11 SRTY -5.86
12 ERY -5.81
13 TZA -5.74
14 MWN -5.47
15 ZSL -5.16
16 FXP -5.06
17 EPV -4.92
18 REW -4.83
19 EFU -4.76
20 SKK -4.60
21 DUST -4.55
22 SCO -4.52
23 DTO -4.49
24 QID -4.48
25 EEV -4.47
More than 10% of shares sold short
No. Ticker % Change Short as % of Float
1 PII 19.84 10.80
2 BDCO 10.88 12.60
3 KCG 8.04 13.80
4 JAG 7.33 14.67
5 AXAS 7.20 13.60
6 SHZ 6.96 22.40
7 OCZ 6.67 19.70
8 AXL 6.31 15.60
9 GBE 6.23 11.00
10 BSDM 6.07 13.40
11 CAB 5.95 12.30
12 PWAV 5.87 10.40
13 BPZ 5.86 16.90
14 BONT 5.79 21.70
15 WAVX 5.77 11.70
16 PANL 5.59 15.50
17 BC 5.57 21.70
18 FORM 5.53 12.90
19 ENER 5.53 28.60
20 CAVM 5.51 15.72
21 JTX 5.47 23.00
22 AXTI 5.41 11.20
23 CSR 5.32 29.20
24 RAX 5.29 21.60
25 WTI 5.29 25.20
Gold, silver, copper, oil, Asia and Europe are all higher.
S&P futures are at session highs up 9.
Comments »NIKKEI +1.4%
Heng Seng +1.1%
All Ordinaries +1.1%
Seoul Composite +1.7%
Taiwan Weighted +1.5%
Related: S&P futs up more than 7.
Comments »No. Ticker 2-week Return
1 AGQ 24.82
2 BXDD 21.56
3 PSLV 21.13
4 SLV 12.05
5 ERY 11.83
6 DBS 11.79
7 LHB 11.72
8 SRTY 10.62
9 TZA 9.34
10 BXDC 8.42
11 JO 8.40
12 FAZ 8.37
13 DUG 7.98
14 SMN 7.62
15 SJH 7.47
16 TVIZ 7.27
17 BZQ 7.14
18 SKK 6.78
19 TWM 6.69
20 SDD 6.62
21 GLTR 6.18
22 JJP 5.66
23 MWN 5.60
24 YCL 5.60
25 EDZ 5.58
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No. Ticker 2-week Return
1 ZSL -21.50
2 SGG -14.18
3 ERX -12.33
4 TVIX -12.30
5 VIIZ -10.63
6 LBJ -10.57
7 EPU -10.49
8 TNA -9.84
9 SOXL -9.08
10 UVT -8.84
11 BAL -8.46
12 GEX -8.27
13 TRF -8.21
14 DIG -8.14
15 PBW -7.97
16 FAS -7.92
17 FLYX -7.84
18 TAN -7.80
19 UYM -7.77
20 EDC -7.70
21 ICLN -7.63
22 PALL -7.43
23 EGPT -7.29
24 QCLN -7.22
25 UWM -7.07
No. Ticker 2-week Return Market Cap
1 AMSC -52.57 598,270,000
2 DMD -31.14 1,610,000,000
3 CIGX -27.39 502,600,000
4 CYH -22.92 2,890,000,000
5 CRUS -22.70 1,140,000,000
6 RT -20.64 710,440,000
7 PZG -20.20 549,940,000
8 MY -19.92 1,210,000,000
9 IOC -17.91 3,100,000,000
10 STRA -17.86 1,610,000,000
11 DY -17.13 523,970,000
12 AUTC -17.06 619,250,000
13 LFT -17.01 1,620,000,000
14 ASIA -17.00 1,370,000,000
15 DAC -16.69 700,640,000
16 LAYN -16.64 589,520,000
17 BPZ -16.54 533,420,000
18 HSOL -16.22 500,320,000
19 SWC -16.05 2,100,000,000
20 PAL -15.73 925,560,000
21 AEIS -15.72 593,960,000
22 PWER -15.60 775,870,000
23 CREE -15.44 4,510,000,000
24 HERO -15.37 661,430,000
25 SIMG -15.31 553,630,000
(min mkr cap:500mill)
Comments »“[T]here is … no valid technical reason to exclude satellite broadband providers from participating fully and directly,” they noted.
Joint statement by DISH, Hughes Communications (now owned by DISH), Viasat and Wildblue Communications (now owned by Viasat)
Comments »“The post-earthquake deterioration in business sentiment, and the drop in exports stemming from supply-side bottlenecks such as supply chain disruptions and electric power shortages have become clearly evident,“ Masayuki Kichikawa, chief economist at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch in Tokyo.
Comments »Yahoo! beats by $0.01, reports revs in-line; guides Q2 revs in-line (16.12 -0.22)
Reports Q1 (Mar) earnings of $0.17 per share, $0.01 better than the Thomson Reuters consensus of $0.16; revenues fell 5.8% year/year to $1.06 bln vs the $1.06 bln consensus. Co issues in-line guidance for Q2, sees Q2 revs of $1.075-1.125 bln vs. $1.1 bln Thomson Reuters consensus.
Juniper Networks guidance crossing wires sees Q2 $0.31-0.34 vs $0.36 Thomson Reuters consensus; sees revs $1.13-1.18 bln vs $1.16 bln Thomson Reuters consensus
Comments »Big beat for INTC
Intel sees Q2 revs $12.35-13.35 bln vs $11.87 bln Thomson Reuters consensus
Comments »IBM raises FY11 to at least $13.15 from $13.00 vs $13.08 Thomson Reuters consensus
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