NYSE

New Highs 13 

COMPANY                       SYMBOL      HIGH                VOLUME 
-------                       ------      ----                ------ 
BlkRk MuniHldgs Quality       MUS         13.63               11,270 
BlkRk MuniYld Inv             MYF         14.39                3,456 
BlkRk MuniYld Ins Qlty        MFT         14.03                6,408 
Donaldson Co                  DCI         67.98                6,942 
Invesco Qty Inv               IQT         13.40                5,275 
Mastercard                    MA          373.48             145,929 
Moneygram Intl Inc            MGI         19.61               77,443 
NetSuite                      N           44.28               92,009 
Oneok Inc                     OKE         80.39              130,735 
PPL Corp. Un                  PPLpU       59.28                5,200 
Putnam Tr                     PMM         7.63                12,714 
Qwest Corp7.50%Notes2051      CTW         25.65                8,824 
Universal American            UAM         12.51               20,968 

New Lows 15 

COMPANY                       SYMBOL      LOW                 VOLUME 
-------                       ------      ----                ------ 
Avon Products                 AVP         17.44            2,250,317 
Bank Of Ireland               IRE         4.70                59,440 
CBIZ                          CBZ         5.72                33,344 
China Cord Blood Cp           CO          2.19                29,900 
DHT Holdings                  DHT         1.11                27,859 
Daqo New Energy ADS           DQ          2.52                20,609 
FITrGSNotes6.75%ClA           TFG         23.83                1,000 
Furniture Brands              FBN         1.15                15,965 
Imation                       IMN         6.20                20,096 
Marriott Vacations Wi         VACw        17.00               42,400 
Old Republic Intl             ORI         8.06               152,985 
Sun Life Fincl                SLF         20.67               75,794 
Texas Industries              TXI         26.91               24,410 
Veolia Environment            VE          11.83              173,280 
Verso Paper                   VRS         1.44                 1,878

NASDAQ

New Highs 11 

COMPANY                       SYMBOL      HIGH                VOLUME 
-------                       ------      ----                ------ 
Blueknight Engy Ptrs A        BKEPP       9.85                   569 
Cobra Electronics             COBR        4.75                 4,600 
CommVault Systems             CVLT        49.27               65,366 
Cyanotech                     CYAN        5.76                14,628 
Idenix Pharmaceuticals        IDIX        7.38               381,870 
Medicines Co                  MDCO        19.61               75,944 
Natural Alternatives Intl     NAII        7.49                 6,294 
Netlist                       NLST        3.22             3,499,852 
PC Connection                 PCCC        11.09               11,937 
Silicon Motion Tech (ADS)     SIMO        20.09              251,943 
Zygo                          ZIGO        17.12               16,682 

New Lows 28 

COMPANY                       SYMBOL      LOW                 VOLUME 
-------                       ------      ----                ------ 
A123 Sys Inc                  AONE        2.62               251,653 
Active Power                  ACPW        0.84                 6,917 
Alimera Sciences              ALIM        1.50               249,741 
Alto Palermo SA               APSA        11.41               10,257 
Bionovo                       BNVI        0.40                38,275 
Cadence Pharmaceuticals       CADX        3.63             4,272,065 
Canadian Solar                CSIQ        2.67                90,184 
Cardiome Pharma               CRME        2.23                75,902 
Cereplast                     CERP        1.26               117,541 
Crumbs Bake Shop Wt           CRMBW       0.17                38,467 
Ctripcom Intl                 CTRP        27.85            2,601,713 
DexCom                        DXCM        6.90                21,832 
eDiets.com                    DIET        0.74                10,400 
eOn Comm                      EONC        1.13                 1,540 
Forward Indus NY              FORD        1.79                 2,900 
GeoEye                        GEOY        23.25               39,435 
Geron                         GERN        1.59             2,807,029 
Hampton Roads Bankshares      HMPR        3.33                 1,618 
Hanwha SolarOne Co Ltd        HSOL        1.66                79,790 
IMRIS                         IMRS        2.47                96,020 
Kratos Defense & Sec Sols     KTOS        5.46                51,600 
Lo-Jack                       LOJN        2.51                77,963 
OmniVision Techs              OVTI        12.52              663,151 
Ossen Innovation Co ADS       OSN         0.87                40,240 
Powerwave Techs               PWAVD       1.97                65,016 
Savient Pharmaceuticals       SVNT        2.50                88,327 
SmartPros                     SPRO        1.66                 3,185 
Vermillion                    VRML        1.19                23,152

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Amazing how one product can have so much influence on a data point.

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Full report

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Belgium 10 year @ 6.57%

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People keep saying the U.S. is going the way of a 3rd world nation….say it is not so!

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Upgrades

MSTR – MicroStrategy initiated with an Outperform at JMP Securities

LNN – Lindsay Corp initiated with a Hold at Stifel Nicolaus

QLIK – Qlik Tech initiated with an Outperform at JMP Securities

PXD – Pioneer Natural Resources added to Conviction Buy List at Goldman

TCK – Teck Resources initiated with a Buy at Dahlman Rose

TDC – Teradata initiated with an Outperform at JMP Securities

CMS – CMS Energy upgraded to Buy from Neutral at BofA/Merril

AEE – Ameren upgraded to Neutral from Sell at Goldman

MRX – Medicis downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Bernstein

MNTX – Manitex Intl initiated with a Mkt Outperform at Rodman & Renshaw

FSC – Fifth Street Finance upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Janney Montgomery Scott

XYL – Xylem initiated with an Equal Weight at Barclays

CFX – Colfax upgraded to Buy from Neutral at UBS

HFC – HollyFrontier upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Goldman

FIRE – Sourcefire initiated with a Buy at BofA/Merrill

CVD – Covance initiated with a Buy at Sterne Agee

WNR – Western Refining added to Conviction Buy List at Goldman

FTNT – Fortinet initiated with a Buy at BofA/Merrill

CRL – Charles River initiated with a Buy at Sterne Agee

HW – Headwaters upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Wedbush

OKE – ONEOK upgraded to Overweight fromat Morgan Stanley

NSTAR upgraded to Buy from Neutral at BofA/Merrill

A – Agilent upgraded to Buy from Neutral at BofA/Merrill

TIBX – TIBCO Software initiated with an Outperform at JMP Securities

NU – Northeast Utilities upgraded to Buy from Neutral at BofA/Merrill

IDIX – Idenix Pharma upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Wedbush

Downgrades 

K – Kellogg downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Bernstein

MRO – Marathon Oil downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Goldman

WDC – Western Digital downgraded to Hold at Needham

BPL – Buckeye Partners downgraded to Underweight from Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley

CVI –  CVR Energy removed from Conviction Buy List at Goldman

AMGN – Amgen downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at Piper Jaffray

KNX – Knight Transportation downgraded to Underperform from Neutral at Sterne Agee

TSO – Tesoro downgraded to Sector Perform from Outperform at RBC Capital

MEOH – Methanex downgraded to Outperform from Strong Buy at Raymond James

PEG – Public Service downgraded to Neutral at BofA/Merrill

POR – Portland Gen Elec downgraded to Sell from Neutral at Goldman

ICLR – ICON plc initiated with an Underperform at Sterne Agee

STX – Seagate Tech downgraded to Hold from Buy at Deutsche Bank

OVTI – OmniVision downgraded to Hold at Needham

RVBD – Riverbed Technology upgraded to Outperform from Sector Perform at RBC Capital

AAP – Advance Auto downgraded to Hold at Argus

GXP – Great Plains Engy removed from Conviction Buy List Goldman

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Gapping up

VNET +11.7%, NLST +44.7%, CIM +9.8%, AOB +6.7%, AGO +6%, DKS +4.2%,HD +2%, CAST +17.8%, APC +1.5%,

DTV +1%, RVBD +0.5%, WFM +0.6%

Gapping down

LDK -7.4%, HAFC -7.1%, ING -6.8%, IOC -6.7%, MOTR -6.2%,  GERN -17.7%, MITK -15.3%, GURE -11.8%,

ZAGG -2.4%, KOG -2.3%, TOT -2.3%, DB -1.9%, PVR -5%, URBN -5%, BAC -4.1%, CS -4%, LNKD -3.2%,

LOGI -2.7%, UBS -2.5%,

 

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In Play

On the Wires

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Retail Sales: Prior 1.1%, Market Expects  0.4%, Actual +0.5%

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Also some bad earnings is helping to drag Europe down.

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Asia

Europe

Futures

Currencies  

Commodities

 

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A soft sell on the backs of minor losses in U.S. markets.

Asia

Nikkei

S&P Futures

The story behind Asia

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DOW down 74.76

NASDAQ down 21.5

S&P down 11.94

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No. Ticker % Change
1 CNAM 55.56
2 BXG 44.61
3 NLST 22.40
4 SHZ 19.82
5 PEIX 19.54
6 NEP 19.11
7 ICAD 17.46
8 LONG 13.60
9 MERR 12.89
10 NEXS 12.00
11 ARTX 11.45
12 GRRF 11.33
13 EFOI 11.14
14 TBUS 11.08
15 FMD 10.99
16 MNTG 10.76
17 VSCP 10.00
18 HW 9.26
19 TELK 8.70
20 TNCC 8.67
21 CRAY 8.65
22 BIOF 8.62
23 SINO 8.51
24 MITT 8.42
25 LNG 8.38
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No. Ticker % Change
1 PSDV -23.65
2 CADX -21.34
3 WHRT -20.69
4 DEJ -18.00
5 FEED -17.55
6 GSL -16.67
7 TECUA -15.37
8 ALIM -15.31
9 TPI -15.13
10 ATPG -14.81
11 USU -14.24
12 FFHL -14.07
13 JKS -13.27
14 EIPL -12.56
15 AERG -12.50
16 HMPR -12.50
17 CIIC -12.50
18 XNY -12.43
19 CTRP -12.17
20 CBLI -11.43
21 JMP -11.16
22 MOBI -10.73
23 ZLCS -10.71
24 LNET -10.55
25 GSAT -10.42

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NYSE

New Highs 31 

COMPANY                       SYMBOL      HIGH                VOLUME 
-------                       ------      ----                ------ 
AutoZone                      AZO         341.89              53,910 
B&G Foods                     BGS         22.69              140,862 
BlkRk MuniHldgs               MHD         16.47               18,735 
Blkrck MunHl NJ Qlty          MUJ         14.84               23,563 
BlkRk MuniYld Inv             MYF         14.30               11,658 
BlRk Muyld NJ Qlty            MJI         14.69                7,959 
BlkRk MuniYld Qlty II         MQT         13.12                7,692 
Chesapeake Granite Wash       CHKR        19.09              443,689 
Comcast 2% DECS Sprint        CCZ         39.33                  100 
DWS Muni Inco                 KTF         13.21               71,919 
Duff & Phelps                 DNP         10.88              107,402 
FTI Consulting                FCN         43.32               49,718 
GNC Holdings A                GNC         27.19              237,854 
Generac Holdings              GNRC        25.62               64,013 
Heico Corp A                  HEI/A       41.86                  943 
Heico Corp                    HEI         60.92               13,902 
Humana Inc                    HUM         88.46              287,733 
Invesco Insured Mun Tr        IMT         15.30               16,755 
Invesco Mun Prem Inc          PIA         8.25                10,205 
Kenexa                        KNXA        26.10               54,059 
Mastercard                    MA          373.20             252,839 
Myers Industries              MYE         13.38                9,570 
Nalco Holding                 NLC         39.08              181,297 
Nuveen CA Quality Income      NUC         15.39                8,691 
Oneok Inc                     OKE         78.93              250,946 
Opko Health                   OPK         5.66               887,825 
PIMCO MuniFd                  PMF         14.12               25,330 
Sally Beauty Hldgs            SBH         20.55              194,848 
Sunoco Logistics Partners     SXL         106.49              44,401 
TJX Cos                       TJX         61.71              816,759 
TransDigm Group               TDG         99.70               57,231 

New Lows 6 

COMPANY                       SYMBOL      LOW                 VOLUME 
-------                       ------      ----                ------ 
CBIZ                          CBZ         5.79                21,410 
China Mng Yng Wnd Pwr ADS     MY          2.22                84,560 
Furniture Brands              FBN         1.26                46,768 
Putnam Premier                PPT         5.03               443,967 
STRATS Sers 2006-1  P&G . Ser GJR         15.65                1,500 
Xylem Inc.                    XYL         23.50              170,310

NASDAQ

New Highs 28 

COMPANY                       SYMBOL      HIGH                VOLUME 
-------                       ------      ----                ------ 
Adolor                        ADLR        4.74                75,222 
Arabian American Dev          ARSD        6.64                37,268 
Astronics                     ATRO        33.26               23,558 
Cache                         CACH        6.47                10,101 
CommVault Systems             CVLT        48.50              206,089 
Comtech TeleComm              CMTL        34.69               79,177 
Cyanotech                     CYAN        5.68                54,528 
Epoch Hldg                    EPHC        23.10                9,238 
Fastenal Co                   FAST        41.50              351,885 
Golar LNG                     GLNG        42.07              218,858 
Gyrodyne                      GYRO        85.25                1,326 
HMS Hldgs                     HMSY        31.99              286,944 
Intuitive Surgical            ISRG        447.10              78,889 
Manhattan Associates          MANH        45.25               64,617 
Natural Alternatives Intl     NAII        7.11                24,358 
PC Connection                 PCCC        10.88               45,722 
Pizza Inn Holdings            PZZI        6.30               220,547 
Questcor Pharma               QCOR        44.41              396,697 
SPS Commerce                  SPSC        22.16              108,567 
Sourcefire                    FIRE        32.72              109,783 
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals      SPPI        12.35              366,729 
Spreadtrum Comm               SPRD        29.70            1,003,607 
Susser Hldgs                  SUSS        24.76               37,310 
Synageva BioPharma            GEVA        15.84                1,910 
TASER Intl                    TASR        5.78               227,491 
Tractor Supply Co             TSCO        75.37              345,177 
Winmark                       WINA        52.36                5,000 
Zygo                          ZIGO        17.04               38,077 

New Lows 33 

COMPANY                       SYMBOL      LOW                 VOLUME 
-------                       ------      ----                ------ 
ATP Oil & Gas                 ATPG        5.53             3,858,863 
Amyris                        AMRS        11.65               73,542 
ApplEntrgtcs                  AERG        0.09               449,753 
Bon-Ton Stores                BONT        3.65                89,212 
Cadence Pharmaceuticals       CADX        4.05               348,239 
Cardiome Pharma               CRME        2.35                81,656 
China HGS Real Estate         HGSH        0.65                23,218 
Ctripcom Intl                 CTRP        28.30            7,778,685 
Diamond Foods                 DMND        34.93              651,531 
Dunkin' Brands Group          DNKN        24.74              446,958 
eDiets.com                    DIET        0.96                 7,460 
Enzon Pharmaceuticals         ENZN        6.56                43,104 
FNB United                    FNBND       14.51                  300 
Fauquier Bankshares           FBSS        11.34                  200 
Fuwei Films                   FFHL        1.59                38,669 
Hanwha SolarOne Co Ltd        HSOL        1.70               235,013 
Heelys                        HLYS        1.81                 3,298 
Hoku                          HOKU        1.30                33,245 
Indus Svcs Of Amer Inc        IDSA        4.03                80,938 
Myrexis                       MYRX        2.63                55,209 
Ossen Innovation Co ADS       OSN         1.20                 7,450 
Quantum Fuel Sys Techs        QTWW        1.74               131,941 
QuinStreet                    QNST        8.44                52,122 
Siga Technologies             SIGA        2.58               390,281 
SRS Labs                      SRSL        5.64                 6,400 
Savient Pharmaceuticals       SVNT        2.66               268,918 
Security Natl Finl Cl A       SNFCA       1.10                   300 
State Auto Fincl              STFC        11.20               45,985 
TBS Intl  Cl A                TBSI        0.57                12,200 
U S Concrete                  USCR        3.00                19,368 
Utd Security Bancshares       UBFO        2.22                 4,411 
Vermillion                    VRML        1.23                38,098 
Wowjoint Holdings             BWOW        0.61                16,177

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Fun times

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Heat Map

A/D Line

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-CALLS- 
OPTION    EXP.DATE       STRIKE PRC.     VOLUME        LAST S/PRC.    NET CHANGE 
DELL       1/21/12          15.0000        1500            1.2100      dn 0.0500 
BAC        11/19/11          6.0000         535            0.2300      dn 0.1200 
BAC        12/17/11          6.0000         349            0.4800      dn 0.1200 
INTC       1/21/12          25.0000         333            1.1700      up 0.0300 
AAPL       11/19/11        385.0000         304            3.6000      dn 2.4000 
ANF        11/19/11         57.5000         277            1.5800      up 0.0000 
AAPL       11/19/11        390.0000         213            2.0000      dn 1.6500 
BAC        12/17/11          7.0000         208            0.1400      dn 0.0400 
AAPL       11/19/11        400.0000         199            0.4700      dn 0.5200 
EMC        11/19/11         25.0000         180            0.2300      up 0.0100 

 -PUTS- 
OPTION    EXP.DATE       STRIKE PRC.     VOLUME        LAST S/PRC.    NET CHANGE 
BAC        11/19/11          6.0000         883            0.1400      dn 0.0100 
AAPL       11/19/11        380.0000         456            5.6000      up 1.1000 
SQNM       1/21/12           5.0000         378            0.9900      dn 0.0700 
GOOG       11/19/11        590.0000         329            1.4000      dn 1.0000 
AAPL       11/19/11        375.0000         237            3.8600      up 0.8100 
MSFT       11/19/11         27.0000         233            0.5200      up 0.0200 
MOS        11/19/11         55.0000         217            0.4700      dn 0.1700 
VALE       11/19/11         25.0000         208            0.3100      dn 0.0300 
GOOG       11/19/11        580.0000         191            0.9500      dn 0.3500 
C          11/19/11         29.0000         165            1.1700      up 0.4600 

 -VOLUME- 
 CALLS      PUTS           TOTAL 
28354    46277        74631

-CALLS- 
OPTION    EXP.DATE       STRIKE PRC.     VOLUME        LAST S/PRC.    NET CHANGE 
CSCO       11/19/11         18.0000        3212            1.0400      dn 0.0500 
CSCO       12/17/11         19.0000        3076            0.6200      dn 0.0900 
HD         11/19/11         39.0000        2428            0.4100      up 0.1400 
ESRX       1/21/12          42.5000        2000            6.0000      dn 0.4000 
WFC        1/21/12          29.0000        2000            0.4000      dn 0.0700 
SLE        1/21/12          20.0000        1852            0.3600      up 0.0100 
YHOO       11/19/11         17.0000        1845            0.1300      dn 0.0600 
BG         4/21/12          72.5000        1746            1.2000      up 0.0000 
MSFT       11/19/11         27.0000        1382            0.1700      dn 0.0400 
SWI        12/17/11         32.5000        1381            0.6500      dn 0.2000 

 -PUTS- 
OPTION    EXP.DATE       STRIKE PRC.     VOLUME        LAST S/PRC.    NET CHANGE 
GM         11/19/11         23.0000        5136            0.5200      dn 0.3200 
TXT        1/21/12          20.0000        3239            2.0300      dn 0.1500 
TXT        1/19/13          20.0000        3178            4.1000      dn 0.3000 
BAC        11/19/11          6.0000        2650            0.1400      dn 0.0100 
TSO        11/19/11         27.0000        2614            0.6500      up 0.2500 
GE         11/19/11         16.0000        2373            0.1600      dn 0.0100 
JPM        12/17/11         30.0000        2036            0.8500      up 0.0700 
ESRX       1/21/12          37.5000        2000            0.4500      up 0.0500 
WAG        1/21/12          30.0000        1925            0.8000      up 0.0100 
PFE        1/21/12          17.5000        1911            0.3000      up 0.0400 

 -VOLUME- 
 CALLS      PUTS           TOTAL 
448085    570383        1018468

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Truly fun times 

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After regaining last Wednesday’s losses the market is not reading, a PPT reading,  any where near overbot when we fell from these levels.

Here is why markets are ignoring Europe’s debt woes.

 

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