Early Morning Shakers and Movers
“SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Shares of Comcast Corp., Groupon Inc., and Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. are making notable moves in U.S. trading on Wednesday while ExOne Co. is leading other 3D printing stocks after President Barack Obama talked up the technology.
Shares of Comcast CMCSA +6.20% rose 6.2% after the cable company said Tuesday it will gain full control of NBCUniversal from General Electric Co.GE +3.23% and also buy 30 Rockefeller Plaza and CNBC’s Englewood Cliffs, N.J., headquarters in a deal totalling $18.1 billion. Comcast also reported fourth-quarter earnings rose 18% to $1.52 billion, or 56 cents a share. Comcast to buy out GE’s stake in NBCUniversal
Groupon Inc. GRPN +5.20% gained 5.9% after analysts at Sterne Agee lifted the stock to buy from neutral. “We recognize that meaningful risks remain, the stock will be volatile and we may be a bit early. However, we believe the risks are well known and largely priced in,” the analysts said in a note.
FMC Technologies Inc. FTI +6.72% shares added 5.4% after the company reported fourth-quarter earnings rose to 50 cents a share from 41 cents a share a year ago.
Decliners
Cliffs Natural Resources CLF -19.11% shares tumbled 18%. The company was downgraded to a hold rating from buy by Deutsche Bank and cut to a neutral rating from buy by Citigroup. The mining company said Tuesday it swung to a loss in the fourth-quarter as revenue slipped. Cliffs Natural swings to a loss
Dean Foods Co. DF -9.27% shares declined 7.7%. The food and beverage company on Wednesday said it swung to a profit in the fourth quarter but it forecast first-quarter earnings of 10 cents to 15 cents a share versus analysts’ expectations of 30 cents a share.
Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. DPS -4.73% shares slid almost 5%. Earlier Wednesday, its reported fourth-quarter earnings of 82 cents a share, below the 85 cents a share forecast by analysts in a FactSet survey.
Top Tickers Trending
$XONE: ExOne XONE +4.09% is rallying 8% after President Obama anointed 3D printing as having “the potential to revolutionize” the way things are made in his State of the Union address Tuesday.
3D Systems Corp. DDD +3.90% climbed 3.9% and Stratasys Ltd. SSYS +1.27% gained 1.8%. “
Comments »The Nikkei Falls on G-7 Comments
“Japanese stocks fell, with the Topix Index erasing yesterday’s advance, as the yen climbed after Group of Seven officials gave conflicting signals about the currency’s volatility. Gree Inc. plunged after cutting its profit forecast.
Toyota Motor Corp., the world’s biggest auto manufacturer, lost 1.8 percent. Gree slumped 15 percent after reducing its outlook on delays to new social-networking games. Pioneer Corp., a maker of audio equipment, plunged 11 percent after forecasting a loss. Daikin Industries Ltd. lost 6.1 percent as the maker of air conditioners was cut to underperform from outperform at CLSA after net income fell.
The Nikkei 225 Stock Average slid 1 percent to close at 11,251.41 in Tokyo, with trading volume 10 percent above the 30- day average. The broader Topix fell 1.2 percent to 957.02, with more than six stocks dropping for each that gained, eliminating yesterday’s 1.2 percent gain.
“The market has been at a high level and investors want to sell shares to lock in profit,” saidKazuyuki Terao, Tokyo- based chief investment officer of Allianz Global Investors Japan Co., part of Allianz Global Investors which oversees about 302 billion euros ($406 billion). “When you look at earnings results, you see many companies doing not so well regardless of a weaker yen.”
The Topix surged about 32 percent since elections were announced on Nov. 14 amid optimism a new government will take aggressive steps to weaken the yen and beat deflation. The gauge is trading at 1.1 times book value, compared with 2.1 for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index and 1.5 for the Stoxx Europe 600 Index.
Japan GDP…”
Comments »Global Markets Rally, U.S. Futures Look to Grind Higher
Asia Gaps Up Without the Nikkei
Shakers and Movers in A.H.
| Symbol | Company Name | Last | Change | Volume | |
| SIRI | Sirius XM Radio Inc. | 3.19 | +0.01 | +0.28% | 1,342,755 |
| SPY | SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust | 152.07 | +0.05 | +0.03% | 599,912 |
| BAC | Bank of America Corp. | 12.25 | +0.01 | +0.04% | 515,482 |
| DELL | Dell Inc. | 13.77 | -0.02 | -0.15% | 386,104 |
| HCA | HCA Holdings Inc. | 36.45 | UNCH | UNCH | 319,380 |
| EEM | iShares Inc. MSCI Emer … | 43.96 | +0.01 | +0.02% | 276,829 |
| EXC | Exelon Corp. | 31.95 | UNCH | UNCH | 253,501 |
| AGO | Assured Guaranty Ltd. | 19.01 | -0.04 | -0.21% | 245,354 |
| FB | Facebook Inc. Cl A | 27.39 | +0.02 | +0.07% | 241,085 |
| NVDQ | Novadaq Technologies Inc. | 9.30 | -0.09 | -0.96% | 223,000 |
| GPOR | Gulfport Energy Corp. | 39.62 | -0.07 | -0.18% | 174,176 |
| XLF | Select Sector SPDR-Fin … | 17.81 | -0.01 | -0.03% | 159,500 |
| IWM | iShares Russell 2000 I … | 91.11 | +0.01 | +0.01% | 158,802 |
| QQQ | PowerShares QQQ Trust … | 67.76 | +0.03 | +0.04% | 120,221 |
| NUAN | Nuance Communications … | 18.91 | UNCH | UNCH | 111,621 |
| ARIA | Ariad Pharmaceuticals … | 19.92 | UNCH | UNCH | 106,269 |
| NVS | Novartis AG ADS | 68.51 | UNCH | UNCH | 100,000 |
| THRX | Theravance Inc. | 21.60 | UNCH | UNCH | 99,900 |
| EVEP | EV Energy Partners L.P. | 56.00 | +0.50 | +0.90% | 95,800 |
| CSCO | Cisco Systems Inc. | 20.99 | +0.02 | +0.10% | 77,724 |
| LVS | Las Vegas Sands Corp. | 53.70 | UNCH | UNCH | 76,114 |
| NWSA | News Corp. Cl A | 28.34 | UNCH | UNCH | 75,169 |
| ORCL | Oracle Corp. | 35.17 | +0.06 | +0.17% | 73,321 |
| NLY | Annaly Capital Managem … | 15.09 | UNCH | UNCH | 70,787 |
| VXX | Barclays Bank PLC iPat … | 22.33 | -0.04 | -0.18% | 68,315 |
Most Active Share Volume
As of 2/12/2013 4:00:00 PM
| Company | Last Sale* | Change Net / % | Share Volume |
|---|---|---|---|
 Zynga Inc.
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$ 3.2499 | 0.42  11.45% |
87,930,229 |
 Facebook, Inc.
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$ 27.31 | 0.95 3.36% |
77,198,893 |
 Sirius XM Radio Inc.
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$ 3.19 | 0.05  1.59% |
56,341,927 |
 Cisco Systems, Inc.
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$ 20.96 | 0.31 1.46% |
43,899,607 |
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Research In Motion Limited
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$ 15.19 | 0.54 3.43% |
43,407,026 |
Market Update
U.S. equities started off to the downside, but not by much. Markets quickly pared losses as the DOW looked past a revenues miss on $KO and the NASDAQ looked past weakness in $AAPL created by Citi and Tim Cook not giving what some investors wanted in way of a dividend paying preferred stock.
No economic data was available to sway the markets, but comments from the G-7 about being conscious as to not creating a currency war has probably got markets in a good mood. We did have some decent earnings out of $KORS and $MAS.
Oil is up over $97 per barrel while gold is down on the day.
The excitement is happening at the $GS technology conference.
Europe managed to close in the green adding to early gains that pared opening losses.
Lastly, some comments out of Fed representatives may also have the markets in a pleasant mood.
Global Markets Trade Higher, U.S. Futures are Flat
After Hours Shakers and Movers
| Symbol | Company Name | Last | Change | Volume | |
| VWO | Vanguard FTSE Emerging … | 44.28 | +0.01 | +0.02% | 770,717 |
| XLI | Select Sector SPDR-Ind … | 40.64 | +0.06 | +0.15% | 618,700 |
| DENN | Denny’s Corp. | 5.37 | +0.01 | +0.09% | 600,000 |
| SPY | SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust | 151.78 | +0.01 | +0.01% | 557,561 |
| FE | FirstEnergy Corp. | 40.05 | -0.20 | -0.50% | 523,072 |
| TTWO | Take-Two Interactive S … | 15.13 | UNCH | UNCH | 514,400 |
| WFR | MEMC Electronic Materi … | 4.49 | UNCH | UNCH | 500,400 |
| SQNM | Sequenom Inc. | 4.70 | +0.01 | +0.21% | 424,300 |
| ATVI | Activision Blizzard Inc. | 13.59 | +0.02 | +0.18% | 395,200 |
| XLF | Select Sector SPDR-Fin … | 17.69 | +0.01 | +0.06% | 357,650 |
| CPN | Calpine Corp. | 19.99 | +0.02 | +0.10% | 323,330 |
| LCC | US Airways Group Inc. | 14.40 | -0.06 | -0.41% | 319,000 |
| HSP | Hospira Inc. | 35.32 | UNCH | UNCH | 294,748 |
| EEMV | iShares MSCI Emerging … | 61.03 | +0.05 | +0.08% | 274,604 |
| GE | General Electric Co. | 22.45 | UNCH | UNCH | 182,237 |
| NUAN | Nuance Communications … | 19.55 | +0.03 | +0.15% | 178,997 |
| GLD | SPDR Gold Trust | 159.69 | -0.01 | -0.01% | 166,690 |
| IWM | iShares Russell 2000 I … | 90.71 | +0.01 | +0.01% | 162,312 |
| BAC | Bank of America Corp. | 11.86 | UNCH | UNCH | 152,104 |
| MRK | Merck & Co. Inc. | 41.38 | UNCH | UNCH | 131,917 |
| TSM | Taiwan Semiconductor M … | 18.51 | +0.03 | +0.17% | 118,168 |
| QQQ | PowerShares QQQ Trust … | 68.01 | UNCH | UNCH | 117,899 |
| EEM | iShares Inc. MSCI Emer … | 43.88 | +0.05 | +0.11% | 116,024 |
| KMB | Kimberly-Clark Corp. | 90.53 | +0.13 | +0.14% | 111,258 |
| NOV | National Oilwell Varco … | 68.26 | UNCH | UNCH | 110,411 |
| Symbol | Company | Last Sale* | Change Net / % | Share Volume | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Facebook, Inc. | |
$ 27.82 | 0.44  1.56% |
751,539 | |
| Gilead Sciences, Inc. |  |
$ 40.41 | 0.01  0.02% |
735,217 | |
| Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. |  |
$ 15.10 | 0.03 0.20% |
539,400 | |
| Activision Blizzard, Inc |  |
$ 13.3934 | 0.1766 1.30% |
452,520 | |
| Sequenom, Inc. |  |
$ 4.6942 | 0.0042 0.09% |
434,437 | |
| PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 |  |
$ 67.98 | 0.03 0.04% |
217,977 | |
| Dell Inc. |  |
$ 13.63 | 0.07 0.51% |
215,391 | |
| Nuance Communications, Inc. |  |
$ 19.53 | 0.01 0.05% |
187,487 | |
| Intel Corporation |  |
$ 21 | 0.03 0.14% |
172,248 | |
| lululemon athletica inc. |  |
$ 67.3499 | 0.0001 0.00% |
119,689 | |
Below were today’s most active
| Symbol | Company | Last Sale* | Change Net / % | Share Volume | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bank of America Corporation | $ 11.86 | unch | 2,948,227 | ||
| United Continental Holdings, Inc. | $ 26.23 | 0.28 1.06% |
570,000 | ||
| FirstEnergy Corporation | $ 40.2499 | 0.0001 0.00% |
526,718 | ||
| MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. | $ 4.4744 | 0.0056 0.13% |
506,900 | ||
| Talisman Energy Inc. | $ 12.33 | unch | 465,017 | ||
| Michael Kors Holdings Limited | $ 56.92 | 0.08 0.14% |
436,526 | ||
| Radian Group Inc. | $ 6.605 | 0.095 1.46% |
362,800 | ||
| Hospira Inc | $ 35.2626 | 0.0574 0.16% |
336,833 | ||
| US Airways Group, Inc. New | $ 14.48 | 0.02 0.14% |
326,400 | ||
| Calpine Corporation | $ 19.9948 | 0.0248 0.12% |
323,830 | ||
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Stocks Go Nowhere
Not much happened today. The biggest story of the day was Eric Schmidt is selling a huge stake in $GOOG.
DOW down 21
NASDAQ down 1.8
S&P down 0.98
Gold down $15
WTI up $1.28
[youtube://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KkUeRPjc-Y 450 300] Comments »Market Update
U.S. equities pare a minor sell off while gold and silver tank. The dollar stays strong and oil flags.
Europe turned a green session into a red close.
All in all a boring session thus far.
You are dead….for the moment.
[youtube://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRNLuTDhTLs 450 300] Comments »Technical Analysis: Are Markets Overbot ?
“One of the general rules of the stock market is that things will get as good (or bad) as they can get, then prices will start moving in the other direction. This is another way of describing “regression to the mean”.
This is the reason that we technicians have our indicators — so that we can get an idea when conditions have reached extremes that could cause prices to start moving in the opposite direction. One of the indicators I like is the Percent of PMOs (Price Momentum Oscillators) Above Zero because it is smoother and has less noise than other intermediate-term indicators.
The second panel on the chart below shows the PMO for the S&P 500 Index, which is the price index just above it. The bottom panel shows the percentage of individual S&P 500 stocks that have PMOs above the zero line.
As you can see, the indicator has recently topped at a very overbought level……”
Comments »Asia Trades Mixed, Europe is Up Slightly, and U.S. Futures Reach for Higher Ground
Global Markets Rally Without The Nikkei, India, Jakarta, and Brussels…U.S. Futures are Flat
The Nikkei Gives Back on Poor Earnings
Japanese shares fell, with the Nikkei 225 Stock Average retreating from its highest close since 2008, amid earnings concern as Nikon Corp. plunged after trimming its outlook on slowing demand from Europe.
Camera-maker Nikon lost 19 percent to lead declines on the Nikkei 225. Yamaha Corp. slumped 16 percent after the piano maker cut its net-income forecast to zero. Nippon Paper Group Inc. surged 13 percent after reversing a loss. Mazda Motor Corp. added 12 percent after the carmaker raised its operating-profit forecast by 80 percent, citing a weaker yen.
The Nikkei 225 dropped 0.9 percent to close at 11,357.07 in Tokyo after yesterday finishing at its highest since Sept. 29, 2008. The broader Topix Index was little changed at 969.18, with volume on the gauge 43 percent above the 30-day average.
“We are in a bull market, but investors are still concerned about earnings,” saidKoji Toda, chief fund manager at Resona Bank Ltd. in Tokyo, which oversees about 15 trillion yen ($160 billion). “Some investors are selling shares today because yesterday’s rally was excessive.”
The Topix has surged about 34 percent since elections were announced on Nov. 14 on optimism the new government will take aggressive steps to fight deflation. The gauge is trading at 1.1 times book value, compared with 2.1 for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index and 1.4 for the Stoxx Europe 600 Index.
Earnings Results…”
Comments »Global Markets Trade Mixed at Best, U.S. Futures are Unch
After Hours Shakers and Movers
| Symbol | Company Name | Last | Change | Volume | |
| XLNX | Xilinx Inc. | 36.83 | -0.17 | -0.45% | 196,816 |
| QQQ | PowerShares QQQ Trust … | 67.15 | -0.09 | -0.13% | 180,339 |
| PRGS | Progress Software Corp. | 23.03 | +0.02 | +0.07% | 177,176 |
| KKR | KKR & Co. L.P. | 17.73 | -0.06 | -0.31% | 168,800 |
| SD | SandRidge Energy Inc. | 6.10 | -0.05 | -0.81% | 165,045 |
| TRW | TRW Automotive Holding … | 58.04 | UNCH | UNCH | 157,400 |
| OIIM | O2Micro International … | 3.02 | UNCH | UNCH | 153,510 |
| SHY | iShares Trust Barclays … | 84.44 | UNCH | UNCH | 147,171 |
| STJ | St. Jude Medical Inc. | 42.48 | UNCH | UNCH | 134,760 |
| XOM | Exxon Mobil Corp. | 89.65 | -0.14 | -0.16% | 127,896 |
| KLAC | KLA-Tencor Corp. | 56.89 | -0.13 | -0.22% | 124,373 |
| ORCL | Oracle Corp. | 35.10 | UNCH | UNCH | 121,307 |
| GM | General Motors Co. | 28.59 | +0.07 | +0.26% | 119,611 |
| KMB | Kimberly-Clark Corp. | 90.16 | -0.74 | -0.82% | 113,092 |
| BMC | BMC Software Inc. | 41.85 | +0.00 | +0.01% | 110,488 |
| GE | General Electric Co. | 22.44 | UNCH | UNCH | 110,214 |
| EWT | iShares MSCI Taiwan In … | 13.48 | -0.04 | -0.30% | 102,536 |
| ZNGA | Zynga Inc. Cl A | 2.96 | -0.03 | -0.85% | 94,589 |
| CSCO | Cisco Systems Inc. | 21.13 | -0.06 | -0.28% | 91,005 |
| PFE | Pfizer Inc. | 27.32 | UNCH | UNCH | 90,195 |
| ATVI | Activision Blizzard Inc. | 11.91 | -0.03 | -0.23% | 87,133 |
| EXEL | Exelixis Inc. | 4.69 | -0.01 | -0.21% | 86,000 |
| INTC | Intel Corp. | 20.99 | UNCH | UNCH | 85,409 |
| SIRI | Sirius XM Radio Inc. | 3.16 | UNCH | UNCH | 83,677 |
| AKAM | Akamai Technologies Inc. | 37.68 | -3.90 | -9.38% | 81,752 |
| Symbol | Company Name | Last | Change | Volume | |||||||||||
| VNQ | Vanguard REIT ETF | 68.58 | UNCH | UNCH | 6,657,858 | ||||||||||
| PBRA | Petroleo Brasileiro S/ … | 17.77 | UNCH | UNCH | 2,200,000 | ||||||||||
| SPY | SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust | 151.04 | -0.12 | -0.08% | 1,989,283 | ||||||||||
| EEM | iShares Inc. MSCI Emer … | 43.92 | UNCH | UNCH | 1,353,586 | ||||||||||
| VMED | Virgin Media Inc. | 44.97 | +0.08 | +0.18% | 930,294 | ||||||||||
| JNS | Janus Capital Group Inc. | 9.66 | +0.01 | +0.10% | 564,412 | ||||||||||
| EWZ | iShares MSCI Brazil (F … | 56.11 | UNCH | UNCH | 556,900 | ||||||||||
| GMCR | Green Mountain Coffee … | 45.01 | -3.93 | -8.03% | 475,579 | ||||||||||
| BAC | Bank of America Corp. | 11.88 | -0.05 | -0.45% | 417,237 | ||||||||||
| S | Sprint Nextel Corp. | 5.74 | -0.03 | -0.52% | 410,496 | ||||||||||
| THO | Thor Industries Inc. | 37.80 | -0.05 | -0.13% | 334,494 | ||||||||||
| MSFT | Microsoft Corp. | 27.31 | -0.03 | -0.11% | 292,290 | ||||||||||
| PG | Procter & Gamble Co. | 75.64 | -0.51 | -0.67% | 274,740 | ||||||||||
| QCOM | Qualcomm Inc. | 67.03 | -0.15 | -0.22% | 268,245 | ||||||||||
| WFC | Wells Fargo & Co. | 34.84 | -0.13 | -0.37% | 241,192 | ||||||||||
| XLF | Select Sector SPDR-Fin … | 17.62 | +0.01 | +0.06% | 226,400 | ||||||||||
| VXX | Barclays Bank PLC iPat … | 23.53 | -0.02 | -0.08% | 215,361 | ||||||||||
| MU | Micron Technology Inc. | 7.93 | -0.02 | -0.25% | 212,657 | ||||||||||
| ELN | Elan Corp. PLC ADS | 9.39 | -0.01 | -0.11% | 201,594 | ||||||||||
| FCS | Fairchild Semiconducto … | 14.90 | UNCH | UNCH | 199,342 | ||||||||||
| IWM | iShares Russell 2000 I … | 90.44 | -0.02 | -0.02% | 194,472 | ||||||||||
| XLNX | Xilinx Inc. | 36.83 | -0.17 | -0.45% | 186,577 | ||||||||||
| PRGS | Progress Software Corp. | 23.03 | +0.02 | +0.07% | 177,176 | ||||||||||
| KKR | KKR & Co. L.P. | 17.73 | -0.06 | -0.31% | 168,800 | ||||||||||
| SD | SandRidge Energy Inc. | 6.10 | -0.05 | -0.81% | 165,045 | ||||||||||
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Market Update
U.S. equities pare their losses from early morning trade. The NASDAQ is leading the way into positive territory along with gold and oil.
Europe extended their losses or mixed session into the bell.
CNBC is reporting a call option spike in $AAPL.
Otherwise it is time for siesta…
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China Stocks Post Day Eight of Upside, Longest Run in a Year
“China’s stocks rose for an eighth day, driving the benchmark index to its longest stretch of gains in almost a year. Technology and financial companies climbed, overshadowing losses by energy producers.
Software maker Neusoft Corp. jumped to a nine-month high on a subsidiary’s plan to buy a stake in a joint venture from Royal Philips Electronics NV. Haitong Securities Co. led a rally for brokerages, climbing 3.5 percent on speculation increased demand for A shares will boost profits. China Coal Energy Co. and Datong Coal Industry Co. declined after a seven-day advance drove valuations to the highest level since November 2011.
The Shanghai Composite Index added 0.1 percent to 2,434.48 at the close, the highest since May 8. The eight-day win streak is the longest since the period ended Feb. 28. The index has risen 24 percent from a three-year low on Dec. 3 on signs economic growth is accelerating.
“Economic fundamentals are sound,” said Wu Kan, a Shanghai-based fund manager at Dazhong Insurance Co., which oversees $285 million. “Investors who have missed out on the rally are taking advantage of any dips to jump on to the bull- market run.”
The Shanghai gauge is valued at 13.4 times reported profit, the highest level since September 2011, data compiled by Bloomberg show. Chinese companies traded on the mainland were priced yesterday at the biggest premium to Hong Kong-listed counterparts since Oct. 9, according to an index from Hang Seng Bank Ltd….”
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