Monthly Archives: April 2011
Japan’s Exports Fall 2.2% on Earthquake Crisis; Expect Further Drops
Thailand Hikes Interest Rates to 2.75%
South Africa’s Inflation Jumps to a 9 Month High of 4.1%
AES to Buy DPL for $3.5 Billion Cash
Mortgage Applications Grew by 5.3%
“…demand, rose 5.3 percent in the week ended April 15. That was driven by a 10 percent increase in the gauge of loan requests for home purchases, sending the purchase index to its highest level since early December.”
Comments »BHP Billiton Warns That Rain is Destroying Coal Segment; They Will Also Boost Iron Ore OutPut
Flash: United Technologies Corp Reported $1.11 on $13.3B in Revenues. Consensus was $1.07EPS on $12.8B in Revenues
Flash: CSX Corp Earned $1.06 EPS on $2.81B in Revenues
“Analysts polled by FactSet expected the nation’s third-largest railroad to report a profit of $1.04 per share on revenue of $2.73 billion.”
Comments »Flash: AT&T Comes in Line with $0.57EPS on $31.2B in Revenues
Pay Close Attention to Nigeria
Everything Higher
Gold, silver, copper, oil, Asia and Europe are all higher.
S&P futures are at session highs up 9.
Comments »Asia Off to the Races
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 »Biggest ETF Winners/Losers, Last Two Weeks
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
Biggest Losers, Last Two Weeks
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 »No High Profile Candidates Yet, But There is Hope
Asian Markets Rise; Leaders Include Usual Suspects
A Potential Black Swan; Austerity to Disrupt Debt Expansion and Service
JP Morgan’s Thomas Lee: The Bull Market Will Continue
Bank of America to Spin Off Private Equity Unit
“Bank of America Corp (BAC.N) plans to spin off its last large private equity fund, with more than $5 billion in assets, and has no plans to make new private equity investments, a company spokesman said on Tuesday.
Bank of America, the largest U.S. bank by assets, will spin off BAML Capital Partners into its own unnamed firm.”
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