LIBOR, EURIBOR, 10 year yields for Italy, Spain, France, and Germany
Comments »Monthly Archives: January 2012
Final Iowa Caucus Results: Romney Beats Santorum by Eight Votes
What an unbelievably stupid state.
Comments »Flash: Santorum, Romney and Paul are in Dead Heat
With 24% in, all three are tied at 23%.
Comments »BREAKING: SANTORUM TAKES EARLY LEAD IN IOWA
Santorum 26.2%, Paul 22.9%, Romney 18%, Gingrich 16.2%, Perry 9.6%, Bachmann 6.3%
Comments »FLASH: The NIKKEI Takes Off to the Upside
+1.3% in early trading.
Comments »Live Coverage of the Iowa Caucuses
Government Subsidies Need to Change
[youtube://http://www.youtube,com/watch?v=cXH331pz6OM 450 300]
Don’t forget about the food stamps that can buy soda and junk food in most states, but not protein powders and other healthy stuff from the local health food stores.
Comments »Three Cheers for PMI Data
BRIC PMI data has come in better than expected suggesting that a downturn may be stabilizing…
Comments »More on Today’s FOMC Statement
Gary Shilling Thinks U.S. Debt Will Push Us Into Recession
“Despite a recent spate of uplifting economic indicators, the U.S. economy will slide into a recession in 2012 and likely spend most of the year in it, says investor and author A. Gary Shilling.
While the country is showing some signs of improvement, decades of debt continue to weigh on the overall economy, which will need another year of de-leveraging before growth and normalcy can return.
Despite recent stronger economic data, the United States is likely to fall into a recession that will spread globally. The reason? “The U.S. has too much debt — and reducing it hurts growth,” Shilling writes in a Christian Science Monitory column.”
Comments »Bill Gross Loads the Boat on Undervalued Municipals
Today’s 52 Week Highs and Lows
NYSE
New Highs 194 COMPANY SYMBOL HIGH VOLUME ------- ------ ---- ------ Abbott Labs ABT 56.65 5,061,125 AllianceBrnstn IncoFd ACG 8.20 452,718 Alliant Energy LNT 44.57 444,430 Bebidas de Americas ADS ABV 37.16 2,323,213 Bebidas de Americas ADS C ABV/C 29.63 23,020 Amer Campus Communities ACC 43.32 407,563 American Elec Power AEP 41.98 2,932,658 Amer Fincl Grp AFG 37.65 260,798 Amer Muni Income Ptf XAA 14.65 15,170 Amer Safety Insurance ASI 22.32 15,017 Asbury Automotive ABG 22.19 221,125 Assd Banc-Corp.8.00%Pfd ABWpB 25.27 9,761 Assurant AIZ 42.06 321,420 Atlas Pipeline Partners APL 37.95 441,199 BCE Inc BCE 42.51 586,005 Bankrate RATE 23.08 312,320 BlackRock Build Am Bd Tr BBN 21.71 233,243 BlackRockFL Muni 2020 BFO 15.40 1,081 BlkRk Muni Inter Dur MUI 15.45 43,610 BlackRock Muni Bnd BIE 15.38 8,137 BlackRock Muni BBK 16.20 48,445 BlkRk Munienhanced MEN 11.88 72,118 BlkRk MuniHldgs Qlty II MUE 14.50 63,167 BlkRk MuniHldgs Quality MUS 14.19 22,000 BlkRk MuniYld CA Fd MYC 15.14 36,916 BlkRk MuniYield MYD 14.95 53,138 BlkRk MuniYld Inv MYF 14.83 31,615 BlkRd MuniYld Michigan II MYM 14.84 17,956 BlkRk MuniYld MI Qlty MIY 15.55 29,087 BlkRk MuniYld NJ Fd MYJ 15.66 23,729 BlRk Muyld NY Qlty MYN 14.11 47,892 BlkRk MuniYld Quality MQY 15.90 21,923 BlackRock NJ Municipal Tr BNJ 15.75 5,582 Brown Forman B BF/B 82.33 128,575 Buckeye Tech BKI 34.75 358,222 CH Energy Group CHG 59.74 47,029 CMS Energy Corp CMS 22.40 2,110,332 CVS Caremark CVS 41.65 4,968,864 Crp Ast Bkd Tr JCP 7.675% PFH 25.65 2,100 Cantel Med CMN 28.68 38,261 Centene CNC 40.94 219,849 Chesapeake Granite Wash CHKR 24.38 385,153 Chevron CVX 110.29 6,929,003 Chipotle Mexican Grill CMG 350.49 504,989 Chubb Corp CB 70.62 1,534,805 Citizens Inc CIA 10.00 66,593 Clarcor Inc CLC 51.64 144,087 Clean Harbors CLH 65.32 282,909 Cleco Corp CNL 38.60 615,563 Community Bank Sys CBU 28.77 186,268 ConAgra Foods CAG 26.72 2,154,867 CoreSite Realty COR 18.53 123,581 DCP Midstream Ptnrs DPM 48.47 136,457 DWS Strategic Muni Inco KSM 14.20 25,444 Delphi Automotive DLPH 22.93 772,136 Delphi Fincl DFG 44.65 1,053,966 Diageo PLC DEO 89.43 643,573 Digital Realty Trust DLR 68.01 469,295 Dominion Resources D 53.68 1,718,470 Dycom Indus DY 21.71 133,671 Ecolab Inc ECL 58.58 1,227,070 Edison Intl EIX 41.90 1,834,788 Education Realty Trust EDR 10.52 424,312 El Paso Corp EP 26.97 5,717,575 Elan Corp ELN 14.10 3,743,057 EnbridgeEnergy EEQ 35.54 76,899 Enbridge Inc ENB 38.06 601,257 Entergy Louis 1 Mtg Bd ELA 27.69 5,932 Entergy Inc6.0 Bd2051 EMZ 28.19 9,276 Entergy MI 6.20% EFM 29.18 3,871 Enterprise Pdts Partners EPD 46.94 1,001,549 Equity Residentl Dep. Shs EQRpN 26.25 12,163 Extra Space Storage EXR 24.77 817,208 FNB Corp FNB 11.72 848,021 Fst Niagara Finl Pfd B FNFGpB 26.20 84,664 FortuneBrandsHome&Sec FBHS 17.36 808,041 GATX GMT 45.14 106,004 Gabelli Utility Tr GUT 7.85 38,193 Genuine Parts GPC 62.51 545,906 GlaxoSmithKline ADS GSK 46.50 1,884,726 Goldman Sachs Grp 6.50% GSJ 25.15 71,827 Goodrich Corp GR 123.89 469,038 Gulf Pwr Co Nts GUA 29.60 7,654 HCP HCP 42.42 1,899,639 HnckJohn TxAdv HTD 17.49 73,022 Health Care REIT HCN 55.76 1,167,828 Heartland Payment HPY 25.01 129,589 Hershey HSY 62.38 659,559 Home Depot HD 42.90 5,046,645 Idacorp IDA 42.89 179,461 Imperva IMPV 35.59 49,754 Inergy Midstream LP NRGM 19.25 141,502 Integrys Engy Gp TEG 54.73 232,404 Invesco InsCa ICS 14.48 6,767 Invesco IMInc IIM 16.21 25,850 Invesco Insured Mun Tr IMT 15.59 25,817 Invesco Qlty Mun Inco IQI 13.53 25,446 Invesco Van Kampen Mun Tr VKQ 14.13 52,059 InvescoVK OHQlty VOQ 15.93 5,841 Inv Vn Km NJ VTJ 17.45 4,828 JHancock Pr Div PDT 13.65 108,206 Kayne Anderson Engy Dev KED 21.56 40,941 Kinder Morgan Energy KMP 85.77 472,066 Kinder Morgan KMI 32.88 2,239,018 Kinder Morgan Mgmt KMR 79.75 287,715 Kirby Corp KEX 69.29 586,272 Kodiak Oil & Gas KOG 9.98 5,411,727 Kraft Foods KFT 38.05 4,814,235 LTC Properties LTC 31.59 83,233 Laredo Petroleum Hldgs LPI 22.89 240,804 LifeTime Fit LTM 48.45 312,696 Eli Lilly LLY 42.03 4,033,823 Lockheed Martin LMT 82.99 1,376,253 Magellan Midstream MMP 69.53 158,794 Main Street Capital MAIN 22.23 244,615 Marsh & McLennan MMC 32.26 1,692,172 McDonald's MCD 101.59 5,826,774 Merck MRK 38.42 10,748,703 Mercury Genl MCY 46.76 120,332 Mistras Group MG 26.24 67,679 Nelnet A NNI 25.07 74,993 Niagara Mhwk Pwr 3.9% pfd NMKpC 95.50 300 99 Cents Only Stores NDN 22.03 328,804 NiSource NI 24.06 1,897,391 Northeast Utilities NU 36.52 762,883 Nstar NST 47.54 176,715 Nuveen AZ Premium Income NAZ 14.18 3,137 Nuveen Build Am Bd Fd NBB 21.25 213,680 Nuveen CA Investment NQC 14.77 27,001 Nuveen California Select NVC 15.12 34,900 Nuveen Ins CA NXC 14.24 1,349 Nuveen Div Fnd NAD 14.62 40,553 Nuveen Enhncd Mun Val Fd NEV 14.44 55,165 Nuveen Invest Qual Muni NQM 15.95 92,645 Nuveen Mich Premium Inc NMP 14.22 11,157 Nuveen MI Quality Income NUM 14.68 9,253 Nuveen Muni Advantage Fd NMA 14.75 51,295 Nuveen Muni High Income NMD 11.44 29,959 Nuveen NJ Premium Income NNJ 15.54 11,561 Nuveen NY Muni Value Fund NNY 9.99 16,398 NuveenPremIncmMuni NNF 15.96 7,579 Nuveen Pa Investment Qual NQP 15.27 15,803 Nuveen Prem Inco Muni 4 NPT 13.50 37,890
Nuveen Quality Muni Fund NQI 15.05 33,523 OGE Energy OGE 57.54 171,987 Oneok Inc OKE 88.13 441,356 Omnicare Inc OCR 35.87 1,242,062 Parker Drillng PKD 7.55 613,609 PartnerRe Pfd E PREpE 26.65 15,312 Pfizer PFE 22.00 31,917,670 Philip Morris Intl PM 79.96 3,850,337 Pier 1 Imports PIR 14.43 960,940 PimcoNY Fd PYN 9.54 4,789 Pionr Muni HI Tr MHI 15.12 83,892 Plains All Amer Pipeline PAA 74.18 304,082 Progress Energy PGN 56.39 769,160 Public Storage PSA 138.46 400,352 Public Storage Ser O PSApO 28.92 2,739 Questar Corp STR 20.17 470,212 RLI Corp RLI 74.46 79,503 Rayonier REIT RYN 45.44 632,553 Rlty Inc Cl D 7.375% MIPS OpD 27.21 4,634 RenaissanceRe Hldgs RNR 75.70 441,541 RenaissanceRe Hldgs 6.08% RNRpC 25.16 18,823 Roper Indus ROP 89.13 227,048 SandRidge Mississip Tr SDT 32.27 576,743 Scana 7.70%Sers A SCU 29.57 4,251 Scana Corp SCG 45.58 509,217 Sherwin-Williams SHW 93.31 1,066,115 Simon Property Group SPG 132.29 1,159,138 Six Flags Entertainment SIX 42.84 284,383 Southwest Gas SWX 43.22 146,621 Standard Motor SMP 21.36 152,801 Stepan Co SCL 84.86 8,665 Tanger Factory Outlet Ctr SKT 30.16 261,843 Targa Resources TRGP 41.75 157,898 Taubman Ctrs TCO 63.81 309,679 Thermon Group Holdings THR 17.99 80,967 Tredegar TG 23.48 37,822 UIL Hldgs UIL 35.84 282,591 Unitil Corp UTL 29.00 22,757 Union Pacific UNP 109.10 1,646,735 Vectren Corp VVC 30.69 262,871 Verizon Communications VZ 40.48 13,231,136 Wal-Mart Stores WMT 61.06 7,827,210 Webster Financial Wt WBS/WS 9.29 100 Westar Energy WR 29.13 404,929 Western Gas Partners LP WES 42.04 93,185 White Mountains Insur WTM 457.50 5,688 Williams Cos WMB 27.92 12,438,668 Williams Ptnrs un WPZ 61.54 202,673 Wyndham Worldwide WYN 38.90 3,634,432 Xcel Energy XEL 27.93 2,222,121 YUM! Brands YUM 59.90 1,905,694 New Lows 3 COMPANY SYMBOL LOW VOLUME ------- ------ ---- ------ BlackRock Utility & Infr BUI 19.77 230,479 Gushan Environmental Engy GU 1.00 51,206 Hugoton Royalty Tr Un HGT 18.58 145,525
NASDAQ
New Highs 68 COMPANY SYMBOL HIGH VOLUME ------- ------ ---- ------ Acorn Energy ACFN 6.55 47,608 Advisory Board ABCO 76.46 52,302 Alexion Pharm ALXN 72.67 923,132 Alterra Capital Holdings ALTE 24.00 196,973 American Software (Cl A) AMSWA 9.68 80,310 Amgen AMGN 65.19 6,371,042 Barrett Business Svcs BBSI 20.08 19,372 BioMarin Pharmaceutical BMRN 35.60 848,678 CVB Fincl CVBF 10.46 329,379 Cache CACH 6.48 10,154 Carrols Restaurant Group TAST 11.89 63,375 Celgene CELG 68.95 1,634,385 Century Bancorp (Cl A) CNBKA 28.95 3,842 Charming Shoppes CHRS 5.07 883,972 Cintas CTAS 35.70 704,440 Citizens Republic Bancorp CRBC 11.70 177,853 Clovis Oncology CLVS 14.87 18,013 Community Trust Bancorp CTBI 30.45 52,982 Copart CPRT 48.60 258,444 Core Mark Hldg Co CORE 40.65 15,652 Curis CRIS 4.80 569,562 DealerTrack Hldgs TRAK 28.80 237,679 Delta Natural Gas Co DGAS 34.77 375 Dollar Tree DLTR 84.53 773,219 Elizabeth Arden RDEN 38.27 82,334 Fastenal Co FAST 44.93 1,370,337 First Bancorp Inc FNLC 16.00 9,270 Fred's FRED 14.89 187,032 Golar LNG GLNG 46.00 499,401 Google GOOG 661.79 2,051,809 HMS Hldgs HMSY 32.83 262,825 Halozyme Therapeutics HALO 10.00 377,232 HealthStream HSTM 19.33 221,026 Home BancShares HOMB 26.74 30,847 Intuitive Surgical ISRG 471.62 194,731 Lincoln Electric Hldgs LECO 40.43 171,130 Mattress Firm Holding MFRM 24.37 136,283 McGrath RentCorp MGRC 29.78 38,774 Multimedia Games Holding MGAM 8.38 245,036 Neurocrine Biosciences NBIX 8.92 244,005 NewsCorp A NWSA 18.50 14,150,555 OSI Systems OSIS 50.50 56,951 Old Dominion Freight Line ODFL 41.76 284,315 PC Connection PCCC 11.93 67,613 RAM Energy Res RAM 3.45 5,424,095 Retail Opp Investment ROIC 11.95 230,536 Salix Pharmaceuticals SLXP 49.07 551,242 Select Comfort SCSS 23.39 1,232,753 Signature Bank SBNY 62.05 174,355 Starbucks SBUX 47.04 3,426,835 Synergetics USA SURG 7.55 170,836 Texas Capital Bancshares TCBI 32.32 356,514 Texas Cap Bancshares Wt TCBIW 19.25 500 Tower Bancorp Inc TOBC 29.30 112,822 US Ecology ECOL 19.26 58,477 US Home Systems USHS 6.82 17,018 Unico American UNAM 12.36 3,914 US Lime & Minerals USLM 61.78 1,486 Universal Truckload Svcs UACL 18.80 35,795 VOXX International VOXX 9.00 101,438 Verisk Analytics Inc VRSK 40.52 912,960 Video Display VIDE 6.14 5,100 Virginia Commerce Bancorp VCBI 8.04 66,257 ViroPharma VPHM 28.79 780,696 Westport Innovations WPRT 34.82 619,904 Winmark WINA 59.73 19,241 Woodward WWD 42.90 244,989 World Acceptance WRLD 74.95 74,274 New Lows 25 COMPANY SYMBOL LOW VOLUME ------- ------ ---- ------ Aware AWRE 2.30 42,825 B Communications BCOM 13.95 1,163 BancTr Fincl Grp BTFG 1.16 10,310 BSQUARE BSQR 3.21 35,607 Celgene Rt CELGZ 1.20 6,565 Central Val Cmnty Bk CVCY 4.76 3,223 D Medical Industries DMED 1.32 8,001 DSP Group DSPG 4.85 272,192 Knightsbridge Tankers VLCCF 13.48 247,563 Mid Penn Bancorp MPB 6.09 4,369 Millennium India Acqu SMCG 0.61 16,600 Ocean Rig UDW ORIG 11.70 42,663 On Track Innovations OTIV 1.00 148,878 Orckit Comm ORCT 0.76 191,313 ProShs UlShrt Nsdq Biot BIS 31.69 650 ReachLocal RLOC 6.05 109,148 Recovery Energy RECV 2.88 7,529 Rodman & Renshaw RODM 0.40 5,400 RRSat Global Comm Network RRST 3.75 12,050 Sears Hldgs SHLD 31.34 1,540,596 Shutterfly SFLY 21.56 1,962,769 Sigma Designs SIGM 5.54 480,748 Stereotaxis STXS 0.80 46,603 Telestone Techs TSTC 3.20 610,391 YRC Worldwide YRCW 7.94 60,184Comments »
$5 Gas Could Be a Reality Quick According to One Analyst
Could sanctions against Iran actually raise gas prices ? Unlikely, but an analyst thinks IF Iran close the straits of Hormuz it could have a material impact very quickly on gas prices.
Comments »FLASH: Fed Announces New Communications Strategy…Also Easing Expected by Analysts
Blackstone’s Byron Wein Expects Oil to Slip to $85 and the S&P to Top 1400
RIM Said to be Fishing for a New Chairman
Gold on the March Topping 16 Hundo (sic)
The tv says short covering is to blame, but I think many took advantage of a cheap price just above the 200 day…
Comments »3M Expands its Office Supply Division With a Acquisition of Avery Dennison
JPM Sued for $95 Million Over Misrepresentation of Mortgage Loans
End to gasoline subsidy causes Nigerian riots
FUELING ANGER: One man was killed at a demonstration protesting spiraling fuel prices in Nigeria amid signs of growing unrest over the government’s hugely unpopular decision to end a subsidy program that kept gas costs down for more than 20 years. The government says it will use $8 billion in savings to make much-needed infrastructure improvements.
PUMPED UP PRICES: Gas pump prices have more than doubled, to about $3.50 a gallon. In Nigeria gasoline is used not only to fuel cars, but to run generators that keep many businesses operating in a country with frequent power blackouts.
LOTS OF OIL, LOTS OF IMPORTS: Nigeria, an OPEC member nation producing about 2.4 million barrels of crude oil a day, is a top supplier to the U.S. virtually all of its petroleum products are imported after years of graft, mismanagement and violence at its refineries.
..
Comments »