Monthly Archives: May 2012
FLASH: DISCO STAR DONNA SUMMER DEAD AT AGE 63
via TMZ.com
DONNA SUMMER
Dead at 63
Dead at 63
EXCLUSIVE
Donna Summer — the Queen of Disco — died this morning after a battle with cancer … TMZ has learned.
We’re told Summer was in Florida at the time of her death. She was 63-years-old.
52 Week Highs and Lows
NYSE
New Highs 7 COMPANY SYMBOL HIGH VOLUME ------- ------ ---- ------ McCormick & Co MKC 57.58 15,405 McCormick & Co Vtg MKC/V 57.46 100 Natl Retail Prop Pfd D NNNpD 25.79 500 Nationstar Mortgage Hldgs NSM 17.15 106,340 Nuveen CA Muni Value NCA 10.42 6,083 Nuveen Sel Tax Free NXP 15.24 4,126 Putnam Muni Opportunities PMO 12.95 12,344 New Lows 70 COMPANY SYMBOL LOW VOLUME ------- ------ ---- ------ AAR Corp AIR 14.00 7,862 AbitibiBowater ABH 10.55 13,851 Alpha Natural Res ANR 11.36 1,141,130 Alumina ADS AWC 3.62 18,482 ArcelorMittal MT 14.31 1,350,198 Banco Bilbao Argentaria BBVA 6.02 261,541 BANCO BRADESCO BBD 13.74 1,061,390 Banco Macro SA BMA 13.48 3,895 Banco Santander STD 5.55 1,364,875 Basic Engy Svcs BAS 10.93 120,894 Best Buy BBY 18.48 719,361 BraskemSA BAK 11.73 42,640 CACI Intl CACI 45.24 9,453 Cablevision Sys CVC 11.39 139,673 Cellcom Israel CEL 8.36 48,731 Chesapeake Energy CHK 13.62 4,425,689 Chesapeake Granite Wash CHKR 18.40 102,083 ChinaTele CHA 47.93 27,558 China Unicom HK CHU 14.98 150,407 Credit Suisse Group AG CS 19.48 191,161 DHT Holdings DHT 0.64 120,403 DeVry DV 29.26 15,305 ECA Marcellus Trust I ECT 18.52 9,175 Excel Maritime EXM 1.35 50,178 Fabrinet FN 11.40 6,855 Forest Oil FST 8.87 365,761 France Telecom FTE 12.56 156,325 Gafisa GFA 3.10 361,038 Gardner Denver GDI 56.40 17,315 Genco Shipping Trading GNK 3.56 23,882 GrafTech Intl GTI 10.87 36,998 Green Dot Cl A GDOT 20.80 61,880 Harvest Ntrl Res HNR 5.22 18,916 Indosat ADS IIT 22.68 100 IntraLinks Holdings IL 4.46 13,625 Banco Itau Hldg ITUB 13.69 844,328 Memc Elec Materials WFR 2.01 470,552 Mahanagar Tel MTE 0.76 2,225 Matador Resources MTDR 8.75 33,128 Mechel OAO MTL 6.20 834,722 Modine Mfg MOD 6.42 8,651 NTT DOCOMO Inc DCM 15.93 10,132 Natl Bank Of Greece NBG 1.48 162,449 Natl Fuel Gas NFG 43.75 13,274 Natl Presto Indus NPK 65.12 2,808 Navistar Intl NAV 27.82 81,114 Newfield Exploration NFX 29.50 97,901 Nippon Telegraph NTT 21.67 33,001 No Amer Engy Ptnrs NOA 2.95 2,471 Nuveen Glbl Val Opp Fd JGV 13.97 13,453 OM Group OMG 19.33 8,601 Oi SA ADS Ord OIBR/C 5.09 2,335 Oi S.A.ADS OIBR 12.77 55,732 Orbital Sciences ORB 11.37 5,001 Pacific Coast Oil Trust ROYT 17.61 124,981 Pengrowth Energy PGH 7.57 175,189 Pulse Electronics PULS 1.77 6,398 RadioShack RSH 4.63 67,246 Resolute Energy Cp REN 8.42 44,985 Rhino Resource Partners RNO 14.00 17,055 SAIC Inc SAI 10.76 57,675 SK Telecom SKM 12.42 76,446 Shaw Commun SJR 18.75 17,026 Siemens SI 84.05 29,410 STMicroelec STM 4.76 217,156 TelItalia ADS A TI/A 8.07 10,885 Telefonica TEF 12.31 317,984 Tetra Tch TTI 6.53 14,939 Titanium Metals TIE 12.61 57,169 Yanzhou Coal Mining YZC 17.19 24,402
NASDAQ
New Highs 10 COMPANY SYMBOL HIGH VOLUME ------- ------ ---- ------ Array BioPharma ARRY 4.10 491,764 Core Mark Hldg Co CORE 43.78 4,496 Cyberonics CYBX 40.09 16,472 Dorman Products DORM 51.61 2,353 LKQ LKQX 36.34 65,023 Mayflower Bancorp MFLR 10.79 1,203 Medivation MDVN 89.15 39,346 Netease Inc. NTES 63.07 439,274 Pharmacyclics PCYC 29.86 143,149 Trans World Entertainment TWMC 3.11 13,550 New Lows 58 COMPANY SYMBOL LOW VOLUME ------- ------ ---- ------ AMAG Pharmaceuticals AMAG 12.51 3,478 Acme Packet APKT 23.69 90,566 Actions Semiconductor ADS ACTS 1.50 81,919 AEterna Zentaris AEZS 0.52 265,719 Aetrium ATRM 0.53 11,120 Alvarion ALVR 0.53 48,200 Ampal-American Israel AMPL 0.15 14,297 Amtech Sys ASYS 4.51 22,909 AudioCodes AUDC 1.87 918 B Communications BCOM 5.49 4,844 Brightpoint CELL 5.35 7,044 Capital City Bank Group CCBG 6.61 2,394 ClearOne Communications CLRO 3.75 3,710 Consolidated Water Co CWCO 6.95 8,411 Cresud SACIF y A CRESY 8.00 15,305 Dynacq Hlthcr DYII 0.73 400 DynaVox DVOX 1.51 3,618 Ecology&Environment EEI 13.78 3,212 Elbit Systems ESLT 34.03 1,900 ENGlobal Corp ENG 1.65 9,595 Envivio ENVI 8.04 400 Ericsson ERIC 8.23 226,814 Expeditors Intl of Wash EXPD 37.71 97,151 Ezcorp (Cl A) EZPW 23.93 10,568 GT Advanced Technologies GTAT 5.04 468,653 General Comm (Cl A) GNCMA 6.85 8,591 Global Power Equipmnt Grp GLPW 18.50 1,100 Globalstar GSAT 0.31 125,876 Infosys ADS INFY 43.04 143,848 Intrnt Gold-Golden Lines IGLD 3.68 5,600 iShs S&P/Citigrp Treas Bd ISHG 95.75 462 iShs S&P Glbl Cln Enrgy ICLN 7.43 400 Jiayuan.com Intl ADS DATE 4.54 400 KIT digital Inc KITD 3.85 85,107 ManTech Intl (Cl A) MANT 22.78 9,807 Metabolix MBLX 1.94 11,401 Microvision MVIS 1.34 20,795 Mitek Systems MITK 2.17 51,874 Motorcar Parts of Amer MPAA 5.75 5,574 Multiband Corporation MBND 1.96 17,732 NII Hldgs NIHD 11.76 316,538 Opexa Therapeutics OPXA 0.46 3,400 Peerless Manufacturing Co PMFG 8.91 12,714 Pacific Biosci of CA Inc PACB 2.10 7,725 PwrShs Gbl Gld & Prec Mtl PSAU 29.53 3,657 RF Micro Devices RFMD 3.77 186,498 Riverbed Tech RVBD 15.62 194,406 Sify Techs (ADS) SIFY 2.25 32,724 Sky-mobi Ltd ADS MOBI 2.23 2,390 Sycamore Networks SCMR 14.65 1,421 Synthesis Energy Systems SYMX 1.00 9,975 TeleComm Systems (Cl A) TSYS 1.41 37,843 Tower Group TWGP 19.72 8,283 Transcat TRNS 7.83 6,000 UniTek Global Services UNTK 2.69 2,500 Vanda Pharm VNDA 4.10 16,600 Vimicro Intl (ADS) VIMC 0.93 355 Vision-Sciences VSCI 1.28 12,275Comments »
Heat Map and A/D Lines
Most Active Options Trades
-CALLS- OPTION EXP.DATE STRIKE PRC. VOLUME LAST S/PRC. NET CHANGE BAC 8/18/12 10.0000 2672 0.0800 dn 0.0200 AAPL 5/19/12 540.0000 2178 4.8000 dn 4.0000 AAPL 5/19/12 550.0000 1929 1.5500 dn 1.5500 BAC 1/19/13 10.0000 1543 0.2900 dn 0.0100 AAPL 5/19/12 545.0000 1489 2.5000 dn 3.0000 JPM 5/19/12 36.0000 1220 0.0700 dn 0.2000 KMI 5/19/12 35.0000 1168 0.1000 dn 0.1000 AAPL 5/19/12 555.0000 1125 0.7800 dn 0.8400 WMT 5/19/12 62.5000 1115 0.1500 up 0.1000 WFC 6/16/12 32.0000 1044 0.9700 dn 0.1600 -PUTS- OPTION EXP.DATE STRIKE PRC. VOLUME LAST S/PRC. NET CHANGE BAC 5/19/12 7.0000 3339 0.1100 up 0.0300 C 7/21/12 26.0000 3006 1.8700 up 0.1200 AAPL 5/19/12 540.0000 2090 6.7500 up 4.0500 BAC 8/18/12 6.0000 2060 0.3500 up 0.0300 CREE 6/16/12 31.0000 2002 2.5500 up 0.2600 BAC 7/21/12 7.0000 1700 0.6000 up 0.0500 MS 6/16/12 13.0000 1558 0.8100 up 0.0800 AAPL 5/19/12 535.0000 1509 4.3000 up 2.6000 JPM 5/19/12 34.0000 1492 0.3500 up 0.2400 AAPL 5/19/12 545.0000 1484 9.7000 up 5.1000 -VOLUME- CALLS PUTS TOTAL 312734 387323 700057
-CALLS- OPTION EXP.DATE STRIKE PRC. VOLUME LAST S/PRC. NET CHANGE WMT 5/19/12 62.5000 203 0.1200 up 0.0800 BAC 6/16/12 11.0000 198 0.0100 up 0.0000 RIMM 5/19/12 11.0000 185 0.3900 up 0.0300 AAPL 1/19/13 600.0000 184 39.7900 dn 1.5700 AAPL 1/19/13 700.0000 175 16.0300 dn 2.2200 AAPL 5/19/12 560.0000 164 0.4700 dn 0.4400 JPM 6/16/12 35.0000 150 1.5300 dn 0.2400 AAPL 5/19/12 570.0000 148 0.1700 dn 0.1800 AAPL 5/19/12 540.0000 129 5.5700 dn 3.4600 MS 5/19/12 14.0000 122 0.0600 dn 0.0600 -PUTS- OPTION EXP.DATE STRIKE PRC. VOLUME LAST S/PRC. NET CHANGE BAC 5/19/12 7.0000 600 0.1100 up 0.0200 AAPL 5/19/12 540.0000 447 5.7500 up 3.0500 AAPL 5/19/12 535.0000 365 4.0000 up 2.2500 SIRI 5/19/12 2.0000 308 0.0700 up 0.0300 KO 5/19/12 75.0000 301 0.1900 up 0.0900 AAPL 5/19/12 530.0000 212 2.9900 up 1.7900 BAC 7/21/12 9.0000 200 2.1300 up 0.1200 HD 5/19/12 48.0000 157 0.2600 up 0.1100 AAPL 5/19/12 520.0000 140 2.1400 up 1.1900 SBUX 5/19/12 50.0000 121 0.0200 dn 0.0300 -VOLUME- CALLS PUTS TOTAL 23804 17061 40865Comments »
Welcome to Life: The Singularity
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Comments »Philadelphia Fed Index: Prior 8.5, Market Expects 8.8, Actual -5.8
Leading indicators -0.1%
Comments »Matt Taibbi Destroys Goldman for Naked Short Selling
Naked short selling hurts more investors and destroys more wealth than anyone will know.
Comments »Bubbles are the Wealthiest’s Best Friend
Vulture Funds Benefit from the Greek Tragedy
“An American tax exile living in the Cayman Islands has emerged as a winner from the chaos engulfing Greece, even as the political and economic turmoil in the beleaguered nation deepened yesterday, with Athens putting a senior judge in charge of an emergency government to lead it to fresh elections.”
Comments »Eihorn Enters a Type 5 Position in AMZN & Martin Marietta
Geithner: US Faces ‘Very Tough’ Challenges in ‘Dangerous’ World
“Europe’s debt crisis, higher oil prices and the year-end budget cuts and tax increases still remain risks to the U.S. economy, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Thursday.
“We still live in a dangerous and uncertain world, with Europe confronting a severe and protracted crisis,” Geithner said in remarks prepared for the Greater Baltimore Committee group of regional businesses and non-profit organizations. ”
Comments »Big-Time Players Soros, John Paulson and Pimco Bulk Up on Gold
Uncle Sam Wants Your Tax Money Even if you Go Expat
Talk about long arm of the law. Schumer introduces a bill to collect your taxes even if you give up citizenship. Once you give it up you will never be able to come back. I’ll bet, but never know, that if this story was quiet that this law may not have been drafted. It would have been left as a loophole for the 1%. JMO.
Comments »The Source of JP Morgans Losses is an Obscure Index
“(Reuters) – It’s the biggest parlor game on Wall Street: Estimating how large JPMorgan Chase & Co’s (JPM.N) trading loss will be from a hedging strategy that went wrong.
The biggest U.S. bank by assets has already disclosed $2 billion of paper losses, and Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said it could lose another $1 billion or more.
The losses will grow, some traders say, because it appears JPMorgan has only sold a small portion of its position, ”
Comments »The White House Pushes for Tougher Financial Regulation
The White House pushed for serious financial regulation just before JPM announced their $2 billion loss has climbed to $3 billion.
Comments »Sears, $SHLD, to Spin Off Canadian Stake; Stock is Up in Pre-Market Trade
“(Reuters) – Sears Holdings Corp (SHLD.O) said on Thursday it plans to spin off a large part of its stake in its Canada unit, which Chairman Edward Lampert spent years trying to gain control of, to better focus on its U.S. business.
Separately, Sears Holdings reported a first-quarter adjusted operating loss that came in better than analysts’ estimates but revenues fell from a year ago.”
Comments »Gapping Up and Down This Morning
Gapping up
KONG +11.5%, EGHT +7.8%, SCEI +6.7%, ANW +6.4%, BYD +5.2%, HLF +4.8%, CZR +3.9%,
JACK +3.5%, RCL +2.7%, CTRP +2%, GTAT +1.9%, XRX +1.8%, SLV +1.3%, MM +8.4% , A +2.6%,
DUK +0.3% ,
Gapping down
ROSG -19.8%, RRGB -7.3%, VNET -7.3%, DNDN -6%, LTD -3.6%, BCS -3.4%,
RPT -3.2%, MT -3.2%, BP -1.4%, RDS.A -1.4%, CWEI -2.3%, V -0.8% , RVBD -0.7% ,
ANF -0.4%
Comments »Upgrades and Downgrades This Morning
ANF, A, BBVA, CME, CROX, DE, DELL, DKS, HLF, HP, HBAN, ICE, LM, SINA, V, WAT,
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