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Comments »Monthly Archives: May 2012
Uncle Sam Ditches Contractors as They Must Defend Themselves Against Torture Allegations in Iraq
Crude Inventories: Prior 3.625 Million Barrels, Market Expects 1.5 Million Barrels, Actual +2.1 Million Barrels
Distallates down by 1 million barrels
Gasoline down by 2.8 million barrels
Crack spreads up 2$ # $30.18
WTI Brent spread is 13.35
Comments »Heat Map and A/D Lines
MBA: Q1 Delinquency Rates Hit Lows Not Seen Since 2008
52 Week Highs and Lows
NYSE
New Highs 23 COMPANY SYMBOL HIGH VOLUME ------- ------ ---- ------ Arbor Realty Trust ABR 6.67 9,800 BlkRk MuniYld CA Quality MCA 15.91 10,256 BlackRockStrategicBond BHD 14.78 4,930 Brown Forman B BF/B 88.58 12,912 Church & Dwight CHD 54.59 47,441 Coca-Cola Femsa KOF 109.69 35,799 Essex Property Trust ESS 161.53 12,015 HJ Heinz HNZ 55.35 89,132 Lumber Liquidators Hldgs LL 30.00 67,321 Mangd Durtn InvGr Mun Fd MZF 15.93 3,794 MarriottVacations VAC 33.64 51,500 Maximus MMS 47.20 46,651 McCormick & Co MKC 57.28 22,882 NVR Inc NVR 836.50 2,204 Nuveen California Select NVC 16.59 5,998 Nuveen Sel Tax Free NXP 15.23 3,905 PECO Energy 4.3 pfd. PEpB 98.40 147 Putnam Muni Opportunities PMO 12.94 11,899 TJX Cos TJX 42.81 433,686 Toll Brothers TOL 27.80 263,870 Transamerica Income TAI 23.28 2,581 Wstrn Asset Muni Hi Inco MHF 8.54 12,095 Zions Bncp Dep Pfd 7.9% F ZBpF 27.35 9,030 New Lows 50 COMPANY SYMBOL LOW VOLUME ------- ------ ---- ------ AAR Corp AIR 14.15 6,038 ASA Gold & Prec Metals ASA 20.79 5,778 Abercrombie & Fitch ANF 39.68 2,656,466 AbitibiBowater ABH 10.60 17,838 Allison Transmission ALSN 19.00 11,280 Alpha Natural Res ANR 11.75 1,291,204 Artio Global Invs Inc ART 2.98 10,511 AuRico Gold AUQ 6.84 398,409 Basic Engy Svcs BAS 11.75 112,831 Checkpoint Sys CKP 8.18 17,656 Chesapeake Energy CHK 14.27 4,436,448 Chesapeake Engy 4.5% pfd. CHKpD 64.48 11,580 Chesapeake Midstream Ptrs CHKM 22.79 40,200 ChinaTele CHA 49.30 6,574 China Unicom HK CHU 15.15 162,216 Endeavour Silver EXK 7.42 141,469 Enerplus ERF 14.37 246,629 GFI Group GFIG 2.73 28,482 Genco Shipping Trading GNK 3.65 15,016 Goldcorp GG 32.38 614,218 Guess GES 25.88 46,666 HudBay Minerals HBM 8.13 1,500 IamGold IAG 9.39 305,163 Indosat ADS IIT 22.75 3,400 Intrepid Potash IPI 19.88 35,067 Ivanhoe Mines IVN 8.39 871,946 Korea Equity Fund KEF 8.69 7,733 Lone Pine Resources LPR 3.57 92,496 McEwen Mining MUX 2.18 339,817 Millennial Media Inc MM 13.13 48,398 NTT DOCOMO Inc DCM 16.03 10,123 Natl Bank Of Greece NBG 1.58 393,686 Newmont Mining NEM 43.30 708,745 Nokia NOK 2.87 3,145,272 Panasonic Cp PC 6.74 36,600 Patriot Coal PCX 3.65 1,656,572 Peabody Energy BTU 25.73 807,264 Pengrowth Energy PGH 7.86 223,769 Precision Drilling PDS 7.40 42,821 SK Telecom SKM 12.52 879,953 Seabridge Gold SA 12.20 49,054 SemiMfgIntl ADS SMI 2.07 27,294 Silver Wheaton SLW 22.94 830,990 Silvercorp Metals SVM 4.89 206,258 Sinopec Shanghai Petro SHI 30.81 843 Sony Corp ADS SNE 13.83 175,151 Tetra Tch TTI 6.59 9,685 U.S. Silica Holdings SLCA 12.49 22,645 Vale Cap II 6.75% CJS 52.59 25,618 Whiting USA Trust II WHZ 19.56 134,496
NASDAQ
New Highs 18 COMPANY SYMBOL HIGH VOLUME ------- ------ ---- ------ AFC Enterprises AFCE 18.00 800 Abiomed ABMD 26.17 464,532 Allegiant Travel ALGT 64.90 1,161 Biogen Idec BIIB 138.21 77,326 BioMarin Pharmaceutical BMRN 39.00 23,567 Churchill Downs CHDN 62.96 1,919 CytRx Corp CYTR 2.91 18,071 Franklin Financial FRNK 15.38 437 Hicks Acquisition Co II HKAC 10.05 250,340 Lakes Entertainment LACO 2.87 23,951 Market Leader LEDR 4.19 500 OceanFirst Fincl OCFC 15.00 600 OraSure Techs OSUR 12.28 1,385,919 Radware RDWR 40.83 310,542 SS&C Techs Hldgs SSNC 24.58 1,810 Security Natl Finl Cl A SNFCA 2.30 4,900 Snyders-Lance LNCE 27.04 14,908 Waterstone Fincl WSBF 3.98 375 New Lows 31 COMPANY SYMBOL LOW VOLUME ------- ------ ---- ------ Actions Semiconductor ADS ACTS 1.55 64,176 Amtech Sys ASYS 4.76 4,319 Amyris AMRS 1.64 209,344 Anadigics ANAD 1.90 31,542 B Communications BCOM 5.51 400 BioLine RX Ltd ADS BLRX 2.51 2,299 CafePress PRSS 14.55 1,375 Cambium Learning Gr ABCD 1.60 300 China Jo-Jo Drugstores CJJD 0.82 12,540 China TechFaith Wireless CNTF 1.09 31,787 Cresud SACIF y A CRESY 8.16 5,816 Double Eagle Petroleum DBLE 4.56 8,989 Dynatronics DYNT 0.60 28,631 Euroseas ESEA 1.32 10,600 Fuwei Films FFHL 1.04 13,708 Galectin Therapeutics GALT 2.13 7,050 Hallador Energy HNRG 7.65 1,572 iSh All Asia Info Tech AAIT 25.36 530 iShs S&P Glbl Cln Enrgy ICLN 7.49 2,518 Lincoln Educational Svcs LINC 6.08 2,151 MGP Ingredients MGPI 3.38 5,032 Meru Networks MERU 1.80 13,348 Motorcar Parts of Amer MPAA 6.13 1,544 Northeast Bancorp NBN 8.15 5,500 Powerwave Techs PWAV 0.73 67,053 Riverbed Tech RVBD 15.86 309,240 Summer Infant SUMR 3.01 64,815 Ultrapetrol (Bahamas) ULTR 1.59 7,100 Valence Tech VLNC 0.60 7,959 Vimicro Intl (ADS) VIMC 1.03 6,000 WisdomTree Emg Mkts Corp EMCB 74.22 300Comments »
Traders Inside $JPM Take the Other Side of the Trade; Classic Capitalizing on Debacle
$JPM Faces Two Shareholder Lawsuits Over Trading Loss
IMF: Italy has made ‘notable progress’
The IMF says Italy has done well in controlling finances over the past 6 months, but has a long way to go.
Comments »France Raises $11.6 Billion in a Successful Bond Auction
FLASH: Europe is Now in Rally Mode
KOTOK: We Have Bigger Worries Than Greece, Portugal and Spain
Deere Posts a 17% Increase in Profits
Industrial Production: Prior 0%, Market Expects 0.5%, Actual 1.1%
FLASH: Spanish and Italian Sovereign Yields Are Now Lower
Gapping Up and Down This Morning
Gapping up
OSUR +31.9%, TLB +13.4%, SINA +6.8%, GM +5.6%, BORN +4.2%, TQNT +3.3%,
ANF +2.9%, TOT +2.7%, FOSL +2.6%, VELT +2.3%, ZNGA +1.6%, JPM +1.5%, CHK +1%,
FOSL +3.2%, WFT +1.2% , WIN +1% , PEP +0.7%, SDRL +0.5%,
Gapping down
JCP -12.1%, ARNA -5.3%, NCT -4.6%, NLST -4.6%, RAH -4.1%, PETD -2.2%,
KLAC -1.3%, PCX -3.6%, ANF -5.7%, SPLS -2.4%
Comments »U.S. Equity Preview
Upgrades and Downgrades This Morning
AET, AKAM, BHI, LFC, CSCO, DNKN, GNW, HTS, LRCX, NVLS, PCX, SOL, SD, SYZM, TCBI, TGH, WFT
Comments »In Play and On the Wires
Housing Starts: Prior 699k, Market Expects 680k, Actual 715k or up 2.6%
Building permits down 7%
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