Quick Alert

[[FSLR]] must be bought for an overnight hold. I added to my position at the close and plan to flip it at the open.

Research note: Early today, First Solar (FSLR) partnered with Louisiana to supply every trailer home with solar panels.

[[UA]] has had a terrible performance to start 2008. The company was recently annihilated due to bad guidance, but since then the stock has perked up a bit.

The company plans to release new performance footwear in a few months. From what I hear, they will display their highly anticipated shoes in a SuperBowl commercial. This may give the stock some juice to run higher.

Note: Under Armour reports Thursday.

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[[FSLR]] watch for a breakout around $184.

Premarket action

Upgrades/Downgrades

Two firms defending VMWare, two firms cautious.

VLO beat by $0.38, stock acting well this morning.

MadStocks contest update 

Earnings season is off to a fabulous start, if you are short of course. I mean look what happened to [[AAPL]] last week, and check out VMW after hours— de-banking at its finest!

Let’s see who will lose half their market cap next.

Tuesday:

• [[MMM]]
• [[CFC]]
• [[LLY]]
• [[EMC]]
• [[ENR]]
• [[X]]
• [[VLO]]
• [[YHOO]]

Wednesday:

• [[AMZN]]
• [[BHI]]
• [[BOBJ]]
• [[ESLR]]
• [[HES]]
• [[MBI]]
• [[MRK]]
• [[SBUX]]
• [[BA]]

Thursday:

• [[BUD]]
• [[CELG]]
• [[DLB]]
• [[ERTS]]
• [[GOOG]]
• [[ICE]]
• [[ISRG]]
• [[MA]]
• [[MNST]]
• [[UA]]

Friday:

• [[CVX]]
• [[XOM]]