Style Underperformer:
Small-cap Value (-1.12%)
Sector Underperformers:
Airlines (-4.26%), I-Banks (-2.53%) and Banks (-2.10%)
Stocks Falling on Unusual Volume:
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Style Underperformer:
Small-cap Value (-1.12%)
Sector Underperformers:
Airlines (-4.26%), I-Banks (-2.53%) and Banks (-2.10%)
Stocks Falling on Unusual Volume:
- Pending Home Sales for November fell 2.6% versus estimates of a .7% decline and an upwardly revised 3.7% gain in October.
Style Outperformer:
Small-cap Growth(+.95%)
Sector Outperformers:
Biotech (+2.55%), Drugs (+2.31%) and Steel (+2.06%)
Stocks Rising on Unusual Volume:
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Bloomberg:
- Australia’s home-building approvals unexpectedly surged in November by the most in nine months as higher employment, wages and immigration spurred investment.
- Wheat output in
- President Bush and Treasury Secretary Paulson said that US economic indicators are sending “mixed” signals and that they are considering whether a stimulus is needed.
- Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton, her voice cracking, told voters in New Hampshire “it’s not easy” to keep going in a long political campaign “against some pretty difficult odds.”
- You’re more likely to survive cancer if you live in a sunny place and make the most of the weather, scientists say.
- Starbucks Corp.(SBUX) ousted CEO Jim Donald and replaced him with former CEO and Chairman Howard Schultz after posting its worst-ever annual performance in US trading. The shares surged 9% in after-hours trading.
- Genzyme Corp.(GENZ) will license Isis Pharmaceuticals’(ISIS) cholesterol-lowering drug for $175 million to start and will buy 5 million of its partner’s shares for $150 million. The shares soared 51% in extended trading.
- Matsushita Electric Industrial, the world’s biggest consumer electronics maker, will sell televisions in the US that can access Internet video clips on Google’s(GOOG) YouTube.
CNBC.com:
- CNBC has confirmed that James Cayne, the chairman and CEO of Bear Stearns(BSC), is stepping down.
- Top Manager Names Wireless, Web Stocks.
IBD:
- Q4 Profits Seen Off Nearly 10%, But Up 12% Ex Financials.
Reuters:
- Short interest on the NYSE rose .7% in late December, the exchange said on Monday, indicating an increase in bearish sentiment in the stock market.
Financial Times:
- TV screen makers vie for slimness.
- Paramount Pictures plans to abandon Toshiba Corp.’s HD-DVD format after Warner Bros. Entertainment dropped its support of the technology.
globeandmail.com:
- TD Bank repeats it has no US subprime exposure.
Late Buy/Sell Recommendations
- None of note
Night Trading
Asian Indices are -.25% to +1.0% on average.
S&P 500 futures +.19%.
NASDAQ 100 futures +.27%.
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- (KBH)/-1.34
- (AYI)/.82
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- None of note
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10:00 am EST
- Pending Home Sales for November are estimated to fall .7% versus a .6% increase in October.
3:00 pm EST
- Consumer Credit for November is estimated to rise to $8.0 billion from $4.7 billion in October.
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- The Fed’s Plosser speaking, weekly retail sales reports, IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism Index, Needham Growth Conference, JPMorgan Healthcare Conference, Citigroup Entertainment Conference, Consumer Electronics Show, JPMorgan Global Energy Day and Raymond James Govt. Services & Tech. Summit could also impact trading today.
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