Monday, May 19, 2008

Bear Radar

Style Underperformer:

Mid-cap Growth -.37%

Sector Underperformers:

Airlines irlind (-1.85%), Gaming (-1.33%) and Homebuilders (-1.26%)

Stocks Falling on Unusual Volume:

TDS, OMG, CSUN, PWRD, YTEC, ANDE, NTES, DRYS, JRJC, CRNT, BCE and CPB

Stocks With Unusual Put Option Activity:

1) GT 2) SIRI 3) RRC 4) PXP 5) RHT

Bull Radar

Style Outperformer:

Small-cap Growth (+1.1%)

Sector Outperformers:

Alternative Energy (+4.2%), Road & Rail (+3.1%) and Semis (+1.5%)

Stocks Rising on Unusual Volume:

CLMT, ARD, FTO, VRUS, SU, PSEC, NVS, ADM, OPTM, AACC, TRMA, CSUN, CHNR, GEOI, SOLF, ESEA, IART, CYBS, ARBA, RAVN, ASTI, BIDZ, PSEM, EFUT, AMCN, TITN, TLEO, MTZ, ENS, AAP, PDO and TOO

Stocks With Unusual Call Option Activity:

1) CPSL 2) ESV 3) STI 4) CSUN 5) PXP

Links of Interest

Market Snapshot Commentary
Market Performance Summary
Style Performance
Sector Performance
WSJ Data Center
Top 20 Biz Stories
IBD Breaking News
Movers & Shakers
Upgrades/Downgrades
In Play
Exchange Volume vs. Average

NYSE Unusual Volume

NASDAQ Unusual Volume

Hot Spots

Option Dragon

NASDAQ 100 Heatmap

DJIA Quick Charts

Chart Toppers

Intraday Chart/Quote

Dow Jones Hedge Fund Indexes

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Friday, May 16, 2008

Market Week in Review

S&P 500 1,425.35 +2.67%*

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Click here for the Weekly Wrap by Briefing.com.

*5-Day Change

Weekly Scoreboard*

Indices
S&P 500 1,425.35 +2.67%
DJIA 12,986.80 +1.89%
NASDAQ 2,528.85 +3.41%
Russell 2000 741.17 +2.93%
Wilshire 5000 14,370.45 +2.75%
Russell 1000 Growth 600.54 +3.12%
Russell 1000 Value 772.05 +2.46%
Morgan Stanley Consumer 703.14 +2.43%
Morgan Stanley Cyclical 1,021.45 +3.87%
Morgan Stanley Technology 614.80 +5.27%
Transports 5,368.96 +3.37%
Utilities 515.81 +1.38%
MSCI Emerging Markets 154.09 +4.69%

Sentiment/Internals
NYSE Cumulative A/D Line 62,102 +5.0%
Bloomberg New Highs-Lows Index -49
Bloomberg Crude Oil % Bulls 30.0 -16.0%
CFTC Oil Large Speculative Longs 263,378 +2.12%
Total Put/Call .86 -7.53%
OEX Put/Call 1.27 +24.51%
ISE Sentiment 142.0 +15.45%
NYSE Arms 1.20 -21.57%
Volatility(VIX) 16.47 -15.15%
G7 Currency Volatility (VXY) 10.15 -6.8%
Smart Money Flow Index 8,979.66 +1.86%
AAII % Bulls 45.16 -14.5%
AAII % Bears 29.68 +20.1%

Futures Spot Prices
Crude Oil 126.68 +.54%
Reformulated Gasoline 323.18 +1.03%
Natural Gas 11.06 -4.58%
Heating Oil 371.08 +1.81%
Gold 903.10 +1.49%
Base Metals 255.0 +1.96%
Copper 383.10 +3.14%
Agriculture 405.0 -2.95 %

Economy
10-year US Treasury Yield 3.84% +7 basis points
10-year TIPS Spread 2.49% +7 basis points
TED Spread .86 -14 basis points
N. Amer. Investment Grade Credit Default Swap Index 91.31 -13.65%
Emerging Markets Credit Default Swap Index 212.16 -4.52%
Citi US Economic Surprise Index -25.10 +22.29%
Fed Fund Futures 10.0% chance of 25 cut, 90.0% chance of no cut on 6/25
Iraqi 2028 Govt Bonds 71.38 +1.28%
4-Wk MA of Jobless Claims 365,800 -.3%
Average 30-year Mortgage Rate 6.01% -4 basis point
Weekly Mortgage Applications 674,400 +2.9%
Weekly Retail Sales +2.0%
Nationwide Gas $3.78/gallon +.11/gallon.
US Heating Demand Next 7 Days 2.0% below normal
ECRI Weekly Leading Economic Index 133.50 unch.
US Dollar Index 72.83 -.28%
Baltic Dry Index 11,067 +8.28%
CRB Index 426.43 -.25%

Best Performing Style
Mid-cap Growth +4.07%

Worst Performing Style
Large-cap Value +2.46%

Leading Sectors
Construction +10.7%
Alternative Energy +8.9%
Steel +7.0%
Networking +6.7%
Disk Drives +6.2%

Lagging Sectors
Insurance +1.77%
Utilities +1.38%
Hospitals
+1.08%
HMOs +.18%
Banks -.37%

One-Week High-Volume Gainers

One-Week High-Volume Losers

*5-Day Change