Saturday, May 23, 2009

Weekly Scoreboard*

Indices
S&P 500 887.0 +.47%
DJIA 8,277.32 +.11%
NASDAQ 1,692.01 +.71%
Russell 2000 477.62 +.37%
Wilshire 5000 8,986.62 +.65%
Russell 1000 Growth 390.66 +.85%
Russell 1000 Value 454.54 +.42%
Morgan Stanley Consumer 550.90 +1.63%
Morgan Stanley Cyclical 527.41 +2.47%
Morgan Stanley Technology 415.69 +1.74%
Transports 3,005.79 -1.55%
Utilities 329.28 -.16%
MSCI Emerging Markets 31.84 +5.65%


Sentiment/Internals
NYSE Cumulative A/D Line 30,406 +5.76%
Bloomberg New Highs-Lows Index -6 +88.68%
Bloomberg Crude Oil % Bulls 39.0 +95.0%
CFTC Oil Large Speculative Longs 175,047 +2.37%
Total Put/Call .80 +1.27%
OEX Put/Call 2.08 +67.74%
ISE Sentiment 143.0 +5.93%
NYSE Arms 1.57 -30.84%
Volatility(VIX) 32.63 -1.48%
G7 Currency Volatility (VXY) 15.17 +7.28%
Smart Money Flow Index 8,091.81 -.98%
AAII % Bulls 33.72 -23.03%
AAII % Bears 45.35 +28.69%


Futures Spot Prices
Crude Oil 61.67 +8.0%
Reformulated Gasoline 184.08 +9.64%
Natural Gas 3.52 -14.37%
Heating Oil 153.80 +8.45%
Gold 958.90 +2.91%
Base Metals 134.20 +1.42%
Copper 209.75 +4.15%
Agriculture 339.04 +4.19%


Economy
10-year US Treasury Yield 3.45% +31 basis points
10-year TIPS Spread 1.78% +26 basis points
TED Spread 49.0 -18 basis points
N. Amer. Investment Grade Credit Default Swap Index 147.0 -6.30%
Emerging Markets Credit Default Swap Index 396.78 -4.20%
Citi US Economic Surprise Index +45.50 +6.56%
Fed Fund Futures imply 82.0% chance of no change, 18.0% chance of 25 basis point cut on 6/24
Iraqi 2028 Govt Bonds 61.17 +.13%
4-Wk MA of Jobless Claims 628,500 -.6%
Average 30-year Mortgage Rate 4.82% -4 basis points
Weekly Mortgage Applications 915,900 +2.27%
Weekly Retail Sales unch.
Nationwide Gas $2.39/gallon +.10/gallon
US Cooling Demand Next 7 Days 13.0% above normal
ECRI Weekly Leading Economic Index 111.10 +.09%
US Dollar Index 80.04 -3.59%
Baltic Dry Index 2,786.0 +9.51%
CRB Index 244.10 +3.33%


Best Performing Style
Mid-cap Growth +1.55%


Worst Performing Style
Small-cap Value -.05%


Leading Sectors
Steel +9.06%
Hospitals +8.22%
Disk Drives +7.86%
Alternative Energy +4.24%
I-Banks +4.21%


Lagging Sectors
HMOs -2.36%
Airlines -2.39%
Banks -2.65%
Education -2.72e%
Telecom -3.24%


One-Week High-Volume Gainers


One-Week High-Volume Losers


*5-Day Change

Friday, May 22, 2009

Bull Radar

Style Outperformer:

Mid-cap Growth (+.60%)


Sector Outperformers:

Oil Service (+2.03%), Steel (+1.85%) and I-Banking (+1.76%)


Stocks Rising on Unusual Volume:

ADM, ING, BG, BVN, AXA, AUY, RTP, SU, CTV, CGRB, OGXI, SHLD, BBOX, VRGY, QGEN, ADSK, MDTH, NDSN, MDVN, GOLD and FSYS


Stocks With Unusual Call Option Activity:

1) SHLD 2) CRM 3) GYMB 4) ADSK 5) AAI

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
NYSE Unusual Volume
NASDAQ Unusual Volume

Hot Spots

Option Dragon

NASDAQ 100 Heatmap

Chart Toppers
Real-Time Intraday Quote/Chart
HFR Global Hedge Fund Indices

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Stocks Finish Lower, Weighed Down by Rail, Homebuilding, Steel and Energy Shares

Evening Review
Market Summary

Top 20 Biz Stories

Today’s Movers

Market Performance Summary

WSJ Data Center

Sector Performance

ETF Performance

Style Performance

Commodity Futures
S&P 500 Gallery View

Timely Economic Charts

GuruFocus.com

PM Market Call

After-hours Commentary

After-hours Movers

After-hours Real-Time Stock Bid/Ask

After-hours Stock Quote

After-hours Stock Chart

In Play

Bull Radar

Style Outperformer:

Large-cap Value (-1.39%)


Sector Outperformers:

Disk Drives (+3.41%), Education (+1.54%) and Retail (+.03%)


Stocks Rising on Unusual Volume:

EDU, DDUP, TSRA, CVLT, TECD, NTAP, NTES, MBFI, INTU and ROST


Stocks With Unusual Call Option Activity:

1) THC 2) TSRA 3) GME 4) INTU 5) QSII

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
NYSE Unusual Volume
NASDAQ Unusual Volume

Hot Spots

Option Dragon

NASDAQ 100 Heatmap

Chart Toppers
Real-Time Intraday Quote/Chart
HFR Global Hedge Fund Indices