Portfolio Manager's Commentary on Investing and Trading in the U.S. Financial Markets
Monday, June 22, 2009
Stocks Finish at Session Lows, Weighed Down by Commodity, Financial, Hospital, REIT, Construction and Transportation Shares
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Stocks Sharply Lower into Final Hour on Rising Economic Fear, Financial Sector Pessimism, More Short-Selling
Today's Headlines
Bloomberg:
- Oil prices moved out of a so-called ascending channel that started in April, signaling crude’s rally may falter. Friday’s close was outside a channel that’s bounded intraday highs and lows during the last two months, Zug, Switzerland-based consultant Petromatrix GmbH said. “The ascending channel was invalidated for the first time and this clearly needs to be taken as a negative,” Petromatrix managing director Olivier Jakob said. Traders will watch today’s close on the more-actively trade August contract to gauge whether prices are set to fall further, Jakob said. A settlement below $70 a barrel would be a bearish signal, he said.
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Dow Jones:
- Iraq, holder of the world’s third-largest oil reserves, has begun producing crude from its Nassiriyah field in southern Iraq. The field is producing at a rate of 10,000 barrels a day and will increase to 20,000 barrels a day in the next “few days,” citing an official from South Oil Co.
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Seeking Alpha:
- The 7 Habits of Highly Suspicious Hedge Funds.
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Bild-Zeitung:
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran and Israel could reestablish peaceful relations under a different regime. “There is no conflict between the Iranian and Israeli people,” he said. Netanyahu said that Iran posed a threat to the Jewish state as well as moderate Arab countries. He said the “mask has been torn” from the face of the Iranian regime as it cracks down on protesters following President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s disputed victory.
Globe and Mail:
- Alberta’s oil sands show signs of life.
Economic Daily:
- China’s 2009 export growth will slow while overseas shipments enter a “low-growth” period in the near future, Vice Commerce Minister Zhong Shan wrote.
- Only 6 percent of Jewish Israelis consider the views of American President Barack Obama's administration pro-Israel, according to a new Jerusalem Post-sponsored Smith Research poll. The numbers were a stark contrast to the last poll published May 17, on the eve of the meeting between Netanyahu and Obama at the White House. In that poll, 31% labeled the Obama administration pro-Israel, 14% considered it pro-Palestinian and 40% said it was neutral.
Bear Radar
Style Underperformer:
Small-cap Value (-3.30%)
Sector Underperformers:
Steel (-7.36%), Gold (-6.64%) and Oil Service (-6.32%)
Stocks Falling on Unusual Volume:
GMXR, XCO, FCX, STO, DB, CMED, FUQI, EURX, RIMM, PALM, POOL, UFPI, CSIQ, TWGP, PAAS, ANEN, CWEI, AKAM, BIIB, CEDC, GMCR, MFC, ARL, GNI, WAG, MTA, RGR, TUC, KYE, XCO, BPT and EMF
Stocks With Unusual Put Option Activity:
1) SPWR/A 2) COST 3) PMCS 4) SUN 5) CMA
Bull Radar
Style Outperformer:
Large-cap Value (-2.19%)
Sector Outperformers:
Utilities (+.58%), Telecom (-.31%) and Retail (-.85%)
Stocks Rising on Unusual Volume:
BTI, CRTX, MNRO, BOBE, AAUK, PLCE, NCTY, ASCA, DBRN, CTR and IBA
Stocks With Unusual Call Option Activity:
1) COH 2) MEDX 3) AKAM 4) ANF 5) SHW
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