Wednesday, August 07, 2013

Today's Headlines

Bloomberg:
  • Emerging-Market Stocks Decline as Earnings Miss Estimates. Emerging-market stocks fell to the lowest level in four weeks after results from Tata Motors Ltd. to AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. (ANG) missed analysts’ estimates and Banco Santander SA lowered its outlook for Brazil’s Ibovespa. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index dropped 0.9 percent to 937.48 at 11:42 a.m. in New York, set for the lowest close since July 10. Tata Motors slumped 3 percent in Mumbai as sales growth at its Jaguar Land Rover Ltd. unit slowed, while South Africa’s AngloGold tumbled to 12-year low after also suspending its dividend. Most Brazilian shares retreated as mining company MMX Mineracao e Metalicos SA sank. Fourteen out of the 24 currencies tracked by Bloomberg fell, led by India’s rupee. About 60 percent of the companies in the benchmark of developing nations that reported quarterly results missed earnings projections, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
  • Carney’s BOE Rates Guidance Stumbles on Investor Skepticism. Bank of England Governor Mark Carney’s campaign to restrain interest-rate expectations is already running into skepticism. Gilt yields rose to the highest in more than a month after Carney took the unprecedented step of saying the bank probably won’t raise its benchmark from a record-low 0.5 percent until unemployment falls to 7 percent. While policy makers don’t expect that to occur before the third quarter of 2016, investors bet faster inflation will force them to act sooner
  • European Stocks Drop on BOE Comments; Natixis Slides. European stocks fell as the Bank of England said it won’t raise interest rates or reduce bond purchases until the U.K.’s jobless rate falls below 7 percent, sparking concern it expects the economic recovery to be slow. Natixis SA dropped the most in six months after posting a 29 percent decline in second-quarter net income. Rexel (RXL) SA lost 4.2 percent after its largest shareholder sold a 10 percent stake. Randgold Resources Ltd. led mining stocks lower after reporting a slump in sales and earnings. ING Groep NV surged to a two-year high after quarterly pretax profit rose. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index declined 0.2 percent to 302.81 at the close of trading, as Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said the U.K. economy hasn’t reached “escape velocity.”
  • BofA(BAC) Put Toxic Debt in Bond as Staff Resisted, U.S. Says. Bank of America Corp.’s traders fought off efforts by the firm in 2007 to include risky Alt-A mortgages in a securitization. That wasn’t enough to spare investors from being cheated, according to the U.S. The Department of Justice accused the company in a lawsuit yesterday of misleading investors about the quality of loans tied to $850 million in mortgage-backed securities. The complaint chronicles friction among bank staff in 2007 and 2008 as they excluded risky Alt-A loans while leaving in wholesale debts once scorned as “toxic waste” by the firm’s then-chief.
Wall Street Journal: 
  • Obama Cancels Meeting With Putin Amid Tension Over Snowden. Relations Strained Over Russia's Decision to Grant Asylum to NSA Leaker. President Barack Obama canceled a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin set to be held in Moscow next month, following Russia's decision to grant asylum to former U.S. contractor Edward Snowden, the White House said Wednesday.
  • Fed’s Pianalto: Ready to Scale Back QE if Labor Market Stays on Current Path. The president of the Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank said Wednesday she would be ready to scale back the central bank’s $85 billion-per-month bond-buying program if the labor market continues on its current path of improvement. The official, Sandra Pianalto, didn’t specify a timeframe for when she thought the first reduction in the bond-buying program would be appropriate.
Fox News: 
  • Al Qaeda intercept challenges narrative of terror group 'on the run'. Reports that top-level communications among 20 Al Qaeda operatives prompted the ongoing security alert affecting U.S. embassies around the world have raised even more questions about the Obama administration's repeated claims that Al Qaeda is "on the run." The assertion that Al Qaeda -- with the death of Usama bin Laden and of many of his lieutenants -- is a shell of its former self was a linchpin of the 2012 Obama campaign. Even with the ongoing security threat, the State Department insisted as recently as Tuesday that the "Al Qaeda core has been weakened, decimated," despite lingering concerns about the affiliates.  
CNBC:
  • S&P 500's most shorted stocks. As the S&P 500 continues to trade near record highs, short interest appears to be on the rise. According to data from FactSet, in the first half of July average short interest for S&P 500 stocks increased more than 5 percent, with over 55 percent of those companies seeing a spike in short interest
Zero Hedge: 
Business Insider:
Indianapolis Business Journal:
  • Slumping Caterpillar(CAT) to lay off 125 workers in Lafayette. Caterpillar Inc. said it's laying off 125 workers at its Lafayette large-engine plant because of weak product demand. The Peoria, Ill.-based company, the world's largest maker of construction and mining equipment, said the indefinite layoffs will begin Aug. 26. Caterpillar has a Lafayette work force of about 1,800. Company spokesman Jim Dugan said in a prepared statement that demand for the plant's products has fallen in the past year, the Journal & Courier reports. Dugan says the company has already implemented some cost-cutting measures, including "temporary layoffs, vacation shutdowns, and a reduction in flexible workforce."
Reuters:
  • Merkel challenger Steinbrueck takes aim at ECB low rates policy. Chancellor Angela Merkel's main challenger in next month's German election criticised ECB President Mario Draghi's pledge to keep interest rates at record lows for an extended period, saying the move put savers in an "unspeakable situation". In rare criticism of the independent European Central Bank by a leading German politician, Social Democrat Peer Steinbrueck said on Tuesday savers faced a creeping "expropriation" of their money by inflation that is running higher than interest rates. "That is an unspeakable situation so I am very sceptical about Mario Draghi's move to announce such a low interest rate policy - almost a policy of zero interest rates - for the ECB for the coming years," Steinbrueck told Reuters in an interview.
  • Carlyle profit misses estimates; prospects for U.S. deals poor. Carlyle Group LP on Wednesday posted a second-quarter profit after a year-ago loss, but it fell short of Wall Street's expectation that a stock market rally would benefit the company more, and it struck a gloomy note on the outlook for private equity deals in the United States. 
  • Ralph Lauren sales at its own stores slow; shares fall. Ralph Lauren Corp on Wednesday reported disappointing quarterly sales at its own stores, raising concerns that it is expanding too quickly, and the fashion company reiterated its forecast for modest growth this fiscal year. Shares of Ralph Lauren fell 6.1 percent to $177.89 in midday trading.
Echoing fears that European policymakers remain in a state of cognitive dissonance – recognizing the need for root-and-branch overhaul of peripheral banks, but backtracking on joint liability plans – Christopher Flowers, the legendary FIG investor who now runs the £2.3 billion ($3.5 billion) private equity group JC Flowers, sounded the alarm over the negative sovereign-bank feedback loop. In a shot across the bows of market bulls, who cite the return of capital flows to weaker eurozone states, Flowers issued a stark warning: "There is a scenario where we have a Lehman-type event: we wake up some Thursday and a big country is in trouble. "And the ECB will have to decide to support banks x, y, z. And then the ECB will, in fact, decide to own bank x, y, z.


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Valor Economico:
  • Brazil Govt Sees Possibility for Weak GDP Growth in 3Q. Govt knows economic activity was weak in July and sees possibility that rate of recovery seen up to 2Q will slow in 3Q, columnist Claudia Safatle reported. Anfavea data on vehicle sales and output, released yesterday, support this expectation.
Kyodo:
  • Fukushima Plant Leaking 300 Tons/Day of Toxic Water to Sea. Tokyo Electric's Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant is leaking 300 tons of contaminated water into the ocean per day, citing the industry ministry's Agency for Natural Resources and Energy.

Bear Radar

Style Underperformer:
  • Mid-Cap Growth -1.02%
Sector Underperformers:
  • 1) Alt Energy -3.64% 2) Homebuilders -1.82% 3) Retail -1.35%
Stocks Falling on Unusual Volume:
  • FSLR, SPWR, CLMT, ENOC, SBGI, WIBC, CTCM, LION, ANIK, SD, GDP, VVUS, ARCC, ZINC, OKS, YRCW, BLT, DWRE, RL, SMP, Z, SPEX, CLH, GPOR, SUSS, NUAN, G, EZCH, VSAT, MDSO, CHRW, INVN, MKTG, ADVS, CAR,  IMGN, JCP, PLT, FOSL, STE, LQDT, PDCE, CPM, ALDW, BDBD, RKUS, MRO, TRLA, UAN, SREV and CLH
Stocks With Unusual Put Option Activity:
  • 1) ACI 2) IYT 3) LTD 4) UA 5) FSLR
Stocks With Most Negative News Mentions:
  • 1) AMCX 2) ANR 3) RL 4) NKE 5) SKYW
Charts:

Bull Radar

Style Outperformer:
  • Large-Cap Value -.52%
Sector Outperformers:
  • HMOs +.98% 2) Gold & Silver +.78% 3) Steel +.76%
Stocks Rising on Unusual Volume:
  • VIP, REXX, MPWR, TRNX, CSTE, SNTS, SAPE, FNSR, WCG, LYV, ARCO, ING and CSC
Stocks With Unusual Call Option Activity:
  • 1) SLM 2) DGIT 3) SUNE 4) AOL 5) Z
Stocks With Most Positive News Mentions:
  • 1) JAZZ 2) TWX 3) MDLZ 4) WCG 5) EOG
Charts:

Wednesday Watch

Evening Headlines 
Bloomberg: 
  • Covenant-Light Loans Challenge '07 Europe Record: Credit Markets. The riskiest European companies are stepping up their borrowings of loans that lack standard lender protections, with the amount raised this year already exceeding all of 2012 by more than threefold. Private-equity firms from BC Partners Ltd. to Cinven Ltd. raised 4.6 billion-euros of covenant-light loans from non-bank lenders for companies they own in the region, up from 1.4 billion-euros last year, according to S&P Capital IQ Leveraged Commentary and Data. The amount is on pace to challenge the record 7.7 billion euros raised in 2007, before the market for such financings closed for the next four years. European companies are taking advantage of demand from the U.S., where record low interest-rates are encouraging investors to search further afield for high yields - even in places struggling to emerge from recession. About 70% of the covenant-light loans, which often have no restrictions on a borrower's ability to load up on debt, were issued in U.S. dollars, according to Bloomberg.
  • Standard Chartered First-Half Net Income Drops 24 Percent. Standard Chartered Plc (STAN), the U.K. bank that makes about three-quarters of its earnings from Asia, posted a 24 percent drop in first-half profit after writing down the value of its Korean business by $1 billion. Net income fell to $2.18 billion from $2.86 billion a year earlier, the London-based lender said in a statement yesterday. Revenue rose 6.6 percent as growth in Hong Kong and India mitigated declines in Korea, Singapore and China
  • Japan Drives Asian Stock Drop on Yen as Gas to Gold Slide. Asian stocks fell, led by Japanese shares, and the yen rallied to a six-week high on prospects the nation’s central bank will refrain from adding to stimulus. Natural gas futures extended declines and precious metals slid. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index decreased 1 percent to 134.35 at 12:15 p.m. in Tokyo, poised for its biggest drop this month. Japan’s Topix Index sank 1.6 percent.
  • Something's Gotta Give When 15% Loans Sap States: Brazil Credit. States in Brazil are pressuring Congress to cut interest rates on $202 billion in debt as they seek money to meet protester demands for better public services, a move that threatens to strain the nation's budget as borrowing costs rise. "We are being bled every month," Teotonio Vilela Filho, governor of the northeastern state of Alagoas, said about proposals to cut rates on loans including those from the $16.9 billion bailout of states in 1997. "It's a huge burden and we're working so Congress can change this." 
  • Copper Declines as U.S. Trade Data Fuels Fed Stimulus Concern. Copper fell as better-than-expected U.S. trade data fueled concern the Federal Reserve may reduce its bond purchases this year, reducing stimulus from the economy and weakening demand for base metals. Copper for delivery in three months dropped 0.6 percent to $6,966.50 a metric ton on the London Metal Exchange at 11:44 a.m. in Tokyo. Futures for delivery in September dropped 0.5 percent to $3.1580 a pound on the Comex in New York.
  • Rubber Declines as Yen’s Gains Cut Appeal Ahead of BOJ Meeting. Rubber declined as the strengthening Japanese currency reduced investor appetite for yen-denominated contracts for the commodity used in tires. Futures for delivery in January fell as much as 1.6 percent to 245.9 yen a kilogram ($2,526 a metric ton) on the Tokyo Commodity Exchange, before trading at 249.8 yen at 11:04 a.m. local time. Rubber lost 18 percent this year.
  • BofA(BAC) Lied to Investors About Mortgage-Bond Risks, U.S. Says. Bank of America Corp. (BAC:US) was sued by the U.S. for allegedly hiding risks from investors in a 2008 deal for $850 million of bonds backed by residential mortgages. Government lawsuits filed today in federal court in Charlotte, North Carolina, lay out a pattern of intentional acts by bank officials to disguise the mortgages’ risks in disclosures to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and investors. Those accused of fraudulent conduct are identified only by their positions without any names. 
  • JPMorgan(JPM) Sued With Goldman Sachs(GS) in Aluminum Antitrust Case. JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM:US), the biggest U.S. bank, was sued with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS:US) over claims it restrained aluminum supplies and drove up prices. The complaint was filed today in federal court in Tallahassee, Florida, by a Jacksonville direct purchaser, Master Screens Inc., and by individual plaintiff Daniel Price Bart of Tallahassee, who is described in the filing as a “purchaser of beverages sold in aluminum cans.”
  • Bats Exchange Trading Restored After One-Hour Shutdown. Bats Global Markets Inc., the fourth-largest U.S. stock exchange operator, shut its main market for almost an hour today amid a malfunction in its computer systems. Trading on the Bats BZX Exchange stopped at 1:10 p.m. New York time and resumed at 2 p.m., according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The issue was caused by an internal network problem, not a software malfunction, Randy Williams, a spokesman for Lenexa, Kansas-based Bats, wrote in an e-mail. “All systems were fully operational for the remainder of the trading day and we fully expect them to run smoothly tomorrow,” he said.
Wall Street Journal: 
  • SEC's Hunt for Crisis-Era Wrongdoing Loses Steam. Hedge Fund Magnetar Won't Face Charges Tied to Mortgages. Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement officials have decided not to recommend filing civil charges against hedge-fund firm Magnetar Capital LLC, which teamed up with Wall Street firms to create mortgage securities that suffered billions of dollars in losses during the financial crisis, according to people familiar with the situation. The decision is a sign the SEC's investigations into whether companies or individuals broke the law with their conduct ahead of the crisis are running out of gas. 
  • China Labor Camps Under Fire from State Think Tank. An influential Chinese government-run think tank is the latest to decry the country’s controversial system of re-education through labor, with a newly published report describing the system as outdated and in violation of judicial principles. The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, in a political development report published on Monday, said abuses in the system have become increasingly apparent and had given rise to widespread public opposition, according to state media reports  summarizing CASS’s findings.
  • The Other Targeting Scandal. Democrats lobbied the SEC to limit business political donations. The IRS targeting scandal is best understood as part of a larger effort to limit the political speech of conservatives and business groups. That became clearer last week regarding the Federal Election Commission, and now evidence is spreading to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Fox News:
  • US files charges against Benghazi attack suspects, official says. The Justice Department has filed criminal charges against several suspects in the Benghazi terror attack, a U.S. official tells Fox News.  The U.S. official confirmed that sealed charges were filed against suspects in connection with the Sept. 11, 2012, attack. It's unclear whether they are the same individuals whose images the FBI released to the public in May. One of the individuals charged is Libyan militia leader Ahmed Khattalah. 
  • Fort Hood trial turns bizarre as shooter grills witnesses. The trial of the Fort Hood gunman, who is acting as his own attorney, took a surreal turn as the former Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 in the November 2009 attack grilled witnesses -- including his former boss in the military and a fellow Muslim who spoke to him the day of the shooting. After a short opening statement in which ex-Army Maj. Nidal Hasan called himself a "mujahedeen," admitted to the rampage and said "the dead bodies will show that war is an ugly thing," Hasan cross-examined prosecution witnesses, including retired Lt. Col Ben Kirk Phillips, his former boss. When pressed by the defendant, Phillips acknowledged that his officer evaluation report had graded Hasan as "outstanding." But he declined to cross-examine one of his shooting victims, Sgt. Alonzo Lunsford, who provided the day’s most damning testimony.
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Business Insider: 
New York Times:
Mediaite.com:
  • The Other Benghazi Scandal: Journalists Worry Covering The Attack Threatens White House Access. As the one year anniversary of the deadly attack on an American consulate in Benghazi approaches, journalists have begun to take another look into the scandal surrounding the government’s response to that terrorist event. Last week, CNN aired two striking reports revealing that the Central Intelligence Agency had a large number of agents on the ground on the night of the attack and that a suspect in the attack has never been interviewed by investigators. Following these revelatory reports, which some in President Barack Obama’s administration believe represent a political threat, some CNN reporters now fear for their access to the White House. They are not alone.
USA Today: 
  • Evidence suggests new bird flu spread among people. New evidence suggests that a specific strain of the bird flu, H7N9, can be spread between humans. Chinese scientists have found the strongest evidence yet that a new bird flu strain is sometimes able to spread from person to person, but they are emphasizing that the virus still does not transmit easily. The new bird flu strain, known as H7N9, was first reported by Chinese authorities in March. As of the end of May, there were 132 cases and 37 deaths in China and Taiwan linked to the virus.Health officials suspect patients were most likely infected by birds in live animal markets but acknowledged there were probably sporadic cases of the virus spreading among humans.
Reuters:
  • Tens of thousands rally to oust Tunisian government. Tens of thousands of Tunisians crowded the streets of downtown Tunis on Tuesday to demand the transitional government's ouster, in the largest opposition protest since the country's political crisis began two weeks ago. The secular opposition, angered by two assassinations in its ranks and emboldened by the army-backed toppling of Egypt's Islamist president, is trying to topple Tunisia's Islamist-led government and dissolve the Constituent Assembly.
  • Japan govt joining efforts to contain Fukushima toxic water. The Japanese government is joining efforts to contain a buildup of radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, as operator Tokyo Electric Power Co struggles to contain the problem, government officials said on Wednesday. 
  • Obamacare months behind in testing IT data security -gov't. The federal government is months behind in testing data security for the main pillar of Obamacare: allowing Americans to buy health insurance on state exchanges due to open by Oct. 1. The missed deadlines have pushed the government's decision on whether information technology security is up to snuff to exactly one day before that crucial date, the Department of Health and Human Services' inspector general said in a report. As a result, experts say, the exchanges might open with security flaws or, possibly but less likely, be delayed.
  • First Solar(FSLR) cuts 2013 outlook, buys GE solar technology. First Solar Inc on Tuesday reported quarterly earnings and revenue well short of expectations and slashed its outlook for the year due to construction delays for a large project and a decision to sell two projects only after they are finished. The company's shares slid 9 percent in extended trade.
Financial Times:
  • Fear gauge shows complacency has taken hold. A strong rally in US stocks has pushed Wall Street’s most widely watched risk barometer close to multiyear lows in a sign investors are growing increasingly complacent as equity indices test fresh record highs. The CBOE Vix index, a gauge of the price traders are prepared to pay to protect against volatility in the US stock market, has dipped more than 40 per cent since late June and neared pre-financial crisis levels by the start of the week.
Telegraph:
  • 'Rate rises threaten crash in every asset'. The value of almost all investments, including shares, bonds and property, could fall if investors believe that interest rates are about to return to normal, a senior fund manager has warned
People's Daily:
  • China to Strictly Control Govt Spending Next Year. People's Daily reports, citing the Ministry of Finance on budgeting work for next year.
China Securities Journal:
  • China 2H Trade Growth May Continue to Slow. China's export and import growth may continue to slow in 2H as external environment for trade is "not optimistic," according to a report by State Information Center, which was published today.
Shanghai Securities News:
  • China's Urbanization Not Another 4t Yuan Stimulus. China's urbanization shouldn't be seen as a new 4 trillion yuan stimulus plan, citing Qiao Runling, deputy director of the China Center for Urban Development under National Development and Reform Commission. The core idea behind urbanization is reform, citing Qiao.
Evening Recommendations 
  • None of note
Night Trading
  • Asian equity indices are -1.50% to unch. on average.
  • Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 144.0 +2.0 basis points.
  • Asia Pacific Sovereign CDS Index 109.5 -.25 basis point.
  • FTSE-100 futures -.14%.
  • S&P 500 futures -.24%.
  • NASDAQ 100 futures -.12%.
Morning Preview Links

Earnings of Note

Company/Estimate
  • (DVN)/.95
  • (STE)/.56
  • (WCG)/1.22
  • (TWX)/.76
  • (MMC)/.67
  • (DUK)/.93
  • (AOL)/.43
  • (RL)/1.94
  • (MDLZ)/.34
  • (GMCR)/.76
  • (MBI)/.14
  • (PRU)/1.99
  • (JACK)/.41
  • (CECO)/-.46
  • (JOE)/.02
  • (CXW)/.64
  • (TSLA)/-.19
  • (SCTY)/-.38
  • (SKYW)/.34 
Economic Releases
10:30 am EST
  • Bloomberg consensus estimates call for a weekly crude oil inventory decline of -1,500,000 barrels versus a +431,000 barrel gain the prior week. Gasoline supplies are estimated to fall by -500,000 barrels versus a +770,000 barrel gain the prior week. Distillate supplies are estimated unch. versus a -466,000 barrel decline the prior week. Finally, Refinery Utilization is estimated to fall by -.3% versus a -1.0% decline the prior week.
3:00 pm EST
  • Consumer Credit for June is estimated to fall to $15.0B versus $19.615B in May.
Upcoming Splits
  • None of note
Other Potential Market Movers
  • The Fed's Pianalto speaking, Fed's Plosser speaking, 10Y T-Note auction, BoE inflation report, weekly MBA mortgage applications report and the Bloomberg US Economic Survey for August could also impact trading today.
BOTTOM LINE: Asian indices are mostly lower, weighed down by industrial and technology shares in the region. I expect US stocks to open mixed and to weaken into the afternoon, finishing modestly lower. The Portfolio is 25% net long heading into the day.

Tuesday, August 06, 2013

Stocks Falling into Afternoon on Rate Worries, Emerging Markets Concerns, Technical Selling, Homebuilder/Transport Sector Weakness

Broad Equity Market Tone:
  • Advance/Decline Line: Substantially Lower
  • Sector Performance: Almost Every Sector Declining
  • Volume: Below Average
  • Market Leading Stocks: Underperforming
Equity Investor Angst:
  • Volatility(VIX) 12.65 +6.84%
  • Euro/Yen Carry Return Index 135.44 -.29%
  • Emerging Markets Currency Volatility(VXY) 9.27 -.54%
  • S&P 500 Implied Correlation 47.94 +4.51%
  • ISE Sentiment Index 123.0 +14.95%
  • Total Put/Call .75 -10.71%
  • NYSE Arms 1.13 +20.19% 
Credit Investor Angst:
  • North American Investment Grade CDS Index 74.51 +2.37%
  • European Financial Sector CDS Index 136.59 +1.71%
  • Western Europe Sovereign Debt CDS Index 83.50 +.44%
  • Emerging Market CDS Index 308.33 +2.51%
  • 2-Year Swap Spread 17.5 -.25 bp
  • TED Spread 22.50 -.5 bp
  • 3-Month EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap -8.25 +.5 bp
Economic Gauges:
  • 3-Month T-Bill Yield .04% +1 bp
  • Yield Curve 233.0 -1 bp
  • China Import Iron Ore Spot $131.40/Metric Tonne +.92%
  • Citi US Economic Surprise Index 36.70 +17.9 points
  • Citi Emerging Markets Economic Surprise Index -27.80 +.2 point
  • 10-Year TIPS Spread 2.26 +3 bps
Overseas Futures:
  • Nikkei Futures: Indicating -201 open in Japan
  • DAX Futures: Indicating -15 open in Germany
Portfolio: 
  • Slightly Lower: On losses in my retail/biotech sector longs
  • Disclosed Trades: Added to my (IWM)/(QQQ) hedges
  • Market Exposure: Moved to 25% Net Long

Bear Radar

Style Underperformer:
  • Small-Cap Value -1.30%
Sector Underperformers:
  • 1) Gold & Silver -4.61% 2) Homebuilders -2.43% 3) Construction -2.40%
Stocks Falling on Unusual Volume:
  • XCO, HDB, REN, IBM, HES, SEAC, CTCM, EVC, PAMT, AEO, ALLT, JMBA, TREX, PDCE, TRW, EXH, NQ, CKP, ALSN, ALDW, ACM, TDW, RHP, EPM, LINTA, DTLK, USU, AMRI, INDY, ONTX, PRLB, SPR, WTW, ANF, YELP, KAR, AGCO, DBD, PH, PDCE, VSI, ALSN, UNM, THC, RHP, SHLD, SWHC, JCP, REGN, PRA, IPI, MDSO, TITN, ACTV and TREX
Stocks With Unusual Put Option Activity:
  • 1) NSM 2) AOL 3) UNG 4) JCP 5) GPS
Stocks With Most Negative News Mentions:
  • 1) CHS 2) DISH 3) WFC 4) MDR 5) JCP
Charts: