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Thursday, January 29, 2015

Bear Radar

Posted by Gary .....at 12:52 PM
Style Underperformer:
  • Small-Cap Growth -.33%
Sector Underperformers:
  • 1) Steel -3.79% 2) Oil Service -3.70% 3) Gold & Silver -3.65%
Stocks Falling on Unusual Volume:
  • TGI, CLB, AERI, POST, ALB, FTNT, OSTK, QCOM, YHOO, HSY, WRLD, CAVM, DSKY, SWFT, PAYC, KNX, HP, BABA, USLV, PCH, VRTX, RTN, UBSH, MMYT, RCL, CRS, GLW, FCX, CHMT, BEAV, CAM, CRUS, RTN, TKR, FNSR, X, GHL, STLD, WWWW and RES
Stocks With Unusual Put Option Activity:
  • 1) NFX 2) EWG 3) CTSH 4) HON 5) HOG
Stocks With Most Negative News Mentions:
  • 1) VRTX 2) CAT 3) BABA 4) OSTK 5) GHL
Charts:
  • ETFs Falling on Unusual Volume
  • Stocks Falling on Unusual Volume
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Bull Radar

Posted by Gary .....at 11:41 AM
Style Outperformer:
  • Large-Cap Growth -.30%
Sector Outperformers:
  • 1) Homebuilders +2.47% 2) Restaurants +1.68% 3) Airlines +1.13%
Stocks Rising on Unusual Volume:
  • XNCR, HZO, HAR, KATE, CMPR, IRE, COH, CSH, VAR, AZPN, NOW, MCD, LRN, CSII, OMER, ABMD, CL, PHM, JBLU, APD, BC, SWK, CEMP and TSCO
Stocks With Unusual Call Option Activity:
  • 1) VNDA 2) MCD 3) ADT 4) EMES 5) CL
Stocks With Most Positive News Mentions:
  • 1) HOLX 2) BA 3) PG 4) FB 5) NOC
Charts:
  • ETFs Rising on Unusual Volume 
  • Stocks Rising on Unusual Volume
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Thursday Watch

Posted by Gary .....at 12:21 AM
Evening Headlines 
Bloomberg: 
  • Russia Set to Hold Main Rate at 17% With No Cut Seen Before June. Russia will probably keep its main interest rate unchanged this week and is unlikely to cut it from an emergency level before June as stabilizing the ruble and taming inflation take precedence over a looming recession, according to two surveys of economists. The first reduction this year is likely in June or July, according to a majority of respondents in a survey of 23 economists. The central bank will act once the inflation rate has dropped to 11.2 percent or less, based on the median of 18 estimates. All but one analyst in a separate survey of 19 economists predict the Bank of Russia will hold its benchmark at 17 percent at a meeting on Friday. 
  • Russian Consumer Crunch Spurs Tinkoff Stock Volatility. Price swings in TCS Group Holding Plc have surged to the highest level in eight months as analysts cut projections for the consumer lender amid a financial crisis that’s making it more difficult for Russians to pay their debts. Fifty-day historical volatility, a measure of price fluctuations during the period, jumped to 73 percent Wednesday as the company’s London-traded shares headed for an eighth straight monthly decline. The stock has sunk 84 percent from its October 2013 initial public offering price of $17.50.
  • Greece Wants a Debt Break. What About Its Poorer Neighbors? The 40-year-old prime minister’s rise to power has put him on a collision course with Germany, as he struggles to deliver on his campaign promises to renegotiate his country’s debt and overturn the painful austerity demanded by Greece's creditors. But if Tsipras is to bring home the deal he feels Greece deserves, he will have to more than face down the Germans. He’ll have to win over skeptical taxpayer in other euro zone countries, reassure European leaders worried about insurgent challenges of their own and make the case that – in a Europe still reeling from the 2008 global financial crisis – Greece is uniquely deserving of assistance.
  • Japan’s Retail Sales Unexpectedly Slump in Challenge to Abe. Japanese retail sales unexpectedly fell in December, underscoring challenges to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s effort to stoke a recovery in the world’s third-biggest economy. Sales slid 0.3 percent from November for a third straight monthly decline, the trade ministry said Thursday in Tokyo. That compared with the median estimate for a 0.3 percent gain in a Bloomberg News survey. Sales increased 1.7 percent in 2014.
  • With India Bulls Everywhere, a Rare Look at the Risks. There are times in financial-market rallies where the gains become so spectacular and the euphoria reaches such a pitch that it becomes easy to forget about the risks. India, it could be argued, is going through such a moment. 
  • China Stocks Fall for Third Day as CSRC Starts New Margin Probe. China’s stocks fell for a third day, sending the benchmark index to a one-week low, amid speculation increased regulatory scrutiny of margin loans will spur some leveraged investors to reduce holdings. Citic Securities Co. and Haitong Securities led declines for financial companies with losses of at least 1.8 percent. The securities regulator plans a new round of checks into the margin-lending businesses of brokerages, the Xinhua News Agency reported Wednesday night. Trainmakers China CNR Corp. and CSR Corp. rose at least 1.6 percent after the government said it will promote railway firms’ overseas investments. “The authorities sent a signal that they don’t feel comfortable,” said Yuliang Chang, Hong Kong-based strategist at Deutsche Bank AG. The pace of growth in margin lending and umbrella trusts “is creating a systemic risk in the financial industry,” he said. The Shanghai Composite Index dropped 0.9 percent to 3,275.18 at 10:28 a.m. local time.
  • Asian Stocks Track U.S. Declines After Federal Reserve Statement. Asian stocks fell, tracking declines in U.S. equities, after the Federal Reserve cited international risks to the American economy and oil slumped below $45 per barrel. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index slid 0.5 percent to 141.74 as of 9:01 a.m. in Tokyo. The Fed acknowledged global risks in its statement Wednesday, saying that it will take into account readings on “international developments” as it decides how long to keep key rates near zero. While boosting their assessment of the economy, policy makers said inflation will probably slow further. U.S. oil supplies climbed to their highest level in data going back more than 30 years, exacerbating concerns over a global supply glut.
  • Copper Poised to Catch Up With Oil’s Collapse: Chart of the Day.
  • Tesla(TSLA) Bears Rev Engine on Falling Oil, China Skepticism. Slumping oil prices have restored Tesla Motors Inc.’s status as a favorite among short sellers and bearish options traders. Speculation that a 58-percent plunge in West Texas Intermediate crude since June and competition from General Motors Co. will hurt demand have pushed short sales to a one-year high. The difference in the cost of bearish options versus bullish ones has almost quadrupled from September, reaching the highest level since November 2012, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
Wall Street Journal: 
  • U.S. Must Return Guantanamo for Normal Relations With Cuba, Raúl Castro Says. Demands Come as Two Nations Move Toward Renewing Full Diplomatic Relations. Cuban President Raúl Castro demanded Wednesday that the U.S. return the base at Guantanamo Bay, lift the half-century trade embargo on Cuba and compensate his country for damages before the two nations re-establish normal relations. 
  • Islamic State Offshoots Spring Up in Egypt, Other Countries. Egyptian Army Battles a Deadly Sinai Insurgency. The video looks hard to distinguish from the ones filmed in Syria and Iraq. Islamic State gunmen arrive in a fleet of pickup trucks, set up checkpoints on a busy highway and start hauling away suspected collaborators with the “apostate” government. It ends, predictably, with forced confessions and gruesome, close-up shots of killings.
  • Militants Driven From Pakistan Flock to Afghan Towns. Migration to Lawless Regions Pose New Threat to National Security. Arab and Central Asian Islamist militants have moved into Afghanistan after a military offensive by Islamabad largely eliminated havens in Pakistan’s tribal areas, Afghan officials and local residents say, posing a potential new threat to the country’s already tenuous security.
  • Up to Six Million Households Facing Penalty for Skipping Health Insurance. The Fine for Not Carrying Insurance in 2014 is $95 per Adult, or 1% of Family Income. The U.S. government estimates as many as six million households may have to pay a penalty for not having had health-insurance coverage last year as required under the Affordable Care Act, officials said Wednesday.
  • Building Toward Another Mortgage Meltdown. In the name of ‘affordable’ loans, the White House is creating the conditions for a replay of the housing disaster. The Obama administration’s troubling flirtation with another mortgage meltdown took an unsettling turn on Tuesday with Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mel Watt’s testimony before the House Financial Services Committee. 
Fox News:
  • Fox News Poll: 47 percent say Obama downplays threat from Islamic terrorists.
MarketWatch.com: 
  • Sands China's quarterly profit falls 18%. Sands China Ltd. (1928.HK), the Macau unit of Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS), said Thursday fourth-quarter net income dropped 18% from a year earlier amid a softer gaming market in Macau.
Zero Hedge:
  • The Most Ridiculous Charts From Facebook's(FB) Quarterly Earnings. (graph)
  • Fed-nado Crushes Stocks And Crude; Long Yields Hit Record Low. (graph)
  • Crude Contagion: California's Kern County Declares Fiscal Emergency Due To Plunging Oil Price.
  • Another Ex-Central Planner Speaks Up: Currency War Policy "Risks Major Downward Shock To Asset Prices".
  • Teachers' Retirement Funds Are Piling Into Manhattan Real Estate At Record High Prices.
  • Norway Regulator Fears Housing Bubble "Isn't Sustainable". (graph)
  • The Homebuilder Hope Trade Deja Vu. (graph)
Business Insider:
  • McDonald's(MCD) CEO Is Out.
  • ISIS Just Gave Japan Another Ominous Deadline.
  • Raul Castro Says The US Must Return Guantanamo Bay Before Ties Are Normalized.
  • The Aussie Dollar Is Getting Smoked. (graph)
  • More Fireworks Could Be Coming Out Of Greece After Syriza's Win.
  • Why Shake Shack Won't Be The Next Chipotle(CMG).
Reuters: 
  • Petrobras(PBR) still faces default risk despite release, fund says. Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras still runs the risk of being declared in default on billions of dollars of debt even after releasing its delayed third-quarter earnings before a self-imposed deadline, a New York-based hedge fund said on Wednesday. 
  • Samsung Elec Q4 profit meets guidance; outlook cautious. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Thursday reported its first annual earnings decline in three years, as strong chip earnings failed to make up for weakness in the South Korean giant's smartphone business.
  • Qualcomm(QCOM) says key customer passed on new chip, stock drops. Qualcomm Inc reduced its outlook for fiscal 2015, saying it expects its newest Snapdragon mobile chip will not be used in a major customer's flagship smartphone, sending its shares lower. The San Diego, California, company also warned that "challenges" with another of its chips had hurt its competitiveness in China, where Qualcomm has been disappointed with growth that has fallen short of expectations.
Bild:
  • EU's Schulz Sees Non Majority for Greek Debt Cut. EU Parliament President Martin Schulz says he will speak frankly to Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on trip to Athens and tell him to ask the billionaires who stashed money abroad to pay their taxes, citing an interview. Sees coalition with right-wing populist party as problematic, remains to be seen how the parties will cope with their internal contradictions. Greece's rejection of sanctions against Russia doesn't mark a successful debut; EU sanctions have held together and solo efforts don't go so easily without consultations.
Le Figaro:
  • EC President Juncker Says Greece Should Respect Europe. Europe won't provide credit unless Greece sticks to commitments, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker says in an interview. No question of forgiving Greek debt, he said. A country can't take "democratic choice" to go against European treaties, Juncker said.
Economic Information Daily:
  • China 2014 Tax Revenue Growth Lowest in 20 Years. Tax revenue grew 8.8% to 10.4t yuan, citing data from the State Administration of Taxation.
Evening Recommendations 
  • None of note
Night Trading
  • Asian equity indices are -1.0% to unch. on average.
  • Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 112.0 +2.0 basis points.
  • Asia Pacific Sovereign CDS Index 69.25 -1.25 basis points.
  • S&P 500 futures +.22%.
  • NASDAQ 100 futures +.13%.
Morning Preview Links

Earnings of Note

Company/Estimate
  • (ABT)/.65
  • (APD)/1.49
  • (ALXN)/1.27
  • (BABA)/.76
  • (AUO)/.68
  • (BAX)/1.31
  • (BEAV)/.86
  • (BX)/.91
  • (CAM)/1.20
  • (CAH)/1.10
  • (CELG)/.99
  • (COH)/.66
  • (CL)/.74
  • (COP)/.60
  • (DOW)/.69
  • (EMC)/.68
  • (F)/.23
  • (HOG)/.33
  • (LLL)/2.278
  • (NOC)/2.25
  • (PSX)/1.37
  • (POT)/.47
  • (DGX)/1.05
  • (RTN)/1.81
  • (RCL)/.43
  • (RYL)/.96
  • (SHW)/1.39
  • (SWK)/1.51
  • (VLO)/1.29
  • (VIAB)1.29
  • (ZMH)/1.70
  • (AMZN)/.17
  • (BIIB)/3.77
  • (BRCM)/.87
  • (CB)/2.15
  • (CSC)/1.12
  • (DECK)/4.52
  • (GOOG)/7.13
  • (MCHP)/.62
  • (RHI)/.61
  • (V)/2.49
  • (WYNN)/1.43
Economic Releases 
8:30 am EST
  • Initial Jobless Claims are estimated to fall to 300K versus 307K the prior week.
  • Continuing Claims are estimated to fall to 2405K versus 2443K prior.
10:00 am EST
  • Pending Home Sales for December are estimated to rise +.5% versus a +.8% gain in November.
Upcoming Splits
  • (SMBC) 2-for-1
Other Potential Market Movers
  • The Eurozone CPI, Japan CPI, $35B 5Y T-Note auction, $29B 7Y T-Note auction, weekly EIA natural gas inventory report, weekly Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index and the (KATE) conference call could also impact trading today.
BOTTOM LINE: Asian indices are lower, weighed down by real estate and industrial 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.
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Stocks Reversing Lower into Final Hour on Surging Eurozone Debt Angst, Global Growth Fears, Technical Selling, Commodity/Financial Sector Weakness

Posted by Gary .....at 3:21 PM
Broad Equity Market Tone:
  • Advance/Decline Line: Lower
  • Sector Performance: Most sectors declining
  • Volume: Slightly Below Average
  • Market Leading Stocks: Underperforming
Equity Investor Angst:
  • Volatility(VIX) 18.44 +7.08%
  • Euro/Yen Carry Return Index 139.10 -.67%
  • Emerging Markets Currency Volatility(VXY) 9.74 -3.37%
  • S&P 500 Implied Correlation 67.66 +2.05%
  • ISE Sentiment Index 93.0 -12.28%
  • Total Put/Call .95 -12.04%
  • NYSE Arms 1.91 +37.80% 
Credit Investor Angst:
  • North American Investment Grade CDS Index 67.75 +1.22%
  • America Energy Sector High-Yield CDS Index 737.0 +.06%
  • European Financial Sector CDS Index 64.06 +6.96%
  • Western Europe Sovereign Debt CDS Index 24.65 +4.18%
  • Asia Pacific Sovereign Debt CDS Index 68.47 -2.89%
  • Emerging Market CDS Index 398.02 +1.33%
  • iBoxx Offshore RMB China Corporates High Yield Index 112.88 +.53%
  • 2-Year Swap Spread 25.25 +.25 basis point
  • TED Spread 24.0 unch.
  • 3-Month EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap -12.5 -.75 basis point
Economic Gauges:
  • 3-Month T-Bill Yield .02% unch.
  • Yield Curve 124.0 -7.0 basis points
  • China Import Iron Ore Spot $63.09/Metric Tonne -.65%
  • Citi US Economic Surprise Index -4.0 -.3 point
  • Citi Eurozone Economic Surprise Index 1.60 +1.6 points
  • Citi Emerging Markets Economic Surprise Index -7.40 +3.6 points
  • 10-Year TIPS Spread 1.61 -4.0 basis points
Overseas Futures:
  • Nikkei Futures: Indicating -115 open in Japan
  • DAX Futures: Indicating -35 open in Germany
Portfolio: 
  • Slightly Higher: On gains in my tech sector longs, index hedges and emerging markets shorts
  • Disclosed Trades: Added to my (IWM)/(QQQ) hedges and to my (EEM) short
  • Market Exposure: Moved to 25% Net Long
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Today's Headlines

Posted by Gary .....at 2:56 PM
Bloomberg:
  • Putin Goes All In as Ukraine Fights for Funding. Vladimir Putin is playing for keeps in Ukraine and he might bankrupt the country to get what he wants. As fighting flares anew in the 10-month-old conflict and the death toll mounts, that’s the assessment of analysts in Ukraine and New York, as well as Moscow. While Kremlin-backed rebels pressure the Ukrainian government, the U.S. and the European Union are contemplating tighter economic sanctions on Russia. Putin, however, seems emboldened in his belief that this is a showdown he must not and will not lose. “Putin realized that he will never be in the West’s good graces and this makes him act more decisively,” Igor Bunin, director of the Center for Political Technologies in Moscow, with ties to the Kremlin, said Tuesday by phone. “He started playing all in.”  
  • U.S. Ready to Push Russia on Ukraine as EU Wrangles on Sanctions. The U.S. said it’s ready to intensify pressure against Russia for supporting rebels who’ve stepped up attacks on Ukrainian troops as the European Union tussled over new sanctions in the face of opposition from Greece. EU states will discuss adding names to and extending the duration of a black list of Russian and separatist individuals and companies linked to the conflict at a meeting minister of the bloc’s foreign ministers on Thursday. U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew said President Barack Obama’s administration was prepared to raise pressure on Russia to use its influence over the separatists to stop the conflict.
  • Greece's looming clash in Europe starts with sanctions on Russia. Greece’s new government questioned moves to impose more sanctions on Russia, adding a foreign-policy angle to its challenge to the status quo in Europe. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s SYRIZA-led coalition said it opposed a European Union statement issued in Brussels Tuesday paving the way to additional curbs on the Kremlin over the conflict in Ukraine, and complained it hadn’t been consulted. “Greece doesn’t consent,” the government said in a statement. It added that the announcement violated “proper procedure” by not first securing Greece’s agreement. 
  • Greek Bonds, Stocks Decline as New Government Takes Charge. Greek bonds and stocks slumped for a third day on concern the nation’s new government will backtrack on austerity. The yield on three-year notes jumped 268 basis points to 16.71 percent at 5:47 p.m. in Athens and reached its highest level since Greece completed the biggest-ever debt restructuring in 2012. The ASE Index fell 9.2 percent to its lowest level since September of that year, taking its three-day drop to 15 percent as a gauge of lenders extended a record low. Greek sovereign-bond risk jumped, with credit-default swaps signaling a 70 percent probability the government will fail to meet its obligations within five years, up from 59 percent on Jan. 23.  
  • European Stocks Are Little Changed Amid Earnings as ASE Declines. European stocks were little changed as Nordea Bank AB and Electrolux AB advanced on earnings, while Greek equities tumbled. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index added 0.1 percent to 369.08 at the close of trading, having swung between gains and losses more than 10 times.
  • Iraq Oil Surge to Fan OPEC Rivalry That Triggered Slump. The battle for customers among OPEC members that helped trigger oil’s collapse is about to escalate. Iraqi crude production is climbing from a 35-year high as it adds growing Kurdish supplies to its exports, while southern oilfields remain unscathed by Islamic State militants. Finding buyers for the new output means offering more attractive terms than rivals in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, say Citigroup Inc., DNB ASA and Barclays Plc.
  • Bloomberg Brief: Introducing the 'Fed Spectrometer'. 
  • Fed Stays Patient on Rates Amid Strong Job Gains, Low Inflation. The Federal Reserve maintained its pledge to be “patient” on raising interest rates and boosted its assessment of the economy and labor market, even as it expects inflation to decline further. “Economic activity has been expanding at a solid pace,” the Federal Open Market Committee said today in a statement in Washington. “Labor market conditions have improved further, with strong job gains and a lower unemployment rate.”
  • Treasuries Gain as Oil Stockpiles Lower Prices, Growth Outlook. Treasuries rose as a report showing record U.S. crude inventories damped inflation projections amid signs the global economic slowdown is catching up with the U.S. The 30-year bond yield approached record lows before the Federal Reserve ends a policy meeting and provides an update on plans to raise interest rates later this year. Greek stocks and bonds slumped on concern the nation’s newly elected government will seek to overturn austerity measures, fueling haven demand. The Treasury’s auction of $26 billion of two-year notes attracted a lower-than-forecast yield.
ZeroHedge:
  • QE Is Not A Solution: "It's A Marker Of All That Is Wrong".
  • "Patient" Fed's Other Problem: A Third Of Traders Today Have Never Witnessed A Rate Hike.
  • "The Barricades Are Down" Syriza Is Already Rolling Back Austerity "Reforms".
  • Russia May Condemn "Annexation" Of East Germany.
  • Crude Supplies Surge To Highest Since At Least 1982. (graph)
  • US-Ally Jordan To Breach Western Protocol, Will Exchange Hostages With ISIS.
  • Baltic Dry Index: 666. (graph)
  • US Inflation Expectations Hit Post-Lehman Lows Ahead Of FOMC. (graph)
Business Insider:
  • GREEK BANKS ARE GETTING SHATTERED.
  • ANALYST: China's 'Long-Awaited Day Of Reckoning' Is Almost Here.
  • S&P To Greece: We're Watching You.
  • The Obama Administration Is Not Concerned That Iran Continues Key Nuclear Research.
  • The EU May Designate Pro-Russian Separatists In Ukraine As 'Terrorists'.
  • Copper Got Crushed After Chinese Industrial Profits Tanked.
  • Russia's Central Bank Is Encouraging Banks To Accept Losses As Crisis Deepens.
Reuters:
  • China to relaunch probe into margin trading, bank lending for stock speculation - sources. Chinese regulators will relaunch an investigation into stock margin trading, and have been given notice banks to tighten supervision of their lending practices to ensure loans aren't funnelled into stock markets, sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The China Securities Regulatory Commission and the China Banking Regulatory Commission did not respond to request from Reuters seeking comment. The news comes as Beijing moves cautiously to suppress the excessive use of leverage to make aggressive bets on Chinese stock markets, which have gained around 40 percent since November. Reports of previous investigations and regulatory clamp downs caused a dramatic collapse in stocks on Jan. 19, and regulators followed up by reassuring the market that they were not trying to suppress the rally.
  • EMERGING MARKETS-Brazil's Bovespa dragged down by Petrobras plunge. Brazil's main stock index sank on Wednesday as shares of state-run oil company Petrobras plunged on concerns over potential losses stemming from a multibillion-dollar corruption scandal. The benchmark Bovespa index dropped about 1.4 percent and was on track for its weakest closing level in over three weeks, while the broader MSCI Latin American stock index erased the previous session's gains.
  • EXCLUSIVE-EU mulls capital markets restrictions among new Russia sanctions. Union sanctions against Russia could include further capital markets restrictions, making it harder for Russian companies to refinance themselves and possibly affecting Russian sovereign bonds and access to advanced technology for the oil and gas sectors, EU officials said on Wednesday.EU foreign ministers are set to ask the executive European Commission on Thursday to prepare a new round of sanctions over Moscow's role in eastern Ukraine, however officials said the measures may not be adopted by EU leaders until late March.
  • Oil drops on record-high U.S. crude stocks as pressure mounts. Oil prices fell on Wednesday after the U.S. government reported record-high crude inventories, adding to anxieties about the global glut that has pressured the market since last summer. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said domestic crude oil stocks rose by almost 9 million barrels last week to reach nearly 407 million, their highest since the government began keeping records in 1982.
Telegraph:
  • Markets tumble as Greek government begins to backtrack on austerity. Greek borrowing costs jump and markets tumble as Alexis Tsipras, Greece's new prime minister, vows never to blindly submit to European creditors and government blocks sale of state assets. 
  • Europe hardens stance on Greek debt relief. French finance minister says Greek debt relief is not an option as countries line up to say Syriza leader's suggestion of 1953-style "debt conference" to write-off loans is out of the question.   
  • Commodities collapse could wipe out entire year's profits at Standard Chartered. Macquarie analysis predicts that 1980s-style oil price slump and default spike will mean huge losses at under-pressure bank.  
Macau Business Daily:
  • Macau Official Sees 1H Gaming Revenue Falling. Macau's 1H gaming revenue is likely to follow the 2H of 2014 and continue to decline, citing Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong.
National Business Daily:
  • Shanghai Will Continue Home Purchase Restrictions. The city will continue to implement existing home purchase restrictions "strictly," citing Liu Haisheng, head of Shanghai's housing regulatory authority as saying during a recent political consultative meeting.
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Bear Radar

Posted by Gary .....at 1:18 PM
Style Underperformer:
  • Small-Cap Value -.71%
Sector Underperformers:
  • 1) Oil Service -4.52% 2) Oil Tankers -2.51% 3) Energy -1.88%
Stocks Falling on Unusual Volume:
  • ETH, OTEX, IRE, SYRG, RDWR, ACAT, VMW, EZPW, GNTX, INFA, RMAS, EAT, FTK, CVLT, PPC, LXK, COG, AOL, FGP, MBLY, NOAH, WWE, ZU, IMO, RYAM, CRS, DVAX, NOV, MTOR, FTK and PPC
Stocks With Unusual Put Option Activity:
  • 1) OAS 2) BRK/B 3) MA 4) VMW 5) HOG
Stocks With Most Negative News Mentions:
  • 1) FCX 2) PBR 3) GT 4) AOL 5) NOV
Charts:
  • ETFs Falling on Unusual Volume
  • Stocks Falling on Unusual Volume
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