Monday, February 22, 2010

Bull Radar

Posted by Gary .....at 11:28 AM
Style Outperformer:
Small-Cap Value (+.28%)

Sector Outperformers:
HMOs (+1.46%), Banks (+1.35%) and Education (+1.0%)

Stocks Rising on Unusual Volume:
SQNM, SII, MRH, STO, SFE, PWR, CFI, SBR, GPRE, RICK, ENDP, AFSI, DNDN, CAGC, MASI, SWKS, HUBG, VPHM, TSTC, STAN, BCSI, ATHR, COLB, SNPS, ORCL, BCS, ARB and GRMN

Stocks With Unusual Call Option Activity:
1) CMC 2) SLXP 3) CY 4) MYL 5) SLB


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Bull Radar

Posted by Gary .....at 11:01 AM
Style Outperformer:
Small-Cap Growth (+1.08%)

Sector Outperformers:
Semis (+2.12%), Banks (+1.87%) and Education (+1.59%)

Stocks Rising on Unusual Volume:
SQNM, ADSK, TSU, ECLP, UBS, HBC, PTNR, STO, SLXP, DLTR, PZZA, BCSI, AAWW, NETC, LRCX, GMCR, OSIP, SGI, VPHM, HURN, BUCY, ONXX, RRD, CACC, APKT, ALTR, CREE, WL, MIL, NFP, CKP, RCL and FMR

Stocks With Unusual Call Option Activity:
1) SLXP 2) MBI 3) TMO 4) ADSK 5) GRMN

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Trading Links

Posted by Gary .....at 10:35 AM
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Sunday, February 21, 2010

Monday Watch

Posted by Gary .....at 10:09 PM
Weekend Recommendations
Barron's:
- Made positive comments on (GTLS), (CASY), (MYL), (WAG), (WFC), (C), (MON), (AU) and (AIMC).

Night Trading
Asian indices are -.25% to +.5% on average.
Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 113.0 -4.0 basis points.
S&P 500 futures +.37%
NASDAQ 100 futures +.41%

Morning Preview
BNO Breaking Global News of Note
Google Top Stories
Bloomberg Breaking News
Yahoo Most Popular Business Stories
MarketWatch News Viewer
Asian Financial News
European Financial News
Latin American Financial News
MarketWatch Pre-Market Commentary
U.S. Equity Preview
TradeTheNews Morning Report(9:30 am EST)
Briefing.com In Play
SeekingAlpha Market Currents
Briefing.com Bond Ticker
CNN US AM Market Call
NASDAQ 100 Pre-Market Indicator/Heat Map
Pre-Market Stock Quote/Chart
WSJ International Market Performance
Commodities Futures
IBD New America
Economic Preview/Calendar
Earnings Calendar
Conference Calendar
Who's Speaking?
Upgrades/Downgrades
Politico Headlines
Rasmussen Reports Polling

Earnings of Note
Company/Estimate
- (CEP)/-.10
- (BRCD)/.15
- (CPB)/.74
- (LOW)/.12
- (PWR)/.21
- (JWN)/.79
- (DNDN)/-.27
- (RSH)/.59
- (PEGA)/.14

Economic Releases
8:30 am EST
- Chicago Fed National Activity Index for January is estimated to rise to -.19 versus -.61 in December.

10:30 am EST
- The Dallas Fed Manufacturing Activity Index for February is estimated to rise +10.0% versus a +8.3% gain in January.

Upcoming Splits
- None of note

Other Potential Market Movers
- The Fed's Yellen speaking, Treasury's $8B 30-yr TIPS auction, $26 bln 3-month and $28 bln 6-month Treasury Bills Auctions, Goldman Tech Conference, CSFB Services Conference, (HON) investor conference and the (XLNX) analyst meeting could also impact trading today.

BOTTOM LINE: Asian indices are higher, boosted by technology and commodity stocks in the region. I expect US stocks to open modestly higher and to weaken into the afternoon, finishing mixed. The Portfolio is 100% net long heading into the week.
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Weekly Outlook

Posted by Gary .....at 3:17 PM
Click here for Wall St. Week Ahead by Reuters.
Click here for Stocks to Watch Monday by MarketWatch.
Click here for TradeTheNews.com Weekly Calendar.

BOTTOM LINE: I expect US stocks to finish the week mixed as rising sovereign debt worries, profit-taking and China bubble/trade fears offset lower energy prices, mostly positive earnings reports, less economic pessimism and short-covering.  My trading indicators are giving mixed signals and the Portfolio is 100% net long heading into the week.
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Saturday, February 20, 2010

Market Week in Review

Posted by Gary .....at 11:57 PM

S&P 500 1,109.17 +2.85%*
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Click here for the Weekly Wrap by Briefing.com.
*5-Day Change
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