Portfolio Manager's Commentary on Investing and Trading in the U.S. Financial Markets
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Stocks Finish Higher, Boosted by Rail, Insurance, HMO, Bank, Semi and Steel Shares
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In Play
Stocks Higher into Final Hour on Less Financial Sector Pessimism, Lower Energy Prices, Diminishing Credit Angst
Today's Headlines
Bloomberg:
- The cost to protect North American corporate bonds from default fell as companies including Texas Instruments(TXN) and Verizon Communications(VZ) posted profit that exceeded or met analysts’ estimates. Credit-default swaps on the Markit CDX North America Investment-Grade index of 125 companies in the US and Canada, which fall as sentiment improves, dropped 7 basis points to 199 basis points at 8:55 am in NY, according to broker Phoenix Partners Group.
- California mortgage defaults dropped 7.7% in the fourth quarter, MDA DataQuick said. Fourth-quarter defaults were down 20% form the previous three months.
- State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the investment management arm of
State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT), today announced the launch of the
SPDR^® Barclays Capital Short Term International Treasury Bond ETF
(Symbol: BWZ) and the SPDR Barclays Capital Mortgage Backed Bond ETF
(Symbol: MBG)¹. Designed to provide investors with cost-efficient exposure
to precise segments of the fixed income market, the two new SPDR exchange
traded funds (ETFs) will begin trading on the NYSE Arca on January 27,
Wall Street Journal:
CNBC.com:
- Now On Sale: Once-Great Stocks For Less Than $10.
NY Times:
NY Post:
LA Times:
OrlandoSentinel:
TimesOnline:
Vedomosti:
- Russia may run a budget deficit this year equivalent to 7.6% of GDP, citing a government official.
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La Libre:
Bear Radar
Style Underperformer:
Large-cap Value (+.85%)
Sector Underperformers:
Airlines (-7.54%), Education (-2.48%) and Telecom (-1.82%)
Stocks Falling on Unusual Volume:
OLN, CAL, WLL, CNQR, MANT, NYB and AVY
Stocks With Unusual Put Option Activity:
1) LAMR 2) NFLX 3) VMW 4) FNM 5) IBN
Bull Radar
Style Outperformer:
Small-cap Growth (+.79%)
Sector Outperformers:
Steel (+3.51%), HMOs (+3.11%) and Semis (+2.58%)
Stocks Rising on Unusual Volume:
HMC, TM, RTP, SI, GE, MWE, LGCY, SHW, CVTX, CRXL, NFLX, NNDS, PRSP, SUNH, ZION, CHKP, FCFS, LIHR, STLD, AFAM, BCA, AFL, ENR, XSD, CR, MCK, BTU, WYE, HSY, CNW, PTV, X and SI
Stocks With Unusual Call Option Activity:
1) NFLX 2) ADI 3) CA 4) TXN 5) STJ
Links of Interest
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