Friday's Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading lower at 2:00pm EST. The market initially went up in the morning, then the strength faded away in the afternoon. Perhaps it is due to the fact that weekend is coming and such a big move in the past few sessions. All indexes went into new highs, traders wanted to take a breath for now. The up momentum is still intact. I would use any mild pullback as buying opportunities.

Today's Stock Movers at 2:00 pm EST
Volume Momemtum Compared to normal days:
(Stock), (price), (+/-), (volume compared to normal)

Stocks Up:
(UIC) 61.36 +1.06 +510
(WCC) 67.93 +1.14 +423
(GPN) 52.18 +1.31 +296
(B) 40.36 +1.43 +266
(HANS) 125.14 +6.04 +174

Stocks Down:
(EDAP) 17.85 -2.93 +751
(GNSS) 16.98 -1.54 +523
(MHK) 81.24 -4.08 +520
(FFH) 106.75 -7.28 +461
(GPI) 47.91 -1.74 +341

Stocks with Strong 3rd quarter momentums

These stocks are worth watching. Source CBS MarketWatch.

Friday's Pre-Market

The market looks like it will open slightly flat to slightly lower today. At 8:30am EST, the US government announced that Feb. Personal Income and Spending rose 0.3% and 0.1% respectively, about in-line with the 0.4% and 0.0% consensus estimates. The price of oil has given back 1.2% trading at $66.31 per barrel. Because of the weekend is coming, traders may have less incentive to hold positions over the weekend in case anything big happens in the Geopolitical arena.

Upgrades This Morning:
(SONE)
(CIG)
(PTEN)

Downgrades This Morning:
(CIN)
(ALGN)
(SGTL)

Most Active Stocks:
(QQQQ), (SPY), (NVAX), (LVLT), (SIRI), (VICL), (QEE), (COGN), (GOOG), (NOK)

Stocks are Up:
(MERX), (VICL), (HEC), (AOB), (HANS), (ZIXI), (GOOG)

Stocks are Down:
(ATEA), (NMGC), (GNSS), (DSCO), (ARTX), (HOM)

Thursday's Stocks to Watch

With the exception of the DOW (30 biggest stocks), the stock markets are trading slightly lower at 2:00pm EST. The market initially popped in the morning, then the strength faded away in the afternoon. Most of the DOW stocks are down, except (GE). Tech heavy Nasdaq is still holding on the flat line. Today is the day for fund managers to re-shuffle stocks to window dress their profolios. That translates winners will be going higher, losers will be going lower. I believe there are more upsides coming in the following weeks.

Today's Stock Movers at 2:00 pm EST
Volume Momemtum Compared to normal days:
(Stock), (price), (+/-), (volume compared to normal)

Stocks Up:
(NCTY) 31.53 +1.78 +466
(LDSH) 28.90 +1.40 +149
(ARTC) 47.69 +1.14 +138
(ROP) 47.48 +1.23 +130
(MIDD) 84.28 +2.26 +110

Stocks Down:
(RECN) 24.39 -2.51 +1,854
(UTIW) 31.20 -1.19 +946
(MDTH) 19.42 -1.39 +929
(ARRO) 31.05 -2.05 +916
(WHR) 91.77 -4.18 +520

Thursday's Pre-Market

The market looks like it will open slightly higher today with the continuation of the dramatic bull run yesterday. Q4 US GDP grew 1.7% meeting estimate. Last week's Initial Claims report has also been released. Claims were 302,000, slightly below the 305,000 that the market anticipated. (GOOG) is looking down this morning after it is releasing more stocks to the market. If the market can follow thru yesterday's rally, more money will be pouring into the market in the coming weeks. Buy! Buy! Buy!

Upgrades This Morning:
(AQNT)
(SGR)
(SLFI)

Downgrades This Morning:
(KIM)
(CHKP)
(PETS)

Most Active Stocks:
(VPHM), (QQQQ), (NOK), (ATYT), (HIV), (SPY), (GOOG), (LVLT), (AAPL), (SUNW)

Stocks are Up:
(PTEC), (HIV), (VPHM), (LNOP), (TGB), (ATYT), (BIDU), (HEC), (RFMD), (PPCO), (ASMI)

Stocks are Down:
(BCON), (SGTL), (RECN), (SVI), (VDSI), (EAC), (PRZ), (FRO), (KIM), (GOOG)

Wednesday's Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading higher at 2:30pm EST. Unlike yesterday, it opened higher and stay strong with more than 1.5% gain on the tech heavy Nasdaq. Volume has picked up more steam as the afternoon bull momentum has gathered. This is the classic bull run if we can have another higher volume up day tomorrow. Notable winners are (DXPE), (SLAB), and (CSGP), as well as the ones mentioned on the Stocks Up List. Picking up winners in the environment can really make you a lot of money.

Today's Stock Movers at 2:30 pm EST
Volume Momemtum Compared to normal days:
(Stock), (price), (+/-), (volume compared to normal)

Stocks Up:
(NETL) 41.01 +1.76 +618
(CHIC) 20.44 +1.69 +458
(NCTY) 28.91 +2.41 +441
(AMG) 104.64 +3.19 +404
(IVAC) 28.50 +2.91 +254

Stocks Down:
(VPRT) 28.98 -0.84 +1,835
(PETS) 17.15 -2.84 +829
(ACN) 28.92 -1.98 +597
(MRTN) 18.64 -1.26 +577
(RACK) 47.41 -3.09 +433

Wednesday's Pre-Market

The market looks like it will open slightly higher today after yesterday's FOMC meeting sell-off. Fortunately the sell-off is relatively minor. I believe the biggest fear right now is the price of oil is more than the rate hike in the coming months. The Department of Energy will release its weekly inventory report at 10:30AM EST. With the price of oil futures closing over $66 per barrel yesterday, the data is likely to be an important factor to many traders. The markets also await tomorrow's final reading on Q4 GDP.

Upgrades This Morning:
(PDC)
(SKX)
(PVA)

Downgrades This Morning:
(SGXP)
(ISSX)
(BCP)

Most Active Stocks:
(SUNW), (LVLT), (NGEN), (GNBT), (LEA), (IDIX), (QQQQ), (SPY), (GOOG), (CIEN)

Stocks are Up:
(NGEN), (LEA), (WAVX), (BCON), (MHA), (FORD), (SHFL), (SRA)

Stocks are Down:
(ACN), (BEXP), (RHAT), (OVTI), (PAYX), (GM)

Tuesday's Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading modestly higher at 2:00pm EST. The 2:30pm EST FOMC meeting decision is on trader's mind. Some gains are coming from the retail, telecom and oil sector. The price of oil has surpassed the $65 per barrel mark for the first time in recent weeks. Some strength also coming from some recent leaders, such as (NETL), (DXPE), and (AIRM).

Today's Stock Movers at 2:00 pm EST
Volume Momemtum Compared to normal days:
(Stock), (price), (+/-), (volume compared to normal)

Stocks Up:
(CLRK) 22.15 +2.67 +477
(DXPE) 34.36 +4.15 +405
(AIRM) 29.98 +1.43 +199
(NETL) 40.09 +2.86 +180
(NEU) 45.69 +2.15 +147

Stocks Down:
(ELK) 33.27 -2.97 +624
(CPWM) 16.79 -0.51 +560
(MRTN) 20.75 -2.58 +323
(OPLK) 17.25 -1.60 +306
(ISSX) 23.58 -1.44 +281

Stocks Alert

The following stocks are worth watching for:

(CMED) - mentioned in the stocks to watch a few days in a row
(DXPE) - new kid on the block in the recent days
(LVLT) - massive volume today
(NEU) - new high on higher volume
(NSSC) - copntinuation from yesterday
(MICC) - buyout offer
(NAVI) - news on the stocks for new colocation servvices

Tuesday's Opening Bell

I had internet connection problem this morning. So I can't post anything before the market opens. Anyway, the market opened mixed today. Most of the traders are waiting for the FOMC meeting outcomes at 2:30pm EST today when the FED makes the official statement regarding future inflations.

Stocks opened to the upside are:
(SGXP)
(LIV)
(LVLT)
(DXPE)
(MICC)
(TMG)
(DNDN)

Monday's Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading mixed at 2:00pm EST. Energy stocks are gaining ground today with the price of oil is going up lately. The metal/gold group is doing well today too. (CMED) has been on the watch list for the past few days. This stock is very violatile. The option play for this stock can be very rewarding because of its wild swing.

Today's Stock Movers at 2:00 pm EST
Volume Momemtum Compared to normal days:
(Stock), (price), (+/-), (volume compared to normal)

Stocks Up:
(NSSC) 16.45 +1.23 +404
(CLZR) 20.62 +1.43 +338
(VIMC) 20.08 +1.09 +317
(UIC) 58.50 +0.99 +229
(CMED) 29.90 +2.03 +173

Stocks Down:
(MXRE) 22.57 -1.32 +2,447
(AZN) 50.39 -1.34 +767
(GIL) 47.12 -2.58 +464
(IKAN) 18.70 -0.54 +338
(FEZ) 45.94 -0.55 +283

This Morning's Momentum Stocks

The following stocks are worth watching based on their strong up momentum today:

(LBIX)
(DXBM)
(CASA)
(EDAP)
(INVX)
(NSSC)
(ANAD)
(CLZR)
(ERS)
(SMSI)
(ZOLT)
(TFSM)
(FTEK)

Monday's Pre-market

The market looks like it will open slightly higher today. Traders are waiting and hoping for decisions on the Fed showing signs that the tightening is almost over.

Upgrades This Morning:
(ANAD)
(WGRD)
(CAG)

Downgrades This Morning:
(DISCA)
(BGO)
(PNFP)

Most Active Stocks:
(ENCY), (GNBT), (LU), (SIRI), (SNTS), (SUNW), (INTC), (KRY), (JDSU), (SPY)

Stocks are Up:
(KRY), (HDY), (GV), (CALM), (DXCM), (SNTS), (MYOG), (RNAI), (FTEK)

Stocks are Down:
(ENCY), (CBST), (TIE), (SEPR), (GNBT), (BOBJ), (EAG)

What is Ahead for Next Week?

The stock market closed modestlyhigher on Friday, but all exchanges closed slight lower for the week. The big news for the week were:
1. (MSFT) is delaying the release of the new Windows Operating System which can cause delay of PC buying at Chrsitmas time.
2. Google (GOOG) is to be added to S&P 500 on March 31.
3. (LU) and (ALA) are merging.

We have to watch how the market will react to the FED meeting next Tuesday. I would place any bet ahead of the FED meeting.

Here is the what we should be watching next week, quoted from Yahoo News:

Conference/Events Calendar for the week of March 27th-31st: : Events of interest for the week of March 27th-31st include:
Monday: IPG Investor Day; DOVP, IMCL, NPSP, REGN at Citigroup Biotech Day with Management in NYC
Tuesday: PSTI Analyst Meeting; OPSW Analyst and Investor Meeting; SNPS Investor Day 2006; SRE Analyst Conf; LVLT 2006 Analyst and Investor Day; HXM, UPCS, URI, CENX at Credit Suisse Global Leveraged Finance Conf; IGLD, ELRN, AMPX, NTII at J.M. Dutton & Associates Small Cap Conf West Coast 2006; POM, CNL, ATO, WTR at Edward Jones Mid-Cap Utility Conf; Fed: FOMC policy announcement
Wednesday: AHS, ASGN, CCRN at Harris Nesbitt Healthcare Staffing Day 2006; AL, ATI, FCX, STLD at Prudential Equity Group Metals & Mining Conf; ALL at JPMorgan Insurance Conf; BIO, CSAR, KNOL, CVGI at Credit Suisse Global Leveraged Finance Conf; LGF, AT, EVC, DIS at Banc of America Securities Media, Telecommunications, & Entertainment Conf; MEL, AMP, FII at UBS Asset Gathering Forum; MKTY at 2006 Homeland Security Expo
Thursday: YUM P-3 Sales Release; CBK March Sales Release; CFC Investor Forum; MMSI Guidance Announcement; COLY, CRXX, PANC, DCGN at BioCentury Future Leaders in the Biotech Industry Conf 2006; AMKR, CMCO, LVLT, DCEL at Credit Suisse Global Leveraged Finance Conf; CCU, IACI, SALM, DTV at Banc of America Securities Media, Telecommunications, & Entertainment Conf; PEET at ThinkEquity Investor Day and Plant Tour; WRE, OPX, HRP, VRTB at NYSSA 16th Annual REIT Conf; Fed: Poole speaks at student investment forum
Friday: NTBK Analyst-Investor Meeting; Fed: Hoenig speaks on economic outlook.

Friday's Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading lower at 2:00pm EST. Again the stock market had a see-saw battle all day long. It went up in mid-morning after the slow new home sale number announced by the US government. It went down off its intraday high in the afternoon. The price of oil seems to be consistently above $60 for the past few weeks. The fear of inflation with the FED meeting is still on many traders' mind. Just hold off the buying until the picture is clear.

Today's Stock Movers at 2:00 pm EST
Volume Momemtum Compared to normal days:
(Stock), (price), (+/-), (volume compared to normal)

Stocks Up:
(NCTY) 26.90 +2.18 +500
(SSD) 42.96 +1.97 +194
(BEAV) 25.20 +0.97 +163
(LAYN) 30.86 +1.42 +110
(GHL) 65.67 +3.16 +107

Stocks Down:
(CEPH) 63.49 -9.82 +908
(WEN) 63.00 -2.01 +860
(CETV) 70.24 -1.63 +807
(FINL) 16.00 -0.85 +522
(MIC) 31.42 -0.69 +517

Friday's Pre-Market

The market looks like it will open mixed today. The market dropped a bit lower after the much better than expected Durable Orders report, it rose 2.6% versus the 1.3% consensus estimate last month. Added to the bull flame are Google (GOOG) to be added to S&P 500 on March 31, Palm (PALM) reported better than expected earning and issued upside guidance. There is possible M&A activity, Lucent (LU) and Alcatel (ALA) have confirmed that they are in discussion to merge.

Upgrades This Morning:
(DLX)
(CBAN)
(SYY)

Downgrades This Morning:
(BVF)
(YRCW)
(PNFP)

Most Active Stocks:
(LU), (CEPH), (GOOG), (SPY), (GNBT), (SIRI), (IDIX), (NT), (TWTC), (ALA)

Stocks are Up:
(MZT), (INTZ), (WGRD), (LU), (HIV), (GOOG), (PALM), (NT), (GNBT)

Stocks are Down:
(AGEN), (IDIX), (CEPH), (SPEX), (ENCY), (SHR), (ASTM), (CHKP)

Tech Leaders of Tomorrow

Do you wan to know who might be the leaders for tomorrow's tech companies. Business Week has compiled a list of the companies to be watched in 2006.
This wil give you an idea of what areas of tech stocks you may want to be focused on.
If you want to pick the next Microsoft (MSFT) or Google (GOOG), this list is the one to read.
The BusinessWeek article.

Enjoy!

Thursday's Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading lower at 2:10pm EST. The stock market had a see-saw battle all day long. It opened lower after the Adobe (ADBE) earning report last night. Then it recovered to gain, but after the housing start number came out this morning, it went south again. It was yo-yoing without decisive movement in either direction. Volume has slowed a bit today. Althought the market recovered yesterday, but it was at a slower trading pace than normal or the previous day. I believe the market still has legs to the upside. Until then happy trading.

Today's Stock Movers at 2:10 pm EST
Volume Momemtum Compared to normal days:
(Stock), (price), (+/-), (volume compared to normal)

Stocks Up:
(CMED) 27.78 +1.23 +721
(JBL) 42.26 +4.02 +694
(UIC) 56.83 +0.64 +457
(SCSS) 39.11 +2.43 +304
(IVAC) 25.30 +2.26 +269

Stocks Down:
(YRCW) 38.70 -6.59 +1,575
(LEV) 20.13 -1.78 +1,272
(IMGC) 25.74 -3.78 +1,151
(SCHL) 26.07 -3.35 +862
(ESIO) 22.15 -2.23 +573

Interesting Stock Tips

I found this Stocks Tips video is quite amusing.

Thursday's Pre-market

The market looks like it will open lower today. The Department of Labor released the Initial Claims at 8:30 AM EST this morning, it checked in at 302K, down from the prior week's upwardly revised 313K vs. the expected a reading of 305K. (ADBE) announced disappointed earning this morning. This stock may have some influence on the tech heavy Nasdaq market. One nice thing I saw yesterday was the market was able to shrug off the Microsoft (MSFT) delay of the OS news, and it came back strong at the close. The market is ready to be taken off again until something very bad to come out, I would expect more upsides to come.

Upgrades This Morning:
(MDR)
(MS)
(PFGC)

Downgrades This Morning:
(JNY)
(RGS)

Most Active Stocks:
(GNBT), (LVLT), (QQQQ), (GIGM), (YHOO), (SIRI), (ICBC), (GNTA), (AAPL), (NVAX)

Stocks are Up:
(GIGM), (XRTX), (GNBT), (LVLT), (SVI), (JBL), (KOP)

Stocks are Down:
(APT), (SCHL), (YRCW), (MOVI), (HEB), (ADBE), (BWNG), (NVAX)

Wednesday's Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading higher at 2:20pm EST. It was down at the open for the tech heavy Nasdaq market after the delay announcement of the Windows Operating System by Microsoft (MSFT). Then Nasdaq shrugged off the bad news and went higher in the afternoon. With the price of oil dropping, I believe this market has more legs to the upside if price of oil is remain to be lower than $60 per barrel. (NOIZ) has been featured for the past few sessions, this is the leader in the making. Put it on your stocks to be watched list.

Today's Stock Movers at 2:20 pm EST
Volume Momemtum Compared to normal days:
(Stock), (price), (+/-), (volume compared to normal)

Stocks Up:
(ANGO) 28.32 +1.82 +647
(RDY) 32.90 +2.30 +289
(NOIZ) 22.01 +1.39 +268
(UIC) 56.18 +0.89 +177
(OVTI) 29.10 +2.39 +142

Stocks Down:
(ORH) 20.93 -2.13 +2,774
(RGS) 33.50 -3.92 +1,057
(CEPH) 69.22 -2.64 +760
(MYGN) 25.82 -1.43 +743
(ACV) 44.51 -1.44 +242

Wednesday's Pre-Market

The market looks like it will open mixe today. The tech heavy Nasdaq market is looking lower this morning after Microsoft (MSFT) announced the delaying the introduction of its new Windows Vista operating system to masses. The good news for the market is the price of oil is dropping again this morning. This is an upgrade on one of the big cap drug stocks (BMY) amid the delay of a competing generic therapy.

Upgrades This Morning:
(MSCC)
(BMY)
(LCC)
(UAUA)

Downgrades This Morning:
(GPRO)
(NNDS)
(DCX)

Most Active Stocks:
(MSFT), (BMY), (NABI), (QQQQ), (AAPL), (GNBT), (ELN), (MS), (AMAT), (INTC)

Stocks are Up:
(BMY), (NABI), (SNY), (ANGO), (SVI), (CTIC), (DVW)

Stocks are Down:
(SIGM), (TELK), (ELN), (INSM), (SNH), (NVDA), (JNPR), (MSFT)

Tuesday's Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading higher at 2:10pm EST. It has been a see-saw battle between the bear and bull all day long. February PPI fell by a larger-than-expected 1.4%. It was forecasted to have a 0.2% decline. It was the biggest drop in wholesale PPI in almost three years. However, core PPI (excludes food and energy), rose 0.3% worse than the estimate of 0.1%. Stocks fell initially at the open, but it recovered and push the break-even point. I believe the market is waiting for any kind of good news to march higher.

Today's Stock Movers at 2:10 pm EST
Volume Momemtum Compared to normal days:
(Stock), (price), (+/-), (volume compared to normal)

Stocks Up:
(NOIZ) 22.50 +1.40 +586
(BOT) 132.00 +9.05 +352
(KEX) 65.03 +2.29 +331
(ROP) 45.08 +0.73 +327
(LFC) 49.99 +2.99 +296

Stocks Down:
(KZL) 78.31 -1.12 +1,869
(FDG) 37.79 -2.60 +433
(PRGS) 29.12 -1.10 +417
(GLBC) 23.08 -1.18 +353
(BMET) 36.00 -0.93 +348

Tuesday's Pre-market

The market looks like it will open lower today. Fed Chairman Bernanke's speech to the Economic Club of New York last night is the main talk on the street this morning. The rate hike next week fear still remains on traders' minds. Before the speech, there had been some false hope that he would take the second rate increase off the table, but he failed mention a bit on the meeting as being off the table. On a related issue, February PPI report is coming out at 8:30 ET. This will indication of inflationary pressure. Since I will busy the whole morning, so I can't really wait until the PPI number to come out.

Upgrades This Morning:
(MHS)
(RGR)
(HET)

Downgrades This Morning:
(CNH)
(MIK)
(CMVT)

Most Active Stocks:
(NVAX), (MSPD), (ORCL), (GNBT), (RMBS), (SIRI), (QQQQ), (SPY), (SHFL), (VOD)

Stocks are Up:
(MSPD), (NYNY), (HWAY), (SHFL), (TYL), (DRIV), (CBMX), (NTMD)

Stocks are Down:
(MOVI), (INTZ), (CNTF), (VASO), (NVAX), (VWPT), (ORCL)

Monday's Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading relatively flat at 2:10 pm EST. Not much fluctuation is going on thru the day. Most of the traders are waiting for Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's talk this evening at the Economic Club of New York. Volume has been slowed as compared to any other trading days.

Today's Stock Movers at 2:10 pm EST
Volume Momemtum Compared to normal days:
(Stock), (price), (+/-), (volume compared to normal)

Stocks Up:
(NOIZ) 20.50 +2.39 +1,507
(ABAX) 24.64 +1.87 +711
(RTI) 50.72 +3.02 +328
(VIMC) 18.69 +0.69 +263
TWGP) 23.65 +1.73 +213

Stocks Down:
(CMVT) 23.13 -1.16 +554
(KNDL) 30.45 -3.37 +345
(TEK) 35.12 -1.58 +232
(SSP) 44.65 -1.25 +207
(NZT) 26.99 -0.52 +197

Monday's Pre-market

The market looks like it will open slightly flat to little higher today. There is no major US economic news announcement this morning. (GM) and UAW are closed to early retirement deal. (WMT) is expanding into China, (DELL) plans to double staffs in India. (MIK) for sale?

Upgrades This Morning:
(ABTL)
(LTBG)
(NSTK)

Downgrades This Morning:
(CPWM)
(OATS)
(LGND)

Most Active Stocks:
(LU), (SIRI), (VPHM), (QQQQ), (TGEN), (GNBT), (RMBS), (ERICY), (SPY), (NOK)

Stocks are Up:
(EONC), (PRGX), (MIK), (TGEN), (HEB), (SCLN), (BCON), (DVW)

Stocks are Down:
(LU), (AGT), (LAMR), (NYX), (MNST), (AVNX), (GLD)

Weekend Review

The stock market closed the week higher on all three exchanges. The only down stocks for the week are the small cap semi stocks, such as (KLIC), (SMSC), (BTUI). Even the big gorilla (GOOG) did not even make the gain list, it was still down about $5 for the week. The gains are mostly from the industrial sector, such as the steel companies (NUE), (X).

From Yahoo news, here is the stocks items to be worth watched in the coming week:

Conference/Events Calendar for the week of March 20th-24th: : Events of interest for the week of March 20th-24th include:
Monday: LRCX Analyst/Investor Meeting; XTEX Guidance/Annual Analyst Meeting; CVC Bondholder Conf Call; AVAN at Terrapinn WorldVaccine Congress 2006; JPMorgan Gaming, Lodging & Restaurants Conf; NBL, RIG, EOG, BBG at Howard Weil 34th Annual Energy Conf; RAS, AGO, PHLY at Piper Jaffray Financial Services Conf; Fed: Minehan speaks on economy to realtors locally; Yellen speaks at Community Reinvestment Conf; Bernanke speaks to Economic Club of New York ...
Tuesday: ALO Analyst Meeting; GAS at Boston Analyst Luncheon; HMA Analyst Day; ISPH Analyst Meeting; LXP Analyst Day; RTIX Analyst Meeting; CD Investor Day; DNDN, DDD, TGEN, ICOS at WBBA's Invest Northwest 2006; First Albany Capital Small-Cap Orthopedics Conf; MGI, ACF, STFC at Piper Jaffray Financial Services Conf; NBR, ANR, HELX, ESV at Howard Weil 34th Annual Energy Conf; PENN, RARE at JPMorgan Gaming, Lodging & Restaurants Conf; PTRY, SKS, PLCE, JNY at Merrill Lynch 2006 Retailing Leaders Conf; S, ADSK, HUBG at CFO's 13th Annual CFO Rising Conf & Expo ...
Wednesday: GAS at New York Analyst Breakfest; ZMH Analyst Meeting; AMAT 2006 annual meeting of stockholders; AFCO at USDC 8th Annual DisplaySearch US FPD Conf; AT at Stifel, Nicolaus & Company Inc. at Telecom '06; GOL, TX, VTO, EOC at Citigroup 14th Annual Latin America Conf; SONC, APPB, RI, EAT at JPMorgan Gaming, Lodging & Restaurants Conf; SPLS, COLM, LOW, WMT at Merrill Lynch 2006 Retailing Leaders Conf; THX, XEC, BRS at Howard Weil 34th Annual Energy Conf ...
Thursday: BMET Analyst Meeting; DNR Spring Analyst Meeting; NVDA Analyst Day; SYK Analyst Meeting; UBET Analyst Day; AMX, BMRN, DVAX, NBIX at Citigroup 14th Annual Latin America Conf; GSX, CXG at Howard Weil 34th Annual Energy Conf; GSX, NR, CXG at Howard Weil 34th Annual Energy Conf; ZGEN, FVRL, NBIX, NUVO at Bear Biotech West Coast Confab ...
Friday: DNR Spring Analyst Field Trip.

Friday's Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading higher at 2:30 pm EST. It was opened flat, but it fluctuates all day long. Most of the strength were coming from the big cap industrial sectors. The semi related stocks are mostly down, noticebly (SMSC). It was a semi leader not too long ago. It is below the 50-days line now. (NCTY) is a Chinese online gaming stock, it went up after it forecast higher 2006 earning.

Today's Stock Movers at 2:30 pm EST
Volume Momemtum Compared to normal days:
(Stock), (price), (+/-), (volume compared to normal)

Stocks Up:
(NCTY) 24.77 +1.58 +350
(UIC) 55.66 +1.66 +246
(RTI) 47.59 +2.95 +234
(LECO) 52.94 +0.98 +202
(CHE) 58.26 +1.52 +201

Stocks Down:
(WGO) 28.95 -3.06 +1,065
(MEG) 47.46 -1.69 +407
(SMSC) 26.03 -1.86 +396
(VIMC) 17.90 -1.37 +389
(MRGE) 16.04 -1.93 +387
(JCOM) 43.85 -3.87 +335

Friday's Pre-Market

The market looks like it will open slightly flat to little lower today. There is no major US economic news announcement this morning except a few minor ones, such as Industrial Production (expected at 0.8%) and Capacity Utilization (expected at 81.4%) are both due out at 9:15 ET. Today also marks the last day for option expiration for the month of March, as well as triple witching (option expiring for three months). Trading for today can be violatile.

Upgrades This Morning:
(SCHW)
(PLB)
(RTEC)

Downgrades This Morning:
(VCBI)
(CHC)
(GYMB)

Most Active Stocks:
(BRCD), (AVNX), (SIRI), (AINV), (FNSR), (RMBS), (NVAX), (QQQQ), (SPY), (VOD)

Stocks are Up:
(EONC), (PRGX), (BRCD), (RMBS), (CBRL), (BIDU), (GTE), (CHNR)

Stocks are Down:
(ABXA), (SFLK), (MRGE), (UTSI), (NFLD), (GM), (FNSR)

Thursday's Stocks to Watch

The Nasdaq market is trading lower at 3:10 pm EST. It was opened higher, but it went south in the afternoon. Most of the semi related stocks are trading lower, they are mostly caused by the weakness of the capital equipment companies, such as (KLIC) and (BTUI). The stocks from the NYSE and DOW are trading higher. It is the tale of semi vs. others. The only exception is (VIMC), the Chinese fabless semi company is acting very strong for the pas t few sessions.

Today's Stock Movers at 3:10 pm EST
Volume Momemtum Compared to normal days:
(Stock), (price), (+/-), (volume compared to normal)

Stocks Up:
(VIMC) 19.12 +2.79 +1,548
(TNL) 23.46 +0.60 +377
(MSM) 49.75 +2.42 +230
(RTI) 44.65 +1.03 +180
(NNDS) 52.16 +2.65 +177

Stocks Down:
(WGO) 28.95 -3.06 +1,065
(IIIN) 43.40 -4.58 +662
(ELMG) 17.50 -1.15 +613
(CKEC) 23.00 -0.64 +437
(WIRE) 31.62 -4.88 +410

Thursday's Stocks to Watch

The market looks like it will open slightly higher today after the jobless claims and CPI numbers. Top headline news: U.S. initial jobless claims rise to 309,000, most this year, U.S. Feb. CPI up 0.1%; core CPI up 0.1%, ALTRIA (MO) UPS PROFIT OUTLOOK; TO REVERSE $1B TAX RESERVES.

Upgrades This Morning:
(LRCX)
(AXCA)
(TIF)

Downgrades This Morning:
(NVLS)
(FEIC)
(CNSL)

Most Active Stocks:
(AVNX), (NVAX), (MOVI), (QCOM), (BMRN), (SPY), (CIEN), (EGHT), (JDSU), (BSC)

Stocks are Up:
(PLB), (BMRN), (LOUD), (SLXA), (EGHT), (MOVI), (NGEN), (CYBX)

Stocks are Down:
(FARO), (PRZ), (MRVC), (SMRT), (CEPH), (CTDC), (HOTT), (TRLG)

Wednesday's Stocks to Watch

The market is trading higher at 2:10 pm EST. It had some see-saw battle this morning, but it finally decided to go up in the afternoon. The market internal looks better than last week and previous weeks. The DOW and S&P indexes are making multi-year highs yesterday. The only non-confirmation is the Nasdaq market. That is where most the tech stocks are trading. Hopefully Nasdaq market is catching up with rest of the market soon.

Today's Stock Movers at 2:10 pm EST
Volume Momemtum Compared to normal days:
(Stock), (price), (+/-), (volume compared to normal)

Stocks Up:
(VIMC) 16.19 +2.22 +597
(KEX) 63.52 +3.02 +298
(NEU) 40.93 +2.43 +272
(DXPE) 28.74 +0.54 +190
(VMC) 85.00 +5.59 +182

Stocks Down:
(FIC) 37.70 -1.67 +829
(JTX) 29.67 -0.70 +826
(HRB) 20.81 -1.19 +751
(UVV) 36.32 -3.18 +500
(CTRN) 40.22 -1.51 +418

Wednesday's Pre-Market

The market looks like it will open slightly higher today from yesterday's up momentum as well as from the up European markets. Added to the bull's arsenal, it is the better than expected earning from Lehman (LEH).

Upgrades This Morning:
(PETC)
(AZR)
(NMTI)

Downgrades This Morning:
(HGSI)
(VRNT)
(WIT)

Most Active Stocks:
(QQQQ), (SHLD), (AVNX), (SPY), (SNDK), (GNBT), (DD), (FNSR), (BP), (MSFT)

Stocks are Up:
(OPTV), (SHLD), (MOVI), (AVAN), (GNBT), (PMCS), (SNDK), (ESLR)

Stocks are Down:
(PALM), (OLGC), (SNDA), (VOD), (TOPT), (LLTC), (GSS), (TS)

Tuesday's Stocks to Watch

The market is trading higher at 2:10 pm EST. It reversed from the low of the day and went higher in the afternoon. Volume has picked up more than yesterday's volume. The market initially went down because of the weak retail sale. But after the interpretation of the data, traders think the fear of the inflation has slowed because of the weakness in retail sale. On top of it, (GS) reported better than expected earning.
As expected (ADAM) went down big today after earning. It is very unsafe to buy lately before the earning announcement.

Today's Stock Movers at 2:10 pm EST
Volume Momemtum Compared to normal days:
(Stock), (price), (+/-), (volume compared to normal)

Stocks Up:
(VTIV) 30.96 +1.83 +531
(DXPE) 27.88 +3.22 +362
(NEU) 38.45 +0.74 +155
(BLK) 137.08 +2.83 +89
(RATE) 39.75 +1.98 +79

Stocks Down:
(CMVT) 24.91 -4.24 +2,227
(LVS) 50.20 -1.05 +1,308
(MATR) 35.84 -1.29 +1,294
(MNI) 50.76 -0.79 +1,131
(COF) 82.17 -0.93 +318

Tuesday's Pre-Market

The market looks like it will open slightly lower today. The February Retail Sales report released this morning declined more than the expected 1.3% last month, versus the 0.9% decline that analysts had expected. Excluding autos, retail sales fell 0.4% in February vs. expected of 0.5% decline.

Upgrades This Morning:
(NBP)
(AZR)
(CHS)

Downgrades This Morning:
(THO)
(KRI)
(AMD)

Most Active Stocks:
(AVNX), (QQQQ), (LVS), (NVAX), (HGSI), (GS), (SPY), (FNSR), (IWM), (SONS)

Stocks are Up:
(AVNX), (VLRX), (LOUD), (HAWK), (MRX), (FNSR), (ANGO)

Stocks are Down:
(ADAM), (BRCD), (HGSI), (EMRG), (CMVT), (SONS), (LVS), (CDE), (NYX), (PG)

Monday's Stocks to Watch

The market is trading higher at 2:30 pm EST. It is off the highs from this morning. Most of the actions came from a lot of M&A (Merge and Acquisitions) announced this morning. (MNI) is buying (KRI), and (WPI) is buying (ADRX). There were quite a few upgrades this morning to boost stocks, but the volume is a lot lower than normal. This is not what traders wanted to for a up market like today.
(ADAM) is big mover today. It will announce earning tomorrow morning. It can a big mover, up or down.

Today's Stock Movers at 2:30 pm EST
Volume Momemtum Compared to normal days:
(Stock), (price), (+/-), (volume compared to normal)

Stocks Up:
(THO) 53.41 +0.76 +430
(RACK) 44.52 +3.10 +216
(VTS) 44.42 +0.96 +154
(CWTR) 26.47 +0.54 +151
(ITG) 51.13 +1.63 +141

Stocks Down:
(MNI) 51.38 -1.86 +2,047
(COF) 83.34 -6.58 +973
(ECLG) 18.17 -1.79 +515
(ATAC) 20.66 -1.34 +395
(WPI) 28.75 -0.80 +384

Monday's Pre-market

The market looks like it will open slightly higher today. There were quite a few tech stock upgrades this morning, such as (AAPL) by Citigroup and (CTXS) by JP Morgan, are the force behind the up momentum this morning.

Upgrades This Morning:
(GE)
(JNJ)
(TOC)
(NUE)
(AAPL)
(CTXS)

Downgrades This Morning:
(MOT)
(EXFO)
(SHRP)

Most Active Stocks:
(FNSR), (QQQQ), (AAPL), (ADRX), (NFB), (EMRG), (MDCO), (GLD), (AMD), (TOPT)

Stocks are Up:
(EMRG), (CTIB), (TOPT), (NFB), (ADRX), (FNSR), (MDCO)

Stocks are Down:
(VSGN), (BWNG), (AMD), (GNTA), (EBAY), (SNDK), (DROOY), (BOSC)

What is Ahead for Next Week?

The stock market closed higher on Friday, but all exchanges closed lower for the week. We saw the big swing days for the market. I expect more of the swings again in the coming week. Next week will the option expiration day on Friday. I would not expect the market to break out of the trading range any time soon.

Here is the what we should be watching next week, quoted from Yahoo News:

Conference/Events Calendar for the week of March 13th - 17th: : Events of interest for the week of March 13th - 17th include: Monday: BBBB Financial Guidance Conf Call; NMTI Conf Call; BOO, CSTR, TPX at Merriman Curhan Ford, & Co. Consumer One-on-One Round Robin; CIEN, COGN, CTXS, BOBJ at Deutsche Bank Securities Tech Conf; CVG, URI, FCN, COCO, HURN at Credit Suisse Global Services Growth Conf; CWTR at Stifel, Nicolaus & Company Consumer Conf; JUPM, VRSN, LGBT, JCOM at JPMorgan Internet Conf; Fed: Yellen speaks at conf ... Tuesday: MT Investor Day; NTAP Analyst Day; HRS Analyst Meeting; ADP Analyst Meeting; ANH, FMSB, DRL, LEND at Cohen Brothers & Co. Second Annual Investors Conf; APC, NBR, MVK at A.G. Edwards Energy Conf; CNQR, JBLU, RTSX, PLAY at Citigroup 2006 Small & Mid-Cap Conf; CNVR, INCX, VCLK, NCTY at JPMorgan Internet Conf; DMND, EAT, JWN, PNRA at Banc of America Securities 2006 Consumer Conf; LOJN, FRGO, LLL, OSIS at NYSSA 3rd Annual Homeland Security Conf ... Wednesday: RTEC Q106 Guidance Announcement; FNSR Analyst Meeting; BRCD Analyst Meeting; HRS Analyst Meeting; SLE Fixed-Income Analysts Meeting; MT Investor Day; BBBB, MSCC, JCOM, TNQT at The 3rd Annual Montgomery Technology Conf; BUCA, OPTV, EXAR, CTEC at B. Riley & Company Las Vegas Annual Investor Conf; FE, TXU, PEG, PCG at Morgan Stanley Global Electricity & Energy Conf; ORBK, PLNR, PHTN, WEDC USDC/Needham & Co. 2006 Display Industry Investment Conf; Fed: Fed's Beige Book; Guynn speaks on the economy in Atlanta; Yellen speaks via satellite to Australian economists ... Thursday: FST Analyst Meeting; CAG Analyst & Investor Meeting; CAMD Guidance Announcement; DOW Analyst Meeting; B. Riley & Company Las Vegas Annual Investor Conf; Banc of America Securities 2006 Consumer Conf; ECLP, BRCD, VRTX, Citigroup 2006 Small & Mid-Cap Conf.

Friday's Stocks to Watch

The market is trading higher at 3:30 pm EST. The market has swung up and down all day long. Hopefully it will close higher than yesterday. Volume is on paced to be lower than yesterday and normal. Energy and tech stocks are under pressure lately. Caution is still the word to be employed

Today's Stock Movers at 3:30 pm EST
Volume Momemtum Compared to normal days:
(Stock), (price), (+/-), (volume compared to normal)

Stocks Up:
(RACK) 41.66 +0.99 +176
(HANS) 103.11 +4.86 +173
(HIBB) 33.15 +1.54 +170
(ISE) 48.32 +1.17 +158
(SGMS) 33.02 +1.58 +151

Stocks Down:
(RTSX) 22.92 -2.78 +1,215
(TEX) 69.90 -4.69 +511
(LM) 125.05 -0.81 +484
(DWA) 25.52 -1.34 +438
(BGFV) 19.01 -1.22 +417

Friday's Stocks to Watch

The market looks like it will open slightly higher today. At 8:30AM EST, the government announced Non-farm payrolls rose a more than expected 243K. Economists had expected a 210K rise. Hourly earnings increased 0.3% met economists' forecast. The unemployment rate came in at a slightly more than expected 4.8% vs. consensus 4.7%. The report shows job growth is steadly. Until stocks are trading out of range, I would be hold off buying for now.

Upgrades This Morning:
(MIDD)
(GMRK)
(BIIB)

Downgrades This Morning:
(CVP)
(ORCH)
(IMAX)

Most Active Stocks:
(QQQQ), (SPY), (AVNX), (NVAX), (NT), (GLD), (ALTI), (LM), (HXL), (IWM)

Stocks are Up:
(TRMS), (AVNX), (AOB), (UDRL), (FTEK), (FTEK), (ALTI), (OSSI)

Stocks are Down:
(ADTN), (LM), (RMBS), (GLD), (RACK), (NT), (JBLU), (CATG)

Thursday Stocks to Watch

The market is trading lower at 2:30 pm EST. Unlike yesterday, the market opened higher, but it then went south in the afternoon. It is not what we wanted to see for any bull trader. Thanks to the chip maker, National Semi (NSM), it forecasted lower sale for the coming quater, it took most of the chips with it. Caution should be employed right now.

Today's Stock Movers at 2:30 pm EST
Volume Momemtum Compared to normal days:
(Stock), (price), (+/-), (volume compared to normal)

Stocks Up:
(CWTR) 25.51 +3.80 +510
(HANS) 106.90 +6.41 +366
(HSC) 80.37 +0.84 +206
(VTIV) 29.35 +1.13 +199
(DAKT) 36.90 +1.17 +186

Stocks Down:
(NAT) 28.35 -0.60 +733
(WTR) 28.09 -1.22 +632
(MIDD) 86.10 -7.75 +571
(MATR) 39.19 -4.10 +566
(PARL) 29.30 -4.30 +539

Thursday's Stocks to Watch

The market looks like it will open lower today. Today's major event is OPEC meeting could weight on the stocks. The market is continuing with yesterday's weakness. The wild big swing is still with the market in the recent trading days.

Upgrades This Morning:
(BIIB)
(EXP)
(PDFS)

Downgrades This Morning:
(ADEX)
(CLHB)
(RIV)

Most Active Stocks:
(SUNW), (ELN), (QQQQ), (SPY), (SIRI), (IMAX), (NYX), (GOOG), (SFCC), (RHEO)

Stocks are Up:
(NYC), (HANS), (SFCC), (GOOG), (NYX), (CWTR), (EOG), (KSU)

Stocks are Down:
(VRTX), (WIND), (MIDD), (OSTE), (TALX), (URBN), (OATS), (ABS), (TS)

Wednesday's Stocks to Watch

The market is trading higher at 2:30 pm EST. It has recovered and more from the opening bell's weakness. It was down as low as 20 points on the Nasdaq. If the market can stay above the positie line from here until the close, it would be very positive for the market. Probably the biggest contributor for today's reversal is the price of oil dropped below $60 again today. $60 is mental number for the traders.

Today's Stock Movers at 2:30 pm EST
Volume Momemtum Compared to normal days:
(Stock), (price), (+/-), (volume compared to normal)

Stocks Up:
(NEU) 35.75 +0.53 +132
(DBRN) 42.93 +1.31 +124
(QCOM) 49.35 +1.49 +103
(DRIV) 40.02 +1.53 +101
(CHE) 54.60 +0.88 +69

Stocks Down:
(WTW) 50.29 -1.24 +1,088
(TECD) 36.52 -4.45 +889
(RCNI) 24.91 -0.59 +763
(COO) 50.32 -2.45 +734
(CRDN) 53.36 -4.11 +578

Patent Play - Big Mover

Today's cheap stock big mover is (TSYS), it is $2.50, up 16%. See press release:

U.S. Patent No. 7,003,571 acknowledges TCS' originality in optimizing communications over non-IP networks to save bandwidth by using a connectionless send and receive mechanism. This invention eliminates the high bandwidth requirements inherently associated with HTTP communications for wireless connection to the Internet, enabling more users to have fast access to the Web. Additional performance enhancements are achieved from the connectionless environment through the use of message segmentation and reassembly, message retries, and message acknowledgements.

Wednesday's Pre-Market

The market looks like it will open lower today. Today's major event is OPEC meeting could weight on the stocks. The market is continuing with yesterday's weakness. The wild big swing is still with the market in the recent trading days.

Upgrades This Morning:
(STFC)
(CNO)
(ALD)

Downgrades This Morning:
(BLS)
(TSA)
(FCH)

Most Active Stocks:
(AMCC), (SPY), (QQQQ), (GOOG), (GNBT), (CPHD), (DYN), (MATK), (LU), (EAG)

Stocks are Up:
(GMTN), (MATK), (AMCC), (GNBT), (FLIR), (URBN), (ISON), (GWR)

Stocks are Down:
(GOOG), (TECD), (FMCN), (NBIX), (BOBJ), (EAG), (NT), (INFA), (CPHD)

Tuesday's Stocks To Watch

The market is trading lower at 2:00 pm EST. It has never recovered since the opening bell. The only good news is the volume is lower than yesterday and lower than other normal trading days. Most of the tech stocks are down because of the (TXN) pre-announced lowering earning estimates for the coming quarter.

Today's Stock Movers at 2:00 pm EST
Volume Momemtum Compared to normal days:
(Stock), (price), (+/-), (volume compared to normal)

Stocks Up:
(VTIV) 28.20 +1.07 +577
(ATHR) 23.74 +0.89 +461
(QCOM) 48.03 +0.79 +129
(KEYS) 45.75 +0.94 +110
(THO) 50.88 +1.48 +39

Stocks Down:
(MYOG) 35.27 -6.04 +666
(DKS) 37.77 -0.85 +566
(FXE) 118.93 -1.33 +505
(HGT) 30.21 -1.03 +411
(LIFC) 21.89 -2.04 +400

Tuesday's Pre-Market

The market looks like it will open lower today. (TXN) pre-announced earning lower than expected. It will take the SEMIs down today.

Upgrades This Morning:
(DOX)
(INTC)
(SY)

Downgrades This Morning:
(IVIL)
(WITS)
(LFB)

Most Active Stocks:
(SIRI), (GNTA), (QQQQ), (BEAS), (NHWK), (CMGI), (ATHR), (CBST), (ENDP), (IVIL)

Stocks are Up:
(GEMS), (NHWK), (ATHR), (CBST), (AVNX), (LIFC), (RNWK)

Stocks are Down:
(MYOG), (OVEN), (GNTA), (PSTI), (FCEL), (AAUK), (VTSS), (KOMG), (BRCM)

Monday's Stocks To Watch

The market is trading lower at 2:00 pm EST. It was trading up in the morning and a sharp down turn around 1:30pm EST following the decline of the US treassury. The word "inflation" is in the minds of the traders. Invest with caution.

Today's Stock Movers at 2:00 pm EST
Volume Momemtum Compared to normal days:
(Stock), (price), (+/-), (volume compared to normal)

Stocks Up:
(NCTY) 22.02 +0.76 +337
(LIFC) 23.42 +1.10 +225
(DW) 36.65 +1.54 +210
(NEWP) 19.81 +0.55 +198
(DOX) 35.14 +1.62 +184

Stocks Down:
(RBAK) 18.48 -3.27 +760
(SNHY) 22.65 -2.55 +715
(BAY) 38.67 -2.05 +689
(OPEN) 26.36 -3.01 +474
(PWI) 27.39 -1.26 +426

Monday's Pre-Market

The market looks like it will open higher today. There is no major economic news from the government today. The price of oil has eased a bit this morning, it is just over $63 per barrel. (RIMM) is the star of the day. It settled with NTL last Friday. The patent infringement hurtle has been cleared for the Blackberry service provider. A big plus for (RIMM) to settle.

Upgrades This Morning:
(ALD)
(ONTA)
(FNSR)

Downgrades This Morning:
(INTC)
(MTLM)
(MDR)

Most Active Stocks:
(RIMM), (INTC), (QQQQ), (MRVC), (FNSR), (IVAX), (IVAN), (JDSU), (IVIL), (SIRI)

Stocks are Up:
(MRVC), (EDMC), (RIMM), (FTGX), (FNSR), (IVAN), (IFLO), (OSCI), (OPCI)

Stocks are Down:
(PALM), (LEXR), (INSM), (TLAB), (OPEN), (CPWR)

What is Ahead for Next Week?

The stock market closed lower on Friday, but all exchanges closed higher for the week. We saw the yo-yo effect from Google (GOOG), the $60 swing from the lowest to the highest. The news of Intel (INTC) did not dampered the enthusium of the market. If we can break out of the trading ranges, it would be good for the market. Today, we saw the cheap stocks of the former telecom and fiber optics leaders are back into new higher now. This maybe the end of the droughts for these companies. (FNSR) provided the firing bullets for them. We will see what happen to the other companies.

Here is the what we should be watching next week, quoted from Yahoo News:

Earnings Preview for the week of March 6th-10th: : Companies reporting earnings the week of March 6th-10th include: Monday: AKR, ELS, NXL, PNP at Citigroup 2006 REIT CEO Conf; ARW, AMD, NVLS, VRTX at Morgan Stanley Semiconductor & Systems Conf; BEC, ENCY, MLNM, POZN at Cowen & Co. 26th Annual Health Care Conf; BJS, CHKP, BTU, ZBRA at Raymond James 27th Annual Institutional Investors Conf; CNA, STA, SAFC at The Annual AIFA Conf; LSTR Q1 Mid-Quarter Update; TXN Q1 Mid-Quarter update; UTX at Citigroup 19th Annual Global Industrial Manufacturing Conf ... Tuesday: CELG, VCLK, ECLP, WSSI at JMP Securities LLC Fifth Annual Research Conf; HEW Investor Day; KOMG Analyst Day; Morgan Stanley Semiconductor & Systems Conf; MSSR, JBX, RI, AMZN at Bear, Stearns & Co. 12th Annual Retail, Restaurants & Consumer Conf; PRE, LNC, NAVG at The Annual AIFA Conf; S Investment Community Meeting; SNHY Investror Open House; TAP New York Analyst Meeting; VMC, RMIX, WLT at Davenport & Company Construction Materials & Basic Industry Conf; Fed: Moskow speaks at U of C business school ... Wednesday: EAT February Sales; HGSI, AGEN, PRAI, KOSP at Lehman Brothers Ninth Annual Global Healthcare Conf; RG, RATE, MVA at Thomas Weisel Partners Internet & Telecom Conf 2006; Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P. West Coast Financial Services Conf; Fed: Poole speaks to economic development group ... Thursday: ARP, GET, PGIC, WEBX at CIBC 'Best Ideas' Small & Mid Cap 1-on-1 Conf; CLFC, PFBC, NOVB, MDST at Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P. West Coast Financial Services Conf; IM Analyst Meeting; IT Investor Day; PXD Analyst Conf; Fed: Geithner speaks on global economies & trade ... Friday: Bear, Stearns & Co. 12th Annual Retail, Restaurants & Consumer Conf; COLY, CVTX, LMNX, AMGN at Lehman Brothers Ninth Annual Global Healthcare Conf; JMP Securities LLC Fifth Annual Research Conf; Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P. West Coast Financial Services Conf.

Friday Stocks To Watch

The market is trading higher at 2:40 pm EST. No major news from the government front. Intel (INTC) was the biggest dragger on the Nasdaq market this morning, but Nasdaq has recovered all the loses from this morning. Many traders just ignore the big cap name like (INTC) as it has done in the past. The underlining strength of the market is there. If Nasdaq can break the recent highs, it would be bullish.

Today's Stock Movers at 2:40 pm EST
Volume Momemtum Compared to normal days:
(Stock), (price), (+/-), (volume compared to normal)

Stocks Up:
(PAY) 29.50 +2.30 +468
(TTM) 20.95 +0.97 +234
(SNHY) 25.30 +1.61 +181
(NEU) 38.41 +2.67 +180
WEBX) 31.10 +1.53 +176

Stocks Down:
(ADZA) 19.10 -2.60 +1,518
(SFCC) 18.78 -3.51 +586
(CKP) 27.54 -1.05 +494
(CBST) 23.08 -1.14 +475
(KYPH) 34.14 -1.66 +461

Cheap Hot and Explosive Stocks To Watch

The following cheap (less than $10) stocks to watch today, most of these stocks are in telecom and filer optics:

(FNSR)
(HOMS)
(AVNX)
(NICH)
(STLW)
(IGTE)
(RNAI)
(NENG)
(EXFO)
(JDSU)
(ASTSF)
(VTSS)
(ININ)
(MNG)
(TTP)

Friday's Pre-market

The market looks like it will open slightly lower today. The weakness is due to the oversea market drops last night. The Nikkei dropped 1.6% overnight, because of the 0.5% rise in Japan's core consumer price index. Fear of more rate hikes by Japan are coming which can cause slow down to the world economy. Also price of oil is rising again this morning.

(BWNG) is the stock mentioned favoriable by Cramer after close yesterday. It is called the Cramer effect stock.

Upgrades This Morning:
(DLM)
(CLS)
(OVTI)

Downgrades This Morning:
(NSTK)
(ANF)
(OTTR)

Most Active Stocks:
(QQQQ), (FNSR), (SFCC), (ROIAK), (NOVL), (JDSU), (GNBT), (GOOG), (BWNG), (CIEN)

Stocks are Up:
(FNSR), (IGTE), (NICH), (CNTF), (SORC), (BWNG), (SMRT), (VSNT), (MRVC)

Stocks are Down:
(ROIAK), (SFCC), (NOVL), (INSM), (NTRI), (SOSA), (KOPN), (QLGC), (AKZOY)

Stock Worth Watching

The following stocks worth watching:

(MEK)
(BUCY)
(ATI)
(CETV)

Thursday Stocks to Watch

The market is trading lower at 1:45 pm EST. But it has recovered from its worst level this monring. Like I have mentioned this morning, I am not surprise to see the market is going down today after yesterday's big run. (GOOG) is also a big mover today after it announced that it will a $100 billion revenue company. The funny part is, its market cap is already over $111 as of now. Another surprise is Cisco (CSCO) the former stock market leader is making 52-week high today.

Today's Stock Movers at 1:45 pm EST
Volume Momemtum Compared to normal days:
(Stock), (price), (+/-), (volume compared to normal)

Stocks Up:
(HITT) 29.02 +1.01 +252
(MDR) 53.65 +2.80 +243
(PVA) 63.44 +0.84 +181
(CIB) 34.05 +0.80 +180
(NTG) 25.93 +1.73 +164

Stocks Down:
(PHH) 25.09 -3.64 +1,684
(ARB) 35.12 -3.76 +1,627
(CHS) 41.10 -6.66 +944
(IRIS) 19.55 -3.55 +865
(ANF) 60.10 -7.15 +691

Cheap Stocks Breakout Alert

The following stocks below $10 are breaking out today:

(MONE)
(ATRM)
(JDSU)
(AMCC)
(GMTC)
(BGO)
(HBX)
(FVE)
(SVI)
(IRN)

Thursday's Pre-market

The market looks like it will open slightly lower today after yesterday's big gain. I would be surprise of the market trading down today because of the recent trading patterns. Major news for the day is: weekly jobless claims rose 15K to 294K vs. estimate of 285K, but it is still below the 300K level for a seventh straight week and an indication of strong labor market conditions. Many traders on eyeing on Google (GOOG) today of the analyst meeting, it disappointed last earning as well as Tuesday's interview with CNBC. So watch out for (GOOG) for big swing today.

The biggest point loser today is (NSTK) after Merck (MRK) terminated its collaboration agreement with the company. Biotech stocks are very risky, much higher percentage of them like (NSTK) failed then succeeding like (AMGN). That is why I do not play them unless I know they have lucretive drugs or technologies.

Upgrades This Morning:
(COGN)
(FCGI)
(SIRI)

Downgrades This Morning:
(BRKS)
(PPC)
(SAFM)

Most Active Stocks:
(QQQQ), (GLDB), (MONE), (OVTI), (CIEN), (NSTK), (SIRI), (GNTA), (IVAX), (CNXT)

Stocks are Up:
(VNST), (MONE), (DXPE), (PETM), (ALTI), (AGIL), (SCMR), (PALM), (ZHNE)

Stocks are Down:
(QNTA), (NSTK), (TERNE), (SHRP), (OVTI), (CNXT), (WMAR), (CATG), (MRGE), (NVAX)

Cheap Stocks on the breakouts

The following under $10 are breaking out to the upside:

(PNS)
(ASTSF)
(BRBI)
(CCUR)
(AMKR)
(FCGI)
(AXTI)
(FNSR)
(GFX)
(TTP)
(MNG)
(CYB)

Wednesday's Stocks to Watch

The market is trading a lot higher at 2:10 pm EST. What a difference made between today and yesterday. The pentulum swings back the same amount of lost as gain today. Google (GOOG) was to be the blame yesterday. There is no major news accounted for the gain today. The market has been in big swings in recent trading sessions. I would not surprise to see another swing down in the coming days.

My cheap stock (PNS) is breaking to the upside again. It was $3.45 last Thursday on my alert. It is now $4.14. Not a bad gain in 4 trading sessions. It had some big swing like the market. If it comes down and holds its support, I will buy more.

Today's Stock Movers at 2:10 pm EST
Volume Momemtum Compared to normal days:
(Stock), (price), (+/-), (volume compared to normal)

Stocks Up:
(SMTS) 26.62 +1.30 +745
(ASEI) 83.42 +7.33 +411
(NEU) 35.89 +1.42 +389
(ATHR) 22.57 +1.99 +349
(THO) 49.68 +2.48 +295

Stocks Down:
(ISYS) 27.33 -0.68 +1,334
(FRGO) 16.91 -2.02 +1,129
(COGT) 18.94 -4.32 +1,108
(PSUN) 21.60 -2.21 +976
(DCI) 32.91 -1.75 +813

Wednesday's Pre-market

The market looks like it will open slightly higher today recovering from yesterday's selloff. Major news for the day are: US Personal Income increase of 0.7% and Spending increase of 0.9%. Americans still spend more than they take in. Both numbers are inline with expectations. The next news are the construction spending and ISM Index release at 10:30am EST. The ISM index can be a big mover for the market.

Upgrades This Morning:
(HSP)
(DY)
(TWGP)

Downgrades This Morning:
(GVHR)
(NUVO)
(OFIX)

Most Active Stocks:
(QQQQ), (SIRI), (GNTA), (INTC), (VPHM), (NVAX), (AMAT), (GOOG), (CTXS), (COGT)

Stocks are Up:
(MNDO), (GNTA), (VPHM), (JRCC), (ADSK), (ADSX), (AEOS), (SCLN), (GNBT), (HGSI)

Stocks are Down:
(SOLD), (TRBM), (FRGO), (COGT), (APSG), (PSUN), (NKTR), (FWLT), (SIRI), (OSIP)