What is ahead next week for stocks

Stock market closed mixed Friday. The tech neavy Nasdaq closed down 22 points, or about 1%, because of the bad forecast by Microsoft (MSFT). Some of the recent leaders saw some big losses for the past few sessions, leaders such as (NWRE), (MSTR), (DRIV), (JOYG). Earning is focal points for the recent sessions. Disappointing earnings will crush the stocks. I would be careful not to buy stocks or hold stocks in front of earning release day.

Earning calender from Yahoo:

Earnings Preview for the week of May 1st-5th: : Companies reporting earnings the week of May 1st-5th include:

Monday: AG, FTD, GVHR, HERO, HUM, NOVN, OTTR, PEG, SYY, TSN, KAR, ALO, AHS, EPAY, CHK, DLLR, EPEX, FSH, FCN, BGC, GW, HVT, INTX, IVAC, NCOG, PKY, PDII, PLAY, PPS, PL, PFG, SRX, TSRA, TXRH, and VTR....

Tuesday: LEND, ASF, AMEX, ACAS, ARJ, ADM, BWNG, CMX, CHTR, CKP, RRD, DUK, ECLP, EFJI, EMR, ETR, EOP, EVVV, FPL, IT, GWR, GPI, GAS, OSK, SRE, SINT, SIRI, SPC, STA, SHOO, TXU, UTHR, VZ, VSH, VTAL, MDRX, NILE, BDN, BEXP, CAPA, CEPH, DWA, DRRX, EXP, EDS, GNSS, GPRO, HOMS, IKAN, IRBT, XPRT, LNC, OKI, OPEN, OSUR, PACR, PDLI, PLT, PWAV, DSS, SPSS, SBUX, STKL, TWTC, WBMD, and WMS....

Wednesday: ATG, AGN, AT, ARTC, BEC, CI, CCU, CCO, CLX, CMS, CTSH, CTB, DVA, EQR, FBN, GMR, LM, NRP, NI, NUS, PKD, PTEN, PGL, Q, SBGI, SKYW, TTI, TDW, TRW, VISG, TFSM, ABX, CBT, CECO, IMOS, FIX, XRAY, ERTS, EXPD, FRT, GSF, GES, JDSU, MSSR, MWY, OIIM, ASGN, QLGC, RTEC, SGMS, SUN, SPSX, TK, TTEC, TTEK, TRLG, WFMI, and WXS...

Thursday: ACW, AEE, AFCO, AACC, AXCA, DRL, COG, CTIC, CVS, DTV, DPII, DJO, EK, ELN, EMKR, GT, HOS, THX, ITWO, INCY, NRGY, IDCC, IP, KMG, KSE, MVL, MDTH, MINI, MGAM, NUCO, OIS, HAWK, PQ, PLA, PMI, RHB, SLXP, STN, STRA, TPC, SUP, TSO, THE, TRGL, RIG, TRXI, TYC, UBLBI, VRX, VPHM, ZGEN, ATVI, AVID, BIO, BKHM, CAMD, CALL, CBOU, CPHD, RDEN, EVC, FOXH, GMST, GIL, HPOL , IBI, LVS, LPSN, NFG, OTEX, PTIE, QSFT, RMD, SFNT, SCUR, USTR, UVN and WYNN...

Friday: ACET, CACH, EP, EOG, FS, GMRK, IINT, JBSS, KCS, LOJN, MHS, MCCC, THQI, TOL, WMG CRK, and POM.

Stocks Breaking Out and Down in A Weak Market

There are still strength in this weak market because of Microsoft (MSFT) bad earning forecast, keep the following stocks on your watch list for potential trades:

Breaking Out:
(LARL)
(ANEN)
(VMSI)
(PFWD)
(PLXS)
(ADVS)
(RSYS)
(HITT)
(NMRX)

Breaking Down:
(ANCC)
(MSFT)
(NAFC)
(MAMA)
(ALLI)
(IRBT)
(PLAY)

Friday's Pre-Market

I still no response from blogger regarding my lost posts. I have a site because of this problem. Anyway, I will re-do my site this weekend.

Here is the breakdown for this morning's pre-market info. The market looks to be opened lower this morning due to the disappointing earning forecast by the big cap well known Microsoft (MSFT), the one used to be the duck that layed the golden egg if you get in early in the game. But the companyis growth is saturated due to its size and market cap. I do believe if the company is getting too big and it will stop growing. (MSFT) is an excellent example of it. On the other hand, company like (GOOG) is not around that long, it has better potential to grow than Microsoft. This stock can be the stock like (MSFT) in the 90's. Pay close attention to its growth, if it starts to have slow growth, watch out.

Upgrades:
(INTC)
(ABI)
(K)

Downgrades:
(BBI)
(EDO)
(AET)

Most Active Stocks
(MSFT), (QQQQ), (SPY), (JDSU), (BIOM), (LU), (NXTP), (CNXT), (OPWV), (GLD)

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My blog provider (Blogger) deleted all my previous blogs. I am still in the process of email the tech support to check if they can recover my previous posts.

This is really annoying me. For all bloggers out there using the blogspot as the provider, if you do not want the same experience as me, please backup your posts or change provider.

Wednesday's Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading slightly higher at 2:00 pm EST. No slow down in capital spending as well as the housing market with record high oil prices. Durable good order in March came in much higher than expected. New home sale in March came in 13% higher than last yesterday. (LIFC) and (WIRE) beat estimates handily this morning. The Dow's gain is contributed to the gain in (GM) & (T).

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

Stocks Up:
(LIFC) 26.78 +3.46 +812
(LUX) 30.18 +0.82 +489
(WIRE) 42.25 +2.17 +454
(HLF) 36.22 +0.99 +351
(LDSH) 35.96 +1.06 +263

Stocks Down:
(ZBRA) 38.72 -4.63 +1,936
(CAKE) 31.94 -3.12 +1,044
(MCO) 62.79 -7.64 +987
(PRAI) 24.07 -1.65 +966
(CHE) 55.31 -5.75 +836

Tags: stocks midday

Wednesday's Stocks to Watch

The market looks like it will open slightly lower today after the durable good number announced this morning. The March durable good order came in at 6.1% much higher than expected of 1.8%. Looks like corporations and consumers still did not feel the pinch of oil price yet. FED maybe still on pace to boost rate in the coming meetings. This is getting very interesting because consumer confidence level was higher than last month announced yesterday even though price of oil is at all time high. It is getting more complex now. But I do feel the effect will come in the coming weeks.
(URAM) is on of the heaviest shorted stock, shorters will get burned today because of the better than expected earning. It beat the estimate by 11 cents. It may go back to the old highs very soon. Shorting in this market is very dangerous. I would not advise shorting right now.

Upgrades This Morning:
(SNV)
(PCL)
(SUNW)

Downgrades This Morning:
(TUES)
(BER)
(PENN)

Most Active Stocks:
(QQQQ), (SPY), (NOK), (UARM), (NWEC), (SANM), (RFMD), (TASR), (EC), SIRI)

Stocks are Up:
(UARM), (LDIS), (SANM), (ELSE), (TQNT), (LIFC), (NWEC), (SNWL), (TASR), (WIRE)

Stocks are Down:
(MCRL), (ZBRA), (SIRF), (PEIX), (EXTR), (MCHP), (S), (HT)
Tags: premarket, pre-market, stocks to watch

Tuesday's Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading lower at 2:00 pm EST. But some stock market leaders still going higher despise the drop in the market, names such as (NTRI), (ZRAN), and (SERO). Some of the previous leaders have collapsed, such as (STMP) and (ACL). If you are a stock trader, you have to watch them very closely. Watch for earning reports tonight from (NEU), (ITRI), (SCSS), and (WIRE).

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

Stocks Up:
(ZRAN) 29.04 +6.41 +2,820
(NTRI) 67.10 +16.40 +1,250
(BWLD) 42.62 +1.87 +357
(SCHK) 40.95 +1.36 +257
(AIT) 46.37 +2.12 +247

Stocks Down:
(WGOV) 33.20 -2.65 +769
(SEPR) 45.30 -2.67 +753
(CA) 24.75 -0.76 +652
(ACL) 98.63 -12.12 +618
(STMP) 32.79 -5.80 +613

Tags: stocks midday

Tuesday's Pre-Market

The market looks like it will open slightly higher today. Like yesterday, the price of oil (still $73 per barrel) as well as the stream of corporate earnings coming this week will be the focal point today. No major news from the government today. (NTRI) is the star for the day, as well as (ZRAN). They both beat the estimate by a wide margin. On the other hand (STMP) slumped down bad from yesterday's close.

Upgrades This Morning:
(CLK)
(ANAD)
(TIBB)

Downgrades This Morning:
(BK)
(NTBK)
(CRYP)

Most Active Stocks:
(SUNW), (CNXT), (QQQQ), (NTRI), (LVLT), (SEPR), (DOVP), (ZRAN), (DCSO), (LU)

Stocks are Up:
(GOAM), (NTRI), (SERO), (ZRAN), (FMDAY), (RNOW), (LCAV), (LVLT), (LXK), (TGC)

Stocks are Down:
(DOVP), (DCSO), (CNET), (SEPR), (BLDP), (HXL), (VLTR), (CA), (STMP)
Tags: premarket, pre-market, stocks to watch

Monday's Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading lower at 2:00 pm EST. Like I have mentioned previously, the price of oil is focal point for many trading sessions to come. It is above the $75 now which sent the gasoline price to over $3 per gallon for the consumers in the US. (TZOO) is again on the top of the biggest gainers for the few sessions. It is up over 100% in about a week after it announced earnings. This is a very heavily short traded stock. It is a lesson for the short traders, never and never short a strong uptrend stock in any market.
(ZVXI) is doing quite well too. I also bought it the same day I mentioned last week. If the market is good, I believe this one can be a high flier.

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

Stocks Up:
(TZOO) 51.35 +7.00 +1,494
(BEAV) 29.35 +2.28 +499
(ZVXI) 20.80 +1.55 +368
(CRESY) 18.12 +0.70 +276
(ACO) 29.77 +2.00 +182

Stocks Down:
(SCHK) 40.18 -4.27 +519
(SLAB) 49.87 -6.36 +499
(PXP) 39.06 -2.91 +372
(CRYP) 25.98 -2.17 +272
(HGT) 29.95 -0.65 +259

Tags: stocks midday

Monday's Pre-market

The market looks like it will open slightly lower today. The price of oil as well as the stream of corporate earnings coming this week will be the focal point today. No major news from the government today. (AVCI) is the star for the day. No news is contributing for the big gain today, probably from the streangth of last week. If you bought the shares last week like me, it would be up about $2 now in less than a week. Not a bad gain at all.

Upgrades This Morning:
(FDC)
(NFB)
(TXU)

Downgrades This Morning:
(BRCM)
(ASCA)
(FCF)

Most Active Stocks:
(AVCI), (SPY), (AMTD), (HIV), (OTD), (SLAB), (GLD), (QQQQ), (SPY), (CCBI)

Stocks are Up:
(HIV), (AVCI), (FCSE), (CCBI), (WHRT), (TZOO), (STEM), (OTD), (GNBT)

Stocks are Down:
(SLAB), (AMTD), (RDCM), (CDE), (GLD), (KRY)
Tags: premarket, pre-market, stocks to watch

What is ahead for stocks next week

The market closed down Friday after the price of oil inches upward. Like I have mentioned several times, the price of oil will be on every traders' mind in the coming weeks and months unless we can the situation improves, such as FED stops raising rates, more dollars inflow to the market, less tension with IRAN, etc. I would invest in stocks in the energy related fields or something that is immune to energy crisis.

Here is the earning calender given on Yahoo, it can a week with a lot of volatility:

Earnings Preview for the week of Apr 24th - 28th: : Some of the companies reporting earnings the week of Apr 24th - 28th include:
Monday: AMTD, CAT, CHKP, SLAB, NFLX, RNOW, SWKS, SUNW, YUM, and ZRAN
Tuesday: AKS, RATE, BJS, EAT, CME, ESV, IMCL, SFI, LLL, LVLT, LMT, LU, MSO, OXY, PENN, SEPR, STTX, TRAD, X, USG, VLO, AMZN, BYD, CKFR, GLW, WIRE, MCHP, RBAK, RFMD, SANM, SGTL, SIRF, TQNT
Wednesday: APD, APU, ATMI, BHI, BLDP, BIIB, COP, ESLR, FILE, KMT, LEA, MNST, MCO, FLSH, RJET, SFUN, TASR, TLAB, UARM, WAT, WLP, AKAM, ASIA, BFAM, BOBJ, CAI, CDNS, CNQR, ERES, ESRX, KOMG, KRON, WFR, NABI, NTGR, PRXL, RADS, RARE, SMSI, SOHU, SONO, STTS, TTMI, and ZMH
Thursday: ALA, ALXN, AEP, ANDW, ANSS, APA, AZN, BZH, BCRX, BDK, CAH, CBS, CDI ,CRA, CELG, CRDN, CEY, CCE, CMCSA, CNX, CAM, DADE, DOW, DRQ, DRRA, EDO, XOM, RAIL, ROCK, HET, HP, ISE, ILSE, IVC, ESI, KLIC, LYTS, LYO, MRO, MBI, MGM, MLNM, NWL, EGOV, OCR, PRGO, PD, PNCL ,PLUG, POZN, RESP, SCG, SMG, SPAR, HOT, SSYS, VDSI, XMSR, AMMD, ACAP, APCC, BEBE, BJRI, BPL, COGT, CNXT, DECK, DRIV, FMD, FLEX, GTW, IRF, ISRG, IVGN, KLAC, KYPH, LAUR, LEXR, LPNT, MSFT, MSTR, NWRE, ONNN, OPWV, RACK, SCSC, SMTL, SIMO, USPI, WEBX, WEBM, ZIGO
Friday: APPX, ADP, CVX, CEG, COCO, CVH, IDXX, ITT, GAS, NIHD, OSTK, RDWR, and ZOLL

Friday's Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading mixed at 2:00 pm EST. The tech heavy Nasdaq is trading lower just like yesterday. Even (GOOG) is marching higher with about 6% gain, it did not help the Nasdaq. Today is the day for small cap stocks like (ZVXI) and (CBEY). (ZVXI) announced 3-to-2 split coming soon. (CBEY) went up without news. (ZVXI) has been mentioned a few month back as a potential buy. It almost breaks out the old high with good volume. Watch this one with a close eye.

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

Stocks Up:
(TZOO) 44.21 +7.52 +858
(ROG) 61.68 +6.78 +498
(CRESY) 17.63 +0.55 +476
(CBEY) 20.00 +1.81 +386
(ZVXI) 18.79 +2.55 +332

Stocks Down:
(WTFC) 51.65 -6.99 +2,436
(HTCH) 24.70 -5.82 +1,266
(AFFX) 28.45 -5.43 +1,073
(ERICY) 35.70 -2.28 +832
(MATR) 29.23 -6.15 +795

Tags: stocks midday

Friday's Pre-Market Stocks to Watch

The market looks like it will open slightly higher today. The big story of the day are: (GOOG) beat estimates and short covering of the stock; price of oil is dropping about $1 per barrel (but it is still above $70 per barrel); the big cap names like (MMM), (BRCM), (SLB), and (COF) also beat estimates. The earning season continues. Today is also option expiration day, volume could be higher than normal trading days.

Upgrades This Morning:
(UBSH)
(TSTY)
(CYN)

Downgrades This Morning:
(HZO)
(PLAY)

Most Active Stocks:
(GOOG), (QQQQ), (ERICY), (NOK), (VTSS), (DELL), (BRCM), (IWM), (SPY), (RCL)

Stocks are Up:
(SWIR), (SOLD), (GOOG), (CBMX), (EMKR), (CVM), (TZOO), (RMBS), (RCL), (TIE)

Stocks are Down:
(AFFX), (HTCH), (FFIV), (IIIN), (HYSL), (VRSN), (ERICY), (VTSS), (SNDK)
Tags: premarket, pre-market, stocks to watch

Thursday Mid-Day Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading mixed at 2:00 pm EST. The tech heavy Nasdaq is lower by aboyt 7 points, the DOW and S&P 500 are higher. The big cap stocks are led by (GM), (MRK), and (MO). The other winning group is trucking companies, mainly by (SWFT), which beat estimate by a wide margin. Another big winner in the small arena is (AVCI), great earning came out this morning. The consumable good company winner is (SHOO), again beat by a big margin. Another thing to watch is the price of oil is at $74 per barrel, all time high, as well as gold, is sitting at $640 per oz. Extra care is warrented.

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

Stocks Up:
(SHOO) 47.06 +8.93 +989
(TZOO) 36.20 +2.45 +568
(TRMB) 49.16 +4.72 +502
(B) 45.14 +2.04 +481
(WCC) 76.29 +1.32 +423

Stocks Down:
(CYN) 71.60 -6.40 +2,762
(SFG) 46.35 -9.40 +1,229
(SRX) 32.31 -4.46 +1,147
(MEDI) 30.90 -4.44 +958
(CHIC) 20.24 -0.76 +471

Tags: stocks midday

Strong Momentum Stocks

The following stocks exhibit strong up momentums:
(AVCI)
(SWFT)
(SHOO)
(TRMB)
(CTXS)
(ZONA)
(COGO)
(BLDP)
(ZOLT)
(CKFR)
(USEY)

The following stocks exhibit strong down momentums:
(PLAY)
(IRIS)
(DELL)

Small Cap Stock Made Its Move Today

Avici Systems Inc. (AVCI), the company makes optical gears for routers, made new 52-week high today. It was mentioned as stocks to watch in the pre-market. If you bought it this morning like me, you would make $1 per share, or $100 per 100 shares. It went as high as $8.25 because of the earning announcement this morning.

So why I like this stock so much, its earning was double from last year. It is in the very hot industry , fiber optics, check out stocks like, (GLW), (OPTC), (AVNX), and even the lowly (JDSU). They are the strong stocks in the hot industry. Internet broadband is ever growing. This can be the ticket to high growth.

Look at the chart for yourself, you will see what I meant.

Tags: avci, fiber optics

Thursday's Pre-Market

The market looks like it will open slightly higher today. The devilish price of oil is marching up again passing the $72 per barrel mark for the first time in the historic high. For the past two sessions, traders seem to ignore the price oil is increasing, perhaps they think oil price increasing is inevitable. Also they think as long as FED is not increasing the interest rate in the near future, it could be good for the market. But the risky of higher oil price is still there, I would be cautious for now unless it has strong momentum and benefit from the oil price crisis like the one I have mentioned a few days ago, (WFR).

(PLAY) was the biggest casualty today, (AAPL) is dropping its chips. It is a one shot wonder stock. Stay away from it. (AAPL), on the other hand is up because of the iPod success. As well as (NOK) beat estimates. (AVCI) beat estimate in a big way.

Upgrades This Morning:
(UFPI)
(GILD)

Downgrades This Morning:
(TOPT)
(SYBT)
(UVN)

Most Active Stocks:
(PLAY), (AAPL), (QQQQ), (SWFT), (NOK), (EMC), (INTC), (UPCS), (SPY), (AVCI)

Stocks are Up:
(SWFT), (AAPL), (CTXS), (AVCI), (IGT), (ARW), (DVAX), (GV), (SGTL), (ELNK)

Stocks are Down:
(PLAY), (MEDI), (JNPR), (EBAY), (AMLN), (BDCO), (RMBS), (LSI), (RTP)
Tags: premarket, pre-market, stocks to watch

Wednesday's Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading slightly higher at 1:30 pm EST. The major news for the day was CPI announcement this morning. The core rate (excluding food & engergy) is increased by 0.3% last March. Most of the companies reported strong earning, but the devil oil is trading flat, and it is still above $70 mark. This is the biggest obsticle for the market to overcome. (WFR) as mentioned previous few days, it is still very well. It had 3 consecutive up days after it announced the $16 billion for 8 years agreement. Put that one on your watch list.

Today's Stock Movers at 1:30 pm EST
Volume Momemtum Compared to normal days:
(Stock), (price), (+/-), (volume compared to normal)

Stocks Up:
(APH) 58.02 +5.84 +452
(CSX) 69.66 +2.39 +383
(GBX) 43.08 +2.95 +304
(CRESY) 16.70 +1.45 +278
(TRN) 61.74 +1.80 +223

Stocks Down:
(SMSC) 21.63 -4.31 +1,398
(USNA) 38.89 -2.90 +650
(GENZ) 61.46 -4.32 +593
(UNH) 48.08 -1.59 +506
(CMX) 44.98 -1.37 +442

Tags: stocks midday

Wednesday's Pre-market

The market looks like it will open higher today from yesterday's up momentum strength. The price of oil has dropped slightly. So what was the driving force behind yesterday's strong bull move? I believe because the following reasons: tame inflation report from PPI, FED announced the end of interest hike cycles, strong corporate reports, and slow down in house starts which could translate into people pulling out of the housing market into stocks. After yesterday's close (TXN) and (YHOO) had good reports last night. This morning (PFE), (KO), (HON), (JPM), (UTX) and (GD) had good reports. Perhaps this has been the biggest source of follow-through buying so far for the market. But I still the price of oil can be the fear factor in the coming weeks. We shall see how this issue will be settled with the traders.

Upgrades This Morning:
(LFB)
(SMTC)
(ROH)

Downgrades This Morning:
(ADTN)
(RML)
(FLIR)

Most Active Stocks:
(YHOO), (SPY), (QQQQ), (NITE), (VTSS), (ABB), (ASML), (GLD), (MOT), (PFE)

Stocks are Up:
(MOVI), (NITE), (CCUR), (CYMI), (ARDI), (YHOO), (GOOG), (TXN), (QEE), (UTX)

Stocks are Down:
(VTSS), (MOT), (STX), (EAG), (FUEL), (AMKR), (ERICY)
Tags: premarket, pre-market, stocks to watch

Tuesday's Stocks to Watch

Unlike yesterday, the stock markets are trading dramatically higher at 2:15 pm EST. The fear of oil price surpassed the $70 mark is disappearing today after the PPI announcement. I am not sure if this is a one-day wonder or not, maybe this is an excuse for traders to get back to the bull move after several down days. I would wait and see because the thread of higher oil price is real, and demand for it is real also. I would only buy oil related strong issues for now, (WFR) is a good example of it, see my previous blog why I like it so much.

Today's Stock Movers at 2:15 pm EST
Volume Momemtum Compared to normal days:
(Stock), (price), (+/-), (volume compared to normal)

Stocks Up:
(EZPW) 38.02 +5.01 +771
(FELE) 61.82 +8.82 +726
(PPDI) 40.73 +7.12 +715
(AVD) 23.42 +1.85 +557
(JOBS) 22.37 +0.84 +539

Stocks Down:
(FLIR) 26.74 -3.01 +751
(MDP) 50.73 -4.83 +696
(AD) 28.37 -0.72 +645
(UNH) 50.34 -1.33 +520
(PEIX) 30.67 -3.21 +420

Tags: stocks midday

Solar Play for the High Oil Price

MEMC Electronic Materials Inc (WFR), just announced signed a letter of intent to supply Taiwanese solar-cell maker Motech Industries with solar wafers this morning. The stock has popped past the 52-week high this monring.
With the ever increasing price of oil, I believe this can be a stock leader in the months to come. The contract they have announced is for eight-year deal would generate at least $1.6 billion in revenue. Wow! This is incredible for one maker along, imagine if more solar makers join in. This can be a very lucretive business.

Tuesday's Pre-market

The market looks like it will open lower today. Like yesterday, the price of oil is the top story of the day, it hit almost $71 per barrel this morning. No relief in sight.

Upgrades This Morning:
(STT)
(TSAI)
(ADTN)

Downgrades This Morning:
(SINA)
(TIVO)
(CRJ)

Most Active Stocks:
(SPY), (QQQQ), (BDCO), (TZOO), (HEC), (JDSU), (GLD), (BP), (SYMC), (TLT)

Stocks are Up:
(HRVE), (RML), (TZOO), (WFR), (MOSS)

Stocks are Down:
(FLIR), (SORC), (FUEL), (SYMC), (TTWO), (OTD), (NVDA)
Tags: premarket, pre-market, stocks to watch

Monday's Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading drasticly lower at 2:15 pm EST. The blame for the down drift are the price of oil is higher than $70 per barrel and gold price is marching above $600 per oz. The price of oil will have the biggest impact on the economy which translates into lower earnings from companies. This will be getting worse as summer driving season is coming. As I have mentioned last week, the stock market will go in sync with the price of oil, oil up, stocks down. I would be careful when I place my stock bets right now.

Today's Stock Movers at 2:15 pm EST
Volume Momemtum Compared to normal days:
(Stock), (price), (+/-), (volume compared to normal)

Stocks Up:
(JOBS) 21.45 +2.37 +857
(LFC) 53.49 +1.53 +268
(GDI) 70.92 +6.82 +233
(ACO) 29.83 +0.65 +232
(ASPV) 29.53 +1.58 +174

Stocks Down:
(IVGN) 63.87 -3.54 +393
(NNI) 39.32 -1.17 +333
(NOIZ) 18.35 -1.84 +311
(UTI) 22.91 -0.97 +249
(FRO) 29.50 -0.84 +210

Tags: stocks midday

Monday's Pre-Market

The market looks like it will open mixed or slightly lower today. The price of oil is the top story of the day, it hit $70 per barrel this morning. The only good news for the DOW component is

Upgrades This Morning:
(SSYS)
(HNS)
(AQNT)

Downgrades This Morning:
(ENTU)
(PDCO)
(SYD)

Most Active Stocks:
(TIVO), (BDCO), (OTD), (ALKS), (GLD), (QQQQ), (FUEL), (KRY), (GSS), (SPY)

Stocks are Up:
(PACT), (BDCO), (TIVO), (FUEL), (EPL), (INFY), (NVAX)

Stocks are Down:
(BKHM), (OTD), (CMVT), (RHAT), (AVNX), (IIJI)
Tags: premarket, pre-market, stocks to watch

What is ahead for stocks next week

The market closed on Friday because of the Good Friday holiday. All exchanges close down for the week because of the price of oil have creeped out to about $68 per barrel now. This problem will be with us for the time being. The market is trading in sync with the oil price lately. I believe this the current market indicator. I would be carefully with the market unless the sentiment changes.

Here is the earning calender given on Yahoo, it can a week with a lot of volatility:

Earnings Preview for the week of Apr 17th-21st : Companies reporting earnings the week of Apr 17th-21st include:
Monday: ETN, GPC, MI, PVTB, RF, SHRP, STI, CCK, DGII, PPDI, RSAS, SORC, SMSC, and WERN
Tuesday: AOS, ADTN, ASO, BSX, CBSS, DJ, DHI, EMMS, FITB, GGXY, IMN, JEF, JNJ, KEY, MTB, MAN, MAT, MEL, MER, NCC, NRS, PH, BTU, PBG, RBNC, STT, SVU, TZOO, IS, UAG, UNH, USB, ALL, AMGN, BCR, CSX, CYMI, GILD, IBM, LLTC, MOT, PLXT, RLRN, RLI, STX, SOV, TER, TXN, TSS, TRMK, USNA, WM, YHOO, and ZIPR
Wednesday: ABT, ASD, APH, AMR, AIT, ASML, BLK, BOT, CIT, KO, CMA, GD, GENZ, GRP, HON, HBAN, JCI, JPM, LCRY, LUFK, JNC, PFE, PJC, SON, SPNC, STF, MDCO, WWW, ADS, AAPL, AZR, CTXS, CVTI, CBST, CYBS, ET, EBAY, FHN, FSL, HUBG, RX, INTC, JPR, KMI, KMP, KFT, LRW, MDC, MOGN, MGI, NMSS, NVLS, NYX, OMI, PCM, QCOM, RDN, RMBS, STLD, SRDX, SWFT, TMK, WTNC, and WSTC
Thursday: ALK, MO, AME, ARB, ARW, AGIX, AUO, AVCI, BAC, BK, BAX, BBT, BLS, BLC, BHE, BGG, CCBL, CHIC, CHZ, CPS, CAL, CBE, COT, CY, DHR, ELNK, LLY, EMC, ENDP, EFX, FCS, GM, GNTX, GDW, GGG, HSY, IEX, ITW, N, IGT, XXIA, KVHI, LSTR, HZO, MAR, MMR, MWV, MEDI, MRK, NEM, NE, NOK, NUE, OO, OSI, PNC, PPG, DGX, RS, RYL, SAP, SGP, POOL, SHW, SIFY, SLM, LUV, SPWR, SMMX, TXT, UTEK, VIGN, AEIS, AFFX, ATR, AH, AJG, BRCM, COF, CLDN, CERN, CHRT, COHU, CREE, EW, EFII, FFIV, FDRY, GYI, GOOG, HTCH, HYSL, INFA, NSIT, ISIL, LDIS, LEG, MIPS, MOLX, MROI, NDAQ, OMCL, PKTR, PDFS, PMCS, RHI, SNDK, SBSE, SWIR, SYNA, TCO, VRSN, ZHNE
Friday: ACI, CCUR, ECL, FDC, F, HAL IR ERICY MCD OXPS, RSH, RCL, SLB, WL, WYE, HTLD.

Thursday's Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading higher at 2:00pm EST. The only problem with this rally is lack of volume, and price of oil is at $68 per barrel. (BTUI) continues its upward trend from yesterday's massive high volume move. (AMD) disappointed traders with its forecast. (SGMS) and (SNDK) are being added to the indexes. Watch for (GOOG), (YHOO), (INTC), (EBAY), and (MOT) to report earnings next week.

Today's Stock Movers at 2:0o pm EST
Volume Momemtum Compared to normal days:
(Stock), (price), (+/-), (volume compared to normal)

Stocks Up:
(SGMS) 36.80 +1.68 +463
(VPRT) 30.75 +1.05 +318
(ASPV) 27.04 +3.50 +312
(ACO) 29.56 +1.03 +304
(BTUI) 20.74 +0.72 +294

Stocks Down:
(MDT) 50.01 -1.03 +3,098
(UTI) 23.61 -5.74 +2,856
(PII) 49.11 -1.47 +859
(THOR) 17.30 -0.79 +733
(AMD) 32.08 -3.34 +344

Tags: btui, amd, stocks midday

Stocks Broken out today

The following stocks exhibited stron up momentum today:

(PZZI)
(PENX)
(BTUI) - mentioned as leader in the semi cap equipment field yesterday
(CACS)
(CEVA)
(DECC)
(RMBS)
(DCEL)
(SGMS)
(SPSN)
(CLEC)
(STMP)
(GRMN)

Thursday's Pre-market

The market looks like it will open slightly lower today. The March retail sales rose 0.6% vs. consensus 0.5% and ex-autos, rose 0.4% vs. consensus 0.5%, These figures are relatively in line with estimates which translates into steadily growth without much inflation concerns. Initial claims rose 12K to 313K vs. consensus 305K. (AMD) beat estimates, but it disappointed with forecast.

Upgrades This Morning:
(PRSF)
(KLAC)
(PWAV)

Downgrades This Morning:
(SRX)
(YAKC)
(SAY)

Most Active Stocks:
(SPY), (BSX), (QQQQ), (SNDK), (QEE), (AMD), (AMAT), (LRCX), (KRY), (OTD)

Stocks are Up:
(EAG), (OTD), (SNDK), (PEIX), (SGMS), (BIDU), (LRCX)

Stocks are Down:
(THOR), (PII), (BSX), (BHP), (AMD), (QEE)
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Wednesday's Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading slightly higher at 2:30pm EST. The market is in sync with the price of oil. The action today is not too encouraging, the volume is much lower than yesterday. Perhaps one of the heavy hitter tonight after hour is (AMD). It will announce its quarterly earning tonight. Look for wild swing for the stock in either direction depending on how or bad the earning it. The prediction is: it will beat estimate. (BTUI) broke out with strong volume today. Earning has been increased for the past few quarter. This looks like a stock leader in the semi capital equipment field. Keep you eye on this one.

Today's Stock Movers at 2:3o pm EST
Volume Momemtum Compared to normal days:
(Stock), (price), (+/-), (volume compared to normal)

Stocks Up:
(ROLL) 23.04 +2.34 +5,289
(CRDN) 51.05 +3.86 +306
(NNDS) 51.85 +0.51 +271
(BTUI) 19.26 +1.77 +240
(NEU) 46.00 +3.56 +185

Stocks Down:
(AVID) 37.08 -6.37 +1,407
(BOL) 46.36 -2.67 +815
(SAY) 36.25 -1.03 +394
(PEIX) 27.49 -2.04 +310
(PRSC) 33.25 -0.61 +231

Tags: btui, amd, stocks midday

Strong Momentum Stocks

The following stocks exhibit strong momentum this morning:

(CRDN) - confirmed solid earning thru 2008, how many firms can say that?!
(MOT) - Upgrade from analyst and and with (NOK) strong cell phone sales prediction yesterday.

Tags: momentum, strong stocks, crdn, mot

Wednesday's Pre-Market

The market looks like it will open slightly higher today after the past two days' sell-off. The price of oil is on every trader's mind every day for the past few trader sessions. It does not matter on how good the earning season is, the bottomline is "Price of oil" affect future earnings. The stock market is in sync with "price of oil", if oil up, then stock is down. Since the price of oil is down today, the stock market follows, I expect the market up today because of it.
On the corporate front, (DNA) and (CC) beat estimates, (AVID) plunged. The trade deficit announcecd this morning showed that it is better than expected.

Upgrades This Morning:
(OTTR)
(MNTA)
(TTWO)

Downgrades This Morning:
(YSI)
(SLNK)
(BOL)

Most Active Stocks:
(BDCO), (OTD), (QQQQ), (FUEL), (SPY), (TIVO), (VOD), (CRDN), (CC), (AVID)

Stocks are Up:
(EAG), (CRDN), (CTIC), (CHINA), (TIVO), (AKAM), (OPWV)

Stocks are Down:
(PXPL), (AVID), (BDCO), (MPET), (NYB), (ESLR), (BHP)
Tags: premarket, pre-market, stocks to watch

Tuesday Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading lower at 2:30pm EST. The price of oil is the major factor for today's big decline. It has overshadowed the great news from (NOK) and better than expected earning news from (AA). The oil of price has been climbing steady for the past few weeks now, with summer driving season is coming and the conflict from middle East, no relief is insight.

Today's Stock Movers at 2:3o pm EST
Volume Momemtum Compared to normal days:
(Stock), (price), (+/-), (volume compared to normal)

Stocks Up:
(NCTY) 30.37 +1.16 +159
(FFIV) 63.93 +1.57 +82
(ETP) 41.60 +1.33 +60
(SNDK) 60.52 +1.36 +38
(PTRY) 66.99 +1.72 +33

Stocks Down:
(MYOG) 32.60 -3.22 +585
(ANDE) 86.70 -2.27 +559
(NEU) 49.70 -5.07 +427
(SCHN) 38.10 -4.08 +376
(ZLC) 24.94 -2.86 +289

Tuesday's Pre-Market

The market looks like it will open slightly higher today. The uptick is caused by the good news from (NOK) and (AA). (NOK) reported to have better cell phone prices, and (AA) reported much better than earning this morning. Look for the companies in the same industries to perform well today.

Upgrades This Morning:
(INTL)
(AKS)
(INTV)

Downgrades This Morning:
(CCOI)
(GWW)
(WCI)

Most Active Stocks:
(QQQQ), (NOK), (PLUG), (BDCO), (AA), (BOL), (AU), (SPY), (AAPL), (IIP)

Stocks are Up:
(PLUG), (BDCO), (TRIS), (FUEL), (NXG), (AA), (DROOY), (NUVA), (NOK)

Stocks are Down:
(BOL), (YSI), (ASVI), (WTSLA), (OTD)
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Monday's Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading mixed at 3:00pm EST. The tech heavy Nasdaq is trading down, with many leading small cap stocks are trading down hard. (NEU), (IVAC), (NWRE), and (CHAP) are just a few of those examples. Chasing high flyers like those can be risky to your wallet right now. I would stay on the sideline until the market improves.

Today's Stock Movers at 3:0o pm EST
Volume Momemtum Compared to normal days:
(Stock), (price), (+/-), (volume compared to normal)

Stocks Up:
(SWSI) 35.21 +4.14 +908
(ABAX) 25.27 +1.39 +415
(PAY) 32.43 +2.90 +237
(AP) 21.58 +0.56 +204
(VIMC) 22.25 +2.96 +172

Stocks Down:
(MYOG) 32.60 -3.22 +585
(ANDE) 86.70 -2.27 +559
(NEU) 49.70 -5.07 +427
(SCHN) 38.10 -4.08 +376
(ZLC) 24.94 -2.86 +289

Stocks are breaking out this monring

The following stocks exhibited strong up momentum:

(OLAB)
(SWSI)
(EMITF)
(ABAX)
(CACS)
(SVVS)
(BESI)
(WJCI)
(PEIX)
(SVBI)
(GIGM)
(TTIL)
(LNUX)
(ANDE)

Monday's Pre-market

The market looks like it will open slightly lower today. The stock market is hiddered by the geo-political front of Iran nuclear headlines. The price of oil has climbed back to the $68 per barrel, one of the biggest obsticle for the market. Major earning announcement for the first quarter is starting this week. Watch them carefully, it may make or break the bull trend.

Upgrades This Morning:
(MRVL)
(ILMN)
(EV)

Downgrades This Morning:
(LFB)
(ISSX)
(PKY)

Most Active Stocks:
(CTIC), (OLAB), (BDCO), (SPY), (CVC), (RAD), (KRY), (MYOG), (BP), (SIRI)

Stocks are Up:
(OLAB), (CTIC), (FLWS), (NXG), (ADH), (BDCO), (RAD), (FRG)

Stocks are Down:
(VEGE), (OTD), (SRA), (CRAY), (HYTM), (MYOG), (SCHN)

What is ahead for next week

The last day of trading was horrible, all indexes were down after the labor data was announced Friday morning. Although the indexes were down Friday, all indexes are about unchange for the week. The good news was volume was not as higher as last Thurday. So it does not count as a distribution day. I believe the market has more legs to the upside in the coming days. (AAPL) was the star of the week after it announced new software to support Windows OS for MAC. It is an extra revenus stream for the hardware maker. Watch out Dell and HP, the MAC is coming.

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

Monday: CRXX, RIGL, SPPI, ANX at BIO 2006 Annual International Convention; GM, DRRA, BWA at Morgan Stanley Global Automotive Conf; LNG, PETD, TRGL, PLLL at IPAA 2006 OGIS New York; RTP Seminar...

Tuesday: ATRS Analyst Meeting; RHAT Analyst Meeting; TWGP Conference Call; GEF, CCRN, AEOS, PBH at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey 35th Annual Institutional Conf; GMXR, THX, NGAS, CRZO at IPAA 2006 OGIS New York; ORCL at BAFT 84th Annual Meeting; RGN, AEZS, VEGF, ADLS at BIO 2006 Annual International Convention; TRW, AXL, KMX at Morgan Stanley Global Automotive Conf; Fed: Minneapolis' pres Stern speaks on economic policy in Berlin ...

Wednesday: TEK Investor Conf; CBD March Sales Release; AVAN, KAL, LIV at BIO 2006 Annual International Convention; CGPI, SLXP, APLX, VAR at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey 35th Annual Institutional Conf; ERJ 6th U.S. Annual Analyst and Investor Meeting; F, SIRI, GT, MGA at Morgan Stanley Global Automotive Conf; TMY, CNQ, ROSE, MVOG at IPAA 2006 OGIS New York ...

Thursday: pre-Good Friday: Financial & Bond markets early close (noon in pit; 13:00 electronic) ...

Friday: Good Friday: All US Market Closed

Friday's Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading down in a ugly fashion at 2:30pm EST. It opened higher, but it then turned south after the labor data has been digested, and it has never looked back. That is not what we wanted to see for the bulls. Volume looks like it may be more than yesterday's volume. The only good gainer is (CME) after it gets Electronic Exclusive On Nymex Energy Futures. Another new high for this market leading stock.

Today's Stock Movers at 2:3o pm EST
Volume Momemtum Compared to normal days:
(Stock), (price), (+/-), (volume compared to normal)

Stocks Up:
(CME) 481.60 +26.19 +190
(TWGP) 26.83 +0.74 +179
(AOS) 56.30 +2.05 +60
(LFC 54.04 +1.06 +50
(NEU) 53.59 +1.65 +49

Stocks Down:
(SFNT) 21.50 -4.47 +870
(ISSX) 21.07 -2.09 +653
(STZ) 24.08 -1.38 +477
(LI) 25.94 -2.44 +454
(ICE) 54.16 -5.64 +384

Stocks has turned South

The stock market has turned south after the inital run-up this morning. Traders are affraid of the weekend for the recent trading weeks. I believe it may have a good chance to come back next week.
Set your stocks on the watch list, once the tide turns, get in.

Friday's Pre-market

The market looks like it will open solidly higher today. The job data came out at 8:30am EST this morning, the main focal point of the data is the hourly earnings grew slightly less than expected 0.2%, versus the 0.3% expected. Also the unemployment rate was 4.7%, slightly below the 4.8% consensus estimate. Non-farm payrolls were up a more than expected 211,000 (estimate 190,000), but the February data was revised downward by 18,000 to 225,000. In line with expectations, the average workweek was 33.8 hours. Overall the data is great for stocks. I expect more upsides are coming for the bulls.

Upgrades This Morning:
(CVS)
(VIP)
(BBBY)

Downgrades This Morning:
(ENTU)
(PSUN)
(SAP)

Most Active Stocks:
(SPY), (QQQQ), (BRCD), (RIMM), (TMTA), (MEDX), (AAPL), (KRY), (IWM), (BP)

Stocks are Up:
(OLAB), (WEBM), (TMTA), (IIP), (AMRN), (TOPT), (BP), (GOOG), (SBUX)

Stocks are Down:
(SFNT), (EXTR), (RIMM), (NVAX), (MEDX), (GNBT)

Thursday's Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading mix at 2:30pm EST. The market is quite healthy is digesting the recent highs, especially the Nasdaq made the 5-year high yesterday. (AAPL) is recovering very nicely with a massive 10% gain yesterday. It advanced another $4 today. I would wait for a pull-back before jumping into this stock. The momentum crow is back with this stock.

Today's Stock Movers at 2:3o pm EST
Volume Momemtum Compared to normal days:
(Stock), (price), (+/-), (volume compared to normal)

Stocks Up:
(JOBS) 19.25 +0.82 +302
(TWGP 25.75 +2.94 +282
(ICON) 16.00 +0.75 +254
(CSH) 30.84 +1.64 +174
(AAPL) 71.71 +4.50 +163

Stocks Down:
(WBSN) 25.29 -2.77 +746
(UTEK) 23.64 -1.31 +303
(KCI) 40.93 -0.74 +283
(ANDE) 85.56 -2.72 +259
(TLB) 24.95 -1.09 +216

Today's Break out Stocks

These Nasdaq stocks broke out today with good volumes:

(BDCO)
(GYMB)
(TWGP)
(TAYD)
(NOOF)
(CSTR)
(RMBS)
(SCSS)
(TOMO)
(MTRX)
(EZPW)
(COMS)

Thursday's Pre-Market

The market looks like it will open lower today. The disappointing sale from (ANF), (AEOS), (ANN), (FDO), (FD), (GPS), (HOTT), (JCP), (MW), (PSUN), and (PIR). On the other hand (GYMB) raised its Q1 and full-year guidance. On the DOW stocks, (MMM) reported better than expected earning, verdict on the Vioxx of (MRK) came out last night, the jury found that Vioxx caused a heart attack in one of the co-plaintiffs involved and awarded $4.5 million before punitive damages.

Upgrades This Morning:
(CREE)
(CECO)
(THC)

Downgrades This Morning:
(STJ)
(MDT)
(PFCB)

Most Active Stocks:
(BDCO), (KRY), (AAPL), (NVAX), (GNBT), (SPY), (NAPS), (QQQQ), (SIRI), (INTC)

Stocks are Up:
(BDCO), (KRY), (NAPS), (FUEL), (BW), (QEE), (BBBY), (GNBT), (WFII)

Stocks are Down:
(ENTU), (WBSN), (NVAX), (PAL), (RIV), (ICTG), (PSUN), (MRK)

Wednesday's Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading mix at 12:30pm EST. It has been a see-saw battle all morning long. Tech stocks are being supported by the two names in the sector, (AAPL) and (FLSH). (FLSH) upped its guidance, and (AAPL) is releasing software to support Windows OS for MAC. (OPTC) recovered yesterday's minor correction and is currectly up about $1.40. It introduced new products this morning. I also bought more this morning when it stopped going down. I believe more upsides for this gem.

Today's Stock Movers at 12:3o pm EST
Volume Momemtum Compared to normal days:
(Stock), (price), (+/-), (volume compared to normal)

Stocks Up:
(JOBS) 19.34 +1.63 +1,203
(AMG) 106.06 +1.01 +277
(OIS) 38.72 +1.06 +232
(OPTC) 28.35 +1.24 +215
(FMD) 45.11 +0.80 +208

Stocks Down:
(STJ) 36.16 -5.14 +2,092
(PFCB) 45.71 -3.57 +846
(CPL) 44.15 -0.73 +605
(GB) 20.50 -1.60 +546
(BOL) 58.48 -1.93 +475

Wednesday's Pre-Market

The market looks like it will open mix today. Traders are waiting for announcements of ISM Services data will be out at 10:00 ET and oil inventory data will hit the wires at 10:30 ET. (AAPL) is up this morning because of the news it is plan to allow user to run Windows XP on MAC. A versatile machine for the MAC?

Upgrades This Morning:
(CRDN)
(FILE)
(THE)

Downgrades This Morning:
(CHKP)
(WCC)

Most Active Stocks:
(CIEN), (QQQQ), (AAPL), (DSCO), (FLSH), (STJ), (CVM), (SNDK), (GLD), (NVAX)

Stocks are Up:
(CDSS), (NKBS), (BDCO), (FRG), (GAP), (FIZ), (FLSH), (TRAD), (CECO), (AAPL)

Stocks are Down:
(DSCO), (EONC), (SPRT), (STJ), (CVM), (ONNN), (TGC), (HANS)

Tuesday's Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading higher at 2:00pm EST. Unlike yesterday's trading pattern, it is just slightly off today's high. Trading volume has slowed a bit as compared to yesterday's pace.
(OPTC) continues its winning path by adding another $.60 after upped about $3 yesterday. The beauty of this stock is that it only has a market capitalization of $95 million and a float of just 3 million shares. Once the institution picks up, it will FLY. This stock was mentioned yesterday morning after up less than $1.

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

Stocks Up:
(CSC) 59.60 +2.31 +628
(OPTC) 28.48 +0.78 +447
(SWSI) 32.13 +1.35 +383
(CKFR) 53.92 +3.94 +212
(SLAB) 57.87 +3.57 +198

Stocks Down:
(USMO) 25.18 -3.60 +2,108
(MTXX) 17.81 -5.61 +1,910
(MANH) 19.97 -1.35 +1,366
(CHKP) 18.73 -1.10 +453
(LAYN) 29.54 -2.74 +398

(OPTC) Broken out again

If you are my regular blog reader, then you may have notice this stock yesterday before the big run up yesterday and today. This is a very profitable company with a very small cap value. Once more institutions step in. It will explode to the upside. Check the volume yesterday and today from the chart below:

Tuesday's Pre-market

The market looks like it will open slightly higher today. The price of oil futures have pulled back about 1.3% at about $66 per barrel. Energy traders await tomorrow's inventory report from the Energy Department. Major corporate news: profit warning from (PWAV), (CSC) is selling the company on the block and plans job cuts.

Upgrades This Morning:
(LBY)
(KNOT)

Downgrades This Morning:
(OATS)
(RAMS)
(INHX)

Most Active Stocks:
(PWAV), (ERICY), (NOK), (INTC), (QQQQ), (CHKP), (SNDK), (SPY), (RNAI), (CNXT)

Stocks are Up:
(CNR), (CVM), (AZK), (CSC), (AZK), (BOBJ), (IP)

Stocks are Down:
(PWAV), (SYMM), (CHKP), (CIEN), (NXXI), (BDCO)

Monday's Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading higher at 2:45m EST. But it was lower from its morning high and at the lowest level of the day for the Nasdaq market. (OPTC) was the star of the day. It is in the fiber optic industry sector where it is the top ranking industry for the recent week. Volume has picked tremedously for this small company. This stock may have more upsides if people see the newspaper coverage tomorrow morning. This company has less than $100 million market cap. It has the power to swing to the upside.

Today's Stock Movers at 2:45 pm EST
Volume Momemtum Compared to normal days:
(Stock), (price), (+/-), (volume compared to normal)

Stocks Up:
(OPTC) 27.52 +2.92 +650
(MOV) 24.00 +0.92 +210
(VICR) 21.08 +1.35 +205
(BAS) 32.19 +2.39 +197
(CLB) 51.32 +3.77 +190

Stocks Down:
(EQIX) 62.01 -2.21 +305
(JOSB) 45.32 -2.63 +270
(BBW) 28.48 -2.17 +203
(ASCA) 24.41 -1.38 +171
(NSR) 30.02 -0.98 +152

Strong Stock Broken Out

The fiber optic industry has broken out recently. OPTELECOM-NKF INC (OPTC) is the top ranking stock in the section. It has broken out the 52-week high with massive volume this morning. It should be the stock on your watching list to be acquired.

Stocks Broken Out

The following stocks exhibited very strong up momentum today:

(CLB)
(TEX)
(GEMS)
(AZR)
(ALA)
(GLG)
(RNAI)
(RBAK)
(KNOT)

Monday's Pre-market

The market looks like it will open higher today. The major news is (GM) is selling its GMAC financial business to reduce debt.

Most Active Stocks:
(QQQQ), (LU), (BDCO), (INHX), (SPY), (INCY), (IWM), (SIRI), (NXXI), (SNDK)

Stocks are Up:
(BDCO), (MOSS), (RNAI), (TIII), (FUEL), (AWGI), (GEMS), (PPHM)

Stocks are Down:
(INHX), (COR), (INCY), (RDCM), (RDWR), (GTE), (AAC), (PGIC)

What is ahead for next week.

This week we saw the Nasdaq made a new multi-year high this week. This high confirms with the highs of the DOW and S&P 500 made a few weeks back. This week the Nasdaq market was up about 1.5% with very good volume. Friday's session was just another minor correction for the Nasdaq market. I believe more upside is coming in the coming weeks with all major indexes confirming newer highs.

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

Conference/Events Calendar for the week of April 3rd-7th: : Events of interest for the week of April 3rd-7th include:

Monday: GM, F, and DCX March Sales; DUK Analyst Meeting; QTWW at SAE 2006 World Congress; RIGL at American Association for Cancer Research 2006 Annual Meeting; Fed: Kroszner speaks at European conf ...

Tuesday: BOBE March Sales Results; PZZA March Sales Release; ABR, AHR, DFR, JRT at CIBC World Markets Annual Biotech & Specialty Pharma Conf; ABR, CT, LNR, NRF at Credit Suisse Real Estate Conf; DRIV at Gartner RetailVision Spring 2006; GPOR, SWSI, BRNC, PLLL at Johnson Rice Emerging Energy Growth Conf; KRON, WOOF, POOL, CTEC at Sidoti & Co 10th Annual Emerging Growth Institutional Investor Forum; VAR at Banc of America San Francisco Health Care Mini Conf; Fed: Moskow speaks at European conf; Hoenig talks on monetary policy; Fisher speaks on free enterprise; Lacker speaks to economic roundtable ...

Wednesday: ADSK Analyst Meeting; APOL Analyst Meeting; AEOS March Sales Release; MW March Sales Release; ARO March Sales; HOTT March Sales Release; FLO Analyst Meeting; AEE, LNT, WR at Berenson & Co. Midwest Utility Seminar; ANX, CTIC, NUVO, MEMY at CIBC World Markets Annual Biotech & Specialty Pharma Conf; AUDC, GIVN, NSTC at Merrill Lynch Israeli Equity One-on-One Forum; BRE, EQY, HPT, WRE at Credit Suisse Real Estate Conf; MVK at Sidoti & Company 10th Annual Emerging Growth Institutional Investor Forum; Fed: Snow testifies at House Appropriations Commitee; Hoenig speaks on monetary policy ...

Thursday: APOL Analyst Meeting; PLAB Analyst Meeting; TS Investor Day; VICL Analyst and Investor Day; CHC, JRT, NXL, IRC at Credit Suisse Real Estate Conf; DUK, EMBX, RHAT, BBT at SEInvest 2006; ECLP, ITRI at Goldman Sachs Small Cap Growth Conf 2006; LTD, TJX, ANF, PLCE, GES announce March Same Store Sales; PYPL, ERICY at CTIA Wireless 2006 Conf; Feb: Snow testifies at Senate Appropriations Subcommitee ...

Friday: ESRX Investors' Meeting; UMC March Sales; MBT at CTIA Wireless 2006 Conf; RBC Education Loan Investor-Issuer Symposium.