Breakout and Breakdown Stocks

There are far less breakout stocks than breakdown stocks in today's market. But it is still interesting to see them and wait for the opportunities.

Breakouts:
(SGMO)
(SIMC)
(OPTV)
(HWAY)
(HAST)
(LQDT)
(COOP)
(GILT)
(AUXL)
(BIOV)
(NTSC)
(PRFT)

Breakdowns:
(BHIP)
(CNCT)
(HRAY)
(MVIS)
(GEMS)
(TALK)
(CNET)
(SCUR)
(WSTL)
(TARR)
(EPIC)
(PLAY)
(DRTE)

Wednesday's Afternoon Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading a higher at 2:45 pm EST. This is the 4th attempt rally started last Wednesday. Breadth was positive with advancers beating decliners by almost 3-to-1 on the NYSE and about 2-to-1 on the Nasdaq. The volume is on track to surpass yesterday's volume. If we can recover all yesterday's volume, it would be positive for the bulls.
Keep your watch list handy. If the tide turns, we buy some stocks.

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

Stocks Up:
(LQDT) 19.85 +1.00 +466
(RBA) 58.05 +0.57 +240
(FELE) 51.95 +0.89 +205
(LDSH) 39.15 +2.46 +192
(WHQ) 54.37 +2.90 +166

Stocks Down:
(ADCT) 17.89 -4.49 +1,728
(MIR) 24.25 -1.00 +953
(LLL) 72.30 -5.57 +608
(CBST) 23.80 -2.23 +520
(APPB) 19.81 -1.23 +281

Tags: stocks midday

Wednesday's Pre-Market

The market looks like it will open higher today. This could be the attempt rally after yesterday's massive sell-off. A few things that could be the reasons for today's upticks: oil below $72 (not low enough), US dollar stablized, and profolio re-balance. I want to see if Wednesday's level can be hold this week, and hopefully today is up with massive volume (doubtful). Otherwise, I would be still in the wait and see mode.

Upgrades This Morning:
(DXCM)
(PNFP)
(GILD)

Downgrades This Morning:
(MSFT)
(WABC)
(IP)

Most Active Stocks:
(QQQQ), (SPY), (IVAN), (SIRI), (NRG), (IWM), (ANDW), (ATYT), (PEIX), (RMBS)

Stocks are Up:
(IVAN), (NRG), (VSNT), (ANDW), (NPSP), (IFO), (ATYT), (SGMO), (PWAV), (SMTC), (FFIV)

Stocks are Down:
(GLBC), (ADCT), (HOKU), (CBST), (AMCC), (MIR), (APPB), (RMBS), (SLV), (KAL), (IFN)

Tags: premarket, pre-market, stocks to watch

Tuesday's Afternoon Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading a lot lower at 2:15 pm EST. Fortunately I did not place any buy order last week when the market recouped some of the losts. One positive for today's sell off is relatively low as compared to other days. I believe capitulation (end of the down cycle with massive sell off) is not near yet. Like last week, my stand is not to buy anything 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:
(BAS) 32.96 +0.89 +112
(ANDE) 103.48 +2.55 +93
(TWGP) 31.58 +0.51 +82
(FTI) 65.39 +0.61 +70
(GLG 38.23 +0.53 +62

Stocks Down:
(CA) 21.53 -0.63 +360
(ICUI) 40.82 -1.83 +206
(SDA) 23.52 -2.70 +193
(BCS) 44.73 -0.92 +164
(DTSI) 18.38 -1.05 +154

Tags: stocks midday

Tuesday's Pre-Market

The market looks like it will open lower today. The following factors maybe the the contributing factors for the downdrift today: oil is trading above the $72 per barrel mark today; disappointing sale figures from Walmart; downgrade of the DOW component (GM). The negative sentiments are back now. Could the Wednesday's level be hold this time around? I would wait and see.

Upgrades This Morning:
(IP)
(ECLP)
(JOYG)

Downgrades This Morning:
(CMOS)
(SSYS)

Most Active Stocks:
(QQQQ), (SPY), (SIRI), (KMI), (PEIX), (LVLT), (IWM), (SUNW), (BP), (GLD)

Stocks are Up:
(HCTL), (ADEX), (KMI), (IDT), (CGPI), (VICL), (NG), (TRB), (PEIX), (NAPS), (SIRI), (SLW)

Stocks are Down:
(LVLT), (CA), (IFO), (JLG), (VG), (GM), (LRCX), (PWAV), (EWZ), (GTE), (RTP)

Tags: premarket, pre-market, stocks to watch

What is ahead next week for stocks

The US stock markets closed higher Friday, the third straight up days. This is certainly a welcome relief from the previous brutal sell-offs. Although the volumes are lower on Thursday and Friday, but nevertheless, it is wonderful to see the relief rebound. For the week, all indexes closed higher, all of them logged 2% or more across the boards. The question remains as: "Is the low on Wednesday is the low for the support level for us to be watched?" I would use this level to see if the stock I wanted broke thru this "bottom" level. This could be the good gauge to see wheather you should enter the market or not. I am very happy to see we had 3 straight up days.

Nothing is major to be next week. Monday is closed for the Memorial holiday. Earning season is about over, Earning for next week will be:
Tuesday: (ABS), (CMCO), (FRE), (MCDTA), (OTIV), (SMTC), (VSNT), (VOD)
Wednesday: (NDN), (ADCT), (CPRT), (COST), (DRAM), (DBRN), (GMTN), (HOV), (NAVI), (NOVL), (SIGM), (TIF)
Thursday: (BBOX), (BCM), (CIEN), (CONN), (ESL), (HEI),(SYXI), (SEAC), (PTMK), (WIND)
Friday: (MDCI)

Friday's Afternoon Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading higher at 3:15 pm EST. This is the third day of rally for the week. The good news came from the personal spending climbed 0.6% announced this morning, the fastest growth rate in three months, but slightly less than the estimates of a 0.7% rise. But volume has slowed as compared to normal trading days. I would not be very bullish right now because of the low volumes for today and yesterday. Today is maybe the day to sell off some of my positions in case something happens over the weekend. I am neutral right now. No buyings for me.

Today's Stock Movers at 3:15 pm EST
Volume Momemtum Compared to normal days:
(Stock), (price), (+/-), (volume compared to normal)

Stocks Up:
(LQDT) 17.56 +2.11 +621
(LVS) 69.88 +6.21 +293
(DAKT) 47.51 +2.33 +256
(PCLN) 31.67 +1.00 +204
(MROI) 20.13 +1.10 +116

Stocks Down:
(COO) 47.84 -3.94 +1,254
(UEPS) 25.84 -1.86 +415
(TD) 54.45 -0.73 +213
(CROX) 24.60 -1.40 +202
(ASO) 27.31 -0.69 +137

Tags: stocks midday

Friday's Pre-Market

The market looks like it will open higher today. We had two consecutive days of rallies for the past two days. This will give us some relief for buyers or people who have long positions. Although yesterday's rally came in lower volume than the previous day, but this is still better than a down day.

Upgrades This Morning:
(NPBC)
(JOYG)
(WY)

Downgrades This Morning:
(WRLD)
(POSS)
(TRA)

Most Active Stocks:
(QQQQ), (SPY), (PEIX), (IWM), (SIRI), (EBAY), (JNPR), (GLD), (MA), (CMOS)

Stocks are Up:
(LVS), (IPIX), (MMR), (SKIL), (CROX), (RATE), (REDF), (NXG), (JNPR), (GW)

Stocks are Down:
(CMOS), (PEIX), (IMOS), (MU), (UEPS), (HET), (GCA), (SPIL)

Tags: premarket, pre-market, stocks to watch

Is Today A Good Day to Buy?

I bet many of you will ask the question, "is today a good day to buy into stocks?" From the technical point of view, I believe that it is still not a good day to enter any buy order yet. Why? Here are my rational behind it is not the right time to get in yet: today's volume is low than yesterday's volume as well as the down days from the past down sessions; many leading stocks are still down today or having small gains only, the only exception is (HANS). (HANS) is a very violatile stock, I believe once the market turn back to negative, this one is a candidate for short.
Well, just hold your horses, and wait for a good entry point.

Thursday's Afternoon Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading higher at 2:30 pm EST. This is the second day of attempt rally on top of yesterday's first day of rally. The sad thing is volume is slower than yesterday's pace. Regardless on the volume, I think it is still nice to see some bounces from the recent quick down trends. I would not place any buy yet until the rally is confirmed. Otherwise, it is very easy to lose money if the general trend is against you.

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

Stocks Up:
(ZUMZ) 33.95 +3.02 +173
(NTT) 25.44 +0.86 +146
(OII) 75.61 +3.75 +140
(VECO) 24.83 +1.51 +134
(TOO) 38.30 +1.65 +119

Stocks Down:
(JOYG) 48.05 -6.32 +792
(EPL) 20.66 -0.90 +721
(ASO) 28.00 -0.90 +656
(OCR) 44.39 -3.61 +625
(RF) 34.84 -0.69 +429

Tags: stocks midday

Thursday's Pre-Market

The market looks like it will open higher today. The bounce up this morning is probably due to the following factors: great reverse and closed up yesterday (1st attempt was successful); Q1 GDP was adjusted up to 5.3% vs. consensus 5.8% from previous 4.8%; initial claims fell 40K to 329K vs. consensus 318K. Look for continuation of market strength in the morning. Hopefully the market will close higher like yesterday. If this one is another success, this will bring more confidence to the market; otherwise every leg up is another sell-off opportunity for the traders.

Upgrades This Morning:
(URBN)
(HARB)
(BRCM)

Downgrades This Morning:
(FRGO)
(PFBC)
(KRO)

Most Active Stocks:
(QQQQ), (SPY), (EBAY), (SIRI), (YHOO), (GLD), (IWM), (GOOG), (MSFT), (ASML)

Stocks are Up:
(SGY), (ENCY), (BDCO), (OSIS), (JLG), (EBAY), (INSM), (EGHT), (ARTG), (SSRI)

Stocks are Down:
(CRWN), (BCSI), (NCTY), (SAFM), (JOYG), (AGT), (CWTR), (VG), (AVCI), (NTAP), (NVAX)

Tags: premarket, pre-market, stocks to watch

Wednesday's Afternoon Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading lower at 2:30 pm EST. Like yesterday, another attempt rally has failed. Again the market started up, but the gain has vanished. This is the sign of a weak market. Leading stocks failed on the breakouts. In this kind of market, you can probably short the breakout stocks and make money from it. But the best advice is NOT BUYING any stocks at all.

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

Stocks Up:
(DAKT) 42.84 +2.34 +345
(NTES) 21.41 +0.82 +243
(KEYS) 40.46 +0.66 +120
(VPRT) 30.93 +0.82 +52
(OPEN) 27.55 +0.50 +51

Stocks Down:
(FRZ) 20.90 -0.65 +4,592
(NRPH) 25.13 -1.27 +417
(WSM) 37.76 -1.29 +348
(OEH) 37.12 -0.72 +303
(BWLD) 37.11 -1.07 +268

Tags: stocks midday

Wednesday's Pre-Market

The market looks like it will open higher today. This morning, the governemnt released April durable goods orders fell a much larger than expected 4.8% vs. consensus of -0.5%, the first decline in many months. The thinking is traders think the FED may stop rate hiking soon. Another failed prediction like two hikes ago? Could this be another rally attempt failure like yesterday? I would not place any buys until the FED picture is cleared.

Upgrades This Morning:
(OPX)
(POWI)
(WTS)

Downgrades This Morning:
(GTN)
(JAMS)
(RMK)

Most Active Stocks:
(QQQQ), (SPY), (NVAX), (FMDAY), (PPHM), (IWM), (BCRX), (TRB), (GLD), (DYN)

Stocks are Up:
(VICL), (NVAX), (FMDAY), (BCRX), (GNBT), (CVM), (HEB), (PPHM), (AVII), (IDEV), (BOOM)

Stocks are Down:
(IAO), (TVIA), (TGB), (ESCL), (HMY), (DROOY), (AU), (FRO)

Tags: premarket, pre-market, stocks to watch

Market is Sinking?

The market opened up about 20 point on the Nasdaq in the morning, and now the Nasdaq market is trading up around 6 points. Looks like the market is sinking as time passes. I would use the next leg up to close some positions. Remember not to be greedy in buying anything that looks CHEAP right now. It is going to be getting cheaper the following days.
Buy only when the tide has turned.

Tuesday's Afternoon Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading higher at 2:45 pm EST. But the gain is diminishing as the day progressing. If the market maintain the gain, but at least above the mid point between the low and high of the day with good volume, then it would be good for the market. Otherwise, we are going to see more down days coming. From the look of the current trading pattern, I believe we will be closing at the low of the day, or perhaps closes lower than yesterday. If this is the case, the rally attempt is failed. STOP BUYING!!

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

Stocks Up:
(CAM) 48.90 +3.25 +544
(AP) 34.56 +2.06 +350
(GROW) 21.69 +2.64 +224
(ANDE) 100.50 +11.25 +190
(MOLX) 36.60 +1.94 +121

Stocks Down:
(BNS) 37.79 -0.51 +352
(SIVB) 46.77 -1.62 +198
(ASPM) 21.38 -1.12 +173
(GAIA) 16.24 -0.70 +164
(RL) 55.12 -0.68 +138

Tags: stocks midday

Big Stock Movers

As of 11:40AM EST, stock market is marching to the upside, hopefully this can stay up until the close. This will bring back more confidence to the market. If the market has difficulty going up, I would use this rally as an opportunity to exit my positions.

Big Stock Movers to the Upside on NYSE:
(AP)
(BKD)
(HNZ)
(IHR)
(NGG)
(WCG)
(FTD)
(CPB)

Big Stock Movers to the Downside NYSE:
(GTN)
(AHG)
(CTB)
(MEG)
(WON)
(EGF)
(SLE)
(UNH)

Tuesday's Pre-Market

The market looks like it will open higher today. Could be this a temporarily bounce or sign of bottoming is coming? Only time will tell. I believe it is still risky to place any buy position right now. Until the FED gives a clear indicator, it may be another attemp rally failure in the coming days. But it would be nice to see some kind of stablization coming after several severe down days.

Upgrades This Morning:
(HYDL)
(XNPT)
(SPWR)

Downgrades This Morning:
(AMD)
(KLAC)
(STAR)

Most Active Stocks:
(QQQQ), (SPY), (ASML), (IWM), (FMDAY), (INTC), (PEIX), (ESCL), (GLD), (NOK)

Stocks are Up:
(FRGO), (AZK), (IAO), (ESCL), (DVW), (CBMX), (EZM)

Stocks are Down:
(ARTG), (JRJC), (TLEO), (TTEK), (PALM), (CUK), (VIV), (JNPR), (CIEN)

Tags: premarket, pre-market, stocks to watch

Monday's Afternoon Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading lower at 2:10 pm EST. Traders do not care about how good the earnings are for the current quarter. Fear of inflation could the market to tumble again today. The down volume for the day is heavier than normal. No buyers are found to be supporting the market right now. DO NOT BUY!

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

Stocks Up:
(DIGE) 36.62 +0.53 +155
(WCG) 48.91 +0.57 +122
(AP) 32.03 +0.71 +59
(CXW) 50.96 +0.51 +30

Stocks Down:
(TRID) 22.86 -4.47 +517
(CRED) 19.49 -0.91 +484
(E) 57.92 -1.36 +479
(IJR) 61.58 -0.81 +475
(LFC) 59.40 -6.05 +469

Tags: stocks midday

Monday's Pre-Market

The market looks like it will open lower today. The biggest factor for today's drop off probably still is the fear of inflation. Although big companies such as (LOW and (CPB) beat estimates handily, but it still cannot overcome the downward movement force this morning. Caution should be employed right now. Do not rush to buy!!!

Upgrades This Morning:
(BKUNA)
(ADSK)
(DRL)

Downgrades This Morning:
(CMN)
(SFNT)
(CPWM)

Most Active Stocks:
(QQQQ), (SPY), (IWM), (GLD), (YHOO), (EC), (LU), (TMTA), (JNPR), (CSCO)

Stocks are Up:
(MAIN), (NYER), (PACT), (CMTL), (CBMX), (RSAS), (WGAT), (GGC)

Stocks are Down:
(SFE), (AGT), (TTM), (GTE), (NXG), (TRID), (TNT), (TGB), (SNP), (GOLD)

Tags: premarket, pre-market, stocks to watch

What is ahead next week for stocks

Stock market closed higher Friday after a string of 6 straight down days on Nasdaq. This was the first relief from further down side. Hopefully this will entice more buyers to the market in the coming days. I believe the "inflation" factor is with the market right now. I would not buy anything until the market conditions change for the better.

Event Calenders from Yahoo:

Monday: HET Mini Analyst Day; HLIT Analyst Meeting; HAN Analyst & Investor Site Visit; LSCP Analyst and Investor Event; XEC at UBS Global Oil and Gas Conf ADCT, ANAD, TLAB, TWTC at Lehman Brothers Worldwide Wireless, Wireline and Media Conf; CRM at SRI's 3rd Annual Identity Theft in Financial Services; HON, ROK, ITT, SPW at The Electrical Products Group Conf 2006; HPQ, BRCD, SUNW at Morgan Stanley Enterprise Computing Symposium; JDSU, CSCO, OPEN, ARDI at JPMorgan 34th Annual Tech Conf; LNG, MMR, SRE, SYNM at Foresight International Gas Conf; LOOK, BIDU at Bear, Stearns Internet Roundtable
Tuesday: AMTD Analyst/Investor Day; GTRC Analyst Meeting; HAN Analyst & Investor Site Visit; HIG Investor Day; PBR Analyst Meeting; ADBE, SONS, UCTT, LTXX at JPMorgan 34th Annual Tech Conf; ANH, FICC, LEND, PMI at Fox-Pitt, Kelton Mortgage Conf; Bank of America Boston Consumer Mini Conf; Bear, Stearns Internet Roundtable; CDCY, FADV, FRGO, OTIV at Morgan Keegan Security Conf; DHR, ABB, SI, ETN ,UTX at The Electrical Products Group Conf 2006; FTI, HELX, MRO at UBS Global Oil and Gas Conference; JNPR, CSCO, RIMM at Lehman Brothers Worldwide Wireless, Wireline and Media Conf; LXK, SYMC, MSFT, SCUR at UBS Enterprise Tech Conf; LYO, IP, DD at Goldman Sachs Basic Materials 2006 Conf; MNRO Conf Call; T, PLA, MOT, NYT at Morgan Stanley 11th Annual Media & Communications Conf; WHR/MYG Integration Conf Call; Fed: Bernanke testifies on personal finance
Wednesday: CVS Analyst/Investor MeetingADBE, WEBM, IM at UBS Enterprise Technology Conf; ADSX, DOC, LOJN at Thomas Weisel Partners GPS & RFID - Track, Trace and Navigate Conf; AMAT, CSCO, JNPR, WEBM at JPMorgan 34th Annual Tech Conf; CEN, PWER, CIEN, MOLX at JPMorgan 34th Annual Tech Conf; CTXS, RNOW, ULTI, WSSI at Pacific Crest Securites On-Demand Conf; CYT, ARG, SIAL at Goldman Sachs Basic Materials 2006 Conf; DSCM, MSFT, GSIC, IACI at Goldman Sachs Seventh Annual Internet Conf; LVLT, PRM, TDS, CLEC, KNOL, NXST at Wachovia 2006 Media and Comm Conf; MXIM Analyst Day; RG, V, CSCO, NWS at Morgan Stanley 11th Annual Media & Comm Conf; SCUR at Morgan Keegan Security Conf; TASR Annual Meeting; TMO 2006 Annual Investor Conf; Fed: Gov Kroszner speaks to journalists
Thursday: SUPG Analyst Investor Day; AVY, ARDI, PXR at Thomas Weisel Partners GPS & RFID - Track, Trace and Navigate Conf; FLWS, GOOG, LGBT at Goldman Sachs Seventh Annual Internet Conf; VRSN Analyst Meeting; HAL at UBS Global Oil and Gas Conf; LSTR Mid Q2 Conf Call; MWV at Goldman Sachs Basic Materials 2006 Conf; RPM at Credit Suisse Small Cap Materials Conf WLDA New York Investor Meeting; YUM P-5 Sales
Friday: pre-Memorial Day: Financial & Bond markets early close (noon in pit; 13:00 electronic)... Fed: Dallas' Fed pres Fisher speaks to economists.

Earning calender from Yahoo:

Monday: AGYS, CPB, LOW, PACT, APSG, MNT, PAY, and WTSLA...
Tuesday: CBRL, MNRO, PERY, SCMR, TECD, TOL, BGP, CSC, DY, MDT, PHHM, PVH, SIGM, and SNIC... Wednesday: AZP, DAKT, EV, FRED, PSS, POSS, SYNO, WSM, BCSI, CWTR, CNVR, DCI, JLG, MIK, NTAP, OPSW, PETC, PSSI, NCTY, and TIVO... Thursday: BLI, BWS, CHINA, FLO, GCO, HRL, JOYG, MTLM, NOOF, PDCO, PDC, RL, SAFM, TTC, UNFI, AGIL, CHS, CMOS, CYBX, DITC, and FRNT... Friday: No companies are confirmed to report

Friday's Afternoon Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading higher at 2:30 pm EST. The market was trading up and down thru the day. From the strength we have so far. This could be the only up day in the week for the Nasdaq market. Looks like volume is higher than yesterday. Hopefully this will bring more buyers in the coming days.

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

Stocks Up:
(SUPX) 39.48 +2.87 +374
(ANN) 38.48 +1.18 +254
(TIE) 34.80 +3.81 +222
(PNK) 30.69 +2.07 +196
(ANDE) 94.80 +2.50 +176

Stocks Down:
(HIBB) 25.43 -3.65 +1,409
(AMT) 30.36 -1.25 +1,074
(MT) 32.80 -1.36 +571
(ATRS) 16.93 -1.24 +533
(RACK) 36.50 -3.35 +533

Tags: stocks midday

Friday's Pre-Market

The market looks like it will open higher today. Hopefully this morning's rally does not turn into another down day like yesterday. No major economy news from the US government today. But Secretary of Treasury John Snow was interviewed with CNBC, he has indicated that US is supporting the greenback. This could be the excuse for the market to recover.
(DELL) is starting to use (AMD)'s chip for its desktop and notebook lines. Could this be fatal to (INTC)?

Upgrades This Morning:
(AAP)
(ACAS)
(CWT)

Downgrades This Morning:
(FMER)
(SNRR)
(ALEX)

Most Active Stocks:
(QQQQ), (INTC), (AMD), (DELL), (BRCD), (SPY), (DIA), (GLD), (MRVL), (TIE)

Stocks are Up:
(AMD), (FL), (BRCD), (MATK), (MRVL), (Q), (NABI), (FMCN), (TIE)

Stocks are Down:
(SFNT), (HRAY), (BNHNA), (WLDA), (TTM), (CUP), (QLTI), (MICC), (INTC), (NXG)

Tags: premarket, pre-market, stocks to watch

Thursday's Afternoon Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading down at 3:15 pm EST. The rally has faded in the afternoon. It opened up very strongly in the monring as buyers stepped in after several down days. Stocks did not proved to be bargains now. Hold off your buying until the timing is right.

Today's Stock Movers at 3:15 pm EST
Volume Momemtum Compared to normal days:
(Stock), (price), (+/-), (volume compared to normal)

Stocks Up:
(OII) 70.65 +2.19 +206
(AP) 31.78 +2.99 +157
(GYMB) 34.02 +1.07 +128
(ZUMZ) 34.37 +1.07 +119
(PCLN) 29.80 +0.80 +113

Stocks Down:
(BLUD) 16.77 -2.09 +895
(GFIG) 56.01 -0.65 +746
(MSSR) 23.46 -0.74 +540
(FMER) 23.30 -1.98 +489
(HW) 29.30 -2.10 +417

Tags: stocks midday

Thursday's Pre-Market

The market looks like it will open higher today. After several days of down days, the market is trying to bounce back. But with many high volume down days, it maybe difficult for the market to bounce back. I have to see how strong this bounce is because I start buying again.
Unless the FED starts to say the hike is over, then we may have a better chance in going back up. The job initial claims number is higher than expected, 367K vs. consensus of 318K.

Upgrades This Morning:
(FBP)
(WSO)
(SLB)

Downgrades This Morning:
(LCRD)
(MRGE)
(GG)

Most Active Stocks:
(QQQQ), (SPY), (JDSU), (SHLD), (GLD), (SIRI), (IWM), (BEAS), (GFIG), (MSFT)

Stocks are Up:
(STP), (SFCC), (MKTY), (CTRP), (SHLD), (KONG), (CVV), (LTD), (ESCL), (OPWV), (RVSN), (ESLR)

Stocks are Down:
(HW), (GTE), (NAPS), (CRM), (TSEM), (SNDA), (RTP), (IIF), (SGG), (CUK)

Tags: premarket, pre-market, stocks to watch

Wednesday's Afternoon Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading much lower at 2:15 pm EST. The main factor for today's lose is the PPI came out this morning. "Inflation" is coming. Is this the same as the "boy who cries wolf" effect? Sure we can see the price of oil is much higher than 1 year ago, as well as the gold price, but wage has not kept up the violatile energy cost. People are talking about summer vacation postponed, and they showing less time at the retailers. If the spending is slowing down, how can price continue to go up to stimulate spending?
I think the FED should stop the interest rate hike now, otherwise, we can see the economy will be going down hill from here. Maybe the prediction for the stock market is right, it is predicting slower spending which will reduce corporate earning, and it will bring down the stock prices.
It is not the right time to buy any stock right now. Hold on to your cash now.

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

Stocks Up:
(HPQ) 32.16 +1.05 +282
(ARP) 36.95 +0.95 +101
(BIDU) 83.90 +1.23 +82
(MORN) 46.00 +0.54 +58
(ZUMZ) 32.82 +0.58 +50

Stocks Down:
(SI) 86.20 -3.86 +537
(LCRD) 16.36 -2.04 +466
(MC) 22.36 -0.65 +332
(VSAT) 26.34 -1.56 +322
(FFIV) 51.58 -3.52 +296

Tags: stocks midday

Wednesday's Pre-Market

The market looks like it will open lower today. The devil in the market is "inflation fear". Before the CPI was announced it was up, then it went south after the CPI was higher than expected. There is no relief in sight unless the FED made some official announcements to the market to indicate the interest rate hike cycle is over.
(HPQ) announced better than expected result last night. It should have a good day for the stock and hopefully it may bring some support for the tech stocks.

Upgrades This Morning:
(SRT)
(SCHK)
(WTR)

Downgrades This Morning:
(NBIX)
(NCOG)
(CACH)

Most Active Stocks:
(QQQQ), (SPY), (IWM), (GLD), (AMAT), (NBIX), (NTES), (LOUD), (VTSS), (CBMX), (HPQ)

Stocks are Up:
(IAO), (LTXX), (AXJ), (GLE), (OLAB), (LTON), (MNG), (CBMX), (GNBT), (ONXX), (SMSI), (HMY)

Stocks are Down:
(VTSS), (CELL), (MRGE), (NBIX), (ESCL), (XMSR), (QCOM), (PEIX)

Tags: premarket, pre-market, stocks to watch

Tuesday's Afternoon Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading mixed at 2:00 pm EST. There seems to be a lot of good news came out this morning on the inflation front. But the market still refuse to go up probably the traders think it is not enough to hold off the rate hike.
(NBIX) is biggest loser today. There is always a danger in one-product company such as (NBIX). You see the big drop if the product failed like the one you saw today. Stay away from these kind of stocks.

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

Stocks Up:
(BIDU) 85.56 +1.21 +253
(TWGP) 29.74 +1.73 +213
(TIE) 37.79 +1.73 +172
(JOBS) 30.92 +1.13 +165
(ITU) 32.16 +0.94 +164

Stocks Down:
(NBIX) 21.86 -32.77 +6,671
(COGN) 30.67 -3.92 +1,501
(CCL) 42.58 -3.96 +834
(CUK) 44.50 -5.32 +727
(RCL) 37.15 -3.05 +545

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Tuesday's Pre-Market

The market looks like it will open mixed today. The good news for today is the slow start in housing as well as new housing permits. This could be one of the factors for the FED to look at to see the economy is slowing down. The PPI announced this morning is better than expected. Let's see if the market can recover from here on.
The biggest loser today is (NBIX). It is down 50% from yesterday's closse. Watch out below!

Upgrades This Morning:
(AEP)
(POZN)
(MU)

Downgrades This Morning:
(AUO)
(KEP)
(PKX)

Most Active Stocks:
(QQQQ), (SPY), (NBIX), (SEPR), (IWM), (ESCL), (BRCM), (JDSU), (SIRI), (PFE)

Stocks are Up:
(NCOG), (CAMT), (MED), (HOM), (SEPR), (ESCL), (NYER), (STEM), (IDT), (ASTM)

Stocks are Down:
(NBIX), (DOVP), (COGN), (ENZN), (REFE), (DE), (OXY), (BUH), (LIHRY)

Tags: premarket, pre-market, stocks to watch

Monday's After Hour Movers

Movers in the After Hours Session:

Gainers:
(MED)
(HOM)
(ANLT)
(CREAF)
(OSIS)
(STEC)
(TAGS)
(OTIV)
(IPII)
(ESCL)
(DUSA)
(DMAX)
(PCCC)
(DMGI)
(TRMA)
(BTFG)
(IDNX)
(MOCC)
(DVW)

Losers:
(CODI)
(IAO)
(ARTX)
(COGN)
(DYAX)
(MFCO)
(BKMU)
(DSCO)
(HYGS)
(AMCS)
(SPEC)
(CDCY)
(NUAN)
(EZA)
(DECT)
(GENR)
(BOL)
(GNTA)
(FRG)
(IVAN)

Monday's Afternoon Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading mixed at 3:30 pm EST. It had a wild swing all day long. Volume seems to be lower than the previous two sessions. The good news with the market is the drop in commodity prices, such as gold, dropped below $700 for the first time in recent days. The price of oil is dropping because of fear of lack of consumer spending as well as high interest rates. The market is still direction less for the today. But the trend is still down for now.
(HANS) had another wild day as well. It is almost up another $18 now. If you can timed it right, you can certainly make some money along the way.

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

Stocks Up:
(ACR) 32.16 +7.26 +6,137
(JOBS) 29.06 +1.91 +574
(HANS) 187.37 +14.37 +195
MORN) 45.22 +0.75 +179
(BER) 35.20 +1.09 +151

Stocks Down:
(HGT) 25.98 -1.57 +697
(TGT) 49.96 -2.25 +521
(GROW) 23.48 -0.52 +475
(ERJ) 34.00 -2.15 +394
(CRED) 22.00 -1.65 +387

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Monday's Pre-Market

The market looks like it will open flat to lower today. The weakness is due to down slight from last week. With any good news from oil and commodity front, I expect further down slight to continue.

Upgrades This Morning:
(ADI)
(BGFV)
(LONG)

Downgrades This Morning:
(THLD)
(CHCI)
(JOBS)

Most Active Stocks:
(QQQQ), (NOK), (SPY), (GLD), (IWM), (LU), (THLD), (EZM), (IFO), (BP)

Stocks are Up:
(RTK), (SYNM), (AVNC), (ESCL), (NVAX), (GTE), (IVAN), (IFO)

Stocks are Down:
(NCOC), (GNSY), (TGB), (EZM), (CUP), (DROOY), (NXG)

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What is ahead next week for stocks

Stock market closed lower again on Friday after the FOMC meeting on Wednesday. Thursday and Friday were the biggest drops in many months. Weakness across most of sectors. Volumes have picked as compared normal trading days. The last two days are definitely considered as distribution days. I would avoid buying until the down trend has stopped.

Weekly Losers:
MFLX -33%, SFCC -32%, ASYT -32%, AVD -32%, NMHC -32%, EDAP -28%, CUTR -27%, SGK -27%, ECPG -27%, EXPE -26%, BLTI -26%, IMMR -26%, CAMP -25%, IPAS -25%, ABAX -23%, PLB -23%, RNE -22%, IOTN -21%, PCOP -21%, RWC -21%, UIC -20%, AEY -20%, AIRM -20%.

Weekly Gainers:
CSPLF +63%, UFPT +62%, IFO +41%, ZOLT +26%, LMIA +25%, BIDU +25%, SCR.A +23%, OMRI +21%, INPC +21%, EMMS +21%, RTI +20%, KNOL +20, DIL +20%, PEIX +20%, SRVY +18%, BGFV +18%, MGPI +16%, PANC +15%, EMT +15%, DATA +15%, WCG +14%, IMH +14%, FTI +14%

Earning calender from Yahoo:

Monday: JADE, NTE, NVAX, PETS, ROC, TGT, VAL, A, DEIX, FARO, GG, HOM, JAS, NTES, NINE, OSIS, and SHMR
Tuesday: AGYS, AEOS, BJ, CTR, DE, DKS, ESLT, FOSL, HD, JBX, VLCCF, SKS, SPLS, TJX, WMT, ANF, AMAT, CPWR, HPQ, LTXX, PLAB, REDE, and VSAT
Wednesday: BRC, CHRS, CPA, LTON, PBH, RTLX, ROST, TLB, TOO, ZLC, ACXM, BEAS, CTRP, EXM, FL, GYMB, HOTT, INTU, LDG, MW, NAPS, OPNT, PETM, CRM, SNDA, SNPS, and ZUMZ
Thursday: AAP, BKS, CMRG, PLCE, CLE, DEBS, KONG, LTD, NWY, SHLD, SCVL, SSI, SMRT, STP, ADIC, ARO, ALKS, ADSK, BRCD, CTRN, CPWM, DELL, FMCN, GPS, HIBB, MRVL, JWN, RRGB, SNS, STXN, and SUPX
Friday: ASEI, ANN, KIRK, and TNP

Friday's Afternoon Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading lower at 1:45 pm EST. Like yesterday, stocks are trading lower with volume increased on all exchanges. There does seem to be any relief insight. I would not place any buy order right now unless you want to test the water. Most of my buys lately are proven to be fatal to me.

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

Stocks Up:
(JOBS 27.64 +2.29 +1,065
(TGI) 52.34 +1.97 +1,008
(HEES) 37.46 +0.76 +719
(JTX) 32.53 +2.38 +217
(HOC) 81.06 +1.45 +115

Stocks Down:
(TSP) 21.90 -2.15 +754
(BRL) 50.89 -2.75 +586
(CRESY) 16.38 -1.73 +473
(TIE) 78.61 -10.29 +435
(MHGC) 16.78 -1.17 +381

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Friday's Pre-Market

The market looks like it will open lower today because of the continuation from yesterday's heavy volume sell-off. Most of the stock market across the world trader lower following the US market. Perhaps the weekend is good for us tp take a break and digest the recent news, such as FED interest rate hike, higher commodity prices, such as oil and gold.
The biggest percentage loser for today is (THLD), it is down about 75% at the open. Ouch! The down turn is caused by the FDA partial suspension its drug trial. Theses biotech stocks are highly risky.

Upgrades This Morning:
(ESIO)
(LUM)
(MITSY)

Downgrades This Morning:
(ARXX)
(VXGN)
(DIIB)

Most Active Stocks:
(QQQQ), (THLD), (JDSU), (SPY), (GLD), (LOUD), (EXPE), (IWM), (NT), (NVDA)

Stocks are Up:
(AOB), (LOUD), (GNBT), (CUP), (EZM), (AVNX), (ADI), (MOVI), (GM), (PEIX)

Stocks are Down:
(THLD), (EXPE), (TASR), (SGG), (ATML), (HANS), (DROOY), (NVDA)

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Thursday's Afternoon Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading lower at 2:00 pm EST. Stocks are down across the board. All major indexes are logging at least 1% lost. The tech heavy Nasdaq by the far the worst index, it is down almost 2%. The fear of inflation is the blame for today's lost. The price of oil is almost at all time high, there is no slowing demand for this commodity, and summer traveling season is coming. There is no relief in sight. The price of gold is over $700 per oz. A 26-year high for the gold metal. Volume has picked up dramatically in today's session. The earning season is almost behind us now.
The only gainers are the ethonal related issues, such as (ADM) and (PEIX). Even the mighty (HANS) is logging down almost $20 points.

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

Stocks Up:
(BIDU) 86.36 +2.38 +1,080
(RBA) 59.63 +2.59 +387
(ARJ) 36.01 +1.46 +359
(JOBS) 25.45 +1.14 +277
(FSTR) 25.75 +0.82 +268

Stocks Down:
(CG) 49.88 -2.67 +1,091
(STST) 30.51 -2.27 +1,089
(FNM) 50.49 -1.01 +751
(BSTE) 47.90 -7.21 +724
(NURO) 36.51 -3.24 +656

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Stocks Movers to the Down Side

The stock market turns into the ugly side after reversing its uptrend in the morning. The following stocks exhibits weakness to the down side:

(HANS)
(GOOG)
(BSTE)
(AAPL)
(AIG)
(ERS)
(ISRG)
(MERX)
(IFOX)

Thursday's Pre-Market

The market looks like it will open higher today after the FED FOMC meeting yesterday. Looks like the FED is temporarily putting the break on the interest rate hike for now.
Can (MOVI) be a turn around company? The stock is up about $2 in pre-market. You be the judge for yourself.

Upgrades This Morning:
(COGT)
(LUM)
(MFB)

Downgrades This Morning:
(RAE)
(CEGE)
(NRG)

Most Active Stocks:
(MOVI), (QQQQ), (EZM), (SPY), (JDSU), (BIDU), (FMDAY), (SGG), (GIGM), (NOK)

Stocks are Up:
(MOVI), (CSPLF), (ZOLT), (GV), (UDRL), (LOUD), (CUP), (EZM), (TOPT), (ARXX), (BBI)

Stocks are Down:
(MNTG), (AIRN), (GTE), (IFOX), (MERX), (JDSU), (TGB), (CNR)

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Wednesday's Afternoon Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading lower at 2:00 pm EST ahead of the result of the FOMC meeting. Volume is slower than any normal trading days. Two stars of the day, (HANS) and (BIDU). Two big losers of the day are: (MFLX) and (MLR).
Unfortunately, I bought some (MFLX) call options ahead of the earning. Big and fatal mistake on my part. I hope I can learn from this painful lesson in the future.

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

Stocks Up:
(FWLT) 51.31 +2.01 +808
(BOOM) 36.60 +0.83 +610
(ACO) 32.94 +1.94 +472
(RSCR) 21.30 +0.94 +404
(AIRM) 25.95 +1.93 +274

Stocks Down:
(MFLX) 43.13 -16.34 +1,836
(CRL) 39.32 -7.58 +1,764
(PVH) 38.52 -1.28 +1,682
(CE) 21.35 -1.07 +1,451
(MLR) 24.69 -5.18 +1,389

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Wednesday's Pre-Market

The market looks like it will open lower today because of the disappointing sale forecast from Cisco (CSCO). Like (DELL) of a few days ago and Microsoft (MSFT) and Intel (INTC) a few weeks ago, the big cap tech stocks are having problem with growth. They are just getting too big to be quick and nimble.
I believe these are not the types of stocks you are looking for, look for new leaders to emerge on a daily basis. Hopefully this blog will help you look for them.
Today's big event is the FOMC meeting result to be announced at about 2:30pm EST. Look for the tone of the meeting for future inflation problem ahead.
Today's big winner is (BIDU), big losers are (MFLX) and (SFCC)

Upgrades This Morning:
(MRVL)
(DIOD)
(AMV)

Downgrades This Morning:
(AUDC)
(GOLD)
(BLKB)

Most Active Stocks:
(CSCO), (TEVA), (GLD), (EZM), (BIDU), (QQQQ), (SYMC), (LU), (TMTA), (SNDK)

Stocks are Up:
(BIDU), (IMMU), (BBC), (ZP), (CRYP), (LOUD), (BECN), (CAAS), (SOLD)

Stocks are Down:
(TMTA), (SFCC), (ECPG), (MFLX), (WEL), (NUAN), (ESCL), (TEVA), (EZM)

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Tuesday After Market Big Movers

Big movers after hours:

Up:
(BIDU)
(CTRP)
(BBC)

Down:
(CBEY) - Don't know if this is real, low volume
(TMTA)
(MFLX)
(CAMP)
(ASYT)
(NUAN)

Cheap Stock on the Loose To the Upside

UFP Technologies (UFPT) is up almost 100% right now after it announced earning this monring that it surpassed earning estimate by 8 cents! WOW! Please tell me how many stocks can do that? Volume is over 2 millions as compared to the typical of less than 10K per trading day. It is a very tiny company with a lot of growth.

The high for the day was over 100% stood at $7.69 from $3.68 yesterday's close.

This company is in the packaging material industry. It serves various industries, such as medical, auto, military, etc. Or anything that requires packaging goods. Earning for the quarter is up a whopping 500% as compared to last year's quater.

Keep your eyes on this gem. Because it can be another (BOOM) in the making.

Tuesday's Afternoon Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading mixed at 2:00 pm EST. Volume is slower than any normal trading days. Like yestersday, most of the traders are waiting for the outcome of the FOMC meeting this Wednesday. Traders are still believing that the interest hikes are continuing. The tech heavy Nasdaq is dropping today because of the (DELL) effect today.
Earning to look after close today are: (MFLX), (MLR), (BIDU), (CELL), (SINA), and (SYMC)

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

Stocks Up:
(GHL) 75.08 +3.66 +785
(HANS) 176.90 +25.25 +478
(ASFI) 41.44 +3.19 +458
(FTI) 67.34 +7.65 +364
(UIC) 57.14 +3.15 +282

Stocks Down:
(IPCC) 43.00 -2.87 +1,160
(SRZ) 32.48 -6.82 +1,131
(AIRM) 23.89 -5.84 +796
(GDW) 73.75 -1.15 +789
(WRNC) 20.37 -2.42 +753

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Tuesday's Pre-Market

The market looks like it will open flat to slightly lower today. Today's down open is caused for the disappointing earning report from (DELL). This stock was the former leader in the 90's and its revenue growth is slowing now because of its size. The stock is over owned by many institutions now. That is why new leadership is important in winning.
(HANS) is the leader in the making. It is up $19 at the open. This one has been a winner since last year. It was up over almost 300% year to day. And it was up over 500% last year.
Hoefully my blog will guide you to find the next leader like (HANS) in the days, weeks, and months to come.

Upgrades This Morning:
(NLY)
(MFA)
(UIC)

Downgrades This Morning:
(UAUA)
(MMR)
(WDHD)

Most Active Stocks:
(DELL), (ILE), (SPY), (HANS), (INTC), (PEIX), (SNDX), (GM), (QQQQ), (SGG)

Stocks are Up:
(INPC), (DITC), (HANS), (AQNT), (TMY), (ARNA), (NSTC)

Stocks are Down:
(ESCL), (GMES), (EAG), (DELL), (SGG), (WPI), (BWNG)

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Monday's Afternoon Stocks To Watch

The stock markets are trading mixed at 2:00 pm EST. Most of the traders are waiting for the outcome of the FOMC meeting this Wednesday. Any hint for slowing the FED hike would be bullish for stocks.
(ZVXI) is the star of the day. It will have a 3-to-2 stock split on May 19. Earning has been great for the past quarter. It was mentioned when it was in the mid-teen a couple months ago. It can have another push-up when split time comes.

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

Stocks Up:
(ZVXI) 23.98 +2.61 +627
(ANEN 22.52 +1.20 +313
(DXPE) 51.95 +3.80 +214
(NNDS) 54.73 +2.77 +189
(MLR) 29.69 +1.44 +183

Stocks Down:
(TMO) 38.79 -0.66 +1,957
(AVD) 21.05 -6.35 +1,290
(WB) 55.74 -3.65 +516
(RES) 31.51 -1.42 +465
(DIOD) 37.04 -2.17 +412

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(VIMC) Has Broken Down

(VIMC) has broken down thru the previous strong support levels with heavier volume.

Stocks with Very Momentum Today

The following stocks exhibit very strong up momentum today:

(ZVXI) - mentioned several times on my blog.
(PKE)
(ANEN)
(SWIR)
(CASS)
(CAMT)
(ISNS)
(WIRE)
(NTSC)
(NNDS)
(SATC)
(COGO)

Monday's Pre-Market

The market looks like it will open flat to slightly lower today. The main story is the price of oil is dropping below $70 per barrel again. But this is still hard to predict. If we can maintain below this level, then it should be good for the market. Another major news is the FOMC meeting coming up. The prediction is another 0.25 point raise.
The M&A story is (WB) is buying (GDW). That may boost buying in the banking/financila sector sector.

Upgrades This Morning:
(POWI)
(CBK)
(GI)

Downgrades This Morning:
(IP)
(CPWM)
(DIOD)

Most Active Stocks:
(QQQQ), (MGRM), (ILE), (AAPL), (GLD), (GDW), (PRGX), (MSFT), (EMMS), (WB)

Stocks are Up:
(MGRM), (EMMS), (N), (PRGX), (FSH), (WPSC), (STKL), (GDW), (TMO), (SGG), (FAL)

Stocks are Down:
(PCLN), (GTE), (WB), (ERS), (CROX), (ILE), (NXG)

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What is ahead next week for stocks

Stock market closed higher Friday after the labor data report. The price of oil dropped to about $70 per barrel less than the $75 per barrel a few days ago. Always keep your eyes on the weekly winners and losers, they might give you some hints on the next sets of winners and losers for the coming week.

Weekly Losers:
NPSP -38%, NTMD -36%, PLT -33%, CLAY -30%, HHGP -28%, PQE -27%, PIR -26%, CVNS -25%, EFJI -24%, PDLI -23%, CTDC -22%, ARBX -22%, ASF -21%, BKRS -21%, CHS -21%, SKS -20%, INTN -20%, PANC -19%, ADZA -19%, SIL -19%, SRT -18%, GRZ -18%, ELSE -17%

Weekly Winners:
ADIC +40%, ADEP +40%, FNET +39%, MEA +39%, VICL +35%, VC +35%, CMT +35%, PGWC +34%, PSMT +30%, IIG +29%, AFCO +28%, EXPD +25%, AVL +25%, POS +24%, NEXT +24%, CLHB +24%, PGS +24%, SMDI +23%, NCST +23%, PSPT +23%, NGA +22%, TRW +21%

Earning calender from Yahoo:

Earnings Preview for the week of May 8th-12th : Companies reporting earnings the week of May 8th-12th include:
Monday: HW, IART, NBR, HGSI, AQNT, BBBB, OSIP, and VCLK
Tuesday: ANPI, HANS, HELE, BIDU, CSCO, ENER, SOLD, NVTL, SINA, SYMC, and DIS...
Wednesday: FWLT, IIJI, TOMO, POWI NWS.A...
Thursday: DISH, SCMR, URBN, JOBS, AEM, HEES, ADI, EXPE, NVDA, PSUN, and VSAT
Friday: DRS, VLCCF, MAG, and HOM

Friday's Afternoon Stocks To Watch

The stock markets are trading higher at 2:45 pm EST because of the job data announced this morning. Traders are talking about the end of interest rate hike. This can be good for stocks, as well as the housing market is slowing, the source of investment could be back to the stock market. One key of data to be watched is still the price of oil. This can have a big influence on our market.
(FNET) was the stock to be watched toay and yesterday after the Las Vegas is soon to accept wireless betting. This can be huge for (FNET). Keep your eyes on it.

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

Stocks Up:
(RATE) 50.98 +2.04 +870
(FNET) 24.76 +0.94 +525
(OII) 71.60 +6.18 +518
(HLF) 38.27 +0.50 +227
(GFIG) 61.60 +5.20 +181

Stocks Down:
(POWI) 18.10 -1.54 +2,927
(SCT) 21.22 -2.70 +1,646
(FOXH) 26.65 -4.55 +1,165
(CLRK) 20.19 -3.36 +804
(ASCA) 22.90 -3.00 +715

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Friday'sPre-Market

The market looks like it will open higher today. Friday's weaker than expected jobs data may have contributed the higher open this morning. Non-farm payrolls rose a less than expected 138K vs. estimate of 200K, and March number was revised down to 200K; hourly earnings rose 0.5%, higher than forecast of 0.3% but the unemployment rate held steady at a four-year low of 4.7%. The price of oil is held steady today. Let's see if the market respond to the upside today.

Upgrades This Morning:
(CENT)
(HGR)
(PIR)

Downgrades This Morning:
(ACAS)
(AFCO)
(MVL)

Most Active Stocks:
(QQQQ), (SPY), (CNXT), (NYX), (IIP), (GLD), (CROX), (IWM), (FMDAY), (ACLS)

Stocks are Up:
(ACLS), (IIP), (CUP), (FMDAY), (CROX), (EP), (ATVI)

Stocks are Down:
(VLNC), (OTEX), (BKHM), (FOXH), (ONT), (EMIS), (NFI)

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Thursday's Mid-May Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading higher at 2:45 pm EST. Perhaps the biggest factor today is: the price of oil is dropped below $70 per barrel. Most the oil related stocks are down and tech sector is up. Watch for the following companies to report after close today: (ARP), (ATLS), (GFIG), and (LVS).

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

Stocks Up:
(FNET) 22.95 +3.76 +1,091
(HLF) 37.40 +3.27 +763
(EXPD) 103.49 +15.73 +501
(RBC) 51.02 +2.16 +329
(CLB) 66.06 +1.36 +266

Stocks Down:
(CNO) 23.32 -2.06 +1,269
(ANDE) 110.22 -11.86 +767
(ERTS) 47.96 -6.54 +653
(CECO) 31.84 -4.75 +615
(CHS) 30.46 -6.64 +563

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Answer to the high price of oil in the futrue

With the ever increasing in the price of oil, here is the article from CNN Money could give you some hints as what to invest in the future:

How to Beat the High Cost of Gasoline. Forever!
Stop dreaming about hydrogen. Ethanol is the answer to the energy dilemma. It's clean and green and runs in today's cars. And in a generation, it could replace gas.
Fortune Magazine
By Adam Lashinsky and Nelson D. Schwartz
January 24, 2006: 4:09 PM EST

(FORTUNE Magazine) - You probably don't know it, but the answer to America's gasoline addiction could be under the hood of your car. More than five million Tauruses, Explorers, Stratuses, Suburbans, and other vehicles are already equipped with engines that can run on an energy source that costs less than gasoline, produces almost none of the emissions that cause global warming, and comes from the Midwest, not the Middle East.

These lucky drivers need never pay for gasoline again--if only they could find this elusive fuel, called ethanol. Chemically, ethanol is identical to the grain alcohol you may have spiked the punch with in college. It also went into gasohol, that 1970s concoction that brings back memories of Jimmy Carter in a cardigan and outrageous subsidies from Washington. But while the chemistry is the same, the economics, technology, and politics of ethanol are profoundly different.

Instead of coming exclusively from corn or sugar cane as it has up to now, thanks to biotech breakthroughs, the fuel can be made out of everything from prairie switchgrass and wood chips to corn husks and other agricultural waste. This biomass-derived fuel is known as cellulosic ethanol. Whatever the source, burning ethanol instead of gasoline reduces carbon emissions by more than 80% while eliminating entirely the release of acid-rain-causing sulfur dioxide. Even the cautious Department of Energy predicts that ethanol could put a 30% dent in America's gasoline consumption by 2030.

We may not have to wait that long. After decades of being merely an additive to gasoline, ethanol suddenly looks to be the stuff of a fuel revolution--and a pipe dream for futurists. An unlikely alliance of venture capitalists, Wall Streeters, automakers, environmentalists, farmers, and, yes, politicians is doing more than just talk about ethanol's potential. They're putting real money into biorefineries, car engines that switch effortlessly between gasoline and biofuels, and R&D to churn out ethanol more cheaply. (By the way, the reason motorists don't know about the five-million-plus ethanol-ready cars and trucks on the road is that until now Detroit never felt the need to tell them. Automakers quietly added the flex-fuel feature to get a break from fuel-economy standards.)

What's more, powerful political lobbies in Washington that never used to concern themselves with botanical affairs are suddenly focusing on ethanol. "Energy dependence is America's economic, environmental, and security Achilles' heel," says Nathanael Greene of the Natural Resources Defense Council, a mainstream environmental group. National- security hawks agree. Says former CIA chief James Woolsey: "We've got a coalition of tree huggers, do-gooders, sodbusters, hawks, and evangelicals." (Yes, he did say "evangelicals"--some have found common ground with greens in the notion of environmental stewardship.)

The next five years could see ethanol go from a mere sliver of the fuel pie to a major energy solution in a world where the cost of relying on a finite supply of oil is way too high. As that happens, says Vinod Khosla, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist who has become one of the nation's most influential ethanol advocates, "I'm absolutely convinced that without putting any more land under agriculture and without changing our food production, we can introduce enough ethanol in the U.S. to replace the majority of our petroleum use in cars and light trucks."

Filling up on ethanol isn't new. Henry Ford's Model Ts ran on it. What's changing is the cost of distilling ethanol and the advantages it brings over rival fuels. Energy visionaries like to dream about hydrogen as the ultimate replacement for fossil fuels, but switching to it would mean a trillion-dollar upheaval--for new production and distribution systems, new fuel stations, and new cars. Not so with ethanol--today's gas stations can handle the most common mixture of 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline, called E85, with minimal retrofitting. It takes about 30% more ethanol than gasoline to drive a mile, and the stuff is more corrosive, but building a car that's E85-ready adds only about $200 to the cost. Ethanol has already transformed one major economy: In Brazil nearly three-quarters of new cars can burn either ethanol or gasoline, whichever happens to be cheaper at the pump, and the nation has weaned itself off imported oil.

And have you heard about GM's yellow gas caps? In the next few weeks the auto giant is set to unveil an unlikely marketing campaign drawing attention to E85 and its E85-ready cars and trucks like the Chevy Avalanche. They will sport special yellow gas caps, and if you already own such a vehicle, GM will send you a gas cap free. California governor and Hummer owner Arnold Schwarzenegger is backing a ballot initiative that would encourage service stations to offer ethanol at the pump. Even big oil companies like Royal Dutch Shell and Exxon Mobil are funding ethanol research. Says Beth Lowry, GM's vice president for energy and environment: "People's perception used to be 'The agricultural lobby is very interested in it.' Now people are waking up and saying, 'This isn't just about the Midwest. This is about the U.S. as a whole.' " Adds Daniel Yergin, one of the country's top energy experts: "I don't think I've seen so many kinds of renewable energy fermenting and bubbling as right now. The very definition of oil is broadening."

Not that ethanol will replace gasoline overnight. There are 170,000 service stations in the U.S.; only 587 (count 'em!) sell E85. To refine enough ethanol to replace the gas we burn (140 billion gallons a year) would require thousands of biorefineries and hundreds of billions of dollars. Yet one of capitalism's favorite visionaries is convinced that very soon filling up on weeds and cornhusks will be no more remarkable than tanking up on regular. Says Richard Branson, whose Virgin Group is starting an ethanol-inspired subsidiary called Virgin Fuels: "This is the win-win fuel of the future."

BARRELS FROM BUSHELS

In Decatur, Ill., nobody is waiting around for the future; demand for ethanol from corn is booming right now. This grain-elevator-dotted town is home to agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland, which makes it the capital of the old-school heavily subsidized U.S. ethanol industry. On a blustery January day, the air is thick with fog, sleet, and condensation from the corn mills on the 600-acre complex next to ADM's corporate office. Outside the ethanol plant, the air smells like grape juice gone bad. Inside, with its giant vats and fermentation towers, the biorefinery resembles a winery, but it's much noisier.

ADM used to call itself "Supermarket to the World." Today, reflecting its emergence as an alternative-energy supplier, it boasts of being "Resourceful by Nature." The company created the corn-ethanol industry when Jimmy Carter asked it to in 1978--the oil-shocked President wanted a homegrown alternative to gasoline. ADM now pumps out more than a billion gallons of ethanol per year. While the fuel accounts for just 5% of the company's $36 billion in annual sales, analysts estimate that it generates 23% of ADM's operating profit. Says Allen Andreas, the courtly 62-year-old CEO: "We've always been feeding people and looking for better alternatives; now we're doing the same thing in energy."

ADM aims to be a big player in what Andreas calls the shift "from hydrocarbons to carbohydrates." But for now it's ignoring E85 and cellulosic ethanol in favor of keeping pace with demand that is already booming. Corn ethanol's main use is as an additive that helps gasoline burn more efficiently. ADM sells nearly its entire output to oil companies, which use ethanol as a substitute for MTBE, a petroleum-based additive that is toxic and is now banned in California and 24 other states. With two billion gallons of MTBE still in use annually and 25 states that have yet to ban it, the ethanol industry could grow 50% simply by replacing MTBE.

In September, ADM announced a nearly 50% expansion project, or 500 million new gallons of annual production capacity. Archrival Cargill is belatedly ramping up ethanol production, and new entrants are using private capital to build ethanol plants. The only publicly traded pure-play ethanol maker, Pacific Ethanol of Fresno, plans to build five plants in California and has raised a total of $111 million, including $84 million from Bill Gates. (For a guide to playing the ethanol boom, see Investing.) All told, the planned projects represent a nearly $2.6 billion investment and will increase U.S. ethanol capacity by 40%.

Other major players are making long-term ethanol bets. Ford is working with VeraSun, a startup in South Dakota, to promote E85 fueling stations. Shell is the primary backer of Canada's Iogen, which is attempting the first large-scale production of cellulosic ethanol--the kind made from cornstalks and grasses--at a pilot plant in Ottawa (see following story, "Biorefinery Breakthrough"). Exxon Mobil has pledged $100 million to Stanford University for research into alternative fuels. The oil giant's new CEO, Rex Tillerson, visited the campus last year to hear what researchers are cooking up. Biology professor Chris Sommerville says the change in the industry is palpable: "I went to six scientific conferences on biofuels last year; the previous 29 years I didn't go to any."

The biggest alternative-fuels player of all, of course, is Uncle Sam. Oil refiners receive a 51-cent tax credit for every gallon of ethanol they blend into their gasoline. That alone will cost taxpayers more than $7 billion over five years, estimates the Congressional Budget Office. The U.S. has also funded research into biodiesel, which uses deep-fryer grease and other nontoxic ingredients to replace regular diesel fuel. (See box at left.) But ethanol will never really take off unless consumers demand it, and while the U.S. industry still relies on taxpayer largesse, Brazil has leaped to the next step: a profitable free-market system in which the government has gotten out of the way.

HOW BRAZIL BEATS THE U.S.

Near the prosperous farm town of Sertãozinho, some 200 miles north of São Paulo, the fuel that will fill the tanks of nearly three million Brazilian cars in a few months is still waist-high. Lush sugar-cane fields stretch as far as the eye can see, interrupted only by the towering white mills where the stalks of the plants will be turned into ethanol when the harvest begins in March.

Brazil boasts the biggest economy south of Mexico, and with annual GDP growth of 2.6%, it is a powerhouse you might expect to consume growing amounts of oil, coal, and nuclear energy. But Brazil also happens to have the perfect geography for growing sugar cane, the most energy-rich ethanol feedstock known to science. And so, for Brazil's 16.5 million drivers, there is ready access to what's known in Portuguese as álcool at nearly all of the country's 34,000 gas stations. "Everyone talks about alternative fuels, but we're doing it," says Barry Engle, president of Ford Brazil. Ethanol accounts for more than 40% of the fuel Brazilians use in their cars.

While oil frequently has to be shipped halfway around the world before it's refined into gasoline, here the sugar cane grows right up to the gates of Sertãozinho's Santa Elisa mill, where it will be made into ethanol. There's very little waste--leftovers are burned to produce electricity for Santa Elisa and the local electrical grid. "The maximum distance from farm to mill is about 25 miles," says Fernando Ribeiro, secretary general of Unica, the trade association that represents Brazilian sugar-cane growers. "It's very, very efficient in terms of energy use."

Although Brazilians have driven some cars that run exclusively on ethanol since 1979, the introduction three years ago of new engines that let drivers switch between ethanol and gasoline has transformed what was once an economic niche into the planet's leading example of renewable fuels. Ford exhibited the first prototype of what came to be known as a flex-fuel engine in 2002; soon VW marketed a flex-fuel car. Ford's Engle says flex-fuel technology helps avoid problems that had plagued ethanol cars, such as balky starts on cold mornings, weak pickup, and corrosion.

Consumers loved flex-fuel because it meant not having to choose between ethanol and gas models--memories were still fresh of the 1990 sugar-cane shortage, when ethanol-car owners found themselves, well, out of gas. Today "nobody would buy an alcohol-only car, even with tax incentives," says sales manager Rogerio Beraldo of Green Automoveis, a sprawling dealership in São Paulo. "Brazilians are traumatized by our earlier experience, when supplies ran out. But with flex-fuel, there's no risk of that."

With Brazilian ethanol selling for 45% less per liter than gasoline in 2003 and 2004, flex-fuel cars caught on like iPods. In 2003, flex-fuel had 6% of the market for Brazilian-made cars, and automakers were expecting the technology's share to zoom to 30% in 2005. That proved wildly conservative: As of last December, 73% of cars sold in Brazil came with flex-fuel engines. There are now 1.3 million flex-fuel cars on the road. "I have never seen an automotive technology with that fast an adoption rate," says Engle.

Ethanol's rise has had far-reaching effects on the economy. Not only does Brazil no longer have to import oil but an estimated $69 billion that would have gone to the Middle East or elsewhere has stayed in the country and is revitalizing once-depressed rural areas. More than 250 mills have sprouted in southeastern Brazil, and another 50 are under construction, at a cost of about $100 million each. Driving to lunch at his local churrasco barbecue spot in Sertãozinho, the head of the local sugar-cane growers' association points to one new business after another, from farm-equipment sellers to builders of boilers and other gear for the nearby mills. "My family has been in this business for 30 years, and this is the best it's been," says Manoel Carlos Ortolan. "There's even nouveaux riches."

The key to Brazil's success is that consumers are choosing ethanol rather than being forced to buy it. Brazil's military dictators tried the latter approach in the 1970s and early 1980s, by offering tax breaks to build mills, ordering state-owned oil company Petrobras to sell ethanol at gas stations, and regulating prices at the pump. This bullying--and cheap oil in the 1990s--nearly killed the market for ethanol until flex-fuel came along. The regime wasn't good for much, says consultant Plinio Nastari, but it did create the distribution system that enables drivers to fill up on ethanol just about anywhere.

Even though the U.S. will never be a sugar-cane powerhouse like Brazil, investors now view Rio as the future of fuel. "I hate to see the U.S. ten years behind Brazil, but that's probably about where we are," says one shrewd American freethinker, Ted Turner.

ETHANOL FINDS A GODFATHER

There are venture capitalists, and then there's Vinod Khosla. A co-founder of Sun Microsystems and a partner at Kleiner Perkins, he was an early backer of Juniper Networks, whose technology helped end decades of dominance by traditional telecom manufacturers. A lean, 50-year-old native of India, Khosla says, without a hint of modesty, "I love the challenge of breaking monopolies."

Frustrated that Kleiner Perkins wasn't taking enough risks after the dot-com crash, Khosla opted out of Kleiner's most recent fund and started his own group, Khosla Ventures. He'd been dabbling in environmentalism but never expected to become an investor. Brazil's success, however, made him wonder about ethanol's U.S. potential. "I spent two years trying to convince myself that this was never going to be more than another minor alternative fuel," he says. "What I discovered was that ethanol might completely replace petroleum in this country. And a lot of countries. This was a great shock to me."

Pretty soon Khosla was surprising plenty of others. He put together a PowerPoint presentation, "Biofuels: Think Outside the Barrel," which he fires up on a moment's notice. He has made the pitch on ethanol to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology and elsewhere in the White House. He is also behind California's upcoming ballot initiative to fund a subsidy for gasoline retailers that add E85 fuel pumps. "Getting distribution going is the real problem," says Khosla. "We need to increase blending and then introduce E85 pumps, and the possible will become the probable."

His conversion to energy investing is part of a Silicon Valley trend, as VCs seek the rapid growth and giant markets that computers once offered. VantagePoint Venture Partners in San Bruno, for instance, established a fund called New Energy Capital that invests in ethanol, wind power, and other energy projects. Nth Power, a San Francisco energy-investment firm, estimates that $700 million of the $21 billion flowing into venture funds last year were earmarked for "clean technology" startups.

CELLULOSE NIRVANA

No one, not even a professionally optimistic VC, thinks we're anywhere near getting rid of gasoline. The oil superstructure is simply too efficient and too entrenched to just go away. Nor could corn ethanol generate enough fuel to run America's cars, pickups, and SUVs. Already ethanol gobbles up 14% of the country's corn production. Converting a bigger share into fuel would pinch the world's food supply--a favorite objection of skeptics. Critics also contend that producing fuel from crops consumes more energy than it yields. On this topic of endless Internet bickering, the Energy Department recently reported, "In terms of key energy and environmental benefits, cornstarch ethanol comes out clearly ahead of petroleum-based fuels, and tomorrow's cellulosic-based ethanol would do even better."

Because cellulosic ethanol comes from cornstalks, grasses, tree bark--fibrous stuff that humans can't digest--it doesn't threaten the food supply at all. Cellulose is the carbohydrate that makes up the walls of plant cells. Researchers have figured out how to unlock the energy in such biomass by devising enzymes that convert cellulose into simpler sugars. Cellulose is abundant; ethanol from it is clean and can power an engine as effectively as gasoline. Plus, you don't have to reinvent cars. Ratcheting up production of cellulosic ethanol, however, is a gnarly engineering problem.

The onus now is on companies like Genencor, a Palo Alto biotech. Its biological enzymes are used to break down stains in Tide detergent and achieve just the right distressed look in blue jeans. But making underpants whiter and denim bluer is nothing compared with breaking America's longstanding addiction to gasoline. The best way to do this would be to bring down the cost of ethanol to the point where consumers clamor for it. Before flex-fuel engines came along, Brazilians would mix their own rabo de galo (cocktail) of ethanol and gasoline when filling up, simply because it was cheaper than straight gas. Genencor says its enzymes have cut the cost of making a gallon of cellulosic ethanol from $5 five years ago to 20 cents today. Now refiners have to learn how to scale up production. Canada's Iogen is the furthest along in commercialization; another hopeful is BC International, a Dedham, Mass., company that's building a cellulosic ethanol plant in Louisiana.

There's still a role for government--and we don't mean more handouts for corn growers or distillers. The recently enacted energy bill takes steps in the right direction, like mandating the use of 250 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol a year by 2013, but much more can be done. Easing the tariff of 54 cents per gallon on imports of ethanol from Brazil and other countries would certainly help. Because sugar cane generates far more ethanol per acre than corn, Brazil can produce ethanol more cheaply than the U.S. Not only would importing more of it broaden access to ethanol for U.S. buyers, but it would also make it cheaper for the ultimate consumers--us. That in turn would spur demand at the pump and encourage service station owners to offer ethanol more widely. What's also needed is for someone big--like Shell or BP, which tout themselves as green companies--to commit to cellulosic ethanol on a commercial scale. Shell's bet on Iogen is minuscule compared with the $20 billion it plans to spend on producing oil and gas off Russia's Sakhalin Island.

Of course, the timing of when ethanol goes from dream to reality isn't just a matter of an investment here or a subsidy there. It took decades of ferment in Brazil before serendipity in the form of high gas prices and flex-fuel engines made ethanol an everyday choice for consumers. But the sooner we start, the greater our ability to shape a future that's not centered on increasingly expensive oil and gas. It's not as if gasoline demand is going to go down: As long as the Chinese and the Indians want our lifestyle--and they do--you can forget about oil at $10 or even $20 a barrel. Whatever the technological challenges, a world of abundant, clean ethanol is suddenly looking a lot more realistic than a return to the days of cheap, inexhaustible oil.

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Thursday's Pre-Market

The market looks like it will open flat today. Q1 productivity announced this morning came in at 3.2% vs. estimate of 2.8%, and unit labor costs rose 2.5%. Inflation worry again? Initial claims rose 5K to 322K vs estimate of 310K. But the big number is anticipated is tomorrow's unemployment report. That number can have a big impact on trading. The tales of 2 stocks, (ERTS) sinked down because of bad earning, and (EXPD) is a big gainer after earning. It is vital to be in the right stock right now.

Upgrades This Morning:
(PDLI)
(VTAL)
(YMI)

Downgrades This Morning:
(DRCO)
(ACAS)
(HEW)

Most Active Stocks:
(QQQQ), (GLD), (JDSU), (ERTS), (VPHM), (SPY), (MSFT), (IWM), (BP), (EXPD)

Stocks are Up:
(EXPD), (FEIC), (FNET), (WFMI), (PCLN), (TIE)

Stocks are Down:
(IPSU), (VPHM), (VWPT), (EMKR), (ERTS), (QLGC), (JDSU), (ANDE), (CECO). (TRLG), (PEIX)
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Small Cap Big Winner Today

One small cap stock shows on the big gainer list is KForce Inc. (KFRC) . It is in the labor specialist market. According to Yahoo Finance, it provides professional and technical specialty staffing services in the United States. It operates three segments: Technology, Finance and Accounting, and Health and Life Sciences. It beat estimate this morning. It also announced upside guidance for the coming quarter. Volume is 6 more times than normal. With today's hot job market, I believe this one has a lot of upsides to come.

Wednesday's Mid Day Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading lower at 1:15 pm EST. The Energy Department reported increase in crude stocks and gasoline inventories from last month. In economic news, factory orders in March jumped 4.2%, the biggest gain in 10 months and above estimate of 3.8%. One thing I have noticed that broker from Merrill Lynch has increased the stock allocation from 45% to 50%, this can be a bullish sign for stocks. Because this broker has a lot of influence on the market. Looks to see if the market follows his recommendations in the coming days.

Today's Stock Movers at 1:15 pm EST
Volume Momemtum Compared to normal days:
(Stock), (price), (+/-), (volume compared to normal)

Stocks Up:
(HBHC) 54.10 +1.57 +960
(CTSH) 67.65 +6.59 +483
(SWSI) 37.80 +4.24 +394
(CBG) 86.61 +2.16 +318
(TZOO) 39.40 +0.95 +289

Stocks Down:
(PDLI) 20.66 -6.93 +3,531
(PLT) 26.87 -9.77 +1,875
(NFP) 46.10 -6.05 +890
(MICC) 44.71 -2.69 +743
(CLZR) 20.69 -2.01 +724

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Wednesday's Pre-Market

The market looks like it will open mixed today. It is a very strange market. The tech Nasdaq is trying to catch up with the overall market like DOW and S&P500. Both Dow and S&P500 made new highs recently, but Nasdaq just fail to do so. Is this the market divergence? Or does the markte signal top is near or Nasdaq will catch up with the DOW? We will find out in the coming days. (GRMN) is the star of the day. Earning has been great for this GPS product company. Keep your eye on this one. Another worry in the inflation front besides oil is gold price. It is at 25 years old high right now. Demand has been hot from China and India. Inflation worry can be the next topic when earning season is over.

Upgrades This Morning:
(CMVT)
(SGTL)
(TBL)

Downgrades This Morning:
(NTMD)
(AMCS)
(CWT)

Most Active Stocks:
(QQQQ), (EAG), (SUPG), (QCOM), (PDLI), (GLD), (MSFT), (PWAV), (GRMN), (CSCO)

Stocks are Up:
(EAG), (ADIC), (PWAV), (GRMN), (MDRX), (MVSN), (CTSH)

Stocks are Down:
(NPSP), (PLT), (PDLI), (GNSS), (BOL), (ADBE), (DANKY)
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Tuesday's Stocks to Watch

The stock markets are trading slightly higher at 3:00 pm EST. The price of oil is hitting $75 per barrel now, this basically pushed the oil service related stocks upward, stocks such as (DXPE) and (RES). Both stocks are in the right sectors and announced better than expected earnings. Remember, pick the stocks in the right sector is the key in making money.

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

Stocks Up:
(ADM) 41.80 +3.80 +379
(KNXA) 34.38 +1.09 +354
(CLRK) 22.44 +1.05 +220
(DXPE) 48.80 +2.63 +214
(RES) 32.01 +2.75 +175

Stocks Down:
(HSII) 30.95 -4.90 +1,009
(OSK) 55.05 -5.06 +808
(TBL) 30.79 -3.77 +783
(UTHR) 56.13 -5.24 +642
(VTAL) 28.80 -4.33 +621

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