Stock to Watch Next Week

The market had one of the worst down weeks in over many years. Fortunately the trading volume on Friday's sell-off was lighter than usually. I believe the trend is still up, but do pay attention to stock movements closely each trading days. Here are the events are worth watching in the coming week from Briefing.com:

Conference/Events Calendar for the week of April 14th - 18th:
Monday: ACOR Analyst Meeting; CMP Media Inc. ESC Silicon Valley Conf; Electronic Transactions Association Annual Meeting & Expo; EPCT, IMGN at American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting; Fed gov Warsh...
Tuesday: D, CHS, PRSC, SXCI, ABAX at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Annual Institutional Conf; BLC at Bear Stearns Broadcast Conf; JCP 2008 Analyst Meeting - Day 1; KFT, BTH, EK, GR at EuroFinance International Cash and Treasury Management in Miami Conf; SD, CXO at Petroleum Strategies Executive Oil Conf; SWC at RBC Capital Markets Platinum Group Metals; WRE at Information Management Network (IMN) Fifth Annual Western Borrowers' & Investors' Forum on Real Estate Mezzanine Loans Conf...
Wednesday: CMP Media Inc. ESC Silicon Valley Conf; GTIV, ICAD, HOLX, BPFH, OXM, RDEN, URBN at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Annual Institutional Conf; TSS at Electronic Transactions Association Annual Meeting & Expo; Philadelphia Fed pres Plosser; Fed's Beige Book...
Thursday: LINE Analyst Meeting; GS at Information Management Network (IMN) California Municipal Finance Conf; TK, GMR at Morgan Stanley Commodities and Shipping Conf; WMT Field Trip for Analysts & Investors; Fed gov Kohn...
Friday: EGLE, PRGN at Morgan Stanley Commodities and Shipping Conf; RICK at Equities Magazine LLC 57th Anniversary Spring Conf; Richmond Fed pres Lacker.

Earnings Preview for the week of April 14th-18th :
Monday: ETN, GWW, ELS, INFY, and STLY...
Tuesday: ADTN, FRX, GMTN, IIIN, JNJ, MTB, MI, NTRS, PII, RF, STT, USB, CHB, CSX, INTC, RLRN, STX, and SORC...
Wednesday: ABT, AMB, BMI, KO, ITW, JCI, JPM, NITE, LUFK, MTOX, EDU, PJC, STJ, WFC, WWW, ATLR, ATR, AVCT, CAVM, CNW, CCK, DTLK, EBAY, GILD, GKK, IBM, ISIL, KNL, LEG, PLCM, SPSN, and UFPI...
Thursday: AMFI, BK, BAX, BBT, CHKP, CIT, CMA, CY, DHR, FCS, HOG, HNI, RX, IGT, MAR, LSTR, KEY, MER, NYT, NOK, NUE, PFE, RS, SLM, LUV, SPWR, SVU, AMTD, UTX, AMD, COF, CBST, ETFC, ESLR, GOOG, ISRG, SNDK, SYK, TPX, ZION and WSO...
Friday: CAT, C, HON, MAN, PRSP, SLB, WB, WL, and XRX.

Friday Stocks to Watch

The market is tanking after (GE) announced earning short falls from its financial sectors. The main reason for the big over 11% drop is there is no fore warning from the company regarding its financial problems. That may indicate other companies may do the same if (GE) is doing it.

Fortunately the trading volume is lower today than the previous day. I would not give up my positions yet until the market is showing some let downs with higher volumes. Hang tight and watch the trend! I believe this could be temporarily sell off. The solar and fertilizer companies are quite strong as compared to the overall market. Perhaps that is where the money is heading toward.

Stocks to Watch Wednesday

The market is trading lower after the price of crude oil climbed over $110 today and the terrible miss from (UPS). Most the retails and airlines are down today because of the news.

I found one interesting stock to be worth trading either on the long or the short side is (FCSX). The earning announcement will be tomorrow before the market open. The stock has been hammered by the news of MF Global mid March. But the company claimed that it has no sub-prime related business and its customers have not left. I believe the stock can swing either direction over 10% either direction after earning. Buy the May 30 call, and April 20 put would be worth a close look.

Today's Stocks to Watch

The stock is trading slightly higher today. Most of the solar stocks are up today. Green stocks are back now. (FSLR) is the leader in the pack. Fertilizers are up too today, (POT), (MOS), and (CF) are the leading stocks in the group.

I would pick the stocks in the best trading groups, such as solar, fertilizers, and power generation.

Stocks to watch in the groups are:
(GHM)
(MOS)
(CF)
(TNH)
(CMP)
(FSLR)
(POT)

What to Expect from Stock Market Next Week

The US Stock market came off the week with the strongest gain in years. This should bode well for the bulls in the weeks to come. Stick with the winners. And Look for more buying opportunities. Here are the events to watch for week of April 7 2008 from Briefing.com

Conference/Events Calendar for the week of April 7th
Monday: AKNS, LEH, MS at Infocast Solar Power Finance & Investment Summit; BEXP, DNR, KWK, PQ, LINE, EVEP at Independent Petroleum Association of America 2008 OGIS New York Conf., NBL, RIG, EOG, PXP, CHK, NBR, FST at Howard Weil Energy Conf; SourceMedia Card Forum & Expo; WAVX, IDPI, BCSI, IPAS, TMWD at America's Growth Capital Information Security Conf; Fed: Kohn; Yellen...
Tuesday: AWI Analyst Meeting; AIV at NAREIT Investor Forum; APA, ESV, OXY, TDW, GDP, NE at Howard Weil Energy Conf; BEYS at EdgeWater Research Spring Conference Citigroup Capital Introductions Conf; Credit Suisse- 2008 Global Real Estate Conf; CXO, PXD, DPTR, NGAS, PVA at Independent Petroleum Association of America 2008 OGIS New York Conf; The Southern Municipal Finance Society (SMFS) Energy Conf; Fed: FOMC policy minutes released...
Wednesday: AWI Analyst Meeting; BAC, SP at The Southern Municipal Finance Society (SMFS) Energy Conf; CHAD, NCI at Infocast Solar Power Finance & Investment Summit; Citigroup Capital Introductions Conf; GMET, GPOR, UNT, CHK, ATN, PDRT at Independent Petroleum Association of America 2008 OGIS New York Conf; IDIX at Canaccord Adams Hepatitis- C Investor Conf; RDC, PDE, PXD, EXH, HERO at Howard Weil Energy Conf; SNH, CLI, FR, AHR, VTR, DLR at Credit Suisse Group Global Real Estate Conf; WBSN Analyst Meeting; Fed: Dallas Fed pres Fisher...
Thursday: DNR Analyst Meeting & Field Trip; EMKR Analyst Day in Albuquerque; HME, HPT, AEC, HCP, HRP, IRC at Credit Suisse Group Global Real Estate Conf; NVDA Analyst Meeting; PVA at Howard Weil Energy Conf...
Friday: DNR Analyst Meeting & Field Trip; Fed: Dallas Fed pres Fisher.

The US Stock Market is Back

I believe the US stock market is breaking out of the downtrend now. Higher volume on the up days and lower volumes on the down days. The market has confirmed its direction at the end of March. It is time to buy some market leading stocks.

The stocks I like now are:
(AAPL)
(RIMM)
(BIDU)
(AXYS)
(SLH)
(PPO)
(KEX)