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SMF Notes FXI China Aug CPI +6.2% vs +6.5% in Aug 2010 (36.95 )

Aug PPI +7.3% vs +7.5% in Aug 2010
Aug Industrial Production +13.5% vs.+14.0% in Aug 2010
Aug Retail Sales +17.0% vs +17.2% in Aug 2010

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SMF Notes Google to Announce Fourth Quarter 2010 Financial Results

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SMF Notes Massive Put Options Bought on the S&P 500 Index Indicating Another 2010 Stock Market Crash?

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SMF Notes The Best Market Crash 2010 Best of Audio

Mario said on the open "You gotta be a real gunslinger to trade the open" We'll end up getting some great entries and we'll be selling our calls into this move. Nothing like a $1 Trillion Bailout the Largest in Stock Market…

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SMF Notes comScore releases November 2010 U.S. search engine rankings (21.85 -1.09)

Wednesday, December 15, 2010 5:05 PM

SCOR released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. Google Sites led the explicit core search market in November with 66.2 percent of searches conducted. Google (GOOG) Sites led the U.S. explicit core search market in November with 66.2 percent market share, followed by Yahoo! (YHOO) Sites with 16.4 percent and Microsoft (MSFT) sites…

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Added by ken flagg on December 15, 2010 at 7:23pm — No Comments

SMF Notes Sanderson Farms conf call summary: Co said their input costs will be higher in 2011 versus 2010

SAFM Sanderson Farms conf call summary: Co said their input costs will be higher in 2011 versus 2010 (41.36 -1.12) -Update-

On the quarter, co said its costs for corn deliver to its feed mills, were 9.1% higher than last year's Q4, while the costs were delivered soybean meal decreased 17% YoY. Co said that when March corn futures hit $6 in November, export sales dried up and other things happened…

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SMF Notes Earnings October 27 2010

SMF Notes Today's most active stocks

Wednesday, October 27, 2010 1:07 PM

The following are today's most active stocks ranked by volume and relative volume, categorized by sectors (over $300 mln market cap and 100K average daily volume).

Today's top 20 volume

* Technology: S (101.71 mln -8.39%), CTV (58.55 mln +3.71%), MSFT (23.35 mln -0.27%), BRCD (21.59 mln +5.6%), INTC (21.15 mln -0.83%), BRCM (20.56 mln +9.54%),… Continue

Added by ken flagg on October 27, 2010 at 10:29pm — No Comments

SMF Notes AA Alcoa beats by $0.04, beats on revs; increases 2010 global aluminum consumption forecast

Reports Q3 (Sep) earnings of $0.09 per share, excluding non-recurring items, $0.04 better than the Thomson Reuters consensus of $0.05; revenues rose 14.6% year/year to $5.29 bln vs the $4.95 bln consensus. The QoQ increase was the result of a 3% increase in aluminum shipment volumes and a 7% increase in alumina shipments, offset by lower realized third-party prices for alumina (-5%) and aluminum (-2%). Strong end-market rev performance in the quarter… Continue

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SMF Notes: Thursday, August 12, 2010 PART-2

SMF Notes: NVDA NVIDIA earnings preview

PC graphics card maker Nvidia (NVDA) is set to report Q2 earnings after the close, with analysts expecting EPS to rise 57% to $0.11 and for revenues to grow 7% to $831 mln. Note, however, that NVDA preannounced Q2 sales on July 31, when management slashed their forecast to $800-822 mln, which was far below the consensus at the time of $955 mln and the company's previous guidance of $950-970 mln. The… Continue

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SMF Notes: Thursday, August 12, 2010

SMF Notes: Asian Markets Close: Nikkei -0.9%; Hang Seng -0.4%; Shanghai -1.2%, Sensex (unch)

Stocks in Asia closed lower following yesterday's sell off on Wall Street. Japanese shares continue to remain under pressure as the yen strengthens. The Nikkei fell into bear market territory intraday, but was able to escape the bear's claws with a rally into the close. South Korea left its benchmark rate unchanged and said the recovery was… Continue

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WALL STREET TUMBLES

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Early Floor Talk: Futures see modest bid; Europe/Asia show gains overnight

Equity futures are showing a bid this morning, with S&P futures +5 vs. fair value and DJ futures +36. The early bid continues an afternoon rebound yesterday and follows strength in overseas trading overnight. Stocks across Europe are showing solid gains (FTSE +0.8%, DAX +1.3%, CAC +1.6%) and bond yields of some of the higher-risk euro countries (Greece, Portugal, Italy) have eased a bit following news that the ECB bought $20.4 bln in sovereign debt… Continue

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MA MasterCard Q1 Call summary -- strongest volume growth since 3Q08 (253.14 +2.40) -Update-

MA reports the strongest volume growth since 3Q08. Q1 GDV metrics (local currency): +14.8% (+8.3%); U.S. -1.1% vs. -3.4% in Q4, Latin America +29.8% (+16.2%), Europe +20.9% (+11.9%), Canada +22.1% (+1.9%) and Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa (APMEA) +35.5% (+20.9%). Worldwide purchase volume was +8.7%, U.S. purchase volume was slightly positive, Cross border volume +10.9% (local currency) -- tracking higher in April... Worldwide credit GDV… Continue

Added by ken flagg on May 4, 2010 at 1:55pm — No Comments

TALKX Early Floor Talk: Futures pointing higher following Greece news, May 03 2010

Equity futures are trading modestly higher this morning following a weaker performance in overseas trading, despite news of a long-awaited EU-IMF agreement on a bailout for Greece . While a deal is in place, Germany is still holding out, and hasn't yet approved its share of the deal. However, the $146 bln package for Greece failed to inspire European markets, which traded modestly lower. Germany 's DAX is down -0.2% while France 's CAC is -0.5%. The UK… Continue

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COMDX Commodities Weekly Summary

Noted in the 14:54 update that unless the S&P was able to work back through 1193 and 1196 there remained potential for further downticks with next support at 1187/1186. It 1193 at 15:20 and has rotated lower to 1187 in recent action. 15:42 COMDX Commodities Weekly Summary: Crude Ends Above $86, Natural Gas Gets Pummeled, Silver Rises 2.5%, Corn Gains 3.5%

It was an interesting week for the dollar index, which was supported by sovereign debt… Continue

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VXX Late day global & sector ETF movers-- VIX still leads late & Semis continue to lag late

The Actively Traded Leading Global & Sector ETFs:

VIX vol index- VXX +8.0%, VXZ +3.25%, livestock commods- COW +1.50%, heating oil- UHN +1.50%, RBOB gas- UGA +1.25%, US bonds- TLT +1.0%, gold- GLD +1.0%, commods- DBC +0.75%, GSG +0.75%, gold miners- GDX +1.0%, iShares Chile- ECH +1.0%, crude/WTI oil- USO +0.75%, OIL +0.75%, silver- SLV +0.75%, SPDRS utilities- XLU +0.75%, ag commods- DBA +0.75%

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INSID Weekly Insider Trading Summary: Notable Purchases

This week we've seen notable insider buying in the following stocks:

* Immucor (BLUD) 10% Owner ValueAct Capital Managment bought 693,403 shares at $21.31-21.45 on 4/27-4/29

* VMware (VMW) EMC, pursuant to stock purchase program, bought 74,916 shares at $60.80-63.34 on 4/23-4/29

* Westport Innovations (WPRT) 10% Owner K. Douglas bought 200,000 shares at $18.80-18.92 on 4/26-4/27

* WHX Corp. (WXCO) 10% Owner Steel Partners… Continue

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VXX 1st hour global & sector ETF movers-- VIX leads & Oil Driller lag through the 1st hour

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The Actively Traded Leading Global & Sector ETFs:

VIX vol index- VIX +2.50%, gold miners- GDX +1.75%, silver- SLV +1.25%, homebuilders & home construction- XHB +0.75%, ITB +0.75%, gold- GLD +1.0%, iShares Chile- ECH +0.75%, airlines- FAA +0.75%, biotech- XBI +0.75%, IBB +0.50%, US bonds- TLT +0.75%

The Actively Traded Lagging Global & Sector ETFs:

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Added by ken flagg on April 30, 2010 at 12:36pm — No Comments

ECONX Chicago PMI Reports Manufacturing Is Strengthening

The Chicago PMI increased from 58.8 to 63.8 in April, exceeding expectations by 3.9 points. The report was an extremely positive representation of the manufacturing sector in the Midwest . Gains were noticed in every subcategory except for inventories, which fell from 52.4 to 50.1 but remained in an expansion cycle. Production increased from 60.5 to 63.1 and new orders increased from 61.8 to 65.2. Most importantly, order backlogs increased from 54.3 to… Continue

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Early Floor Talk: Futures pointing modestly lower following overseas weakness

Equity futures are trading moderately lower this morning, with S&P futures -5 and DJ futures -20. The weakness follows a flat start to the week yesterday, and comes on weak trading overseas on spreading European debt concerns, fueling strength in the dollar. Asian markets sold off overnight, led by weakness in China (-2.2%) and Hong Kong (-1.5%), while Japan 's Nikkei (+0.4%) outperformed. Weakness in China has been attributed to renewed worries… Continue

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