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SMF Notes Today's biggest % gainers/losers





The following are today's top 20 percentage gainers and top 20 percentage losers, categorized by sectors (over $300 mln market cap and 100K average daily volume).



Today's top 20 % gainers



·                     Technology: UTEK (27.16 +7.14%), IDT (28.35 +6.78%), AUO (8.86 +5.48%), ACXM (14.1 +4.44%), CAVM (44.7 +4.12%),…



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Added by ken flagg on March 31, 2011 at 1:59pm — No Comments

SMF Notes Today's most active stocks





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: INTC (42.13 mln -2.38%), CSCO (26.65 mln -0.75%), S (24.67 mln +0.22%), ALU (17.76 mln +1.05%), MU (16.72 mln -0.3%), T (15.17 mln… Continue

Added by ken flagg on March 31, 2011 at 1:47pm — No Comments

SMF Notes Notable movers of interest

SMF Notes Notable movers of interest



The following are some of today's most notable movers of interest, categorized by market capitalization (large cap over $10 billion and mid cap between $2-10 billion) and ranked by % change (all stocks over 100K average daily volume).





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Added by ken flagg on March 31, 2011 at 1:44pm — No Comments

SMF Notes Today's biggest point gainers/losers





Biggest point gainers: CF (139.56 +6.95), VRUS (77.95 +6.52), GOLD (79.88 +5.86), TSLA (27.94 +4.23), SOHU (90.39 +3.26), GSLA (20.50 +3.01), BID (52.36 +2.66), BH (412.00 +2.59), HAYN (56.30 +2.54), MWIV (80.62 +2.53), WHR (86.58 +2.39), AGU (91.92 +2.28), PTR (152.62 +2.22), BCOM (34.59 +2.18), TNH (116.81 +2.18), BCH (83.26 +2.17), GNI (126.45 +2.15), HDB (169.59 +2.12), CEO (253.17 +2.12), HES (85.86 +2.05), PEGA (37.60 +1.99), DE (96.43 +1.98).



Biggest point losers: CME… Continue

Added by ken flagg on March 31, 2011 at 1:41pm — No Comments

SMF Notes JJG Global, sector, currency, & commodity ETF & ETN performance-





Thursday, March 31, 2011 1:24 PM



Global, sector, currency, & commodity ETF & ETN performance- Ag. & Food commodities (JJG, JJA, FUD) surge on USDA data; WTI crude futures (OIL, USO) advance to new highs for the week; Natural Gas futures (UNG) slide lower after weekly EIA data; Spain (EWP) & Italy (EWI) post notable Euro-Zone weakness



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Added by ken flagg on March 31, 2011 at 1:40pm — No Comments

SMF Notes After Hours Summary: BRK.B -2.2% (David L. Sokol resigns), MOS -1.1% Following Earnings -Update-

After Hours Gainers:



Companies trading higher in after hours in reaction to earnings: DIET +21.2%, AMCF +7.0%.



Companies trading higher in after hours in reaction to news: GBE +17.5% (Grubb & Ellis Co receives $18 mln financing commitment from Colony Capital), MAKO +10.5% (MAKO Surgical announces multi-system order from Hospital Management Associates), DNDN… Continue

Added by ken flagg on March 30, 2011 at 7:27pm — No Comments

SMF Notes Market Internals -Update-

The Dow increased 71.60 points closing at 12350.61, the Nasdaq was up 19.90 points to finish at 2776.79 and the S&P was up 8.82 points to finish at 1328.26.



Today's movement came from lower than avg. volume (NYSE 919 mln, vs. 1065 mln avg; Nasdaq 1818 mln, vs. 1982 avg), with advancers outpacing decliners (NYSE 2226/828 Nasdaq 1837/788), and with new highs outpacing new lows (NYSE new highs/new lows 263/12 and… Continue

Added by ken flagg on March 30, 2011 at 7:16pm — No Comments

SMF Notes End of Day Summary: Stocks Score More Gains

Renewed buying interest has the stock market on pace for its best first quarter performance since 1998.



Robust gains abroad provided a spark that helped stocks extend their prior session advance. No real reaction was made to the latest ADP Employment Change, which indicated that private payrolls increased by 201,000 in March. The Briefing.com consensus had called for an increase of 210,000.… Continue

Added by ken flagg on March 30, 2011 at 6:40pm — No Comments

SMF Notes MOS Mosaic beats by $0.14, misses on revs (80.45 +1.60)

Reports Q3 (Feb) earnings of $1.21 per share, $0.14 better than the Thomson Reuters consensus of $1.07; revenues rose 27.9% year/year to $2.21 bln vs the $2.34 bln consensus. Co reports Q3 phosphate sales volume of 2.4 mln vs. 2.4-2.7 mln company guidance; reports DAP pricing of $543 versus $510-540 per tonne company guidance. Co reports Q3 potash sales volume of mln 1.9 vs. 1.9-2.1 mln company guidance; reports MOP pricing of $358 versus $330-350 per tonne company… Continue

Added by ken flagg on March 30, 2011 at 6:40pm — No Comments

SMF Notes CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, announces the resignation of David L. Sokol

BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway reports that Warren E. Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, announces the resignation of David L. Sokol (85.46 +0.75)



 



Warren Buffett said, "I had not asked for his resignation, and it came as a surprise to me. Twice before, most recently two or so years ago, Dave had talked to me of resigning. In each case he had given me the same reasons that he laid out in his Monday letter.… Continue

Added by ken flagg on March 30, 2011 at 6:39pm — No Comments

SMF Notes Google agreed to settle FTC charges

Google agreed to settle FTC charges that it used deceptive tactics and       

violated its own privacy promises to consumers when it launched its social   

network, Google Buzz, in 2010 (582.71 +0.98)     

Added by ken flagg on March 30, 2011 at 2:14pm — No Comments

SMF Notes New York Fed purchases $0.750 billion in tri-party reverse repo as part of the operational readiness program announced on March 23, 2011.

Temporary Open Market Operations



To implement monetary policy, short-term repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements are used to temporarily affect the size of the Federal Reserve System's portfolio and influence day-to-day trading in the federal funds market.

       

 



Temporary Open Market Operations for March 30, 2011…

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Added by ken flagg on March 30, 2011 at 2:08pm — No Comments

SMF Notes New York Fed purchases $6.988 billion in Treasury coupons

Permanent OMOs: Treasury

The purchase or sale of Treasury securities on an outright basis adds or drains reserves available in the banking system. Such transactions are arranged on a routine basis to offset other changes in the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet in conjunction with efforts to maintain conditions in the market for reserves consistent with the federal funds target rate set by the Federal Open Market… Continue

Added by ken flagg on March 30, 2011 at 1:53pm — No Comments

SMF Notes AMZN Amazon.com: Thoughts on Amazon's cloud offering launch for music

Wednesday, March 30, 2011 7:49 AM



Kaufman notes, yesterday, AMZN launched Cloud Drive, a cloud-based storage offering and Cloud Player for Web and Android, cloud-based music players compatible with PCs, Apple Macs, Android phones and Android tablets. Firm view these cloud offerings by Amazon as a defensive play to protect its distribution of media sales. It believes that: 1) Amazon could gain share in digital music… Continue

Added by ken flagg on March 30, 2011 at 8:52am — No Comments

SMF Notes Standard & Poor's Announces Change to U.S. Index; BLK will join the S&P 500

BlackRock Inc. (BLK) will replace Genzyme Corp. (GENZ) in the S&P 500 index after the close of trading on Friday, April 1, 2011. S&P Global 1200 constituent Sanofi-aventis (SNY) is acquiring Genzyme in a deal expected to be completed soon, pending final conditions.

Added by ken flagg on March 29, 2011 at 9:39pm — No Comments

SMF Notes TXN Texas Instruments' Japan factories on track for full recovery

TXN reported that just over two weeks after a major earthquake in Japan , recovery at its manufacturing sites in Miho and Aizu is progressing well and is on schedule to return to full production. The site in Miho, about 40 miles northeast of Tokyo, achieved a significant milestone this past Sunday as repairs were completed on the infrastructure systems that deliver water, gases, chemicals and air, and recertified the cleanroom. Additionally, more than 90% of the… Continue

Added by ken flagg on March 29, 2011 at 9:39pm — No Comments

SMF Notes Market Internals -Update-

The Dow increased 81.13 points closing at 12279.01, the Nasdaq was up 26.21 points to finish at 2756.89 and the S&P was up 9.25 points to finish at 1319.44.



Today's movement came from lower than avg. volume (NYSE 785 mln, vs. 1033 mln avg; Nasdaq 1631 mln, vs. 1810 avg), with advancers outpacing decliners (NYSE 2074/923 Nasdaq 1756/864), and with new highs outpacing new lows (NYSE new highs/new lows 120/15 and… Continue

Added by ken flagg on March 29, 2011 at 9:37pm — No Comments

SMF Notes CEPH Cephalon reports that Valeant Pharmaceuticals (VRX) proposes to acquire CEPH for $73 per share in cash (58.75 +1.18) -Update-

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (VRX) announced that it had made a proposal to the Board of Directors of Cephalon (CEPH), to acquire Cephalon for $73.00 per share in cash. The proposal, valued at ~$5.7 billion, represents a premium of approximately 29% over Cephalon's 30-day trading average. Valeant announced its intention to commence a consent solicitation process during the week of April 4th in an effort to replace Cephalon's current Board of Directors with… Continue

Added by ken flagg on March 29, 2011 at 9:36pm — No Comments

SMF Notes REMX Global, sector, currency, & commodity ETF & ETN performance

Global, sector, currency, & commodity ETF & ETN performance- Rare Earth (REMX) now leads all sector ETFs nearing today's closing bell; Egypt (EGPT) & India (INP, PIN) remain the top performing world/regional ETFs; Cocoa futures (NIB) fall sharply on above avg. trading vol.; Uranium & Nuclear energy (URA) under pressure all session



 



Actively Traded ETFs/ETNs Posting Relative… Continue

Added by ken flagg on March 29, 2011 at 9:35pm — No Comments

SMF Notes FFIV NASDAQ 100 (NDX, QQQ) strength & weakness-

FFIV NASDAQ 100 (NDX, QQQ) strength & weakness-



 



 Education name (APOL) continues to lead the index decliners, gapping down to two-month lows on rising volume following qtrly. earnings; FFIV, AMZN remain notable outperformers at midday





NDX 10 Best % Performers:

FFIV, VRTX, QCOM, CHKP, AMZN, FSLR,… Continue

Added by ken flagg on March 29, 2011 at 9:34pm — No Comments

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