Market update 10/05/2010

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Ok it looks like we got our brief pullback, and WOW! Now we’re off to the races.

The SPY gapped up today to 114.85 and continued to rally for most of the day closing at 116.04 up 2.29, +2.01% on the day. The SPY broke through last weeks high at 115.79 and is looking good here with very little upside resistance. The next resistance area is: 117.50 - 118.25, with the nearest support at 115.00 area. SPY and most of the markets are looking to continue this uptrend with this strong move today.



Looking at a daily chart of the QQQQ today it also gapped up today to 49.04 and traded higher to close (49.66 +1.18, +2.43% ) near last weeks highs. It jumped off the 20MA and is trading above the 20MA, 50MA and its 200MA, with the next upside resistance at 50.50 and nearest downside support at 48.50 area. But it needs to get passed last weeks highs of 49.84 witch it looks like it will do soon.



AAPL also gapped up today to 282.36 and continued higher to close at 289.41 +10.30, +3.70% on the day. AAPL also looked like it jumped off of its 20MA taking out its 2 prior trading days of losses, and is now trading above its 20MA, 50MA and its 200MA, with the next upside resistance at 293.89 and nearest downside support at 279.00 area.
AAPL looks like it will continue its uptrend as well.



The markets are looking to continue this Bullish trend. Remember to buy the dips and sell the rips. Happy trading!

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Market Report: October 5, 2010 -- 8:40 PM ET
Moving the Market
Stocks push past near-term resistance in high volume

ISM Service Index for September proves better than expected

Australia's reserve bank keeps rates unchanged, but Japan's central bank lowers target rate and plans bond repurchases

Dollar drops to eight-month low amid speculation of further quantitative easing

Sector Watch
Strong
auto parts and equipment; diversified metals and miners; home entertainment software; photo products; commercial printing; hotels; construction and engineering; building products; employment services; hotels

Weak
diversified supplies services

Market Events
16:30 ET Dow +193.45 at 10944.72, Nasdaq +55.31 at 2399.83, S&P +23.72 at 1160.75
[BRIEFING.COM] Stocks set fresh four-month highs as buyers provided broad support amid a steep drop by the dollar, which was sunk by speculation of further quantitative easing.

Participants first appeared uninspired by news that Australia s reserve bank left its cash rate unchanged at 4.5% after a series of rate hikes and that Japan s central bank cut its key interest rate to near zero. However, Japan s plans for a 5 trillion yen fund to purchase bonds and other asset backed securities forged the idea that the U.S. may also have in place plans for further quantitative easing.

Such a prospect weighed heavily on the dollar, which dropped 0.8% to a new eight-month low, but spurred higher almost 98% of the names in the S&P 500. The broad index settled at its best level since May.

The stock market s move to that mark was gradual. It had hesitated near key resistance levels, but got some additional support after the release of the September ISM Service Index. The Index came in at 53.2, up from the prior month and above the 51.8 that had been widely expected among economists polled by Briefing.com.

The materials sector benefited the most from this session s buying. It rallied 2.8% for its best single session advance in one month. Support for natural resource plays and basic materials stocks was augmented by a jump in commodities, which sent the CRB Commodity Index up 1.6%. Precious metals outshined as the continuous gold contract climbed close to 2% to set a new all-time high of $1340.60 per ounce and the continuous silver contract spiked more than 3% to a fresh 30-year high at $22.92 per ounce.

Adding to the impressiveness of this session s strength was robust share volume. More than 1.2 billion shares traded hands this session. That s close to what was traded during the portfolio rebalancing and window dressing at the end of the third quarter.

Advancing Sectors: Materials (+2.8%), Industrials (+2.7%), Financials (+2.4%), Tech (+2.3%), Energy (+2.3%), Consumer Discretionary (+2.1%), Health Care (+1.8%), Telecom (+1.7%), Utilities (+1.1%), Consumer Staples (+1.1%)
Declining Sectors: (None)

Nasdaq +55.31 at 2399.83... S&P Midcap 400 +2.1... NYSE Adv/Dec 2448/561... Nasdaq Adv/Dec 2146/491.

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MARKET UPDATE 09/28/2010

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SPY is looking Toppy here at this Resistance level of 115, so be ready for anything.


The QQQQ is also looking like it wants to pull back here.


AAPL has a hanging man candle here and looks like its setting up for a correction.

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September 28, 2010
16:30 ET Dow +46.10 at 10858.14, Nasdaq +9.82 at 2379.59, S&P +5.54 at 1147.70
[BRIEFING.COM] Despite an early slide, stocks were able to settle with solid, broad gains Tuesday.

The major averages opened with narrow gains after a member of the Bank of England made the case for further monetary stimulus. The comments, along with speculation that European central banks will purchase troubled debt, helped relieve worries about sovereign debt.

However, sellers were quick to step into the action. Their efforts intensified with the September Consumer Confidence Index, which made a surprise drop to a seven-month low of 48.5.

The stock market attracted support as it came within close contact of its summer trading range top. Technical support provided a floor from which stocks could rebound, but a lack of actual leadership left stocks to spend most of the afternoon hugging the neutral line until a late spurt of buying helped stocks finish near their session highs.

Thanks to better-than-expected earnings, Walgreen (WAG 33.81, +3.46) was the best performer of the day. Its spike made for its best single-session performance in more than a year.

In contrast, Monsanto (MON 48.75, -4.32) was the worst performer of the day. Its dive came amid cautious comments about the company's seeds products and some negative numbers from an Australian agricultural chemical company. The stock weighed on the broader materials sector, which had lagged for most of the session and only mustered a fractional gain in the moments ahead of the close.

Though the broader market's overall gain was a bit restricted, advancing issues outnumbered decliners by 4-to-1. More upbeat were small-cap stocks, which helped the Russell 2000 advance 1.1%.

Treasuries had a strong session as the 30-year Bond climbed a full point, the 10-year Note tacked on 16 ticks, and the 5-year Note gained about eight ticks. Results from the latest 5-year Note auction drew a bid-to-cover ratio of 2.96, dollar demand of $103.6 billion, and an indirect bidder participation rate of 50.1%. Though the latest auction saw slightly better demand than the sale did in August, dollar demand still was not that strong since it was the third lowest of the last twelve auctions.

The dollar dropped to a new seven-month low as the euro rallied 1.0% against the greenback. From its session low to its session high the euro swung 1.6% to end the day near $1.36.

Advancing Sectors: Health Care (+0.9%), Consumer Staples (+0.8%), Consumer Discretionary (+0.8%), Energy (+0.8%), Industrials (+0.5%), Financials (+0.3%), Utilities (+0.2%), Tech (+0.1%), Telecom (+0.1%)
Declining Sectors: (None)
Unchanged: Materials

Nasdaq +9.82 at 2379.59... S&P Midcap 400 +0.8... NYSE Adv/Dec 2114/870... Nasdaq Adv/Dec 1760/853.

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Market update 09/17/2010

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Ok - We got the bounce up to the top of this channel on the SPY, QQQQ and most of the markets. We need to keep an eye on the markets at this level. We may be due for a correction soon, but if it breaks out to the upside we may see these markets test the highs of April 2010.

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Market Report: September 17, 2010 -- 4:30 PM ET

Moving the Market
Consumer sentiment weakens in September, while consumer price data shows little surprise

Oracle and Research In Motion report better-than-expected earnings

Texas Instruments raises dividend and announces share repurchase plan that represents a quarter of its current market cap

Options expiration drives share volume sharply higher

Sector Watch
Strong
advertising; employment services; education services; electronic manufacturing; systems software; consumer electronics; internet software and services; paper products

Weak
health care facilities; fertilizer and agricultural chemicals; agricultural products; coal and consumable fuel; oil and gas refiners; construction materials; steel; home furnishing; diversified financial services

Market Events
16:30 ET Dow +13.02 at 10607.85, Nasdaq +12.36 at 2315.61, S&P +0.93 at 1125.59
[BRIEFING.COM] High-quality quarterly reports from a couple of large-cap tech names positioned stocks for a strong start to the week s final session, but some disappointing data led to lackluster action and an anticlimactic close in the face of quadruple witching options expiration.

Better-than-expected earnings and strong forecasts from both Oracle (ORCL 27.48, +2.12 and Research In Motion (RIMM 46.72, +0.23) helped tech stocks climb 0.5% to lock in a weekly gain of 4.4% and record their eighth straight advance. Texas Instruments (TXN 25.72, +0.74) helped the sector with an announcement that it will add 8% to its dividend and earmark for share repurchases $7.5 billion, which is almost equal to a quarter of the company s current market cap.

Strength among tech issues helped the Nasdaq remain in positive territory for virtually the entire session, even after it was undercut by the preliminary Consumer Sentiment Survey for September from the University of Michigan. The Survey slipped to 66.6 from 68.9 in August. On average, economists polled by Briefing.com had expected that the September reading would come in at 70.0.

Consumer price data was generally disregarded. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for August increased 0.3% month-over-month, while core prices went unchanged month-over-month. The consensus among economists polled by Briefing.com had called for a 0.2% increase in overall consumer prices and a tepid 0.1% increase in core prices.

Weakness among financials and energy stocks offset the tech sector s strength in the broader market. Financials (-0.5%) were bogged down by losses among diversified financial services stocks, which dropped 1.5%. Energy stocks (-0.5%) were primarily hampered by refiners, which fell 1.5%, though coal producer Massey Energy (MEE 29.94, -2.42) was a particularly heavy drag on the sector after it issued a disappointing outlook.

Mixed interest in the broader market left the S&P 500 to spend most of Friday s session near the neutral line after it had made an early move through key resistance levels to a new four-month high. The benchmark Index still managed to finish the week with a cumulative gain of 1.4%, though.

Share volume was extraordinarily robust. With more than 1.8 billion shares exchanged on the NYSE, this session s total was more than double the average daily count for the past 10 sessions. The surge in share count stemmed from a quadruple witching options expiration.

Despite the surge in share volume, volatility was contained. In fact, the Volatility Index was never up more than 4% and it ended the day just 1.3% higher.

Advancing Sectors: Industrials (+0.9%), Telecom (+0.6%), Tech (+0.5%), Consumer Discretionary (+0.3%)
Declining Sectors: Energy (-0.5%), Financials (-0.5%), Consumer Staples (-0.1%), Utilities (-0.1%)
Unchanged: Health Care, Materials

Nasdaq +12.36 at 2315.61... S&P Midcap 400 +0.3... NYSE Adv/Dec 1774/1214... Nasdaq Adv/Dec 1546/1116.

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Market update 08/25/2010 AM

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It’s not time to push the panic button yet, but like I said in my last video we need to keep an eye on some key support areas here.

Looking at the SPY daily chart, it looks like we have support at the 105.00 to 104.50 area and, if we fail that level the next area of support is at the 101 to 100 level.



Now on the QQQQ daily chart, we failed the 43.86 level of support on 8/24/2010, and it looks like we have support at the 43.23 area and, if we fail that level the next area of support is at the 41.77 level.



Again we may see a bounce soon but, if we don’t hold those lower levels of support we may be in for a much bigger move to the downside.

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Market Report: August 24, 2010

16:30 ET Dow -133.73 at 10040.68, Nasdaq -35.87 at 2123.76, S&P -15.49 at 1051.87
[BRIEFING.COM] Economic uncertainty has led stocks lower in four straight sessions for a cumulative loss of 3.9%. Paltry existing home sales figures for July only added ambiguity to the economic outlook.

The major equity averages opened trade with losses of about 1%. The opening slide reflected the weak action of markets overseas, where Germany's DAX dropped below its 200-day moving average for the first time in more than one month and Japan's Nikkei entered bear market territory. The Shanghai Composite mustered a modest gain, but it also near bear market territory.

Sellers intensified their efforts with the release of existing home sales figures for July. Sales plummeted 27% month-over-month to an annualized rate of 3.8 million units. Not only is that far below the 4.7 million units that had been expected, but the rate of decline and the actual sales level were the worst since records began in 1999.

Hope for a revival in housing was further dashed with news that the total supply of homes now stands at 12.5 months. That said, some believe a double dip in housing is likely.

Such pessimistic headlines sent the three major indices set fresh one-month intraday lows the Dow even briefly dropped below 10,000 but some near-term support helped stocks stem their losses.

Only defensive-oriented telecom stocks and utilities stocks staged gains. Both sectors advanced 0.3%.

The dollar had been strong in the early going, but concerns about the health of the U.S. economy undercut the currency. It was up 0.5% at its high and retreated into the red before finishing flat. Amid the dollar s downturn, the Japanese yen set a fresh 15-year high of 83.6 yen per dollar.

The dollar s drop and an interest in safety squeezed gold prices higher. The precious metal had been down more than 1% in early pit trade, but it settled with a 0.3% gain at $1233.40 per ounce.

In contrast, oil prices on October contracts fell 2.0% to close at $71.63 per barrel. In relation to the continuous contract, that s the lowest close since early June.

A strong bid for Treasuries drove yields to new annual lows, but Treasuries pulled back after stocks started to stem their losses.

Results from an auction of 2-year Notes did little to alter the preferences of participants. Both the auction s bid-to-cover ratio of 3.1 and its dollar demand of $115.4 billion were below averages of recent sessions.

Advancing Sectors: Utilities (+0.3%), Telecom (+0.3%)
Declining Sectors: Materials (-2.3%), Health Care (-2.0%), Industrials (-2.0%), Consumer Discretionary (-1.7%), Financials (-1.7%), Tech (-1.6%), Energy (-1.4%), Consumer Staples (-0.3%)

Nasdaq -35.87 at 2123.76... S&P Midcap 400 -1.6... NYSE Adv/Dec 730/2286... Nasdaq Adv/Dec 670/1965.

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Market update 08/20/2010

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Market Report:
August 20, 2010 -- 4:10 PM ET
Moving the Market
Stocks slip to new August lows Dollar gains support, Treasuries too Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) and Marvell (MRVL) report in-line earnings, while Dell (DELL) posts upside surprise.

Sector Watch:
Strong:
application software; agricultural products

Weak:
oil and gas drillers; oil and gas refiners; gas utilities; coal and consumable fuel; employment services; education services; real estate services; homebuilding; home entertainment software; trucking

Market Events:
16:10 ET Dow -57.59 at 10213.62, Nasdaq +0.81 at 2179.76, S&P -3.94 at 1071.69[BRIEFING.COM] Stocks closed off their worst levels of the session, bottoming around midday and moving higher throughout most of the afternoon trade. The Nasdaq was the best performer closing fractionally higher while the Dow lagged, falling 0.6%.

The utilities sector outperformed, finishing higher by 0.2%. Within the sector, NextEra Energy (NEE 53.26, +1.42), PG&E Corp (PCG 45.85, +0.75), and Southern Company (SO 35.79, +0.30) were among the biggest gainers.

Energy stocks lagged with the sector closing down 1.2%. Denbury Resources (DNR 14.68, -0.54), Nabors Industries (NBR 16.53, -0.65), and Halliburton (HAL 27.82, -0.74) were among the biggest decliners in the space.

Semiconductors closed up 0.4% thanks to leadership from Marvell (MRVL 16.16, +1.25) which reported in-line earnings for the latest quarter, and announced a $500 million share repurchase program.

Elsewhere in the tech space, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ 39.84, -0.92) reported earnings that were in-line with their pre-announcement that occurred when former CEO Mark Hurd resigned. Meanwhile, Dell (DELL 12.08, +0.04) saw little movement in shares following an upside earnings surprise and a reaffirmed outlook.

Treasuries saw early interest with the 2-yr yield falling near 0.45%, another record low, while the 10-yr yield fell to a 15-month low of 2.53%. By the end of the session, treasuries turned their gains into losses with the 10-yr ending the day yielding 2.609%.

The dollar index reached its best level since late July, crossing 83.30 before selling off to the 83.00 area. The dollar strength pushed the euro to a low of 1.2664 before it saw a bounce north of 1.2700. The yen traded near 85.30 for much of the overnight session, but weakened to the 85.80 area as the U.S. trading day dragged on.

Volume was strong for a Friday in August due to today's options expiration. More than 1.12 billion shares changed hands on the floor of the NYSE. Nasdaq +0.81 at 2179.76... NYSE Adv/Dec 1231/1721... Nasdaq Adv/Dec 1272/1721.

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Market update 06/04/2010 - Free Stock Market Analysis

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The S&P500 gapped down today at the market open and then traded higher slightly for 30 – 40 minutes and then it gave way to a nasty slide to today’s close at 1064.88, down -3.44% on the day. (see charts below).





Looking at a daily chart of the SPY today’s close is below the 200ma, 20ma and 50 moving averages, it looks like we may have support at around the 104-105 area for the SPY, if we fail to hold that support area, look out below! Because this market is going much lower.



The VIX was higher today closing at 35.48 +20.43%, but still well off of its recent highs of 48.20 set back on May 21, 2010.



Taking a look at the QQQQ daily chart today’s closing price of 45.09 (down -3.43%), is below the 20 moving average and above the 200 day moving average and, well below the 50 moving average on a daily chart. Looks like we have an area of support at around the 45.00 to 44.75 area, If we get below that support area we may see it test the recent lows of 43.50, and if we fail 43.50 level of support we may get a test of the spike down level at around 41.50 area which happen on the fat finger day back on May 5, 2010. I doubt that we get that low but if we do and we don’t hold that support area of 41.50 look out below this thing may go much lower.



Apple AAPL. On the daily chart, we have apple closing today at 255.96 down $7.16 and -2.74% down on the day. Apple looks to be trading in a channel here between the 272 and the 230 level, and now looks like it wants to return to the previous low in this channel to the 230 area. But it is trading above its 20ma, 50ma and its 200 day moving average. So it looks to me like apple could see some more downside here, but we may see a bounce off of the 250 to 252 level of support, which is where the 20ma and 50ma are consolidating. We’ll see what happens.

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Market Report: June 4, 2010 -- 4:15 PM ET
Moving the Market:
Contagion concerns rekindled by comments from Hungary; euro drops to new multiyear low against greenback. Nonfarm payrolls report for May shows smaller-than-expected increase.

Sector Watch:
Strong:
(none with a gain of at least 1%)

Weak:
trucking; consumer electronics; electronic manufacturing services; construction materials; human resources; life and health insurers; real estate services; residential REITs; industrial REITs.

Market Events:
16:15 ET Dow -324.06 at 9931.22, Nasdaq -83.86 at 2219.17, S&P -37.95 at 1064.88
[BRIEFING.COM] Sellers reclaimed control of the stock market after it had put together solid back-to-back gains. The change in tone came amid renewed concerns about contagion in Europe and disappointing nonfarm payrolls data.

Stocks entered Friday with a weekly gain of more than 1%, but that was dashed with this session's rout, which saw the S&P 500 drop more than 3%. That gave the stock market a weekly loss of more than 2% -- its fourth weekly loss of more than 1% in six weeks.

Market participants sold stocks en masse upon learning that officials from Hungary stated that economic conditions in their country are grave and that talk of default is not an exaggeration. What's more, the country does not plan to put austerity measures in place, leading many wonder whether the European Union (EU) will have to provide a bailout.

Though Hungary uses the forint instead of the euro as its currency, the country's troubles make for a manifestation of the fears spawned by the tenuous fiscal and financial conditions throughout Europe. In turn, the euro dropped a precipitous 1.7% to set a new four-year low of $1.1956.

Trade was also hurt by news that nonfarm payrolls for May increased by 431,000, which is well below the 500,000 that many had expected. Even higher numbers had been whispered in some circles, making disappointment over the number all the more significant. Ultimately, the smaller-than-expected increase in payrolls overshadowed news that the unemployment rate made a surprise move to 9.7% from 9.8%.

There really weren't any other headlines to act as catalysts for trade. In turn, market participants were focused on the negative. Of the 500 components in the S&P 500, only one -- Cephalon (CEPH 59.11, +0.33) -- managed to muster a gain. Weakness in the rest of the market led the benchmark index to one of its worst performances this year and its lowest close since February.

Such sharp selling pressure caused the Volatility Index, often euphemistically dubbed the "Fear Gauge," to surge more than 20%. It closed at its highest level of the week.

There was plenty participation behind this session's selloff. Specifically, trading volume on the NYSE surpassed 1.6 billion shares, which is comfortably above the 50-day average of roughly 1.4 billion shares. This session's declining volume outnumbered advancing volume by more than 130-to-1.

Amid this session's carnage, Treasuries fared extremely well. As such, the benchmark 10-year Note spiked more than one point to drop its yield is below 3.20%.

Gold was also a beneficiary of a flight to safety. It closed pit trade with a 0.6% gain at $1217.20 per ounce.

Gold wasn't the only commodity to find favor, though. Natural gas prices climbed 2.3% to settle pit trade at $4.82 per MMBtu as the energy component extended its surge from the prior session.

Nasdaq -83.86 at 2219.17... S&P Midcap 400 -4.1... NYSE Adv/Dec 289/2790... Nasdaq Adv/Dec 300/2372.

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Weekly & Daily Stock Earnings Calendar:

Company Stock, Earnings Date/Time, Expected EPS

Canadian Solar CSIQ 6/2 8am .12EPS
Coldwater Creek CWTR 6/2 8am -.03EPS
Joy Global JOYG 6/3 8am .79EPS
Suntech Power STP 6/3 8am .16EPS

Dollar General DG 6/7 8am .35EPS
Lululemon LULU 6/7 8am .22EPS
Westport Innovations WPRT 6/7 8am -.16EPS
Talbots TLB 6/8 8am .16EPS
Ciena CIEN 6/9 8am -.25EPS
Quiksilver ZQK 6/9 4pm .02EPS
Del Monte Foods DLM 6/10 8am .23EPS
ArcSight ARST 6/11 8am .16EPS

Capston Turbine CPST 6/14 8am -.05EPS
Discover Financial DFS 6/14 8am .11EPS
Best Buy BBY 6/15 8am .52EPS
FedEx FDX 6/16 8am 1.33EPS
Pier 1 Imports PIR 6/17 8am -.04EPS
Krogar KR 6/17 8am .55EPS
Bed Bath Beyond BBBY 6/21 8am .49EPS
Darden Restaurants DRI 6/21 8am .90EPS
Lennar Corp LEN 6/21 8am .01EPS
Micron MU 6/21 4pm .42EPS
Palm PALM 6/21 4pm -.70EPS

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Market Report: May 6, 2010 -- 4:35 PM ET
Moving the Market:
Technical levels breakdown as selling gains momentum. Greenback gains again to stand at new 52-week high against competing currencies. Weekly jobless claims count comes with little overall surprise. Geithner to speak at 9:00 AM ET and Bernanke to speak at 9:30 AM ET.

Sector Watch:
Strong:
gold

Weak:
photo products; commercial printing; real estate services; building products; homebuilding; apparel retailers; specialty stores; industrial REITs; industrial REITs; diversified REITs

Market Events:
16:35 ET Dow -347.80 at 10520.32, Nasdaq -82.65 at 2319.64, S&P -37.75 at 1128.15
[BRIEFING.COM] Another broad-based wave of high-volume selling sent stocks to their worst percentage loss in more than one year, but things could have been far worse since the Dow was actually down nearly 1,000 points in its worst intraday drop on record.

Weakness was widespread for the entire session as participants showed an aversion to risk. That theme caused sovereign debt credit spreads to widen and many of the global indices to drop so much that the Dow Jones World Index fell 2.7% in its worst single-session percentage slide since February.

U.S. equities found little support as the Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P 500 spent the first part of the session with broad-based losses. Follow through selling caused a breakdown in technical support, including a violation of the 200-day moving average. Selling soon went from frantic to panic as the Dow dropped nearly 500 points in five minutes. That gap down put the Dow nearly 1,000 points into the red.

Though there was talk that a program or system error led to the cascade of selling, media reports indicated that the major exchanges said there was now error on their part.

While stocks had looked to be headed for something awful, computer programmed trades quickly clicked to buy and drove the Dow back up several hundred points in a matter of minutes. The Dow closed almost 650 points above its session low, but it still lost nearly 350 points on the session.

Few were able to stage a gain this session. In fact, some 97% of the names in the S&P 500 logged a loss. Such weakness culminated in the worst percentage loss for the S&P 500 this year. What's more, the benchmark index has now lost more than 6% during the course of the past three sessions, which makes for its worst three-session slide in over 12 months.

Volatility surged as a result of the midafternoon selloff. The Volatility Index was actually up more than 60% at its session high. That put the "fear gauge" to its highest level in more than one year.

An interest in safety drove the dollar to a new one-year high against competing currencies. It finished 0.9% higher.

Most of the greenback's gain came against the euro, which remained weak in the wake of the European Central Bank's decision to keep its target interest rate unchanged at 1.00%, as expected. News that Greece passed planned austerity measures in a nonbinding preliminary vote failed to help the euro, too.

Despite strength in the dollar, market participants chased gold prices to 2010 highs. The yellow metal closed pit trade at $1197.30 per ounce, up 1.6%.

Treasuries also spiked -- so much that the benchmark 10-year Note climbed more than one point and its yield fell below 3.40 for the first time this year.

Trading volume was its highest level all year as more than 2.5 billion shares exchanged hands on the NYSE this session. The heightened participation is frequently associated with increased conviction among market participants.

In economic news, the latest weekly jobless claims count showed 444,000 initial claims were filed for the week ended May 1 and 4.59 million continuing claims were recently recorded. Both were generally on par with expectations, but the data was largely an dismissed ahead of the government's official nonfarm payrolls report tomorrow morning.

Advancing Sectors: (None)
Declining Sectors: Financials (-4.1%), Consumer Discretionary (-3.5%), Energy (-3.4%), Industrials (-3.3%), Tech (-3.3%), Materials (-3.1%), Utilities (-2.7%), Health Care (-2.6%), Telecom (-2.4%), Consumer Staples (-2.4%)

Nasdaq -82.65 at 2319.64... S&P Midcap 400 -3.4... NYSE Adv/Dec 173/26... Nasdaq Adv/Dec 330/2418.

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Company Stock, Earnings Date/Time, Expected EPS

Fuel Systems Solutions FSYS 5/6 8am .93EPS
MGM Mirage MGM 5/6 8am -.26EPS
Crocs CROX 5/6 4pm .02EPS
MercadoLibre MELI 5/6 4pm .20EPS
Dendreon DNDN 5/7 8am -.42EPS
Hansen Natural HANS 5/7 8am .47EPS
Rentech RTK 5/7 8am -.06EPS

AgFeed FEED 5/10 8am .13EPS
Blockbuster BBI 5/10 8am -.15EPS
China Agritech CAGC 5/10 8am .21EPS
Interoil IOC 5/10 8am .11EPS
Keryx Biopharmaceitcals KERX 5/10 8am -.07EPS
Wal Mart WMT 5/10 8am .86EPS
Priceline.com PCLN 5/10 4pm 1.72EPS
Jaso Solar JASO 5/11 8am .19EPS
Toyota Motor Co TM 5/11 8am
Canadian Solar CSIQ 5/12 8am .17EPS
Cisco Systems CSCO 5/12 4pm .39EPS
Dryships DRYS 5/12 4pm -.06EPS
Whole Foods WFMI 5/12 4pm .34EPS
Urban Outfitters URBN 5/13 8am .30EPS
Blockbuster BBI 5/13 4pm -.16EPS
Nvidia NVDA 5/13 4pm .22EPS

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Market update 03/05/2010 - Free Stock Market Analysis

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Today’s Market Report, March 5 2010.

It looks like the markets are still in an upward trend, as you can see from this SPY (S&P 500 ETF) chart, the market dip back in February 2010 and is continuing its recovery. The recovery started back in March 2009, and looks like it wants to test the recent highs set in mid January 2010. So looks like we’re still in recovery mode here as far as the markets are concerned. Will see what happens when we approach the 115 level on the SPY, if we get a double top we may definitely see this market pullback and trade in a channel for a little while between 105 and 115 area. Otherwise if we break above the 115 level we may see this market continue to rise to new highs set in recent months with resistance at the 123 level in the form of the 200 day moving average on a weekly chart. We’ll see what happens at this level of 115.

SPY gapped up today in early trading due to a better than expected unemployment numbers. SPY was up 1.61 and closed today at 114.25 falling just short of the recent highs of 115.08. SPY is trading above its 50, 20 and 200 period moving averages on a daily chart. On the weekly chart the SPY is trading below the 200SMA and above 20SMA, as well as the 50SMA at the 100 level.

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Apple (AAPL) was up 8.24 closing at 218.95 today setting a new high for the company. Looking at the Apple chart, as we can see from this chart Apple has definitely risen up in this channel that it has been trading in for the past four or five months, and as we can see here it looks like Apple may be getting toppy in this channel at around the 220 to 223 level.

Looking at a daily chart we can see that Apple (AAPL) is trading above its 50MA, 20MA and 200 day moving average. On the weekly chart Apple is trading well above its 20MA, 50MA, and 200MA and looking strong.

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March 05, 2010 -- 16:30 ET
Moving the Market
February payrolls report shows smaller-than-expected decline. Financials show leadership for second straight session. Greenback gyrates.

Sector Watch:
Strong
employment services; computer and electronics; office electronics; coal and consumable fuel; oil and gas refiners; construction materials; consumer finance; industrial REITs; residential REITs

Weak
fertilizer and agricultural chemicals

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03/05/2010 16:30 ET Dow +122.06 at 10566.20, Nasdaq +34.04 at 2326.35, S&P +15.73 at 1138.70:
[BRIEFING.COM] A smaller-than-expected decline in February nonfarm payrolls provided participants with a reason to bid stocks broadly higher, but financials booked the best gains for the second straight session.

Stocks spent the entire session in higher ground. The positive mood on Wall Street was reinforced by the latest Nonfarm Payrolls Report, which showed that just 36,000 jobs were lost in February when a decline of 68,000 had been widely expected. Additionally, the unemployment rate for February came in at 9.7%, which is below the 9.8% rate that had been widely forecast and unchanged from the January rate.

There had been some concern ahead of the jobs report that inclement weather in February might distort the figures, but a note from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) indicated that weather might not have been as large a factor as some had suggested. That helped legitimatize the smaller-than-expected drop in payrolls.

Though the unemployment rate still stands at an uncomfortable level, participants took heart that the data pointed to an improved outlook for the job environment.

Given that stronger labor conditions are expected to go hand in hand with a stronger economy, the greenback bounced from the flat line to a 0.4% gain as participants quickly considered the implications of a stronger economy on monetary policy. The dollar failed to sustain its gain, though; it finished fractionally lower.

Meanwhile, stocks put together their best percentage gain in two weeks as more than 90% of the names in the S&P 500 pushed higher. The stock market initially encountered some resistance, but it was able to regroup and climb to a new one-month high.

Financials provided leadership for the second straight session. This time they settled with a 2.0% gain as all 79 components in the S&P 500 financial sector advanced. Consumer finance stocks (+3.2%) were among the strongest performers, despite a downgrade of Capital One Financial (COF 37.94, +1.10) by analysts at Goldman Sachs.

Energy stocks weren't far behind. The sector advanced 1.8% with help from higher oil prices, which hit a fresh one-month high of $82.07 per barrel before they settled with a 1.6% gain at $81.50 per barrel.

Oil also provided support for the CRB Commodity Index, which closed with a 0.8% gain.

Trading volume remained rather unimpressive as little more than 1 billion shares exchanged hands on the NYSE this session. That has been a recurring theme, though. Specifically, trading volume this week averaged fewer than 1 billion shares per session.

Though the lack of participation would imply a lack of conviction among market participants, many investors still saw their money grow as the S&P 500 climbed to a weekly gain of more than 3%.

Advancing Sectors: Financials (+2.0%), Energy (+1.8%), Consumer Discretionary (+1.6%), Industrials (+1.5%), Tech (+1.4%), Materials (+1.4%), Health Care (+1.2%), Utilities (+1.1%), Consumer Staples (+0.5%), Telecom (+0.1%)

Declining Sectors: (None)

Nasdaq +34.04 at 2326.35... S&P Midcap 400 +1.5... NYSE Adv/Dec 2581/478... Nasdaq Adv/Dec 2152/554.

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Company Stock, Earnings Date/Time, Expected EPS

Urban Outfitters URBN 3/5 8am .39EPS
Vivus VVUS 3/5 8am -.24EPS

Freddie Mac FRE 3/8 8am N/A
Somaxon Pharma SOMX 3/8 8am N/A
Brigham Exploration BEXP 3/8 4pm .03EPS
Discovery Labs DSCO 3/8 4pm -.06EPS
Sunesis Pharma SNSS 3/8 8am -.14EPS
Yingli Green YGE 3/8 8am .15EPS
E House Holdings EJ 3/9 4pm .37EPS
J. Crew JCG 3/9 4pm .48EPS
American Eagle AEO 3/10 8am .34EPS
Clean Energy Fuels CLNE 3/10 8am -.03EPS
Hot Topic HOTT 3/10 4pm .19EPS
IMAX IMAX 3/11 8am .09EPS
Rite Aid RAD 3/11 8am -.18EPS
Aeropostale ARO 3/11 4pm 1.44EPS
Wave Systems WAVX 3/11 4pm ??
Zumiez ZUMZ 3/11 4pm .28EPS
Ann Taylor ANN 3/12 8am -.03EPS
GenVec GNVC 3/12 8am -.04EPS
Smith & Wesson SWHC 3/12 8am Flat

AgFeed FEED 3/15 8am .11EPS
Energy Conversion Devices ENER 3/15 8am -.75EPS

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Market update 02/10/2010 - Free Stock Market Analysis

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February 10, 2010 -- 16:30 ET
Moving the Market:
Dollar extends gains against competing currencies as Bernanke's prepared statement suggests possible rate hikes before long. Speculation over loan guarantees for Greece persists. Financials outperform. Results from auction of 10-year Treasuries disappoint.

Sector Watch:
Strong:
consumer electronics; multiline insurers; diversified banks; diversified financial services; asset management and consulting; investment banks and brokerages; advertising; electronic manufacturing services

Weak:
broadcasting; wireless services; paper products; publishing and printing; managed care; health care facilities; specialty consumer services; automakers; brewers; steel

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Market Events
02/10/2010 16:30 ET Dow -20.26 at 10038.38, Nasdaq -3.00 at 2147.87, S&P -2.39 at 1068.13:
[BRIEFING.COM] Continued speculation about loan guarantees for Greece and Fed Chairman Bernanke's hint at a rate hike kept the dollar in focus this session. Its advance took stocks lower, save financials.

The Dollar Index spent the entire session in positive territory as newswires were filled with conflicting reports about whether Germany will lead a bailout for Greece and other European countries currently in need. Its strength grew as Fed Chairman Bernanke's prepared remarks about how the Fed may opt to raise the discount rate before long made the rounds. The greenback had been up as much as 0.7% against competing currencies, but eased back a bit to settle with a 0.4% gain.

The midsession pullback by the greenback helped the stock market recover from a loss of more than 1%. Financials also provided support -- the sector steadily outperformed for the entire session, such that it finished with a 0.8% gain. It was the only major sector to finish in higher ground, though.

Strength in the financial sector was broad as multiline insurers (+2.2%), diversified banks (+1.5%), and diversified financial services players (+1.2%) all logged handsome gains.

Despite leadership from financials, the broader market couldn't push through the headwind that stemmed from a stronger dollar. In turn, the stock market failed to extend the previous session's 1.3% gain. However, stocks are still up 0.2% week-to-date. Though that's relatively unimpressive, stocks haven't booked a weekly gain since the first week of January.

Hardly 1 billion shares exchanged hands this session on the NYSE, making for rather light volume. Many participants may continue to wait on the sidelines until something of substance comes out of the Greece debt dilemma.

Despite broader market weakness, Treasuries failed to find support as the benchmark 10-year Note shed roughly 11 ticks. Its yield pushed above 3.7% at its session low. Disappointing results for an auction of 10-year Notes were the primary cause. They featured a yield of 3.69%, an indirect bid of 33%, and a bid-to-cover ratio of 2.67.

Looking ahead, participants will continue to focus on the dollar and any headlines regarding a bailout for Greece. Weekly jobless claims numbers, which are due tomorrow morning, also remain a point of interest for participants. Results for an auction of 30-year Bonds could also come into play.

Nasdaq -3.00 at 2147.87... S&P Midcap 400 -0.1... NYSE Adv/Dec 1500/1497... Nasdaq Adv/Dec 1281/1310.

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Company Stock, Earnings Date/Time, Expected EPS

Hartford Financial HIG 2/8 4pm 1.34EPS
Electronic Arts ERTS 2/8 4pm .32EPS
Alpha Natural Resources ANR 2/9 8am .46EPS
Biogen BIIB 2/9 8am 1.07EPS
Energy Conversion Devices ENER 2/9 8am -.40EPS
NYSE Euronext NYX 2/9 8am .46EPS
Coke - Coca Cola KO 2/9 8am .68EPS
Disney DIS 2/9 4pm .40EPS
Baidu.com BIDU 2/9 4pm 1.76EPS
Level 3 Communications LVLT 2/10 8am -.11EPS
Spint S 2/10 8am -.18EPS
Panera Bread PNRA 2/11 4pm .98EPS
Chipotle Mexican Grill CMG 2/11 4pm .80EPS
Buffalo Wild Wings BWLD 2/11 4pm .52EPS

Ultra Petroleum UPL 2/12 8am .48EPS
Abercrombie ANF 2/16 4pm .88EPS
Barclays BCS 2/16 8am .30EPS
Merck MRK 2/16 8am .77EPS
Whole Foods WFMI 2/16 4pm .28EPS
Devon Energy DVN 2/17 8am 1.26EPS
Priceline.com PCLN 2/17 8am 1.70EPS
Career Education CECO 2/17 4pm .34EPS
Chesapeake Energy CHK 2/17 4pm .70EPS
Hewlett Packard HPQ 2/17 4pm 1.06EPS
Barrick Gold ABX 2/18 8am .60EPS
Wal Mart WMT 2/18 8am 1.13EPS
Bucyrus BUCY 2/18 8am .93EPS

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January 28, 2010 -- 16:35 ET
Moving the Market:
Large-cap tech comes under pressure. Durable goods orders come in mixed, but initial weekly jobless claims disappoint. Earnings continue to generally exceed expectations

Sector Watch:
Strong
photo products; personal products; household products; airlines; health care distributors; managed care; life science tools; regional banks; diversified banks

Weak
communication equipment; computer hardware; wireless services; semiconductor equipment; trucking; education services; consumer finance; construction and farming machinery

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01/28/2010 16:35 ET Dow -115.70 at 10120.46, Nasdaq -42.41 at 2179.00, S&P -12.97 at 1084.53:
[BRIEFING.COM] Losses among large-cap tech issues left the broader market mired in weakness, despite another big batch of generally better-than-expected earnings results.

Stocks opened the session in mixed fashion amid news that Procter & Gamble (PG 61.68, +0.87), Colgate-Palmolive (CL 79.99, -0.40), 3M (MMM 80.75, -1.55), Ford (F 11.41, -0.14), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY 24.10, -0.20), and Nokia (NOK 13.98, +1.06) topped Wall Street's earnings estimates. Not all of the announcements featured upside surprises, though; AT&T (T 25.54, -0.08) and Baxter International (BAX 58.20, -0.71) both met expectations, but Eli Lilly (LLY 35.75, -0.64) came short of the consensus.

The latest dose of economic data proved disappointing. Durable goods orders for December increased 0.3%, which was far softer than the 2.0% increase that had been widely expected. Excluding transportation, durable goods orders for December increased 0.9%, but that was stronger than the 0.5% increase that had been forecast by economists.

Initial jobless claims for the week ended Jan. 23 were down 8,000 week-over-week to 470,000, but that still exceeded the consensus call for 450,000 claims. Continuing claims totaled 4.60 million, which is slightly above the 4.59 million continuing claims that had been expected, but down from the 4.66 million continuing claims total from the previous week.

Though there wasn't much direction in the opening minutes of trade, it didn't take long for tech stocks to come under stiff selling pressure, which resulted in a 2.9% loss for the sector. Particular weakness among large-cap tech caused the Nasdaq Composite to underperform its counterparts.

Though tech's downturn was steeper than that of the broader market, the theme of weak large-cap tech has been relatively common since the start of the year. Some analysts say that tech's huge gains in 2009 were underpinned by the notion that the sector's fundamentals would see a sharp rebound. Now that those numbers are being reported, some have opted to sell the news, while others believe the numbers aren't strong enough to justify the sector's surge from lows last March.

Tech's weight in the broader market and degree of weakness weighed heavily on the other major sectors, such that they all logged losses.

Banks garnered modest support, though. Specifically, regional banks advanced 0.4% and diversified banks gained 0.5%. That move came amid news that Standard & Poor's no longer classifies the United Kingdom among the most stable and low-risk banking systems globally.

Despite general distaste for stocks, Treasuries failed to find support. Even a stronger-than-average bid-to-cover ratio of 2.9 in a $32 billion auction of 7-year Notes failed to stimulate demand for the benchmark 10-year Note, which essentially finished flat.

Nasdaq -42.41 at 2179.00... S&P Midcap 400 -1.3... NYSE Adv/Dec 799/2236... Nasdaq Adv/Dec 752/1909.

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Company Stock, Earnings Date/Time, Expected EPS

Motorola MOT 1/28 8am .09EPS
Potash POT 1/28 8am .82EPS
Microsoft MSFT 1/28 4pm .60EPS
Amazon.com AMZN 1/28 4pm .75EPS
Arch Coal ACI 1/29 8am .18EPS
Chevron CVX 1/29 8am 1.75EPS
Sohu.com SOHU 2/1 8am .95EPS
Changyou CYOU 2/1 8am .74EPS
Hologic HOLX 2/1 4pm .27EPS
UPS UPS 2/2 8am .76EPS
Massey Energy MEE 2/2 4pm .28EPS

International Paper IP 2/3 8am .24EPS
Pfizer PFE 2/3 8am .50EPS
Broadcom BRCM 2/3 4pm .45EPS
Visa V 2/3 4pm .92EPS
Cisco Systems CSCO 2/3 4pm .35EPS
Chicago Mercantile CME 2/4 8am 3.41EPS
Mastercard MA 2/4 8am 2.50EPS
Beazer Homes BZH 2/5 8am -.90EPS
Exide XIDE 2/5 8am .16EPS
YRC Worldwide YRCW 2/5 8am -1.76EPS
Hartford Financial HIG 2/8 4pm 1.34EPS
Electronic Arts ERTS 2/8 4pm .32EPS
Alpha Natural Resources ANR 2/9 8am .46EPS

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