Watchlist for October 10, 2006

Looks like a pretty flat open today. I’m still itching to play the short side so hopefully the market will cooperate with my evil plans.

Ive been wanting to try out this new polling widget so the big Google / YouTube news is a good excuse for a poll. Have at it…

On Today’s Calendar:

10:00 AM — Wholesale Inventories
2:00 PM — Treasury Budget

More Calendars: U.S. Earnings | Conf. Calls | Surprises | IPO | Economic

Potential swing trades:

See one of the recent ‘Chart Reading‘ posts for some potential swing candidates.

Potential day trades:

(From Briefing.com)

Gapping Down

INFS -8% (guides Q3 revs below consensus), VECO -7.9% (guides lower), DVAX -8% (Questions Arise After Dynavax Offering — TheStreet.com), DRTE -4.1% (Pfizer to discontinue Dendrite dervices), SHPGY -4%, EMMS -3.4% (reports AugQ), VCLK -2.9% (RBC downgrade), LEAP -2.6% (announces Q3 sub adds; also notes offering), VPHM -2.4%, EAT -2.4% (Bear Stearns downgrade), RI -2.1% (Bear Stearns downgrade), CCL -1.9% (JP Morgan downgrade), CHAP -1.8%, NRPH -1.8% (profit taking after 61% spike yesterday; also First Albany downgrade), CYH -1.7% (Deutsche downgrade), BEN -1.6% (Pru downgrade), SBUX -1.3% (UBS downgrade), INTU -1.2% (Citigroup downgrade), XOM -1% (Goldman downgrade).

Gapping Up

DCTH +16% (ends proxy battle with large shareholder), TFSM +10.2% (RBC upgrades to Top Pick), PMTC +10% (guides above consensus), LWAY +6.2% (reports Q3 revs), OMNI +5.5%, SWFT +5.2% (guides above consensus), ACOR +4.3% (extends momentum), NTRI +5.2% (Kaufman raises tgt to $100), ACGY +3.8%, NVAX +3.2% (details advantages of its manufacturing process), YRCW +2.9%, IMCL +2.7% (chairman resigns under pressure form Icahn), AEP +2.1% (guides higher), DHI +1.9% (JP Morgan upgrade), VOD +1.8% (Bernstein upgrade), ROH +1.6% (guides above consensus; announces strategic alternatives), MDT +1.4% (FDA approval for bone graft), DVN +1.1% (Goldman upgrade), GOOG +1% (confirms it will acquire YouTube), BOBJ +1% (Canaccord Adams upgrade).