Watchlist for October 31, 2006

Long night… I’m just waking up. I think I got everything rebuilt on the site. Please let me know if something is missing / broken.

On Today’s Calendar:

10:00 AM — Chicago PMI
10:00 AM — Consumer Confidence

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

Gapping down on disappointing earnings/guidance: HIHO -12%, ASGN -12%, STTX -10%, DIVX -9.3%, ITWO -9%, NGPS -7.7%, AMMD -5.6%, NWRE -5.4% (also Needham downgrade), TIE -4.7%, NILE -4.5% (also Piper downgrade), UARM -4.1%, SONO -3.7%, PG -2%… Other news: AVNR -40% (receives FDA approvable letter for Zenvia, however, FDA requires additional data), WAVX -9.1% (announces stock offering), MCHX -7.8% (RBC downgrade), ESLR -1.9% (Jefferies downgrade), ITMN -1.1% (provides clinical data)… Under $3: CHTR -4.8% (reports Q3).

Gapping Up

Gapping up on strong earnings/guidance: IVAC +26% (also Brean Murray upgrade), NAVR +11%, AXTI +11% (also Needham upgrade), RACK +9.3%, FARO +9.3%, ACTS +7.5%, ALO +4.3% (also receives FDA approval for Kadian 80mg), IACI +4.3%, BIIB +3.8%, RTI +3.2%, UAUA +2.9%, ADM +2.8%, NNDS +1.7%, ARMHY +1.4%… Other News: RNAI +98% (to be acquired by Merck), ALNY +31% (up in sympathy with RNAI as Merck has a relationship with ALNY; BofA raises tgt to $30), NVAX +10% (says CDC will evaluate its bird flu vaccine), EFII +8% (BofA upgrade), CELG +6.5% (to be added to S&P 500), COGO +5.7% (announces new partnership with MSFT), SNTO +4.9% (extends yesterday’s 9% move), PWAV +1.1%, CSCO +1% (Goldman adds to its Conviction Buy List)… Under $3: CYTR +22% (drug granted orphan status in Europe), ENMD +8.5%.