Posted by 17 January 2007

Watchlist for January 17, 2007

The futures dropped a bit after the 8:30 PPI data came out. The Nasdaq was down even before the PPI on Intel’s earnings so I’ll be focused on semis to start the day. Note that the Beige Book comes out at 2 PM. On Today’s Calendar: 2:00 — Fed’s Beige Book More Calendars: U.S. Earnings [...]

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Posted by 16 January 2007

Jan. 16, 2007 Recap and Stocks to Watch

The Nasdaq finally took a break from leading the way up today as it closed down a few points while the Dow and S&P 500 closed up on the day. All of the moves were relatively small on a percentage basis. That kind of range contraction isn’t surprising after the big gains of the last [...]

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Posted by 16 January 2007

Watchlist for January 16, 2007

There’s nothing on the economic report calendar for the rest of the day but there’s a ton of data coming out tomorrow, including PPI before the bell and the Beige Book at 2. SO tomorrow could be a fun day. Today looks kinda flat though, at least based on the futures right now. P.S. Lindsay [...]

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Posted by 15 January 2007

Jan. 12, 2007 Recap and Stocks to Watch

The Nasdaq continued to lead the major indices higher on Friday. It closed at a new 6-year high and above its upper Bollinger Band for the second day in a row.The S&P 500 and Dow made new closing highs and are just a buy program away from making new intraday highs. So the technical picture [...]

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Posted by 12 January 2007

Watchlist for January 12, 2007

There’s plenty to keep track of today: AAPL’s gapping down on news of an investigation into Steve Jobs’ options grants; GOOG is back over $500; merger rumors swirling around XMSR and SIRI; and AMD getting clocked, just to name a few… Don’t forget that the markets are closed for the holiday on Monday. Have a [...]

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