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2012-02-24T08:06:00.002-05:00

February 24, 2012
New home sales have been lagging improvement underway in other housing indicators.

Watchlist: AEP PPO TGT KSS PXP PG RIG LTD ESV ESRX QCOR MHS MON NEM TRW JWN VRTX SNDK RRC GMCR HES WLT
(All stocks on my watchlist are on the penson easy to borrow list, day trading stocks you can trade both long and short)

Notable earnings before Friday's open:
ANR, EGO, ENDP,IPG, JCP, NEM, PNW, POM, SUG, TDS, USM, WCRX

Economic Calendar:

Consumer Sentiment
9:55 AM ET

New Home Sales
10:00 AM ET

James Bullard Speaks10:45 AM ET
William Dudley Speaks1:30 PM ET

Upgrades & Downgrades ARMH AVB GCI DECK FSLR FST MNST MAR NBR POL RRGB SUN CRM TGT TSL
(NASDAQ: ARMH) Started as Overweight at Piper Jaffray.
(NYSE: AVB) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
(NYSE: GCI) Started as Equalweight at Barclays.
(NASDAQ: DECK) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse; Maintained Buy with $105 target at Canaccord Genuity.
(NASDAQ: FSLR) Cut to Neutral at Susquehanna.
(NYSE: FST) Cut to Hold at Canaccord Genuity.
(NASDAQ: MNST) Reiterated Conviction Buy List and raised estimates by Goldman Sachs.
(NYSE: MAR) Raised to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.
(NYSE: NBR) Raised to Buy with $30 target at Argus.
(NYSE: POL) named as Value Stock of the Day at Zacks.
(NASDAQ: RRGB) named as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
(NYSE: SUN) Cut to Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
(NYSE: CRM) Maintained Neutral but raised target to $145 on Credit Suisse; Raised to Buy at ThinkEquity.
(NYSE: TGT) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.
(NYSE: TSL) Cut to Market Perform at Wells Fargo; Cut to Negative at Susquehanna.

Gainers, losers:

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2012-02-23T08:01:00.007-05:00

February 23, 2012
Initial claims have been signaling pivotal improvement underway in the jobs market.

Watchlist: NFX WMT MOS RRC SLW AEM NOV GG NEM ABX CNX BHI WLT PPO ESV RAX XEC COG PNC
(All stocks on my watchlist are on the penson easy to borrow list, day trading stocks you can trade both long and short)

Notable earnings after Thursday's close:
ADSK, AGO, AIG,BIO, CBI, CRM, CROX, CUBE, DECK, FSLR, GPS, GTE, HLS, IAG,INT, LNG, LONG, MCP, MELI, MGA, MHK, MNST, MRVL, NDSN,PSA, SBAC, SD, SPN, TIVO, WBMD, WR, XCO
Notable earnings before Thursday's open:
AEE, AMT,ANSS, BBG, BRY, CMS, DISH, DNR, FWLT, GTI, HRL, IDCC, IMAX,IRM, IVR, KSS, LINE, LKQX, LXP, NGLS, NIHD, OCR, PCS, PDCO,PEG, PXP, SATS, SHLD, SUG, SWY, SXCI, TFX, TGT, THI, TS, TTC

Economic Calendar:

Weekly Bill Settlement

Jobless Claims
8:30 AM ET

Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index
9:45 AM ET

FHFA House Price Index
10:00 AM ET

EIA Natural Gas Report
10:30 AM ET

EIA Petroleum Status Report
11:00 AM ET

Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Index
11:00 AM ET

3-Month Bill Announcement
11:00 AM ET

6-Month Bill Announcement
11:00 AM ET

7-Yr Note Auction
1:00 PM ET

Fed Balance Sheet
4:30 PM ET

Money Supply
4:30 PM ET

Upgrades & Downgrades BRCD CAB CHK CEO EXM HPQ JNPR LVLT ERIC MELI PTR POOL TJX VVUS
(NASDAQ: BRCD) Reiterated Hold at Argus.
(NYSE: CAB) named as value stock of the day at Zacks.
(NYSE: CHK) Reiterated Neutral at Credit Suisse.
(NYSE: CEO) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
(NYSE: EXM) Cut to Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
(NYSE: HPQ) Reiterated Neutral at Credit Suisse.
(NYSE: JNPR) Cut to Market Perform at FBR.
(NASDAQ: LVLT) Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley.
(NASDAQ: ERIC) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
(NASDAQ: MELI) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
(NYSE: PTR) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
(NASDAQ: POOL) named Bull of the Day at Zacks.
(NYSE: TJX) Reiterated Hold at Argus.
(NASDAQ: VVUS) reiterated Outperform but raised target to $36.00 at Credit Suisse; Raised to Hold at Brean Murray.

Gainers:
VVUS +107%. OREX +22%. ARNA+15%. SHLD +13%. MELA +7%. QCOR +6%. RIG +5%. RBS +5%. RND +5%. KYG +4%. XIN +4%. DNDN +3%. THLD +3%. GOLD+3%. MTG +3%.

Losers:
BNK -14%. PPO -11%. TSL -7%. BRD -7%. SLT -5%. HPQ-4%. YGE -4%. SINA -4%. FSLR -4%. KSS -3%. PSEC -3%. CSIQ-3%. ALJ -3%.

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2012-02-22T08:09:00.004-05:00

February 22, 2012
Housing is beginning to bounce back and contribute to overall economic growth. Another rise for existing home sales would be a big plus for the outlook.

Watchlist: M APC CIE JWN RIG GILD COG MOS NEM CLF WLT RAX HES VRTX GMCR WTW NOV LYB JCP XEC COH
(All stocks on my watchlist are on the penson easy to borrow list, day trading stocks you can trade both long and short)

Notable earnings after Wednesday's close:
ADI, AUY,AVGO, AWAY, CIM, CLR, CXO, DRYS, ESRX, ESV, FLR, FLS,HPQ, HTZ, KBR, LBTYA, LTD, OAS, ONXX, PAAS, PPO, QCOR,QEP, QIHU, SM, SNPS, WLL, WMB, WPZ
Notable earnings before Wednesday's open:
BRKR, CHS,CLH, CNK, DCI, DLTR, EV, GAS, GRMN, IDA, LAMR, MGM, PWR,TJX, TOL, TX, WIN, YNDX

Economic Calendar:

MBA Purchase Applications
7:00 AM ET

ICSC-Goldman Store Sales
7:45 AM ET

Redbook
8:55 AM ET

Existing Home Sales
10:00 AM ET

4-Week Bill Auction
11:30 AM ET

5-Yr Note Auction
1:00 PM ET

Upgrades & Downgrades ASX AAPL BX BRCM CIEN CMA DELL DNDN DANG GILD MDT MOS EDU SPIL TSM
(NYSE: ASX) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.
(NASDAQ: AAPL) Reiterated Outperform but raised target to $600 at Credit Suisse.
(NYSE: BX) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
(NASDAQ: BRCM) Reiterated Buy with $46 target at Argus.
(NASDAQ: CIEN) Maintained Buy with $21 target at Argus.
(NYSE: CMA) Cut to Sell at Stifel Nicolaus.
(NASDAQ: DELL) Cut to Neutral at Citigroup; Cut to Hold at Needham.
(NASDAQ: DNDN) Started as Neutral at Citigroup.
(NYSE: DANG) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
(NASDAQ: GILD) Cut to Market Perform at Bernstein.
(NYSE: MDT) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
(NYSE: MOS) Raised to Buy at Canaccord Genuity.
(NYSE: EDU) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
(NASDAQ: SPIL) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.
(NYSE: TSM) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.

Gainers, losers:

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