Good morning

I am not seeing a whole lot that has me anticipating the open chomping at the bit with impatience. As I write this I haven't really found any big movers pre market unless you are on the short side. Could be one of those grinder type of days.

Okay so retail sales and import export numbers just hit the news wire and it was all positive. This could give us the fuel we need to continue this run at least for today.

Here are the stocks that have caught my attention so far.

$SUMR pr earnings,$TZYM looking for continuation of strength from yesterday, $BGMD pr earnings, $STEC earnings, $NSPH, $ATHX, $KORS, $CZR Cramer pump on casinos and my home town,$TSRX earnings, $COH upgrade and retail sales, $FIG upgrade, $NFLX PR,  $LDK, $HEK  



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Today's Markets:
In Asia, Japan -0.6% to 12240. Hong Kong -1.5% to 22557. China -1% to 2264. India -1% to 19363.
In Europe, at midday, London -0.8%. Paris -0.5%. Frankfurt -0.2%.
Futures at 7:00: Dow -0.15%. S&P -0.1%. Nasdaq -0.2%. Crude +0.3% to $92.79. Gold -0.1% to $1595.

Today's economic calendar:
7:00 MBA Mortgage Applications
8:30 Import/Export Prices
8:30 Retail Sales
10:00 Business Inventories
10:30 EIA Petroleum Inventories
1:00 PM Results of $21B, 10-Year Note Auction

Notable earnings before today's open: AH, AMRC, ATRS, EXPR, KRO, PERI, SNSS, TA

Notable earnings after today's close: CWTR, FTK, HOTT, SIGM, VRA
Briefing.com

Gapping up                                                                    

In reaction to strong earnings/guidance: DRL +23.1% (thinly traded, light     
volume), GSIG +8.6%, PPHM +7.6%, GNMK +4.1% (light volume), PUK +3.5%, ESLT   
+2.9% (very thinly traded), PNM +2.6%, XOMA +2.3% (ticking higher), PHMD
++1.9%

(ticking higher), ACAD +1.1% (light volume, target raised to $9 at Ladenburg  

Thalmann).                                                                    

M&A news: NFP +11.2% (reports indicate the co may explore sale), LIFE +0.3%   

(continued M&A speculation, Bloomberg discusses that a LIFE takeover at this  
valuation may be better than nothing).                                        
 

Other news: NSPH +6.6% (obtains CE Mark for gram-negative blood culture test), GLUU +2.5% (continued strength), WAGE +1.8% (prices follow-on public offering of 5,631,115 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $24.00 per share), BA +0.6% (receives FAA approval of certification plan for 787 battery 

solution, Boeing upgraded to Hold from Underweight at BB&T Capital Mkts)      
   

Analyst comments: COH +2.2% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Citigroup), FIG  

+1.5% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Goldman), WAG +1.4% (upgraded to Buy   
from Neutral at UBS) 

Scans Gapping down                                                            

                                                                        
In reaction to disappointing earnings/guidance: SPPI -35.2% (provides         
corporate update with guidance), VELT -26% (also multiple downgrades), COOL   
-19.4%, KTOS -16.3% (light volume), EXPR -15.1%, DOLE -8.8%, IPAR -3% (light  
volume, also authorized a 50% increase in the annual dividend to $0.48 per    
share), KW -0.6% (announces offering of 9 mln shares of common stock).        

                                                                              

M&A news: BBRY -1.2% (Several reports out overnight cautious on Lenovo (LNVGY)

takeover speculation), .                                                       
      

Select financial related names showing weakness: NBG -3.7%, IBN -2.5%, DB     

-2.0%, RBS -1.8%, SAN -1.2%, HBC -0.9%.                                       
  

Other news: TEU -4% (announced $25 mln public offering of common shares), EROC

-3.5% (announces public offering of 8 mln common units representing limited   
partner interests), MLNX -2.4% (modestly pulling back), HLF -1.7% (Consumer   
Group has asked the FTC to investigate HLF; Pershing Square Capital Management
issues statement regarding National Consumers League's Call for FTC           

investigation into Herbalife; Icahn discloses acquisition of 322,716 shares of HLF at $41.45 per share; ), RPT -1.3% (upsizes offering by 1.05 mln shares and prices 7 mln newly issued common shares at $15.55 per share ), BUD -1% (still 

checking), JCP -1% ( is considering April trial in bondholders dispute,       
according to reports ), BHP -0.4% (may face a probe over Beijing Olympics,    
according to reports).                                                         
                                                                           

Analyst comments: HFC -1.3% (downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at         

Macquarie), VLO -1.2% (downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Macquarie

Today's Upgrades:
Company	Ticker	Brokerage Firm
Black Diamond	BDE	Global Hunter Securities
Dick's Sporting Goods	DKS	Monness Crespi & Hardt
PACCAR	PCAR	JP Morgan
Dreamworks Animation	DWA	Stifel
EnerNOC	ENOC	Raymond James
Co. Brasileira	CBD	JP Morgan
Fortress Investment	FIG	Goldman
Affiliated Managers	AMG	Goldman
CVR Refining	CVRR	Credit Suisse
ABB Ltd	ABB	Nomura
Diamond Foods	DMND	Jefferies
Genesco	GCO	Piper Jaffray
Summer Infant	SUMR	Needham
Coach	COH	Citigroup
Discover Financial Services	DFS	FBR Capital

Today's Downgrades:
Company	Ticker	Brokerage Firm
Velti	VELT	Jefferies
Synergetics	SURG	Craig Hallum
National Australia Bank	NABZY	Citigroup
Freescale Semi	FSL	Bernstein
Target	TGT	Buckingham Research
Tesoro Logistics LP	TLLP	Credit Suisse
Texas Instruments	TXN	Bernstein
Oaktree Capital	OAK	Goldman
Invesco	IVZ	Goldman
El Paso Pipeline Partners	EPB	Credit Suisse
Calamos Asset	CLMS	Goldman
Velti	VELT	Raymond James
EQT Midstream Partners	EQM	Credit Suisse
GSI Group	GSIG	ROTH Capital
Synergetics	SURG	Wunderlich
Tesoro Logistics LP	TLLP	BofA/Merrill
Spectrum Pharma	SPPI	WallachBeth
Infineon	IFNNY	Morgan Stanley

    
Good luck trading everyone.