I did catch a couple day trades in $MITK and $NQ. I am completely out of $MITK and most of $NQ with a nice profit. I am still holding a couple hundred shares of $NQ for a lotto play.
I missed plays in $LEDS $LLEN and $FXEN and $AMBA
Morning movers and stocks that caught my eye
$MGM pr, $ZIXI pr, $CYCC pr,$ASTX earnings pr already in with swing,$AMFA,$TQNT pr,$CRME,$ANAD earnings pr, $GEVO gone crazy> reports earnings after the close today be careful here , $BBRY, $SWHC,$BCRX, $DTLK earnings,
Seeking Alpha
Today's economic calendar:
FOMC meeting begins
8:30 ICSC Retail Store Sales
8:30 Employment Cost Index
8:55 Redbook Chain Store Sales
9:00 S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Index
9:45 Chicago PMI
10:00 Consumer Confidence
10:00 State Street Investor Confidence Index
3:00 PM USDA Ag. Prices
Notable earnings before today's open: ABFS, AET, AGCO, AMED, ARCO, AVP, BEN, BP, CIE, CMI, CNH, COCO, CRIS, CYNO, DBD, DDD, DPZ, ECL, EPD, ESV, EXAS, FCH, FIS, FLWS, GAS, GOV, HCLP, HCP, HEP, HNR, HOT, HRS, HUN, HW, IVZ, KLIC, LM, MCGC, MHP, MLM, MNTA, MPC, MPLX, MSO, MTG, MTOR, MWV, NEE, NI, NYX, ODP, OSK, PBI, PEG, PES, PFE, ROC, SAVE, SIRI, TFX, THC, TRI, TRW, UBS, UDR, VLO, VSH, WEC, X, XYL, ZTS
Notable earnings after today's close: ACAS, AFFX, AJG, AMRS, APU, ATLS, AUY, AVB, BCOV, BGC, BLMN, BXP, CAVM, CLD, CRAY, DDR, DENN, DGI, DWA, EEP, EIX, ELGX, ELLI, ENTR, EQR, EZPW, FEIC, FIRE, FISV, FLEX, FMC, FTNT, GDOT, GEVO, GNW, HCBK, HT, HTCH, IACI, INT, JIVE, JLL, JMBA, LEAP, MDU, MERU, MRGE, MSPD, MTW, MWA, MX, NANO, NCR, NUVA, OKE, OKS, PRAA, PRXL, QCOR, QEP, REXX, RGC, RPXC, SGI, SHOR, SIMG, SKT, SM, SONS, STR, SWI, TE, TRMB, TRN, UGI, ULTI, UNTD, UNXL, VNR, VRSK, VRTX, WNC, WRI, WU, XCO
Briefing.com
Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance: DTLK +8.3%, HTWR
+7.7%, HPY +7%, TXRH
+6.9%, ANAD +6.6% (also upgraded to Buy from Hold at
Craig Hallum, +upgraded aCharter Eq), AVP +6.1%, UBS +5.5%, VSH +3.6%, (light volume), BP +3.4%, LYG
+3%, ESRX +2.3%, SU +2.3%, VLO +2.2% (light volume), HOT +2.1%, DPZ +2%, RGR
+1.6%, DDD +1.1%, HLF +0.6%, PRE +0.5% (light volume), HTZ +0.5% (light
volume).
M&A news: CXPO +14.9% (Contango Oil & Gas and Crimson
Exploration enter into
merger agreement; each share of Crimson stock will be
converted into 0.08288 shares of Contango stock resulting in Crimson stockholders owning 20.3% of the
post-merger Contango).
Select financial related names showing strength: DB +5.6% (multiple analyst
upgrades, release earnings yesterday intraday), RBS +4.6%, CS +1.0%, BCS
+0.7%.
A few oil/gas related names showing modestly higher: CHK
+1.7%, RDS.A +0.8%,
SD +0.5%, PBR +0.3%, .
Other news: OIS +7.1% (JANA Partners disclosed 9.1%
active stake in 13D
filing; JANA has had discussions with management
regarding separating its Well Site Services, Offshore Products, and Tubular Services segments), BBY +5%
(Best Buy to sell its stake in European business to Carphone Warehouse), TTHI
+4.4% (thinly traded, Transition Therapeutics announces results of clinical
study of Type 2 diabetes drug candidate TT-401; TT-401 demonstrated
significant improvements in glycemic control and reductions in body weight),
TQNT +4% ( Starboard Value disclosed 7.8% active stake in 13D filing out last night after the close), ACT +1.3% (ticking higher, Barron's profiles positive
view on Actavis and Valeant Pharmaceuticals based on valuation even if deal
does not come through).
Analyst comments: SINA +2.5% (upgraded to Buy from Hold
at Jefferies), CENX
+1.9% (light volume, upgraded to Buy from Hold at Cowen
), SNV +1.9% (light volume, upgraded to Buy from Neutral at BofA/Merrill)
Gapping down
In reaction to disappointing earnings/guidance: NBS
-22.2% (also prices 20 mln
shares of common stock at $0.50 per share), MTG -12.4%,
NUAN -8.2%, PBI -8%, IPHS -7.5% (light volume), RVBD -6.7%, DBD -6.1%, AOSL -5.8%, (thinly traded), QGEN -5.1% (also acquires Ingenuity Systems, a provider of software solutions to analyze and interpret the biological meaning of genomic data, for $105 mln
in cash ), PFE -4.7%, MAS -4.5%, HELE -4% (light volume), NYMT -3.7%, (plans
to make a public offering of 13,600,000 shares of its common stock), CMI
-2.9%, X -2.5%, BWLD -2.5%, HIG -1.7%, NEM -1.7%, BVN -1.5% (light volume),
PCL -0.2% (also downgraded to Underperform at DA Davidson based on valuation
as share price exceeds NAV).
Select metals/mining stocks trading lower: GOLD -2.5%,
BHP -1.8%, BBL -1.8%,
RIO -1.3%.
Other news: DCTH -13.7% and AVEO -9.9% (Briefing docs for
Oncological Drugs
Advisory Committee meeting on May 2 released; FDA to
discuss drugs from AVEO Pharmaceuticals and Delcath Systems ), MBI -5.5% (attributed to ruling in
Countrywide lawsuit), NYMT -5.1% (plans to make a public offering of
13,600,000 shares of its common stock), IRDM -4.3% (Iridium Communications JV,
Aireon, signs long-term data services contract with NAV CANADA), NTI -3.8%
(commenced an underwritten public offering of 10,000,000 common units
representing limited partner interests in the Partnership held by Northern
Tier Holdings ), FEN -3.1% (commences public offering of common shares), PHG
-2.8% (still checking), FIVE -2.7% ( discloses clarification of same store
sales figures in filing), GSK -1.9% (following PFE results), VOD -0.9% (still
checking).
Analyst comments: PHM -0.5% (downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at JP
Morgan).
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