Wednesday, April 10, 2013

The streak continues

Yesterday was another good day. I took a trade in $UNIS first thing in the morning @ 2.10 I then doubled up that position @ 2.28 midday. At the end of the day, I locked in my profit on the first half and held the other half overnight.

I also had a swing in $SGYP which took off on what appeared to be some positive pr on their drug in early clinical trials. Fortunately, I sold half my position midday and the balance right before the close. That decision saved me waking up today and giving all my profits back since they decided to do a 100 million dollar offering and dilute their shares. I still like the stock and drug the company is working on but for now I will let the dust settle.

I missed quite a few stocks that were on my watch list from this weekend. $BIOL,$GTAT,$CALL,$BPZ,$GALE,$GFA just to name a few. I should have had a much better day than I did.

Morning movers and stocks I have on watch

$ASTX pr, $BLRX pr,$OMER pr,$MNKD continuation,$GTAT continuation,$NAVB, $MELA, $ACAD, $BIOL, $GALE, $VVTV, $NTWK, $DRL, $ATRS, $AXAS, $BCOV, CBLI, $CIMT, CLDX,$ DVAX

Seeking Alpha
Today's Markets:
In Asia, Japan +0.7% to 13288. Hong Kong +0.8% to 22035. China flat at 2226. India +1% to 18414.
In Europe, at midday, London +0.8%. Paris +1.3%. Frankfurt +1.2%.
Futures at 7:00: Dow +0.3%. S&P +0.3%. Nasdaq +0.4%. Crude -0.4% to $93.82. Gold -0.3% to $1581.80.

Today's economic calendar:
7:00 MBA Mortgage Applications
10:30 EIA Petroleum Inventories
1:00 PM Fed's Fisher: Economic Outlook
1:00 PM Results of $21B, 10-Year Bond Auction
2:00 PM FOMC minu
2:00 PM Treasury Budget

Notable earnings before today's open: AH, FAST, FDO, JKS, KMX, PGR, STZ, TITN

Notable earnings after today's close: BBBY, RT

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Gapping up                                                                    

In reaction to strong earnings/guidance: ADTN +10.7% (light volume), ACTS     
+9.8%, PSMT +3.5% (also reports March net warehouse club sales +11.5%;        
comparable net warehouse club sales +7.9%), KMX +0.5%.                         

Financial related names showing strength: CS +3.4%, BBVA +3.4%, BCS +3.1%, RBS
+3%, ING +2.7%, UBS +2.3%, SAN +2.2%, DB +2%.                                 

         
Other news: BCRX +11.4% (light volume, Bloomberg discusses that China Bird Flu
outbreak may came from two other viruses, according to reports ), MNKD +5.9%  
(continued strength), WOR +4.3% (acquires Palmer Mfg. & Tank business ), STP  
+3.2% (may sell some assets and bring in strategic investor, according to     
reports), YHOO +1.6% (Yahoo! and Apple (AAPL) are in discussions for deeper   
IoS partnership, according to reports), FB +1.5% (AllThingsD discusses FB's   
data targeting efforts, according to reports), SRPT +1.1% (following 5 point  
jump after GSK's data for drisapersen did not appear as strong as that of     
Sarepta's eteplirsen), JNPR +1.0% (Belgacom selects Juniper Networks 100GE    
Routing Solution).                                                            
     
Analyst comments: PSUN +6.7% (upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at Piper    
Jaffray), IBM +1.3% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at UBS), AEO +1.1% (upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at Piper Jaffray, STWD +0.9% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at BofA/Merrill ), CYS +0.5% (upgraded to Outperform from Mkt Perform 
at Keefe Bruyette), SI +0.3% (upgraded to Neutral from Underperform at Exane  
BNP Paribas)  


Gapping down                                                                   

 
In reaction to disappointing earnings/guidance: HMA -12.6%, (downgraded to    
Hold from Buy at Deutsche Bank), TITN -11.5%, SEAC -9.7%, RLGY -7.6%, (also   
announced an underwritten public offering of 35 million shares of its common  
stock by certain funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management), GRA -5.3%   
(ticking lower), FDO -3.8%, JKS -2.6%, FAST -1.7% (light volume), DGIT -0.7%. 

 M&A news: LIFE -0.3% (Thermo Fisher has made an offer for LIFE for more than  
$65/share, according to reports).                                             

Select HMA peers under pressure: THC -6.9% (downgraded to Hold from Buy at    
Deutsche Bank), CYH -3.9% (downgraded to Hold from Buy at Deutsche Bank), UHS 
-2.0%.                                                                         
     
Select solar names modestly pulling back (JKS reported earnings and FSLR      
cautious analyst comments): FSLR -2.9% (modestly pulling back, multiple       
analysts are out this morning suggesting the upside move on yesterday's       
guidance is overdone), TSL -2.5%, SPWR -2.3%, YGE -1.8%, WFR -1.3%.           

   Select metals/mining related names showing early weakness: HL -1.5%, ABX      
-0.8%, BHP -0.7%, NEM -0.6%, GG -0.5%, GLD -0.5%, SLW -0.5% .                 

  Other news: SGYP -11.2% (announces public offering of $90 mln of common       
stock), RSO -3.5% (announces follow-on offering of 16.25 mln shares of its    
common stock), HBIO -3% (announces postponement of the IPO for Harvard        
Apparatus Regenerative Technology, Inc.), INFI -2.4% (announced an            
undrwritten public offering of its common stock by existing stockholders),   
SHPG -0.9% (still checking).                                                  
  
Analyst comments: ARO -2.7% (downgraded to Sell from Neutral at Goldman), IDCC
-1.2% (downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at William Blair), FTE    
-0.5% (added to Conviction Sell List at Goldman), EXPD -0.3% (removed from    
Conviction Buy List at Goldman)                     
 
    
Today's Upgrades:
CompanyTickerBrokerage Firm
AgriumAGUTD Securities
Statoil ASASTODNB Markets
Royal GoldRGLDNational Bank Financial
pSividaPSDVLadenburg Thalmann
Fifth ThirdFITBGuggenheim
StarzSTRZALazard
Starwood Property TrustSTWDBofA/Merrill
Pacific SunwearPSUNPiper Jaffray
American EagleAEOPiper Jaffray
Cypress Sharpridge InvestmentsCYSKeefe Bruyette
easyJetESYJYCitigroup
E.ON AGEONGYMorgan Stanley
Siemens AGSIExane BNP Paribas
AmerisourceBergenABCGoldman
Today's Downgrades:
CompanyTickerBrokerage Firm
Diana ShippingDSXGlobal Hunter Securities
MeadWestvacoMWVCredit Agricole
Crosstex Energy LPXTEXMorgan Stanley
Targa ResourcesTRGPMorgan Stanley
TE ConnectivityTELBofA/Merrill
PC ConnectionPCCCRaymond James
AgriumAGUPiper Jaffray
Continental AGCTTAY.PKCredit Suisse
AeropostaleAROGoldman
ONEOK PartnersOKSGoldman
                                                           


Good luck trading today


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