Top and bottom sector

Top Sectors 

MG113,Agricultural Chemicals

MG528,Medical Practitionersi

MG725,Broadcasting-Radio

MG738,Auto Parts Stores

MG739,Catalog & Mail Order Houses

MG741,Sporting Goods Stores

MG852,Internet Information Providers

 

Bottom Sectors

 

MG328,Office Supplies

MG444,Reit-Hotel/Motel

MG446,Reit-Residential

MG447,Reit-Retail

MG629,Textile Manufacturing

MG637,General Contractors

MG712,Resorts & Casinos

Breadth and other bullish tales

My morning reading...... 

Dollar Is Best Looker in Ugly-Currency Parade: Michael R. Sesit 

Feb. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Last month, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin labeled the world’s reliance on the dollar “dangerous” and called for an “irreversible switchover” to a system of multiple reserve currencies.

Dream on, Mr. Putin.

To end the dollar’s reserve currency role, you need a replacement. There is none. The euro is a multinational creation, belonging to no specific country and adopted by 16 nations, several of which are economic basket cases. The yen and the pound aren’t used enough in international trade and financial transactions. China’s yuan isn’t freely traded or exchangeable.

What’s more, bulging budget deficits, massive borrowing programs, runaway spending, a crippled economy, a dysfunctional banking system, and rock-bottom central-bank interest rates would ordinarily sound the death knell for a currency.

Not the dollar. Not this time. And certainly not because the greenback is a particularly good-looking investment. On the contrary, it is the least unattractive of the collection of ugly sisters that populate the world’s major currency markets.

 

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The bullish case

Let's start with the notion that fresh and new bear market lows have been seen in the past week. This is not entirely true, believe it or not.

Not only is there one index that did not break below its Nov. 20 low, it just happens to be the most comprehensive of all stock market averages. I am referring to the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 index (97199001

) , which represents the combined market capitalizations of virtually all publicly traded stocks in the United States.

And at least according to this broadest of all stock market indexes, the low of the bear market that began 18 months ago occurred last Nov. 20. As of Thursday night, the total-return version of this index was 2.8% above that closing low of three months ago.

That's not a huge margin of safety, to be sure, especially given the stock market's extraordinary recent volatility. But, until and unless the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 index breaks below its Nov. 20 low, it remains at least plausible to argue that the bear market ended then.

How can it be that the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 has consistently remained ahead of its Nov. 20 level even while the Dow and the S&P 500 have dropped below it? The answer is that the smallest-cap issues have performed markedly better over the past three months than the largest-cap stocks.

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Market Breadth

It is time to check in with the market monitor breadth.  Here is the S&P 500.  Notice that we are not back down at the extreme depths of the market monitor breadth indicator, suggesting that there is some healing going on.  We are not out of the woods yet, but it will take something drastic for us to get a whole lot lower.

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Reason to hope for stock market investors

It is easy to be sceptical about shares right now given their woeful performance, but the analysts who have just finished writing the 2009 Barclays Equity Gilt Study give reason for hope.

Firstly, the underperformance of shares has nothing to do with the asset class per se. Secondly, it says the macroeconomic environment has little influence on shares, which is a cheery thought given the deepening global recession.

Even corporate profitability, you might be surprised to learn, isn't the deciding factor on whether a share outperforms or not.

The study concludes that the "brutal" lesson will can learn from the past 10 years is that valuations are the core determinant of equity market returns.

Its research suggests that the reason shares have had such an abysmal ride over the past decade is that they were overvalued. Through the good times we were paying too much to get access to bumper profits.

"When the surge in growth ended abruptly in 2008, equity prices fell in line with the actual and expected decline in profits.

Expensive valuations therefore caused equity returns to underperform profits following the 2001 slowdown and then did the same during the ensuing boom, while finally failing to provide a cushion when the business cycle turned down," the study concludes.

You can probably guess where the Barclays mob are going with this, so if you are considering stuffing your spare cash under your mattress, keeping it in a savings account despite the dismal rates of interest, or even following the herd and piling into bonds, then bear this in mind.

The authors of the study believe that equity valuations will fall a little further and remain low for a while, before recovering late in the decade. Meanwhile, bonds' rising yields will "self-evidently" damage returns. The end result is that equities will outperform bonds over the next 10 years.

 

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Beware prophets of doom – the numbers don't stack up

While the financial news may seem unremittingly bleak, medium- to long-term investors should remember that the experts who predict gloom today did not see the current crisis coming – and may not see the recovery, either.

The other day I was in the opticians for my annual check-up and in walked a former next-door neighbour, a builder who retired a few years ago. He wondered if I had retired too and was surprised I was still at work.

He wondered why. I said I wanted to see out the stockmarket recovery, in which my investments would grow significantly over the next three years. He said it wasn't just my eyes that needed testing.

According to him, everybody knows we won't see a recovery of economies or stockmarkets in our lifetimes. Obviously he believes the experts who pump out the bad news that surround us right now. These are the same experts who last summer advised us property was a key investment for our retirement savings.

They're the same ones who confidently told us the US dollar would plummet. And who predicted gold, when it was at £1,000 an ounce, would double over the next 12 months. As oil hit over $145 a barrel, the same experts predicted it was heading to $200 and higher with continuing prices in hard and soft commodities.

Every one of these predictions ended up wide of the mark. History tells us that when all the experts are agreed, it's time to take a different view. It tells us to be afraid when things look too good and to be optimistic when things look too bad.

 

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The world's strangest laws

In Alabama, it is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while driving a vehicle.

 

In Ohio, it is against state law to get a fish drunk

In the UK, a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants – even, if she so requests, in a policeman’s helmet.

In Indonesia, the penalty for masturbation is decapitation.

In Florida, unmarried women who parachute on Sundays can be jailed.

 In Kentucky, it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon more than six-feet long.

 In Vermont, women must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth.

No follow through

• Market could not put a second day of rally together. After a morning gap down, there was a brief attempt at a rally. But it failed in last hour.
• Market continues to be news driven. The uncertainty surrounding bank rescue package is creating wild swings. 
• There is lot of chatter about timid Tim. Most mark participants seems to be losing confidence in Timothy Geithner. Bloomberg had a long aticle about him yesterday.
• If you look at the sector trends, the top sectors  are:
  • MG513,Drugs-Generic
  • MG528,Medical Practitioners
  • MG725,Broadcasting-Radio
  • MG738,Auto Parts Stores
  • MG739,Catalog & Mail Order Houses
  • MG741,Sporting Goods Stores
  • MG852,Internet Information Providers
• Stocks out of these showing some life are :
  • MYL
  • WPI
  • GOOG
  • PCLN
  • AKAM
  • SOHU
  • AZO
  • AAP
  • ORLY
  • AMZN
  • CAB
• The technology sector has been relatively outperforming the broad market for sometime.
• The bottom sector are:
  • MG313,Housewares & Accessories
  • MG325,Paper & Paper Products
  • MG328,Office Supplies
  • MG444,Reit-Hotel/Motel
  • MG629,Textile Manufacturing
  • MG712,Resorts & Casinos
  • MG771,Major Airlines

Reflex bounce

• As expected market bounced back strong today after multi day down move. Volume on the move was higher than Monday volume.
  
• It was a good set up for a reflex bounce. Market was going down for almost 10 days without respite. Most mean reversion systems were signaling a buy. 
  
• When market go down a lot and general mood becomes pessimistic and those late to short selling start becoming bold, then market has one of these reflex bounce. Heavily shorted and beaten down sectors tend to rally in such bounces.
  
• 12 sectors were up 10% or more
  

1. MG412,Regional-Northeast Banks
   
2. MG413,Regional-Mid Atlantic Banks
   
3. MG414,Regional-Southeast Banks
   
4. MG415,Regional-Midwest Banks
   
5. MG423,Asset Management
   
6. MG425,Credit Services
   
7. MG442,Reit-Office
   
8. MG444,Reit-Hotel/Motel
   
9. MG631,Residential Construction
   
10. MG712,Resorts & Casinos
    
11. MG742,Toy & Hobby Stores
    
12. MG832,Semiconductor-Memory Chips
    

• If you look at them, all most all are beaten down sectors.
  
• As expected the Gold and Silver sector were the two sectors down more than 5% today. These kind of defensive sectors are always vulnerable to pullback in such reflex bounces.
  

Have you seen Timothy Geithner

Since his debut speech which was widely panned he has been AWOL.

These are difficult times for economic policy makers, especially given what the new Administration inherited. But after five weeks of watching the repeated muffs of the Obama financial team, we're inclined to recall Casey Stengel's famous crack about the 1962 New York Mets: "Can't anyone here play this game?"
The latest example came yesterday, when equity markets showed early strength after a dreadful week when they had fallen nearly 6%. Then investors started to absorb a three-paragraph morning statement from five branches of the Obama financial regulatory team asserting that the government "stands firmly behind the banking system during this period of financial strain to ensure it will be able to perform its key function of providing credit to households and businesses." Stocks headed south around 10 a.m. and didn't stop until they'd lost another 3.4% or so. The nearby chart of the Dow since Election Day is a running tally of ebbing confidence in the new Administration.

Yesterday's statement continued the Obama Treasury's pattern of promising undefined "help" at a time when people are as frightened of the government as they are of anything else. Amid the continuing gloom, the message that investors hear when all five regulators line up as a phalanx is: Uh, oh, things must be worse than we thought. All the more so when those same regulators still aren't offering any specific plans for moving ahead, much less any vision for where they want the financial system to end up.

10% Below 21 day average

Research shows that when Dow Jones goes 10% below its 21 day MA, it tends to produce a reflex bounce. These kind of occurences are rare.Such occurences on DJ and happen only during major bear markets. They tend to produce reflex bounces. Or bear markets end after such occurrences.We are in a once in a generation bear market so all such past research is not very helpful. But a reflex bounce is a possibility here.

In the chart below green spikes indicate where DJ is 10% below the 21 day MA.

Green Spike= (C / AVGC21)<=.90

S&P Returns

Anything is possible , but the kind of dire predictions many people are making of back to back 30% drop, are at least not in line with the history so far.

Anatomy of the bear: Lessons from Wall Street's Four Great Bottoms

• We are in a once in a lifetime bear market. Since 1825 this is the only second time market has fallen so much. You can look at it as a big problem or big opportunity. If you hold your nerves and preserve capital, you may have one of the biggest booms coming few years down the line. 
• I have been reading the book Anatomy of the Bear: Lessons from Wall Street's Four Great Bottoms. In 1931  the market dropped 43%. 1932 was a very interesting year with  stomach churning moves. 

• Year	Return
  1926	11.62%
  1927	37.49%
  1928	43.61%
  1929	-8.42%
  1930	-24.90%
  1931	-43.34%
  1932	-8.19%
  1933	53.99%
  1934	-1.44%
  1935	47.67%
  1936	33.92%
  1937	-35.03%
  1938	31.12%

• The 8 % drop in 1932 does not show you the drama behind the move. The market dropped 57% before recovering complete move. Everyone talks about the 1932 drop of 43%, but no one talks about the 33% plus gains in 1933, 1935 and 1936. It is human nature to focus on bearish periods and misery. 
  

The curious case of leveraged ETF

FAZ Direxon Financial Bear 3X

FAS Direxional Fianacial Bull 3X

One month returns using



100 * (C - C21) / C21



FAZ: -0.81% c1=62.61 c=62.10

FAS:-54.41% c1=12.81 c=5.84

Lot of people do not understand how these leveraged ETF work. The bearish leveraged ETFs can have strange moves.

Bottom Sector

MG328,Office Supplies
MG413,Regional-Mid Atlantic Banks
MG415,Regional-Midwest Banks
MG432,Accident & Health Insurance
MG444,Reit-Hotel/Motel
MG712,Resorts & Casinos
MG771,Major Airlines

Top Sectors

MG113,Agricultural Chemicals
MG135,Gold
MG137,Nonmetallic Mineral Mining
MG523,Health Care Plans
MG742,Toy & Hobby Stores
MG744,Music & Video Stores
MG852,Internet Information Providers

Bottom Sector

MG413,Regional-Mid Atlantic Banks
MG415,Regional-Midwest Banks
MG425,Credit Services
MG432,Accident & Health Insurance
MG444,Reit-Hotel/Motel
MG712,Resorts & Casinos
MG771,Major Airlines

Top Sectors

MG113,Agricultural Chemicals
MG135,Gold
MG136,Silver
MG137,Nonmetallic Mineral Mining
MG523,Health Care Plans
MG524,Long-Term Care Facilities
MG744,Music & Video Stores

TSO: Tesoro Corp

The best performing stock in S%P 500 is TSO. It is up 172% from the 52 week low.

Stocks down 50% plus in a month

AMR,Amr Corporation (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
APPY,AspenBio Pharma Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
BANR,Banner Corporation (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
CENX,Century Aluminum Company (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
COF,Capital One Financial Cp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
CSB,Colonial Bancgroup Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
DRYS,Dryships (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
FFCH,First Financial Holdings Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
FITB,Fifth Third Bancorp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
MWA,Mueller Water Products Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
NARA,Nara Bancorp Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
NCX,Nova Chemicals (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
NSIT,Insight Enterprises Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
PACR,Pacer International Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
STI,Suntrust Banks Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
THMD,Thermadyne Hldgs Corp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
UCBI,United Community Banks (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
VPHM,Viropharma Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
WBS,Webster Financial Corp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 

Stocks up 50% plus in a month

AGQ,Proshares Ultra Silver (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
DROOY,DRD Gold Ltd Adr (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
IPCS,iPCS Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
ITMN,Intermune Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
JRJC,China Finance Online Co Ltd (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
MAPP,MAP Pharmaceuticals (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
MWE,Markwest Energy Partners Lp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
TRA,Terra Industries Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 

Top Sectors

MG113,Agricultural Chemicals
MG135,Gold
MG136,Silver
MG137,Nonmetallic Mineral Mining
MG523,Health Care Plans
MG735,Electronic Stores
MG744,Music & Video Stores

Bottom Sectors

MG413,Regional-Mid Atlantic Banks
MG415,Regional-Midwest Banks
MG432,Accident & Health Insurance
MG444,Reit-Hotel/Motel
MG446,Reit-Residential
MG712,Resorts & Casinos
MG771,Major Airlines

Bottom Sector

MG318,Recreational Goods - Other
MG413,Regional-Mid Atlantic Banks
MG415,Regional-Midwest Banks
MG432,Accident & Health Insurance
MG444,Reit-Hotel/Motel
MG712,Resorts & Casinos
MG771,Major Airlines

Top Sectors

MG113,Agricultural Chemicals
MG135,Gold
MG137,Nonmetallic Mineral Mining
MG523,Health Care Plans
MG524,Long-Term Care Facilities
MG744,Music & Video Stores
MG832,Semiconductor-Memory Chips

Bottom sector

Here again new sectors are emerging as the new laggards. The banks have rebounded from bottom and now no more show up here.

MG318,Recreational Goods - Other
MG413,Regional-Mid Atlantic Banks
MG432,Accident & Health Insurance
MG444,Reit-Hotel/Motel
MG629,Textile Manufacturing
MG712,Resorts & Casinos
MG771,Major Airlines

New sectors are attracting buyers

This ranking has new sectors taking over from old set of leading sectors. Sector rotation at work.

MG113,Agricultural Chemicals
MG131,Steel & Iron
MG137,Nonmetallic Mineral Mining
MG523,Health Care Plans
MG524,Long-Term Care Facilities
MG744,Music & Video Stores
MG832,Semiconductor-Memory Chips

Rush for ships feeds hope of revival in commodities

Shipping rates are going up......

A surge in shipping rates for bulk carriers, used to transport cargoes of wheat, coal and iron ore, has created a frisson of excitement about signs of recovery in trade with China.

The Baltic Dry Index, a measure of freight rates for dry bulk vessels, gained 10 per cent in value yesterday after a 50 per cent increase last week as mining companies scrambled to hire ships to deliver iron ore to China.

The burst of upward momentum follows last year's collapse as Chinese mills and factories shut down. Many fleet owners faced bankruptcy as rates plunged below the economic cost of their vessels and the Dry Index fell 90 per cent over six months. However, there is some evidence that China's stockpiles of iron ore are shrinking and the Baltic Exchange reports that importers are taking advantage of better iron prices to buy spot cargoes.

Rates for the largest Capesize vessels have doubled from $17,270 per day at the end of January to more than $34,000 per day and the cost of shipping coal from South Africa to Rotterdam has leapt from $7 per tonne in January to $10 per tonne.

Stocks up 50% plus in a month (6)

CVTX,Cv Therapeutics Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
EYE,Advanced Medical Optics (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
GERN,Geron Corporation (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
ITMN,Intermune Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
LINC,Lincoln Educational Services Corp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
MAPP,MAP Pharmaceuticals (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 

Stocks down 50% plus in a month (39)

ACAS,American Capital Ltd (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
AFL,Aflac Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
AHD,Atlas Pipeline Holdings LP (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
AMR,Amr Corporation (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
APPY,AspenBio Pharma Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
BAC,Bank Of America Corp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
BANR,Banner Corporation (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
BBX,Bankatlantic Bancorp A (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
BNE,Bowne & Co Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
BPOP,Popular Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
CACB,Cascade Bancorp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
CENX,Century Aluminum Company (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
CETV,Central European Media (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
COF,Capital One Financial Cp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
CSB,Colonial Bancgroup Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
CTBK,City Bank (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
DRYS,Dryships (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
FFCH,First Financial Holdings Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
FITB,Fifth Third Bancorp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
FOE,Ferro Corp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
HBAN,Huntington Bancshares (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
MGM,MGM MIRAGE Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
MI,Marshall & Ilsley Corp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
MOD,Modine Manufacturing Co (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
MWA,Mueller Water Products Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
NCX,Nova Chemicals (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
RBS,The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
RMBS,Rambus Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
SAY,Satyam Computer Services Ltd ADS (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
SEH,Spartech Corp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
STI,Suntrust Banks Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
STSA,Sterling Financial Cp Wa (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
THMD,Thermadyne Hldgs Corp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
TXT,Textron Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
UCBH,Ucbh Holdings Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
UCBI,United Community Banks (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
WBS,Webster Financial Corp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
WCBO,West Coast Bancorp Ore (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
XPRT,Lecg Corporation (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 

Bottom Stocks

Stocks above 5 showing relative weakness

AF,Astoria Financial Corp (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
APL,Atlas Pipeline Prtnrs Lp (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
ARB,Arbitron Inc (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
ARP,American Reprographics Comp (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
ASH,Ashland Inc (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
BRY,Berry Petroleum Co Cl A (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
DOW,Dow Chemical Co (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
EXBD,Corporate Exec Board Co (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
FMCN,Focus Media Holding Limited ADS (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
GIL,Gildan Activewear Inc A (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
HEK,Heckmann Corp (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
HGT,Hugoton Royalty Trust (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
HRC,Hill-Rom Holdings` Inc. (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
IX,Orix Corp Ads (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
MEOH,Methanex Corporation (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
MI,Marshall & Ilsley Corp (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
MIM,Mi Developments Inc (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
OFG,Oriental Financial Group (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
PBT,Permian Basin Royalty Tr (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
SGY,Stone Energy Corp (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
SIVB,SVB Financial Group (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
SJT,San Juan Basin Roy Tr (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
SMA,Symmetry Medical Inc (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
STI,Suntrust Banks Inc (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
WNS,WNS (Holdings) Ltd (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
ZION,Zions Bancorporation (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)

Top Stocks

Stocks showing relative strength.

AIPC,American Italian Pasta Co (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
AMV,Alternative Asset Management Acquisition Corp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
ANDS,Anadys Pharmaceuticals (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
ANL,American Land Lease Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
AUXL,Auxilium Pharmaceuticals Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
CECO,Career Education Corp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
CVTX,Cv Therapeutics Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
CYPB,Cypress Bioscience Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
DROOY,DRD Gold Ltd Adr (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
ENZN,Enzon Pharmaceuticals Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
EYE,Advanced Medical Optics (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
FRPT,Force Protection Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
FYR,Sapphire Indus Corp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
GMCR,Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
HGG,HHGregg Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
HLTH,Hlth Corporation (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
HMR,Sports Prop Acquisition Corp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
HMSY,Hms Holdings Corp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
HNT,Healthnet Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
IAG,Iamgold Corp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
IDCC,Interdigital Commun Cp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
IDEV,Indevus Pharmaceuticals Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
LIA,Liberty Acquisition Holdings Corporation (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
MAXY,Maxygen Incorporated (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
NFLX,Netflix Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
OCN,Ocwen Financial Corp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
PALM,Palm Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
PHK,Pimco High Income Fund (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
SSRI,Silver Standard Resource (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
THRX,Theravance Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
TUX,Trian Acquisition I Corp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
URX,United Refining Energy Corporation (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 

Bottom Sectors

MG325,Paper & Paper Products
MG413,Regional-Mid Atlantic Banks
MG415,Regional-Midwest Banks
MG432,Accident & Health Insurance
MG444,Reit-Hotel/Motel
MG712,Resorts & Casinos
MG771,Major Airlines

Top Sectors

MG113,Agricultural Chemicals
MG131,Steel & Iron
MG135,Gold
MG137,Nonmetallic Mineral Mining
MG523,Health Care Plans
MG524,Long-Term Care Facilities
MG744,Music & Video Stores

Bottom Sector

MG318,Recreational Goods - Other
MG413,Regional-Mid Atlantic Banks
MG414,Regional-Southeast Banks
MG415,Regional-Midwest Banks
MG432,Accident & Health Insurance
MG712,Resorts & Casinos
MG771,Major Airlines

Top Sectors

MG113,Agricultural Chemicals
MG135,Gold
MG136,Silver
MG137,Nonmetallic Mineral Mining
MG523,Health Care Plans
MG524,Long-Term Care Facilities
MG744,Music & Video Stores

Top and Bottom Sector

Top sectors

MG135,Gold
MG136,Silver
MG137,Nonmetallic Mineral Mining
MG523,Health Care Plans
MG524,Long-Term Care Facilities
MG742,Toy & Hobby Stores
MG744,Music & Video Stores

Bottom Sectors
MG413,Regional-Mid Atlantic Banks
MG414,Regional-Southeast Banks
MG415,Regional-Midwest Banks
MG432,Accident & Health Insurance
MG621,Farm & Construction Machinery
MG712,Resorts & Casinos
MG771,Major Airlines

Stocks down 50% plus in a month

AF,Astoria Financial Corp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
AFL,Aflac Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
APPY,AspenBio Pharma Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
BAC,Bank Of America Corp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
BANR,Banner Corporation (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
BBX,Bankatlantic Bancorp A (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
BNE,Bowne & Co Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
BUSE,First Busey Corp Cl A (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
BWS,Brown Shoe Co Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
CACB,Cascade Bancorp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
CEDC,Central European Dist (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
CENX,Century Aluminum Company (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
CETV,Central European Media (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
CNH,Cnh Global Nv (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
CSB,Colonial Bancgroup Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
CTBK,City Bank (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
DRYS,Dryships (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
FITB,Fifth Third Bancorp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
FMBI,First Midwest Bancorp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
FTBK,Frontier Financial Corp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
HBAN,Huntington Bancshares (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
HPY,Heartland Payment Systems Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
MI,Marshall & Ilsley Corp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
NCX,Nova Chemicals (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
PVTB,Privatebancorp Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
RBS,The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
RCL,Royal Caribbean Cruises (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
RCRC,Rc2 Corp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
RDEN,Elizabeth Arden Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
RF,Regions Financial Corp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
RHIE,RHI Entertainment (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
RMBS,Rambus Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
SAY,Satyam Computer Services Ltd ADS (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
SKS,Saks Holdings Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
SNV,Synovus Financial Corp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
STI,Suntrust Banks Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
STSA,Sterling Financial Cp Wa (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
THMD,Thermadyne Hldgs Corp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
UCBH,Ucbh Holdings Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
UCBI,United Community Banks (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
WBS,Webster Financial Corp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
WCBO,West Coast Bancorp Ore (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
WSFS,Wsfs Financial Corp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 

Top and Bottom Sector

Top Sectors

MG135,Gold

MG136,Silver

MG137,Nonmetallic Mineral Mining

MG523,Health Care Plans

MG524,Long-Term Care Facilities

MG744,Music & Video Stores

MG832,Semiconductor-Memory Chips

Bottom Sectors

MG413,Regional-Mid Atlantic Banks

MG414,Regional-Southeast Banks

MG415,Regional-Midwest Banks

MG621,Farm & Construction Machinery

MG712,Resorts & Casinos

MG717,General Entertainment

MG771,Major Airlines

Stocks down 50% plus in a month

APPY,AspenBio Pharma Inc (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
BAC,Bank Of America Corp (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
BANR,Banner Corporation (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
BBX,Bankatlantic Bancorp A (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
BNE,Bowne & Co Inc (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
BTH,Blyth Inc (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
BUSE,First Busey Corp Cl A (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
CACB,Cascade Bancorp (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
CENX,Century Aluminum Company (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
CETV,Central European Media (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
CNO,Conseco Inc (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
COBZ,Cobiz Ixstorm.com Inc New (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
COF,Capital One Financial Cp (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
CSB,Colonial Bancgroup Inc (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
FCBC,Fst Community Bankshares (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
FITB,Fifth Third Bancorp (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
HBAN,Huntington Bancshares (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
MI,Marshall & Ilsley Corp (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
PVTB,Privatebancorp Inc (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
RBS,The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
RCL,Royal Caribbean Cruises (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
RDEN,Elizabeth Arden Inc (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
RF,Regions Financial Corp (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
SAY,Satyam Computer Services Ltd ADS (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
SNV,Synovus Financial Corp (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
STI,Suntrust Banks Inc (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
STSA,Sterling Financial Cp Wa (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
TRGL,Toreador Resources Corp (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
UCBH,Ucbh Holdings Inc (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
UCBI,United Community Banks (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
WBS,Webster Financial Corp (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
WCBO,West Coast Bancorp Ore (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)
XPRT,Lecg Corporation (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart)

Bottom Sector

MG413,Regional-Mid Atlantic Banks

MG414,Regional-Southeast Banks

MG415,Regional-Midwest Banks

MG432,Accident & Health Insurance

MG621,Farm & Construction Machinery

MG717,General Entertainment

MG771,Major Airlines

Top Sectors

MG135,Gold

MG136,Silver

MG137,Nonmetallic Mineral Mining

MG523,Health Care Plans

MG637,General Contractors

MG744,Music & Video Stores

MG832,Semiconductor-Memory Chips