Weekend Headlines Bloomberg:Germany Rejects ‘Ever Bigger’ Firewalls, Schaeuble Says. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble rejected calls to make rescue funds “ever bigger” and reiterated the opposition of Europe’s biggest economy to joint euro-area debt issuance as means to fight the debt crisis. Writing in an op-ed in Mexican newspaper El Universal published on Feb. 24 and distributed to German reporters today, Schaeuble said that debt burdens can’t be lowered “by inflating it away,” and that debt-based strategies “stunt” growth in the long term....
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Style Underperformer:Small-Cap Value +.02%Sector Underperformers:1) Alt Energy -1.30% 2) Gold & Silver -.93% 3) Banks -.89%Stocks Falling on Unusual Volume:IAG, CVLT, CDE, MMSI, RBCN, DECK, CROX, NIHD, MRVL, FNGN, FIRE, ROCK, CBOU, FSYS, FSLR, DISH, INT, KND, GPS, EROC, TIVO, FCN, UAN, CROX and MCPStocks With Unusual Put Option Activity:1) DECK 2) ALU 3) CHTP 4) EFA 5) RRDStocks With Most Negative News Mentions:1) TSL 2) FSLR 3) DECK 4) MO 5) BACCharts:ETFs Falling on Unusual VolumeStocks Falling on Unusual Volume Read
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Style Outperformer:Large-Cap Growth +.50%Sector Outperformers: 1) Coal +2.71% 2) Steel +1.70% 3) HMOs +1.43%Stocks Rising on Unusual Volume:TI, BVSN, TSU, CRM, CLF, CTCM, DB, EGO, IMOS, SQI, BDCO, NDSN, JOBS, OVTI, VVUS, TESO, MELI, WPRT, CYBX, CONN, TRNX, CTRP, CRUS, SXCI, MIND, JAZZ, KCP, KDN, AIG, RNE, VVUS, WTI, ENDP, EPR, WCG, ACTV, PCS, IPG, CAB, WLL and NStocks With Unusual Call Option Activity: 1) IVN 2) CHTP 3) RIO 4) CRM 5) GDPStocks With Most Positive News Mentions:1) CRM 2) TGT 3) NBR 4) CRUS 5) AAPLCharts:ETFs Rising on Unusual VolumeStocks Rising on Unusual...
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Bloomberg:ECB May Allot 470 Billion Euros in 3-Year Crisis Loans: Economy. Euro-area banks may tap the European Central Bank next week for almost as much three-year cash as they did in December in an operation that could prolong a rally in bond markets. Financial institutions will ask the ECB for 470 billion euros ($629 billion) in three-year funds for allotment on Feb. 29, the median of 28 estimates in a Bloomberg News survey shows. While that’s less than the record 489 billion euro take-up at the first tender on Dec. 21, it may increase total cash in the system by more than 300...
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IndicesS&P 500 1,365.74 +.57%DJIA 12,982.95 +.61%NASDAQ 2,963.75 +.13%Russell 2000 826.92 -.37%Wilshire 5000 14,244.74 +.41%Russell 1000 Growth 643.64 +.72%Russell 1000 Value 673.51 +.25%Morgan Stanley Consumer 781.48 -.96%Morgan Stanley Cyclical 1,011.04 -.24%Morgan Stanley Technology 692.52 +.50%Transports 5,139.14 -2.35%Utilities 453.34 +.15%MSCI Emerging Markets 43.96 +1.38%Lyxor L/S Equity Long Bias Index 1,024.86 +53%Lyxor L/S Equity Variable Bias Index 829.22 +.35%Lyxor L/S Equity Short Bias Index 531.71 -1.06%Sentiment/InternalsNYSE Cumulative A/D Line 144,777 +.65%Bloomberg New...
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Broad Market Tone: Advance/Decline Line: LowerSector Performance: MixedVolume: LightMarket Leading Stocks: Performing In LineEquity Investor Angst: VIX 17.52 +4.40%ISE Sentiment Index 68.0 -46.03%Total Put/Call 1.11 +13.27%NYSE Arms 1.04 -3.98%Credit Investor Angst:North American Investment Grade CDS Index 96.59 -.84%European Financial Sector CDS Index 175.19 -4.88%Western Europe Sovereign Debt CDS Index 346.22 -1.14%Emerging Market CDS Index 252.35 +.45%2-Year Swap Spread 31.0 +1 bpTED Spread 40.0 -.5 bp3-Month EUR/USD...
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S&P 500 1,365.74 +.57%*The Weekly Wrap by Briefing.com.*5-Day Change Read
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Style Underperformer:Large-Cap Value -.01%Sector Underperformers:1) Alt Energy -2.10% 2) Airlines -1.0% 3) Agriculture -.63%Stocks Falling on Unusual Volume:FSLR, HPQ, AEP, KLIC, WTS, UAL, ALK, AWAY, ANSS, USHS, SKUL, ICON, ARII, NIHD, INTU, WPRT, GEVA, USMO, BBRG, HSTM, GRMN, NDSN, ZUMZ, PDCO, GTI, EME, TFX, SAM, IRM, SWY, ALJ, CE, PSEC, GDP, CWH, KSS, TWI, CXO, NEWP, SKUL, ICON, SWY, CIE, PPO and EMEStocks With Unusual Put Option Activity:1) FTR 2) GPS 3) CIE 4) HPQ 5) JWNStocks With Most Negative News Mentions:1) NUVA 2) ZUMZ 3) NIHD 4) WLT 5) ICONCharts:ETFs Falling on Unusual...
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Style Outperformer:Small-Cap Growth +1.30%Sector Outperformers: 1) Construction +2.33% 2) Biotech +1.94% 3) Computer Services +1.90%Stocks Rising on Unusual Volume:VVUS, DDD, BVSN, IBM, SSYS, PANL, MKTX, ANGI, LNTA, BLKB, SXCI, CBOU, SHLD, HOLI, FWLT, HSNI, LOOP, MASI, QCOR, AVGO, ESRX, EZCH, GTLS, MIC, EXH, PCS, QEP, LVLT, DNR, LL, GVA, AEL, REXX, FLR, WLL, MASI, CQB, SM, LOOP, EBAY, UGI, HTZ and DDSStocks With Unusual Call Option Activity: 1) IAU 2) VVUS 3) WLL 4) HPQ 5) FLRStocks With Most Positive News Mentions:1) VVUS 2) K 3) MGM 4) PFG 5) THICharts:ETFs Rising on...
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Bloomberg:Euro Economy to Contract as Italy, Spain Tumble, EU Says. Europe’s economy will shrink in 2012, with Italy and Spain facing sudden crunches as they battle to escape the debt crisis, the European Commission said. The 17-nation euro economy will contract 0.3 percent, the commission said, abandoning a November forecast of 0.5 percent growth. The downgrade was mainly due to projected contractions of 1.3 percent in Italy and 1 percent in Spain. “The euro area has entered into a mild recession,” European Union Economic and Monetary Commissioner Olli Rehn...
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