October 28 - Top 16 Gainers, Quantum, CTS, Unisys Leads The Way

Company name	Symbol	Market cap	Last price	Volume	Quote change (%)
Quantum Corporation	QTM	419.56M	1.98	13.32M	21.47
CTS Corporation	CTS	308.25M	9.10	402,390.00	19.89
Unisys Corporation	UIS	1.04B	28.17	1.95M	17.03
Anika Therapeutics, Inc.	ANIK	83.15M	7.27	407,309.00	15.21
Quaker Chemical Corporation	KWR	222.32M	20.12	205,892.00	14.25
Peet's Coffee & Tea, Inc.	PEET	418.01M	32.22	622,984.00	13.97
Direxion Daily Emr Mkts Bear 3x Shs(ETF)	EDZ	36.86M	7.39	10.09M	13.69
Direxion Daily Real Estate Bear 3X (ETF)	DRV	2.11M	23.15	2.32M	12.27
NutriSystem Inc.	NTRI	656.73M	21.23	3.43M	12.15
Orion Energy Systems, Inc.	OESX	76.89M	3.54	332,232.00	12.03
Waste Services, Inc.	WSII	277.06M	5.99	488,051.00	11.75
CIT Group, Inc. PRFD 'A'	CIT-A	14.24M	1.06	1.02M	11.58
ZIOPHARM Oncology Inc.	ZIOP	69.51M	3.19	168,128.00	10.76
Insituform Technologies, Inc.	INSU	771.16M	19.86	503,011.00	10.70
NCI Building Systems, Inc.	NCS	170.40M	1.89	13.05M	10.53
CIT Group Inc.	CIT	415.57M	1.06	128.36M	10.41

Recent Updates On Gold: Some Technical Analysis

The recent pullback in gold has lined up the technicals for a good entry point to catch the rest of the move.

Here is the video

Bright Spots In The Market...Visa, DeVry and Nutrisystem

The market's cautious bias that began last week has picked up a bit of momentum.

As for today's market, earnings are once again becoming a key factor. The bright spots from today's results includes Visa (V), DeVry (DV) and Nutrisystem (NTRI). On the not-so-hot list were the results from SAP (SAP), Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) and Massey Energy (MEE).

The commodity sector is seeing some heavy selling hit shares of Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM), U.S. Steel (X), Peabody Energy (BTU) and BHP Billiton (BHP). Where is that money going? How about into shares of AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ), which are both trading on the upside. Treasuries (TLT) are slightly higher on the weakness in stocks, while Oil (USO) and Gold (GLD) prices drop.

Source: Dividend.com

19 October - Top 20 Small Cap Gainer

Company name	Symbol	Market cap	Last price	Volume	Quote change (%)
RADCOM Ltd.	RDCM	8.88M	2.17	363,883.00	85.47
Aehr Test Systems	AEHR	13.42M	1.58	344,079.00	23.44
China Technology Development Group Corp.	CTDC	54.30M	3.48	585,577.00	22.11
New Generation Biofuels Holdings, Inc.	NGBF	33.81M	1.15	268,003.00	15.00
China Mass Media Corp. (ADR)	CMM	112.23M	4.70	215,461.00	14.91
DRI Corporation	TBUS	30.16M	2.62	1.23M	14.91
TM Entertainment & Media, Inc.	TMI	115.05M	9.20	264,498.00	14.29
New Oriental Energy & Chemical Corp.	NOEC	16.43M	1.30	347,538.00	14.05
Openwave Systems Inc.	OPWV	237.12M	2.84	1.82M	12.25
China GrenTech Corporation Limited (ADR)	GRRF	127.00M	5.38	2.24M	12.08
RELM Wireless Corporation	RWC	51.36M	3.83	332,962.00	11.99
Enterra Energy Trust (USA)	ENT	96.80M	1.50	409,278.00	11.11
BioFuel Energy Corp.	BIOF	46.07M	1.38	302,290.00	10.40
Simcere Pharmaceutical Group	SCR	527.84M	8.65	277,757.00	10.19

Dow Pushed Below 10K As Bank of America Fails To Impress

Investors decided that they would be selling shares this morning as earnings from Bank of America (BAC), General Electric (GE) and IBM Corp (IBM) failed to live up to street expectations.

It will be interesting to see if there are enough buyers out there that can push the Dow average back above the 10,000 level to close the week. Wall Street analysts were out in force this morning, making positive calls on shares of CME Group (CME), Safeway (SWY) and Walgreen Co. (WAG), while being negative on companies like Allegheny Technologies (ATI), Nokia (NOK) and William-Sonoma (WSM).

Elsewhere in the market, we are seeing stocks like Mattel (MAT) rally after their earnings report. Also McDonald's (MCD) and Kraft Foods (KFT) are higher. On the flipside, sellers are dumping shares of U.S. Steel (X), Black & Decker (BDK) and State Street (STT).

Gold (GLD) and Treasury (TLT) prices are higher, while Oil (USO) prices pull back slightly, following yesterday's big gains.

Source: Dividend.com

DSW, Polaris, Fairchild Semiconductor, Cypress Semiconductor All Guide Higher

TempurPedic Raises Guidance
TempurPedic International Inc. (TPX) said it expects 2009 earnings of $1.00 to $1.05 per share on revenue of $790.0 million to $805.0 million. The company's previous guidance was earnings of $0.70 to $0.90 per share on revenue of $700.0 million to $740.0 million and the current consensus earnings estimate is $0.87 per share on revenue of $736.6 million for the year ending December 31, 2009.


SuccessFactors Guides Higher
SuccessFactors (SFSF) said it expects third quarter revenue of $38.2 million to $38.7 million. The company's previous guidance was revenue of $37.2 million to $37.5 million and the current consensus estimate is revenue of $37.6 million for the quarter ending September 30, 2009.


IBM Guides Higher
International Business Machine (IBM) said it now expects 2009 earnings of at least $9.85 per share. The company's previous guidance was earnings of at least $9.70 per share and the current consensus earnings estimate is $9.77 per share for the year ending December 31, 2009.


Brooks Automation Guides Higher
Brooks Automation Inc. (BRKS) said it now expects fourth quarter revenue of approximately $64.0 million. The company's previous guidance was revenue of approximately $54.9 million and the current consensus estimate is revenue of $56.1 million for the quarter ending September 30, 2009.


Cypress Semiconductor Guides Above Estimates
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (CY) said during its conference call it expects fourth quarter non-GAAP earnings of $0.10 to $0.11 per share on revenue of $180.0 million to $185.0 million. The current consensus earnings estimate is $0.09 per share on revenue of $178.9 million for the quarter ending December 31, 2009.


PETsMART Ups Guidance
PETsMART Inc. (PETM) said it now expects third quarter earnings of $0.25 to $0.29 per share and fiscal year earnings of $1.43 to $1.51 per share. The company's previous guidance was third quarter earnings of $0.20 to $0.24 per share and fiscal year earnings of $1.37 to $1.45 per share. The current consensus earnings estimate is $0.22 per share for the quarter ending October 31, 2009 and earnings of $1.42 per share for the year ending January 31, 2010.


Fairchild Semiconductor Guides Above Estimates
Fairchild Semiconductor (FCS) said it expects fourth quarter revenue of $333.0 million to $343.0 million. The current consensus estimate is revenue of $327.7 million for the quarter ending December 31, 2009.


DSW Ups Guidance
DSW Inc. (DSW) said it now expects 2010 earnings of $0.70 to $0.80 per share. The company's previous guidance was earnings of $0.37 to $0.45 per share and the current consensus earnings estimate is $0.45 per share for the year ending January 31, 2010.


Polaris Industries Guides Earnings Above Estimates
Polaris Industries Inc. (PII) said it expects fourth quarter earnings of $1.19 to $1.25 per share on revenue of $434.6 million to $460.8 million. The current consensus earnings estimate is $1.13 per share on revenue of $448.1 million for the quarter ending December 31, 2009.

Cytec Industries Raises Guidance, but Remains Inline with Estimates
Cytec Industries Inc. (CYT) said it expects 2009 earnings of $0.80 to $1.00 per share. The company's previous guidance was earnings of $0.60 to $0.90 per share and the current consensus earnings estimate is $0.81 per share for the year ending December 31, 2009.

Safeway Reaffirms
Safeway Inc. (SWY) said it continues to expect 2009 earnings of $1.70 to $1.90 per share. The current consensus earnings estimate is $1.73 per share for the year ending December 31, 2009.

Amphenol Guides Revenue Above Estimates
Amphenol Corp. (APH) said it expects fourth quarter earnings of $0.47 to $0.49 per share on revenue of $720.0 million to $735.0 million. The current consensus earnings estimate is $0.47 per share on revenue of $707.8 million for the quarter ending December 31, 2009.

Valmont Industries Guides Below Estimates
Valmont Industries Inc. (VMI) said it expects fourth quarter earnings of approximately $1.09 per share. The current consensus earnings estimate is $1.12 per share for the quarter ending December 31, 2009.

Callaway Golf Guides Below Estimates
Callaway Golf Company (ELY) said it expects a third quarter loss of approximately $0.25 per share on revenue of approximately $191.0 million. The current consensus estimate is a loss $0.18 per share on revenue of $195.0 million for the quarter ending September 30, 2009.


CryptoLogic Guides Below Estimates
CryptoLogic Ltd. (CRYP) said it expects third quarter revenue of approximately $9.6 million. The current consensus estimate is revenue of $12.4 million for the quarter ending September 30, 2009.

Cubist Pharmaceuticals Lowers CUBICIN Guidance
Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc. (CBST) said it now expects CUBICIN sales for 2009 of $520.0 million to $525.0 million. The company's previous guidance was for CUBICIN sales of $520.0 million to 540.0 million. The current consensus estimate is for total revenue of $564.6 million for the year ending December 31, 2009.


Baxter Guides Below Fourth quarter Estimates
Baxter International Inc. (BAX) said it expects fourth quarter earnings of $1.02 to $1.04 per share. The current consensus earnings estimate is $1.05 per share for the quarter ending December 31, 2009.

Source: http://www.earningswhispers.com/

Is There Anything Like Perfect Portfolio

Perfect Portfolio

There is a saying which has been attributed to a fictional Chinese storyteller named Kai Lung and it goes like this, “May you live in interesting times”.

Well my friends, we do live in interesting times, very interesting times. With China holding the largest share of US debt, inflation just around the corner, and no light at the end of the tunnel for the unemployed - these are interesting times.

So what’s going to be the best plan of action for your money in the next three years? Is the value of your portfolio going to be cut in half, or is it going to double? I have my game plan in place, do you have yours?

Introducing “The Perfect Portfolio”


I’ve given a lot of thought as to what’s going to happen in the next three years. Specifically, what I am going to do with my own portfolio and my own money. I have scoped out several markets that I think are going to offer excellent opportunities, no matter what happens to the economy. Yes, you heard me right. No matter what happens to the economy, I believe that this “Perfect Portfolio” will work for you in the next 36 months whether you have 10,000 or 10,000,000 million dollars.

In this video I show you exactly the number of trades you would’ve made with the “Perfect Portfolio”.

We back tested the portfolio using our “Trade Triangle” technology for 42 months through some of the toughest, most difficult markets the world has ever seen. I think you will be pleasantly surprised at the results of these two portfolios.

Is there such a thing as a perfect portfolio? Maybe or maybe not, but there are certain times, and this is one those times, that it is practically a no brainer in how to make money in the market. That is why we call this approach “The Perfect Portfolio”

It doesn’t matter if you have $10,000 or $10,000,000. It’s all percentages and this approach has averaged 6% a month over the last 42 months in some of the toughest economic time on record.


Right about now you might be saying to yourself, “Man this has got to be super risky and they must be swinging for the fences or using some highly speculative option plays, or worse yet, futures.” It is none of these. In fact, the approach downright conservative and in some cases only makes 1 trade a year. Now I understand that this is not going to make your broker happy, but whose money is it anyway?!

Okay, let’s get started. I promise I will show you how these gains were generated and how you can easily replicate this approach. No one can guarantee 6 percent per month returns, but what I can guarantee is that this approach is proactive. There are very few trades and it works!


You are going to be shocked and quite frankly disbelieving that anything this simple can work. Then you’ll say to yourself, “Hey, I can do that!”

October 15: Top 20 Small Cap Gainer

Company name	Symbol	Market cap	Quote change (%)	Last price	Volume
Royale Energy, Inc.	ROYL	27.30M	47.93	3.21	2.85M
Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation	MHR	91.41M	34.13	2.24	1.20M
Rubio's Restaurants, Inc.	RUBO	77.67M	29.00	7.74	686,122.00
CIT Group, Inc. PRFD 'A'	CIT-A	15.02M	26.32	1.44	1.57M
CEL-SCI Corporation	CVM	239.28M	25.00	1.60	23.33M
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc.	OPTT	85.26M	24.07	8.35	1.68M
Hudson Highland Group, Inc.	HHGP	108.47M	23.26	4.08	151,636.00
Linktone Ltd. (ADR)	LTON	107.26M	23.19	2.55	3.80M
Solta Medical Inc.	SLTM	128.73M	20.09	2.69	1.44M
Gray Television, Inc.	GTN	138.06M	19.83	2.84	2.43M
Maguire Properties Inc PRFD 'A'	MPG-A	74.49M	19.70	7.90	172,799.00
Cubic Energy, Inc.	QBC	80.84M	17.92	1.25	219,983.00
Retail Ventures, Inc.	RVI	345.99M	16.47	7.07	563,041.00
Sunrise Senior Living, Inc.	SRZ	272.41M	16.27	5.36	5.17M
Silverleaf Resorts, Inc.	SVLF	53.02M	15.83	1.39	1.20M
Hurray! Holding Co., Ltd. (ADR)	HRAY	139.28M	14.73	6.31	176,753.00
Lionbridge Technologies, Inc.	LIOX	162.65M	13.82	2.80	713,223.00
OMNI Energy Services Corp.	OMNI	35.46M	13.42	1.69	178,317.00
Pixelworks, Inc.	PXLW	54.79M	12.36	4.09	596,637.00
China North East Petroleum Hldng Ltd.	NEP	109.56M	12.02	5.22	1.45M

October 14: Top 20 Small Cap Gainers

Company name	Symbol	Market cap	Last price	Volume	Quote change (%)
China INSOnline Corp.	CHIO	59.60M	1.49	4.48M	49.00
Orsus Xelent Technologies Inc.	ORS	36.90M	1.24	3.90M	44.19
Active Power, Inc.	ACPW	83.07M	1.25	3.75M	37.36
Authentidate Holding Corp.	ADAT	56.93M	1.66	388,048.00	27.69
LJ International, Inc.	JADE	75.38M	3.29	4.21M	27.03
Kandi Technolgies Corp.	KNDI	59.68M	2.99	334,501.00	24.58
ZIOPHARM Oncology Inc.	ZIOP	78.45M	3.60	1.68M	24.57
Cosi, Inc.	COSI	35.55M	0.87	449,354.00	20.85
TravelCenters of America LLC	TA	115.18M	6.91	791,294.00	19.55
PowerSecure International, Inc.	POWR	151.51M	8.80	801,022.00	18.44
KV Pharmaceutical Company	KV.A	193.80M	3.88	790,265.00	18.29
Reddy Ice Holdings, Inc	FRZ	127.04M	5.65	866,776.00	17.22
Maguire Properties, Inc.	MPG	128.55M	2.68	8.42M	16.02
Emmis Communications Corporation	EMMS	48.77M	1.32	1.05M	15.79
ExpressJet Holdings, Inc.	XJT	60.01M	3.84	473,258.00	15.32
CIT Group Inc.	CIT	415.61M	1.06	122.88M	15.22
Callon Petroleum Company	CPE	46.01M	2.12	1.34M	15.22
Radio One, Inc.	ROIAK	85.12M	1.50	2.07M	14.50
NaviSite, Inc.	NAVI	96.15M	2.70	375,062.00	14.41
Clearfield, Inc.	CLFD	55.99M	4.69	589,795.00	14.39

Xilinx, Abbott Labs Guide Higher, Host Hotels & Resorts Guides Inline

Avago Technologies Raises Guidance
Avago Technologies (AVGO) said it now expects fourth quarter revenue of approximately $417.5 million. The company's previous guidance was revenue of $388.4 million to $399.3 million, but there currently are no revenue estimates for the quarter ending November 1, 2009.

Xilinx Guides Revenue Above Estimates
Xilinx Inc. (XLNX) said it expects third quarter revenue of $439.8 million to $456.4 million. The current consensus estimate is revenue of $422.5 million for the quarter ending December 31, 2009.





WD-40 Guides Earnings Above Estimates
WD-40 Company (WDFC) said it expects 2010 earnings of $1.80 to $1.95 per share on revenue of $298.0 million to $318.0 million. The current consensus earnings estimate is $1.74 per share on revenue of $299.1 million for the year ending August 31, 2010.

Abbott Labs Raises Guidance
Abbott Laboratories (ABT) said it now expects 2009 earnings of $3.70 to $3.72 per share. The company's previous guidance was earnings of $3.65 to $3.70 per share and the current consensus earnings estimate is $3.69 per share for the year ending December 31, 2009.

AptarGroup Guides Inline
AptarGroup Inc. (ATR) said it expects fourth quarter earnings of $0.43 to $0.48 per share. The current consensus earnings estimate is $0.46 per share for the quarter ending December 31, 2009.

Landstar System Guides Inline
Landstar System Inc. (LSTR) said it expects fourth quarter earnings of $0.37 to $0.42 per share on revenue of approximately $500.7 million. The current consensus earnings estimate is $0.40 per share on revenue of $507.9 million for the quarter ending December 31, 2009.

Datalink Guides Inline
Datalink Corp. (DTLK) said it expects fourth quarter non-GAAP earnings of $0.03 to $0.07 per share on revenue of $45.0 million to $49.0 million. The current consensus earnings estimate is $0.06 per share on revenue of $48.0 million for the quarter ending December 31, 2009.

Host Hotels & Resorts Guides Inline
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. (HST) said it now expects 2009 funds from operaitons of $0.46 to $0.51 per share, including items of $0.25 per share. The current consensus FFO estimate is $0.49 per share for the year ending December 31, 2009.

Source: http://www.earningswhispers.com/

Central Banks Favor Euro Over Dollar

Dollar Reaches Breaking Point as Banks Shift Reserves

Central banks flush with record reserves are increasingly snubbing dollars in favor of euros and yen, further pressuring the greenback after its biggest two- quarter rout in almost two decades.

Policy makers boosted foreign currency holdings by $413 billion last quarter, the most since at least 2003, to $7.3 trillion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Nations reporting currency breakdowns put 63 percent of the new cash into euros and yen in April, May and June, the latest Barclays Capital data show. That’s the highest percentage in any quarter with more than an $80 billion increase.

World leaders are acting on threats to dump the dollar while the Obama administration shows a willingness to tolerate a weaker currency in an effort to boost exports and the economy as long as it doesn’t drive away the nation’s creditors. The diversification signals that the currency won’t rebound anytime soon after losing 10.3 percent on a trade-weighted basis the past six months, the biggest drop since 1991.

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America’s currency has been under siege as the Treasury sells a record amount of debt to finance a budget deficit that totaled $1.4 trillion in fiscal 2009 ended Sept. 30.

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“The diversification out of the dollar will accelerate,” said Fabrizio Fiorini, a money manager who helps oversee $12 billion at Aletti Gestielle SGR SpA in Milan. “People are buying the euro not because they want that currency, but because they want to get rid of the dollar. In the long run, the U.S. will not be the same powerful country that it once was.”

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Bill Gross, who runs the $186 billion Pimco Total Return Fund, the world’s largest bond fund, said in June that dollar investors should diversify before central banks do the same on concern that the U.S.’s budget deficit will deepen.

“The world is changing, and the dollar is losing its status,” said Aletti Gestielle’s Fiorini. “If you have a 5- year or 10-year view about the dollar, it should be for a weaker currency.”

The best/simplest way to benefit from this dollar down-trend is buy Gold. There are alot of interesting gold miner stocks that could uptrend with dollar weakness. However a Gold ETF provides the safest bet out there. Do your research on SPDR Gold Trust (GLD).

One can also place bullish/bearish bets on dollar buying PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish (UUP) or PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bearish (UDN)

Stocks I Will Be Watching - October 8