Friday, April 12, 2013

Waste Connections - Barchart's Chart of the Day

Summary:

Waste Connections (WCN) is the Chart of the Day.  The stock has a Trend Spotter buy signal and 100% Barchart technical buy signals. Year to date the stock is up 9.50% and advanced 9 times in the last month for a gain of 5.75%.


Article:

Today's Chart of the Day is Waste Connections (WCN).  I found the stock on today's New High list and when I sorted for technical indicators it floated to the top.  The stock has 100% Barchart technical buy signals and in the last month advanced 9 times for a gain of 5.75%.

They are a regional, integrated solid waste services company that provides solid waste collection, transfer, disposal and recycling services in secondary markets of the Western U.S. The company serves numerous commercial, industrial and residential customers inWashington, California, Idaho, Wyoming and South Dakota.




Barchart's Opinion trading systems are listed below. Please note that the Barchart Opinion indicators are updated live during the session every 10 minutes and can therefore change during the day as the market fluctuates. The indicator numbers shown below therefore may not match what you see live on the Barchart.com web site when you read this report.

Barchart technical indicators:

  • 100% Barchart technical buy signals
  • Trend Spotter buy signal
  • Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
  • 9 new highs and up 5.75% in the last month
  • Relative Strength Index 68.51%
  • Barchart computes a technical support level at 35.68
  • Recently traded at 36.91 with a 50 day moving average of 35.36
Fundamental factors:
  • Market Cap $4.58 billion
  • P/E 24.83
  • Dividend yield 1.11%
  • Revenue predicted to be up 17.30% this year and another 6.40% next year
  • Earnings estimated to increase 15.60% this year, an additional 12.40% next year and continue to grow 11.20% annually for the next 5 years
  • Analysts issued 3 strong buy, 1 buy and 2 hold recommendations
  • Financial Strength B+
Sell if the stock drops 10% or begins to trade below its 50 day moving average.

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Summary:

Yelp (YELP) is the Chart of the Day.  The stock reversed momentum on 11/15 and since that date is up more than 61%.  In the last month the stock advanced 7 times for a 4.93% gain.


Article:

The Chart of the Day is Yelp (YELP).  The stock has both a 100% Barchart technical buy signal and a Trend Spotter buy signal.  In the last quarter the stock advanced 12 times for a 19.21% gain.  I found the on today's New High list when sorted for technical buy indicators.

The Company is a website engaged in providing information through online community offering social networking. It covers restaurants, shopping, nightlife, financial services, health and a variety of services.

Barchart's Opinion trading systems are listed below. Please note that the Barchart Opinion indicators are updated live during the session every 10 minutes and can therefore change during the day as the market fluctuates. The indicator numbers shown below therefore may not match what you see live on the Barchart.com web site when you read this report.

Barchart technical indicators:

  • 100% Barchart technical buy signals
  • Trend Spotter buy signal
  • Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
  • 7 new highs and up 4.93% in the last month
  • Relative Strength Index 66.64%
  • Barchart computes a technical support level at 23.46
  • The stock recently traded at 26.35 with a 50 day moving average of 23.05
Fundamental factors:
  • Market Cap $1.67 billion
  • Revenue projected to increase 54.00% this year and another 39.20% next year
  • Earnings estimated to grow 87.90% this year, an additional 650.00% next year and continue to increase at the rate of 19.07% annually for 5 years
  • Analysts issued 4 strong buy, 8 hold and a sell recommendation
Sell if you lose 10% or the stock drops below its 50 day moving average

5 Rising NASDAQ 100 Stocks

Today I used Barchart to screen the NASDAQ 100 Index to find the 5 stocks with the best Barchart technical indicators and charts.  The list includes Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Celgene (CELG), Cerner (CERN), Discovery Communications (DISCA) and Fiserv (FISV):

Automatice Data Processing (ADP)


Barchart technical indicators:
  • 100% Barchart technical buy signals
  • Trend Spotter buy signal
  • Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
  • 9 new highs and up 3.44% in the last month
  • Relative Strength Index 66.41%
  • Barchart computes a technical support level at 63.81
  • Recently traded at 66.12 with a 50 day moving average of 62.67


Barchart technical indicators:
  • 100% Barchart technical buy signals
  • Trend Spotter buy signal
  • Above its 20, 50  and 100 day moving averages
  • 8 new highs and up 10.24% in the last month
  • Relative Strength Index 78.63%
  • Barchart computes a technical support level at 115.19
  • Recently traded at 123.60 with a 50 day moving average of 107.69


Barchart technical indicators:
  • 100% Barchart technical buy signals
  • Trend Spotter buy signal
  • Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
  • 10 new highs and up 3.31% in the last month
  • Relative Strength Index 64.75%
  • Barchart computes a technical support level at 92.48
  • Recently traded at 85.75 with a 50 day moving average of 89.91


Barchart technical indicators:
  • 100% Barchart technical buy signal
  • Trend Spotter buy signal
  • Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
  • 7 new highs and up 4.07% in the last month
  • Relative Strength Index 68.87%
  • Barchart computes a technical support level at 78.15
  • Recently traded at 80.97 with a 50 day moving average of 74.94


Barchart technical indicators:
  • 100% Barchart technical buy signals
  • Trend Spotter buy signal
  • Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
  • 12 new highs and up 4.59% in the last month
  • Relative Strength Index 66.20%
  • Barchart computes a technical support level at 78.15
  • Recently traded at 88.62 with a 50 day moving average of 83.45










Barchart Morning Call 4/11


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OVERNIGHT MARKETS AND NEWS
June E-mini S&Ps (ESM13 unch) this morning are little changed as the market looks ahead to this morning's unemployment claims report and next week's pickup in Q1 earnings reports. The Euro Stoxx 50 index this morning is slightly higher by +0.08%. Asian stocks today closed mostly higher except for the -0.30% decline in the Chinese CSI 300 index. The Nikkei index today closed +1.96% and the Hang Seng closed +0.30%. Commodity prices this morning are mildly higher by +0.16%. May crude oil (CLK13 -0.11%) is down -0.10%, May gasoline (RBK13 +0.29%) is up +0.20%, May natural gas (NGK13 +0.86%) is up +0.51%, June gold GCM13 +0.09%) is down -0.03%, May copper (HGK13 -0.42%) is down -0.12%, and agriculture prices are trading mostly higher. The dollar index (DXY00 -0.55%) this morning is down -0.48% on reduced safe-haven demand. EUR/USD (^EURUSD) is up +0.48% on a positive Italian 3-year bond auction today. USD/JPY (^USDJPY) is down -0.26%. June 10-year T-note prices (ZNM13 -0.02%) are down -0.5 tick ahead of today's 30-year bond auction.
In the first sign of a possible break in North Korea's feverish rhetoric, the official North Korean Central News Agency last night said that the suspension of business activity at the joint North-South business zone at Gaeseong is "temporary." Despite that comment, South Korean officials still believe there is a good chance that North Korea in coming days will launch an intermediate-range missile and/or conduct another nuclear test.
The South Korean central bank at its meeting today left its policy rate unchanged at 2.75%. The South Korean Kospi stock index today closed +0.7% and the won strengthened by +0.6%.
Italy today sold 4 trillion euros of a 3-year bond at 2.29%, down by 19 bp from the 2.48% on the same bond maturity sold on March 13. The bid cover ratio rose to 1.40 from 1.28 in March.
Greece's Jan unemployment rate rose to a record 27.2% from a revised 25.7% in Dec. The European Commission is forecasting that Greek GDP this year will fall -4.4%, adding to last year's plunge of -6.4%.
China's March local-currency lending was 1.06 trillion yuan ($171 billion), which was higher than market expectations of 900 billion yuan and was supportive for the Chinese economic outlook. Feb lending was 620 billion yuan. Separately, China's M2 money supply growth of +15.7% y/y was stronger than market expectations of +14.6%.
China's foreign exchange reserves rose to a record $3.44 trillion at the end of Q1, up from $3.31 trillion at the end of Q4.
Japan Feb machine orders rose +7.5% m/m, which was stronger than market expectations of +6.9% m/m and regained some ground after the -13.1% m/m decline seen in Jan. On a year-on-year basis, Feb machine orders fell to -11.3% y/y from -9.7% in Jan.

U.S. STOCK PREVIEW
Today’s weekly initial unemployment claims report is expected to show a decline of -25,000 to 360,000, reversing most of last week’s sharp increase of +28,000 to 4-month high of 385,000. Meanwhile today’s continuing claims report is expected to show a small +7,000 increase to 3.070 mln, reversing most of last week’s decline of -8,000 to 3.063 mln. The Treasury today will sell $13 billion in 30-year T-bonds, concluding this week's $66 billion coupon package. Earnings reports today include Commerce Bancshares (consensus $0.68) and JB Hunt Transport ($0.64). Conferences through the remainder of this week include the Bio-IT World Conference & Expo 2013 on Wed-Thu.

June E-mini S&Ps (ESM13 unch) this morning are slightly higher by +0.75 points (+0.05%) on a possible break in North Korea's feverish rhetoric and on a decline in yields at today's Italian 3-year bond auction. The S&P 500 index on Wednesday closed sharply higher and posted an all-time high on economic optimism and speculation that U.S. companies can beat already reduced Q1 corporate earnings estimates. Technology stocks soared after the CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor, the world's biggest chip maker, predicted that the global chip industry will grow 4% this year. Stocks shrugged off weaker-than-expected March China export growth of +10% y/y, versus expectations of +11.7% y/y, and the slightly hawkish Mar 19-20 FOMC meeting minutes. Closes: S&P 500 +1.22%, Dow Jones +0.88%, Nasdaq 100 +1.94%.

OVERNIGHT U.S. STOCK MOVERS
  • Microsoft (MSFT +2.26%) was downgraded to Sell from Neutral at Goldman Sachs and cut its target to $27 from $30 due to weakening PC trends.
  • Rite Aid (RAD +0.56%) reported Q4 EPS of 13 cents, better than the consensus for a 2-cent loss.
  • Genesee & Wyoming (GWR +0.39%) reports Q1 traffic up 102.7% y/y. March traffic was up +100.0% y/y.
  • Yum! Brands (YUM -0.04%) slid 3% in after-hours trading after the compoany said its China Division same-store sales were down 13% in March.
  • According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) worldwide quarterly PC tracker, worldwide PC shipments totaled 76.3 million units in Q1, down 13.9% compared to the same quarter in 2012 and worse than the forecast decline of 7.7%. The extent of the year-on-year contraction marked the worst quarter since IDC began tracking the PC market quarterly in 1994. The results also marked the fourth consecutive quarter of year-on-year shipment declines.
  • Apogee Enterprises (APOG +0.10%) slumped over 7% in after-hours trading after the company reported Q4 EPS of 15 cents, below consensus of 17 cents.
  • Integra LifeSciences (IART +1.27%) announced that it initiated a voluntary recall of certain products. After the announcement, the company lowered its guidance on Q1 EPS to 30 cents to 40 cents, well below consensus of 69 cents.
  • Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY +1.55%) reported Q4 EPS of $1.68, right on consensus $1.68, but lowered its guidance on Q1 EPS to 88 cents to 94 cents, below consensus of 95 cents.
  • Fortinet (FTNI) reported preliminary Q1 EPS of 10 cents, weaker than consensus of 12 cents.
  • Mondelez (MDLZ +0.33%) was initiated with an "Outperform" at Wells Fargo with a valuation range of $35-$37 a share.
  • Xerox (XRX +2.05%) was initiated with an "Overweight" at Piper Jaffray with a target of $12 a share.
  • MEI Pharma (MEIP +2.24%) announced the presentation of new data showing the ability of its drug ME-344 to decrease tumor burden and delay recurrence of ovarian cancer.
  • Ruby Tuesday (RT +5.29%) reported Q3 adjusted EPS of 10 cents, right on expectations, but raised its guidance for fiscal year 2013 to EPS of 28 cents to 32 cents, above the consensus of 25 cents.

MARKET COMMENTS
June 10-year T-notes (ZNM13 -0.02%) this morning are down 0.5 tick. June 10-year T-note futures prices on Wednesday closed lower after the Mar 19-20 FOMC meeting minutes indicated support for a slowdown of the Fed's QE program. Treasuries were also pressured on reduced safe-haven demand after the S&P 500 and Dow rallied to fresh all-time highs. Closes: TYM3 -21.5, FVM3 -5.5.
The dollar index (DXY00 -0.55%) this morning is moderately lower by -0.48% on reduced safe-haven demand and technical selling with the new 1-month low. EUR/USD (^EURUSD) is up +0.0063 (+0.48%) on the positive Italian 3-year bond auction and on technical buying with the new 1-month high this morning. USD/JPY is down -0.26 yen (-0.26%). The dollar index on Wednesday recovered from a 2-week low and closed higher after the Mar 19-20 FOMC minutes indicated several Fed members were in favor of reducing dollar negative asset purchases. USD/JPY (^USDJPY) posted a nearly 4-year high as the yen slumped when BOJ Governor Kuroda said the BOJ will take "all necessary measures" to boost inflation. Closes: Dollar index +0.223 (+0.27%), EUR/USD -0.00123 (-0.09%), USD/JPY +0.746 (+0.75%).
May WTI crude oil (CLK13 -0.11%) this morning is down -0.09 (-0.10%) and May gasoline is up +0.0058 (+0.20%). May crude oil and gasoline prices (RBK13 +0.29%) on Wednesday closed mixed. Bearish factors included (1) the increase in U.S. crude production by 30,000 bbl to 7.18 million bbl in the week ended Apr 5, its highest in 22 years, (2) OPEC's action to cut its 2013 world oil consumption estimate to +800,000 bpd from +840,000 bpd last month, and (3) the unexpected +1.699 million bbl increase in weekly EIA gasoline inventories when a draw of -1.5 million bbl was expected. Supportive factors included (1) economic optimism after the S&P 500 and the Dow rallied to fresh record highs and (2) the +250,000 bbl increase in weekly EIA crude inventories, less than expectations of a +1.5 million bbl build. Closes: CLK3 +0.44 (+0.47%), RBK3 -0.0773 (-2.63%).

GLOBAL EVENT CALENDAR04/11/2013
US0600 ETPhiladelphia Fed President Charles Plosser speaks on monetary policy in Hong Kong at the Market News International Economic Seminar.
0830 ETWeekly initial unemployment claims expected -25,000 to 360,000, previous +28,000 to 385,000. Weekly continuing claims expected +7,000 to 3.070 mln, previous -8,000 to 3.063 mln.
0830 ETMarch import price index expected -0.5% m/m and -1.9% y/y, Feb +1.1% m/m and -0.3% y/y.
0830 ETUSDA weekly Export Sales.
0830 ETSt. Louis Fed President James Bullard gives welcoming remarks in Washington at 2013 Federal Reserve System Community Development Research Conference Resilience & Rebuilding for Low-Income Communities: Research to Inform Policy.
0900 ETTreasury announces 5-year TIPS auction for April 18.
1300 ETTreasury sells $13 billion of 30-year T-bonds.
EUR0400 ETECB publishes monthly report.
GER0200 ETGerman March final-March CPI expected unrevised from preliminary of +0.5% m/m and +1.4% y/y. German final-March CPI expected unrevised from preliminary +0.4% m/m and +1.8% y/y.
JPN1950 ETJapan Feb tertiary industry index expected +0.7% m/m, Jan -1.1% m/m.

U.S. STOCK CALENDAR04/11/2013
Company NameSymbolTimeEvent DescriptionPeriodEPS Est (US$)
Commerce Bancshares Inc/MOCBSH USBef-mktQ1 2013 Earnings ReleaseQ1 20130.678
L Brands IncLTD US7:30March 2013 Sales and Revenue Call2013
TJX Cos IncTJX US8:15March 2013 Sales and Revenue Release2013
Protective Life CorpPL US9:00Business Update Call
Hartford Financial Services Group IncHIG US9:00Investor DayY 2013
Gap Inc/TheGPS USMarch 2013 Sales and Revenue Release2013
L Brands IncLTD USMarch 2013 Sales and Revenue Release2013
Questar CorpSTR USRoadshow - Day 3Y 2013
TJX Cos IncTJX USMarch 2013 Sales and Revenue Call2013
Costco Wholesale CorpCOST USMarch 2013 Sales and Revenue Release2013
JB Hunt Transport Services IncJBHT USQ1 2013 Earnings ReleaseQ1 20130.643
Ross Stores IncROST USMarch 2013 Sales and Revenue Release2013

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Xerox - Barchart Chart of the Day

Summary:

Xerox (XRX) is the Chart of the Day.  Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 1/2 the stock gained 24.61%.  In the last month the price advanced 5 times for a gain of 2.87%

Article:

An old favorite Xerox (XRX) is today's Chart of the Day.  The stock was found when I used the New High list and sorted it for the best Barchart technical indicators. In addition the stock is trading above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages.

Xerox is the world's leading enterprise for business process and document management.  They offer business process outsourcing and IT outsourcing services, including data processing, healthcare solutions, HR benefits management, finance support, transportation solutions, and customer relationship management services for commercial and government organizations worldwide. The company also provides document technology, services, software and genuine Xerox supplies for graphic communication and office printing environments of any size.


Barchart's Opinion trading systems are listed below. Please note that the Barchart Opinion indicators are updated live during the session every 10 minutes and can therefore change during the day as the market fluctuates. The indicator numbers shown below therefore may not match what you see live on the Barchart.com web site when you read this report.

Barchart technical indicators:

  • 100% Barchart technical buy signals
  • Trend Spotter buy signal
  • Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
  • 5 new highs and up 2.87% in the last month
  • Relative Strength Index 65.39%
  • Barchart computes a technical support level at 8.72
  • Recently traded at 8.96 with a 50 day moving average of 8.34
Fundamental factors:
  • Market Cap $11.40 billion
  • P/E 8.31
  • Dividend yield 2.66%
  • Revenue predicted to increase .80% next year and 1.10% next year
  • Earnings estimated to grow 8.70% this year, another 6.30% next year and continue to increase annually at 5.60% for the next 5 years
  • Analysts released 4 strong buy, 2 hold and 1 strong sell recommendation
  • Financial Strength B+
Sell if you lose 10% or the stock drops below its 50 day moving average.


5 Small Caps on the Rise

Today's list comes from using Barchart to sort the S & P 600 Small Cap index stocks for the highest Barchart technical buy signals and then using the Flipchart feature to find the charts I like best.  Today's list includes UIL Holdings (UIL), Tessera Technologies (TSRA), SouthWest Gas (SWX),        Symmetry Medical (SMA) and Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (SKT):

UIL Holdings (UIL)


Barchart technical indicators:
  • 100% Barchart technical buy signals
  • Trend Spotter buy signal
  • Above  its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
  • 8 new highs and up 3.53% in the last month
  • Relative Strength Index 68.46%
  • Barchart computes a technical support level at 39.70
  • Recently traded at 40.39 with a 50 day moving average of 38.67


Barchart technical indicators:
  • 100% Barchatrt technical buy signals
  • Trend Spotter buy signal
  • Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
  • 10 new highs and up 11.31% in the last month
  • Relative Strength Index 71.46%
  • Barchart computes a technical support level at  18.75
  • Recently traded at 19.66 with a 50 day moving average of 17.92


Barchart technical indicators:
  • 100% Barchart technical buy signals
  • Trend Spotter buy signal
  • Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
  • 8 new highs and up 4.37% in the last month
  • Relative Strength Index 68.92%
  • Barchart computes a technical support level at 47.90
  • Recently traded at 48.97 with a 50 day moving average of 46.27


Barchart technial indicators:
  • 100% Barchart techncial buy signals
  • Trend Spotter buy signal
  • Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
  • 11 new hgihs and up 18.59% in the last mnth
  • Relative Strength Index 83.23%
  • Barchart computes a technical supprot elvel at 12.02
  • Recently traded at 12.70 with a 50 day moving average of 11.03


Barchart technical indicators:
  • 100% Barchart technical buy signal
  • Trend Spotter buy signal
  • Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
  • 15 new highs and up 5.37% in the last month
  • Relative Strength Index 76.04%
  • Barchart computes a technical support level at 36.86
  • Recently traded at 37.44 with a 50 day moving average of 35.76








Barchart Morning Call 4/10


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OVERNIGHT MARKETS AND NEWS
June E-mini S&Ps (ESM13 +0.27%) this morning are trading mildly higher by +0.32% due to a +1.47% rally in the Euro Stoxx 50 index and generally higher stocks in Asia. The market is hoping for today's FOMC minutes to show a continued firm dedication among FOMC members to QE3. Japan's Nikkei index today closed +0.73% and the Hang Seng closed +0.75%, but China's CSI 300 index fell by -0.17%. Commodity prices today are little changed on average. May crude oil (CLK13 -0.57%) prices are trading -0.39%, May gasoline (RBK13 -1.16%) is down -0.95%, May natural gas is up +1.32%, June gold (GCM13 -0.49%) is down -0.45%, May copper (HGK13 -0.52%) is down -0.35%, and agriculture prices are mixed. The dollar index (DXY00 +0.03%) is slightly higher by +0.06%. EUR/USD (^EURUSD) is up +0.12% and USD/JPY (^USDJPY) is up +0.52%. June 10-year T-note (ZNM13 -0.09%) prices are down -5 ticks.
President Obama today submits his budget to Congress. The budget calls for trimming Social Security and other entitlements in an attempt to get negotiations started on a grand bargain by this summer when Congress must increase the debt ceiling.
The Polish central bank today left its policy rate unchanged at 3.25%, which was fully in line with market expectations. The Polish central bank had already signaled that its rate cut regime is over after the 1.5 point cut since November. The bank is now waiting to see if the Polish economy starts to recover after being hurt by the Eurozone recession.
China's March export growth eased to +10.0% y/y from +21.8% y/y in Feb and was mildly weaker than market expectations of +11.7% . Imports rose +14.1% y/y after the -15.2% decline seen in Feb. China's March trade balance posted a deficit of -$0.88 billion after the $15.23 billion surplus seen in Feb and was much worse than market expectations for a surplus of $15.1 billion. The quality of China's trade data has been called into question by a number of Wall Street firms who believe the trade export data has recently been inflated, possibly by companies seeking to repatriate more foreign currency or by regional governments to prop up their performance. The Chinese customs administration has stood by the quality of the data saying that it is based on actual invoices. In any case, the markets were not surprised to see weaker export growth in March as a reversal to some of the inflated data in Jan and Feb.
Italy today successfully sold 11 billion euros of 1-year bills at 0.922%, down from 1.28% at the last auction of those bills on March 12. The Italian Treasury also sold 3 billion euros of 91-day bills today at 0.243%.
OPEC trimmed its forecast for 2013 world oil consumption growth to +800,000 bpd y/y (+0.09% y/y) from +840,000 bpd last month. The lower forecast was due to weaker demand seen in Q1.
U.S. STOCK PREVIEW
The markets will be carefully assessing today’s minutes from the March 19-20 FOMC meeting to gauge the strength of the FOMC's commitment to maintaining QE3 at its current size at least through year-end. The Treasury today will sell $21 billion in 10-year T-notes. Q1 earnings season picks up today with earnings reports from Constellation Brands (consensus $0.45), Family Dollar Stores ($1.22), Fastenal ($0.37), CarMax ($0.46), Bed Bath & Beyond ($1.68), and Progressive Corp ($0.44).
Conferences through the remainder of this week include CESCO 2013 - XII World Copper Conference on Tue-Wed, RBC Capital Markets Iron Ore Conference on Wed, and Bio-IT World Conference & Expo 2013 on Wed-Thu.

June E-mini S&Ps (ESM13 +0.27%) this morning are up +5.00 points (+0.32%) as positive sentiment continues. The S&P 500 index on Tuesday closed mildly higher as optimism about China increased after its March CPI fell to +2.1% from +3.2% in Feb, which reduces the pressure on Chinese authorities to tighten policy in response to strong home prices. Other supportive factors including stability in European peripheral bonds and carry-over support from the BOJ’s massive new QE program announced last week. Closes: S&P 500 +0.35%, Dow Jones +0.41%, Nasdaq 100 +0.67%.
OVERNIGHT U.S. STOCK MOVERS
  • Constellation Brands (STZ +0.12%) reported Q4 EPS of 47 cents, above the consensus of 45 cents.
  • CarMax (KMX -1.65%) reported Q4 EPS of 46 cents, which was in line with the consensus.
  • Family Dollar (FDO +0.69%) reported Q2 EPS of $1.21, slightly below the consensus of $1.23.
  • Fastenal (FAST +1.17%) reported Q1 EPS of 37 cents, which was in line with the consensus.
  • Apple (AAPL +0.18%) and Yahoo (YHOO) are in talks to deeper their iPhone partnership, according to the WSJ.
  • First Solar (FSLR +45.53%) will acquire TetraSun from JX Nippon Oil & Energy and other investors. The terms were not disclosed.
  • PriceSmart (PSMT -0.26%) rallied 3.5% in after-hours trading after reporting positive earnings news.
  • Health Management (HMA -0.40%) plunged 10% in after-hours after announcing disappointing Q1 results.
  • Realogy (RLGY -2.27%) fell 7% in after-hours trading after a Q1 revenue revenue miss.
MARKET COMMENTS
June 10-year T-notes (ZNM13 -0.09%) this morning are down -5 ticks on reduced safe-haven demand with higher U.S. and European stock indexes. June 10-year T-note futures prices on Tuesday closed slightly lower on reduced safe-haven demand with the higher close in the U.S. stock market and reduced concerns about China. Closes: TYM3 -1.5, FVM3 +0.25.
The dollar index (DXY00 +0.03%) this morning is slightly higher by +0.05 points (+0.06%). EUR/USD (^EURUSD) is up +0.0016 (+0.12%) and USD/JPY (^USDJPY) is up +0.51 yen (+0.52%). The dollar index on Tuesday closed moderately lower on reduced safe-haven demand with the rally in the S&P 500 index. EUR/USD closed higher as Portugal’s bond and CDS prices were relatively stable and did not indicate any fresh concerns about Portugal’s commitment to its adjustment program. Closes: Dollar index -0.44 (-0.54%), EUR/USD +0.0074 (+0.57%), USD/JPY -0.34 (-0.34%).
May WTI crude oil (CLK13 -0.57%) this morning is down -0.37 (-0.39%) and May gasoline (RBK13 -1.16%) is down -0.0279 (-0.95%). May crude oil and gasoline prices on Tuesday closed higher on continued short-covering and optimism about China with the decline in its CPI rate to +2.1%. Crude oil prices were able to shake off news that API crude oil inventories soared by +5.06 million bbls. In addition, crude oil inventories at Cushing rose by 888,000 bbl to 50.0 million due to the diversion of oil to pipelines feeding Cushing due to the leak at Exxon’s pipeline in Arkansas. Closes: CLK3 +0.84 (+0.90%), RBK3 +0.0331 (+1.14%).
GLOBAL EVENT CALENDAR04/10/2013
USn/aObama administration scheduled to deliver 2014 budget to Congress.
0700 ETWeekly MBA mortgage applications, previous -4.0% with purchase sub-index +1.4% and refi sub-index -5.6%.
0730 ETAtlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart makes concluding remarks at the Atlanta Fed’s conference on “Maintaining Financial Stability: Holding a Tiger by the Tail.”
1030 ETEIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report.
1200 ETUSDA WASDE report.
1210 ETIMF Chief Lagarde speaks to Economic Club of New York.
1300 ETTreasury sells $21 billion of 10-year T-notes.
1400 ETU.S. March monthly budget statement.
1400 ETMinutes from March 19-20 FOMC meeting.
1700 ETDallas Fed President Richard Fisher speaks on economic and monetary policy at University of Texas at El Paso.
JPN1950 ETJapan M2 expected +2.9% y/y, Feb +2.9% y/y. March M3 expected +2.4% y/y, Feb +2.4% y/y.
1950 ETJapan March domestic CGPI expected +0.2% m/m and -0.4% y/y, Feb +0.4% m/m and -0.1% y/y.
1950 ETJapan Feb machine orders expected +6.9% y/y and -7.6% y/y, Jan -13.1% m/m and -9.7% y/y.
2200 ETTokyo March average office vacancies, Feb 8.57%.
U.S. STOCK CALENDAR04/10/2013
Company NameSymbolTimeEvent DescriptionPeriodEPS Est (US$)
Constellation Brands IncSTZ USBef-mktQ4 2013 Earnings ReleaseQ4 20130.447
Family Dollar Stores IncFDO US7:00Q2 2013 Earnings ReleaseQ2 20131.216
Fastenal CoFAST US7:00Q1 2013 Earnings ReleaseQ1 20130.371
MSC Industrial Direct Co IncMSM US7:30Q2 2013 Earnings ReleaseQ2 20130.9
CarMax IncKMX US7:35Q4 2013 Earnings ReleaseQ4 20130.455
Advance Auto Parts IncAAP US8:30Investor & Analyst ConferenceY 2013
Health Management Associates IncHMA US9:00Q1 2013 Earnings CallQ1 2013
CarMax IncKMX US9:00Q4 2013 Earnings CallQ4 2013
Schlumberger LtdSLB US9:30Annual General MeetingY 2013
Family Dollar Stores IncFDO US10:00Q2 2013 Earnings CallQ2 2013
Fastenal CoFAST US10:00Q1 2013 Earnings CallQ1 2013
Constellation Brands IncSTZ US10:30Q4 2013 Earnings CallQ4 2013
Bed Bath & Beyond IncBBBY USAft-mktQ4 2013 Earnings ReleaseQ4 20131.679
Progressive Corp/ThePGR USQ1 2013 Earnings ReleaseQ1 20130.444
Progressive Corp/ThePGR USQ1 2013 Earnings Release - March SalesQ1 20130.444
Questar CorpSTR USRoadshow - Day 2Y 2013

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

XL Company Switzerland GMBH

Summary:

XL Company Switzerland GNBH (XL) is the Chart of the day.  In the last month the stock advanced 10 times for a gain of 4.82%.  On 12/7 there was a Trend Spotter buy signal and since then the stock advanced 23.91%.

Article:

The Chart of the day is XL Company Switzerland GNBH (XL).  The stock is on today's New High list and was at the top of the list when sorted for Barchart technical buy signals.  With 100% Barchart technical buy signals, 10 new highs and a gain of 4.82% this month; the stock also has a Trend Spotter buy signal.

The Company is a global insurance and reinsurance company providing property, casualty, and specialty products to industrial, commercial, and professional firms, insurance companies and other enterprises on a worldwide basis. The Company is organized into three operating segments - Insurance, Reinsurance and Life Operations.



Barchart's Opinion trading systems are listed below. Please note that the Barchart Opinion indicators are updated live during the session every 10 minutes and can therefore change during the day as the market fluctuates. The indicator numbers shown below therefore may not match what you see live on the Barchart.com web site when you read this report.

Barchart technical indicators:

  • 100% Barchart technical buy signals
  • Trend Spotter buy signal
  • Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
  • 10 new highs and up 4.82% in the last month 
  • Relative Strength index 30.68%
  • Barchart computes a technical support level at 30.68
  • Recently traded at 31.09 with a 50 day moving average of 29.24
Fundamental factors:
  • Market Cap  $9.35 billion
  • P/E 15.62
  • Dividend yield 1.82%
  • Revenue projected to increase 6.80% this year and another 4.10% next year
  • Earnings estimated to grown 30.80% this year, 9.70% next year and continue up annually at 10.00% for 5 years
  • Analysts issued 7 strong buy, 1 buy and 6 hold recommendations
  • Financial Strength B
Sell if the stock drops 10% or begins to trade below its 50 day moving average.

5 Rising Mid Caps

Today I used Barchart to screen the S & P 400 Mid Cap Index for the 5 stocks with great Barchart technical indicators and charts.  The list includes Aqua America (WTR), Vectren (VVC),  Towers Watson and Co (TW), NV Energy (NVE) and Alliant Energy (LNT):

Aqua America (WTR)


Barchart technical indicators:
  • 100% Barchart technical buy signals
  • Trend Spotter buy signal
  • Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
  • 14 new highs and up 7.53% in the last month
  • Relative Strength Index 79.93%
  • Barchart computes a technical support level at 31.34
  • Recently traded at 32.00 with a 50 day moving average of 29.51


Barchart technical indicators:
  • 100% Barchart technical buy signals
  • Trend Spotter buy signal
  • Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
  • 16 new highs and up 6.64% in the last month
  • Relative Strength Index 75.44%
  • Barchart computes a technical support level at 35.37
  • Recently traded at 36.25 with a 50 day moving average of 33.61


Barchatt technical indicators:
  • 100% Barchart technical buy signals
  • Trend Spotter buy signal
  • Above  its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
  • 9 new highs and up 3.51% in the last month
  • Relative Strength Index 68.98%
  • Barchart computes a technical support level at 69.08
  • Recently traded at 70.20 with a 50 day moving average of 66.36


Barchart technical indicators:
  • 100% Barchart technical buy signals
  • Trend Spotter buy signal
  • Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
  • 7 new highs and up 4.08% in the last month
  • Relative strength Index 72.95%
  • Barchart computes a technical support level at 20.67
  • Recently traded at 20.90 with a 50 day moving average of 19.72


Barchart technical indicators:
  • 100% Barchart technical bu signals
  • Trend Spotter buy signal
  • Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
  • 14 new highs and up 5.58% in the last month
  • Relative Strength Index 75.47%
  • Barchart computes a technical support  level at 50.18
  • Recently traded at 50.77 with a 50 day moving average of 48.00










Novavax ; NVAX - Buy Signals

Today I added Novavax (NVAX) to the Barchart Van Meerten Speculative portfolio:


Barchart technical indicators:
  • 100% Barchart technical buy signals
  • Trend Spotter buy signal
  • Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
  • 14 new highs and up 20.49% in the last month
  • Relative Strength Index 74.23%
  • Barchart computes a technical support level at 2.32
  • Recently traded at 2.47 with a 50 day moving average of 1.99


Senior Housing Properties buy signal

Today I added Senior Housing Properties (SNH) to the Barchart Van Meerten New High portfolio:




Barchart technical indicators:

  • 96% Barchart technical buy signals
  • Trend Spotter buy signal
  • Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
  • 17 new highs and up 8.50% in he last month
  • Relative Strength Index 77.00%
  • Barchart computes a technical support level at 26.55
  • Recently traded at 27.36 with a 50 day moving average of 25.33

PayChex (PAYX)

Very interesting article in TheStreet:

http://www.thestreet.com/story/11890021/1/paychex-stock-rising-with-payroll-numbers.html

Monday, April 8, 2013

Senior Housing Properties - Barchart's Chart of the Day

Summary:

Senior Housing Properties (SNH) is the Chart of the Day.  Housing units for the elderly and retired should be a growth industry and this stock was up 17 times for a gain of 8.50% in the last month.

Article:

The Chart of the Day is Senior Housing Properties Trust (SNH) and had gains in 17 of the last 20 trading sessions for an increase of 8.50%.  The Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 2/11 and since then the stock is up 11.59%.  I found the stock when I sorted the New High list for frequency.

The REIT invests in senior housing income producing real estate, including senior apartments and assisted living, congregate care and nursing home properties. Senior apartments are marketed to residents who are generally capable of caring for themselves. Residence is generally restricted on the basis of age. Purpose built properties may have special function rooms, concierge services, high levels of security and centralized call buttons for emergency use.


Barchart's Opinion trading systems are listed below. Please note that the Barchart Opinion indicators are updated live during the session every 10 minutes and can therefore change during the day as the market fluctuates. The indicator numbers shown below therefore may not match what you see live on the Barchart.com web site when you read this report.

Barchart technical indicators:

  • 96% Barchart technical buy signals
  • Trend Spotter buy signal
  • Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
  • 17 new highs and up 8.50% in he last month
  • Relative Strength Index 77.00%
  • Barchart computes a technical support level at 26.55
  • Recently traded at 27.36 with a 50 day moving average of 25.33
Fundamental factors:
  • Market Cap $4.83 billion
  • P/E 15.15
  • Dividend yield 5.75%
  • Revenue projected to increase 22.80% this year and 6.50% next year
  • Earnings estimated to grow 2.90% this year, an additional 6.10% next year and continue to increase annually by 5.37% for the next 5 years
  • Analysts issued 8 hold, and 2 sell recommendations
Sell if you lose 10% or the stock drops below its 50 day moving average.

The Educated Aren't Unemployed

Just look at this chart - it need no explanation:




5 Rising Large Caps

Today I used Barchart to screen the S & P 500 Large Cap Index to find 5 stocks that still had some juice left.  My list includes Viacom Class B (VIAB), Sempra Energy (SRE), Scripps Networks Interactive (SNI), Potomac Electric Power (POM) and Pacific Gas and Electric (PCG):

Viacom Class B (VIAB)


Barchart technical indicators:
  • 100% Barchart technical buy signals
  • Trend Spotter buy signal
  • Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
  • 5 new highs and up 4.13% in the last month
  • Relative Strength Index 70.87%
  • Barchart computes a technical support level at 60.66
  • Recently traded at 64.46 with a 50 day moving average of 60.47


Barchart technical indicators:
  • 100% Barchart technical buy signals
  • Trend Spotter buy signal
  • Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
  • 10 new highs and up 3.42% in the last month
  • Relative Strength Index 66.37%
  • Barchart computes a technical support level at 80.08
  • Recently traded at 81.39 with a 50 day moving average of 77.80


Barchart technical indicators:
  • 100% Barchart technical buy signals
  • Trend Spotter buy signal
  • Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
  • 8 new highs and up 4.12% in the last month
  • Relative Strength Index 70.49%
  • Barchart computes a technical support level at 63.28
  • Recently traded at 67.06 with a 50 day moving average of 63.04


Barchart technical indicators:
  • 100% Barchart technical buy signals
  • Trend Spotter buy signal
  • Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
  • 12 new highs and up 7.09% in the last month
  • Relative strength Index 80.15%
  • Barchart computes a technical support level at 21.31
  • Recently traded at 31.93 with a 50 day moving average of 20.37


Barchart technical indicators:
  • 100% Barchart technical buy signals
  • Trend Spotter buy signal
  • Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
  • 14 new  highs and up 8.84% in the last month
  • Relative Strength Index 81.83%
  • Barchart computes a technical support level at 45.48
  • Recently traded at 46.60 with a 50 day moving average of 43.20










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OVERNIGHT MARKETS AND NEWS
June E-mini S&Ps (ESM13 +0.37%) this morning are trading mildly higher by +0.29% on a +0.66% rally in the Euro Stoxx 50 index and on a stronger-than-expected German industrial production report. Japan's Nikkei index today closed +2.80% and posted a new 4-1/2 year high as the market continues to see strength after the BOJ last week launched its very aggressive QE program. Other Asian stock markets today are trading mostly lower with the Hong Kong Hang Seng down -0.04%, China's CSI 300 down -0.45%, and Taiwan's TAIEX index down -2.39%. Commodity prices are up +0.54% this morning. May crude oil is up +0.94%, May gasoline is up +1.40%, June gold is up +0.04%, May copper is up +1.29%, and grains and softs are trading higher across the board. The dollar index this morning is slightly higher by +0.09%. EUR/USD is up +0.27% and USD/JPY is up +1.12% as the yen continues to see weakness on the BOJ's new QE program. June 10-year T-notes (ZNM13 -0.13%) are trading slightly lower by -3 ticks.
North Korea as early as this week may conduct another underground nuclear weapon test and carry another missile test, according to South Korean officials based on observations of preparations on the ground. North Korea said operations at the joint North-South business park at Gaeseong are being suspended indefinitely and that North Korean workers are being withdrawn from the zone. There are still 475 South Koreans in the zone. The South Korean markets continue to react modestly to the recent threats from North Korea, which are generally considered to be for domestic consumption. South Korea said it has still not seen any unusual troop movements in North Korea. The South Korean won today closed down -0.8% and the South Korean Kospi 200 stock index fell -0.15% to add to last week's decline of -3%.
Portugal's government needs to find a new way to cut its budget after Portugal's Constitutional Court on Friday blocked part of the government's austerity measures, such as cuts to holiday bonuses for pensioners and public servants and reductions in sickness leave and unemployment benefits. The price of Portuguese credit default swaps today rose by 33 bp to a 3-month high of 429 bp.
German Feb industrial production rose by +0.5% m/m, which was stronger than market expectations of +0.3%. On a year-on-year basis, Feb industrial production was down -1.8% y/y. The market consensus is that German GDP returned to growth in Q1 after a -0.6% q/q decline in Q4. On a year-on-year basis, German Q1 GDP is expected at +0.2% y/y after the +0.4% y/y increase seen in Q4.
Japan's Feb adjusted current account of -100 million was narrower than expectations of -62 billion yen but was worse than the surplus of 365 billion yen seen in Jan. Japan's Feb trade balance of -677 billion was close to market expectations and was better than the -1.479 trillion yen deficit seen in Jan.
Japan's March Eco Watchers current index improved to 57.3 from 53.2 in Feb, but the outlook index fell slightly by -0.2 points to 57.5 from 57.7 in Feb.
The Eurozone April Sentix investor confidence index fell to -17.3 from -10.6 in March and was weaker than market expectations of -12.8.
Copper is up +1.3% this morning after miners in Chile said that will announce a nationwide strike today.
U.S. STOCK PREVIEW
The market this week will focus on the U.S. economic data in the wake of last Friday’s weak payroll report of +88,000 and the unofficial beginning of Q1 earnings season today with Alcoa’s release of its Q1 earnings report. This week’s U.S. economic calendar is relatively light with key reports including Wednesday’s March 19-20 FOMC meeting and Friday’s March retail sales report (expected unch m/m) and PPI (expected -0.2% m/m). There are numerous speaking engagements by Fed officials this week. The Treasury this week will sell $66 billion in 3-year, 10-year and 30-year securities.
Conferences this week include Merrill Lynch Online Gaming Symposium on Tue, CESCO 2013 - XII World Copper Conference on Tue-Wed, RBC Capital Markets Iron Ore Conference on Wed, and Bio-IT World Conference & Expo 2013 on Wed-Thu.

June E-mini S&Ps this morning are up 4.50 points (+0.29%) on the +0.66% rally in the Euro Stoxx 50 index this morning and on the stronger-than-expected German industrial production report. The S&P 500 index on Friday tumbled to a 2-week low and finished lower on concern that economic growth is slowing after Mar non-farm payrolls rose +88,000, less than half market expectations of +190,000 and the smallest increase in 9 months. Stocks failed to garner much support from an unexpected -0.1 point drop in the Mar unemployment rate to a 4-year low of 7.6% after discouraged job seekers quit looking for work as seen in the labor force participation rate that fell to 63.3%, the lowest since May 1979. Closes: S&P 500 -0.43%, Dow Jones -0.28%, Nasdaq 100 -0.83%.
OVERNIGHT U.S. STOCK MOVERS
  • GE (GE -0.65%) announced today that it will buy Lufkin Industries (LUFK) for $88.50 per share, which is a 38% premium to last Friday's close, which equates to about $38 billion. Lufkin Industries manufactures industrial gears and provides artificial lift technololgies for the oil and gas industry.
  • AZZ Inc (AZZ +0.09%) reported Q4 ex-items EPS at 50 cents, slightly above the consensus of 48 cents.
  • Investors Bancorp (ISBC unch), the holding company for Investors Bank, and Gateway Community Financial, the mid-tier holding company for GCF Bank, jointly announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement.
  • Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A (TM +0.82%) announced that it has reached an agreement with the Orange County District Attorney in California to resolve civil claims brought in March 2010 related to the recall of certain Toyota vehicles in 2009 and 2010.
  • AT&T (T +0.29%) announced that employees represented by the Communications Workers of America have voted to ratify a four-year contract with AT&T Mobility. The contract covers more than 20,000 AT&T Mobility employees in 36 states and the District of Columbia.
  • ASML Holding NV (ASML +0.95%) and Cymer (CYMI +0.60%) announced that the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice has cleared the previously announced merger between Cymer and affiliates of ASML.
MARKET COMMENTS
June 10-year T-notes (ZNM13 -0.13%) this morning are down -3 ticks on reduced safe-haven demand with the rally in U.S. and European stock indexes. June 10-year T-note prices soared on Friday as the 10-year T-note yield fell to a 3-3/4 month low of 1.679%. The main bullish factor was the weaker-than-expected Mar payroll report (+88,000 vs. expectations of +190,000), which will keep the Fed’s QE program in place after last month’s FOMC statement said the Fed will keep buying bonds until there’s “substantial improvement” in the labor market. Closes: TYM3 +10.0, FVM3 +1.75.
The dollar index (DXY00 +0.01%) this morning is slightly higher by +0.07 points (+0.09%). EUR/USD is up +0.0035 (+0.27%) on the stronger-than-expected German industrial production and has shaken off the adverse ruling by Portugal's Constitutional Court. USD/JPY is up +1.09 yen (+1.12%). The dollar index on Friday fell to a 1-1/2 week low and closed lower as the weak Mar payrolls report bolstered the prospects of the Fed maintaining its dollar-negative QE3 program. EUR/USD posted a 1-1/2 week high after German Feb factory orders rose +2.3% m/m, stronger than expectations of +1.1% m/m, although EUR/USD gave up its gains and closed little changed. USD/JPY surged to a 3-1/2 year high as the BOJ’s aggressive QE program continued to punish the yen. Closes: Dollar index -0.181 (-0.22%), EUR/USD -0.0013 (-0.10%), USD/JPY +1.23 (+1.27%).
May WTI crude oil (CLK13 +0.99%) this morning is up +0.87 (+0.94%) and May gasoline is up +0.0401 (+1.40%) on some short-covering after recent losses. In addition, Nigeria's main rebel group launched an attack in Nigeria's oil-producing region that killed 15 security personnel. Oil prices were also boosted as nuclear talks with Iran ended on Saturday with no progress and with no agreement for a date on a new round of talks. Crude oil and gasoline prices closed lower on Friday with May crude posting a 2-week low. The main bearish factor was the weaker-than-expected Mar non-farm payrolls report, which raised concern that economic growth won’t be strong enough to support energy demand. Supportive factors for crude oil included the weaker dollar and the stronger-than-expected German Feb factory orders report. Closes: CLK3 -0.76 (-0.81%), RBK3 -0.0351 (-1.21%).
GLOBAL EVENT CALENDAR04/08/2013
US0530 ETU.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew meets with ECB President Draghi and European Council President Van Rompuy.
0830 ETCleveland Fed President Sandra Pianalto speaks in West Palm Beach, FL on “The Federal Reserve’s Role in Supporting the U.S. Economy” at the International Economic Forum of the Americas.
1100 ETUSDA weekly grain export inspections.
1600 ETUSDA Crop Progress.
1915 ETFed Chairman Ben Bernanke delivers keynote address entitled “Maintaining Financial Stability: Holding a Tiger by the Tail” to the Atlanta Fed’s 2013 Financial Markets Conference.
JPN0030 ETJapan March bankruptcies, Feb -11.8% y/y.
0100 ETJapan March Eco watchers current index, Feb 53.2. March Eco watchers outlook index, Feb 57.7.
EUR0430 ETEurozone Apr Sentix investor confidence expected -12.8, Mar -10.6.
GER0600 ETGerman Feb industrial production expected +0.3% m/m and -0.9% y/y, Jan unch m/m and -1.3% y/y.
UK1901 ETUK March BRC sales like-for-like expected +1.0% y/y, Feb +2.7% y/y.
1901 ETUK March RICS house price balance expected -5%, Feb -6%.
CH2130 ETChina March CPI expected +2.5% y/y, Feb +3.2% y/y.
2130 ETChina March PPI expected -1.8% y/y, Feb -1.6% y/y.
U.S. STOCK CALENDAR04/08/2013
Company NameSymbolTimeEvent DescriptionPeriodEPS Est (US$)
AZZ IncAZZ USBef-mktQ4 2013 Earnings ReleaseQ4 20130.487
Macy's IncM US9:30Macy's vs JcPenney Notification Deadline on the Settlement Outcome
Citigroup IncC US10:00Citigroup Class Action Lawsuit: Settlement Approval
AZZ IncAZZ US11:00Q4 2013 Earnings CallQ4 2013
Otter Tail CorpOTTR US11:00Annual General MeetingY 2013
Investors Bancorp IncISBC US11:00Investors Bancorp, Inc. and Gateway Community Financial Corporation Merger Call
AngioDynamics IncANGO US16:30Q3 2013 Earnings CallQ3 2013
Alcoa IncAA US17:00Q1 2013 Earnings CallQ1 2013
Alcoa IncAA USAft-mktQ1 2013 Earnings ReleaseQ1 20130.08
A Schulman IncSHLM USAft-mktQ2 2013 Earnings ReleaseQ2 20130.395
AngioDynamics IncANGO USAft-mktQ3 2013 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20130.046
Mistras Group IncMG USAft-mktQ3 2013 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20130.173
Waterstone Financial IncWSBF USQ4 2012 Earnings ReleaseQ4 2012