Market Currents

• Thursday, September 24, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: RHT +8%. NPG +6%. CVM +5%. BBI +4%. ABK +4%. CCL +4%.
  Losers: NMR -8%. RAD -7%. WR -6%. PPS -6%. ARE -6%. LPX -4%. Comment!

• Tuesday, September 22, 2009

• 09:27 AM Carnival (CCL): FQ3 EPS of $1.33 beats by $0.15. Revenue of $4.14B (-14%) vs. $4.06B. Sees Q4 EPS of $0.16-0.20 vs. $0.22 consensus. Shares +5.8% premarket. (PR) Comment!
• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: AIG +12%. DNN +9%. KMX +7%. HL +6%. HOV +6%. M +5%. FNM +5%. FRE +5%. NG +5%. CVM +4%. CIT +4%. CCL +4%. SLW +4%. ABK +4%. SOL +4%. AUY +4%. ETFC +4%.
  Losers: FSC -6%. AMR -5%. Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Tuesday's open: CAG, CCL, FDS, KMX, RAIL Comment!

• Tuesday, September 8, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: CBY +42%. ORH +25%. HMY +9%. NG +8%. STM +7%. GFI +7%. LTXC +7%. SLT +6%. AUO +6%. NXG +6%. HL +6%. VICL +6%. LYG +6%. CCL +6%. STP +6%. ALV +6%. EGO +6%. NGD +5%. LVS +5%. PAL +5%. PHG +5%. AUG +5%. NOK +5%. MT +5%. MPEL +5%. BHP +5%. GE +5%. ING +4%. GBG +4%. YGE +4%. MU +4%. RMBS +4%. GSS +4%. FNM +4%. ALU +4%. JASO +4%. FCX +4%. NVAX +4%.
  Losers: OSIR -40%. KFT -5%. MCO -5%. AIG -4%. Comment!

• Wednesday, August 19, 2009

• 11:24 AM Bernstein upgrades Royal Caribbean (RCL +5%) to Outperform and raises price target to $23 from $11, saying RCL is on firm footing after dealing with its 2010 debt maturities, and noting margins could expand helped by recent cost-cutting. But firm is less positive on rival Carnival (CCL +0.2%), noting its modest financial leverage. Comment!

• Wednesday, July 29, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: CNO +26%. THPW +21%. MCK +8.5%. JNY +8%. MEE +5%. ABC +4%.
  Losers: YHOO -8%. RCL -7%. MT -6%. ABK -6%. TGB -6%. PX -5%. CCL -5%. S -5%. WLP -4%. BPSG -4%. CHU -4%. MFA -4%. STX -4%. MGM -4%. Comment!

• Thursday, July 2, 2009

• 11:44 AM Carnival (CCL -3%) plans to sell 25 million of its UK shares to buy back discounted U.S. shares. The cruise operator's American and English operations are legally distinct but operate as one company. Comment!

• Friday, June 19, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: ZZ +33%. SWHC +18%. ARM +10%. STSI +8%. KMX +7%. CCL +7%. FRO +7%. RCL +6%. HIG +5%. MDCO +5%. CTIC +5%. C +4%. CENX +4%. INSM +4%. AIG +4%. LIZ +4%. AAUK +4%. MPEL +4%. FEED +4%. SOA +4%. GOLD +4%. ESLR +4%.
  Losers: ETFC -15%. TSFG -12%. TNK -11%. HPT -4%. Comment!

• Thursday, June 18, 2009

• 09:27 AM Carnival (CCL): Q2 EPS of $0.33 beats by $0.04. Revenue of $2.95B (-12.7%) in-line. Sees Q3 EPS of $1.15-1.19 vs. $1.25. Shares +4.6% premarket. (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Thursday's open: CCL, DFS, SJM Comment!

• Monday, April 27, 2009

• 09:02 AM Premarket losers on swine-flu speculation: FEED -14%. RCL -13%. SFD -13%. LCC -11%. AMR -10%. CAL -9%. UAUA -9%. CCL -9%. DAL -8%. LVS -7%. MGM -5%. JBLU -5%. HST -5%.
  Other premarket losers: MTL -7%. EGLE -7%. CIT -6.5%. RF -6%. AIG -5%. STI -5%. HBAN -5%. STO -5%. HBC -5%. DRYS -4%. C -4%. BAC -4%. ABB -4%. WFFC -4%. FCX -4%. Comment!
• 07:45 AM Airline, hotel, and cruise stocks are down in early premarket trading on fears the flu threat could be disastrous for international travel. AMR -16%. UAUA -6.5%. LUV -2%. CCL -8.5%. HOT -6%. MAR -6%. Comment!

• Monday, April 20, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: JAVA +37%. PPHM +23%. PBG +18%. QTM +10%. LVS +6%. CDE +5%. HMY +5%. PALM +4%. AIB +4%. DNDN +4%. AUY +4%.
  Losers: BBEP -30%. MT -9%. ING -9%. BCS -8%. CSE -8%. DB -8%. BAC -8%. HBC -8%. C -8%. MGM -7%. IAG -7%. RTP -7%. ETFC -7%. COF -6%. ALU -6%. WFC -6%. RF -6%. ACAS -6%. CCL -6%. HBAN -6%. ERIC -5%. ORCL -5%. IFX -5%. TCK -5%. SOL -5%. NVDA -5%. PHG -5%. Comment!

• Tuesday, April 7, 2009

• 09:02 AM Premarket gainers: GGP +10%. EAT +9%. SPIL +8%. LNC +8%. GFI +4%. GTI +4%. AU +3%.
  Losers: ACGY -7%. RBS -7%. DB -6%. NOK -6%. MT -6%. IHG -6%. HBAN -5%. UBS -5%. BCS -5%. LVLT -5%. ALU -5%. ACAS -4%. FITB -4%. GNW -4%. BHP -4%. LVS -4%. GNW -4%. JAVA -4%. LOGI -4%. F -4%. CCL -4%. STO -4%. X -4%. VTR -4%. HBC -4%. ASML -4%. BP -4%. SAY -4%. Comment!

• Tuesday, March 24, 2009

• 09:25 AM Carnival (CCL): FQ1 EPS of $0.33 beats by $0.14. Revenue of $2.86B (-9.1%) in-line. Bookings are up 10% from a year ago, but at significantly lower prices. Shares -1.9% premarket. (PR) Comment!