Market Currents

• Monday, September 21, 2009

• 15:55 PM Education stocks are rallying after President Obama talked up plans to stabilize the economy by investing in education for high-tech industries, including a new "innovation strategy" that builds on $100B of stimulus funds to support entrepreneurship, education, infrastructure and other investments. ESI +12%. APOL +8.2%. DV +8.2%. STRA +8.7%. Comment!

• Thursday, August 13, 2009

• 16:09 PM DeVry (DV): FQ4 EPS of $0.51 in-line. Revenue of $396M (+43%) vs. $377M. Shares -1.1% AH. (PR) Comment!
• 00:10 AM Notable earnings after Thursday's close: BBI, DV, JWN Comment!

• Friday, July 31, 2009

• 10:01 AM Dow leaders: BAC +2%. DV +2%. MRK +1.5%. MMM +1.3%. GE +1%. Laggards: DIS -3.5%. XOM -1.4%. T -0.9%. Comment!

• Tuesday, July 28, 2009

• 13:07 PM Dow leaders: BA +1.4%. BAC +1.3%. MCD +0.6%. GE +0.5%. DV +0.5%.
  Dow laggards: AXP -4%. PFE -3.3%. MRK -2.7%. XOM -2%. AA -2%. Comment!

• Friday, July 24, 2009

• 13:55 PM The Dow becomes the first index to break into positive territory for the day; now +0.1% at 9079.
  Dow leaders: AA +2.2%. MRK +2%. PFE +1.8%. JNJ +1.5%.
  Dow laggards: MSFT -8.9%. UTX -2.6%. KFT -1.1%. DV -0.9%. INTC -0.9%. BAC -0.9%. DIS -0.9%. 3 Comments

• Wednesday, July 22, 2009

• 15:07 PM Dow leaders: DV +2.1%. GE +2.1%. INTC +1.9%. PFE +1.7%. BAC +1.6%.
  Dow laggards: KO -2.3%. CAT -1.7%. AXP -1.7%. BA -1.4%. UTX -1.2%. Comment!

• Monday, July 13, 2009

• 15:10 PM Dow leaders: BAC +7%. JPM +5.8%. GE +5.8%. AXP +3.9%. PFE +3.7%.
  Dow laggards: HPQ -0.2%. DV unchanged. Comment!

• Friday, July 10, 2009

• 15:10 PM Dow leaders: AXP +1.5%. DV +1.2%. MMM +0.9%. CSCO +0.8%. KFT +0.6%.
  Dow laggards: JPM -3.9%. CVX -2.9%. MRK -2.4%. IBM -1.8%. XOM -1.5%. WMT -1.3%. GE -1.3%. BAC -1.3%. Comment!

• Wednesday, July 1, 2009

• 15:06 PM Dow leaders: KFT +5.4%. INTC +3.4%. KO +2.6%. PG +2%. CSCO +1.5%.
  Dow laggards: DV -2.6%. JPM -0.5%. PFE -0.5%. AXP -0.5%. BA -0.4%. Comment!

• Monday, June 29, 2009

• 15:11 PM Dow leaders: HPQ +3.5%. DD +2.8%. MRK +2.6%. BA +2%.
  Dow laggards: AA -3%. DV -2%. Comment!

• Tuesday, June 9, 2009

• 10:43 AM AXP leads Dow gainers after getting the green light to exit TARP, +2.5%. Also: INTC +2.4%. AA +2.3%. DV +1.5%. Laggards: BA -2.2%. UTX -2%. HPQ -1.3%. Comment!

• Tuesday, June 2, 2009

• 11:44 AM Here's how the Dow/S&P inductees and rejects are faring: DV +4%. TRV +2.7%. CSCO +0.5%. GM -10%. C -4%. 2 Comments
• 07:19 AM After getting booted from the DJIA yesterday, GM will be removed from the S&P 500 at the end of trading today, and will be replaced by DeVry (DV). Comment!

• Thursday, April 23, 2009

• 16:04 PM DeVry (DV): FQ3 EPS of $0.70 beats by $0.03. Revenue of $392M (+34.7%) vs. $388M. Shares -3.5% AH. (PR) Comment!
• 15:10 PM Notable earnings after Thursday's close: ACF, AMGN, AMZN, ATHR, AXP, BNI, BUCY, CAKE, CB, CF, CNW, CRBC, CYH, CYN, DDR, DDUP, DV, EMN, FII, INFA, JNPR, KLAC, MHK, MSCC, MSFT, NFLX, PKI, PMCS, RIO, RMBS, RVBD, SPWRA, STAR, STSA, SWKS, SYNA, WDC, WFR, YRCW Comment!