Market Currents

• Thursday, December 3, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: ABK +18%. TPI +17%. PIR +9%. CYTR +7%. AIB +7%. TGB +6%. RYAAY +5%. THC +5%. MBI +4%. DLM +4%. DRYS +4%. BAC +3%.
  Losers: PLCE -10%. ARO -8%. ENDP -9%. APWR -7%. SNPS -7%. ANF -7%. STEM -5%. DYAX -4%. Comment!

• Friday, November 27, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: Short ETFs (EDZ, DTO, SCO, TZA, FXP, EEV, FAZ, SPXU BGZ, VXX, TWM, SMN...)
  Losers: ING -18%. LYG -11%. CBAK -8%. MGM -8%. NG -8%. SQNM -8%. MBI -7%. AIB -7%. HBC -7%. BCS -7%. RBS -7%. TS -7%. HL -7%. APWR -7%. RTK -7%. SNV -7%. MPEL -7%. CHLN -6%. PMI -6%. AEG -6%. DB -6%. KGC -6%. IAG -6%. NBG -6%. EGO -6%. ESLR -6%. AU -6%. NLST -6%. EGLE -6%. JASO -6%. EXM -6%. SOLF -6%. AUG -6%. 1 Comment

• Wednesday, November 11, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: CHLN +42%. TOL +7%. ING +6%. RFMD +5%. MPEL +5%. HOV +5%. ALU +4%. MBI +4%. HL +4%. GSS +4%. ABK +4%.
  Losers: HEB -14%. IRE -5%. M -4%. CVM -4%. Comment!

• Tuesday, November 10, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: PCLN +11%. AVNR +10%. JASO +8%. AIG +8%. RAX +8%. BZH +7%. ALV +4%. QGEN +4%. RTK +4%.
  Losers: MBI -13%. ABK -7%. CPST -7%. FLR -6%. BCS -5%. NS -5%. AIB -5%. ALU -4%. VOD -4%. S -4%. Comment!

• Monday, November 9, 2009

• 16:24 PM MBIA (MBI): Q3 EPS of -$3.50 misses by $2.45. Total consolidated revenue of $-620M, incorporating an $810M unrealized loss on insured credit dervatives. Shares -14% AH. (PR) Comment!
• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: EWBC +51%. ARIA +14%. RSH +11%. FUQI +10%. SAY +9%. TSFG +7%. NCS +7%. JASO +6%. DISH +6%. CVM +6%. AIB +6%. ANF +6%. RTP +5%. MBI +5%. NG +4%. LVS +4%. SLW +4%. HL +4%. GFI +4%. SWKS +4%. BHP +4%. FAS +4%. TGB 4%. XOMA +4%. Comment!
• 00:10 AM Notable postmarket earnings: ARNA, CCO, ERTS, FLR, HOLX, LGF, LYV, MBI, MDR, PCLN, QGEN, RAX, SLW, SQNM Comment!

• Wednesday, November 4, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: GNVC +36%. ABK +26%. PACR +25%. IRE +20%. ACAS +18%. AIB +11%. MBI +9%. PMI +8%. ARNA +7%. HIG +7%. RDN +6%. EXM +6%. ALU +6%. MPEL +6%. XOMA +5%. IBN +5%. MGM +5%. GRMN +5%. DRIV +4%. FAS +4%. FRE +4%. RCL +4%. ING +4%. VGZ +4%.
  Losers: STEC -31%. VG -8%. CVM -6%. CCI -6%. BHI -4%. Comment!

• Tuesday, September 29, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: GCI +25%. MNI +15%. CIT +14%. WAG +10%. NYT +9%. CVS +5%.
  Losers: SQNM -41%. MBI -9%. Comment!

• Monday, September 28, 2009

• 17:37 PM S&P lowers MBIA's (MBI) insurance unit rating to junk status, noting that losses on its structured finance products from 2005-2007 could be higher than S&P had expected. [[MBI]] -3.9% AH. 1 Comment

• Friday, August 28, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: SVA +19%. OVTI +15%. ARUN +14%. CIT +12%. JCG +8%. AIG +8%. TIF +7%. MRVL +7%. ABK +7%. MBI +5%. PMI +5%. ZQK +5%. DELL +5%. CHU +4%. C +4%.
  Losers: ALTH -8%. Comment!

• Tuesday, August 11, 2009

• 12:36 PM MBIA (MBI) now down 16.2% after JPMorgan Chase cuts the bond insurer to "underperform," saying it thinks the company's tangible book value is negative, contrasted with MBIA's own BV report of $2.8B ($13/share). Comment!
• 09:05 AM Premarket gainers: AVNR +79%. ANPI +29%. FNM +14%. LGF +11%. KFN +8%. WEN +5%. CNB +4%.
  Losers: CIT -24%. WH -19%. MBI -11%. AKRX -11%. CPST -9%. HPT -8%. SPH -7%. AEG -6%. BWP -5%. LYG -5%. DYN -4%. S -4%. RBS -4%. RBS -4%. Comment!

• Thursday, August 6, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: RTK +161%. SXCI +27%. MBI +20%. CSIQ +19%. ABK +18%. FNM +18%. AIG +15%. AIB +14%. THOR +11%. GNW +11%. CIT +9%. CBEY +9%. CRIS +9%. UDR +9%. CYTR +8%. M +9%. BZ +7%. UN +7%. LYG +7%. PMI +6%. ETFC +6%. WEN +5%. FIG +5%. BCS +5%. KFN +5%. HIG +5%. BEAT +4%. SOL +4%. GPS +4%. DRL +4%. YGE +4%. CHK +4%. CETV +4%. TLAB +4%. BCE +4%. C +5%. ONNN +4%. LDK +4%. HBAN +4%. Comment!

• Wednesday, August 5, 2009

• 16:24 PM MBIA (MBI): Q2 EPS of $4.30 not comparable to consensus of -$0.92. Shares +10.3% AH. (PR) Comment!
• 00:10 AM Notable earnings after Wednesday's close: ACF, ALL, ATVI, ATW, BEAT, BEXP, BGC, CECO, CSCO, CTB, CXW, EGLE, GLBL, GXP, HCN, IO, KEG, MBI, MUR, NHP, NWS.A, OEH, ONNN, PRU, REG, RWT, SCI, SHO, SUN, TS, VRTX Comment!