Friday Picks

At end of day 8/14/2009:

Market Monitor
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Trin (Up/Down) 0.0868844969272385
Market Val Change $-1,685,198,161
Number of stocks up 4% plus breakout on high volume 36
Number of stocks down 4% plus breakout on high volume 131
Number of stocks up 4% plus down move on high volume 6
Number of stocks down 4% plus up move on high volume 71
Number of stocks up 25% or more in past quarter 1485
Number of stocks down 25% or more in past quarter 76
Number of stocks up 50% or more in past month 101
Number of stocks down 50% or more in past month 3
Number of stocks up 25% or more in past month 505
Number of stocks down 25% or more in past month 21
Number of stocks up 100% or more from year low 1636
Number of stocks down 100% or more from year high 960
Number of stocks up 200% or more from year low 626
Number of stocks down 200% or more from year high 432
Number of stocks up 4% plus and up 100% or more from year low 31
Number of stocks down 4% plus and down 100% or more from year high 128
Number of stocks up 4% plus and up 200% or more from year low 16
Number of stocks down 4% plus and down 200% or more from year high 71
Number of stocks down at year high 95
Number of stocks down at year low 38

+*!ARIA, ARIAD PHARM INC (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $1.95 - $1.81
BBT, BB&T CP (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $28.23 - $25.56
_CORS, CORUS BKSHS INC (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $0.49 - $0.38
_DSGX, DESCARTES SYS GRP (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $4.15 - $4.02
+@GLDD, GREAT LAKES DRG D (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $6.3 - $5.96
+_GRZ, GOLD RESERVE INC (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $0.56 - $0.53
_!RMBS, RAMBUS INC (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $17.75 - $16.44
_RTK, RENTECH INC (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $1.4 - $1.18
SCSS, SELECT COMFORT CP (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $3.11 - $2.94
!SIF, SIFCO INDUSTRIES (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $12.48 - $10.69
+!@VIT, VANCEINFO TECH AD (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $16.25 - $15.5
_*YSI, U-STORE-IT TRUST (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $5.9 - $5.61

I've sold all but long term trades due to market uncertainty. The market timings indicate corrections for FPFC. The overall market is correcting from a large gain over the past few weeks. I'm not sure if it is only a pullback correction or the start of a new downtrend.

Friday Picks

At end of day 8/7/2009:

Market Monitor
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Trin (Up/Down) 7.25047050199226
Market Val Change $3,844,295,360
Number of stocks up 4% plus breakout on high volume 252
Number of stocks down 4% plus breakout on high volume 45
Number of stocks up 4% plus down move on high volume 11
Number of stocks down 4% plus up move on high volume 22
Number of stocks up 25% or more in past quarter 1096
Number of stocks down 25% or more in past quarter 114
Number of stocks up 50% or more in past month 244
Number of stocks down 50% or more in past month 4
Number of stocks up 25% or more in past month 1145
Number of stocks down 25% or more in past month 28
Number of stocks up 100% or more from year low 1716
Number of stocks down 100% or more from year high 964
Number of stocks up 200% or more from year low 624
Number of stocks down 200% or more from year high 433
Number of stocks up 4% plus and up 100% or more from year low 322
Number of stocks down 4% plus and down 100% or more from year high 56
Number of stocks up 4% plus and up 200% or more from year low 144
Number of stocks down 4% plus and down 200% or more from year high 46
Number of stocks down at year high 183
Number of stocks down at year low 58

+_AHS, AMN HEALTHCARE SV (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $8.54 - $7.35
+*!@AIRM, AIR METHODS CP (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $31.6 - $29.35
+_**ARII, AMERICAN RAILCAR (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $9 - $8.25
_ARP, AMERICAN REPRO CO (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $10.11 - $9.41
_AVCA, ADVOCAT INC (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $3.98 - $3.74
+AYR, AIRCASTLE LTD CMN (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $9.63 - $7.91
+_BBI, BLOCKBUSTER INC (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $0.92 - $0.8
BLDR, BUILDERS FIRSTSOU (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $8.31 - $6.84
+_CBS, CBS CORP CL B (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $10.81 - $9.56
+@CCOI, COGENT COMM GROUP (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $11 - $9.39
+EBS, EMERGENT BIOSOLUT (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $16.21 - $14.68
+_*@FFG, FBL FINANCIAL GRO (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $16.37 - $11.96
_FOE, FERRO CP (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $6.89 - $6.14
GETI, GENTEK INC (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $26.92 - $24.08
GMCR, GREEN MT COF ROAS (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $69.9 - $67.19
+GOL, GOL LINHAS AEREAS (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $8.73 - $7.98
HANS, HANSEN NATURAL CO (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $36.09 - $34.54
_HH, HOOPER HOLMES INC (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $0.66 - $0.48
*INT, WORLD FUEL SVCS C (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $47.55 - $44.33
*IPG, INTERPUBLIC GROUP (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $6.06 - $5.56
+!KAMN, KAMAN CORPORATION (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $21.02 - $18.61
+!KNOT, THE KNOT INC (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $9.92 - $9.01
_LIZ, LIZ CLAIBORNE INC (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $4.18 - $3.93
+_LVB, STEINWAY MUSICAL (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $11.97 - $11.12
MAR, MARRIOT INT CL A (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $25.28 - $22.82
_MEG, MEDIA GENERAL CL (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $6.93 - $5.39
_MRT, MORTON'S REST GRP (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $4.83 - $4.05
NASB, NASB FINANCIAL IN (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $30 - $27.95
+NFG, NATL FUEL GAS CO (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $44.71 - $40.75
+*!OMPI, OBAGI MEDICAL (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $8.43 - $7.92
+*^*!OPLK, OPLINK COMMUNICAT (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $14.1 - $13.69
_*!PRO, PROS HOLDINGS INC (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $8.05 - $7.5
_*RSTI, ROFIN-SINAR TECHS (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $23.54 - $21.9
+_SD, SANDRIDGE ENERGY (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $10.87 - $9.4
+_SPPR, SUPERTEL HOSPITAL (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $1.8 - $1.7
TAM, TAM S.A. ADS (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $13.5 - $12.65
+!THS, TREEHOUSE FOODS I (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $36.25 - $33.8
_UCBH, UCBH HOLDINGS INC (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $1.6 - $1.45
WNS, WNS (HOLDINGS) LI (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $15.5 - $12.6
_YSI, U-STORE-IT TRUST (Google Yahoo Earnings Chart) $6.2 - $5.82

The market is mixed, a few stocks at all time lows increasing a few points are having a larger percentage increase than many stocks at higher prices lowering. For example, Ford is in a corrective downtrend while FPFC is in an uptrend over the past few days. Either one could make a sudden correction to the reverse, but the overall sentiment on wall street is positive and I don't know why. Most of the news coming in is bad and there is so much manipulation of reported numbers that nobody should trust them (GDP, unemployment, cost of living, etc.)

Some speculators in energy have taken an early start in buying commodities. The summer low has in the past lasted through November, now it seem to be picking up in August?! That's crazy!!!