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!!!