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New PriceWatch Alerts for C, WMT, CAT, BIIB, and BBT
April 30 - 8:30 AM EST - Before the open... PriceWatch Alerts for
C, WMT, CAT, BIIB, and BBT, Market Overview, News Leaders and
Laggards, Today's Economic Calendar, and the Quote Of The Day.
QUOTE OF THE DAY -------------------------------------------------
"The North American turnaround is occurring."
-- Ray Young, Chief Financial Officer, General Motors (GM)
New PriceWatch Alerts for C, WMT, CAT, BIIB, and BBT
PRICEWATCH ALERTS - HIGH RETURN COVERED CALL OPTIONS--------------
-- Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C)
Last Price 26.32 - SEP 25.00 CALL OPTION@ $3.00 -> 7.2% Return
(18.4% Annualized) assigned*
-- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT)
Last Price 58.61 - SEP 57.50 CALL OPTION@ $3.95 -> 5.2% Return
(13.3% Annualized) assigned*
-- Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT)
Last Price 81.51 - AUG 80.00 CALL OPTION@ $6.00 -> 5.9% Return
(20.1% Annualized) assigned*
-- Biogen Idec Inc. (Nasdaq: BIIB)
Last Price 61.33 - JUN 60.00 CALL OPTION@ $4.00 -> 4.7% Return
(32.7% Annualized) assigned*
-- BB & T Corp. (NYSE: BBT)
Last Price 34.79 - JUN 35.00 CALL OPTION@ $1.75 -> 5.9% Return
(41.6% Annualized) assigned*
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NEWS LEADERS AND LAGGARDS-----------------------------------------
So far today, Jones Apparel, Kraft Foods, and Procter & Gamble lead
the list of companies with the most news stories while Corinthian
Colleges, Inc. and Beckman Coulter, Inc. are showing a spike in
news. Microsoft, Oracle Corp., and SAP AG have the highest srtIndex
scores to top the list of companies with positive news while
General Motors and Alexion Pharmaceuticals lead the list of
companies with negative news reports. IBM Corp. has popped up with
a high positive news sraIndex score.
MARKET OVERVIEW---------------------------------------------------
Results from overseas trading were not positive last night, as six
of nine reporting Asian/Pacific markets are down and eight of nine
reporting European markets are down. The Japan Nikkei is down 0.32%
and the British FTSE 100 is down 0.51%, while the China Shanghai
Composite is up 4.82% and the Austria ATX is up 0.65%.
Crude futures are up slightly this morning after getting pushed
much lower yesterday. Front month crude is currently trading at
116.04. Heating oil, natural gas and gasoline are all also
marginally higher. In metals, gold is off by 0.5%, while silver is
up fractionally and copper is off just a little.
TODAY'S ECONOMIC CALENDAR ----------------------------------------
8:15 a.m. Apr ADP Employment
8:30 a.m Q1 GDP
8:30 a.m Q1 Chain Deflator
8:30 a.m Q1 Employment Cost Index
9:45 a.m Apr Chigaco PMI
10:30 a.m 04/26 Crude Inventories
2:15 p.m FOMC Policy Statement
EARNINGS EXPECTED TODAY (w/current estimates) --------------------
AKAM 0.39
ALU -0.02
AYE 0.78
AW 0.17
CTX -2.43
CL 0.88
CEG 1.29
CMI 0.89
DF N/A
FISV 0.76
FPL 0.80
GM -1.54
HES 2.01
IACI 0.30
IR 0.73
IP 0.50
JDSU 0.13
JNY N/A
K 0.76
KFT 0.40
LVS 0.36
MWV -0.01
MIL 0.78
MUR 1.93
NOV 1.09
OMX N/A
PG 0.87
PRU 1.82
RAI 1.15
SEE 0.39
SO 0.41
SBUX 0.15
SUN -0.40
SYMC 0.34
IPG -0.16
TWC 0.22
TWX 0.23
UNM 0.57
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