FirstAlert[tm] 2/23: Another Leg Down
The Investrend Earnings Calendar features Bidz.com (NASDAQ: BIDZ), expected at $0.13; Campbell Soup (NYSE: CPB), expected at $0.64; DTE Energy (NYSE: DTE), expected at $0.98; The9 (NASDAQ: NCTY), expected at $0.49.
The Investrend Economics Calendar lists Treasury auctions 3&6-month bills.
The Investrend Events Calendar showcases GG, NEM, ABX, KGC at BMO Capital Markets 2009 Global Metals & Mining Conference; IT, ESI, WMI, UTI at Credit Suisse Group Global Services Conference.
The Investrend Money Index is an indicator of the depth of market direction or indirection. While not always including the same stocks, the NYSE/NASDAQ 50 Most Actives indicate the direction in which the mass of money is flowing. Last session's trading showed 22 advancers versus 28 decliners. Advancers were led by Huntington Bancshares Incorpora (NASDAQ: HBAN) up 32.04%, Mylan Inc. (NYSE: MYL) up 8.99%. Decliners followed Citigroup Inc (NYSE: C) down 22.31%, Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ: FITB) down 14.88%, Hartford Fin Svc (NYSE: HIG) down 12.16%, Wells Fargo & Co New (NYSE: WFC) down 9.16%, Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ: ADBE) down 7.68%, Companhia Vale Ads (NYSE: RIO) down 7.61%, Research In Motion Limited (NASDAQ: RIMM) down 6.99%, Gen Electric Co (NYSE: GE) down 6.76%.
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Quote of the Day: "Quotes from Mao, Castro, and Che Guevara... are as germane to our highly technological, computerized society as a stagecoach on a jet runway at Kennedy airport." Saul Alinsky
Today is: Shrove Monday, Iwo Jima Day.
Happy Birthday: Samuel Pepys, W.E.B. DuBois, Peter Fonda, Fred Biletnikoff, Johnny Winter, Patricia Richardson, Brad Whitford, Michael Dell, Dakota Fanning.
Today in History: Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible in 1455, the first Western book printed from movable type. The Siege of the Alamo began in San Antonio, Texas, in 1836. President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrived secretly in Washington, DC, in 1861, after an assassination attempt in Baltimore, Maryland. Walter Winfield patented a game called "sphairistike" in 1874, now more commonly called lawn tennis. The French Riviera was hit by a large earthquake in 1887, killing around 2,000. Rudolf Diesel received a patent for the diesel engine in 1893. In 1903, Cuba leased Guantanamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity." In 1995, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 30.28 to close at 4,003.33, closing above 4,000 for the first time. Osama bin Laden published a fatwa in 1998 declaring jihad against all Jews and Crusaders.
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