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- Friday, 10 Jun 2011 2:39 PM ETBy: Giovanny Moreano
What follows is a look at stocks in the S&P 1,500 index [.SPSUP Loading... ()
] displaying unusual volume in today's trading session.
The list is arranged by large, mid and small-cap companies.Large-Cap Stocks Trading 20% Above Their 10-Day Avg.
Mid-Cap Stocks Trading 20% Above Their 10-Day Avg.Small-Cap Stocks Trading 100% Above Their 10-Day Avg.
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Send comments to: - Friday, 10 Jun 2011 12:47 PM ET
The Dow [.DJI Loading... ()
] fell below the 12,000-mark on today's trading session, reaching its lowest level since March 21, 2011. Indeed, the index has dropped about 890 points or 7 percent since it hit a 3-year high on May 2, 2011, when it traded as high as 12,876.
At the current levels, the Dow is off by about 16 percent from its all-time intraday high of 14,198.10 reached on October 11, 2007.
Here is a snapshot of where the markets stood the last time the Dow traded below 12,000, as well as the first time the index ever hit this mark.
March 18, 2011: The last time the Dow closed below 12,000- Dow closed at 11,858.52
- S&P closed at 1,279.20
- NASDAQ closed at 2,643.67
- Oil settled at $101.07 per barrel
- Gallon of US regular conventional was $3.56 (EIA)
- Gold settled at $1,416.1
- 10-yr note yielded 2.9 percent
October 18, 2006: The first time the Dow closed above 12,000
- Dow closed at 12,011.73
- S&P closed at 1,366.96
- NASDAQ closed at 2,340.94
- Oil settled at $58.5 per barrel
- Gallon of US regular conventional was $2.226 (EIA)
- Gold settled at $602.5
- 10-yr note yielded 4.786 percent
Among the major S&P 500 sectors, health care stocks have outperformed all the major groups since March 18, 2011, posting a gain of 9 percent. On the contrary, financial companies are down the most, with a loss of 10 percent.
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Send comments to:Data source: CNBC Analytics, Capital IQ and Thomson Reuters
- Thursday, 9 Jun 2011 2:26 PM ETBy:
Erin Barry, CNBC Producer and Giovanny Moreano, Quantitative Analyst Corn futures are trading near all-time highs and look to climb even higher as the U.S. crop faces tight supplies and surging demand.
Today's government crop report reduced its 2011-2012 harvest outlook to 13.2 billion bushels. That's down 2.3 percent since its May forecast.Excessive midwest rains devastated areas of the corn belt, allowing farmers to plant just 90.7 million acres, a drop from the forecast of 92.2 million last month.
While corn acreage is the second largest since World War II, the government is predicting the second tightest supply since the 1930s.
So what does this mean for your wallet?
As the summer season kicks off, smaller supply and increasing demand will essentially affect what you pay for activities such as picnics and BBQs.
As corn prices head to the roof, the food chain is also impacted. Farmers paying higher costs for corn used to feed live cattle and pork will pass along those costs to consumers.
Also, almost 40 percent of corn goes to ethanol production, so the supply for grocery shoppers gets even tighter.
Here is a look at some of the agricultural stocks that may also be affected by rising food costs:- DuPont [DD
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- Monsanto [MON
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- Smithfield [SFD
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- Tyson [TSN
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Did you know...
Corn is the biggest U.S. crop, valued at a record $66.7 billion in 2010. And the U.S. is the world’s biggest producer and exporter.5 Biggest Corn Producing States
Source: USDA
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- Wednesday, 8 Jun 2011 4:35 PM ETBy: Yolaiki Gonzalez
The Dow & the S&P finished down for the sixth consecutive day today, with the Dow Industrial Average [.DJIA Loading... ()
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] down 4.9% in the last six days as of Wednesday’s closing levels. The last time that both major US equity indexes were down for six straight days in a row at the start of a month simultaneously was on October 8th, 2008, at the height of the financial crisis. In October 2008 both the Dow & the S&P recorded 8-consecutive days of declines that ended on October 10, as the Dow had tumbled 2399.46 points or 22.11 percent and the S&P had declined 267.14 points or 22.9 percent. However, our current 6 day drop is more modest when compared to the October 2008’s losing streak.Today, the Dow posted its longest daily losing streak since July 2nd, 2010 when the Dow ended down for 7 days in a row, and shed 611.96 points or 5.94 percent on this 7-consecutive day period of declines. The S&P recorded today its longest daily consecutive drop since the six-day ended losing streak of February 23rd, 2009 when it fell 91.86 points or 11 percent for this period.
In the past 21 years and excluding the current streak, the S&P has had losing streaks of 6 days or more, only 14 times in 2009, 2008, 2002, 2000, 1999, 1996, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, and 1990. See the table below for S&P’s biggest losing streaks of 6 days or more in the past 21 years. Thus, with our historical data going as far back as 1928, the biggest daily losing streak on record for the S&P was a 12-day losing streak that ended on 5/9/1966 when the S&P posted a decline of 6.6 percent for this 12-day period.
All the Dow components are now down for the past six days, and leading the Dow’s 6 day slide are: Bank of America [BAC Loading... ()
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Comments? Send them to - Wednesday, 8 Jun 2011 11:31 AM ETBy: Giovanny Moreano
Each quarter near the end of the earnings season, CNBC's Analytics team publishes a list of 20 stocks in the S&P 500 trading at the greatest premiums or discounts to their analysts’ consensus target prices.
Since our last “20 Stocks with the Potential to Drop” list was published on November 30, 2010, 14 companies underperformed the S&P 500 [.SPX Loading... ()
] index, which is up nearly nine percent over the same period.
Note that two companies within the list were acquired: Massey Energy and King Pharamaceuticals (This was also the case from the list published on September 22, 2010, in which Novell was bought out).
Of the remaining stocks, nine are either flat or down, with Monster Worldwide [MWW Loading... ()] taking the first spot, down 41 percent, followed by American International Group [AIG
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At the current levels, only 12 companies or about two percent of the S&P 500 components are expected to drop in price four percent or more, according to analysts' estimates compiled by CNBC. Could this be a sign of an overly optimistic market?
Here is a look at how the entire group performed since it was published, and make sure to be on lookout for the new list, which will be available on cnbc.com this afternoon.
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Comments? Send them to - Tuesday, 7 Jun 2011 11:44 AM ETBy: Giovanny Moreano
Following Apple's launch of iCloud, a wireless service that allows users to access their content from any device connected to the Internet, CNBC.com gathered some facts and figures on the growth of the company in recent years.
Led by legendary CEO Steve Jobs, the company's market cap value has gone from $4.8 billion back in the year 2000 to $312.6 billion today, an increase of about 6,413 percent in the past 11 years.
Apple was founded in 1976 by Jobs and partners Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. Less than a year later, Wayne sold his stake to Jobs and Wozniak for only $800.
Since then, Apple [AAPL Loading... ()
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When Apple went public in 1980, its initial public offering was the most successful since Ford [F Loading... ()
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here are some key facts and figures about Apple:Stock Performance & Valuation
- Close on June 6, 2011: $338.04
- Median Price Target: $450 (Source: Thomson One)
- All-time intraday high: $364.9 on February 16, 2011
- All-time closing high: $363.13 on February 16, 2011
- Apple's P/E: 16.11
- S&P Tech Sector Average P/E: 29.9
- Price / Book: 5.31x
- TEV / EBITDA (Latest Twelve Months): 11.30x
Percent Change
- YTD: 5%
- 1-Year: 32%
- 3-Year: 82%
- 5-Year: 466%
- 10-Year: 3,161%
- 20-Year: 2,800%
Revenues:
- Revenue LTM (Mar-26-11) : $87.5 billion
- Revenue Growth Against the Same 12-Month Period Last Year: 71%
- Latest Qtr: $24.5 billion (Q3 2011)
- Forecast 2011 Revenue: $103.4 billion
Earnings:
- 2010 EPS: $15.15
- EPS Growth (2009-10): 141%
- Latest Qtr: $6.40 (Q3 2011)
- Forecast 2011 EPS: $24.74
Analysts' Recommendations:
- Strong Buy: 24
- Buy: 22
- Hold: 3
- Sell: 1
- Underperform: 0
Three Highest Paid Executives
- Timothy Cook
- Chief Operating Officer since October 2005
- Joined Apple Computer Inc. in 1998 as Senior Vice President of worldwide operations
- Total Calculated Compensation*: $59.1M
- Peter Oppenheimer, Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President
- Total Annual Compensation: $29.8M
- Ronald Johnson, Senior Vice President of Retail
- Total Annual Compensation: $29.8M
*Total Calculated compensation figures from Capital IQ include salary, bonuses, estimated stock options and other incentives.
Note: Steve Jobs was reappointed as Chief Executive Officer, Director of Apple Inc. in June 2009. He has been the Director of Apple since 1997. Since 2004, however, Mr. Jobs total annual compensation stands at $1.Source: CNBC Analytics, Capital IQ and Thomson Reuters
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- Monday, 6 Jun 2011 10:28 AM ETBy: Robert Hum
Getty ImagesTicker Trivia Question: Which single-letter tickers are currently unassigned to any stocks? (Answer below.)
Although Groupon plans to trade under ticker “GRPN,” a notable omission from its filing is where it will trade. There is no mention on whether it intends to list on the NYSE [NYX Loading... ()] or the NASDAQ [NDAQ
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So far this year, the NYSE has won the fight over the number of IPO listings and amount of proceeds:
Number of IPO Listings This YearNYSE: 53
NASDAQ: 37
Total IPO Proceeds This YearNYSE: $23.4 billion
NASDAQ: $4.6 billion
Source: NYSE Euronext
Additionally, it’s noteworthy that Pandora Media [P Loading... ()] recently received a “coveted” single-letter ticker at the NYSE. Real estate website Zillow.com, which filed for its IPO back in April, has also received a single letter ticker “Z.” However, that company will be listing on the NASDAQ.
Ticker Trivia Answer: The remaining unassigned single letter tickers that are available are: I, J, Q, U, W. (Recall, Q recently returned to the pool after Qwest Communications was acquired by CenturyLink.)
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Send comments to: - Friday, 3 Jun 2011 2:27 PM ETBy: Giovanny Moreano
What follows is a look at stocks in the S&P 1,500 index [.SPSUP Loading... ()
] displaying unusual volume in today's trading session.
The list is arranged by large, mid and small-cap companies.Large-Cap Stocks Trading 30% Above Their 10-Day Avg.Mid-Cap Stocks Trading 30% Above Their 10-Day Avg.Small-Cap Stocks Trading 50% Above Their 10-Day Avg.
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Send comments to: - Friday, 3 Jun 2011 11:40 AM ET
Amid a flurry of recent poor economic data, the Dow and S&P 500 are now on track to close in negative territory for 5 straight weeks. During this time, the Dow is down about 5.1 percent, while the S&P is off 4.4 percent.
APAt the current levels, it will be the Dow’s first 5-week losing streak since July 2004 and its worst 5-week streak since October 2002. Meanwhile, the S&P [.SPX Loading... ()
] is having its first 5-week losing streak since July 2008, when it fell nearly 9 percent over that period.Since the overall market closed at multi-year highs on April 29, cyclical stocks have clearly led the retreat.
Here’s how the major indices, sectors and Dow 30 [.DJI Loading... ()
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The worst performing stock in the Dow in the past five weeks is Caterpillar [CAT Loading... ()
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Send comments to: - Thursday, 2 Jun 2011 4:43 PM ET
Fasten your seat belts, on the day of the last 13 job reports the Dow [.DJI Loading... ()
AP] has traded in a 156 point range on average, even though it ends the day roughly flat closing down about 0.22 percent.
The point swings on Jobs Friday are unusually volatile, and 7 times greater than the average closing change for the day.
Additionally, the average high for the CBOE Volatility Index [.VIX Loading... ()] on jobs day is 23.7 -- The VIX has been recently trading between 15 and 18.
The table below highlights the market performance during the last 13 job reports, as well as the day's high for the Volatility Index.
Tune in to CNBC tomorrow Friday, June 3 at 8:30AM, for the latest monthly employment figures.
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