Wednesday, February 16, 2011

THIS WEEK'S MARKET MOVERS

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Courtesy of ChartsEdge
Monday:
Economic: N/A.

Earnings:
 In the glittery spotlight, MGM Resorts (MGM) is expected to produce a slightly smaller loss of (0.22) per share versus the prior year's (0.25). Peer Wynn Resorts (WYNN) broke out last week from a four week flat base pattern shaped on top of an eight week cup and finishing at fresh two-plus year highs. Technically, MGM shares have shaped a similar weekly cup with a slightly "high handle" of four weeks that's pulled back inside the larger base.

Others Premarket: Administaff (ASF), Diebold (DBD), China MY Wind Power (MY), STEC (STEC), Valspar (VAL)

After Hours:
Agilent (A), Arch (ACGL), FMC Tech (FTI), Marriott (MAR), Ultra Clean Hldg (UCTT), Walter Energy (WLT).

Tuesday:
Economic: Retail Sales (0.5% & 0.6% vs. 0.6% & 0.5% prior), Empire (16.0 vs. 11.92), Import / Export, Bus Invs (0.7% vs. 0.2%), NAHB (16 vs. 16).

Earnings:  Capella (
CPLA), CIT Group (CIT), Fossil (FOSL), Host Hotels (HST), Marsh McLennan (MMC), Omnicom (OMC), Qwest (Q), Sirius (SIRI), United Thera (UTHR), Zebra (ZBRA).

After Hours:
Computer hardware giant Dell (DELL) is expected to post profit growth of 32% on earnings of $0.37 per share. Technically, shares have been carving out a bullish weekly "W" or double bottom pattern the past four months with a handle developing about midway in the base construction.   

Others: Analog Devices (
ADI), Bob Evan's (BOBE), J2 Global (JCOM), Nabors (NBR), Pan Am Silver (PAAS), Rovi (ROVI), Tesla (TSLA), ValueClick (VCLK).

Small cap business software outfit Sapient (
SAPE) has been busy putting together a nice four-month long "W" after breaking out above multi-year resistance back in the spring of 2010. Analysts expect a flat year-over-year profit of $0.11 per share. However, IBD maintains a Composite Rating of 89, 92 EPS rating and B+ Acc/Dist Rating with only its RS of 71, a result of its long base development, a less obvious blemish.

Wednesday:
Economic: Mortgage Apps, Weekly Crude, Housing Starts & Permits (540K & 580K vs. 529K & 635K prior), PPI & Core (0.7% & 0.2% vs. 1.1% & 0.2%), IP & CU (0.6% & 76.4% vs. 0.8% & 76%), Fed Minutes.

Earnings: Abercrombie (
ANF), Comcast (CMCSA), Deere (DE), OfficeMax (OMX), Owens Corning (OC), PF Chang's (PFCB), WellCare (WCG).

After Hours: Agnico-Eagle (
AEM), Cliffs Nat (CLF), Express Scripts (ESRX), Hecla (HL), NetApp (NTAP), NVIDIA (NVDA), Oceaneering (OII), O'Reilly (ORLY), Peet's (PEET), Skechers (SKX).

Thursday:
Economic: Weekly Claims (410K vs. 383K), Continuing (3.90M vs. 3.88M), CPI & Core (0.3% & 0.1% vs. 0.5% & 0.1%), Leading indicators (0.2% vs. 1.0%) and Philly Fed (21.9 vs. 19.3).


Earnings:
Apache (APA), Barrick Gold (ABX), Hyatt (H), Liz Claiborne (LIZ), Reliance Steel (RS), Revlon (REV), SPX (SPW), Strayer (STRA), Toro (TTC), Waste Mgt (WM), Weight Watchers (WTW).

After Hours:
Blue Coat (BCSI), Brocade (BRCD), Bucyrus (BUCY), CF Ind (CF), First Solar (FSLR), Hittite Micro (HITT), Intuit (INTU), Nordstrom (JWN), Red Robin (RRGB), Sunpower (SPWRA).

Friday:
Economic:  N/A.
Earnings: Barnes (
B), Brookfield (BAM), Calpine (CPN), Campbell (CPB), Progress Energy (PGN), Ship Finance (SFL), Ultra Petrol (UPL), Yingli Energy (YGE).

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