Watchlist for October 4, 2006

Note: We had to move my site to a different server last night so you may see some strange behaviour (blank pages) on the site for a while today. For me, hitting refresh on my browser fixes the problem of blank pages. Also, I think there are some comments that got posted and lost while the move was being done. I'll try to repost those comments once everything is stable again.

We've got a little bit of weakness thos morning. Wal-Mart, a Dow component, is down 2.5% so that will likely put a damper on the new-high party. Perhaps I won't throw my bear costume in the closet just yet...

On Today's Calendar:

10:00 AM -- Factory Orders
10:00 AM -- ISM Services
10:30 AM -- Crude Inventories

More Calendars: U.S. Earnings | Conf. Calls | Surprises | IPO | Economic

Potential swing trades:

See one of the recent 'Chart Reading' posts for some potential swing candidates.

Potential day trades:

(From Briefing.com)

Gapping Down

AH -11.5% (guides sharply lower), HWAY -7.7% (guides AugQ below consensus), TIVO -7.2% (court allows sale of rival DVR; Bear Stearns downgrade; Kaufman reits Sell, lowers tgt to $5 from $7), WCI -6.7% (guides lower; also UBS downgrade), AVII -6.1% (disappointing clinical data), ACOR -5.7% (announces private placement), GERN -4.7%, LWSN -4.5% (reports AugQ), DIVX -3.4% (on Mad Money, Cramer says it's time to take profit after recent run-up), SIRF -3.1% (negative DigiTimes article), AMAB -2.7%, WMT -2.4% (lowers Sept comp guidance), XMSR -2.2% (Q3 subs below consensus), SYMC -2.2% (FBR downgrade), ISIL -1.9% (Piper downgrade), F -1.7% (Bear Stearns downgrade).

Gapping Up

IMCL +8.4% (co discloses that Icahn rejected a $36/sh offer from a major pharmaceutical co; IMCL uses this as an example why shareholders should reject Icahn's attempt to dislodge board members), OMG +6.8% (guides sharply higher), CTDC +18% (extends yesterday's 19% move), SKS +5.3% (declares $4/sh special dividend), BOBE +5% (Sept same store sales), ARNA +4.3% (Cramer bullish on Mad Money), WWW +4% (reports Q3 results; Matrix upgrade), MED +3.8% (CNBC stock picking champ Thomas Ko buying MED), LMIA +3.6% (announces Gulfstream contract), ARRS +3.2% (Cramer bullish on Mad Money), ONNN +2.9%, CCOI +2.8% (RBC upgrade), SIRI +2.2% (announces subscriber data), HGSI +1.8% (reports significant progress on commercialization), CBEY +1.8% (prices offering), VLO +1.5% (provides guidance), MRVL +1.2% (recovers a bit after yesterday's 12% sell off), GM +1.2% (amends governance policies; Bear Stearns upgrade), Under $3: AVAN +18% (signs deal with Pfizer)