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Zantrio.com Market Review for October 20, 2009

***** (AAPL) reportedly earned $1.82 a share on revenue of $9.87 billion; analysts had expected earnings of $1.42 a share on revenue of $9.21 billion. Shares of ***** soared more than 4% this morning after reaching record highs. Stocks fell with mixed reports, on earnings and also the housing market, the Commerce Department said housing starts increased to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 590,000 last month, up 0.5% from a revised 587,000 in October. Economists were expecting housing starts to increase to 610,000; overall starts are down over 28% from last September. Dow Jones Industrial average fell 54 points, the Nasdaq Composite fell 12 points and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index fell 6 points. Bond prices fell, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note rose to 3.41 from 3.38 Monday. Crude oil fell $0.52 to $79.09, gold rose $0.50 to $1,058.60.

Free Daily Stock Picks activity and results for October 20, 2009:

ATHR - position entry at 27.87, 1st Target Level hit for a gain of 0.42 points
WERN - position entry at 19.67PM, 3rd Target Level hit for a gain of 0.98 points
RX - position entry at 17.53, EOD price hit for a loss of 0.11 points
PKG - position entry at 20.41, 2nd Target Level hit for a gain of 0.61 points
WTNY - position entry at 8.83, EOD price hit for a gain of 0.13 points
EWZ - position entry at 73.90PM, 2nd Target Level hit for a gain of 2.22 points

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Thanks for the interesting update...

The worries about Dollar weakness have also seemed to affect policymakers to the North as the Bank of Canada left interest rates unchanged, a move that prompted traders to punish to Canadian Dollar on Tuesday.

Zantrio.com Free Daily Stock Picks 10-21-09

(SNDK) - buy
SanDisk reported Q3 profit, reversing a year-ago loss, as revenue climbed by 14 percent due to stronger demand and higher prices.

(CREE) - buy
Cree reported record revenue of $169.1 mil for Q1 fiscal 2010 representing 20% increase compared to Q1 last year.

(SLM) - buy
Sallie Mae reported 40% gain in net earnings for Q3.

(TUP) - buy
Tupperware Q3 earnings of $0.54 per share $0.12 better than consensus and issues upside guidance for FY09.

(CYMI) - short
Cymer gave a weak Q4 revenue outlook.

(ISRG) - short
Intuitive Surgical moved lower in after hour trading as macro- environment remains challenging near term.

(STX) - short
Seagate Tech reported that ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions makes it difficult to predict actual results which could differ materially from current expectations.

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Zantrio.com Market Review for October 21, 2009

Wells Fargo (WFC) reported they earned $3.24 billion, or 56 cents a share, in the third quarter, up from the $1.64 billion they earned in the same quarter last year, also topping analysts’ expectations of 37 cents per share. Morgan Stanley (MS) was able to post its first profitable earnings in a year today, the investment firm said they earned $757 million, or 38 cents per share, from $7.7 billion, a year earlier, analysts estimated $0.30 a share. Stocks rose with all of the positive earnings reports, Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 90 points, the Nasdaq Composite Index shed 14 points and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index shed 9 points. Bond prices rose, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note fell to 3.38 from 3.41 Tuesday, the dollar was mixed against other currencies. Crude oil rose $2.25 to $81.37, gold also rose $5.90 to $1,064.50.

Free Daily Stock Picks activity and results for October 21, 2009:

SNDK - position entry at 22.83, 3rd Target Level hit for a gain of 0.91 points
CREE - position entry at 43.18, 3rd Target Level hit for a gain of 1.73 points
SLM - position entry at 9.75PM, 3rd Target Level hit for a gain of 0.59 points
TUP - position entry at 46.14, 3rd Target Level hit for a gain of 1.85 points
CYMI - position entry at 37.30PM, 3rd Target Level hit for a gain of 1.49 points
ISRG - position entry at 254.90PM, 3rd Target Level hit for a gain of 10.20 points
STX - position entry at 15.15PM, EOD price hit for a loss of 0.08 points

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Zantrio.com Free Daily Stock Picks 10-22-09

(FFIV) - buy
F5 Networks reported Q4 $0.50 per share, $0.09 better than consensus of $0.41; revenues rose 2.3% yoy and issues upside guidance for Q1.

(AFFX) - short
Affymetrix missed Wall Street expectations.

(TEX) - short
Terex reported Q3 loss of $0.77 per share $0.43 worse than consensus of ($0.34); revenues fell 51.2% yoy and issues downside guidance for FY09.

(MAC) - short
M****ich lowered its earnings estimates from a range of $4.25 to $4.55 p/s to $3.50 to $3.80 per share.

(TQNT) - short
TriQuint Semiconductor Q3 profit slipped as revenue declined.

(CMG) - short
Chipotle Mexican Grill announced it has authorized a proposal to convert all outstanding shares of the company’s Class B common stock into shares of Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis.

(EQIX) - short
Equinix agreed to buy Switch & Data Facilities Co. in a cash and stock deal valued at about $689 million.

(ADS) - short
Alliance Data guides FY10 EPS below consensus and revenues below consensus.

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Zantrio.com Free Daily Stock Picks 10-23-09

(NTGR) - buy
NetGear Q4 revenue blew-by expectations with $170 million to $180 million better than the Street's expectations of $164.8 million.

(SYNA) - buy
Synaptics Q1 earnings of $0.48 p/s $0.06 better than consensus with net rev $119.6 mil an increase of nearly 3% of net rev for the Q1 fiscal 2009.

(ALGN) - buy
Align Tech Q3 $0.13 P/S, $0.08 better than consensus, rev rose 5.5% YOY and issues upside guidance for Q4.

(COLM) - buy
Columbia Sportswear raised its full-year revenue, earned $46.9 mil or $1.38 P/S, sales of $434.5 mil vs expectations of $1 P/S on rev of $400.3 mil.

(BNI) - short
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Q3 earnings fell 30%, earned $488 million or $1.42 P/S compared to $695 mil or $1.99 P/S a year ago.

(IBKR) - short
Interactive Brokers reports Q3 of $0.20 P/S, $0.11 worse than consensus, rev fell 45.3% YOY to $272 mln vs $297.6 mln consensus.

(SPWRA) - short
Sunpower reported a 48% drop in its fiscal Q3 profit, net income of $12.8 mil or 13 cents P/S, down from $24.7 mil or 29 cents P/S a year ago.

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Zantrio.com Free Daily Stock Picks 10-26-09

(BCRX) - buy
BioCryst received emergency use of peramivir from FDA, an experimental antiviral drug to treat swine flu aka H1N1 influenza.

(CA) - buy
CA CEO John Swainson indicated his company is seeing actual improvement in the economic climate and willingness of customers to discuss launching new strategic projects.

(NVE) - buy
NV Energy is using rigorous review process in effort to replace manual processes used for identity and access mgmt to make sustainable improvements in compliance mgmt and biz operations.

(RSH) - short
RadioShack'sQ3 earnings to be announced before the open, and an EPS of 30 cents, the consensus, less than that could tank the stock.

(HTE) - short
Harvest Energy Trust could begin to see some profit taking over recent surge.

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Zantrio.com Free Daily Stock Picks 10-27-09

(OLN) - buy
Olin reported Q3 earnings of $0.50 per share, $0.58 better than consensus of ($0.08); and issues upside guidance for Q4.

(ACGL) - buy
Arch Capital reportd Q3 EPS of $2.56 versus $2.45 consensus.

(WINN) - short
Winn-Dixie Stores posted a wider quarterly loss and gave a weak 2010 outlook.

(FELE) - short
Franklin Electric reported earnings of $0.37 for Q3 2009, a decrease of 50% compared to 2008 Q3 earnings per share of $0.74.

(RCII) - short
Rent-A-Center forecastS fiscal 2010 below expectations.

(VFC) - short
Zoran discontinues development of approach processors and issued lower-than-expected outlook for Q4.

(WMS) - short
WMS Industries outlook fell short of analyst expectations.

(LTD) - short
Limited *****s warned that October sales are trending below its expectations.

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Zantrio.com Market Review 10-27-09

Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index unexpectedly fell to 47.7 in October, its second-lowest reading since May, analysts predicted a reading of 53.1. Investors didn’t react well to the news sending stocks lower early in the trading session, however an upbeat report from the S&P/Case-Shiller 20-city home price report added confidence leading stocks to edge higher in the afternoon. The S&P/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index fell 11.3% in August from last year, marking the smallest decline in 19 months, analysts expected a drop of 11.9%. Stocks were mixed at the end of the trading session, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 13 points as the Nasdaq Composite Index fell 11 points, and the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index fell 2 points. Commodities were mixed, crude oil rose as gold fell, bond prices however were on the rise, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note fell to 3.45 from 3.57 Monday.

Free Daily Stock Picks activity and results for October 27, 2009:

ACGL - position entry at 69.43, Stop hit for a loss of 1.00 point
WINN - position entry at 12.45PM, 1st Target Level hit for a gain of 0.31 points
FELE - position entry at 28.14, 3rd Target Level hit for a gain of 1.13 points
RCII - position entry at 18.99PM, 2nd Target Level hit for a gain of 0.76 points
VFC - position entry at 74.36, 1st Target Level hit for a gain of 1.12 points
ZRAN - position entry at 9.20PM, 3rd Target Level hit for a gain of 0.55 points
WMS - position entry at 45.90PM, 3rd Target Level hit for a gain of 1.84 points
LTD - position entry at 18.23PM, 1st Target Level hit for a gain of 0.46points

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Zantrio.com Free Daily Stock Picks 10-28-09

(HRS) - buy
Harris reported better-than-expected quarterly net profit on improving sales and raised its full-year profit forecast.

(V) - buy
Visa posted profit for its fiscal Q4, reversing a year-ago loss for a profit of $514 mil or 69 cents p/s on rev of $1.87 bil.

(PNRA) - buy
Panera Bread reported net income of $19 mil or $0.61 p/s for Q3 compared to net income of $14 mil for Q3 2008.

(DWA) - buy
DreamWorks Animation Q3 reported earnings of 19.6 mil or 23 cents p/s compared to analyst estimates of 16 cents p/s.

(FISV) - short
Fiserv revenue for Q3 was $992 million compared with $1.04 billion in 2008.

(PSYS) - short
Psychiatric Solutions posted a quarterly profit that missed market estimates on lower-than-expected rev growth and cut its 2009 profit forecast for the third time this year.

(APOL) - short
Apollo Group reported SEC began informal probe into revenue recognition practice.

(ILMN) - short
Illumina issued a disappointing Q4 outlook.

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