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December 27th Blogger Sentiment Poll

Blogger Sentiment Poll Participants:

24/7 Wall St (N) The Aleph Blog (-) Biiwii (N) Bruce Krasting BullBear Trading Carl Futia (+) Dash of Insight (+) Dividend Growth Investor (+) Elliot Wave Lives On (N) Expected Returns Fallond Stock Picks Global Economic Intersection (N) GEI – Investing Blog (-) Humble Student of the Markets (-) In the Money Learning Curve (+) MaoXian Night Owl Trader The Mess That Greenspan Made Oil Trader’s Blog (N) Peridot Capitalist (-) Prometheus Market Insight Quant Investor (+) Shanky’s Tech Blog (-) Short Takes Smart Money Tracker (+) StockAdvisors.com Traders-Talk ValuePlays VIX and More (N) Wall St. Cheat Sheet Wall Street Folly Wishing Wealth Zentrader (+)

December 27, 2011 | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)

All-Time Highs in 2011

Who says stockpicking is dead? 129 or 26% of S&P 500 members hit all-time highs during 2011.

Ticker	Date	High
AAPL	10/17/11	$426.70
ABC	7/7/11	43.47
ACE	10/27/11	73.76
ACN	7/7/11	63.66
AGN	10/24/11	89.25
AMZN	10/14/11	246.71
AN	8/30/11	41.55
AON	4/7/11	54.58
APC	4/8/11	85.50
APH	3/7/11	59.11
AZO	12/6/11	343.90
BBBY	11/8/11	63.83
BCR	7/7/11	113.84
BF/B	12/5/11	81.50
BIIB	10/28/11	120.66
BLL	7/8/11	40.56
BWA	4/4/11	82.28
CAT	5/2/11	116.55
CB	10/27/11	70.07
CBE	4/1/11	70.00
CCE	7/22/11	29.99
CERN	9/27/11	74.39
CF	8/30/11	192.70
CHRW	7/7/11	82.61
CL	9/20/11	94.89
CLX	7/20/11	75.44
CMG	10/31/11	347.94
CMI	5/2/11	121.49
COG	11/11/11	90.00
COH	7/7/11	69.20
COST	12/2/11	88.68
COV	5/19/11	57.65
CRM	7/19/11	160.12
CSX	7/7/11	27.06
CTSH	5/2/11	83.48
CVX	10/27/11	110.01
DE	4/1/11	99.80
DHR	4/29/11	56.09
DIS	3/4/11	44.34
DLTR	12/6/11	83.99
DOV	7/7/11	70.15
DPS	7/5/11	43.13
DRI	7/22/11	53.81
DTV	7/13/11	53.40
DVA	7/7/11	89.76
ECL	11/30/11	57.60
ED	12/21/11	61.88
EL	11/3/11	120.73
EMN	4/29/11	55.36
EMR	2/18/11	62.24
EQR	7/22/11	63.86
ESRX	5/27/11	60.89
ETN	2/11/11	56.49
EW	3/3/11	91.82
FAST	12/21/11	43.45
FDO	10/27/11	60.53
FFIV	1/13/11	145.76
FIS	5/3/11	33.76
FISV	7/7/11	65.41
FMC	7/21/11	93.00
FTI	12/5/11	54.88
GIS	12/7/11	40.72
GPC	12/6/11	60.96
GR	11/16/11	123.54
GWW	12/2/11	191.84
HAL	7/25/11	57.77
HCN	4/28/11	55.21
HRL	7/22/11	30.50
HUM	12/5/11	90.76
IBM	12/7/11	194.90
IFF	5/10/11	66.29
INTU	5/13/11	56.46
ISRG	12/22/11	450.00
JOY	4/1/11	103.44
KMX	2/18/11	37.02
LH	5/17/11	100.94
LIFE	1/4/11	57.25
LO	10/10/11	120.00
MA	12/2/11	384.99
MCD	12/21/11	99.50
MJN	9/16/11	76.91
MKC	6/30/11	51.26
MMI	11/8/11	39.20
MMM	7/7/11	98.19
MO	12/21/11	30.40
MPC	7/1/11	47.43
NEM	11/9/11	72.42
NFLX	7/13/11	304.79
NFX	3/22/11	77.93
NKE	12/9/11	98.25
NSC	7/27/11	78.40
NU	5/19/11	36.47
ORLY	12/21/11	81.83
OXY	5/2/11	117.89
PCP	10/27/11	178.98
PH	4/26/11	99.40
PLL	4/8/11	59.50
PPG	4/5/11	97.81
PX	7/7/11	111.74
PXD	4/8/11	106.07
QEP	7/26/11	45.20
RAI	12/1/11	42.18
RL	10/31/11	164.55
ROK	4/26/11	98.19
ROP	4/4/11	88.76
ROST	12/21/11	48.15
SBUX	12/21/11	45.45
SIAL	7/7/11	76.16
SNA	7/7/11	64.36
SNI	2/17/11	53.66
SO	12/21/11	45.93
SRCL	4/26/11	95.71
SWK	4/26/11	78.19
TDC	7/7/11	62.71
TIF	7/7/11	84.49
TMO	5/31/11	65.86
TRIP	12/20/11	30.62
TROW	2/18/11	71.29
TRV	5/6/11	64.17
TWC	7/7/11	80.86
UNP	7/7/11	107.89
UTX	7/7/11	91.83
VAR	1/26/11	72.19
VFC	10/31/11	142.50
VIAB	7/7/11	52.67
VTR	2/28/11	57.45
WAT	4/26/11	100.00
XYL	11/1/11	28.28
YUM	12/13/11	59.17

December 23, 2011 | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)

December 19th Blogger Sentiment Poll

Blogger Sentiment Poll Participants:

24/7 Wall St (+) The Aleph Blog (-) Biiwii (N) Bruce Krasting BullBear Trading Carl Futia (+) Dash of Insight Dividend Growth Investor Elliot Wave Lives On (+) Expected Returns (-) Fallond Stock Picks (-) Global Economic Intersection (N) GEI – Investing Blog (-) Humble Student of the Markets (-) In the Money Learning Curve (+) MaoXian Night Owl Trader (-) The Mess That Greenspan Made Oil Trader’s Blog (+) Peridot Capitalist (N) Prometheus Market Insight Quant Investor (N) Shanky’s Tech Blog (-) Short Takes (-) Smart Money Tracker (+) StockAdvisors.com Traders-Talk ValuePlays VIX and More (+) Wall St. Cheat Sheet Wall Street Folly Wishing Wealth (-) Zentrader (-)

December 19, 2011 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

A Breakdown in GLD?

With the spot price of gold down 3.5% down, GLD is below its 200-day moving average for the first time since January of 2009.

December 14, 2011 | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack (0)

Birinyi Likes AAPL and RMS FP, Dislikes Financials

Click here to watch Laszlo Birinyi's interview with Betty Liu on Bloomberg's "In the Loop."

December 14, 2011 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Buybacks Rise to $491 Billion in 2011

We recorded $37 billion in buyback authorizations during the month of November and $491 bln year-to-date. This represents a 42% increase in the value of authorizations versus 2010 YTD ($345 bln vs $491 bln).

We are currently on a course to record $535 billion of authorizations this year which would equate to the third largest year of all time ($655 bln in 2006 and $863 bln in 2007).

DIS is the largest authorization this year at $16 bln. JPM, WMT, INTC and COP round out the top five.

December 14, 2011 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

More Stocks for 2012...

It's that time of year again and we are continuing to update our database of the media's and the Street's top picks for 2012. Two lists we added to our database this week were Barron's and SmartMoney.

Barron's list for 2012 is as follows:

Barron's believes their "new favorites have the potential to generate 15% to 20% total returns in 2012." Looking at their top picks last year, on average, they were down 5.4%. Their top ten stocks as an equalweighted portfolio underperformed the S&P 500 by 4.9% on a total return basis.

Additionally, SmartMoney magazine published their best ideas for next year:

Google is the only stock the magazine carried over from 2011. Goolge was their second worst performer this year, down 5.6%. SmartMoney's picks outperformed the market by 4.2% and an equalweight portfolio of their stocks made 5.9% last year on a total return basis.