MORNING UPDATE: Man Securities Inc. issues alerts for AAPL, MAY, CFC, ELNK, and ADIC
February 22 2005 - 9:35AM
PR Newswire (US)
MORNING UPDATE: Man Securities Inc. issues alerts for AAPL, MAY,
CFC, ELNK, and ADIC CHICAGO, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Man Securities
issues the following Morning Update at 8:30 AM EST with new
PriceWatch Alerts for key stocks. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020214/MANSECLOGO ) Before
the open... PriceWatch Alerts for AAPL, MAY, CFC, ELNK, and ADIC,
Market Overview, Today's Economic Calendar, and the Quote Of The
Day. QUOTE OF THE DAY "Labor costs have been largely under control,
and that's why we haven't seen any significant surge in inflation."
-- Joel Naroff, Naroff Economic Advisors. New PriceWatch Alerts for
AAPL, MAY, CFC, ELNK, and ADIC... PRICEWATCH ALERTS - HIGH RETURN
COVERED CALL OPTIONS ----------- -- Apple Computer Inc.
(NASDAQ:AAPL) Last Price 86.81 - MAR 85.00 CALL OPTION@ $5.20 ->
4.2 % Return assigned* -- May Department Stores Co. (NYSE:MAY) Last
Price 33.45 - JUN 32.50 CALL OPTION@ $2.60 -> 5.3 % Return
assigned* -- Countrywide Financial Corp. (NYSE:CFC) Last Price
34.96 - APR 35.00 CALL OPTION@ $1.80 -> 5.5 % Return assigned*
-- Earthlink Inc. (NASDAQ:ELNK) Last Price 8.62 - JUL 7.50 CALL
OPTION@ $1.55 -> 6.1 % Return assigned* -- Advanced Digital
Information Corp. (NASDAQ:ADIC) Last Price 8.80 - JUN 7.50 CALL
OPTION@ $1.65 -> 4.9 % Return assigned* * To learn more about
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buy or sell any security. NEWS LEADERS AND LAGGARDS So far today,
Allied Waste Industries Inc., Home Depot Inc., and Omnicom Group
Inc. lead the list of companies with the most news stories while
Omnicom Group Inc. and Hanover Compressor are showing a spike in
news. Novartis AG, Eon Labs Inc., and Sina Corp. have the highest
srtIndex scores to top the list of companies with positive news
while King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Gymboree Corp. lead the list
of companies with negative news reports. Shanda Interactive
Entertainment Ltd. has popped up with a high positive news sraIndex
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With everyone coming back from the three day weekend, expect a
quiet day in terms of news driving events. The only major economic
data due out today is the February Consumer Confidence numbers at
10:00 a.m. Expectations are for a 103.0 reading, just below last
period's 103.4. So far this morning, Europe is lower across the
board, the dollar is getting hit and gold is doing great as it's
gained over five bucks. The U.S. Dollar Index gained 0.02 points,
finding support near the $83.50 area. The old greenback spiked
clear up to 83.78 immediately after the inflation numbers were
released, but fell steadily lower as the day progressed. The threat
of higher inflation had traders thinking the Fed would increase
interest rates more aggressively to combat inflation from getting
out of control. These higher interest rates should in theory make
the dollar more attractive to foreign investors due to its higher
yield when compared with other currencies. Yet as the day went on,
traders decided against holding dollars over the three day weekend
and instead sold the greenback. Be prepared for the investing week
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OPPORTUNITIES Just one week ago, Federal Reserve chairman Alan
Greenspan said this to the Senate Banking Committee: "The economy
seems to have entered 2005 expanding at a reasonably good pace,
with inflation and inflation expectations well anchored." But news
from the Labor Department at the end of last week suggested the
opposite. In fact, it was a huge shock, with the announcement that
"core" inflation jumped 0.8% in January. Ironically, this is the
category that excludes the often volatile energy and food prices,
but the rise was the biggest since December 1998. Besides the sharp
rise in the core rate, the overall PPI also edged up 0.3% in
January. Expectations called for both figures to rise just 0.2%.
Even Greenspan himself appeared to be confused as to how the
economy is performing. In his statement to Congress, he labeled the
relationship between short-term and long-term Treasury bond rates
as "a conundrum," and even "an aberration." So if the economy was
as solid as Greenspan and other bullish economists in Washington
and New York suggest, wouldn't investors be more interested in
buying 30-year Treasury notes? Elsewhere, the resilient US housing
market continues to defy those who believe the bubble is about to
burst, with the news that housing starts jumped 4.7% in January to
a 21-year high of 2.16 million units. That was much higher than
forecasts that called for the rate to decline 3.5% to 1.93 million.
This comes after December starts were revised higher to show a
14.3% increase to 2.06 million, and also after a hefty drop in
November resulted in many boldly predicting an end to the housing
boom. For his part, Greenspan stated recently that he sees no
evidence of a housing bubble. And although he expects prices to
moderate, he says, "I don't expect we'll run into anything
resembling a collapsing bubble." Receive incisive economic/market
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http://www.investorsobserver.com/agora2 TODAY'S ECONOMIC CALENDAR
10:00 a.m.: February Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index (last +2)
10:00 a.m.: February Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index
(last 103.4) 6:30 p.m.: ABC/Washington Post Consumer Confidence
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