Notable earnings before Wednesday’s open: AEO, CHS, EXPR, STP, TOL 
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Category : Stocks, World News
Category : Stocks, World News
Lynas Corp. Ltd. has filed a Home Country News Release – Minister Dismisses Appeal Against the AELB’s Decision to Approve the TOL for the LAMP To view the full release click here (link to PDF).
NEW YORK — Hewlett-Packard, the computer and printer maker, reports earnings after Wednesday’s closing bell and an announcement could be made on a restructuring plan that may include the elimination of as many as 30,000 jobs.
Analysts expect HP to report fiscal second-quarter earnings of 91 cents a share on revenue of $29.92 billion.
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More: Stocks to Watch: Hewlett-Packard, Dell (Update 1)
NEW YORK (TheStreet) — The following stocks reached 52-week highs on Friday: Philip Morris International, Visa, Toll Brothers, CBS, Family Dollar, PetSmart and Dillard’s.
Philip Morris International
“PM reported a very impressive 1Q12 adj. EPS of $1.25, beating our forecast
by 2 cents and consensus by 5 cents,” Jefferies analysts wrote in an April 20 report. “PM’s top 10 brands seem to be firing on all cylinders and volume and pricing (LatAm/Canada being a minor exception) were stronger than we thought. Despite the strength, we expect PM to trade sideways for the next few months due to its high valuation (esp. relative to BAT), currency concerns and the Japan headwind for 2Q12.”
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Investors can forget puttin go trades in hopes of a housing recovery says Alan Valdes of DME Securities.
See the article here: Forget the Housing Recovery Trade
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Short interest on iShares Home Construction ETF (ITB) hit an all-time high, but it’s not necessarily a cause for concern over the fund’s prospects. Contrarians sometimes view a jump in short interest as bullish, and for ITB, there’s precedent: a sharp rise through late Oct. 2009 helped start a six-month rally. ITB’s top five holdings: DHI, LEN, TOL, PHM, NVR. Post your comment!
The big story Wednesday was a “bear raid”. It began with what some initially referred to as either a mistake (“fat fingered”) with unusually large selling of Treasury futures contracts (over 100K contracts in one trade). The trade, later described as legitimate (see WSJ story) was based on the idea Bernanke would take QE3 off the table sending interest rates higher. The size of these trades created a domino effect triggering heavy selling in commodity markets, especially with precious metals which are also on an options expiration cycle.
Much of the related selling was triggered by HFT algos piling headlines with selling. It’s also been common the past couple of years now to see some deliberate manipulation of prices by a handful of institutions in precious metals markets at the futures and options exchanges. Gold prices fell over 5% and silver almost 7% as trailing stops were triggered. These have been termed “bear raids” by most participants. It makes being involved in these markets like swimming with sharks.
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) — “Things are better this time around,” Jim Cramer told his “Mad Money” TV show viewers on Wednesday, as he attempted to explain why $4 a gallon gasoline hasn’t begun crippling the stock market.
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Raymond James cut five homebuilder stocks today on valuation after the sector’s significant outperformance in recent months amid the seasonal “Hope Trade,” citing concerns of a disappointing spring selling season. It downgrades KB Home (KBH -3.2%) and Ryland Group (RYL -1.1%) to Underperform, and Lennar (LEN -2.9%), Toll Brothers (TOL -2.1%) and PulteGroup (PHM -0.5%) to Market Perform. Post your comment!