Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) has been named to Diversity Inc's annual list. Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) Gets Good Grades In Diversity Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has been nominated to Diversity Inc's annual list of the top 50 companies for diversity. The company has received recognition at a dinner in Washington when it was ranked 37th on the 2011 list. "Just making this prestigious list last year was a considerable accomplishment," said Sandra Evers-Manly, vice president of Corporate Responsibility. "However, all of us at Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) recognize that being a top-performing company means a continuing commitment to improving and strengthening our culture of diversity and inclusion." Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) stocks were at 66.13 at the end of the last day’s trading. There’s been a 3.6% movement in the stock price over the past 3 months. Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) Analyst Advice Consensus Opinion: Hold Mean recommendation: 2.68 (1=Strong Buy, 5=Strong Sell) 3 Months Ago: 2.83 Zack’s Rank: 2 out of 5 in the industry
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Asian Indexes Lead Huge Options Volume
Your daily option s trading wrap up. Market Sentiment There's been a seismic shift in investor sentiment over the past few days. Thirteen million calls and 10.7 million puts traded across the exchanges so far today. The total put-call ratio has subsequently risen to 1.21 and is at its highest level since July of last year. The CBOE Volatility Index (CBOE: VIX ) added 3.60 to 27.92. The "fear gauge" rallied beyond 30 for the first time since July 2010. Investors are grappling with a number of worries, including a very poor reading on new housing starts, the unfolding nuke crisis in Japan, the European debt problems, and ongoing unrest in Middle East/North Africa. Contagion is in full swing, as sell-offs in equity markets moves across the continents. Although Japan's Nikkei recaptured 5.7% overnight, index futures point to another aggressive round of selling when trading resumes Thursday. Europe's equity markets finished broadly lower. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 175 points and the tech-heavy NASDAQ lost 30.5 points. Bullish Flow Peets Coffee & Tea (NASDAQ: PEET ) adds 96 cents to $46.97 and the PEET Jun 50 – 55 Call Spread trades at $1.75, 500 times, and 420 times. More than 1000 in both contracts now traded and looks like opening activity. Shares rallied 9.4% yesterday after dealReporter wrote an article detailing discussions between PEET and Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX ). Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU ) is trading up $3.21 to $68.34, as the prospect that nuclear projects might be taken off the shelf has increased interest in some of the coal names. 26,000 calls and 12,000 puts now traded in Peabody, or 2.5 times the average daily. BTU March 70 Calls are the most active with 6,000 traded, and some of the action might be closing. The contract is bid at 53 cents, is 2.4% out-of-the-money, and has two days of life remaining after today. The rest of the action is scattered, with April and June calls seeing active trading. Implied volatility in BTU is up 2.5% to 45. Bearish Flow IShares MSCI South Korea Index Fund (NYSE: EWY ), which saw heavy trading in its EWY March 54 Puts yesterday, is down 19 cents to $57.51 and the focus is now on EWY March 55 Puts . One player recently paid 16 cents per contract on 24,000. Now, 25,287 traded. Like yesterday, the action looks opening and to reflect concerns about additional losses in South Korea's equity markets before the weekend and the March expiration. Find more analysis and trading ideas at Option Trading Strategies . Implied Volatility Mover A couple of noteworthy recent trades in the iShares Japan Index (NYSE: EWJ ), which is down 33 cents to $9.70. One investor sold 100,000 EWJ April 10 Calls at 41 cents each and might have closed positions that were opened yesterday, when 200,000 were bought in late-day action. Open interest in the EWJ April 10 Calls increased by 138,732 after yesterday's record volume in EWJ and, at 198,929, is now the largest position in the Exchange-traded fund. Another recent trade is EWJ April 7 – 8 – 9 Put Fly bought at 11 cents, 13,600 times. The spread is a bearish play, as it makes its best profit if shares fall to $8 by April expiration, a decline of 17.5% in 30 days. Implied volatility in the Japan fund is up 9% to 50 and moving to new 52-week highs. It's up 175% since before the world's third largest economy was hit with a triple whammy — earthquake, tsunami, and nuke crisis. Options Flow Bearish activity detected in Marriott International (NYSE: MAR ), with 6723 puts trading, or three times its recent average daily put volume. Bullish flow detected in Chubb (NYSE: CB ), with 6402 calls trading, or 14 times its recent average daily call volume. Bearish activity detected in Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM ), with 15,901 puts trading, or five times its recent average daily put volume. Increasing volume is also being seen in the S&P 500 Index Options (CBOE: SPX ), the PowerShares QQQ Trust (NASDAQ: QQQQ ), and GE (NYSE: GE ).
Top 10 Focus Stocks of The Day: QKLS, HWCC, IPXL, WSM, STRI, SPWRA, BWEN, CSIQ, ES, STP (Mar 16, 2011)
lot of interest from traders. Three Chinese companies (QKLS, CSIQ, STP) are on
the list. QKL Stores Inc (NASDAQ:QKLS) is todays 1st best focus stock. Its daily
price change was 18.7% in the previous trading day. Its upside potential is 63%
based on brokerage analysts average target price of $5 on the stock. It is rated
positively by 100% of the 2 analyst(s) covering it. Its long-term annual
earnings growth is 25% based on analysts average estimate. Houston Wire & Cable
Company (NASDAQ:HWCC) is todays 2nd best focus stock. Its daily price change was
15.7% in the previous trading day. Its upside potential is 15% based on
brokerage analysts average target price of $16 on the stock. It is rated
positively by 60% of the 5 analyst(s) covering it. Its long-term annual earnings
growth is 21% based on analysts average estimate. Impax Laboratories, Inc.
(NASDAQ:IPXL) is todays 3rd best focus stock. Its daily price change was 15.6%
in the previous trading day. Its upside potential is -11% based on brokerage
analysts average target price of $23 on the stock. It is rated positively by 50%
of the 10 analyst(s) covering it. Its long-term annual earnings growth is 8%
based on analysts average estimate. Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (NYSE:WSM) is todays
4th best focus stock. Its daily price change was 12.6% in the previous trading
day. Its upside potential is -3% based on brokerage analysts average target
price of $38 on the stock. It is rated positively by 30% of the 23 analyst(s)
covering it. Its long-term annual earnings growth is 16% based on analysts
average estimate. STR Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:STRI) is todays 5th best focus stock.
Its daily price change was 12.2% in the previous trading day. Its upside
potential is 29% based on brokerage analysts average target price of $24 on the
stock. It is rated positively by 44% of the 9 analyst(s) covering it. Its
long-term annual earnings growth is 19% based on analysts average estimate.
SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ:SPWRA) is todays 6th best focus stock. Its daily
price change was 10.8% in the previous trading day. Its upside potential is 16%
based on brokerage analysts average target price of $19 on the stock. It is
rated positively by 38% of the 39 analyst(s) covering it. Its long-term annual
earnings growth is 27% based on analysts average estimate. Broadwind Energy Inc.
(NASDAQ:BWEN) is todays 7th best focus stock. Its daily price change was 10.4%
in the previous trading day. Its upside potential is 208% based on brokerage
analysts average target price of $4 on the stock. It is rated positively by 25%
of the 4 analyst(s) covering it. Its long-term annual earnings growth is 24%
based on analysts average estimate. Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ:CSIQ) is todays
8th best focus stock. Its daily price change was 10.3% in the previous trading
day. Its upside potential is 11% based on brokerage analysts average target
price of $13 on the stock. It is rated positively by 31% of the 13 analyst(s)
covering it. Its long-term annual earnings growth is 19% based on analysts
average estimate. EnergySolutions, Inc. (NYSE:ES) is todays 9th best focus
stock. Its daily price change was 10.0% in the previous trading day. Its upside
potential is 16% based on brokerage analysts average target price of $8 on the
stock. It is rated positively by 63% of the 8 analyst(s) covering it. Its
long-term annual earnings growth is 9% based on analysts average estimate.
Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:STP) is todays 10th best focus
stock. Its daily price change was 9.9% in the previous trading day. Its upside
potential is 14% based on brokerage analysts average target price of $10 on the
stock. It is rated positively by 30% of the 46 analyst(s) covering it. Its
long-term annual earnings growth is 17% based on analysts average estimate.
Today’s April Contract gold May Contract Silver, Copper Price Per Ounce Pound Rates; Precious Metal News March 16th, 2011 Close
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Floor price for precious metal silver and gold finished in the red as of last session close in the United States. After hours trending revealed that spot gold and spot silver continued to post price per ounce values that continued in negative territory. Yesterday, the Feds released statements that were favorable towards the economic recovery process in the United States. This could lead to improved trending for stocks, but result in lower trending for safe haven assets. The strength of the dollar helped to move investors away from the safe haven assets throughout yesterday's session and today, the dollar continue positive trending versus the euro and the British pound. At the halfway point however, U.S. stock index composites were trending red across the majority of the market tracking board. In contrast to stock index line movement, Gold futures for April delivery were moving higher during the session. Floor price per ounce for April contract gold was higher by $9.00 at the mid-day mark. As the day wore on, stock index composites ultimately ended the U.S. session significantly lower. The Dow fell 2.04 percent at 11,613.46. April contract gold ended the day in the green by .29 percent at $1,396.80 an ounce. Silver contract floor price ended the day higher by 1.04 percent at $34.47 an ounce. Copper contract finished in the green as well by 1.46 percent at $4.20 per pound. Author: Camillo Zucari
Today’s April Contract gold May Contract Silver, Copper Price Per Ounce Pound Rates; Precious Metal News March 16th, 2011 Close
session close in the United States. After hours trending revealed that spot gold
and spot silver continued to post price per ounce values that continued in
negative territory. Yesterday, the Feds released statements that were favorable
towards the economic recovery process in the United States. This could lead to
improved trending for stocks, but result in lower trending for safe haven
assets. The strength of the dollar helped to move investors away from the safe
haven assets throughout yesterday's session and today, the dollar continue
positive trending versus the euro and the British pound. At the halfway point
however, U.S. stock index composites were trending red across the majority of
the market tracking board. In contrast to stock index line movement, Gold
futures for April delivery were moving higher during the session. Floor price
per ounce for April contract gold was higher by $9.00 at the mid-day mark. As
the day wore on, stock index composites ultimately ended the U.S. session
significantly lower. The Dow fell 2.04 percent at 11,613.46. April contract gold
ended the day in the green by .29 percent at $1,396.80 an ounce. Silver contract
floor price ended the day higher by 1.04 percent at $34.47 an ounce. Copper
contract finished in the green as well by 1.46 percent at $4.20 per pound.
Author: Camillo Zucari
Asian Indexes Lead Huge Options Volume
shift in investor sentiment over the past few days. Thirteen million calls and
10.7 million puts traded across the exchanges so far today. The total put-call
ratio has subsequently risen to 1.21 and is at its highest level since July of
last year. The CBOE Volatility Index (CBOE: VIX ) added 3.60 to 27.92. The
"fear gauge" rallied beyond 30 for the first time since July 2010. Investors
are grappling with a number of worries, including a very poor reading on new
housing starts, the unfolding nuke crisis in Japan, the European debt problems,
and ongoing unrest in Middle East/North Africa. Contagion is in full swing, as
sell-offs in equity markets moves across the continents. Although Japan's
Nikkei recaptured 5.7% overnight, index futures point to another aggressive
round of selling when trading resumes Thursday. Europe's equity markets
finished broadly lower. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 175 points and
the tech-heavy NASDAQ lost 30.5 points. Bullish Flow Peets Coffee & Tea (NASDAQ:
PEET ) adds 96 cents to $46.97 and the PEET Jun 50 55 Call Spread trades at
$1.75, 500 times, and 420 times. More than 1000 in both contracts now traded and
looks like opening activity. Shares rallied 9.4% yesterday after dealReporter
wrote an article detailing discussions between PEET and Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX
). Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU ) is trading up $3.21 to $68.34, as the prospect
that nuclear projects might be taken off the shelf has increased interest in
some of the coal names. 26,000 calls and 12,000 puts now traded in Peabody, or
2.5 times the average daily. BTU March 70 Calls are the most active with 6,000
traded, and some of the action might be closing. The contract is bid at 53
cents, is 2.4% out-of-the-money, and has two days of life remaining after today.
The rest of the action is scattered, with April and June calls seeing active
trading. Implied volatility in BTU is up 2.5% to 45. Bearish Flow IShares MSCI
South Korea Index Fund (NYSE: EWY ), which saw heavy trading in its EWY March 54
Puts yesterday, is down 19 cents to $57.51 and the focus is now on EWY March 55
Puts . One player recently paid 16 cents per contract on 24,000. Now, 25,287
traded. Like yesterday, the action looks opening and to reflect concerns about
additional losses in South Korea's equity markets before the weekend and the
March expiration. Find more analysis and trading ideas at Option Trading
Strategies . Implied Volatility Mover A couple of noteworthy recent trades in
the iShares Japan Index (NYSE: EWJ ), which is down 33 cents to $9.70. One
investor sold 100,000 EWJ April 10 Calls at 41 cents each and might have closed
positions that were opened yesterday, when 200,000 were bought in late-day
action. Open interest in the EWJ April 10 Calls increased by 138,732 after
yesterday's record volume in EWJ and, at 198,929, is now the largest position
in the Exchange-traded fund. Another recent trade is EWJ April 7 – 8 – 9 Put
Fly bought at 11 cents, 13,600 times. The spread is a bearish play, as it makes
its best profit if shares fall to $8 by April expiration, a decline of 17.5% in
30 days. Implied volatility in the Japan fund is up 9% to 50 and moving to new
52-week highs. It's up 175% since before the world's third largest economy
was hit with a triple whammy — earthquake, tsunami, and nuke crisis. Options
Flow Bearish activity detected in Marriott International (NYSE: MAR ), with 6723
puts trading, or three times its recent average daily put volume. Bullish flow
detected in Chubb (NYSE: CB ), with 6402 calls trading, or 14 times its recent
average daily call volume. Bearish activity detected in Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM
), with 15,901 puts trading, or five times its recent average daily put volume.
Increasing volume is also being seen in the S&P 500 Index Options (CBOE: SPX ),
the PowerShares QQQ Trust (NASDAQ: QQQQ ), and GE (NYSE: GE ).
Top 10 Focus Stocks of The Day: QKLS, HWCC, IPXL, WSM, STRI, SPWRA, BWEN, CSIQ, ES, STP (Mar 16, 2011)
Below are today's top 10 focus stocks. These momentum stocks are attracting a lot of interest from traders. Three Chinese companies (QKLS, CSIQ, STP) are on the list.
QKL Stores Inc (NASDAQ:QKLS) is today's 1st best focus stock. Its daily price change was 18.7% in the previous trading day. Its upside potential is 63% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $5 on the stock. It is rated positively by 100% of the 2 analyst(s) covering it. Its long-term annual earnings growth is 25% based on analysts' average estimate. Houston Wire & Cable Company (NASDAQ:HWCC) is today's 2nd best focus stock. Its daily price change was 15.7% in the previous trading day. Its upside potential is 15% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $16 on the stock. It is rated positively by 60% of the 5 analyst(s) covering it. Its long-term annual earnings growth is 21% based on analysts' average estimate. Impax Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ:IPXL) is today's 3rd best focus stock. Its daily price change was 15.6% in the previous trading day. Its upside potential is -11% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $23 on the stock. It is rated positively by 50% of the 10 analyst(s) covering it. Its long-term annual earnings growth is 8% based on analysts' average estimate. Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (NYSE:WSM) is today's 4th best focus stock. Its daily price change was 12.6% in the previous trading day. Its upside potential is -3% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $38 on the stock. It is rated positively by 30% of the 23 analyst(s) covering it. Its long-term annual earnings growth is 16% based on analysts' average estimate. STR Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:STRI) is today's 5th best focus stock. Its daily price change was 12.2% in the previous trading day. Its upside potential is 29% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $24 on the stock. It is rated positively by 44% of the 9 analyst(s) covering it. Its long-term annual earnings growth is 19% based on analysts' average estimate.
SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ:SPWRA) is today's 6th best focus stock. Its daily price change was 10.8% in the previous trading day. Its upside potential is 16% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $19 on the stock. It is rated positively by 38% of the 39 analyst(s) covering it. Its long-term annual earnings growth is 27% based on analysts' average estimate. Broadwind Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:BWEN) is today's 7th best focus stock. Its daily price change was 10.4% in the previous trading day. Its upside potential is 208% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $4 on the stock. It is rated positively by 25% of the 4 analyst(s) covering it. Its long-term annual earnings growth is 24% based on analysts' average estimate. Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ:CSIQ) is today's 8th best focus stock. Its daily price change was 10.3% in the previous trading day. Its upside potential is 11% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $13 on the stock. It is rated positively by 31% of the 13 analyst(s) covering it. Its long-term annual earnings growth is 19% based on analysts' average estimate. EnergySolutions, Inc. (NYSE:ES) is today's 9th best focus stock. Its daily price change was 10.0% in the previous trading day. Its upside potential is 16% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $8 on the stock. It is rated positively by 63% of the 8 analyst(s) covering it. Its long-term annual earnings growth is 9% based on analysts' average estimate. Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:STP) is today's 10th best focus stock. Its daily price change was 9.9% in the previous trading day. Its upside potential is 14% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $10 on the stock. It is rated positively by 30% of the 46 analyst(s) covering it. Its long-term annual earnings growth is 17% based on analysts' average estimate.
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