And So It Beings

Ticker	Company	Price
CAT	Caterpillar Inc.	62.65
IBM	International Business Machines	129.59
JNJ	Johnson & Johnson	64.25
MSFT	Microsoft Corporation	30.35
SLB	Schlumberger Limited	70.07

IBM, JNJ, MSFT are slow movers and current are moving in the wrong direction from the prior post of Earnings on the way.

Updated Earnings To Come with AA To Start

IBM – International Business Machines - Technology 1/19/2010	Technology
JNJ – Johnson & Johnson - Healthcare 1/26/2010	Healthcare
MSFT – Microsoft Corp. - Technology 1/28/2010	Technology
SLB – Schlumberger Ltd - Basic Materials 1/22/2010 CAT – Caterpillar Inc. - Industrial Goods 1/26/2010	Basic Materials CAT – Caterpillar Inc. - Industrial Goods 1/26/2010

Fore For Jobs Number

The Labor Department says employers cut 85,000 jobs last month, worse than the 8,000 drop analysts expected.

A sharp drop in the labor force, a sign more of the jobless are giving up on their search for work, kept the unemployment rate at 10 percent, the same as in November. Once people stop looking for jobs, they are no longer counted among the unemployed.

Revisions to the previous two months' data showed the economy actually generated 4,000 jobs in November, the first gain in nearly two years, while it lost 16,000 more than previously estimated in October.

Intra Play Price

Ticker	Company	Sector	Change from Open	Price	Change
CAT	Caterpillar Inc.	Industrial Goods	1.32%	58.41	2.49%
IBM	International Business Machines	Tech	1.33%	132.92	1.54%
JNJ	Johnson & Johnson	Healthcare	0.23%	64.86	0.70%
MON	Monsanto Co.	Basic Materials	1.32%	83.45	2.08%
MOS	Mosaic Co.	Basic Materials	3.16%	62.31	4.32%
MSFT	Microsoft Corporation	Technology	1.04%	30.97	1.61%
SLB	Schlumberger Limited	Basic Materials	0.69%	66.85	2.70%

Upcoming Earnings For Jan 2010 - Addition

CAT – Caterpillar Inc. - Industrial Goods 1/26/2010

Industrial Goods

Upcoming Earnings Reports for Jan 2010

IBM – International Business Machines - Technology 1/19/2010	Technology
JNJ – Johnson & Johnson - Healthcare 1/26/2010	Healthcare
MON – Monsanto Co - Basic Materials 1/06/2010	Basic Materials
MOS – Mosaic Co/The - Basic Materials 1/04/2010	Basic Materials
MSFT – Microsoft Corp. - Technology 1/28/2010	Technology
SLB – Schlumberger Ltd - Basic Materials 1/22/2010	Basic Materials

BBY - End Of Trading Day For Dec 31st

Interesting developments on the downside. Would like to see a break of the 40-day MA.

BBY

BBY has in the past dropped like a rock after the Holiday season subsids, will it be the same for this year. The stock on a weekly basis is at the 20-day MA of $40.70; and the 40-day is forming at the $38.26 price level. We will not see the Retail Sales for Dec until Jan 14.

Upcoming EcoNews:

29-Dec	9:00	CaseShiller 20 City
29-Dec	10:00	Consumer Confidence
30-Dec	9:45	Chicago PMI
30-Dec	10:30	Crude Inventories
31-Dec	8:30	Initial Claims
31-Dec	8:30	Continuing Claims

Tradeable Optionz - Day's Scan for Dec 23rd

WFMI – Whole Foods Market Inc.	Services
IBM – International Business Machines Corp	Technology
DE – Deere & Co	Industrial Goods
FSLR – First Solar Inc	Technology
HGSI – Human Genome Sciences Inc	Healthcare
WYNN – Wynn Resorts Ltd	Services
V – Visa Inc	Services
POT – Potash Corp of Saskatchewan Inc	Basic Materials

Tradeable Optionz - Day's Scan for Dec 21st

BA – Boeing Co/The	Industrial Goods
PALM – Palm Inc	Technology
HPQ – Hewlett-Packard Co	Technology
CHK – Chesapeake Energy Corp	Basic Materials
BBY – Best Buy Co Inc	Services
V – Visa Inc	Services
POT – Potash Corp of Saskatchewan In	Basic Materials
ORCL – Oracle Corp	Technology

Mid Day's Scan for Dec 17th

AUY – Yamana Gold Inc	Basic Materials
CVX – Chevron Corp	Basic Materials
HGSI – Human Genome Sciences Inc	Healthcare
JNPR – Juniper Networks Inc	Technology
MS – Morgan Stanley	Financial
MON – Monsanto Co	Basic Materials
COF – Capital One Financial Corp	Financial
RIG – Transocean Ltd	Basic Materials
V – Visa Inc	Services
GG – Goldcorp Inc	Basic Materials
KO – Coca-Cola Co/The	Consumer Goods
MOS – Mosaic Co/The	Basic Materials
PBR – Petroleo Brasileiro SA	Basic Materials
ABX – Barrick Gold Corp	Basic Materials
WYNN – Wynn Resorts Ltd	Services
POT – Potash Corp of Saskatchewan Inc	Basic Materials

Tradeable Optionz - Day's Scan for Dec 17th

DE – Deere & Co	Industrial Goods
INTC – Intel Corp.	Technology
NVDA – Nvidia Corp	Technology
SLB – Schlumberger Ltd	Basic Materials
POT – Potash Corp of Saskatchewan Inc	Basic Materials
FSLR – First Solar Inc	Technology
X – United States Steel Corp	Industrial Goods

Tradeable Optionz - Day's Scan for Dec 16th

STI – SunTrust Banks Inc	Financial
IBM – International Business Machines Corp	Technology
MON – Monsanto Co	Basic Materials
COF – Capital One Financial Corp	Financial
RIG – Transocean Ltd	Basic Materials
WYNN – Wynn Resorts Ltd	Services
V – Visa Inc	Services
BBY – Best Buy Co Inc	Services

Tradeable Optionz - Day's Scan for Dec 15th

Tradeable Optionz - Day's Scan for Mon 14th

Tue and Wed Fed Two-Day Meeting.

BBY on 15-Dec-09 Earnings announcement, so pay attention, do not hold on the 15th.

Tradeable Optionz - Day's Scan

Tradeable Optionz - Day's Scan

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Ben, Ben, Ben, Ben

Four more years?? Hummm . . . .

Shorten trading day for me, as I have things to do. Trading on Friday should be better. Unemployment numbers are going out.

Today's Completed Orders

Symbol	Action	Qty
	SPYXG SELL TO CLOSE	10
	SPYXG BOUGHT TO OPEN	10
	SPYXG SELL TO CLOSE	10
	SPYXG BOUGHT TO OPEN	10

Today's Completed Orders

Symbol	Action	Qty
	SPYXG SELL TO CLOSE	10
	SPYXG BOUGHT TO OPEN	10
	SPYLG SELL TO CLOSE	10
	SPYLG BOUGHT TO OPEN	10

Move Along

Well market is pretty much flat these days. Trend bound on the 10 minute SPY chart, between 110.665 and 112.01. We kissed the 112.00 level and have pulled back down the the low of the day of 110.92. At the time of this writing SPY is trading at 111.199. Remember the days when the Economic Data would make the markets so crazy. Days long going. Scapl'em if you got'em.

UUP is currently trading in a trying to filled the intraday gap. S1 22.02 up to 22.13, if we can push up to the 22.1699 this would close the intraday gap open from this morning. On a 10 minute chart. . . .

Beige Book top of the hour 2:00 et