Day Trading Newsletter 02-14-05
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Day Trading It Newsletter - February 14, 2005
Stock Market Wrap Up

Indices
Dow + 46.40 at 10,796.01  -   Nasdaq + 23.56 at 2,076.66  -  S&P 500 + 8.31 at 1,205.32 

Market Wrap
(From Briefing):

The market shrugged off early weakness and held broad-based gains into the close as a rising tide lifted most boats... Much like Wednesday's S&P futures-related sell off assigned the Nasdaq its second lowest daily performance in 2005, large S&P futures-relating buying, coupled with a unsubstantiated rumor that Kim Jong-Il was deposed in North Korea, helped light a fire under equities before noon and quickly reversed a modestly bearish bias, as all the major indices closed higher for the third week in a row... The Dow closed at its highest level in 2005 and just 72 points from a 52-week high while the S&P inched closer to breakeven for the year and the Nasdaq finished just 100 points shy of its 2004 close... Stocks were under modest pressure out of the gate, however, in the wake of Dell's (DELL 39.97 -1.60) lower than expected Q1 sales outlook; but the news became arguably more company-specific as widespread buying returned and closed virtually every sector in positive territory... Technology led the charge, spurred by a rally in semiconductor (+3.6%) based on expectations of an improving outlook for chip stocks, while news of Apple Computer's (AAPL 81.29 +2.93) first stock split (2-for-1) since June of 2000 also underpinned interest in tech... Advanced talks between Verizon (VZ 36.31 +0.27) and MCI (MCIP 20.75 +0.29), that could result in a formal deal by next week, renewed potential M&A activity among makers of telecom equipment (+1.4%)... Biotech (+2.0%) surged after an FDA official testified before Congress that Chiron (CHIR 35.50 +1.56) was "making progress" with flu-shot compliance while an upgrade on May Dept. Stores (MAY 32.06 +1.28) gave a boost to retail... Also posting gains of around 1.0% were software, disk drive, health care and transportation while strength in the online brokerage space and insurance helped financial post solid gains... Energy closed modestly higher, despite crude oil prices ($47.16 +0.06) finishing relatively unchanged, as several leading oil & gas stocks again reached historic highs... Homebuilding (-1.1%) was the only major holdout after Smith Barney downgraded several leading names due to valuation concerns... Meanwhile, with no economic data to aggressively influence bonds in either direction, treasuries were rather quiet all day as the benchmark 10-year note closed unchanged yielding 4.09%...NYSE Adv/Dec 2336/995...NASDAQ Adv/Dec 2067/1060.


Today's Picks - February 14, 2005


1.   RIG - Transocean

Entry Date Exit Date Position Entry Price Target Price Stop Price Max P/L
02-14 Long Above 15 high Sell 1/2 once risk covered Below LOD at time of setup


* Please Note: If the stock gaps down at the open do not enter the trade unless it trades above 47.02

2.   UCL - Unocal

Entry Date Exit Date Position Entry Price Target Price Stop Price Max P/L
02-14 Long Above 15 high Sell 1/2 once risk covered Below LOD at time of setup


* Please Note: If the stock gaps down at the open do not enter the trade unless it trades above 50.70

3.   APD - Air Products

Entry Date Exit Date Position Entry Price Target Price Stop Price Max P/L
02-14 Long Above 15 high Sell 1/2 once risk covered Below LOD at time of setup


* Please Note: If the stock gaps down at the open do not enter the trade unless it trades above 60.90

4.   CAT - Caterpillar

Entry Date Exit Date Position Entry Price Target Price Stop Price Max P/L
02-14 Long Above 15 high Sell 1/2 once risk covered Below LOD at time of setup


* Please Note: If the stock gaps down at the open do not enter the trade unless it trades above 93.16

5.   HDI - Harley Davidson

Entry Date Exit Date Position Entry Price Target Price Stop Price Max P/L
02-14 Long Above 15 high Sell 1/2 once risk covered Below LOD at time of setup


* Please Note: If the stock gaps down at the open do not enter the trade unless it trades above 61.60

6.   KMB - Kimberly Clark

Entry Date Exit Date Position Entry Price Target Price Stop Price Max P/L
02-14 Long Above 15 high Sell 1/2 once risk covered Below LOD at time of setup


* Please Note: If the stock gaps down at the open do not enter the trade unless it trades above 67.71

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EOD = End of day.
LOD = Low of day.
PDC = Previous Day's Close.
S/R = Support/Resistance.
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referenced security. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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