MORNING UPDATE: Mankus-Lavelle Group Issues Alerts for HPQ, SPLS,
BEAS, KR, and TJX
CHICAGO, May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Mankus-Lavelle Group issues the following
Morning Update at 8:30 AM EDT with new PriceWatch Alerts for key stocks.
Before the open... PriceWatch Alerts for HPQ, SPLS, BEAS, KR, and TJX, Market
Overview, Today's Economic Calendar, and the Quote Of The Day.
QUOTE OF THE DAY "Our overall performance leaves room for improvement in many of our
businesses." -- Mark Hurd, chief executive and president, Hewlett-Packard Co.
New PriceWatch Alerts for HPQ, SPLS, BEAS, KR, and TJX...
PRICEWATCH ALERTS - HIGH RETURN COVERED CALL OPTIONS
-- Hewlett Packard (NYSE:HPQ)
Last Price 21.55 - NOV 20.00 CALL OPTION@ $2.55 -> 5.3 % Return assigned*
-- Staples Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLS)
Last Price 21.56 - SEP 22.50 CALL OPTION@ $0.90 -> 8.9 % Return assigned*
-- BEA Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:BEAS)
Last Price 7.98 - SEP 7.50 CALL OPTION@ $1.05 -> 8.2 % Return assigned*
-- Kroger Co. (NYSE:KR)
Last Price 16.92 - OCT 17.50 CALL OPTION@ $0.85 -> 8.9 % Return assigned*
-- T J X COMPANIES (NYSE:TJX)
Last Price 23.36 - OCT 22.50 CALL OPTION@ $1.90 -> 4.8 % Return assigned*
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NEWS LEADERS AND LAGGARDS So far today, Hewlett-Packard Co., Altria Group Inc., and Talbots Inc. lead the
list of companies with the most news stories while Photronics Inc. and Eaton
Vance Corp. are showing a spike in news. Nordstrom Inc., Yum! Brands Inc., and
Panera Bread Co. have the highest srtIndex scores to top the list of companies
with positive news while Catalina Marketing Corp. and Applied Materials Inc. lead the list of companies with negative news reports. Jack in the Box Inc. has
popped up with a high positive news sraIndex score.
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http://www.wallstreetsecretsplus.com/go/freemu/ MARKET OVERVIEW Overseas markets are trading solidly higher this morning, as 13 of the 15
foreign indices that we track are currently in the plus column. Asian markets
were mixed, however, after the Chinese government released that the country's
industrial output rose 16 percent from the prior month. Economists were
expecting the figure to slow to 14.6 percent. In Europe, stocks were largely
higher following Hewlett-Packard's earnings report, leading technology concerns
into the plus column. Elsewhere, the June contract on crude was advancing in
overseas trading, and was last seen up 23 cents at $49.20 per barrel.
U.S. futures were languishing just below breakeven this morning, as traders
remain somewhat cautious ahead of this morning's release of the Consumer Price
Index. However, Hewlett-Packard will add a buoying force to the tech sector
following its earnings report.
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http://www.investorsobserver.com/freemo DYNAMIC MARKET OPPORTUNITIES The OPEC oil cartel meets again on June 15. If crude prices remain below US$50,
production will probably be cut. As summer approaches, recent talk about a
500,000-barrel per day production increase is history. If OPEC goes ahead and
cuts production, it will likely add a little more fear into the market. And
this is not a stable market by any stretch of the imagination. A couple of OPEC
ministers already feel the oil market is oversupplied -- and should remain that
way through the rest of 2005. The fact is, OPEC's output is currently the
highest in history -- a point noted by Qatar's oil chief, Abdullah Hamad
al-Attiyah. His concern is that if the cartel continues to pump furiously now,
that might prompt a production cut during the fourth quarter -- a scenario that
would arguably generate a whole lot more fear. At the moment, OPEC has made
provisions to pump 300,000 to 500,000 barrels per day more than current levels
in order to cope with the fourth quarter demand surge. And while some media
outlets are excitedly hailing the recent decline of oil prices, a CNN report
interestingly notes that, "the latest round of price falls was driven more by
the strong dollar than high US inventories." Not exactly the best news that
supports a continuation of oil's declining trend. In truth, the quest for cheap
oil is over. Sara Nunnally, technical analyst at the WaveStrength investment
team, says: "The only thing that will lower the price of oil is more domestic
drilling -- but not even that will bring it to US$25 a barrel, as the White
House desires. I expect oil prices to continue their decline while the dollar
grows stronger, and while OPEC pumps at record numbers." Just because prices
have dipped recently, it's very unlikely that OPEC will allow this trend to
continue for long.
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8:30 AM April CPI
8:30 AM April CPI, ex-food and energy
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