Message-ID: <17241472.1075857108121.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 03:15:00 -0800 (PST) From: editorial@mail.realtimetraders.com To: editorial@realtimetraders.com Subject: Another big name warns Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-From: "RealTimeTraders.com" X-To: Editorial@realtimetraders.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Andrew_Lewis_Dec2000\Notes Folders\Discussion threads X-Origin: Lewis-A X-FileName: alewis.nsf Dear Subscriber, please note that you are receiving this email because you have opted into our FREE daily market analysis newsletter. If you=20 would like to be removed from our list, reply to this email with remove=20 in the subject line. Thank you! December 13th, 2000 Previous Session's Best Performing Alert One of Tuesday's Short Trader Alert Ariba, Inc. (ARBA) lost 7 1/16=20 points after our alert. RealTimeTraders.com offers free=20 real-time stock alerts throughout the day. Why pay for=20 chat rooms and stock pickers for old news? Morning Watch List This section contains 6 stocks that are expected move in 1 to 5 days.=20 Click here for this morning's Watch List Stocks:=20 http://www.realtimetraders.com/realtimetraders/marketinfo/watchlist.asp Beyond The Numbers When will the Election madness come to an end? The U.S. presidential election was held 6-weeks ago. Since then=20 there has been plenty of speculation on who will be the next president=20 of United States. Each passing day this matter has gotten more=20 complicated causing the nation to become increasingly frustrated with=20 the entire situation. Traders convey the message that the financial =20 markets have reached a point where the outcome of this election, in =20 either direction, will have very little effect on the markets. As one=20 frustrated trader said =01&Mostly markets are looking for an end to this=20 matter, not many care at this point who the next president will be=018.=20 We believe the initial reaction to the outcome will be mixed. However,=20 as the cloud clears, markets should be able to find a clear direction=20 from there. As of Tuesday night it appears the Texas Governor=20 George Bush will most likely be the next president.=20 Even negative news is boosting stock prices Just a few weeks ago, no news was good news for US financial=20 markets. Readers may recall even when there was positive news=20 announcements made by companies, stocks continued to trade=20 lower. However, in the past few trading sessions we have highlighted=20 many better-known names warnings about the upcoming quarterly=20 earnings and about their entire year=01,s outlook. Interestingly enough,=20 following the =01&bad =01&news most of these stocks have rallied to recover= =20 some of the recent losses. We are still confused about this reaction=20 and trying to make sense of it all. This interesting development brings=20 back some important memories. Some time ago (12-15 months ago)=20 we pointed out that some of the better known money managers left=20 the business or were forced out because they too could not make=20 sense or understand what was taking place in the market back then.=20 Of course, the entire street is aware of what has happened to the=20 Nasdaq in last 8-months.?=20 Others with many decades of experience in the markets have voiced=20 similar opinions. Some of the smartest people in Wall Street like=20 Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway, Hedge fund manager Julian=20 H. Robertson, and fund manager George Soros also find it difficult=20 to make sense of the market reaction to the negative news. What's=20 puzzling is the fact these companies are steadily moving higher=20 despite the companies loosing money. We believe it is worth pointing=20 out or at least taking a closer look at before blindly joining the crowd. Sector Analysis Another big name warns Tuesday after the close one of the better-known names in the PC world,=20 Compaq Computer (CPQ) warned the company=01,s earnings would fall=20 short of analysts=01, expectations. Following this earnings warning, the=20 box maker's stock briefly dipped down to $19=20 before bouncing back =20 to finish the session around $20. Given this is the third box maker to=20 pre-announce negative earnings, it may be worth watching the=20 component manufacturers who make the parts that go into the=20 computers. Some of the tech stocks worth watching closely are disc=20 drive makers, memory producers, modem, network card/network=20 suppliers, audio/video and other component makers.=20 Dow Transports may stall around 3000 In the past few sessions we wrote about transportation stocks benefiting=20 from lower crude oil prices. Some of the best performers within the =20 sector were airlines and railroads. As we are approaching the critical=20 resistance level of 3000, we like to alert readers to watch for possible=20 profit taking. Tuesday Transportation index traded as high as 2,970 =20 before settling at 2,905. Tuesday=01,s move up put the index at a 7-month= =20 high. If the crude oil prices stays around the current levels or move=20 lower, Transportation index may challenge the resistance level and=20 move higher if the markets as a whole moves higher. Economic Reports & Bond Markets Retail Report may Set the Stage Tuesday=01,s long bond moved up 5 ticks to close at 103.13.=20 Wednesday Retail Sales and Import/Export sales data are due=20 at 8:30 AM. For consensus estimates and the actual report please=20 visit our =01&Sectors and Indices=018 page. Market Breadth=20 Tuesday's NYSE advance/decline reading was 1273/1592 Vs.=20 Monday's reading of1669/1181 Tuesday's Nasdaq advance/decline reading was 1560/2424 Vs.=20 Monday's reading of 2308/1673 New Highs and New Lows Tuesday's NYSE new high/lows was 140/68 Vs. Monday's reading of 247/58 Tuesday's Nasdaq new high/lows was 59/153 Vs. Monday's reading of 92/156 Important Market Moving News Visit our BeforeTheBell page - http://www.realtimetraders.com/realtimetraders/stockpicks/beforethebell.asp for the most important news that may effect your portfolio. This page also provide information on stocks that are going to gap open=20 higher/lower and the reasons if any. We also alert traders to the actively traded stocks before the bell. 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Today's Key Earnings Releases Company Name????????? =09Expected earnings =09Symbol =09=09 BE Aerospace????????????? =090.28???? =09BEAV Bed Bath&Beyond?????? =090.14???? =09BBBY Biomet???????????????????????? =090.29???? =09BMET FuelCell?????????????????????? =09-0.15??? =09FCEL General Mills?????????????? =090.68???? =09GIS Toll Brothers?????????????? =091.21???? =09TOL Verity????????????????????????? =090.20???? =09VRTY WD-40??????????????????????? =090.19???? =09WDFC Disclaimer All information provided in this email is for informational purposes only. RealTimeTraders.com obtains data from sources it believe to be reliable. RealTimeTraders.com nor its content providers=20 guarantee the accuracy of the content. Although the opinions=20 expressed here are based on sound judgement, experience, and research, no warranty is given or implied as to their true reliability. 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