Market Snapshot   See How The Market and Leading Stocks Performed Today.

• Our overall market indicator is  Neutral 
• We are in the historically strong (October through April) period in the stock market. During the month of March, the S&P 500 has risen in 38 out of the past 59 years (64% of the time).
• Price/Volume action of the S&P 500 provides the following key indications:
  • Price Below 10wkMA - BAD
  • Internal Momentum at 66.28 - GOOD
  • Accum/Dist of 0.99 - BAD
• Market related news:
  • GLOBAL MARKETS-Global stocks, euro rise, shrug off mixed signals (at Reuters) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:49:11 Etc/GMT
  • Wall Street ends flat after mixed data (Reuters) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:33:32 Etc/GMT
  • US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall St flat as economy sends mixed signals (at Reuters) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:09:36 Etc/GMT
  • MarketWatch First Take: Dow theorists will have to wait another day (at MarketWatch) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:20:00 Etc/GMT
  • Diane Garnick's Guide to the Fine Art of Failure (TechTicker) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:00:00 Etc/GMT

Industry Group Performance   See Which Industry Groups Performed Best and Worst Today.

• This week, there are 100 Industry Groups showing strong price action. In bull markets, we normally see at least 100 top performing industries. This indicates that the market has  Good Breadth 
• Best performing Top 40 Industry Groups today, with A or B Ranked stocks moving up on above average volume:

  38. Diver Inves (+0.88%)

  20. Gold (+0.82%)

  33. Packa & Conta (+0.37%)

  12. Paper & Paper Produ (+0.13%)

  28. Inter Softw & Servi (0.01%)

  RINO International Corp RINO +$1.55 on 207% Avg. Vol. (GSA Rank: 82.10, Group Rank: 38)
  
  
• Worst performing Top 40 Industry Groups today, with C Ranked stocks moving down on above average volume:

  16. Medic Appli & Equip (-32.59%)

  21. Auto Parts (-2.83%)

  32. Gener Build Mater (-2.74%)

  35. Chemi - Major Diver (-2.71%)

  19. Semic Equip & Mater (-2.37%)

  EnteroMedics Inc ETRM -$3.5 on 46231% Avg. Vol. (GSA Rank: 47.22, Group Rank: 16)
  
  Standard Motor Products Inc SMP -$0.29 on 134% Avg. Vol. (GSA Rank: 57.20, Group Rank: 21)
  
  Dana Corp DAN -$0.25 on 113% Avg. Vol. (GSA Rank: 48.68, Group Rank: 21)
  
  ArvinMeritor Inc ARM -$0.42 on 113% Avg. Vol. (GSA Rank: 48.42, Group Rank: 21)
  
  Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide Inc QTWW -$0.06 on 117% Avg. Vol. (GSA Rank: 46.99, Group Rank: 21)
  
  Johnson Controls Inc JCI -$1.1 on 118% Avg. Vol. (GSA Rank: 43.38, Group Rank: 21)
  
  Valspar Corp VAL -$0.05 on 118% Avg. Vol. (GSA Rank: 46.57, Group Rank: 32)
  
  USG Corp USG -$0.23 on 113% Avg. Vol. (GSA Rank: 36.96, Group Rank: 32)
  
  Armstrong World Industries Inc AWI -$0.77 on 137% Avg. Vol. (GSA Rank: 34.38, Group Rank: 32)
  
  Owens Corning OC -$0.69 on 187% Avg. Vol. (GSA Rank: 31.89, Group Rank: 32)
  
  Eastman Chemical Co EMN -$0.96 on 115% Avg. Vol. (GSA Rank: 52.07, Group Rank: 35)
  
  Ashland Inc ASH -$1.97 on 168% Avg. Vol. (GSA Rank: 41.17, Group Rank: 35)
  
  Dow Chemical Co DOW -$0.8 on 112% Avg. Vol. (GSA Rank: 39.35, Group Rank: 35)
  
  Celanese Corp CE -$0.51 on 105% Avg. Vol. (GSA Rank: 37.76, Group Rank: 35)
  
  FSI International Inc FSII -$0.04 on 125% Avg. Vol. (GSA Rank: 46.47, Group Rank: 19)
  
  Entegris Inc ENTG -$0.16 on 154% Avg. Vol. (GSA Rank: 45.69, Group Rank: 19)
  
  Veeco Instruments Inc VECO -$0.18 on 136% Avg. Vol. (GSA Rank: 36.89, Group Rank: 19)
  
  
  * Potential SHORT SELL candidates reversing off new highs OR showing poor accumulation/distribution, trading below support levels.
     These stocks have the three 'O's - Over-valued (trading above discount), Over-owned (too much institutional ownership) and Over-extended (Above the 200-day MA).