Saturday, December 22, 2007

Portfolio Weekend Roundup

Light trading most of the week was simply a calm before the storm. A quadruple Witching day on Friday meant higher volume, and a huge rally. This is the weekly round-up. Stay tuned for the three new Portfolios that will be created in the new year.

Altius Minerals
ALS.TO - Finished up on Friday for the first day this week. It seems that the refinery talk has died down. Click HERE for the union labor agreement for construction.
Ansys ANSS - Closed up 4.8% and hit a new 52 week high on Friday. Huge gains this week on no news. Interesting.
Aegean Marine Petroleum ANW - Up 6.2% on Friday to finish the week slightly higher.
Anadarko Petroleum APC
- A higher week for oil helped send APC to a new 52 week high on Friday.
ART Technology
ARTG - Finished the week little changed.
Aspreva Pharma ASPV - The takeover is going through @ $26 a share.
Yamana Gold AUY - It was a tough week for Yamana. Friday the stock paired most of its weekly losses and announced its dividend; click HERE.
Aspen Technology AZPN
- Closed the week slightly higher.
China Mobil CHL
- Pulled back right into Jim Trippon's Buy range, and then took off, up 6.5 straight points.
Core Labs CLB - Strong few days for oil helped CLB finish higher three straight days.
China Medical CMED - A strong final four days helped CMED pull above its 5, 20, and 50 day SMA.
Capella Education
CPLA - Very good Friday, finishing up 4.7%.
Devon Energy DVN - Up 2.7% on Friday and hit a new 20 day high. It is good to be an energy stock right now.
EnCana
ECA - Ended the week with three straight up-days, Like the rest of oil.
Euronet Worldwide EEFT - The bid for Moneygram is turning out to be a bitter feud. Moneygram said it would still consider other proposals; click HERE for the story. Was higher 4 of 5 days this week.
Energy Conversion Devices ENER - A 10% gain on Thurs. helped the stock close slightly higher for the week.
ISHARE MSCI BRAZIL F EWZ - Up four straight days including 3.2% on Friday.
iShares European Monetary Union EZU - Finished the week down slightly.
European DJ Stoxx 50 FEU - A mixed week of trading finishing down slightly.
Female Health Co. FHC - Mixed week of trading. Released 10K after the bell on Friday; click HERE for the results.
Focus Media Holding FMCN - It will enter the Nasdaq 100 next week, and I suspect the gains will continue, as index funds are forced to buy in.
FPL Group
FPL - Not a good week for FPL, and closed down another 1.1% on Friday.
First Solar FSLR - More up, than down this week. A nice 8.5% gain on Friday sent the stock to a new 52 week high.
Frontier OIL FTO - The fire in the Cheyenne plant will hurt production and the stock finished down (unlike most energy stocks)
Gafisa S.A. GFA - Ends a four day loosing skid by closing up 3.7% on Friday. There was a nice article in Investors B.D. about the Brazilian home building industry; click HERE.
GoldCorp GG - Finished the week strong, up 3.7% on Friday.
Gol Air GOL - More up than down in a mixed week of trading.
Harvest Energy
HTE - Came very close to its 52 week low, and bounced Friday, up 3.6%. This stock is now yielding and astronomical 18.4%.
iShares S&P Latin 40 ETF ILF - A mixed week had this ETF finish slightly higher.
Kinder morgan Energy Partners KMP - Closed 36 cents higher on Friday.
Coca-Cola
KO - The stock looked shaky early this week, but closed up 1.3% on Friday.
KV Pharma KV-A - Down Sightly on the week.
LEV Pharma LEVP - The stock did not move as everyone awaits FDA results. Click HERE for a regulatory filing.
Micros Systems MCRS - Up 4.1% on Friday and closed just below their 52 week high.
Noble Corp. NE - Huge week! Up over 2% the last four trading days.
Owens Illinois OI - Charged higher this week, up the last four trading days.
optionsXpress OXPS - New 52 week high on Friday. The street is really high on this one.
Petrolero Braziliero PBR - Very strong week. Up nicely 4 straight days.
Claymont Steel PLTE - The takeover is going well, and they stock trades just below the buying price.
Potash Corp.
POT - A mixed week of trading.
Transocean Inc. RIG - Another week, another 52 week high.
CVRD RIO - Great week. Up nicely the last 4 days.
ProShares Ultra Short S&P500
SDS - A Santa Clause rally did not bode well for the inverse ETF.
Synaptics Inc. SYNA - Made some nice 2008 lists, but the end of 2007 is not going well. Down 4 days this week.
Telefonica Sa TEF - A slight bounce after last weeks sell-off.
UniBanco UBB - Monday's sell-off, offset three straight gains to end the week.
United Online UNTD - The slide continues. This stock now yields around 6.8%.
Urban Outfitters
URBN - More down than up, in a tough week for retailers.
URS Corp. URS - A few new contracts helped this stock finish strong.
Meridian Bioscience VIVO - A great week for Meridian.
WWA GROUP
WWAG.OB - Finished the week down slightly.
Cimarex XEC - Up everyday this week, and hit a 100 day high on Friday.

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