Amazon (AMZN) Hits a Wall and Dumps

Watching the intraday action in Amazon there was a tremendous amount of money being poured into the stock. I suspect a good portion of that money buying up the Amazon stock was from the retail side, as it is very common for the retail investors to be those who chase the extreme moves, especially heading into an earnings report. Smart traders know never to leverage up before an earnings report.

Well everyone who chased today, expecting Amazon to break to all time new highs, is left licking their wounds as Amazon reported weak earnings after hours.

The price of Amazon stock was trading at $150 at the 4pm close. In after hours it has dropped down to $139.75.

Amazon (AMZN) chart:

Amazon Chart After Hours

Similar action is taking place in Microsoft (MSFT) as well at this time.




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Ebay Earnings – Way Off

Ebay’s Q1 2010 earnings was a disaster for the bulls.

eBay Inc Reports Q1 $0.42 v $0.41e, R $2.2B v $2.2Be

Lowers Guidance

- Guides Q2 $0.37-0.39 v $0.40e, R $2.15-2.20B v $2.2Be
- Guides FY10 $1.63-1.68 v $1.67, R $8.8-9.1B v $9.1Be
- Q1 Non-GAAP operating margin: 30.6% v 30.7% y/y

The market did not like those numbers at all.

EBAY after hours:

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Earnings – The Difference a Day Makes

As I stated in last nights video update a lot can change before Friday.

Earnings announcements after today’s market close were disappointing. Some notable companies have even lowered forward guidance. The result, futures market (S&P and Nasdaq) have declined rather impressively.

S&P E-Mini Futures

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Nasdaq Futures

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The difference a day makes…

Market Wrap for February 1 2010

The Monday evening Market Summary video is available on the ‘market update videos’ page.

Tuesday Schedule:

10:00 Dec Pending Home Sales (last m/m -16%, y/y 19.3%)

4:30pmAPI Crude Oil/Gasoline/Distillate Inventories

Vehicles sales to be reported throughout the day

Earnings

Before the Open: AMSC, AMB, AXE, ADM, ARTG, ARM, ADP, BEAV, BP, COCO, CPO, DHX, DOW, DHI, EMR, ETR, EVR, HHS, HSY, NRGY, KFT, LDR, LXK, MAN, MRO, HZO, MPEL, PTRY, PCX, PNR, PBG, PRGO, RDWR, RRST, SMG, STEL, STE, SU, TNB, TDW, TKR, UTI, UPS, WHR, WEC

After the Close: ACE, APKT, ACTU, AFL, ADS, AJG, ATO, BRE, CHRW, CTRP, FISV, SOLR, IVAC, IRF, JKHY, JDSU, JLL, KNXA, LCRD, MANH, MTW, MEE, MET, MIL, MYGN, NLC, NETL, NWSA, PXD, QSFT, RSYS, RVBD, SLGN, SSD, TSO, TRMB, UNM, VASC, VRSN, WBSN

Stock Market – Weekend Wrap for January 31 2010

The weekend wrap up video is now available for viewing on the ‘market update videos’ page.

Monday Schedule:

08:30 Dec Personal Income (last 0.4%), Dec Personal Spending (last 0.5%), Dec PCE Deflator y/y (last 1.5%), Dec PCE Core (last m/m 0.0%, y/y 1.4%)

10:00 Dec ISM Manufacturing (last 55.9), Dec ISM Prices Paid (last 61.5), Dec Construction Spending m/m (last -0.6%)

10:00 Treasury Sec Geithner to testify before Senate Finance Committee

15:00 Treasury quarterly funding estimates

Earnings

Before the Open: AMG, ACV, CRNT, CYOU, DEP, EPD, XOM, GCI, HAE, HEW, HUM, MDU, MOG/A, NI, ONB, SOHU, SYY

After the Close: ADVS, APC, CCK, DST, EXTR, HOLX, ICUI, LOCM, MNKD, NOA, OCLR, PMT, PCL, RGA, RCII, RTEC, SIMO, TUP, UNCA

Mr. Brown Heads to Washington and Wall Street is Worried

There are numerous reasons being floated in the media today to explain the sharp sell off in the equities market. Some are ridiculous, while others are meaningful. Unfortunately bubble TV pays little attention to the meaningful reasons, so let us briefly list the important ones here.

010 Mr. Brown Heads to Washington and Wall Street is Worried   Sovereign default concerns continue to grow for Greece and the Eastern European region.

010 Mr. Brown Heads to Washington and Wall Street is Worried   China has temporarily restricted banks from any further lending to control excesses in the economy. Additionally, a Chinese economist has floated the idea that China should curtail further purchases of U.S. debt.

010 Mr. Brown Heads to Washington and Wall Street is Worried   The U.S. dollar has risen significantly in response to the items listed above.

010 Mr. Brown Heads to Washington and Wall Street is Worried   Q4 earnings so far have been met with ‘sell the news’. An indication that stock prices have advanced far too much and earnings don’t substantiate the stock prices.

010 Mr. Brown Heads to Washington and Wall Street is Worried   Financial firms are still reporting en masse losses on loans and other credit portfolio products.

010 Mr. Brown Heads to Washington and Wall Street is Worried   The FHA, in an attempt to save itself from complete destruction has tightened lending criteria. A good first step for the FHA, but bad for those who were counting on more ‘easy money’ to keep the housing market afloat.

010 Mr. Brown Heads to Washington and Wall Street is Worried   Unemployment, unemployment, and unemployment.

010 Mr. Brown Heads to Washington and Wall Street is Worried   And the biggest one of all today is the Massachusetts senate election that elected Republican Scott Brown last evening.

Famed CNBC windbag Jim Cramer misinterpreted what the election of Scott Brown means. Jim Cramer claimed that the market would rally ‘huge’ today if Scott Brown were elected. The part that Mr. Cramer fails to comprehend is that Scott Brown threatens the normal way of life in Washington and he embraces the ‘tea party’ ideals of ending free money.

The ‘tea party’ movement has had lots of bad press. But that is understandable since the ‘tea party’ represents the idea of fair and balanced taxes, no bailouts for Wall Street firms who dug their own grave, and a government that actually represents the people instead of lobbyists and their interests. Any group of people that threatens the normal way of life in Washington will be singled out and made to look foolish by those who are threatened the most.

Senate elect Scott Brown says he will take to Washington the very concept that threatens the normal way of life, and that has Wall Street worried.

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