Here are some of the contenders for today’s biggest…news…of…the…day…  A report that says Citigroup (C) and HSBC Holdings (HBC) may sell assets…A look into the reorganization at Nokia (NOK)…Speculation on what Jeffrey Bewkes may do to Time Warner (TWX) when he takes over…A report that says Warren Buffett is launching “a bond insurer to take U.S. local-government business away from companies including MBIA Inc…(Read More)

Here are the results for today’s unusual stock volume scan. The scan looks at the previous day’s volume and compares it to the recent average volume…(Read More)

Good morning everyone – welcome to the final day of this trading week where we find stock futures bouncing back from yesterday’s selloff…(Read More)

The day ends on the lows… Chart Courtesy of Thomson Financial The post below showed the S&P 500 (SPX) and what appeared to be a meager afternoon bounce…(Read More)

We head into the second half of the session with the market struggling to bounce off its lows… Chart Courtesy of Thomson Financial Right out of the gate, the S&P 500 (SPX) was hit with selling and that persisted throughout the first half of the session…(Read More)

With the broad market indices showing sluggish action this morning, I thought it might be interesting to check out the new high list to see what stocks were performing today…(Read More)

Earlier this month we saw that Baidu.com, Inc. (BIDU) was breaking above near-term congestion and in a position to challenge its recent highs…(Read More)

The opening bell has rung and here is what I see… Click here for symbol descriptions We have widespread, but mostly mild, downside bias as only bonds and gold shows gains…(Read More)

Here are some of the contenders for today’s biggest…news…of…the…day…  Concerns that Citigroup (C) will be forced to slash its dividend by as much as 40%…A deal that would allow people to rent 20th Century Fox movies over Apple’s (AAPL) iTunes…A “gift card glitch” at Wal-Mart (WMT)…A look into recessions and their impact, or lack thereof, on investing…Data on durable goods orders…A record year for convertible bond sales…While those are all stories worth watching, I think it is obviously clear that the biggest story is this – Kyrgyzstan touted as ideal delivery hub for Santa…according to the article, “the tiny ex-Soviet state of Kyrgyzstan has declared itself the new home of Santa Claus” after a Swedish engineering firm determined it was “the ideal spot for Santa’s global toy delivery hub”…the study said Santa Claus “can eliminate time-consuming detours and avoid subjecting his reindeer to undue strain” by relocating from the North Pole…I am not sure what is worse, that a country is trying to “kidnap” Santa or that someone actually did a study on his efficiency…(Read More)

Here are the results for today’s unusual stock volume scan. The scan looks at the previous day’s volume and compares it to the recent average volume…(Read More)

Good morning everyone – welcome to Thursday where we find stock futures showing a slight (very slight) upside bias…The S&Ps are sitting a point above fair value…(Read More)

So, the day has come to an end, so what should we watch for tomorrow? Well, first things first, Nick returns …(Read More)