The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Thursday, January 28, 2010 — 11
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THE MARKET IN REVIEW
STOCK EXCHANGE HIGHLIGHTS
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NYSE
7,035.61 +7.29
GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)
Name Last CallonP h 2.73 MarinerEn 15.80 Primedia 3.29 McClatchy 5.60 DeVry 63.32 Spartch 11.14 RockwlAut 50.84 KV PhmA lf 3.70 Plantron 27.36 PzenaInv 7.34
Chg +.71 +2.13 +.43 +.64 +7.15 +1.05 +4.68 +.31 +2.18 +.59
%Chg +35.1 +15.6 +15.0 +12.9 +12.7 +10.4 +10.1 +9.1 +8.7 +8.7
LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)
Name Last JacksnHew 2.94 Goldcp wt 4.80 MLMLFac129.72 PSBMetDL 14.81 Medifast 18.80 BPZ Res 6.45 BarnesNob18.07 Toyota 79.77 BcSanChile64.14 Cemex 9.90
Chg -.58 -.60 -1.10 -1.37 -1.73 -.58 -1.63 -7.01 -5.37 -.83
%Chg -16.5 -11.1 -10.2 -8.5 -8.4 -8.3 -8.3 -8.1 -7.7 -7.7
MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name Vol (00) Last Chg Citigrp 5446157 3.20 +.05 BkofAm 2539425 15.19 +.42 SPDR 2446445 109.83 +.52 SPDR Fncl 1929124 14.35 +.34 FordM 986034 11.55 +.36 iShEMkts 879627 38.97 -.10 GenElec 762057 16.30 -.05 DirFBear rs 761529 19.18 -1.28 iShR2K 689294 61.84 +.65 JPMorgCh 658007 39.33 +.89 Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume
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1,530 1,549 102 3,181 48 13 5,393,626,735
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AMEX
1,820.76 +5.83
GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)
Name PhrmAth HallwdGp LGL Grp RELM SinoHub n NTS Rlty NovaBayP BNJIQ LaBarg TrioTch
Last 2.14 45.00 4.00 3.10 3.58 5.33 2.33 14.47 11.14 4.00
Chg %Chg +.33 +18.2 +4.00 +9.8 +.35 +9.6 +.24 +8.4 +.27 +8.2 +.33 +6.6 +.11 +5.0 +.65 +4.7 +.50 +4.7 +.18 +4.7
LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)
Name Last Barnwell 3.54 CoffeeH 4.17 SoCTBcp 3.25 MercBcp 2.26 ShengInn n 6.20 Arrhythm 5.59 ReadyMix 2.85 NIVS IntT n 3.46 NA Pall g 3.72 SkyPFrtJ n 5.72
Chg -.51 -.57 -.39 -.24 -.60 -.51 -.25 -.25 -.26 -.39
%Chg -12.6 -12.0 -10.7 -9.6 -8.8 -8.4 -8.1 -6.7 -6.5 -6.4
MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name Vol (00) Last Chg NthgtM g 52497 2.75 -.18 GoldStr g 45997 2.87 -.02 Taseko 42804 4.65 -.11 NA Pall g 42203 3.72 -.26 GrtBasG g 24297 1.71 -.03 NovaGld g 23564 5.67 -.30 NwGold g 20941 4.15 ... VantageDrl 16206 1.49 -.01 PhrmAth 16159 2.14 +.33 BrcIndiaTR 16081 59.22 -.94 DIARY
Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume
203 302 45 550 6 2 117,693,238
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DAILY DOW JONES
NASDAQ 2,221.41 +17.68
GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)
Name Last Conolog rs 2.11 WSB Hldgs 3.00 KeyTrn 4.78 Micronetic 3.70 SuperMicro13.50 ChinaBio n 10.06 NorestB 10.72 Sanmina rs14.15 CalmsAst 13.79 Angeion 3.97
Chg +.82 +.70 +.83 +.61 +1.89 +1.35 +1.41 +1.85 +1.69 +.46
%Chg +63.6 +30.4 +21.0 +19.9 +16.3 +15.5 +15.1 +15.0 +14.0 +13.1
LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)
Name HutchT DoverSadl CmtyCntrl KongZhg FstCapVA BBC pf II MidPenn eOnComm ProvCmBc ApplRecyc
Last 7.20 2.29 2.05 8.96 6.95 7.00 9.25 3.75 2.29 2.67
Chg -1.79 -.41 -.34 -1.36 -1.04 -1.01 -1.20 -.48 -.29 -.33
%Chg -19.9 -15.2 -14.2 -13.2 -13.0 -12.6 -11.5 -11.3 -11.1 -11.0
MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name Vol (00) Last Chg PwShs QQQ1433539 44.70 +.35 Intel 739877 20.24 +.24 Apple Inc 604015 207.88 +1.94 Microsoft 599473 29.67 +.17 Cisco 513821 23.15 +.25 ETrade 467962 1.65 +.03 3Com 445480 7.46 -.09 Yahoo 398925 15.98 -.01 HuntBnk 337410 4.88 +.28 ApldMatl 302995 13.04 +.39 Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume
DIARY
1,585 1,058 139 2,782 35 24 2,419,244,606
you talk. we listen. HAVE YOU REVIEWED YOUR 10,760 in person. Dow Jones industrials LIFE INSURANCE LATELY? Close: 10,236.16 Change: 41.87 (0.4%)
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6,469.95 2,134.21 288.66 4,181.75 1,234.81 1,265.52 666.79 397.97 6,772.29 342.59
STOCK MARKET INDEXES Name
Dow Industrials 10,236.16 Dow Transportation 4,034.39 Dow Utilities 385.45 NYSE Composite 7,035.61 Amex Market Value 1,820.76 Nasdaq Composite 2,221.41 S&P 500 1,097.50 S&P MidCap 721.88 Wilshire 5000 11,399.45 Russell 2000 618.38
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PIMCO TotRetIs American Funds GrthAmA m American Funds CapIncBuA m Vanguard TotStIdx TOCKS OF OCAL NTEREST Fidelity Contra American Funds CpWldGrIA m YTD YTD American Funds IncAmerA m Name Div Yld PE Last Chg%Chg Name Div Yld PE Last Chg %Chg American Funds InvCoAmA m AT&T Inc 1.68 6.6 13 25.62 +.29 -8.6 LeggPlat 1.04 5.2 49 20.05 -.12 -1.7 Vanguard 500Inv Vanguard InstIdx Amazon ... ... 72 122.75 +3.27 -8.7 Lowes .36 1.6 19 22.12 +.16 -5.4 American Funds EurPacGrA m ArvMerit ... ... ... 10.41 -.03 -6.9 Microsoft .52 1.8 19 29.67 +.17 -2.7 Dodge & Cox Stock American Funds WAMutInvA m BB&T Cp .60 2.1 24 28.28 +1.48 +11.5 PPG 2.16 3.6 20 59.51 -.46 +1.7 Dodge & Cox IntlStk BkofAm .04 .3 ... 15.19 +.42 +.9 ParkerHan 1.00 1.7 33 57.40 +.80 +6.5 American Funds NewPerspA m BerkHa A ... ... 32107000.00+5249.00 +7.9 Fidelity DivrIntl d Cisco ... ... 24 23.15 +.25 -3.3 ProgrssEn 2.48 6.3 13 39.51 +.28 -3.7 American Funds FnInvA m ... ... 68 27.97 -.18 -9.5 PIMCO TotRetAdm b Delhaize 2.01 2.6 ... 77.54 +.80 +1.1 RedHat Dell Inc ... ... 18 13.53 -.05 -5.8 RoyalBk g 2.00 ... ... 50.30 +.24 -6.1 FrankTemp-Franklin Income A m DukeEngy .96 5.7 14 16.74 -.07 -2.7 SaraLee .44 3.6 20 12.16 +.19 -.2 American Funds BalA m Vanguard 500Adml ExxonMbl 1.68 2.6 15 65.54 -.38 -3.9 SonicAut ... ... ... 9.72 -.17 -6.4 Vanguard Welltn FamilyDlr .62 2.0 14 30.63 +.22 +10.1 SonocoP 1.08 3.7 21 28.98 +.18 -.9 Fidelity GrowCo Vanguard TotStIAdm FifthThird .04 .3 17 12.18 +.47 +24.9 SpectraEn 1.00 4.5 17 22.04 -.22 +7.5 American Funds BondA m FCtzBA 1.20 .7 16 176.12 +3.10 +7.4 SpeedM .36 2.1 ... 17.23 +.13 -2.2 Vanguard TotIntl GenElec .40 2.5 16 16.30 -.05 +7.7 .36 1.5 ... 23.35 -.37 -1.5 Vanguard InstPlus GoldmanS 1.40 .9 7 151.50 +.62 -10.3 Timken Fidelity LowPriStk d 1.80 3.0 35 59.34 +.70 +3.4 T Rowe Price EqtyInc Google ... ... 27 542.10 -.32 -12.6 UPS B KrispKrm ... ... ... 2.83 +.15 -4.1 WalMart 1.09 2.0 15 53.40 -.21 -.1 Hartford CapAprA m Pioneer PioneerA m Goldman Sachs ShDuGovA m Stock Footnotes: g = Dividends and earnings in Canadian dollars. h = Does not meet continued-listing standards. lf = Late filing with SEC. n = New in past 52 weeks. pf = Preferred. rs = Stock has undergone a reverse stock split of at least 50 Alliance Bernstein GrowIncA m percent within the past year. rt = Right to buy security at a specified price. s = Stock has split by at least 20 percent within the DWS-Scudder REstA m Hartford GrowthL m last year. un = Units. vj = In bankruptcy or receivership. wd = When distributed. wi = When issued. wt = Warrants.
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Mutual Fund Footnotes: b = Fee covering market costs is paid from fund assets. d = Deferred sales charge, or redemption fee. f = front load (sales charges). m = Multiple fees are charged. NA = not available. p = previous day’s net asset value. s = fund split shares during the week. x = fund paid a distribution during the week.Gainers and Losers must be worth at least $2 to be listed in tables at left. Most Actives must be worth at least $1. Volume in hundreds of shares. Source: The Associated Press. Sales figures are unofficial.
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Total Assets Obj ($Mlns) NAV
Total Return/Rank Pct Min Init 4-wk 12-mo 5-year Load Invt
CI 115,919 LG 66,116 IH 58,324 LB 58,004 LG 57,153 WS 56,527 MA 49,431 LB 49,143 LB 48,312 LB 44,401 FB 40,624 LV 39,986 LV 38,906 FV 36,757 WS 33,009 FG 32,048 LB 30,966 CI 30,268 CA 29,740 MA 29,690 LB 28,379 MA 28,289 LG 28,159 LB 27,762 CI 27,358 FB 26,043 LB 24,767 MB 24,672 LV 15,493 LB 9,880 LB 4,328 GS 1,486 LV 1,245 SR 438 LG 188
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10.94 26.74 47.06 27.10 56.65 32.84 15.32 25.49 101.14 100.47 36.85 96.28 24.32 31.06 24.89 27.08 32.19 10.94 2.05 16.22 101.15 28.68 67.37 27.10 11.95 13.95 100.47 31.94 20.77 30.36 35.30 10.37 2.89 13.35 14.74
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NL 5,000,000 5.75 250 5.75 250 NL 3,000 NL 2,500 5.75 250 5.75 250 5.75 250 NL 3,000 NL 5,000,000 5.75 250 NL 2,500 5.75 250 NL 2,500 5.75 250 NL 2,500 5.75 250 NL 5,000,000 4.25 1,000 5.75 250 NL 100,000 NL 10,000 NL 2,500 NL 100,000 3.75 250 NL 3,000 NL200,000,000 NL 2,500 NL 2,500 5.50 1,000 5.75 1,000 1.50 1,000 4.25 2,500 5.75 1,000 4.75 0
CA -Conservative Allocation, CI -Intermediate-Term Bond, ES -Europe Stock, FB -Foreign Large Blend, FG -Foreign LargeGrowth, FV -Foreign Large Value, IH -World Allocation, LB -Large Blend, LG -Large Growth, LV -Large Value, MA -Moderate Allocation, MB -Mid-Cap Blend, MV Mid-Cap Value, SH -Specialty-heath, WS -World Stock, Total Return: Chng in NAV with dividends reinvested. Rank: How fund performed vs. others with same objective: A is in top 20%, E in bottom 20%. Min Init Invt: Minimum $ needed to invest in fund. Source: Morningstar.
Associated Press
Toyota halts sales of 7 models WASHINGTON (AP) — Toyota suspended U.S. sales of some of its most popular vehicles — including the best-selling car in America, the Camry — to fix sticking gas pedals that could make the cars accelerate without warning. In another blow to the world’s No. 1 automaker, Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday it would halt some production at six assembly plants beginning the week of Feb. 1 “to assess and coordinate activities.” The company said it would stop selling eight models of cars and trucks, a significant portion of its fleet. The suspension comes after a recall of the same models last week involving 2.3 million vehicles. Toyota has said it was unaware of any accidents or injuries due to the pedal problems associated with the recall, but could not rule them out for sure. “This action is necessary until a remedy is finalized,” said Bob Carter, Toyota’s group vice president and general manager. The Japanese automaker said the sales suspension includes the following models: the 2009-2010 RAV4, the 2009-2010 Corolla, the 2007-2010 Camry, the 20092010 Matrix, the 2005-2010 Avalon, the 2010 Highlander, the 2007-2010 Tundra and the 2008-2010 Sequoia. Some dealers suggested taking vehicles to dealerships for inspections if people have safety concerns. Aaron Bragman, an auto analyst for the consulting firm IHS Global Insight in Troy, Mich., said Toyota typically sells about 65,000 Camrys and Corollas a month, and the frozen sales
could strike at the company’s bottom line and reputation for quality. “That’s huge if they can’t sell these and they don’t have a fix identified. They need to go and get a solution to this fast,” Bragman said. Toyota sold more than 34,000 Camrys in December, making the midsize sedan America’s best-selling car. It commands 3.4 percent of the U.S. market and sales rose 38 percent from a year earlier. Sales of the Corolla and Matrix, a small sedan and a hatchback, totaled 34,220 last month, making up 3.3 percent of the market and sales up nearly 55 percent from December of 2008. Toyota spokesman Mike Michels said production would be suspended on the affected vehicle lines this week and it was unclear exactly when it would resume. In an e-mail to employees, company officials said, “we don’t know yet how long this pause will last but we will make every effort to resume production soon.” Michels said engineers were trying to develop a fix as quickly as possible but he did not have a firm timeline on when the vehicle sales could resume. Toyota shares were down 2.3 percent in early Tokyo trading at 3,780 yen. The automaker said the move would affect plants in Princeton, Ind., Lafayette, Ind., Georgetown, Ky., San Antonio, Texas, and Cambridge, Ontario, and Woodstock, Ontario, in Canada. Toyota spokesman Mike Goss said most workers were expected to be at their jobs during
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Robert Chung, left, and his wife Mandy Cui look over a new Toyota Highlander hybrid SUV at a Toyota dealership in Seattle Wednesday. Toyota Motor Corp. announced late Tuesday it would halt sales of some of its top-selling models to fix gas pedals that could stick and cause unintended acceleration.
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Fed report gives investors new confidence
NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Reserve reassured stock market investors Wednesday that the economy is improving and that interest rates will stay low. Stocks recovered from an early slide to end moderately higher after the Fed issued a more upbeat assessment of the economy following a two-day meeting on interest rates. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 42 points. Treasury prices also reversed direction and began falling as investors withdrew money from safe haven holdings. The Fed’s statement that “economic activity has continued to strengthen” since its last meeting injected some calm into a nervous market. Stocks have fallen in five of the last eight days as investors question what effect a more assertive Washington will have on Wall Street. Some investors are also concerned that stocks have risen too fast in a 10-month climb that has left the Standard & Poor’s 500 index up 62.2 percent. The Fed left interest rates near zero, as expected. Analysts said that a dissenting vote on the decision from Kansas City Federal Reserve President Thomas Hoenig was a sign that the economy is improving enough to at least discuss boosting the key lending rate. “That means there are a couple of people who feel like that the economy is getting better at a nice rate that no longer warrants these exceptionally low rates,” said Jamie Cox of Harris Financial. The Fed also said it still plans to end a program to lower mortgage rates as expected on March 31. Analysts said that was a sign of confidence in a recovery in the housing market. Stocks had fallen ahead of the Fed’s announcement as the Commerce Department said sales of new homes fell 7.6 percent in December. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 41.87, or 0.4 percent, to 10,236.16. It was down about 40 ahead of the Fed’s statement. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 5.33, or 0.5 percent, to 1,097.50, while the Nasdaq composite index rose 17.68, or 0.8 percent, to 2,221.41. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves opposite its price, rose to 3.66 percent from 3.63 percent late Tuesday. The dollar rose against most other major currencies, while gold fell. Scott Marcouiller, senior equity market strategist Wells Fargo Advisors in St. Louis, said the Fed’s statement that it is slowing its purchase of mortgage-backed securities suggests the central bank believes the U.S. housing market is improving. The Fed said it expects to complete the purchase of $1.25 trillion in agency mortgage-backed securities and about $175 billion in agency debt by the end of the first quarter. In other trading, crude oil fell $1.04 to settle at $73.67 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Falling stocks narrowly outpaced those that rose on the New York Stock Exchange, where consolidated volume came to 5.4 billion shares compared with 4.8 billion Tuesday. The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 6.22, or 1 percent, to 618.38.
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the assembly line shutdown. Workers will receive additional training or work on improvements to their assembly processes, but can also take vacation or unpaid leave, he said. About 300 workers who build V8 engines at a Toyota plant in Huntsville, Ala., will be affected, said Stephanie Deemer, a spokeswoman for the plant. Goss said the shutdowns will also affect engine plants in Georgetown, Ky., and Buffalo, W.Va. Toyota said no other North American Toyota facility would be affected by the decision. Toyota dealers said they were concerned the move would hamper sales and were hopeful parts to fix the problem could be distributed quickly. “They’re going the extra mile to reassure people that they really care about the customers,” said Earl Stewart, owner of a Toyota dealership in North Palm Beach, Fla. “It is something that’s going to be at least a short-term hardship on the dealers, and especially on Toyota.” The auto company said the sales suspension wouldn’t affect Lexus or Scion vehicles. Toyota said the Prius, Tacoma, Sienna, Venza, Solara, Yaris, 4Runner, FJ Cruiser, Land Cruiser and select Camry models, including all Camry hybrids, would remain for sale. The announcement follows a larger recall months earlier of 4.2 million vehicles because of problems with gas pedals becoming trapped under floor mats, causing sudden acceleration. That problem was the cause of several crashes, including some fatalities.
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