This Company Was Adversely Affected By The California Storms

  • January 13, 2005
  • Brice Wightman

Stocks are lower–even after a strong number from
Apple–as traders wonder about Q4 earnings.

Apple
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The company sees revenues of $2.9 billion vs the consensus of $2.75 billion.
1.046 million Macs were shipped, more than the estimated 984,000. Bank of
America boosted the stock to a buy from neutral.  

Taser
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article citing the Defense Department. Separately, The Cardiac Journal
said the guns were not dangerous to cardiac patients.

Retail sales rose +1.2%, more than expected; ex-auto, +0.3%.  Jobless
claims rose unexpectedly by 10,000 to 367,000.

Homebuilder Hovnanian
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$1.40 earnings forecast due to the recent California storms. Excavation,
landscaping and exterior finishing will be delayed; the company expects to make
up the losses next quarter.

Strong sectors are: Oil Services
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Gas
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Weak sectors are: Airlines
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-1.42%.

 

Dow -43.08 10,574.40
S&P 500 -2.81 1184.89
Nasdaq -5.90 2,086.33

The dollar is +0.35 at
82.49

Crude Oil is +1.64 at
48.20

Gold is -1.80 to 424.30

ce=”Arial” size=”2″ face=”Arial”>Volume is 673 million on the NYSE and
1.0 billion on the Nasdaq.

Market breadth is mixed.

NYSE Issues
Advancing 1592 Up Vol 288
Declining 1547 Down Vol 340
1.02 1.18
Nasdaq
Advancing 1196 Up Vol 420
Declining 1699 Down Vol 510
1.42 1.21

Stocks in the News

TheStreet.com
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explore strategic options.

Sun Micro
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HCA, Inc.
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Radio Shack
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basis; the company also reaffirmed its guidance.

Home Depot
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Brice Wightman

 

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