Why NVIDIA Corporation, Consolidated Edison, Western Digital Corp. Are Today’s 3 Worst Stocks

Stocks headed into the weekend on a strong note, as all three major indices ended higher and the Dow finished at an all-time closing high. Although Wall Street polished off the week with gains, there wasn't an overwhelming, undeniable sense of bullishness; in fact, just less than 54% of stocks managed to advance. Not included in that 54% were today's three most miserable performers: NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA  ) , Consolidated Edison (NYSE: ED  ) , and Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC  ) , each of which ended near the bottom of the S&P 500 Index (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC  ) on Friday. The S&P, for its part, tacked on two points, or 0.2%, to end at 1,878. 

For being one of the S&P's most severe decliners, NVIDIA's stock should count its blessings. Today's 2.4% setback is the sort of swing you see in the stock market every day, and it even came after the graphics company reported a pretty solid quarter of results. Sales in the first quarter agreed with analyst expectations at $1.1 billion, and earnings per share actually clocked in more than 50% higher than consensus forecasts. Still, Mr. Market is somewhat skeptical that NVIDIA can continue to flourish, since its GPU segment exposes it to the struggling PC market. 

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Quite often when the stock market enjoys broad gains, more conservative investments struggle, leaving bonds and other income investments lagging behind. Within the stock market, this means that companies with predictable, sturdy results and high dividends get the short end of the stick, as investors take a "risk-on" mentality. It was Friday's tolerance for risk that sent shares of Consolidated Edison 2.1% lower, as the utilities sector ended as the day's worst performer. It's tough to understand why shares took the beating they did today, because the company not only pays a handsome 4.4% dividend, but also crushed quarterly earnings expectations.

Finally, shares of Western Digital Corp fell 2% on Friday. Last week, the data storage company, along with shares of its competitor Seagate Technology, each tumbled, as the businesses reacted to quarterly results. Both stocks topped earnings estimates, but forecast lower sales in the coming quarter than Wall Street expected. Western Digital's market share in the disc-drive market also edged somewhat lower, to 44.1%, while the average selling price of its products continued to trend lower.

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Intel weathers PC decline in earnings report

Chip-maker Intel saw trading rise slightly despite its report Tuesday that net income fell 5% in the first quarter, with spending on its data center and tablet processors buoying optimism.

Shares traded rose nearly 3% after Intel's earnings announcement; company stock closed Tuesday at $26.77, near its 52-week high of $27.12, with trading up slightly. Intel's first-quarter performance of earnings per share of 38 cents, came in one cent higher than analysts expectations; its revenue of $12.8 billion matched expectations.

Quarterly revenue was down 1% from last year, but down 8% from the previous quarter. The company expects second-quarter income of $13 billion, a slight increase over first-quarter earnings and full-year revenue to be flat.

After dominating the PC industry for decades, Intel is looking to advance its mobile and Net devices strategies. "In the first quarter we saw solid growth in the data center, signs of improvement in the PC business, and we shipped 5 million tablet processors, making strong progress on our goal of 40 million tablets for 2014," Intel CEO Brian Krzanich said in a statement.

The company is also looking to tap into the move towards a Big Data-cloud platform and the Internet of Things movement — the connection of all types of wearable devices and appliances to the Net. "We demonstrated our further commitment to grow in the enterprise with a strategic technology and business collaboration with Cloudera, we introduced our second-generation LTE platform with CAT6 and other advanced features, and we shipped our first Quark products for the Internet of Things," Krzanich said.

Global worldwide shipments of PCs have continued to fall, down about 1.7% in the first quarter of 2013, according to research firm Gartner. Still, chips for PCs continue to be the majority of Intel's business, accounting for $7.9 billion in revenue, down 8% from the previous quarter — and down 1% from last year.

Meanwhile, Data Center revenue of $3.1 billion, fell 5%! from last quarter, but rose 11% from the previous year. Internet of Things revenue accounted for $482 million, while mobile communications accounted for $156 million.

RBC Capital Markets analyst Doug Freedman found some good news in Intel's report in that the company made more on the chips they sell and sold 1% more PC processors despite a declining PC market. "So Intel must have gained market share or they sold processors ahead of market growth," he said.

As for the Internet of Things and mobile strategies, he said "they are nice and exciting, but they are just too small for a company Intel's size."

Recently at the Mobile World Congress, Intel did announce multiyear deals to supply chips for smartphones and tablets for makers including Asus, Dell, Foxconn and Lenovo. "The pace inside our company is accelerating," Krzanich said in a teleconference with analysts Tuesday afternoon. "We have made a lot of changes (but) we have more work to do."

In January, Intel announced plans to cut about 5,000 jobs globally and sold its Intel Media cloud TV technology to Verizon.

Why AmSurg (AMSG) Stock Is Higher On Wednesday

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Shares of AmSurg Corp. (AMSG) are up 2.4% to $48.59 after Cantor Fitzgerald raised their 2014-2015 outlook on the company, boosting their target price to $55 from $42, and upgrading the owner and operator of short stay ambulatory surgery centers in the U.S. to "buy from "hold."

Cantor Fitzgerald said, "We like the freestanding surgery center business, and while we expect bad weather and fewer acquisitions going into 2014 to depress the first half, we look for significant improvement over the balance of the year."

"Notwithstanding this year's slow start, AmSurg's revenue jumped 2% on a "same center" basis in the second half of 2013, in contrast to the very weak demand reported by many hospital chains. We believe that better weather and more deals will leverage this performance in 2014-15," their note concluded.

Must Read: Warren Buffett's 10 Favorite Growth Stocks STOCKS TO BUY: TheStreet Quant Ratings has identified a handful of stocks that can potentially TRIPLE in the next 12 months. Learn more. TheStreet Ratings team rates AMSURG CORP as a Buy with a ratings score of A. TheStreet Ratings Team has this to say about their recommendation: "We rate AMSURG CORP (AMSG) a BUY. This is based on the convergence of positive investment measures, which should help this stock outperform the majority of stocks that we rate. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth and compelling growth in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins." Highlights from the analysis by TheStreet Ratings Team goes as follows: AMSG's revenue growth has slightly outpaced the industry average of 10.4%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues rose by 17.2%. Growth in the company's revenue appears to have helped boost the earnings per share. The debt-to-equity ratio is somewhat low, currently at 0.79, and is less than that of the industry average, implying that there has been a relatively successful effort in the management of debt levels. To add to this, AMSG has a quick ratio of 1.95, which demonstrates the ability of the company to cover short-term liquidity needs. Investors have apparently begun to recognize positive factors similar to those we have mentioned in this report, including earnings growth. This has helped drive up the company's shares by a sharp 51.07% over the past year, a rise that has exceeded that of the S&P 500 Index. Regarding the stock's future course, although almost any stock can fall in a broad market decline, AMSG should continue to move higher despite the fact that it has already enjoyed a very nice gain in the past year. AMSURG CORP has improved earnings per share by 22.4% in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. The company has demonstrated a pattern of positive earnings per share growth over the past two years. We feel that this trend should continue. During the past fiscal year, AMSURG CORP increased its bottom line by earning $2.27 versus $1.96 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($2.47 versus $2.27). The net income growth from the same quarter one year ago has exceeded that of the S&P 500 and greatly outperformed compared to the Health Care Providers & Services industry average. The net income increased by 16.3% when compared to the same quarter one year prior, going from $16.81 million to $19.56 million. You can view the full analysis from the report here: AMSG Ratings Report STOCKS TO BUY: TheStreet Quant Ratings has identified a handful of stocks that can potentially TRIPLE in the next 12 months. Learn more.

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Time Is More Precious Than Money

As the Fed has taught us through the money-printing machine cloaked as quantitative easing, the potential supply of U.S. dollars is limitless. Even for most of us individually, we are capable, to varying degrees, of generating and regenerating money through work, investment and happenstance.

Time, however, is a different story.

It brings to mind these lyrics: "Where you invest your love, you invest your life," Marcus Mumford croons in the song "Awake My Soul" on Mumford & Sons' debut album, "Sigh No More."

Sure, musicians are notorious for writing lyrics because they sound self-important, or maybe simply because they rhyme, but Mumford has earned a reputation for lyrical brilliance and offers us something deep and meaningful here to apply in our lives and finances.

No matter how much we strive, delegate and engineer for efficiency, there are only 24 hours in each day. We are unable to manufacture more time, and once a moment has passed, it is beyond retrieval.

Of these 24 hours each day, if we assume that we will sleep, work and commute for approximately 17 of them, that leaves us with a measly seven hours to apply ourselves to loftier pursuits. After an hour at the gym, an hour to eat and another hour to decompress with a book or TV show, we're down to four hours to personally affect those for whom we are presumably working and staying healthy—the people we love.

Our human capacity to love also has its limits.

While not measurable, we can all acknowledge that our capacity to love, in the four hours each day that we have to invest it, is affected by how we've invested the other 20 hours. By the "end" of many days, we are just beginning our four hours, and we are already spent. Even if we wanted to, we have nothing left to give—no love left to invest.

I am a chief offender of misallocating my love.

I often allow the four hours I have to give to my wife, Andrea, and two boys, Kieran (10) and Connor (8), to shrink to three, two or even one. In whatever time is allocated, I often serve leftover love, having over-invested myself throughout the day. Then I steal from their time, interrupting it with "important" emails and calls.

I must acknowledge that these are choices I make.

We have the choice to order our loves, to acknowledge the limited nature of time and our own capacity, and to prioritize our work and life.

It's entirely appropriate to love our work and the people we serve through it. It's entirely appropriate to love ourselves and to do what is necessary to be physically, fiscally, psychologically and spiritually healthy. It's entirely appropriate to love our areas of service and civic duty, and to serve well. Therefore, almost paradoxically, it's entirely appropriate to spend 83 percent of our daily allotment of time in pursuits other than the direct edification of those we love the most.

But what would our lives look like if we engineered our days to make the very most of the other four hours?

Would we have a different job? Would we live in a different house or part of the country? Would we drive a different car? Would we say "no" to some people more and to other people less? Would we invest our time and money differently?

Would you invest your love differently?

Ford Motor Company's Chairman on the New 2015 F-150

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Ford Motor Company Executive Chairman Bill Ford (second from left), with CEO Alan Mulally, COO Mark Fields, North America chief Joe Hinrichs, and product development chief Raj Nair at the 2015 F-150 unveiling in Detroit's Joe Louis Arena on Jan. 13, 2014. All five Ford executives played a role in the carefully choreographed presentation. Photo credit: Ford Motor Company.

When an automaker like Ford  (NYSE: F  ) introduces a product like the all-new 2015 F-150 pickup to the media, it doesn't just pull a sheet off the truck and say, "Here it is, guys!"

In fact, earlier this month, Ford took over Joe Louis Arena -- home of the Detroit Red Wings -- to unveil its new pickups with an elaborate, big-budget presentation that kicked off two days of media events at the North American International Auto Show.

We (The Motley Fool's John Rosevear and Rex Moore) were there when it happened, and we can tell you that it was a very impressive event. Not so much for the theatrics of the truck's unveiling -- although that was fun -- but because Ford managed to present a complete state of the company update in less than half an hour.

Several of Ford's top executives were there, and each made a brief presentation. Below, you can see the first of those presentations, starring Executive Chairman Bill Ford. Ford's role was to give the top-level overview and to set the stage for the presentations by CEO Alan Mulally and others who followed.

Bill Ford doesn't speak in public quite as often as other Ford executives, but when he does, it's worth listening. If you're a Ford shareholder or customer, you'll find this high-level, visionary overview by Ford's executive chairman (and Henry Ford's great-grandson) to be quite interesting. Check it out, and then scroll down to leave a comment with your thoughts.

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Why Wait for Your Tax Refund? Get It Sooner by Cutting Out the IRS

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Thursday Analyst Moves: General Mills, Inc., Ford Motor Company, Omnicom Group Inc., More (GIS, F, OMC, More)

Before Thursday's opening bell, a number of big name dividend stocks were the subject of analyst moves. Below, we highlight the important analyst commentary for investors.

AbbVie Downgraded at Morgan Stanley
AbbVie Inc (ABBV) has been cut to “Equal Weight” at Morgan Stanley on a valuation call, based on the firm’s $57 price target on ABBV. The company currently has a dividend yield of 2.95%.

JP Morgan Raises Price Target on CVS
JP Morgan reported that it has raised its price target on CVS Caremark Corporation (CVS) to $82. This new price target suggests a 17% increase from the stock’s current price of $69.69. Analysts expect to see upside after the company’s analyst day. CVS has a dividend yield of 1.58%.

UBS Starts Coverage on Delta
UBS has initiated coverage on Delta Air Lines, Inc. (DAL) with a “Buy” rating and $39 price target. This price target suggests a 44% increase from the stock’s current price of $27.11. DAL has a dividend yield of 0.89%.

Benchmark Initiates Coverage on GameStop
Benchmark has begun coverage on GameStop Corp. (GME) with a “Hold” rating and $38.55 price target. This price target suggests a 23% drop from the stock’s current price. Analysts see the company facing increased competition in the future. GME currently has a dividend yield of 2.20%.

Omnicom Upgraded to “Buy” at Goldman
Goldman Sachs has upgraded Omnicom Group Inc. (OMC) to “Buy,” and has given the company a $88 price target. This price target suggests a 25% upside from the stock’s current price of $70.55. OMC has a dividend yield of 2.27%.

Janney Montgomery Starts Coverage on Ralph Lauren
Janney Montgomery reported that it has started coverage on Ralph Lauren Corp (RL) with a “Buy” rating and $200 price target. This price target suggests a 13% increase from the stock’s current price of $177.09. Analysts believe that the company has opportunities to grow its business worldwide. RL has a dividend yield of 1.02%.

Ford Motor Company PT Cut at Two Firms
Jefferies has cut its price target on Ford Motor Company (F

Apple Inc. Beats on EPS and Revenues; Shares Fall on Negative Earnings Growth (AAPL)

Apple Inc. (AAPL) may have been the most anticipated earnings report this season, as many were curious to see how the new iPhone 5S and 5C products sold.

AAPL’s Earnings in Brief

-The company reported EPS of $8.26 and revenues of $37.5 billion. Analysts expected EPS of $7.92 with revenues at $36.84 billion.
-The company shipped 33.8 million iPhone units throughout the quarter versus the expected 32 million.
-Apple predicts revenues for the fiscal 2014 first quarter to fall between $55 billion and $58 billion with operating expenses between $4.4 billion and $4.5 billion.
-Though the firm beat expectations, its earnings slipped 8.5% from its previous report, worrying investors.

CEO Commentary

Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO had the following comments about the quarterly results: “We're pleased to report a strong finish to an amazing year with record fourth quarter revenue, including sales of almost 34 million iPhones. We're excited to go into the holidays with our new iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s, iOS 7, the new iPad mini with Retina Display and the incredibly thin and light iPad Air, new MacBook Pros, the radical new Mac Pro, OS X Mavericks and the next generation iWork and iLife apps for OS X and iOS.”

Dividend News
The company declared a dividend of $3.05 which will be payable to shareholders on record as of 11/11/2013. The dividend will be paid out on 11/14/2013.

Stock Performance

AAPL fell as much as 3% immediately following the report, as investors seemed apprehensive due to the decline in earnings growth. YTD, the company’s stock is down 0.43%.

3 Biotech Stocks Under $10 Making Big Moves

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Stocks that are making large moves like these are favorites among short-term traders because they can jump into these names and try to capture some of that massive volatility. Stocks that are making big-percentage moves either up or down are usually in play because their sector is becoming attractive or they have a major fundamental catalyst such as a recent earnings release. Sometimes stocks making big moves have been hit with an analyst upgrade or an analyst downgrade.

Regardless of the reason behind it, when a stock makes a large-percentage move, it is often just the start of a new major trend -- a trend that can lead to huge profits. If you time your trade correctly, combining technical indicators with fundamental trends, discipline and sound money management, you will be well on your way to investment success.

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With that in mind, let's take a closer look at a several stocks under $10 that are making large moves to the upside recently.

Synta Pharmaceuticals

Synta Pharmaceuticals (SNTA) is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in discovering, developing and commercializing small molecule drugs to extend and enhance the lives of patients with severe medical conditions such as cancer and chronic inflammatory diseases. This stock closed up 6.5% to $6.53 in Thursday's trading session.

Thursday's Range: $6.17-$6.64

52-Week Range: $3.76-$11.88

Thursday's Volume: 1.02 million

Three-Month Average Volume: 1.79 million

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From a technical perspective, SNTA bounced sharply higher here right off its 50-day moving average of $6.26 with decent upside volume. This stock recently pulled back from its high of $7.30 to its low of $5.90. Shares of SNTA are now starting to move back above its 50-day and within range of triggering a near-term breakout trade. That trade will hit if SNTA manages to take out some key overhead resistance levels at $7.30 to $7.85 with high volume.

Traders should now look for long-biased trades in SNTA as long as it's trending above its 50-day at $6.26 or above support at $5.90 and then once it sustains a move or close above those breakout levels with volume that hits near or above 1.79 million shares. If that breakout hits soon, then SNTA will set up to re-test or possibly take out its next major overhead resistance levels at $8.25 to $9.

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (BCRX) is a biotechnology company that designs, optimizes and develops novel drugs that block key enzymes involved in cancer, viral infections and autoimmune diseases. This stock closed up 3.4% to $7.24 in Thursday's trading session.

Thursday's Range: $6.96-$7.25

52-Week Range: $1.08-$7.41

Thursday's Volume: 1.39 million

Three-Month Average Volume: 2.51 million

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From a technical perspective, BCRX jumped higher here with lighter-than-average volume. This stock has been trending sideways and consolidating for the last month and change, with shares moving between $6.07 on the downside and $7.41 on the upside. Shares of BCRX are now quickly moving within range of triggering a breakout trade above the upper-end of its recent sideways trading chart pattern. That trade will hit if BCRX manages to take out Thursday's high at $7.25 and its 52-week high at $7.41 with high volume.

Traders should now look for long-biased trades in BCRX as long as it's trending above some near-term support at $6.50 or at $6.07, and then once it sustains a move or close above those breakout levels with volume that hits near or above 2.51 million shares. If that breakout hits soon, then BCRX will set up to enter new 52-week-high territory, which is bullish technical price action. Some possible upside targets off that breakout are $9 to $10.

Cardium Therapeutics

Cardium Therapeutics (CXM) is a medical technology company mainly develops and commercializes novel products and devices for cardiovascular and ischemic disease, wound healing and tissue repair. This stock closed up 1.1% to $1.80 in Thursday's trading session.

Thursday's Range: $0.72-$0.84

52-Week Range: $0.58-$4.80

Thursday's Volume: 261,021

Three-Month Average Volume: 68,300

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From a technical perspective, CXM bounced sharply higher here right off some near-term support at 72 cents with strong upside volume. This stock recently formed a double bottom chart pattern at 69 cents to 70 cents. Following that bottom, shares of CXM have started to rebound higher and move within range of triggering a major breakout trade. That trade will hit if CXM manages to take out some near-term overhead resistance levels at 86 cents to 92 cents, and then 96 cents with high volume.

Traders should now look for long-biased trades in CXM as long as it's trending above support at 70 cents and then once it sustains a move or close above those breakout levels with volume that hits near or above 68,300 shares. If that breakout hits soon, then CXM will set up to re-test or possibly take out its next major overhead resistance levels at $1.35.

To see more stocks that are making notable moves higher today, check out the Stocks Under $10 Moving Higher portfolio on Stockpickr.

-- Written by Roberto Pedone in Delafield, Wis.

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Roberto Pedone, based out of Delafield, Wis., is an independent trader who focuses on technical analysis for small- and large-cap stocks, options, futures, commodities and currencies. Roberto studied international business at the Milwaukee School of Engineering, and he spent a year overseas studying business in Lubeck, Germany. His work has appeared on financial outlets including

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5 Stocks Under $10 in Breakout Territory

DELAFIELD, Wis. (Stockpickr) -- At Stockpickr, we track daily portfolios of stocks that are the biggest percentage gainers and the biggest percentage losers.

Stocks that are making large moves like these are favorites among short-term traders because they can jump into these names and try to capture some of that massive volatility. Stocks that are making big-percentage moves either up or down are usually in play because their sector is becoming attractive or they have a major fundamental catalyst such as a recent earnings release. Sometimes stocks making big moves have been hit with an analyst upgrade or an analyst downgrade.

Regardless of the reason behind it, when a stock makes a large-percentage move, it is often just the start of a new major trend -- a trend that can lead to huge profits. If you time your trade correctly, combining technical indicators with fundamental trends, discipline and sound money management, you will be well on your way to investment success.

With that in mind, let's take a closer look at a several stocks under $10 that are making large moves to the upside today.

Kandi Technologies Group

Kandi Technologies Group (KNDI) is engaged in designing, developing, manufacturing and commercializing electrical vehicles, all-terrain vehicles, go-karts and specialized automobiles related products for the People's Republic of China and global markets. This stock closed up 5.3% to $5.35 in Tuesday's trading session.

Tuesday's Range: $5.21-$5.55

52-Week Range: $3.08-$8.50

Tuesday's Volume: 1.78 million

Three-Month Average Volume: 1.72 million

From a technical perspective, KNDI jumped higher here right above some near-term support at $5.07 with above-average volume. This move is quickly pushing shares of KNDI within range of triggering a near-term breakout trade. That trade will hit if KNDI manages to take out Tuesday's high of $5.55 to some more resistance at $5.72 with high volume.

Traders should now look for long-biased trades in KNDI as long as it's trending above some near-term support at $5.07 or above its 50-day at $4.85 and then once it sustains a move or close above those breakout levels with volume that hits near or above 1.72 million shares. If that breakout hits soon, then KNDI will set up to re-test or possibly take out its next major overhead resistance levels at $6.50 to $7.

Gafisa

Gafisa (GFA) is a homebuilder in Brazil. This stock closed up 5% to $3.13 in Tuesday's trading session.

Tuesday's Range: $2.97-$3.15

52-Week Range: $2.22-$5.24

Tuesday's Volume: 1.70 million

Three-Month Average Volume: 1.77 million

From a technical perspective, GFA ripped higher here right above some near-term support at $2.80 with decent upside volume. This stock has been uptrending strong for the last month, with shares moving higher from its low of $2.27 to its intraday high of $3.15. During that move, shares of GFA have been consistently making higher lows and higher highs, which is bullish technical price action. That move has now pushed shares of GFA within range of triggering a big breakout trade. That trade will hit if GFA manages to take out Tuesday's high of $3.15 to some past resistance at $3.30 with high volume.

Traders should now look for long-biased trades in GFA as long as it's trending above support at $2.80 and then once it sustains a move or close above those breakout levels with volume that hits near or above 1.77 million shares. If that breakout triggers soon, then GFA will set up to re-test or possibly take out its next major overhead resistance levels at its 200-day moving average of $3.68 to more resistance at $4.20 to $4.70.

Oi

Oi (OIBR) provides telecommunication services in Brazil. This stock closed up 1.6% to $1.87 in Tuesday's trading session.

Tuesday's Range: $1.83-$1.89

52-Week Range: $1.42-$4.51

Tuesday's Volume: 2.61 million

Three-Month Average Volume: 4.32 million

From a technical perspective, OIBR rose modestly higher here right above its 50-day moving average of $1.72 with lighter-than-average volume. This stock has been uptrending strong for the last few weeks, with shares moving higher from its low of $1.42 to its intraday high of $1.89. During that move, shares of OIBR have been consistently making higher lows and higher highs, which is bullish technical price action. That move is quickly pushing shares of OIBR within range of triggering a near-term breakout trade. That trade will hit if OIBR manages to take out some near-term overhead resistance levels at $1.89 to $2.04 with high volume.

Traders should now look for long-biased trades in OIBR as long as it's trending above its 50-day at $1.72 or above more support at $1.60 and then once it sustains a move or close above those breakout levels with volume that's near or above 4.32 million shares. If that breakout hits soon, then OIBR will set up to re-test or possibly take out its next major overhead resistance levels at $2.25 to $2.29. Any high-volume move above those levels will then give OIBR a chance to tag $2.50 to $2.75.

Molycorp

Molycorp (MCP) is a rare earth company. This stock closed up 4.6% to $6.73 in Tuesday's trading session.

Tuesday's Range: $6.46-$6.87

52-Week Range: $4.70-$14.44

Tuesday's Volume: 8.04 million

Three-Month Average Volume: 6.17 million

From a technical perspective, MCP spiked notably higher here right above some near-term support at $6.37 with above-average volume. This stock has been uptrending modestly higher for the last month, with shares moving up from its low of $5.95 to its recent high of $6.98. During that move, shares of MCP have been consistently making higher lows and higher highs, which is bullish technical price action. This spike on Tuesday briefly pushed shares of MCP back above its 50-day moving average of $6.75. Shares of MCP are now starting to move within range of triggering a near-term breakout trade. That trade will hit if MCP manages to take out some near-term overhead resistance levels at $6.98 to $7.13 with high volume.

Traders should now look for long-biased trades in MCP as long as it's trending above support at $6.37 and then once it sustains a move or close above those breakout levels with volume that hits near or above 6.17 million shares. If that breakout hits soon, then MCP will set up to re-test or possibly take out its next major overhead resistance levels at $7.73 to $8.06. Any high-volume move above those levels will then give MCP a chance to tag its next major overhead resistance level at $9.25.

Global Cash Access

Global Cash Access (GCA) is a global provider of innovative cash access and data intelligence services and solutions to the gaming industry. This stock closed up 2% to $8 in Tuesday's trading session.

Tuesday's Range: $7.82-$8.00

52-Week Range: $5.71-$8.46

Tuesday's Volume: 442,000

Three-Month Average Volume: 502,128

From a technical perspective, GCA spiked modestly higher here right off some near-term support at $7.80 with decent upside volume. This stock has been trending sideways inside of a consolidation pattern for the last month and change, with shares moving between $7.50 on the downside and $8.17 on the upside. Shares of GCA are now starting to move within range of triggering a major breakout trade above the upper-end of its recent sideways trading chart pattern. That trade will hit if GCA manages to take out some near-term overhead resistance levels at $8.03 to $8.17 and then once it clears more past resistance at $8.50 to $8.71 with high volume.

Traders should now look for long-biased trades in GCA as long as it's trending above its 50-day at $7.43 and then once it sustains a move or close above those breakout levels with volume that hits near or above 502,128 shares. If that breakout hits soon, then GCA will set up to enter new 52-week-high territory above $8.46, which is bullish technical price action. Some possible upside targets off that breakout are $10 to $11.

To see more stocks that are making notable moves higher today, check out the Stocks Under $10 Moving Higher portfolio on Stockpickr.

-- Written by Roberto Pedone in Delafield, Wis.

Lithium Corporation Acquired BC Sugar Property (OTCBB:LTUM, OTCMKTS:CRWE)

Lithium Corporation (LTUM)

Today, LTUM has shed (-19.80%) down -0.0079 at $.0320 with 33,100 shares in play thus far (ref. google finance Delayed: 11:18AM EDT June 26, 2013), but don't let this get you down.

Location Based Technologies, Inc. previously reported it received FCC and IC certification for its versatile LBT-886 device. These certifications are necessary before devices can be sold to consumers throughout the US and Canada.

Lithium Corporation previously reported it has recently acquired a new Graphite (BC Sugar) prospect in the Shuswap area of British Columbia, in an under-explored area. In addition to the acquired claim, Lithco has also staked another four claims, to bring the total area to be explored by the Company to 3,405.77 acres (1,378.27 hectares). Although graphite has been identified locally in marbles, it has become apparent that graphite is also hosted here in quartz, biotite/mica gneisses, and also in calc-silicate gneisses. The host rocks at BC Sugar are similar to the host rocks in the area of the Crystal Graphite deposit 55 miles (90 kms) to the Southeast, where Lithium Corporation holds the Mt Heimdal block of claims.

Take a look at Lithium Corporation (LTUM) 5 day chart:

Crown Equity Holdings Inc. (CRWE)

Today (June 26), Crown Equity Holdings Inc. (OTCMKTS:CRWE) (www.crownequityholdings.com ) has surged (+50.00%) up +0.0025 at $.0075 with 55,600 shares in play thus far (ref. google finance Delayed: 2:14PM EDT June 26, 2013).

Together with its digital network of Websites, CRWE offers advertising branding and marketing services as a worldwide online multi-media publisher. The company focuses on the distribution of information for the purpose of bringing together a targeted audience and the advertisers that want to reach them. Its advertising services cover and connect a range of marketing specialties, as well as provide search engine optimization for clients interested in online media awareness.

Today (June 26)  CRWE Files 10-Q.  To view click URL  http://www.otcmarkets.com/edgar/GetFilingHtml?FilingID=9371051

Today (June 26)  CRWE Files 10-K. To view click URL http://www.otcmarkets.com/edgar/GetFilingHtml?FilingID=9371048

Take a look at Crown Equity Holdings Inc. 5 day chart:

JPMorgan, Wells Fargo Beat Estimates for Q2

Earnings season for the financial sector had a good start early Friday, with JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and Wells Fargo (WFC) both beating analysts’ estimates for second-quarter earnings by a wide margin.

JPMorgan Chase says its profits rose 32% on strong results in investment banking business, credit-card operations and mortgage lending. Net earnings were $6.5 billion, or $1.60 a share, on revenue of nearly $26 billion versus earnings of just under $5.0 billion, or $1.21 per share, on sales of about $22 billion a year earlier. (This represents year-over-year sales growth of about 18%.)

“Our earnings reflected strong growth across our businesses,” Jamie Dimon, the bank’s chief executive, said in a statement on Friday.

Wells Fargo, currently the biggest U.S. mortgage lender, saw its second-quarter profit grow roughly 20%: Net income rose to $5.52 billion, or $0.98, from $4.62 billion, or $0.82. Revenue, though, expanded just 0.5% to $21.4 billion from $21.3 billion.

"Wells Fargo again demonstrated an ability to grow during a dynamic economic and interest-rate environment," the bank's chairman and CEO, John Stumpf, said in a statement.

Bank of America-Merrill Lynch (BAC) plans to report earnings on Wednesday, while Morgan Stanley is set to report its second-quarter results on Thursday.

As measured by the Market Vectors Bank and Brokerage ETF, which has sizeable positions in Wells, JPMorgan and BofA, the overall financial sector is up about 5% year to date and more than 30% in the last 12 months.

Advisor-Focused Businesses

JPMorgan says that its asset management unit had revenue of more than $2.73 billion in the second quarter, up from $2.36 billion a year ago and $2.65 billion in the first quarter. Net income for the group was about $500 million in the most recent period — up from $487 million in March and $391 million in June 2012.

Private banking activities brought in sales of $1.5 billion, up 11% from last year. The retail side had revenues of $654 million, a 35% jump from last year, while the institutional side grew sales 9% year over year to $588 million.

Overall client assets stand at $2.2 trillion, a 10% jump from Q2’12; client assets under management are $1.5 trillion. Overall net flows for the past year were $67 billion, including $3 billion in the most recent period. Plus, the unit has had 17 quarters of positive flows, JPMorgan says.

This business includes 2,804 financial advisors as of June 30, an increase from 2,797 as of March 30 and 2,739 as of June 30, 2012. Across the firm, there are 5,828 advisors vs. 5,795 in the prior quarter and 5,814 a year ago.

Wells Fargo’s Wealth, Brokerage and Retirement unit reported revenue of close to $3.3 billion, up 10% from the year-ago period and 2% from the prior quarter, partly due to higher asset-based fees, the bank says.

Net income rose 27% from last year and 29% from last quarter to $434 million.

The retail brokerage reported client assets of $1.3 trillion, up 9% from last year. Managed accounts grew 19% to $52 billion, “driven by strong net flows and market performance,” the bank notes.

Wells’ wealth-management group said it had client assets of $203 billion as of June 30, up 3% from the prior year. Also, retirement IRA assets grew 12% year over year to $315 billion, while institutional retirement plan assets expanded 11% to $277 billion.

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