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MORNING UPDATE: Mankus-Lavelle Group issues alerts for INTC,
CHKP, AVP, NVLS, and STT
CHICAGO, July 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Mankus-Lavelle Group issues the following
Morning Update at 8:30 AM EDT with new PriceWatch Alerts for key stocks.
Before the open... PriceWatch Alerts for INTC, CHKP, AVP, NVLS, and STT, Market
Overview, Today's Economic Calendar, and the Quote Of The Day.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"High oil prices certainly have been a problem for Americans. They are a burden
on family budgets. They raise costs of production and reduce profits for
firms."
-- Ben Bernanke, Chairman, White House Council of Economic Advisers
New PriceWatch Alerts for INTC, CHKP, AVP, NVLS, and STT...
PRICEWATCH ALERTS - HIGH RETURN COVERED CALL OPTIONS -----------
-- Intel Corp. (NASDAQ:INTC)
Last Price 28.71 - JAN 27.50 CALL OPTION@ $2.55 -> 5.1 % Return assigned*
-- Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP)
Last Price 23.04 - OCT 22.50 CALL OPTION@ $1.75 -> 5.7 % Return assigned*
-- Avon Products Inc. (NYSE:AVP)
Last Price 31.30 - JAN 30.00 CALL OPTION@ $3.10 -> 6.4 % Return assigned*
-- Novellus Systems Inc (NASDAQ:NVLS)
Last Price 27.27 - SEP 27.50 CALL OPTION@ $1.10 -> 5.1 % Return assigned*
-- State Street Boston Corp. (NYSE:STT)
Last Price 50.55 - NOV 50.00 CALL OPTION@ $2.75 -> 4.6 % Return assigned*
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NEWS LEADERS AND LAGGARDS
So far today, CIT Group, Pfizer, and Intel lead the list of companies with the
most news stories while Host Marriott Corp and New York Community Bancorp are
showing a spike in news. Bank of New York, Altria, and Boeing have the highest
srtIndex scores to top the list of companies with positive news while Yahoo!
and Eastman Kodak lead the list of companies with negative news reports.
Motorola has popped up with a high positive news sraIndex score.
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MARKET OVERVIEW
Overseas markets are weak this morning as only 7 out of 15 markets that we
track show strength. Asian markets closed with solid gains, but European
trading is subdued, with the FTSE and the DAX ahead, and the French CAC 40 in
negative territory.
The August contract on sweet crude oil inched 14 cents higher yesterday.
Traders are still waiting to see what impact Hurricane Dennis had on oil
stockpiles, as reports arrive that Hurricane Emily's impact on oil was nil. The
Energy Department is expected to reveal a third-straight week of declines in
the nation's crude inventories later today. Analysts at IFR are expecting a
decline of three to four million barrels, while Fimat USA believes the loss
will come in at 2.9 million. In early trading, crude for August delivery had
added 44 cents to $57.90.
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DYNAMIC MARKET OPPORTUNITIES
General Motors continues to strike out. Through the first half of 2005, the
Detroit automaker said it sold 308,722 vehicles in China, the world's
third-largest auto market - a 19% increase over the same period in 2004. That
sent its Chinese market share to almost 11%. In an effort to further boost its
standing there, GM will pump over US$3 billion into investment. The goal is
that by 2007, it will double its annual auto output to 1.3 million. But just
two days later, credit rating agency Moody's announced that it might cut GM's
debt rating amid more profit-eroding sales incentives, the latest of which
features the "employee discounts to everyone" and a shift in demand to foreign
automakers and more fuel-efficient vehicles. Elsewhere, the US real estate boom
continues to make investors rich. Mutual funds that invest specifically in real
estate companies recorded a 13% return during the second quarter - one of the
best-performing sectors in the market. But it wasn't the only sector to post
healthy gains. On the back of a similar sector-wide boom, energy and utilities
funds also fared well. Healthcare and biotech, as well as the telecom sector
also proved to be profitable investment destinations. Naturally, fuel-dependent
industries such as airlines, suffered as oil prices climbed to an all-time high
of more than US$60 a barrel. This week also sees second quarter earnings season
get underway with a vengeance, as 137 S&P 500 companies are due to release
their latest results. Since Wall Street appears to have already priced in
greater-than-expected earnings, investors will be hoping the negative reports
can be kept to a minimum.
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TODAY'S ECONOMIC CALENDAR
7:00 a.m. MBA Refinancing Index
10:00 a.m. Fed Chairman Greenspan presents the semiannual report on
monetary policy to the U.S. House Financial Services Committee in
Washington
10:30 a.m. U.S. Energy Dept Crude Oil Stocks
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