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It may be hard to believe, but 35% of the S&P 500's gains since the start of 2009 have now been erased over a span of less than 14 trading days. 

Feb 8th
52-Week Highs

Starting Monday off right are shares of Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE:HAS) and Rubio's Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:RUBO) hitting new 52-week highs.

Feb 8th
Dow Jones at 10,000

The Dow Jones was at 10,300 on Wednesday and today going into the final hours of trading its now at 9,930.  Toyota Motor (NYSE:TM) rocked the world this week and since Jan 25th the stock has dropped 15.8%.  Citigroup (NYSE:C) the most active stock traded on the NYSE is close to falling back under $3 yet again.  Its been one hell of a week.

Feb 5th
Bear Market - Stocks Fall

U.S. stock prices fell dramatically today as the Dow closed near 10,000 and lost 268 points for the first time in three months. High unemployment and unstable European markets may be the cause and fueling the fire today was Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C), SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:SPY) and the Direxion Daily Finan. Bull 3X Shs(ETF) (NYSE:FAS).

Feb 5th
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The Dow is down over 200 points today which is why we are on the search for high paying dividend stocks, a classic move like Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) with a 2.58% yield all the way to New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. (NASDAQ:NYMT) at 15%.  Dividend paying stocks are key when trading in this volatile market, you can always play it safe with the Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (NYSE:VIG).

Feb 4th
Toyota

Toyota Motor's (NYSE:TM) next big worry?  Try short interest and increasing put positions, despite how consumers may be reacting to the company, there's the worry of what will Wall Street do?

Feb 3rd
China Stocks Falling

Besides loading up positions in the ProShares UltraSh FTSE/Xinhua China 25 (Public, NYSE:FXP), if the China bubble bursts and there's a big slowdown of U.S. imports it could greatly hurt 10 U.S. States including the battered state of California.

Feb 3rd

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247WallSt.com

247WallSt.com brings us the Corporate Power Rankings of the thirty-two most important companies in America.  Topping the list this week are heavy weights Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO), Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE:WMT) and McDonald's Corp. (NYSE:MCD).

Feb 8th
Money Picture Dollar Bills

Thanks to the USA Today Ad Meter, the No. 2 spot was seized by amateur ad man, Joshua Svoboda, a 24-year-old from Raleigh, N.C. for his Doritos ad he shot for just $200.  Not bad for a $600,000 payday for just 30 seconds of work (more or less).

Feb 8th
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Today we want to highlight a few stocks that are projected for strong growth, but are still reasonably priced and have strong sales.  The four stocks that standout are Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY), U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB), Research In Motion Limited (USA) (NASDAQ:RIMM), and Xerox Corporation (NYSE:XRX).

Feb 5th
Bear Market - Stocks Fall

This week has been a rough week for the markets, and the following stocks took some additional grief on unusually heavy volume.

Feb 5th
Silver (Investing in Silver)

Shares of Silver Standard Resources (NASDAQ:SSRI), Endeavour Silver (AMEX:EXK), and the iShares Silver Trust (ETF) (NYSE:SLV) took in on the chin today after silver prices fell 5% on a U.S. Dollar rally.

Feb 4th
Japanese Money - Bullish

iShares MSCI Japan Index (ETF) (NYSE:EWJ) could be the weapon of choice provided Dylan Grice at Societe Generale is correct in calculating that 5% of stocks in the FTSE Japan index now trade below estimated liquidation value, including five names with market capitalizations over a billion dollars.

Feb 3rd
Google Inc. (Buzz Light Year Style)

Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) has to literally be one of the most popular companies in the world.  It is an internet giant, and has become such a common household name that the company’s name is used as a verb

Feb 3rd

Daily Market Summary

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