Investor Attention

TraderMark who writes at his blog FundMyMutualFund.com talked up Brazilian chemical maker Braskem SA (ADR) (NYSE:BAK) today, thus its worth noting his comments and checking out this stock trading in the mid $15 range.

Something Amazing is Happening With the Payroll Figures. The February non-farm payroll showed a further loss of 36,000 jobs, versus an expected loss of 75,000, and the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 9.7%.

World investors have been buying the Dollar and one way to piggy-back on their efforts is going long on the PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish (NYSE:UUP).

For safer investing, it is always wise to consider stable stocks that pay a good dividend.  Five companies for consideration are Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE:Q), Frontier Communications Corp (NYSE:FTR), Windstream Corporation (NASDAQ:WIN), Paychex, Inc. (NASDAQ:PAYX), and Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ).  Read on for more information.

Toyota Motor's (NYSE:TM) problems with their Prius brand continue to pile up, let's review which models have been recalled and what you should be aware of as a Prius owner such as the floor mat recalls.

Today's biggest decliners falling 17%+ are shares of OccuLogix, Inc. (NASDAQ:TEAR), SigmaTron International (NASDAQ:SGMA), and Hyperdynamics Corp. (AMEX:HDY).

Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE:EK) has long been a household name.  If you are like me, you remember Kodak as being the dominant camera and film producer before digital exploded on the scene. 

AIG (NYSE:AIG) is close to banking $15 billion from MetLife (NYSE:MET) foreign life insurance that would give AIG almost 20% of MetLife.

If a famous hedge fund manager (George Soros) is buying gold, would you?  Queue up some shares of Yamana Gold Inc. (USA) (NYSE:AUY), Barrick Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:ABX), Goldcorp Inc. (USA) (NYSE:GG) or SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSE:GLD). 

Stocks checking in with unsually high volume today as compared to average daily volume include The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), American International Group, Inc. (NYSE:AIG) and AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE:AKS).