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Mixed Close as Dow Edges Lower

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:26:21 GMT

The indices ended mixed at the end – but it was a pretty interesting day. There was a lot of back and forth vacillation and volatility in the morning, but they failed to break them down below 1660 NDX and 1035 SPX.[More...]

Sharp Afternoon Slide Portends Possible Top

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:39:25 GMT

The indices had an extremely interesting session. The rally continued early on as the indices exploded after positive Wells Fargo (WFC) earnings came out along with earnings by several other companies.[More...]

Turnaround Tuesday - Market Sharply Higher - NutriSystem (NTRI), American International Group (AIG) Rallied

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:24:20 GMT

It was a very strong turnaround Tuesday as the indices bolted from the get-go and rallied very sharply in the morning, reaching 1712 NDX and over 1060 on the SPX within the first hour and a half.[More...]

Indices Rally, But Give Back A Big Chunk Of Post-FOMC Gains

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:45:12 GMT

The indices had a volatile session, particularly in the afternoon after the FOMC made their announcement. But the day started off with a bang at the get-go, with a very strong rally that saw the Nasdaq 100 run from 1594 to 1625 inside the first 1-1 1/2 hours. The S&P 500 at that point ran from 993 to 1008. They spent the next couple hours backing and filling and consolidating, rolled over after the FOMC announcement, and then snapped back after holding secondary support sharply. It appeared there was massive short covering as the indices gapped up intraday. After another 45 minutes of consolidation, they failed to break out, and in the last 20 minutes rolled over sharply to take back a big chunk of the gains. Still, net on the day the Dow was up 120 to 9361.61, after reaching as high as 9424 and change. The S&P 500 closed at 1005.81, up 11.46, but had a 1012.78 high earlier, and the Nasdaq 100 was 15 points[More...]

Back-To-Back Losing Sessions

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:05:47 GMT

The indices continued to move lower Tuesday, following up to the action late Friday and Monday. We’ve now had back-to-back downdays to start the week. We’d anticipated that, but also think the market’s headed even lower. The day started out with a gap down. A sharp move lower ensured, and then the indices stabilized in the 1588-90 zone the Nasdaq 100 and near 992-93 zone on S&P 500. They did try to stage an afternoon rally, and were the near the afternoon rally highs with about 15 minutes to go when they suddenly rolled over and plunged hard to take back some of those gains and close lower on the day. Net on the day the Dow was down 96.50 to 9241.45, the S&P 500 down 12.75 at 994.35, and the Nasdaq 100 down 15.74 at 1594.69. Advance-declines were decidedly negative by nearly 3 to 1 on New York and by about 2 ½ to 1 on Nasdaq. Up/down volume was 4 ½ to 1[More...]

Rally Refuses To Give Way

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:23:21 GMT

We certainly had another up-day, but it all came in the last 20 minutes or so. The market opened lower in the morning, rallied steadily until mid-day to new highs, getting up to 1007 on the S&P 500. The indices then rolled over, but the SPX managed to hold 1000 three times in the afternoon, while the NDX also held support around the 1618 area, near the morning lows. A last 20-minute short-covering frenzy took the market up sharply and they closed in the plus column. Net on the day the Dow closed up 33.63 to 9320.19, the S&P 500 up 3.02 to 1005.65, and the Nasdaq 100 up just 0.37 at 1628.49. However, that was 12 points off its low. Advance-declines were 3 to 2 positive on New York and about 4 to 3 positive on Nasdaq. Up/down volume was better than 2 to 1 positive on New York on total volume of 1 1/4 billion. Nasdaq traded over 2.1 billion and had a 4 to 3 positive volume[More...]

Strong Follow-Through Session

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:15:05 GMT

Thursday’s session was a terrific follow-up to yesterday’s very strong session. The indices opened strong, backed and filled and coiled for about half the session, and then got very quiet around lunch hour. When they were unable to break intraday moving averages, trendlines or price support, the indices started to accelerate in the afternoon, particularly when well-known economist Nouriel Roubini, who’d been a bear, said he thinks we’ve seen an economic bottom and turned the corner. That triggered buying. The indices spiked up in late afternoon trading, getting up to nearly 1522 on the NDX and nearly 944 on the SPX. In the last 10 minutes they pulled back sharply, but still ended up quite positive on the day. Net on the day the Dow was up 95.61 to 8711.82, the S&P 500 up 8.06 at 940.74 and the Nasdaq 100 up nearly 18 at 1518.87. The technicals were positive by about 21 to 9 on[More...]

Brigham Exploration (NASDAQ:BEXP): Upgraded To Strong Buy From Underperform At Raymond James

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:02:53 GMT

Brigham Exploration (NASDAQ:BEXP) is getting very positive comments this morning after the co last night issued an operations update and announced that the Strobeck 27-34 #1H well came online with an initial rate of 2,021 boe/d from the Three Forks/Sanish (TFS) zone: - Jefferies notes the first of three wells scheduled for completion this summer achieved a new record for BEXP ... it is also the second highest Three Forks Sanish (TFS) test in N Dakota. The Strobeck 27-34 (63% NRI; Mountrail County) flowed 2,021 boepd during the first 24 hours from the TFS. BEXP's prior record was 1,433 boepd from the Bakken. The highest report TFS test is XTO's (XTO, $35.85, Buy) Boucher 41X-21 well in Williams County at 2,571 boepd.

Consequently, the U.S. has gone from an under-supply to an abundance of natural gas, and there's a lot more incentive to drill for gas and oil on dry land in the U.S. The drilling success rate for shales has been close to 100%, much higher than with conventional wells, Lilly said.

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Mixed Close as Dow Edges Lower

Sharp Afternoon Slide Portends Possible Top

Turnaround Tuesday - Market Sharply Higher - NutriSystem (NTRI), American International Group (AIG) Rallied

Indices Rally, But Give Back A Big Chunk Of Post-FOMC Gains

Back-To-Back Losing Sessions

Rally Refuses To Give Way

Strong Follow-Through Session

Brigham Exploration (NASDAQ:BEXP): Upgraded To Strong Buy From Underperform At Raymond James

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U.S. Energy Corp. Announces Initial Production Rate of Approximately 1,776 BOE/D From the BCD Farms 16-21 #1H Bakken Well; Provides Williston Basin Drilling Program Update

Brigham Exploration Announces BCD Farms 16-21 #1H Bakken Well Produces at Initial Rate of Approximately 1,776 BOEPD

Brigham Exploration Company Prices Offering of 16,000,000 Shares of Common Stock at $10.50 Per Share

Brigham Exploration Announces Commencement of a Public Offering of 14,000,000 Shares of Common Stock to Accelerate Its Williston Basin Drilling Program

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Brigham Exploration Announces Brad Olson 9-16 #1H Bakken Well Produces at Initial Rate of Approximately 2,112 BOEPD

Brigham Exploration Williston Basin Analyst and Investor Conference on September 22, 2009

U.S. Energy Corp. To Present At the West Coast Energy Conference

Brigham Exploration Announces Figaro 29-32 #1H Bakken Well Produces at Initial Rate of Approximately 1,895 BOEPD

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