Thursday, January 31, 2008

Stocks To Keep Your Eye On - 01/31/2008

Company/EPS Estimate
- (MA)/.73
- (MAT)/.73
- (LEA)/.67
- (GR)/.92
- (BMY)/.34
- (LLL)/1.61
- (CVS)/.55
- (HOT)/.66
- (BKC)/.32
- (UA)/.31
- (RTN)/.91
- (ATK)/1.59
- (MCK)/.80
- (CA)/.26
- (DLB)/.34
- (ERTS)/.91
- (ICE)/.92
- (ACS)/.83
- (SAF)/1.44
- (BTU)/.79
- (WYE)/.79
- (MBI)/-2.98
- (PG)/.97
- (BUD)/.32
- (CL)/.89

MBIA Inc. (MBI) fell 71 cents, or 5 percent, to $13.25 in trading before the open of U.S. exchanges. The world's largest bond insurer posted its biggest-ever quarterly loss and is considering new ways to raise capital after a slump in the value of subprime-mortgage securities.

UBS AG (UBS) fell $3.30, or 7.8 percent, to $38.96 in trading before the open of U.S. exchanges. Europe's biggest bank had its stock rating cut by analysts at Morgan Stanley, who said the company may post more writedowns and that future earnings at the investment-banking unit will ``disappoint.''

Credit Suisse Group (CS) fell $3.32, or 5.8 percent, to $53.65. Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) fell 45 cents, or 5.7 percent, to $7.42 in trading before the open of U.S. exchanges. Deutsche Bank AG (DB) slid $4.14, or 3.6 percent, to $110.42.

Watch ABX, GLD, RRC, SLV, KMR for long breakouts.
Watch CLX, PKX, MGM, ATI BDK, FO for short breakdowns.

-MM