Stocks to Watch -- Monday, November 29

Stop Making Sense

I'm still trying to make sense of the Ameritraders' behavior. I've noted on the SIRI chart below the imbalance between buyers and sellers over the last few days. If you have any insight into what's going on here, I'd love to hear it.

SIRI, 30-min. Chart

Chat Room Open from 8AM-9AM, Eastern Time

There are often several full-time day traders in the morning chat, so it's a good opportunity to ask us questions... and no question is a dumb question. Come on in....

Chart of the Day -- Caterpillar, Quarterly Chart

CAT hit a new all-time high last Friday. When you're looking at these long-term price charts showing dramatic returns over time, never forget about the dividends... the total return CAT shareholders have enjoyed is truly impressive.

CAT, Quarterly Chart

Best and Worst Performing Large-Cap Stocks (last 4 weeks)

Best:

• Sears, Roebuck and Co (S)
  Up ~55% {multiline retailer -- Buyout}
• Calpine Corp (CPN)
  Up ~43% {power company}
• United States Steel Corp (X)
  Up ~40% {integrated steel producer}
• NVIDIA Corp (NVDA)
  Up ~37% {graphic processing units}
• Allegheny Technologies Inc (ATI)
  Up ~36% {specialty materials}

Worst:

• Novell Inc (NOVL)
  Down ~16% {software}
• Forest Laboratories Inc (FRX)
  Down ~13% {pharmaceuticals}
• Merck & Co Inc (MRK)
  Down ~12% {pharmaceuticals}
• Agilent Technologies, Inc (A)
  Down ~8% {diversified technology company}
• Micron Technology Inc (MU)
  Down ~6% {DRAM manufacturer}

A Strange Sort of Mercantilistic Faustian Bargain

Too Much! by Bill Gross:

I always enjoy reading Gross, but I'm disturbed that he misspelled Alan Greenspan's name.