Interesting Stocks for 1/3/2011 – Bring the New Year!

After the stock market operators decided to croak some of our longs on 12/31/2010 we seems eager to declare that they are just playing games. We believe the stock market is going higher for the time being. We are also ready to change our stance if conditions change.

PBJ- PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio (the Fund) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of the Dynamic Food & Beverage Intellidex Index (the Index). The Index is designed to provide capital appreciation by evaluating companies based on a variety of investment merit criteria, including fundamental growth, stock valuation, investment timeliness and risk factors. The Index consists of stocks of 30 United States food and beverage companies. These are companies that are principally engaged in the manufacture, sale or distribution of food and beverage products, agricultural products and products related to the development of new food technologies. The Fund will normally invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks that comprise the Index. The Fund’s investment advisor is Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC. PBj presents an excellent entry point at the bottom of its ascending channel.

PBJ Stock Market Chart for 1-3-2011

WNR- Western Refining, Inc. (WNR) an independent crude oil refiner and marketer of refined products and also operates service stations and convenience stores. The Company owns and operates three refineries with a total crude oil throughput capacity of approximately 221,000 barrels per day (bpd). In addition to its 128,000 bpd refinery in El Paso, Texas, the Company also owns and operates a 70,000 bpd refinery on the East Coast of the United States near Yorktown, Virginia and a refinery near Gallup, New Mexico with a throughput capacity of 23,000 bpd. Its primary operating areas encompass West Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, and the Mid-Atlantic region. In addition to the refineries, it also owns and operates stand-alone refined product distribution terminals in Albuquerque, New Mexico; near Flagstaff, Arizona, and Bloomfield, New Mexico, as well as asphalt terminals in Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona; Albuquerque, and El Paso. WNR is near resistance, however, it is not pushing with volume.

WNR Stock Market Chart for 1-3-2011

NTGR- NETGEAR, Inc. (NETGEAR) designs, develops and markets networking products for home users and small business. The Company’s product offerings enable users to connect and communicate across local area networks and the World Wide Web, and share Internet access, peripherals, files, digital multimedia content and applications among networked devices and other Internet-enabled devices. The Company’s product line consists of wired and wireless devices that enable Ethernet networking, broadband access, network connectivity, network storage and security appliances. These products are available in various configurations to address the needs of customers in each geographic region, in which the products are sold. The Company sells its products through multiple sales channels worldwide, including traditional retailers, online retailers, wholesale distributors, direct market resellers (DMRs), value added resellers (VARs) and broadband service providers. Another buying opportunity at the bottom of its ascending trendline.

NTGR Stock Market Chart for 1-3-2011

OVTI- OmniVision Technologies, Inc. (OmniVision) designs, develops and markets semiconductor image-sensor devices. Its main products, image-sensing devices, which it refers to as CameraChip image sensors, capture an image electronically and are used in a number of consumer and commercial mass-market applications. OmniVision’s CameraChip image sensors are manufactured using the complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS), fabrication process and are predominantly single-chip solutions that integrate several distinct functions including image capture, image processing, color processing, signal conversion and output of a fully processed image or video stream. It has also integrated its CameraChip image sensors with wafer-level optics, which it refers to as CameraCube imaging devices. Its CameraCube imaging device is a small footprint, total camera solution that will enable the further miniaturization of camera products. In March 2010, it acquired Aurora Systems, Inc.

OVTI Stock Market Chart for 1-3-2011

SWC- Stillwater Mining Company is engaged in the development, extraction, processing, refining and marketing of palladium, platinum and associated metals (platinum group metals (PGMs)) from a geological formation in south central Montana known as the J-M Reef and from the recycling of spent catalytic converters. The Company conducts mining operations at the Stillwater Mine near Nye, Montana and at the East Boulder Mine near Big Timber, Montana. Ore extraction at both mines takes place within the J-M Reef. The Company operates a smelter and base metal refinery at Columbus, Montana, which improve the mined concentrates into a PGM-rich filter cake. Besides processing mine concentrates, the Company also recycles spent catalyst material at the smelter and base metal refinery to recover the contained PGMs palladium, platinum and rhodium. In December 2010, the Company acquired Marathon PGM Corporation.

SWC Stock Market Chart for 1-3-2011

FRN- Claymore/BNY Mellon Frontier Markets ETF (the Fund) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance of an equity index called The Bank of New York Mellon New Frontier DR Index (the Index). The Index consists of all liquid (as defined by The Bank of New York Mellon, the Fund’s index provider) American depositary receipts (ADRs) and global depositary receipts (GDRs) of countries that are represented in the Index. The Index tracks the performance of depositary receipts, in ADR or GDR form, that trade on the LSE, NYSE, NYSE Arca and NASDAQ, of companies from countries that are defined as the Frontier Market. The Bank of New York Mellon defines Frontier Market countries based upon an evaluation of gross domestic product growth, per capita income growth, experienced and expected inflation rates, privatization of infrastructure and social inequalities. The Fund’s investment advisor is Claymore Advisors, LLC.

FRN Stock Market Chart for 1-3-2011

CSH -Cash America International, Inc. provides specialty financial services to individuals through its Company-owned and franchised lending locations, and check cashing centers and via the Internet. These services include secured non-recourse loans (pawn loans), short-term unsecured cash advances and related financial services. It operates in three segments. As of December 31, 2009, the pawn lending segment offered pawn loans through 676 total pawn lending locations operating under the names of Cash America Pawn, SuperPawn and Prenda Facil. As of December 31, 2009, the cash advance operating segment included 246 cash advance storefront locations in six states in the United States operating under the names Cash America Payday Advance and Cashland. As of December 31, 2009, the check cashing operating segment consisted of 120 unconsolidated franchised and six consolidated Company-owned check cashing locations operating in 16 states in the United States under the name Mr. Payroll.

CSH Stock Market Chart for 1-3-2011

PEZ- PowerShares Dynamic Consumer Discretionary Sector Portfolio (the Fund) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of the Dynamic Consumer Discretionary Sector Intellidex Index (the Index). The Fund will normally invest at least 80% of its total assets in common stocks of consumer companies. The Fund will normally invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks that comprise the Index. The Index consists of stocks of 60 United States consumer companies. These are companies that are principally engaged in the businesses of providing consumer goods and services that are cyclical in nature, including retail, automotive, leisure and recreation, media and real estate. The Fund’s investment advisor is Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC.

PEZ Stock Market Chart for 1-3-2011

CUB- Cubic Corporation (Cubic) is involved in the design, development, manufacture, integration, installation, operation, maintenance, and support of technology products and systems. The Company focuses on the defense and transportation markets, and cyber security and asset tracking businesses. It operates three segments: transportation systems, defense systems and mission support services. During fiscal year ended September 30, 2010 (fiscal 2010), approximately 57% of its business was conducted, either directly or indirectly, with various agencies of the United States government. In May 2010, it acquired the assets of Impeva Labs and formed a subsidiary called Cubic Global Tracking Solutions, Inc (CGTS). In June 2010 Cubic acquired Safe Harbor Holdings and formed a new subsidiary called Cubic Cyber Solutions, Inc (CSSI). In December 2010, the Company completed the acquisition of Abraxas Corporation.

CUB Stock Market Chart for 1-3-2011

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