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New Piotroski Screen Stocks

Good evening.  The markets were primarily bullish today, as traders await the jobs report number tomorrow.  Tomorrow at 8:30 am EDT we have the following economic number releases:

Nonfarm payrolls
Unemployment rate
Hourly earnings
Average workweek

I am looking to see about 500k for Nonfarm payrolls, versus prior period of 290k.  Since this is released prior to the markets open, [...]

BP

The markets kicked off a new month with continued worries about BP’s (BP) problems and its impact on the energy sector. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 112.61, or 1.11%, to 10,024.02, and the S&P 500 dropped 18.70, or 1.72%, to 1,070.71. The Nasdaq sank 34.71, or 1.54%, to 2,222.33 (TheStreet.com)
As BP prepares to pay [...]

Thursday Action

“The Dow jumped 284 points, or 2.9 percent Thursday to 10,258, and the S&P 500 rose 35 points, or 3.3 percent to 1103.  Stocks turned higher Thursday as China denied that it was reviewing its euro zone bond holdings, a story that drove stocks lower into Wednesday’s close.” (CNBC) — But the financial news networks [...]

New addition to the Piotroski Screen

As of yestrday, 5/25, there was a new addition to the Piotroski Screen!  Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg (TSM) has been added to my Piotroski screen, which I have saved in an Excel file which can be refreshed against a web query from The Graham Investor website.  TSM engages in the computer-aided designing, manufacturing, packaging, testing, and [...]

Stock Screen v.1

U.S. stocks on Wednesday ended lower after a late-session lapse that coincided with a drop in the euro below a key threshold, as investors focused on reports that China might review its European bond holders.  (MarketWatch)

Dow

9,974.45
-69.30
(-0.69%)

S&P 500

1,067.95
-6.08
(-0.57%)

Nasdaq

2,195.88
-15.07
(-0.68%)

Currencies

Euro – USD
1.2199
-0.0114 (-0.93%)

USD – JPY
90.0600
-0.0900 (-0.10%)

GBP – USD
1.4412
+0.0051 (0.36%)

CAD – USD
0.9395
+0.0097 (1.04%)

USD – HKD
7.7742
-0.0282 (-0.36%)

USD – CNY
6.8292
-0.0018 (-0.03%)

AUD [...]