Day Traders Diary

1/22/09

U.S. stocks fell sharply at Thursday's start following more weak economic data and a surprise earnings miss at Microsoft. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 133 points to 8,095. The S&P 500 declined 15 points to 824, while the Nasdaq Composite shed 42 points to stand at 1,464. Not many stocks are trading higher. Microsoft is down 6%, rival Intel is cutting jobs. Sony expects a full year loss. Nokia and Ebay both missed estimates. The one tech that looks good today is Apple up 5% after easily beating estimates last night. The financials are mixed today. The financials trading lower on earnings include CIT Group, Huntington Bancshares, Janus, BB&T, SunTrust, and Fifth Third. M&T Bank and KeyCorp are actually higher following earnings. JP Morgan is up 2% as CEO Jamie Dimon bought $11 million worth of stock. Bank of America CEO bought a million dollars worth of his stock, but it isn't helping. A few stocks are trading higher on earnings including Lockheed Martin, Southwest Airlines, Unitedhealth Group, and Potash. After the first half an hour the averages remained weak near the lows of the day.

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