GOOG down $37

ISRG 254.00 +19.00 +8.09% After Hours: 290.25 +36.25 / +14.27%
GOOG 564.30 +16.03 +2.92% After Hours: 526.37 -37.93 / -6.72%
MA 207.00 +18.00 +9.52% After Hours: 211.00 +4.00 / +1.93%
BIDU 279.95 +20.56 +7.93% After Hours: 268.45 -11.50 / -4.11%
RTP 406.95 +23.06 +6.01%

Google Inc on Thursday reported a disappointing quarterly profit and aggressive spending plans to support a widening range of Web services, unnerving investors who sent its shares down 8 percent.

Revenue rose 51 percent to $4.827 billion. Analysts, on average, had predicted revenue of $4.83 billion, with estimates ranging from $4.67 billion to $5.10 billion.
"There was a slight softness in revenue which perhaps portends softness going forward due to the ... U.S. economy," said Clayton Moran of Stanford Group.

Fed's rate decision

Market Dispatches, 1:20 PM ET

Investors wait for the Fed

Market drops before Fed's rate decision

Stocks fell on Wednesday as investors feared that any boost to the economy from an expected Federal Reserve rate cut later in the day would be short-lived as the central bank may soon have to reverse course to respond to signs of rising inflation. 1/30/2008 1:49 PM

Market Dispatches, 2:27 PM ET

Fed cuts key rate to 3%; stocks jump

Wall Street jumps after Fed rate cut

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks turned positive on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a half-percentage point in an effort to boost the economy. 1/30/2008 2:25 PM

Fed cuts key interest rate by half point

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve cut a key interest rate by a half-percentage point on Wednesday as part of an aggressive effort to halt a sharp slowdown in an economy hit by a housing slump and a credit crunch. 1/30/2008 2:22 PM

Fed slashes interest rates by half point

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a hefty half-percentage point on Wednesday as part of an aggressive effort to halt a sharp slowdown in an economy hit by a housing slump and a credit crunch. 1/30/2008 2:43 PM

Market rises as rate cut boosts hopes for growth

1/30/2008 2:43 PM

Fed slashes rates to blunt economic slowdown

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a hefty half-percentage point on Wednesday as part of an aggressive effort to halt a sharp slowdown in an economy hit by a housing slump and a credit crunch. 1/30/2008 3:01 PM


Market Dispatches, 4:55 PM ET

Fed cuts rates, but rally falls apart

volatility?

Has the elimination of the plus tick rule increased volatility?

Yes. In the past, shorts were able to weigh on a stock in the same manner that piling rocks on a guys chest will eventually cause him to stop breathing. Now, they sell 'em right down and then they spike right back up, so the elimination of that rule does add to increased volatility.

ISRG down $33.27

ISRG 244.30 -33.27 -11.99% After Hours: 245.40 +1.10 / +0.45%
BIDU 270.71 -20.61 -7.07% After Hours: 263.50 -7.21 / -2.66%
FSLR 191.90 +14.90 +8.42% After Hours: 191.50 -0.40 /-0.21%

Some News from Today:
------------------------
Investors expect the central bank to cut interest rates by a half-percentage point Wednesday.
Yahoo earnings disappoint;
Lehman Bros. boosts its dividend.
Wal-Mart has a "stimulus program.'
Durable goods orders jump.
Foreclosures jump 75%.
* things could get ugly if the Fed doesn't deliver on the rate cut

BIDU up $48

BIDU 307.20 +37.00 After Hours: 318.87 +11.67 / +3.80%
RIMM 95.00 +7.00 After Hours: 96.95 +1.95 / +2.05%
AAPL 135.60 -3.47 After Hours: 137.80 +2.20 / +1.62%
GOOG 574.49 +25.87 After Hours: 588.00 +13.51 / +2.35%
FSLR 171.46 +6.72 After Hours: 176.00 +4.54 / +2.65%

Emotional Diary

"A popular market wizard recommends keeping an emotional diary.
In this diary,you would make note of when you feel anxious or
emotional, detailing the time, nature of the emotion, thoughts
(self-talk), interpretation of the self-talk, situation, and
whether these feelings are new or recurring"

AAPL -$22

AAPL 155.64 -5.72 -3.54% After Hours: 137.95 -17.69 / -11.37% Vol. 6.75 Mil
FSLR 182.79 +6.91 3.93% After Hours: 178.50 -4.29 / -2.35% Vol. 37,226
RTP 331.31 -36.19 -9.85% After Hours: 334.00 +2.69 / +0.81% Vol. 100
BIDU 273.27 +0.23 +0.08% After Hours: 269.20 -4.07 / -1.49% Vol. 109,973
GOOG 584.35 -15.90 -2.65% After Hours: 573.22 -11.13 / -1.90% Vol. 29,930
SKF 122.80 -6.85 -5.28% After Hours: 123.60 +0.80 / +0.65% Vol. 2,900
ISRG 261.84 -0.23 -0.09% After Hours: 258.50 -3.34 / -1.28% Vol. 1,300

"Apple forecast profit in the second fiscal quarter of 94 cents per share, far short of the $1.09 per share that analysts were expecting".

Fed slashes rates:
The U.S. Federal Reserve on Tuesday slashed a key interest rate by the biggest amount in more than 23 years in an emergency bid to head off a U.S. recession and halt a global rout in stocks

the fall did nt even stop after close?

AAPL 169.04 -9.74 -5.45%fyi After Hours: 162.80 -6.24 / -3.69% Vol. 1.02
GOOG 637.65 -16.17 -2.47%fyi After Hours: 625.01 -12.64 / -1.98% Vol. 70,448
BIDU 318.20 -22.20 -6.52%fyi After Hours: 306.02 -12.18 / -3.83% Vol. 71,112
FSLR 204.79 -19.97 -8.89%fyi After Hours: 197.20 -7.59 / -3.71% Vol. 44,307
RIMM 90.93 -5.42 -5.63%fyi After Hours: 87.30 -3.63 / -3.99% Vol. 357,271
RTP 383.91 -23.79 -5.84%fyi After Hours: 370.00 -13.91 / -3.62% Vol. 900
FXP 86.39 +11.85 +15.90% After Hours: 88.70 +2.31 / +2.67% Vol. 14,900
SKF 117.15 +7.80 +7.13% After Hours: 119.51 +2.36 / +2.01% Vol. 10,200

Sectors

the following sectors are mentioned in several blogs/articles these days:

Agriculture,
Agricultural machinery,
Solar energy,
Oil,
Natural gas and oil service,
Infrastructure
China

ISRG down $8

AAPL 179.40 8.15
AMZN 85.22 -2.66
BIDU 344.10 -1.11
DECK 141.22 8.96
DRYS 62.71 -4.61
EQIX 86.07 -1.72
FSLR 234.25 3.75
FWLT 142.90 -0.59
FXI 176.40 10.42
GOOG 653.20 21.52
GS 191.75 2.25
ISRG 263.64 -8.09
LDK 43.30 -0.51
OIH 184.30 2.55
POT 138.00 0.09
PTR 182.12 6.82
RIMM 98.55 2.11
RTP 396.01 1.91
SHLD 97.01 0.70
SKF 115.90 -3.45
SPWR 111.12 -4.03

Alcoa's "kind of an early indication of the earnings trend, but more importantly, it might be a sign if the DuPont numbers hold true. ... Those are the sectors that have been actually the strongest," said Bruce Zaro, chief technical adviser at Delta Global Advisors
msn.com

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AAPL 177.64 -2.41
AMZN 88.82 0.03
BIDU 344.31 -16.69
DECK 132.87 -9.12
DRYS 67.86 -5.31
EQIX 88.8 -5.87
FSLR 236.84 -8.74
FWLT 149.94 -9.75
FXI 168.35 4.74
GOOG 649.25 -7.75
GS 194.73 -5.2
ISRG 299.98 -5.02
LDK 40.54 -4.87
OIH 184.4 -2.9
POT 139.41 -3.24
PTR 177.15 1.15
RIMM 99.83 -3.52
RTP 402.32 -4.48
SHLD 101.1 -0.32
SKF 110.9 -0.9
SPWR 117.77 -8.35

$INDU -249.72 -1.91%

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