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Market Recap: The market continued higher on a quiet day in the market, making it 19 weeks of higher Tuesdays in the market. The market rallied after two Fed officials both noted that they would not think QE is tapering soon, which has been a concern over the last couple weeks. QE provides liquidity to markets and keeps bond yields lower. By keeping yields down, the market moves to equities. Further, liquidating the markets removes concern as well. The move provides nice upside for stocks, and the market cheered the announcement that it would not end. It was a quiet day outside of that as there was no major data. Positive earnings from Home Depot (HD) and Saks (SKS) helped the market while Best Buy (BBY) reported a large loss. The Dow Jones (DIA) increased 52 points while the S&P 500 (SPY) increased three points. Stocks To Trade: Today, we

Regions Financial Corporation (RF) May 21, 2013 5:00 am ET Executives O. B. Grayson Hall - Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Executive Officer of Regions Bank, President of Regions Bank and Director of Regions Bank David J. Turner - Chief Financial Officer, Senior Executive Vice President, Member of The Executive Council, President of Central Region, Chief Financial Officer of Regions Bank and Senior Executive Vice President of Regions Bank Analysts Jason M. Goldberg - Barclays Capital, Research Division Presentation Jason M. Goldberg - Barclays Capital, Research Division Next up, very pleased to have Regions Financial. Regions is a company that, over the last several years, has made considerable progress, improving its balance sheet, managed franchise, which is concentrated in the southeastern portion of the United States, and now back to the point where it's improved its capital position so much, that it's now increasing its dividend and buying back

Standard Pacific Corp. (SPF) May 21, 2013 2:55 pm ET Executives Scott D. Stowell - Chief Executive Officer, President, Director and Chairman of Executive Committee Jeffrey J. McCall - Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Executive Vice President Analysts Michael Jason Rehaut - JP Morgan Chase & Co, Research Division Presentation Michael Jason Rehaut - JP Morgan Chase & Co, Research Division All right. We're going to continue with the next presentation if you go on and find your seats. So again good afternoon. My name is Mike Rehaut, homebuilding and building products analyst for JPMorgan and the equity research group. Really thrilled to have so far a great first day for our Sixth Annual Homebuilding & Building Products Conference. Tomorrow, we have another packed day, a little bit more heavy on the building products side of the equation, not by design just by how the scheduling worked out.

Eaton Corporation (ETN) 2013 Electrical Products Group Conference Call May 21, 2013 10:45 AM ET Executives Sandy Culter – Chairman and CEO Analysts Jeff Hammond – KeyBanc Presentation Unidentified Analyst Okay. If we could just take our seats, trying to catch up a little bit here, if I could ask the doors to be closed that would be outstanding. And thanks everybody, and of course we have Sandy Cutler from EPG. Sandy welcome, thank you for joining us last night, the cocktails and dinner also. Sandy Cutler Great, Chris, thanks. So good morning. A number of you had asked us last night at cocktails that we had an acquisition announcement this morning. I’m going to disappoint you and tell you no, one is enough for a year and a half. But what I would like to do is just take a couple of minutes to update you on what we

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC): Current price $24.15 Intel’s new Chief Executive Brian Krzanich has re-organized the key business groups and formed a “new devices” division, said a source who has viewed an internal email. Krzanich is remaking the structure of the number-one world chipmaker, only days after assuming control. The Intel spokesman Chuck Mulloy confirmed that Krzanich sent the internal email outlining the reorganization. NEW! Discover a new stock idea each week for less than the cost of 1 trade. CLICK HERE for your Weekly Stock Cheat Sheets NOW! BlackBerry (NASDAQ:BBRY): Current price $14.77 It appears that BlackBerry now intends to strongly influence the smartphone industry, as it changes its concentration with the news of a new smartphone model and its intentions to offer the BlackBerry Messaging instant message service on other platforms. The company’s BlackBerry Enterprise Service offering has long permitted customers to manage BlackBerry devices within corporate or government networks, and is now extending that feature to allow customers to manage non-BlackBerry devices. Beyond that, it is also supplying security for data, no matter which devices the customers use. NEW! Discover a new stock idea each week for less than the cost of 1 trade. CLICK HERE for your Weekly Stock Cheat Sheets NOW! FirstSolar (NASDAQ:FSLR): Current price $55.63 On Tuesday, shares of the top solar firms are popping, as shipments begin climbing, and the renewable energy producers based in China wax optimistic on the long term. Shares of FirstSolar, which is the biggest of the solar companies, having a market cap of almost $5 billion, appreciated in excess of 3 percent to $56.61 in recent trading. NEW! Discover a new stock idea each week for less than the cost of 1 trade. CLICK HERE for your Weekly Stock Cheat Sheets NOW! Investing Insights: Is Dell a Dud? Read the original article from Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO): Current price $27.00 On Tuesday, Chief Executive Marissa Mayer boosted the potential of Yahoo!’s $1.1 billion purchase of Tumblr, commenting to CNBC, ”We bought a growth opportunity.” In the conversation, Mayer once again affirmed her company’s intention that Tumblr should remain an independent entity, referring to the blogging site as “a passionate community. We don’t want to mess that up.” The Tumblr Chief Executive David Karp also appeared on the interview with Mayer, making it clear that he intends to remain deeply involved in the company he created, remarking, “This is still my baby.” NEW! Discover a new stock idea each week for less than the cost of 1 trade. CLICK HERE for your Weekly Stock Cheat Sheets NOW! Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM): Current price $65.76 Andrew Keene at Minyanville reports that Qualcomm’s share market has recently been the scene of “unusual bullish activity.” He explained that call volume is performing 17 percent stronger than is typical, and has more than doubled total put volume on Tuesday for an aggregate amount of 33,000 calls and  12,000 puts. Qualcomm’s most recent quarter posted a 24-percent increase in revenue to $6.1 billion. Chief Executive Paul Jacobs expects these numbers to continue the trend while the use of smartphones in the emerging world continues to grow, commenting that “the emerging markets are clearly going  to be a big growth story. But the developed markets continue to be strong. It’s kind of split 50/50.” NEW! Discover a new stock idea each week for less than the cost of 1 trade. CLICK HERE for your Weekly Stock Cheat Sheets NOW! Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA): Current price $42.23 Comcast Cable’s Comcast Business on Tuesday said that Comcast Business VoiceEdge, which is a cloud-based voice and unified communications solution, will now be available in the Denver area. Business VoiceEdge is fully managed over Comcast’s network, and removes the need for expensive on-site PBX equipment or key systems, allows a manageable monthly cost, and provides high service quality through which to enhance communications and productivity. NEW! Discover a new stock idea each week for less than the cost of 1 trade. CLICK HERE for your Weekly Stock Cheat Sheets NOW! Don’t Miss: Why Tumblr Is Worth Every Penny of Its $1.1 Billion Price. Read the original article from Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (BZH) May 21, 2013 1:25 pm ET Executives Allan P. Merrill - Chief Executive Officer, President and Director Analysts Michael Jason Rehaut - JP Morgan Chase & Co, Research Division Presentation Michael Jason Rehaut - JP Morgan Chase & Co, Research Division Okay, we're going to continue with the next presentation, if people want to find their seats. All right. Thanks very much. Good afternoon, everyone. I'll introduce myself probably one last time today, just in case there's some people walking in. My name is Mike Rehaut, continue to be Mike Rehaut for better or worse. I cover the Home Building and Building Products sector for JPMorgan. We've had a great day so far, and it's going to continue with Beazer Homes. We're pleased to have with us, Allan Merrill, CEO; and also, Carey Phelps from the IR team. Beazer, really going through a turnaround and

Devon Energy Corporation (DVN) UBS Global Oil and Gas Conference Call May 21, 2013 11:00 ET Executives Dave Hager - Executive Vice President, Exploration Production Presentation Unidentified Analyst Okay, moving along to keep on schedule. Our next presentation is Devon Energy, very happy to introduce Dave Hager, who is Executive Vice President of Exploration Production. Dave? Dave Hager - Executive Vice President, Exploration Production Thank you, (Bill). Good morning everyone. Before I start this presentation I’m going to do something a little bit unusual here, I’m just going to make a comment that if my enthusiasm doesn’t seem quite as strong as it normally might be. We’re certainly with the headquarters of Devon Energy in Oklahoma City in about 10 miles away from the tragedy that took place in Moore, Oklahoma the tornadoes (Audio Gap) with a little bit of a heavy heart for every things going on out there

After years of acquiring enormous assets which made Chesapeake Energy Corporation (CHK) second only to Exxon Mobil (XOM) in natural gas production, CEO and Chairman Aubrey McClendon, who founded the company, was forced to leave April 1, and has now been replaced by Anadarko Petroleum (APC) executive Robert Douglas Lawler.Who you may ask? We'll get into why the question itself, and the answer to the underlying premise of the question is important to this new CEO choice for Chesapeake.As most readers know, McClendon was pressured out by shareholders Carl C. Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management, with reports stating the unusual deal McClendon had in place which allowed, and still allows him, to acquire rights into wells of the company, being the catalyst.While that is asserted as the uproar that eventually removed McClendon from his leadership role, it's not the real cause, only the assumed and

Whenever I hear the phrase "low volatility" mentioned, I rarely think about the real estate sector that underwent tremendous price compression during the 2008 financial crisis. However, over the last year we have witnessed a new trend emerge in real estate investment trusts (REITs) that defies the volatility perception. This asset class has been in a steady uptrend with very little fluctuation which may be an ominous sign of complacency among investors who are seeking a steady income stream. As I wrote back in April, REITs are offering investors attractive dividend and capital appreciation opportunities, but how long this trend will continue remains to be seen.The largest ETF in this sector is the iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF (IYR) which controls over $5.7 billion in total assets invested in 94 publicly traded REITs. So far this year IYR is closely pacing the gains of the S&P 500 Index