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FB Facebook, Inc. 49.75 Nov 1 Down 0.46 (0.91%) 95,032,876 Chart, Profile, More
BAC Bank of America Corporation Com 14.02 Nov 1 Up 0.05(0.36%) 75,610,402 Chart, Profile, More
ABX Barrick Gold Corporation Common 18.01 Nov 1 Down 1.38 (7.12%) 74,460,845 Chart, Profile, More
SIRI Sirius XM Radio Inc. 3.79 Nov 1 Up 0.0250(0.66%) 62,049,407 Chart, Profile, More
JCP J.C. Penney Company, Inc. Holdi 8.14 Nov 1 Up 0.64(8.53%) 56,964,136 Chart, Profile, More
GE General Electric Company Common 26.54 Nov 1 Up 0.40(1.53%) 55,644,125 Chart, Profile, More
F Ford Motor Company Common Stock 16.89 Nov 1 Down 0.22 (1.29%) 52,492,989 Chart, Profile, More
AIG American International Group, I 48.28 Nov 1 Down 3.37 (6.52%) 51,746,122 Chart, Profile, More
T AT&T Inc. 36.24 Nov 1 Up 0.04(0.11%) 41,490,103 Chart, Profile, More
MU Micron Technology, Inc. 17.58 Nov 1 Down 0.10 (0.59%) 41,372,306 Chart, Profile, More
MSFT Microsoft Corporation 35.53 Nov 1 Up 0.12(0.34%) 40,271,887 Chart, Profile, More
HPQ Hewlett-Packard Company Common 25.92 Nov 1 Up 1.55(6.36%) 34,178,359 Chart, Profile, More
CSCO Cisco Systems, Inc. 22.57 Nov 1 Up 0.01(0.02%) 33,332,149 Chart, Profile, More
BBRY BlackBerry Limited 7.77 Nov 1 Down 0.16 (1.96%) 32,766,523 Chart, Profile, More
GM General Motors Company Common S 37.39 Nov 1 Up 0.44(1.19%) 30,765,422 Chart, Profile, More
ALU Alcatel-Lucent Common Stock 3.89 Nov 1 Up 0.06(1.57%) 30,267,897 Chart, Profile, More
FSLR First Solar, Inc. 59.14 Nov 1 Up 8.83(17.56%) 28,397,635 Chart, Profile, More
INTC Intel Corporation 24.33 Nov 1 Down 0.14 (0.59%) 28,305,937 Chart, Profile, More
PFE Pfizer, Inc. Common Stock 31.17 Nov 1 Up 0.49(1.58%) 28,012,235 Chart, Profile, More
RAD Rite Aid Corporation Common Sto 5.27 Nov 1 Down 0.06 (1.13%) 26,475,382 Chart, Profile, More
JPM JP Morgan Chase & Co. Common St 52.51 Nov 1 Up 0.97(1.88%) 25,796,825 Chart, Profile, More
EMC EMC Corporation Common Stock 23.65 Nov 1 Down 0.42 (1.75%) 24,660,108 Chart, Profile, More
GRPN Groupon, Inc. 9.93 Nov 1 Up 0.80(8.70%) 24,210,858 Chart, Profile, More
PBR Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petro 16.97 Nov 1 Down 0.46 (2.64%) 23,613,746 Chart, Profile, More
NQ NQ Mobile Inc. American Deposit 12.78 Nov 1 Down 1.62 (11.25%) 22,782,457 Chart, Profile, More
NOK Nokia Corporation Sponsored Ame 7.62 Nov 1 Down 0.01 (0.13%) 22,587,006 Chart, Profile, More
ANR Alpha Natural Resources, inc. c 7.43 Nov 1 Up 0.43(6.14%) 22,406,694 Chart, Profile, More
AA Alcoa Inc. Common Stock 9.27 Nov 1 0.00(0.00%) 22,047,458 Chart, Profile, More
ARIA ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2.58 Nov 1 Up 0.38(17.27%) 21,938,583 Chart, Profile, More
MRK Merck & Company, Inc. Common St 45.23 Nov 1 Up 0.14(0.31%) 20,893,721 Chart, Profile, More
DRYS DryShips Inc. 3.07 Nov 1 Up 0.31(11.23%) 20,624,735 Chart, Profile, More
VALE VALE S.A. American Depositary 16.38 Nov 1 Up 0.36(2.28%) 20,529,579 Chart, Profile, More
XOM Exxon Mobil Corporation Common 89.82 Nov 1 Up 0.20(0.22%) 19,024,810 Chart, Profile, More
C Citigroup, Inc. Common Stock 48.74 Nov 1 Down 0.04 (0.08%) 19,004,072 Chart, Profile, More
DOLE Dole Food Company, Inc Common S 13.65 Nov 1 Up 0.10(0.74%) 18,228,405 Chart, Profile, More
ITUB Itau Unibanco Banco Holding SA 15.11 Nov 1 Down 0.29 (1.90%) 17,258,829 Chart, Profile, More
CLF Cliffs Natural Resources Inc Co 27.34 Nov 1 Up 1.66(6.46%) 17,246,577 Chart, Profile, More
KOG Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp Common St 12.38 Nov 1 Down 0.59 (4.55%) 16,585,195 Chart, Profile, More
ODP Office Depot, Inc. Common Stock 5.77 Nov 1 Up 0.18(3.22%) 16,529,333 Chart, Profile, More
WFC Wells Fargo & Company Common St 42.67 Nov 1 Down 0.02 (0.05%) 15,539,833 Chart, Profile, More
YHOO Yahoo! Inc. 33.18 Nov 1 Up 0.24(0.73%) 15,205,446 Chart, Profile, More
ORCL Oracle Corporation Common Stock 33.53 Nov 1 Up 0.03(0.09%) 15,115,766 Chart, Profile, More
AVP Avon Products, Inc. Common Stoc 18.27 Nov 1 Up 0.77(4.40%) 15,070,075 Chart, Profile, More
NEM Newmont Mining Corporation 25.98 Nov 1 Down 1.28 (4.70%) 15,063,231 Chart, Profile, More
XRX Xerox Corporation Common Stock 10.02 Nov 1 Up 0.08(0.80%) 15,029,679 Chart, Profile, More
MS Morgan Stanley Common Stock 29.20 Nov 1 Up 0.47(1.64%) 14,966,756 Chart, Profile, More
RF Regions Financial Corporation C 9.55 Nov 1 Down 0.08 (0.83%) 14,831,960 Chart, Profile, More
VOD Vodafone Group Plc 36.91 Nov 1 Up 0.06(0.15%) 14,724,661 Chart, Profile, More
TCS THE CONTAINER STORE GROUP, INC 36.20 Nov 1 Up 18.20(101.11%) 14,669,627 Chart, More
ONNN ON Semiconductor Corporation 7.52 Nov 1 Up 0.47(6.59%) 14,669,407 Chart, Profile, More
AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Co 3.31 Nov 1 Down 0.03 (0.90%) 14,422,036 Chart, Profile, More
KGC Kinross Gold Corporation Common 4.82 Nov 1 Down 0.25 (4.93%) 14,307,485 Chart, Profile, More
S Sprint Corporation Common Stock 6.87 Nov 1 Up 0.14(2.08%) 13,936,720 Chart, Profile, More
MGM MGM Resorts International Commo 19.30 Nov 1 Up 0.26(1.37%) 13,836,770 Chart, Profile, More
CX Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V. Sponsored 10.51 Nov 1 Down 0.07 (0.66%) 13,776,881 Chart, Profile, More
DAL Delta Air Lines, Inc. Common St 26.70 Nov 1 Up 0.32(1.21%) 13,682,269 Chart, Profile, More
WLT Walter Energy, Inc. Common Stoc 17.24 Nov 1 Up 1.35(8.50%) 13,375,117 Chart, Profile, More
BSX Boston Scientific Corporation C 11.75 Nov 1 Up 0.06(0.51%) 13,187,863 Chart, Profile, More
ZNGA Zynga Inc. 3.58 Nov 1 Down 0.0010 (0.03%) 12,625,080 Chart, Profile, More
X United States Steel Corporation 25.78 Nov 1 Up 0.89(3.58%) 12,447,428 Chart, Profile, More
CMCSA Comcast Corporation 48.65 Nov 1 Up 1.05(2.20%) 12,432,962 Chart, Profile, More
KO Coca-Cola Company (The) Common 39.61 Nov 1 Up 0.04(0.10%) 12,430,394 Chart, Profile, More
EBAY eBay Inc. 51.94 Nov 1 Down 0.77 (1.46%) 12,346,728 Chart, Profile, More
QUNR 28.40 Nov 1 Up 13.40(89.33%) 12,083,145 Chart, More
WU Western Union Company (The) Com 17.48 Nov 1 Up 0.46(2.70%) 11,960,312 Chart, Profile, More
VZ Verizon Communications Inc. Com 50.49 Nov 1 Down 0.02 (0.04%) 11,450,089 Chart, Profile, More
SD Sandridge Energy Inc. Common St 6.38 Nov 1 Up 0.04(0.63%) 11,124,392 Chart, Profile, More
PHM PulteGroup, Inc. Common Stock 17.55 Nov 1 Down 0.10 (0.57%) 11,103,529 Chart, Profile, More
ELN Elan Corporation, plc ADR 17.00 Nov 1 Up 0.34(2.04%) 10,876,591 Chart, Profile, More
QCOM QUALCOMM Incorporated 69.90 Nov 1 Up 0.41(0.59%) 10,847,215 Chart, Profile, More
ACI Arch Coal, Inc. Common Stock 4.29 Nov 1 Up 0.05(1.18%) 10,807,824 Chart, Profile, More
HTZ Hertz Global Holdings, Inc Comm 22.75 Nov 1 Down 0.21 (0.91%) 10,801,179 Chart, Profile, More
GG Goldcorp Inc. Common Stock 24.32 Nov 1 Down 1.11 (4.36%) 10,731,787 Chart, Profile, More
EA Electronic Arts Inc. 25.63 Nov 1 Down 0.62 (2.36%) 10,725,011 Chart, Profile, More
HBAN Huntington Bancshares Incorpora 8.85 Nov 1 Up 0.05(0.51%) 10,457,396 Chart, Profile, More
LINE Linn Energy, LLC 30.82 Nov 1 Up 3.12(11.26%) 10,401,481 Chart, Profile, More
ARNA Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 4.39 Nov 1 Up 0.01(0.23%) 10,331,180 Chart, Profile, More
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, 36.78 Nov 1 Up 0.02(0.05%) 10,320,867 Chart, Profile, More
AUY Yamana Gold Inc. Ordinary Share 9.33 Nov 1 Down 0.60 (6.04%) 10,237,389 Chart, Profile, More
GLW Corning Incorporated Common Sto 17.13 Nov 1 Up 0.04(0.23%) 10,208,852 Chart, Profile, More
MHR Magnum Hunter Resources Corpora 7.12 Nov 1 Down 0.01 (0.14%) 10,207,610 Chart, Profile, More
WEN Wendy's Company (The) 8.73 Nov 1 Up 0.04(0.46%) 10,087,422 Chart, Profile, More
TEVA Teva Pharmaceutical Industries 37.12 Nov 1 Up 0.03(0.08%) 10,081,211 Chart, Profile, More
LOW Lowe's Companies, Inc. Common S 49.18 Nov 1 Down 0.60 (1.21%) 9,961,634 Chart, Profile, More
PBR-A Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petro 17.70 Nov 1 Down 0.46 (2.53%) 9,926,955 Chart, Profile, More
XCO EXCO Resources, Inc. Exco Resou 5.56 Nov 1 Up 0.15(2.77%) 9,838,491 Chart, Profile, More
SID Companhia Siderurgica Nacional 5.73 Nov 1 Up 0.19(3.43%) 9,831,454 Chart, Profile, More
AAPL Apple Inc. 520.03 Nov 1 Down 2.67 (0.51%) 9,817,472 Chart, Profile, More
WFT Weatherford International, Ltd 16.37 Nov 1 Down 0.07 (0.43%) 9,755,600 Chart, Profile, More
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. 17.70 Nov 1 Down 0.15 (0.87%) 9,638,109 Chart, Profile, More
SPLS Staples, Inc. 16.18 Nov 1 Up 0.05(0.32%) 9,470,960 Chart, Profile, More
RIG Transocean Ltd (Switzerland) Co 47.56 Nov 1 Up 0.49(1.04%) 9,460,659 Chart, Profile, More
GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc. 70.97 Nov 1 Down 0.21 (0.29%) 9,399,040 Chart, Profile, More
CVX Chevron Corporation Common Stoc 118.01 Nov 1 Down 1.95 (1.63%) 9,344,455 Chart, Profile, More
SYMC Symantec Corporation 22.77 Nov 1 Up 0.02(0.07%) 9,331,128 Chart, Profile, More
NIHD NII Holdings, Inc. 3.3950 Nov 1 Down 0.0350 (1.02%) 9,305,945 Chart, Profile, More
IDIX Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 4.6150 Nov 1 Up 1.3250(40.27%) 9,190,606 Chart, Profile, More
SCHW Charles Schwab Corporation (The 23.12 Nov 1 Up 0.47(2.08%) 9,055,989 Chart, Profile, More
DHI D.R. Horton, Inc. Common Stock 18.51 Nov 1 Down 0.44 (2.32%) 8,983,789 Chart, Profile, More
BK Bank of New York Mellon Corpora 32.36 Nov 1 Up 0.56(1.76%) 8,965,083 Chart, Profile, More


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VODAT&T's Love Affair With Vodafone at Seeking Alpha Sun 2:52PM EST
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CPuerto Rican debt threat to global banks at Financial Times Sun 1:43PM EST
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Is Twitter $1 billion IPO ? #TWTR InvestorsTwitter IPO why did They BuyThe Wrong Stock ?

$1 billion IPO
Twitter said it aims to raise $1 billion through the initial public offering. However, that figure could very well change.
Here are some accumulated statistics from our scouring of the Twitter IPO filing for your perusal. The overall numbers show a company
Companies are required to declare how much they plan to raise, though they are by no means required to stick with those numbers. Facebook (FB +3.78%), for instance, initially said it sought $5 billion, but wound up pulling in $16 billion. Twitter has been valued at upwards of $10 billion.




Negative profits
Twitter's revenue has skyrocketed in recent years. In 2012, revenue leapt an incredible 198 percent from the year before, coming in at a hair under $317 million. Before going public, the company must first wait through a three-week quiet period. After a “road show” that markets shares, Twitter and its underwriters, led by Goldman Sachs, will set a price for them. Twitter stock won’t be available to the public, then, until November.

Twitter had reportedly been planning to raise $1.5 billion with an offering of 50 million to 55 million shares priced at $28 to $30 each. Its 2013 revenue had been estimated at $545 million by eMarketer, set to rise to $807 million in 2014.

Twitter said more than 65 percent of its advertising revenue came from mobile devices like tablets and smartphones. Because mobile advertising revenue is growing much more quickly than desktop advertising revenue in developed markets like the U.S., some believe Twitter has as a significant advantage over rivals like Facebook, which gleaned just 41 percent of ad revenue from mobile in its most recent quarter.

Twitter’s IPO filing marks its first release of revenue and profit figures, providing an unprecedented glimpse into the company’s financial health and growth prospects.

And the company reported earning $253 million in the first half of 2013, putting it on pace for another record year.



However, as is often the case with tech startups, it's actually losing money due to ballooning expenses. The company lost $79.4 million last year, and is already $69.3 million in the hole this year. All told, Twitter has rung up a $418.6 million deficit since its inception.




Powerful underwriters
Twitter's massive losses, though, won't scare away investors who are focused on the service's popularity. Financial titan Goldman Sachs is the lead underwriter, according to the filing. It's joined by Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, Allen & Co., and Code Advisors.




Massive user pool, but tapering growthlatest information on initial public offerings (IPOs), including latest IPOs, expected IPOs, recent filings, and IPO Performance
There were 218.3 million monthly active users on Twitter as of June 30, up 44 percent from the prior year, according to the filing.




However, Twitter acknowledged that it could not sustain such rapid growth going forward. With U.S. growth already slowing down, the company said it would look overseas, specifically to Argentina, France, Japan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and South Africa, to expand its user base.

And Twitter warned that it would have to find ways to stay "useful, reliable, and trustworthy" or it would risk going down the same road as once-popular companies that have turned into morbid jokes.When you buy a stock on an IPO,It's like everyone who watches those gold stock commercials and all the talk radio announcers who pump this stuff out. You know it will go up for awhile then dramatically drop. I believe a 30% drop this year alone. Don't follow everyone and what they do like this, you are buying overinflated stock.. I also believe we will have another major market crash this decade. The price is awfully high and everyone is buying, the rich will get out at the right time wait for it to crash then buy it back up on the cheap. the early investors already got in at a far far far cheaper price then you and when you follow the crowd and buy stuff like this without checking their true revenue model, you will end up losing bigtime in the end. Facebook is the perfect example.


Wall Street, where investors were so anxious about the social media company, which disclosed its initial public offering filing on Thursday, that they funneled money into the wrong company. That's right, the consumer electronics company Tweeter Home Entertainment Group saw its stock price rise 684 percent on Friday, according to MarketWatch.



In short, "if people get bored and drift off, the company will have problems," says The Wall Street Journal's Paul Vigna.
We don't know for sure why Tweeter's stock skyrocketed. But considering the company filed for bankruptcy in 2007 and went out of business in 2008, according to CNNMoney, we're guessing it has something to do with Tweeter's ticker symbol, TWTRQ, which is only one letter off from Twitter's future ticker, TWTR



Reliance on ad dollars , Twitter is looking to raise $1 billion from outside investors. The company generated $317 million in revenue last year.In making public its prospectus, Twitter sets the clock on one of the most anticipated stock sales of the year and shows how important mobile
Almost all of Twitter's revenue comes from advertisements. According to the filing, 85 percent of all revenue last year, and 87 percent through June of this year, came from ads.




Further, "substantially all" of that ad money came from promoted tweets, accounts, and trends. Though you may glaze over #GoSeeThisCoolNewMovie when it pops up as a trending topic, Twitter banks a ton of money by boosting it to prominence.

Will Stocks end higher ? $AAPL $GOOG $FB $DELL $GM $F

The Nasdaq composite stock index closed at a 12-year high and the S&P 500 index at a five-year high, boosted by gains in technology shares and stronger overseas trade figures. Volume was roughly 5.6 billion shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq and the NYSE MKT, compared with the 2012 average daily closing volume of about 6.45 billion. The S&P 500 also posted a sixth straight week of gains for the first time since August. The technology sector led the day's gains, with the S&P 500 technology index (.SPLRCT) up 1.0 percent. Gains in professional network platform LinkedIn Corp (LNKD) and AOL Inc (AOL.N) after they reported quarterly results helped the sector. Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) briefly lurching over 14,000. It's also a decent description of an experienced stock veterans' reaction to the hype about a new bubble in equities. People who lived through two different horrific crashes in the last 15 years know what bubbles look like, and this isn't it. Scoffing at the notion that one month of $77 billion in equity inflows (January) somehow trumps $1 trillion of outflows, Brown says the most that can be said of individual investors is that they are once again considering equities. "Becoming curious" is how he puts it. Usually the curiosity takes the form of a question followed by a quick assertion that stocks are way too high and certain to plunge at some point in the near, but unknowable, future. Brown has three things to say to those paralyzed by fear given the rumored flood into stocks by the masses. 1. Whether or not individuals are buying stocks doesn't matter. Stocks are up 127% since 2009 with outflows every month. It will take much more than one month of investing to move the needle on the price of a stock market valued at $14 trillion, give or take. Only on the extremes are the inflows or outflows of individual investors of any value in predicting future stock moves. 2. There's real money buying. Endowments and institutions are the ones coming back into stocks, they're just too embarrassed to say so. Instead the punditry couches their buying in phrases like "increasing our equity allocation" or "adding risk." Pros talking like that may as well be wearing a sandwich board announcing that they missed the rally. 3. Market timing is for suckers. "I know people who play market timers on TV," he says, "but in reality it's a very tough game to play." Amen. The question for those all in cash is what burning bush or lightning strike was their omen of a crisis to come. Being 100% in cash makes investors literally insane, he insists. Even people otherwise brilliant and successful start hunting for reasons to justify why they've been so cautious. Staying half invested at least wards off the lunacy of timing and Doomsday scenarios Shares of LinkedIn jumped 21.3 percent to $150.48 after the social networking site announced strong quarterly profits and gave a bullish forecast for the year. AOL Inc (AOL.N) shares rose 7.4 percent to $33.72 after the online company reported higher quarterly profit, boosted by a 13 percent rise in advertising sales. Data showed Chinese exports grew more than expected, a positive sign for the global economy. The U.S. trade deficit narrowed in December, suggesting the U.S. economy likely grew in the fourth quarter instead of contracting slightly as originally reported by the U.S. government. "That may have sent a ray of optimism," said Fred Dickson, chief market strategist at D.A. Davidson & Co in Lake Oswego, Oregon. Trading volume on Friday was below average for the week as a blizzard swept into the northeastern United States. The U.S. stock market has posted strong gains since the start of the year, with the S&P 500 up 6.4 percent since December 31. The advance has slowed in recent days, with fourth-quarter earnings winding down and few incentives to continue the rally on the horizon. "I think we're in the middle of a trading range and I'd put plus or minus 5.0 percent around it. Fundamental factors are best described as neutral," Dickson said. The Dow Jones industrial average (^DJI) ended up 48.92 points, or 0.35 percent, at 13,992.97. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index (^GSPC) was up 8.54 points, or 0.57 percent, at 1,517.93. The Nasdaq Composite Index (^IXIC) was up 28.74 points, or 0.91 percent, at 3,193.87, its highest closing level since November 2000. For the week, the Dow was down 0.1 percent, the S&P 500 was up 0.3 percent and the Nasdaq up 0.5 percent. Shares of Dell (DELL) closed at $13.63, up 0.7 percent, after briefly trading above a buyout offering price of $13.65 during the session. Dell's largest independent shareholder, Southeastern Asset Management, said it plans to oppose the buyout of the personal computer maker, setting up a battle for founder Michael Dell. Signs of economic strength overseas buoyed sentiment on Wall Street. Chinese exports grew more than expected in January, while imports climbed 28.8 percent, highlighting robust domestic demand. German data showed a 2012 surplus that was the nation's second highest in more than 60 years, an indication of the underlying strength of Europe's biggest economy. Separately, U.S. economic data showed the trade deficit shrank in December to $38.5 billion, its narrowest in nearly three years, indicating the economy did much better in the fourth quarter than initially estimated. Earnings have mostly come in stronger than expected since the start of the reporting period. Fourth-quarter earnings for S&P 500 companies now are estimated up 5.2 percent versus a year ago, according to Thomson Reuters data. That contrasts with a

Best & Worst Trades of 2012 top stocks,YHOO , $FB, BBY, AAPL ?

Facebook (FB)
Year-to-Date: Down 27 Percent

A trading glitch at Nasdaq on the day of Facebook's initial public offering provided an inauspicious start to one of the most-anticipated IPOs in recent years. Shares opened at $38, briefly spiked higher before trading down as low as $17 in the following months as questions about how the social media giant would generate revenues. Improved performance in the following months, a mobile advertising strategy and plans to monetize its Instagram acquisition lifted Facebook's stock price toward the end of the year.

(Watch: Time to 'Like' Facebook Again?)
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Best Buy (BBY)
Year-to-Date: Down 48 Percent

Looking at Best Buy's stock price in December, it's tough to believe that shares appeared poised to hit $30 in March. A few reasons have contributed to the decline, from a third-quarter loss and worsening cash flow, not to mention increased competition from Amazon.com. Best Buy's founder and its largest shareholder, Richard Schultze, reportedly sought to take the company public, but faces a financing hurdle, adding more uncertainty to the company's shares.

Yahoo (YHOO)
Year-to-Date: 21 Percent

Now for the best trades of 2012.

With Marissa Meyer at the helm — a new CEO with a Google pedigree — Yahoo saw its stock price run up to its highest level in four years. Some have questioned whether the positive sentiment is justified, but so far Meyer has upped spending on advertising and quickly closed the nearly $8 billion Alibaba deal, all while improving employee morale. For now, Wall Street is willing to give Meyer the benefit of the doubt.
Apple (AAPL)
Year-to-Date: Up 29 Percent

No stock was more talked-about in 2012 than Apple — and for good reason. Shares hit a record $705 in September as the company rolled out its new iPhone 5, iPad Mini, and sky-high expectations. While Apple's stock price recently posted big losses — briefly falling below $500 mid-December — it's still up nearly 30 percent for the year. While a range of analysts have downgraded the stock and investors are questioning it, there is also exposure to the Chinese market and a rumored Apple TV ahead.


J.C. Penney (JCP)
Year-to-Date: Down 43 Percent

Despite the best efforts of Apple's former marketing whiz, Ron Johnson, who now heads J.C. Penney as its CEO, this retailer's stock fell from its high of $43 in February to the $20 level in mid-December. High hopes for a turnaround in the heavily competitive retail sector never materialized, and the stock has yet to regain its footing. Competitors such as Macy's, Nordstrom, and Saks, meanwhile, saw their shares post year-to-date gains.

Nasdaq & ( $FB ) trading problems on IPO opening on ( $OMX ) ?

Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. (NDAQ) late Friday scrambled to address frustration among brokers and traders, who sought clarity on whether some trades in the newly issued shares of Facebook Inc. (FB) had gone through.
However, a late-day process meant to resolve the matter was seen drawing limited participation from brokers who were impacted by the trading issues, and Nasdaq OMX told traders in a later notice that the effort "resulted in nothing done."
Stock market regulators, meanwhile, planned to review Nasdaq OMX's handling of the Facebook initial public offering, in what a Securities and Exchange Commission spokesman said was in line with standard practices.
The glitches that dogged the Facebook offering marred the biggest IPO on record in terms of valuation at the time of the offering, and one that was hotly anticipated by both retail and institutional investors.
Facebook's debut was also to be a point of pride for Nasdaq OMX, burnishing the exchange's reputation as the venue of choice for a new breed of Internet companies.
Technical problems with the Facebook flotation, however, cropped up ahead of the shares' opening for live trading Friday, as brokers and investors found themselves unable to cancel or alter trades that began to be placed for the shares earlier in the morning.
Nasdaq OMX delayed the Facebook IPO's open for 30 minutes before the stock eventually began to trade at 11:30 a.m. EDT. Shares in the social media heavyweight, priced at $38 in the IPO, jumped to $45 before easing back to close at $38.23.
Representatives for Nasdaq OMX didn't respond to requests for comment.
Brokers on Friday afternoon were focused on orders for Facebook shares placed after the IPO was delayed at 11:05 a.m. but before the 11:30 a.m. open, some of which were later returned without being filled.
Some brokerage officials said they felt their customers, including institutional investors, were owed fills on those orders, because Nasdaq OMX acknowledged the orders before Facebook shares opened for trading and never told customers that orders sent after the delay wouldn't be honored.
Nasdaq OMX officials told traders in a notice late Friday afternoon that the exchange would resolve the matter through an "offline matching process" for which affected firms needed to sign up.
"If at the end of that process, a firm continues to have questions or concerns, the firm needs to submit a formal accommodation request to us through the normal channels," exchange officials wrote in the notice.
That process, Nasdaq OMX officials told traders in a later notice, "resulted in nothing done." Customers were reminded that "accommodation" requests must be turned in in writing by noon on Monday, May 21.
A spokesman for the SEC said "as is our practice, staff will review the incident with Nasdaq to determine its cause and steps that will be taken to address it."
Meanwhile retail traders and other investors remained in the dark for hours as to the status of orders placed earlier in the day, left without confirmation after making changes to the price or size of standing trades, or trying to withdraw them altogether.
"I've had headaches [trading], but never this bad," said Joseph Cohn, a website software developer based in Suffern, N.Y.
Cohn, who said he maintains a retail investment account through Fidelity Investments, placed two orders for Facebook shares Friday and later canceled them both, but hours later remained unsure whether the orders had been filled or not.
Cohn said he waited on hold for 35 minutes with Fidelity before a representative told him that the problem was Nasdaq's responsibility. "This is ridiculous," he said.
Fidelity alerted clients to what it called "FB order execution slowness."
"Marketplaces and other broker/dealers experienced severe slowness this morning, and unfortunately, those issues impacted our customers," said Stephen Austin, a spokesman for Fidelity, in a statement. "But Fidelity's systems operated normally. We continue to work closely with the marketplaces to ensure that impacted orders for Facebook are resolved as soon as possible."
Mark Turner, co-head of sales trading at electronic brokerage Instinet, said he could not recall such a hiccup striking previous IPOs, and called it a "black eye" for Nasdaq OMX.
Nasdaq OMX had conducted multiple tests of its IPO systems over the past week and took the unusual step of holding a two-hour, market-wide conference call around the time of the Facebook flotation Friday.
The exchange group's chief executive Bob Greifeld, told The Wall Street Journal in an interview early Friday that Nasdaq had "changed system capabilities based on the expected flow of orders" for Facebook shares in its IPO, and that Nadsaq OMX has been double-checking systems for weeks.
Nasdaq OMX's own share price suffered as the delay in rolling out Facebook's stock dragged on, and traders waited to get confirmations of their business in the stock.
The exchange group's stock closed 4.4% lower at $21.99, while other U.S. exchange stocks ended the day higher.

-By Jacob B.