Schaeffer's S&P 500 Index Hot Stocks Features General Motors, Ford Motor, Lockheed Martin, Computer Sciences, Hewlett-Packard.CINCINNATI -- Among the stocks featured in the November 21 edition of Schaeffer's S&P 500 Index Hot Stocks are General Motors (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GM), Ford Motor (NYSE:F), Lockheed Martin For the former company, see . Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is a leading multinational aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. (NYSE:LMT LMT left mentotransverse (position of fetus). ), Computer Sciences (NYSE:CSC), and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ HPQ Hewlett-Packard Corporation (NYSE) HPQ High Priority Queue ). Schaeffer's S&P 500 Index Hot Stocks is just one of the many free market commentaries written everyday at www.SchaeffersResearch.com - the home of Bernie Schaeffer and Schaeffer's Investment Research. For additional information about this report or to have it delivered to you free via email every day click on the following link. http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/redirect.aspx?CODE=PRSHS11M&PAGE=1 . Schaeffer's S&P 500 Index Hot Stocks for Monday, November 21, 2005: A daily feature available on SchaeffersResearch.com is the "SPX (Sequenced Packet EXchange) The transport layer protocol in the NetWare operating system. Similar to the TCP layer in TCP/IP, it ensures that the entire message arrives intact. SPX uses NetWare's IPX as its delivery mechanism. Hot Stocks" column. Each afternoon, we will provide a list of the day's top-20 performing stocks in the S&P 500 Index (SPX - 1,251.10) as well as the bottom-20 names. Featured along with this table will be news that is moving some of the securities. NOTE: Stocks trading under $5 per share have been eliminated from this listing of the top-20 and bottom-20 performing stocks. The SPX is performing admirably today, and is trading at a four-and-a-half-year high, having broken through potentially staunch resistance at the 1,250 level. However, there is a hint of caution in the air, as traders await clues about the state of retail shopping activity, as this Friday is the key shopping day of the year. With nearly one hour left in the session, 55 percent of the SPX's components find themselves trading in positive territory. On Thursday last week, Autodesk (ADSK ADSK Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ stock symbol) ) predicted that fiscal 2007 revenue would rise 10 to 12 percent compared to its expectations for 2006 revenue of $1.51 billion to $1.52 billion. The company expects to post a net profit of $1.16 to $1.20 per share, or $1.41 to $1.45 per share excluding the impact of stock-option expenses. While investors initially reacted negatively to the report, upbeat results from computer and printing giant Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) have bolstered confidence in the technology sector lately, giving ADSK something to cheer about. At last check, the shares were up nearly five percent on the day. Campbell Soup's (CPB CPB see cardiopulmonary bypass. CPB Cardiopulmonary bypass. See Port-Access cardiopulmonary bypass. ) earnings were apparently "Mmm Mmm Good" today, as the shares have advanced nearly four percent. Earlier this morning, CPB reported first-quarter net earnings of $302 million, up from $230 million, or 56 cents, earned in the year-ago period. Adjusted to exclude special items, earnings would have been $242 million, or 58 cents per share Cents per share The amount of a mutual fund's dividend or capital gains distributions that a shareholder will receive for each share owned. . Sales reached $2.11 billion from $2.09 billion, as U.S. soup, sauce and beverage sales slipped two percent to $970 million. Analysts were looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a profit of 56 cents per share on revenue of nearly $2.13 billion. The firm also affirmed its full-year earnings growth forecast of five to seven percent. Ameriprise Financial Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP) is a company offering financial advice and products. It is the successor to American Express Financial Advisors (AEFA), which was a subsidiary of the American Express Company. (AMP) is already turning heads despite recently being spun off from American Express American Express (NYSE: AXP), sometimes known as "AmEx" or "Amex", is a diversified global financial services company, headquartered in New York City. The company is best known for its credit card, charge card and traveler's cheque businesses. (AXP The brand name Digital gave to its first family of Alpha-based computers. In 1998, Digital was acquired by Compaq. See Alpha. ). Earlier today, Lehman Brothers Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (NYSE: LEH), founded in 1850, is a diversified, global financial services firm. It is a participant in investment banking, equity and fixed income sales, research and trading, investment management, private equity, and private banking. upgraded AMP to "overweight" from "neutral weight," setting a target price of $50 for the stock in the process. AMP has rallied more than two percent on the news. On the downside On the Downside is an EP by the San Diego, California band Counterfit, released by Alphabet Records in 2000. It was the band's first EP, recorded shortly after the members had relocated to San Diego from Fairfield County, Connecticut. , Computer Sciences (NYSE:CSC) has fallen more than 12 percent after The Wall Street Journal reported that Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and a trio of private-equity firms have broken off their attempt to buy the firm. You may remember that CSC rallied to a new multi-year high of 59.90 on news of this potential buyout last week. My how seven days can go by so fast. Filling out the bottom of the list, we have a pair of major U.S. automakers. First, Ford Motor (NYSE:F) announced on Friday that it will cut 4,000 salaried jobs, according to The Wall Street Journal While stocks usually bounce on restructuring news, F has tanked more than 2.5 percent on the news so far. Finally, General Motors (NYSE:GM) also announced layoffs, cutting about 30,000 jobs in the next three years. While the stock initially jumped on the news, GM has since pulled back rather sharply. Standard & Poor's Ratings Services was the culprit for this decline in the shares, as the firm said that GM, and all related entities, remain on "creditwatch." GM was last seen down more than 2.5 percent on the news. Click the following link to see a Chart of the SPX 500 Index's Top-20 Percentage Gainers: http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/wire?ID=14637 . Click the following link to see a Chart of the SPX 500 Index's Top-20 Percentage Losers: http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/wire?ID=14637 . Take advantage of the timely Schaeffer commentaries by signing up for their free e-newsletters -- Opening View, Market Recap and Monday Morning Outlook. Click here to have the Schaeffer's commentaries delivered to you free via email every day. http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/redirect.aspx?CODE=PRSHS11M&PAGE=1 . 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