Stocks for Fiscal Cliff: REGN, EQIX, WHR, PCYC,AAPL, BAC

There will be many investor who would like to book their profit ahead of Dec 31st to take advantage of 15% capital gain.  

Below are the list of stock that  have moved too high in 2012 and many investor would like to take out profit before Dec 31st. A put or short should give nice return in most of the stock if the sell off starts. Most of the investor will wait till December 12th FOMC meeting while many will wait till December 14th which is last day for congress session. One thing is sure, the chances of Santa rally is gone.

Fiscal cliff: A heap of tax laws set to expire

Tax law	In effect through Dec. 31, 2012:	Will change Jan. 1, 2013, to:
Payroll tax rate	4.2 percent withheld from employees' paychecks	6.2 percent withheld from employees' paychecks
Individual income tax rates	Six income brackets taxed at rates of 10 percent, 15 percent, 25 percent, 28 percent, 33 percent and 35 percent	Five income brackets taxed at rates of 15 percent, 28 percent, 31 percent, 36 percent and 39.6 percent
Capital gains and qualifying dividends tax rates	Most capital gains are taxed at 15 percent. Investors in the 10 percent and 15 percent tax brackets do not owe any capital gains on profits from asset sales. Qualified dividends receive the same treatment as capital gains.	Top capital gains rate for most investors will be 20 percent. The zero capital gains rate will return to 10 percent. Dividends will be taxed as ordinary income, meaning the top rate could be 39.6 percent.

Year to Date Most Active Stock

Company	Exch.	Curr. Price	Net Change	% Change	52 Wk. Lo/Hi	Volume	Chart
Bank of America Corp. (BAC)	NYSE	$9.91	$4.35	78.24%	4.92 / 10.10	15592991100
Sirius XM Radio Inc. (SIRI)	NASDAQ	$2.76	$0.94	51.65%	1.70 / 2.97	13720309500
Sprint Nextel Corp. (S)	NYSE	$5.68	$3.34	142.74%	2.10 / 6.04	12746200600
Citigroup Inc. (C)	NYSE	$34.29	$7.98	30.33%	24.40 / 38.72	9209444200
Oracle Corp. (ORCL)	NASDAQ	$32.38	$6.73	26.24%	24.91 / 33.29	6119177100
Apple Inc. (AAPL)	NASDAQ	$575.85	$170.85	42.18%	377.68 / 705.07	4301501700
News Corp. Cl A (NWSA)	NASDAQ	$24.50	$6.66	37.36%	16.68 / 25.50	3718019200
Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ARNA)	NASDAQ	$8.62	$6.75	360.96%	1.51 / 13.50	3121885600
Cheniere Energy Inc. (LNG)	AMEX	$16.47	$7.78	89.53%	7.86 / 18.92	1278892100
Vringo Inc. (VRNG)	AMEX	$3.37	$2.38	240.40%	0.68 / 5.73	877106100
Rentech Inc. (RTK)	AMEX	$2.82	$1.51	115.27%	1.26 / 2.90	537583700
Vantage Drilling Co. (VTG)	AMEX	$1.86	$0.70	60.34%	1.01 / 1.95	267208600
Hemispherx Biopharma Inc. (HEB)	AMEX	$0.81	$0.62	315.84%	0.18 / 1.10	259639400
VirnetX Holding Corp. (VHC)	AMEX	$33.63	$8.66	34.68%	19.13 / 41.93	239127200
Neostem Inc. (NBS)	AMEX	$0.64	$0.13	26.23%	0.30 / 0.90	209447900

Year to date point gainer:

Company	Exch.	Curr. Price	Net Change	% Change	52 Wk. Lo/Hi	Volume	Chart
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. (REGN)	NASDAQ	$180.70	$125.27	226.00%	50.27 / 188.95	216631400
Equinix Inc. (EQIX)	NASDAQ	$182.98	$81.58	80.45%	97.33 / 212.00	236986500
Direxion Daily Retail Bull 3x Shares (RETL)	NYSE	$112.94	$53.83	91.07%	54.66 / 122.23	607300
Whirlpool Corp. (WHR)	NYSE	$100.42	$52.97	111.63%	45.22 / 103.50	377898800
Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. (ASPS)	NASDAQ	$100.65	$50.47	100.58%	47.90 / 129.72	37512500
Pharmacyclics Inc. (PCYC)	NASDAQ	$54.55	$39.73	268.08%	12.16 / 70.48	203202800
Nortek Inc. (NTK)	NASDAQ	$65.37	$39.21	149.89%	23.05 / 65.86	5999600
Geospace Technologies Corp. (GEOS)	NASDAQ	$76.39	$37.73	97.57%	35.00 / 79.11	23852800
Cymer Inc. (CYMI)	NASDAQ	$86.45	$36.69	73.73%	45.05 / 88.92	96683600
Walter Investment Management Corp. (WAC)	AMEX	$43.30	$22.79	111.12%	17.87 / 48.54	77225700
IMPAC Mortgage Holdings Inc. (IMH)	AMEX	$14.58	$12.57	625.37%	1.77 / 18.00	18134400
Cheniere Energy Inc. (LNG)	AMEX	$16.47	$7.78	89.53%	7.86 / 18.92	1278892100
Aerocentury Corp. (ACY)	AMEX	$12.95	$6.80	110.57%	6.00 / 15.60	765100
Medgenics Inc. (MDGN)	AMEX	$9.90	$5.92	148.99%	2.08 / 16.43	12639300
Grupo Simec S.A.B. de C.V. ADS (SIM)	AMEX	$12.90	$5.80	81.62%	6.25 / 13.83	7605800