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The Gap Inc. (Public, NYSE:GPS) increased 0.65%, to close at $21.65 and its overall traded volume was 4.82M shares during the last session against its average volume of 8.22M. GPS opened the day at $21.47, it made an intraday low of $21.41 and an intraday high of $21.72. The stock has a 52 week low of $16.62 and 52 week high of $26.34. GPS’s market capitalization is 13.30B and it has 614.36M outstanding shares.

About The Gap Inc. (Public, NYSE:GPS)

The Gap, Inc. is a global specialty retailer offering clothing, accessories, and personal care products for men, women, children, and babies under the Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic, Piperlime, and Athleta brands. The Company operates stores in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Ireland, and Japan. It also has franchise agreements with unaffiliated franchisees to operate Gap and Banana Republic stores in many other countries worldwide. Under these agreements, third parties operate or will operate stores that sell apparel, purchased from the Company, under its brand names. As of January 30, 2010, it operated a total of 3,095 store locations. Its United States customers can shop online at gap.com, oldnavy.com, bananarepublic.com, piperlime.com, and athleta.com.

Visa Inc. (Public, NYSE:V) decreased -0.11%, to close at $70.73 and its overall traded volume was 4.78M shares during the last session against its average volume of 8.44M. V opened the day at $71.36, it made an intraday low of $70.50 and an intraday high of $71.80. The stock has a 52 week low of $64.90 and 52 week high of $97.19. V’s market capitalization is 59.19B and it has 836.87M outstanding shares.

About Visa Inc. (Public, NYSE:V)

Visa Inc. (Visa) is a global payments technology company that connects consumers, businesses, banks and governments in more than 200 countries and territories, enabling them to use digital currency instead of cash and checks. The Company owns, manages and promotes a range of payment brands, including Visa, Visa Electron, PLUS and Interlink, which it licenses to its clients for use in their payment programs. It offers a range of branded payments product platforms, which its clients use to develop and offer credit, debit, prepaid and cash access programs for their customers (individuals, businesses and government entities). It provides transaction processing and value-added services to its clients through VisaNet, Visa Debit Processing Services and Visa Processing Services.

ProShares UltraShort QQQ (ETF) (Public, NYSE:QID) increased 0.35%, to close at $11.55 and its overall traded volume was 4.78M shares during the last session against its average volume of 10.98M. QID opened the day at $11.45, it made an intraday low of $11.44 and an intraday high of $11.60. The stock has a 52 week low of $4.96 and 52 week high of $22.15. QID’s market capitalization is 688.67M and it has 59.62M outstanding shares.

About ProShares UltraShort QQQ (ETF) (Public, NYSE:QID)

ProShares UltraShort QQQ (the Fund), formerly UltraShort QQQ ProShares, seeks daily investment results that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the NASDAQ-100 Index (the Index). The Index includes 100 of the largest non-financial domestic and international issues listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market. To be eligible for inclusion companies cannot be in bankruptcy proceedings and must meet certain additional criteria, including minimum trading volume and seasoning requirements. The Index is calculated under a modified capitalization-weighted methodology. The Fund takes positions in securities and/or financial instruments that, in combination, should have similar daily return characteristics as -200% of the daily return of the index. The Index is a price return index. The Fund’s investment advisor is ProShare Advisors LLC.

SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (Public, NYSE:DIA) increased 0.22%, to close at $115.79 and its overall traded volume was 4.74M shares during the last session against its average volume of 5.98M. DIA opened the day at $115.77, it made an intraday low of $115.34 and an intraday high of $115.88. The stock has a 52 week low of $96.17 and 52 week high of $115.88. DIA’s market capitalization is 9.20B and it has 79.49M outstanding shares.

About SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (Public, NYSE:DIA)

SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust, formerly Diamonds Trust, Series 1 (the Trust) is a unit investment, which issues securities called trust units or units. It seeks to provide investment results that, before expenses, generally correspond to the price and yields performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is an Index of 30 blue chip United States stocks.

The Procter & Gamble Company (Public, NYSE:PG) increased 0.14%, to close at $64.76 and its overall traded volume was 4.65M shares during the last session against its average volume of 9.99M. PG opened the day at $64.80, it made an intraday low of $64.40 and an intraday high of $64.83. The stock has a 52 week low of $39.37 and 52 week high of $65.38. PG’s market capitalization is 183.75B and it has 2.84B outstanding shares.

About The Procter & Gamble Company (Public, NYSE:PG)

The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) is focused on providing consumer packaged goods. The Company’s products are sold in more than 180 countries primarily through mass merchandisers, grocery stores, membership club stores, drug stores and high-frequency stores, the neighborhood stores, which serve many consumers in developing markets. It has on-the-ground operations in approximately 80 countries. As of June 30, 2010, P&G comprised of three Global Business Units (GBUs): Beauty and Grooming, Health and Well-Being and Household Care. Sales to Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and its affiliates represent approximately 16% of its total revenue during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010 (fiscal 2010). In October 2009, Warner Chilcott Plc completed the acquisition of the Company’s global branded prescription pharmaceutical business. In July 2010, Sara Lee Corporation completed the sale of its air care business to The Procter & Gamble Company.