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Fri, Sep 5, 2008 @ 01:44 pm
If you want to know why you don’t follow the crowd when they have a knee-jerk reaction to economic news, this is why. At 11:00 am this morning all hope was lost for the market…we were deep in the red. Surely all this joblessness meant the end of the world was right around the corner. I [...]
Fri, Sep 5, 2008 @ 12:03 pm
I’m not saying it’s a good thing. In fact, I think it’s a bad thing…. more people are out of a job than we’ve seen in five years. However, I also have to say too many people are jumping to conclusions about what this unemployment data means for the stock market. Here’s the truth… Yes, it’s disgusting [...]
Thu, Sep 4, 2008 @ 11:42 am
Geez, that’s the last time I complian about the market being boring. I mentioned yesterday stocks were stale, and laid out a tentative bullish/bearish outline for when (or if) the time came for a little movement. I then wake up this morning, and WHAM! A little bad news about unemployment and retail sales sent ‘em [...]
Wed, Sep 3, 2008 @ 07:42 pm
Wake me up when something starts to happen with the stock market; I can’t stare at this stagnant chart any longer. I’m not trading it, but if you are, I’m guessing you realize this thing’s going nowhere fast. It’s your call, but in my experience, trying to ‘force’ a trade in the wrong or choppy environment [...]

Hot Stock Picks and Trading Ideas

Thu, Jul 31, 2008 @ 10:05 am
It’s no secret I’ve been a fan of biotech since late June. I mentioned I was bullish on a couple of biotech indices, once on June 25th, and once again on the 26th. I specifically mentioned Amgen (AMGN) on July 1st, noting that a little more upside would push it past the key 200 day [...]
Mon, Jul 7, 2008 @ 12:46 pm
I’ve long contended even the average investor can’t afford to ignore making some money on the market’s downside…at least not anymore. Twenty years ago that may have worked. Today’s pullbacks are far too violent, large, and drawn-out to just ‘ride it out’ though. If you’re not selling short, buying put options, or at least buying [...]
Mon, Jun 23, 2008 @ 10:06 am
If you’re not familiar with the role that support and resistance can play in trading, I think the recent chart of the U.S. Dollar Index (UDX) can illustrate the idea quite well. When I last looked at the sawbuck, I highlighted how - for the first time in years - it had made higher highs and [...]
Fri, May 30, 2008 @ 09:09 am
On Tuesday of this week I made a handful of points about crude oil’s chart. In a nutshell, I thought oil had peaked at $135 in the prior week, and Tuesday’s level of $133 was just the beginning of a minor correction. Now with oil trading in the mid-$127 area (you can thank me for the [...]

Current Market Calls

Thu, Sep 4, 2008 @ 11:42 am
Geez, that’s the last time I complian about the market being boring. I mentioned yesterday stocks were stale, and laid out a tentative bullish/bearish outline for when (or if) the time came for a little movement. I then wake up this morning, and WHAM! A little bad news about unemployment and retail sales sent ‘em [...]
Wed, Sep 3, 2008 @ 07:42 pm
Wake me up when something starts to happen with the stock market; I can’t stare at this stagnant chart any longer. I’m not trading it, but if you are, I’m guessing you realize this thing’s going nowhere fast. It’s your call, but in my experience, trying to ‘force’ a trade in the wrong or choppy environment [...]
Wed, Aug 27, 2008 @ 02:09 pm
I know hindsight is 20/20, but I still wish I would have waited to get into my Russell 2000 puts until today. The Russell closed 1.3% higher, and rather than the $20.40 per contract I had to shell out, the September 730 puts (RUTUF) could have been bought closer to the their closing price of 16.50. Still, [...]
Tue, Aug 26, 2008 @ 09:58 am
I’ve been sitting on this trading idea for a few days now, not really sure how I wanted to play it. I knew the market was overbought, and I knew it was ripe for a reversal. What I wasn’t clear on was which index to trade…lately there’s been a bizarre disparity between the Dow, Russell, [...]

Industry Trends and Sector Rotation

Tue, Sep 2, 2008 @ 07:55 am
I don’t know if any of you guys noticed this, but last week (and pretty much today) telecom stocks led the race. They’re up 2.5% today, and higher by 3.5% going back to the beginning of last week. That’s second-best (of nine sectors) for both time periods. I’m not quite sure what to make of it. [...]
Tue, Aug 26, 2008 @ 11:13 am
I hate to get on my soapbox say I told you so, but have you seen the small cap metal and glass container stocks today? The Standard & Poor’s Small Cap Metal & Glass Container Index is up nearly 5% for the day so far. In fact, it’s the second best performing index out of [...]
Mon, Aug 25, 2008 @ 06:36 pm
I think I may have stirred up a hornet’s nest with the whole ‘hot industry’ thing. I did it on a whim Friday, and followed up with some specific picks on Monday. As a result, we’ve now got several requests for us to keep digging - to pinpoint the exact stocks responsible for the industry’s strength. [...]
Fri, Aug 22, 2008 @ 09:14 am
It’s official - I’m a giant nerd. Anybody who would go to the trouble of ferreting out the market’s hottest and coldest industries is ‘overdoing’ it. Anybody who would then break those industries out by large, small, and mid caps is officially waaaayyyy over-analyzing things. My insanity is your gain. Anyway, with a little extra time on [...]

The Big Picture

Fri, Sep 5, 2008 @ 12:03 pm
I’m not saying it’s a good thing. In fact, I think it’s a bad thing…. more people are out of a job than we’ve seen in five years. However, I also have to say too many people are jumping to conclusions about what this unemployment data means for the stock market. Here’s the truth… Yes, it’s disgusting [...]
Thu, Aug 28, 2008 @ 07:17 am
By now you’ve certainly heard the good news - the second quarter’s growth in GDP (gross domestic product) was actually 3.3% rather than 1.9%. Fantastic. However, in all fairness to Joe Investor, does it really matter at this point? This is why I’m interested in very little economic data any more….at least not the economic [...]
Thu, Aug 14, 2008 @ 06:46 am
Geez, that didn’t last long. After yesterday’s mid-day rebound (almost back to break-even levels), I was somewhat expecting a little follow through today…particularly when Wal-Mart (WMT) gave us some surprisingly good new. Then WHAM! Inflation grows at its fastest pace in 17 years. The market futures went from pretty positive to quite negative. But, here’s my question….does the data [...]
Tue, Aug 12, 2008 @ 04:58 am
As I worried, the rally for the U.S. Dollar Index is slowing down. It closed higher yesterday - and above that long-term resistance line we’ve been watching. But, it was a much less robust gain, and it faded from its high of 76.36. I’m not surprised to see this happen very near that resistance level….we’re [...]

Street Smarts

Fri, Sep 5, 2008 @ 01:44 pm
If you want to know why you don’t follow the crowd when they have a knee-jerk reaction to economic news, this is why. At 11:00 am this morning all hope was lost for the market…we were deep in the red. Surely all this joblessness meant the end of the world was right around the corner. I [...]
Mon, Jul 28, 2008 @ 03:50 pm
After writing what I wrote early this morning about Robert Kiyosaki’s philosophy, I really started thinking about the ‘technical versus fundamental’ debate the majority of the market’s participants are still waging. It made me realize it’s been a while since I’ve discussed my own personal opinions about ‘what works’ when it comes to investing. Since [...]
Sun, Jul 27, 2008 @ 08:28 pm
…and no, this isn’t some lame joke. I don’t consider myself a fan of Robert Kiyosaki. I don’t dislike him or disagree with him; his type of investing is simply different than mine, so I just don’t follow him. However, I was reading something he wrote recently, and he ended the article in a way I’ve been trying [...]
Tue, Jul 15, 2008 @ 09:09 am
I don’t remember where I read it and who said it, but I’ve never not believed this…..don’t react to the first half hour of trading. It’s either all amateurs, or all professionals. I don’t trust the former, and I don’t want to get in the way of the latter. I think today is a prime example [...]

On and Off the Radar

Wed, Jul 2, 2008 @ 10:47 am
Headline: Starbucks to Close 600 Stores By my estimates, assuming 3000 caffeine-addicted ‘regulars’ per store, this will displace 1.8 million Starbucks customers. Now they’ll have to walk another 40 feet to go the Starbucks across the street from the one they normally go to, since their store is closing. I was convinced we could be in the [...]
Mon, Jun 30, 2008 @ 04:39 pm
We’re not even going to pretend to be Jim Cramer, though we don’t mind hosting something of a ‘Lightning Round’ of our own. We’ve gotten some questions about a handful of stocks the last few days, so we’re going to compile our responses and thoughts all in one place. Of course, it’s not live, and it’s [...]
Wed, Jun 4, 2008 @ 09:08 am
Geez, if they turned in a bad quarter and fell short of expectations, I can understand yesterday’s 13% drubbing. However, I think Layne Christensen (LAYN) may have been unfairly punished yesterday for not meeting analyst’s expectations for quarterly earnings of 54 cents per share. Their sin? They only earned 52 cents per share. What seems to [...]
Wed, May 14, 2008 @ 09:29 am
Ever since we started our coverage of small cap stock pick MIV Therapeutics (MIVT), I’ve been following the heart stent industry rather closely…it’s a fascinating arena. Why? Despite the fact that the drug-eluting stent business was practically shut down in 2006 due to health concerns (they could have been making things worse strather than better), [...]

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Wed, Sep 3, 2008 @ 11:20 am
I thought this stock pick may have been dead in the water, judging from the last couple of months.  Tenet Healthcare (THC) had been stuck around the $5.70...
Tue, Sep 2, 2008 @ 12:43 pm
I don’t think we should read too much into this, but then again, I don’t think we should overlook this and what it means either. What I’m...
Thu, Aug 21, 2008 @ 08:53 am
Thanks for all your comments and questions regarding this morning’s announcement that Applied DNA (APDN) was entering the anti-counterfeit wine arena....
Wed, Aug 20, 2008 @ 05:37 am
It had been a while since we heard anything from biotech company CEL-SCI (CVM), but that changed yesterday with a fat dose of encouraging news. Teva Pharmaceuticals...
Mon, Aug 18, 2008 @ 09:57 am
If the rest of the market were up for the day I’m sure I wouldn’t even mention it. But, when one of our bulletin board stocks is making a gain...
Thu, Aug 14, 2008 @ 03:55 pm
It ain’t millions and millions yet, but I have to give credit where credit is due - Applied DNA (APDN) just posted their third quarter numbers. We...

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Fri, Sep 5, 2008 @ 09:10 am
I've never been one for subtle hints, so I'll go ahead and open the bag to let the cat out - you're going to want to be near your computer next Friday...
Tue, Sep 2, 2008 @ 05:34 am
I was beginning to wonder when we'd see SpongeTech's (OTCBB: SPNG) full-year (and quarterly) numbers. This morning's release of them verifies that sometimes...
Thu, Aug 28, 2008 @ 01:06 pm
I know a lot of us are already gearing up for a long weekend, but we've got one more day left to go this week. So, I'm not hanging it up just yet. We've...
Mon, Aug 25, 2008 @ 04:29 am
Remember what I said about a week ago regarding Voyant's RocketStream? After the company announced their technology was being used to deliver television...
Thu, Aug 21, 2008 @ 05:31 am
For centuries wine has been a profitable industry. In fact, wine so engrained into our society now, the Wine Institute (yes, a legitimate organization)...
Tue, Aug 19, 2008 @ 04:19 am
Could anything possibly make Michael Phelps even faster than he already is? Yeah, believe it or not, Voyant can make him even faster....in a sense. We'll...

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