• Jobless Claims has sent the market down nearly 1% prior to the open. For the bears it is exciting, and if I was short, I’d probably be hoping that this sell-off is the beginning of another significant downturn. But the odds are that this is merely a sell-off from the market being tired from the

    By |Published On: September 23, 2010|1 min read|
  • Futures are once again flat, overseas in Asia, there was another round of selling, with the Nikkei being the worst of them (down 1.4%). Here in the states, futures are currently flat, with the Dow up 19 points, NASDAQ up 0.5, and the S&P up 2.5. Went through my scans and there wasn’t much to

    By |Published On: August 21, 2009|1 min read|
  • Objective: When the market goes through uncertain times, the plays listed below are those stocks which are able to handle a downturn in the market much better than its peers, and also manage to provide a descent dividend in the process. These are your typical 'safety' plays in a bear market that mutual funds will

    By |Published On: September 27, 2008|9 min read|