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    Trade Ideas for January 28, 2010

    As I said yesterday, today will no doubt be pretty crazy in regards to the number of variables out there influencing the market’s direction today. Not the least, you have the affects of yesterday’s FOMC Statement being further digested – in fact I have seen it at times, where the following day of its release, do a

    By |Published On: January 28, 2010|3 min read|
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    Stock Watch-List for January 13, 2010

    The mood is is much better than yesterday heading into the open, as futures are somewhat mixed with the Dow down 2 points, the Nasdaq at break-even and the S&P up 0.5. We have a few reports coming out today, but nothing major with the MBA Purchase Applications at 7am ET, followed by the Beige

    By |Published On: January 13, 2010|1 min read|
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    Stock Watch-List for October 28, 2009

    Markets are looking pretty sluggish out there today. Overnight we saw pretty significant declines from the Asian markets with losses ranging between 1.4% and 1.8%. The European markets aren’t fairing much better down about 1.2%. Currently US futures sees the Dow down 52 points, while the NASDAQ and S&P are each down 5.75 and 6.5 points respectively. We

    By |Published On: October 28, 2009|2 min read|
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    Stock Watch-List for October 23, 2009

    Microsoft (MSFT) and Amazon (AMZN) brings tidings of great joy this morning for bulls after announcing solid and above expectations earnings reports. Each are trading over 10% in the pre-market with Amazon staring down at gains of over 17%. For the tech companies, this has not been a disappointing earnings season at all.

    By |Published On: October 23, 2009|1 min read|
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    Will the Rally Monkey Come Out Next Week?

    Two weeks in a row with nothing but strong bullish advances – the question becomes whether it can continue this week. So far, the market has responded well to earnings season. Next week there will be more reports, and when yourself in the midst of earnings anything goes. One thing I was surprised to see

    By |Published On: July 26, 2009|2 min read|
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    Nasdaq and S&P Continue the Climb

    I have to admit that this has to be one of the most impressive climbs that I have ever seen out of the market in such a short period of time – in fact it defies logic, honestly. Nonetheless, it is important to remember that bearish news is largely ignored during a bull market and

    By |Published On: July 23, 2009|1 min read|
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    Trading in a Sideways Market Part I

    One of the most often asked questions that we get is how to trade and profit in a sideways market. Profit potential in flat to sideways trading sessions does exist using day-trading strategies, and for the purposes of this article, day-trading is the time frame that we are going to focus on. However, one of

    By |Published On: May 19, 2009|3 min read|
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    Shorting in Times Like These

    This market has become increasingly concerning for us to short in. Stock are getting hammered day by day, and the ability to find stocks worth shorting is not the problem, you can pretty much short anything and you will make money (unless they are ETF’s like SKF & QID of course.). The real problem lies

    By |Published On: October 27, 2008|2 min read|