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    Evening Tape: Finally the Start of a Market Bounce & The Tax Monkey

    The Chart of the Day…    From SocialTrade.com   Quick Glance at the Market Heat Map and Industries Notables: A lot of underlying strength in the market showing that this market is ready for a bounce.  Technology struggled which is becoming quite the norm.  Financials, Healthcare, and Consumer Goods were right where they needed to

    By |Published On: November 16, 2012|1 min read|

  • Evening Tape for June 29

    SharePlanner Compass:   After the best market session of the year - the SharePlanner Compass is now in full blown up-trend.    Quick Glance at the Market Heat Map and Industries Notables: Utilities are back to their old ways of being rather dull.  All other sectors were strong. Industries like Health Care Plans took a

    By |Published On: June 29, 2012|1 min read|
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    3 Stocks Gaining Some Momo

    For the bears this is a disappointing day, they came strong out of the gate, but with an hour left in the market, the bulls are fighting their way out of the whole they dug early on. I wouldn’t put a lot of weight into what we are seeing as volume is drying up quickly

    By |Published On: December 21, 2011|1 min read|

  • 24 Defensive Stock Plays

    Some of you may be getting a bit nervous about holding on to a lot of high-flying stocks after the rally that we’ve seen over the past couple of days, and your concerns are warranted – over time the market never goes straight up, and since Wednesday, that is exactly what’s happened, with little in

    By |Published On: December 3, 2010|1 min read|
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    Question: Long-Term Investments

    Recently a subscriber sent an email over to me asking the following: I’ve just filed my tax return for 2008 and I’ll be getting back some money from Uncle Sam. Each year I stash my tax refund into some long-term investments to save for my kids’ college tuition…Since I won’t be using this money for

    By |Published On: February 12, 2009|2 min read|
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    Defense is the Best Offense (9/27)

    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|