Staples Sector (XLP)

Some good and bad in the market right now.  Despite some willingness by the market to try and rally in recent days, there is still a lot of pressure weighing on the sectors across the board. The headline risk is at extreme levels, and that is keeping me from being too aggressive on the long

There are drastic differences in each of the sectors That is usually not the case. They tend to represent some off-shoot of the S&P 500, or in the case of Technology, as resemblance of the Nasdaq chart.  But now, each chart has a different look. obviously the majority of them are trending downwards, but still

Stock Market is on shaky ground here. Direction is Uncertain.  So lets take a deeper look at the sectors themselves. Which ones are most favorable and the ones that are not. 

Market’s have rebounded well since the sell-off that led to a test of SPX 200-day moving average.  Following today’s CPI report in the pre-market, and the subsequent sell-off, I was ready for the market to begin its selling yet again, so I raised my stops to protect all profits. 

Beyond the technical analysis of the overall market, it is critically important to keep tabs on each sector, to know where the strength lies.  For instance, had you invested in utilities over the past two months, you would be down royally, on your trade, while the rest of the market rallied. The same could be

Unlike any of my other screens, this stock screen focuses only on stocks trading under $10/share, and have a market cap of around $1 billion or less (I’ve included a few above that threshold this time around though). As for the variables that I used in the screen, I focused on fundamentals, particularly companies that

Below is a list of 7 potential takeover targets based on value and the ability to acquire the company. I do try to limit the size of the companies I screen for so that there isn’t anything like a Wal-Mart or Microsoft included. But all of the companies are ‘acquirable’ and have solid financials that

As promised, here are today’s trade setups. As you can see the market is in a bit of a rally mode, and could persist for a few days, if not longer. I’m nicely hedged right now against this rally, as I wait for the right opportunity to begin loading up with new short positions –

As I try to do every week, below you will find my current watch-list for short setups. I keep a Long Setup Watch List (which I will be posting tomorrow night) and a Short Setup Watch List, which you will find below, at all times to provide me with the flexibility to “flip-the-switch” should

Here’s a nice little cheat sheet to find the ETF to meet your investing and trading needs. While there are thousands of ETF’s out there, these are the ones that are most often traded in. We have them broken down by category so you find exactly what you need very quickly. Broad Market | Large-Cap