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Jan
06 With all the uncertainty in today's economy, many investors look at the stock market like a leper colony. But there are a lot of very sound opportunities in the stock market. Here's a list of the Top 10 Stocks for 2009, as first reported by MSN Money senior markets editor, Jim Jubak: The 5 best stocks for the first half of 2009 Deere (NYSE: DE), a farm machine producer that...
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Jan
05 Blinkx (LSE: BLNX) is a leading video search technology company based in the UK that recently made an offer to acquire all outstanding shares of the US based Miva (Nasdaq: MIVA) for $1.20 per share. The offer was for all cash, unsolicited by MIVA and began what has become a very interesting series of actions (and inactions) between the companies Boards. The initial price ...
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Dec
30
The end of year seems to be going out with a whimper, certainly not the bang that we have become so accustomed to over the past three months. The daily ranges the past week or more have been relatively narrow with the S&P recording two inside days last week to go along with the one on December 19. Inside days have a high correlation of being followed by big short-term moves, usually ...
Continue reading “fromn our letter for Tuesday morning 12-30-2008 ”
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Dec
23
The market closed broadly lower but did close off its lows on the heels of a late rally. Nonetheless the averages still closed much closer to its low than high with the DJIA showing a good deal of positive relative strength. This did reverse some of the relative weakness from Friday in the DJIA but not all of it. Volume dropped of sharply from Friday's options related total and was well ...
Continue reading “Market comments for December 23, 2008”
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Dec
16 The market continued to be hit with bad news and yesterday there was again no shortage of that commodity. Yes, the market did close lower but in spite of the bad news it held above Friday's low and also closed off its low of the day. Volume contracted sharply from last weeks totals but breadth was nearly 3 to 1 negative and the small cap Russell...
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Dec
11 President-elect Barack Obama is focusing his economic recovery strategy on making the biggest investment in the nation’s infrastructure since President Dwight D. Eisenhower created the interstate highway system a half- century ago. Speaking yesterday at a Chicago news conference and on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Obama said state governors have many su...
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Dec
10 No News Is Good News? So how should news enter into our market homework? Well, I probably have a very different view than most people you've spoken to regarding news. To be honest, I HATE news. I hate to pay attention to it. I hate to follow it. Honestly, I just hate it. Now, I know news is important. News is the driver of the market. News is what alters the market participa...
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Dec
07
Homework 101 - Part 2 The first segment of the tutorial has us taking a top-down approach to the market. Meaning, we'll be looking at the highest time frames first. I think this makes the most sense intuitively. I think it helps best to know where the market is on a big picture level first. This helps one to develop a bias before they dive into the day to day ups and ...
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Dec
04 NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Asked to describe his performance this year, value manager Bill Miller said that "terrible," "disastrous" and "awful" are words that come to mind. But Miller is expecting better for himself and other value managers in the coming year. It looks as if the "bottom was made" in the stock market earlier this year, both from...
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Dec
01 Homework 101Many young traders already know that doing their trading "homework" is an important process. It can play an integral role in shortening a beginner's learning curve and it can be a key factor in a professional being able to maintain his or her edge in the markets. Lots of educators talk about the importance of doing homework, but rarely have I seen them give...
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