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Economists expected US GDP to expand by a 3% annual rate during the fourth quarter. It didn’t — instead expanding at a 2.8% clip. Traders immediately sold futures, only to buy back stocks an hour later when the market opened.
We should continue to expect this tug-of-war between bulls and bears ...read more
3 Easy Steps to an Unusual Investment “Guarantee”
Jan 26th, 2012 | By Chris Mayer | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies
This is probably my favorite special situation of all for its simplicity.
Joel Greenblatt wrote about it in his 1997 book You Can Be a Stock Market Genius. Greenblatt, at that time, was a relative unknown. But his Gotham Capital had put up 50% average annual returns for 10 years. The ...read more
Today’s Market Movers: AAPL, BVSN, and the Great Pizza Rally
Jan 25th, 2012 | By Greg Guenthner | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Penny stocks
When you spend your days dissecting countless stocks, you sometimes stumble upon small groups of similar companies having their own private bull market.
Often, the momentum can be traced back to an obvious catalyst — fundamental improvements within the group or a well-publicized buyout in the sector. But sometimes, investors and ...read more
Invest In This Emerging Multibillion-Dollar Market
Jan 24th, 2012 | By Patrick Cox | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Technology
The business of medical biotechnologies operates within an extraordinarily complex regulatory system.
The SEC and the IRS are only the beginning of the story...
In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration determines what can legally be sold. It even exercises control over what can be said by companies about medical ...read more
Learn These 4 Profitable Chart Patterns
Jan 23rd, 2012 | By Jonas Elmerraji | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Technical Trading
If you’re just starting out as a trader, the sheer number of technical analysis patterns can be downright overwhelming. With literally hundreds of patterns to look for anytime you analyze a chart, it’s no surprise that new technical traders often suffer from analysis paralysis when they’re just starting out.
But it ...read more
How Investor Confidence Shapes A New Rally
Jan 20th, 2012 | By Greg Guenthner | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Penny stocks
Successful trading hinges on the ability to spot meaningful turning points in sentiment and exploiting these important emotional periods during the beginning stages of a new trend. With the major averages flirting with key breakout levels, you need to be able to analyze how market participants will react to higher ...read more
Inside the Consumer Electronics Show: The Hottest in 3D and OLED Technology
Jan 19th, 2012 | By Patrick Cox | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Technology
My colleague Ray Blanco and I are back from the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The big story this year was the convergence in consumer electronics. Specifically, it was the arrival of extraordinary high-definition 3-D as well as “smart” TVs. In fact, Ray and I had backstage passes ...read more
Today’s Market Movers: FSL, OAS, NEI, STEV, NSRS
Jan 18th, 2012 | By Greg Guenthner | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Penny stocks
I am seeing a ton of bullish setups this week. It’s more than I’ve seen in a long time — maybe the most since late winter 2011. It’s exciting to see stocks attempting breakouts again, yet worrisome at the same time.
As much as I want to be bullish here, I’m ...read more
Why Stock Trading Could Get Easier This Year…
Jan 17th, 2012 | By Jonas Elmerraji | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Technical Trading
2011 was quite a year. Between threats of a second global meltdown, violent price swings in stocks and political incompetence, investors have faced an uphill climb to just to stay at breakeven. Don’t let the financial media fool you with talk of market changes right away — as far as ...read more
Inside the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show
Jan 13th, 2012 | By Jessica Comitto | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Technology
Today, the 2012 International Consumer Electronic Show (CES) comes to an end. CES is held every January and typically hosts previews of products as well as new product announcements.
This year is no different... more than 20,000 new products were poised to be announced at the conference’s start.
And our in-house technology ...read more
