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Monthly Archives: September 2008

Market Loses Gains To Close Lower! SPX, Nasdaq, POT, MOS, MON, CF, CNX, MEE, BTU, RTP, X, CLF, ATI, GS

from MyHappyTrading.com by HappyTrading! ™ Sign up for FREE membership! The market was mixed for most of the day.  Techs saw some bounces and kept the market indices on the green side.  On the other hand, commodity-related sectors were weak.  Just yesterday, things were the other way around!  The market got weak after lunch, bounced [...]

Premarket Analysis for 9/23 – Upgrades/Downgrades, Gappers, Actionable Calls

Posted By optiondragon for myhappytrading.com, a site made by traders for traders, join us for free! From Briefing.com Periodicals Wrap-Up for Tuesday, September 23rd WALL STREET JOURNAL: It took a financial crisis for the Federal Reserve to change its rules and concerns about a shortage of capital at banks influenced its latest move, according to [...]

Techs Slump, Giving Back Gains From Friday! SPX, Nasdaq, GOOG, BIDU, AMZN, AAPL, RIMM, BAC, PRU, MA, STI

from MyHappyTrading.com by HappyTrading! ™ Sign up for FREE membership! As Congress brooded over the bail out plan for the credit crisis, the market continued with its wild swings.  The market opened down and continued lower…and lower…and then, lower, until the close.  Financials and techs led the downward slide.  Techs were especially weak, giving back [...]

Premarket Analysis for 9/22 – Upgrades/Downgrades, Gappers, Actionable Calls

Posted By Optiondragon for myhappytrading.com, a site made by traders for traders, join us for free! From Breifing.com Periodicals Wrap-Up for Monday, September 22nd WALL STREET JOURNAL: According to a person familiar with the matter, shareholders concerned about American International Group’s (AIG) $85B loan agreement with the federal government will meet to discuss alternatives to [...]

Market Forecast + Sector Watch: SPX, Nasdaq, GLD, UUP, XLF, HGX, USO, XLE

from MyHappyTrading.com by HappyTrading! ™ Sign up for FREE membership! Last weenkend, I said, “The biggest news on Sunday evening have been on LEH, MER, and AIG.  At the time of this writing, there has not yet been a deal reached for LEH.  There are new rumors about BAC possibly in talks to buy MER.  [...]

Weekend Wrap Up (9/20/08)!

from MyHappyTrading.com by HappyTrading! ™ Sign up for FREE membership! Wow!  What a week!!  It has definitely been a “roller coaster” ride!  The market started the week sliding lower and lower.  On Thursday, just when the market seemed to be overwhelmed by fear, news about the government discussing a plan to create an agency to [...]

Premarket Analysis for 9/19 – Upgrades/Downgrades, Gappers, Actionable Calls

Posted by Optiondragon for myhappytrading.com, a site made by traders and investors for traders and investors, join us for free! From Briefing.com Periodicals Wrap-Up for Friday, September 19th WALL STREET JOURNAL: Add Citigroup’s (C) name to the list of potential bidders for Washington Mutual (WM), the Wall Street Journal said. Despite its own problems Citi [...]

The Dow Rockets Up More Than 400 Points! SPX, Nasdaq, STT, LM, STI, PRU, BAC, MA, CME, BIDU, GOOG

from MyHappyTrading.com by HappyTrading! ™ The market went through some huge, swinging actions today.  The market opened up in the morning.  Nasdaq was quickly up +40 points and the Dow was up +180 points.  Then, things turned.  Nasdaq was down almost 30 points at its low and the Dow was down 150 points.  Gold, then, [...]

Premarket Analysis for 9/18 – Upgrades/Downgrades, Gappers, Actionable Calls

Posted by Optiondragon for myhappytrading.com, a social network created by traders and investors for traders and investors. Join us for free! From Briefing.com Periodicals Wrap-Up for Thursday, September 18th WALL STREET JOURNAL: With the backing of the U.K. government, Lloyds TSB Group (LYG) announced plans to HBOS (HBOOY) in a rescue of the troubled mortgage [...]

Investors Run For Safety, Pumping Gold Up More Than $90! SPX, Nasdaq, AIG, GS, MER, BAC, MS, GLD, GDX, AEM, ABX

from MyHappyTrading.com by HappyTrading! ™ The market was not encouraged by the government rescue solution for AIG; not one bit!  AIG fell more than 45% today to close just above $2/share.  The pre-announcement on MS earnings, which beat the estimates, did not help either.  MS shares flopped 24.22%!  Rest of the financial sector was a [...]