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Category Archives: ACI

Coals And Steels Lead The Market Higher! SPX, Nasdaq, BBBY, CNX, BTU, ACI, MEE, X, NUE, AKS, WLT, POT, MOS, XOM, XTO

This morning, a +7.4% jump in existing home sales gave investors something to cheer about!  All top 10 holdings of XHB (S&P Homebuilders ETF) made gains: BBBY was especially strong, adding +3.48%.  Besides the homebuilders, miners were very strong, especial the coal stocks:  CNX +4.05%, BTU +3.7%, ACI +5.03%, MEE +2.38%.  Steel stocks also pushed [...]

Market Claws Back Into the Green! SPX, Nasdaq, AAPL, RIMM, X, AMSC, CLF, MEE, CNX, BTU, ACI, GS, RIMM, IBM

The market open on the strong side today.  It sank down into the red in early afternoon, but, was able to close strongly back into the green!  We had a lot of plays going in the Trading Room today. More than a month ago, I talked about AMSC and that the January calls looked attractive.  On November [...]

Coal And Agriculture Stocks Rally! POT, MOS, MON, CF, MEE, CNX, BTU, ACI

The market started out a bit weak, but, managed to came back up to close in the green.  Coal stocks were strong today:  MEE +5.68%, CNX +1.88%, BTU +2.37%, ACI +2.14%.  I mentioned unusual options activities in MEE in last night’s article.  Today I bought some Jan 40 calls on MEE and took a quick [...]

Market Rises To New Heights! SPX, Nasdaq, GLD, SLV, GOLD, ABX, NEM, CNX, BTU, ACI, MEE, ZOOM, SINA

This morning, retail sales numbers came in better than expected.  Investors were seemingly encouraged by the data and proceeded to push the stocks higher.  Gold, once again, made new highs, trading above $1140/ounce.  Oil also went higher.  Commodity sectors bounced today.  Coal stocks were particularly strong:  BTU +5.51%, ACI +2.9%, CNX +4.21%, MEE +6.08%.  In the morning, [...]

Market Forecast + Sector Watch: SPX, Nasdaq, GLD, XLE, XLF, XME

Last weekend, in my Market Forecast, I said, "For the new week, we could see some major advancements in the market by the week’s end.  The important thing is for the market to keep above SPX 1080 and Nasdaq 2150, while letting off some steam.  Techs will see a lot of important earnings:  AAPL (Monday), [...]

Market Rallies Higher On Commodity Sectors! SPX, Nasdaq, POT, MOS, CF, AGU, FCX, RTP, BTU, ACI, CNX, AAPL, TXN

The market was strong today with commodity sectors leading the rally.  Yesterday, in my Sector Watch, we looked at the agriculture sector, as MOO made a solid move higher last week.  Today, POT was rumored to be a buyout target for BHP, and, the sector pushed higher!  POT opened above $100 this morning and never [...]

Commodity Sectors Lead The Market Bounce: SPX, Nasdaq, BTU, MEE, CNX, ACI, WFC, BAC, COF, GS, NTRI

The market opened with strength today, cheering the positive data from the service industry.  The raising in ratings on big banks by Goldman Sachs also gave the market a boost.  Commodity sectors were mostly stronger, with coal stocks leading the way:  BTU +4.09%, ACI +5.42%, CNX +5.76%, ACI +5.42%.  Financial sector also recorded solid gains:  WFC [...]

Market Forecast + Sector Watch: SPX, Nasdaq, XLF, USO, UUP, XME, MOO

Last weekend, in my Market Forecast, I wrote: "For the new week, Monday may be a bit shaky, as the market needs to let off some more steam.  But, as long as the market does not fall too far below the daily upper BB, it should stay strong.  SPX 1030 and Nasdaq 2050 will be [...]

Biotech Index At New All-Time Closing High! GS, HIG, PRU, AIG, CNX, BTU, ACI, MEE, DNDN, SPPI, HGSI, PDLI, INCY

The market opened lower today, but, closed in the green, again!  As I mentioned in my Market Forecast on Sunday, "[T]he market needs to let off some more steam."  It did so in the morning.  We continued to discussed the importance of the commodity sectors, which were mostly in the red on Monday morning.  But, [...]

SPX Turns Positive For The Year! SPX, Nasdaq, MEE, CNX, ACI, BTU, GS, BAC, WFC, JPM, STI

from MyHappyTrading.com by HappyTrading! ™ Sign up for FREE membership! After closing above SPX 875 and Nasdaq 1700 last week, the market opened strongly and rallied until the close!  In our Trading Room today, a member asked about SPX 900 being a resistance: yagezilla May 4, 2009 9:03 AM Happy: Is next resistance 900 spx? I [...]