Yesterday, we were talking about $130 oil! Well, it just got higher today. We’ve also been looking at USO for the past couple of weekends in my weekly Sector Watch, and, we saw that it showed room to go higher. USO closed today at a new all-time high of $108.31, as crude […]
By HappyTrading
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Also posted in Nasdaq, SPX, USO, LDK, SPWR, NOV, TSL, STP, SOLF, CEO, CSIQ
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Market cheered today as the CPI came in benign with a 0.2% rise. The market rallied up to the daily upper BB (see charts below). But, in the last 2 hours of trading, the market came back down and only ended with some modest gains.
The energy sector was weak, as crude softened. […]
Today was a BIG MONEY $$$$$ DAY for us! Even though the market was just flat, we were in the right places at the right time.
First of all, 2 big earnings plays: FLR and CSIQ
As mentioned last night, FLR reported stellar earnings. This trade was brought to us by one of […]
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Also posted in Uncategorized, Nasdaq, AAPL, SPX, BIDU, AMAT, PBW, CSIQ, APA, BTU, CNX, FLR, OII
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Yesterday in my evening post, I said,
“So, what now? Well, the market seemed to have successfully vented after Thursday’s big jump. Tomorrow’s market actions will be very important. If the market finds overall strength, it still has room to extend this rally. VIX bounced off $18 today (as I’ve noted the support for the past […]
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Also posted in Nasdaq, SPX, HES, LDK, CSCO, SPWR, JASO, TSL, STP, CSIQ, APA, PBR
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The market was extremely choppy today, perhaps unnerved with the anticipation of the Fed minutes and then uncomforted after the Fed minutes had come out. But certain sectors still showed lots of strength: metals and miners, agriculture, and energy.
The Dow was down 35.99 points; SPX fell 7 points; and Nasdaq lost 6.07 […]
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Also posted in Uncategorized, POT, Nasdaq, SPX, MOS, SPWR, MA, ESLR, CF, STP, SOLF, MON, DVN, UPL, APA, WM, V
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The market held its ground today, even though Bernanke was talking about the “R”-word. Solar stocks picked up the pace today as did metals. BIDU continued with its run and traded as high as $292 today! Oil jumped and oil services had another good day.
The Dow was down 48.53 points; SPX slid […]
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Also posted in Nasdaq, RIMM, SPX, LDK, SPWR, ICE, X, STP, MON, CLF, YGE
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The GDP came in at 0.6, which matched the estimates. The market futures initially jumped when the GDP report came out, but, MER and UBS received lowered earnings outlook and soon started to put pressure on the financial sector. This weekend, in my Market Forecast, I said,
“The market has been under pressure for […]
The market was basically flat today as some profit-taking gave things a chance to let off some steam. But, certain sectors were showing very strong performances. Metals, energy, and agricultures all showed a lot of strength. MON boosted its 2008 guidance and saw its shares jump nearly +10%. Other stocks in […]
The market was in a jolly mood today! JPM announced that it would raised the buyout offer for BSC to $10/share. BSC shares doubled at one point, trading above $13. BSC closed at $11.25, up +88.76%. JPM also closed on the up side. Market seemed to like the […]
By HappyTrading
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Also posted in GOOG, Nasdaq, AAPL, RIMM, JPM, WFR, SPX, BIDU, SPWR, BSC, XMSR, SIRI
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$100 oil seems to have been accepted by the market. Crude traded to almost $105/barrel today and there were no big headlines about it. Gold was above $993/ounce today, getting close to that 4-digit number, $1000! Silver also made a new multi-year high, nearing $21/ounce. The market was in part supported […]
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