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Category Archives: LDK

Market Volatile And Still Weak Ahead Of FOMC Meeting: SPX, Nasdaq, POT, MON, MOS, CF, LDK, LRCX, FMCN

The market traded all over the place today. It opened down; then, went into green; but, ended pretty much where it opened, in the red! The financials bounced a little bit today. Techs were still weak. Energy plays, coals, and metals were mixed; some were stronger intraday, but, most ended on a weak note. The [...]

$130 Oil? Just Got Higher! SPX, Nasdaq, USO, CEO, NOV, SOLF, FSLR, LDK, TSL, SPWR, CSIQ, STP

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 closed at nearly [...]

Some Profit-Taking? SPX, Nasdaq, DO, RIG, SLB, SOLF, LDK, TSL, NCTY

The market jumped out the gate this morning. SPX topped 1440 and Nasdaq went above 2550. But, soon after lunch, as VIX hit below the $16 support, profit-taking started. On the member site, I said, HappyTrading Posted May 19, 2008 at 10:49 am | Permalink (Edit) VIX hitting $16; some profits are being locked in. [...]

Energy Stocks Jump, Waking Up Solar Plays! SPX, Nasdaq, HES, CSCO, PCP, APA, PBR, SPWR, FSLR, CSIQ, STP, JASO, TSL, LDK

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 [...]

Taking A Breather: SPX, Nasdaq, MON, ICE, CLF, X, STP, FSLR, SPWR, LDK, YGE, RIMM

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 2.65 points; [...]

$1000 Gold! SPX, Nasdaq, AEM, LDK, UNG, UPL, APA, ECA, SWN

I have been talking about gold A LOT lately. Yesterday, I mentioned that GLD and SLV are rising again and we may see $1000 gold. And, here it is! Gold reached $1001/50/ounce today, but, closed under $1000. It does seem that gold is going higher, though. The market was weak at the open, testing the [...]

Review 12/4/07: SPX, Nasdaq, FSLR, SPWR, STP, TSL, SOLF, LDK

Surprise, surprise! Another volatile day. But, the market stayed in the red all day, starting the day with weakness in the financial sector, as analysts downgraded the investment banks. The Dow slid 65.84 points; SPX gave up 9.63 points; Nasdaq went down 17.3 points. Here’s how the market closed: INX2 (Internet), BTK (biotechs), and SOX [...]

Review 11/15/07: SPX, Nasdaq, STP, LDK, SBUX, GME, TEL

Another very volatile day, but, the general direction was “down”. The Dow gave back 120.96 points; SPX was down 19.43 points; Nasdaq lost 25.81 points. Despite the “choppy waves”, we had a fun day in the “happy” land. I started off watching the solar stocks as AMAT seemed to have added fuel to these stocks. [...]

Review 8/1/07: Dow, SPX, Nasdaq, GRMN, LDK, SOHU

What a strange and volatile day!! VIX was over 25 at one point! But, in the last 45 minutes or so, the market charged from the low of the day to close at the high of the day! As you can see, the Dow closed up more than 150 points, SPX up more than 10, [...]