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Category Archives: SOLF

Energy Stocks Jump On Merger! SPX, Nasdaq, XOM, XTO, APA, DVN, UPL, ECA, CSIQ, TSL, SOLF, LDK, C, WFC, V, MA, COF, BAC, C, WFC

Last night, Dubai received a $10 billion bailout from Abu Dhabi.  This morning, XOM announced a $31 billion deal to buy XTO, sending XTO stock up more than +15%!  Other stocks in the energy sector jumped as well:  APA +4.09%, DVN +4.55%, UPL +3.78%, ECA +4.99%.  Besides natural gas companies, solar stocks were also up:  [...]

Chinese Stocks On Fire, Again! SPX, Nasdaq, STP, YGE, LDK, SOLF, TSL, ACH, CHA, SOHU, CELG

from MyHappyTrading.com by HappyTrading! ™ Sign up for FREE membership! After a gap-down open, the market quickly worked itself up to green before the first trading hour had passed.  New housing and manufactoring data seemed to fuel more optimism.  Favorable anticipation of what the world leaders at the G20 summit would reveal to help solve the [...]

Solars Shine! FSLR, SPWRA, STP, TSL, YGE, LDK, JASO, SOLF

from MyHappyTrading.com by HappyTrading! ™ Sign up for FREE membership! On Tuesday, I mentioned that SPX 800 and Nasdaq 1500 would be tested.  On Wednesday (yesterday), the market successfully tested those levels and bounced higher.  This morning, the market showed optimism as the GDP report was not as bad as some had feared, and opened higher.  [...]

Cash Is King! SPX, Nasdaq, STP, FSLR, SOLF, CSIQ, BIDU, DRYS, SINO, ISRG

It was a very volatile day on the market, almost more volatile than on an options expiration day! There were lots of mid-day big swings. For example, X was strong in the morning, trading above $182; it ended at $172.15, down almost $4 for the day (a $10 swing)! The market did manage to close [...]

$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. [...]

Choppy Waves: SPX, Nasdaq, WM, POT, CF, MOS, MON, UPL, APA, DVN, SPWR, STP, ESLR, SOLF, FSLR, MA, V

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 points. Here’s [...]

Solars Shine! SPX, Nasdaq, SOLF, FSLR, SPWR, STP

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 recent [...]

Metals and Agriculture Bounce! SPX, Nasdaq, MON, CF, X, STLD, MA, FSLR, SPWR, SOLF

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 “MOO” sector, also [...]

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 [...]