This weekend, in my Market Forecast, I mentioned that "[t]he market might start out the week slowly" and "e could see some more profit-taking in the techs and the miners". Yesterday, we saw profit-taking in techs and miners, and, the market ended flat. Today, techs and miners came back up, and, the market still ended [...]
Category Archives: TXN
Techs & Miners Hold The Market Up: SPX, Nasdaq, X, FCX, ATI, CCJ, TXN, BRCM, SNDK, MRVL, BLK
June 9, 2009 – 7:20 pm
Market Ends Up, Barely… SPX, Nasdaq, NE, DO, RIG, NOV, AXP, TXN
January 26, 2009 – 4:21 pm
from MyHappyTrading.com by HappyTrading! ™ Sign up for FREE membership! The market was strong in the morning, but, slipped back into the red in the afternoon. It did finally managed to close with small gains. Energy stocks were strong today, especially oil services: DO +3.51%; NE +8.35%; RIG +4.94%; NOV +2.55%. This group has been [...]
Market Jumps On Recovery Plans: SPX, Nasdaq, X, CLF, BTU, MEE, ACI, TXN, NSM, ALTR, FDX
December 8, 2008 – 4:53 pm
from MyHappyTrading.com by HappyTrading! ™ Sign up for FREE membership! The market jumped out of the gate this morning, cheering the spending plan on infrastructure from President-elect Obama and the propsed rescue loans for the automakers. Metals and mining led the market, as they have been driven so low in the past few months: X [...]
Commodities Bounce! SPX, Nasdaq, POT, MOS, AGU, HES, CLR, SLB, FLR, MEE, PCX, AAPL, TXN, AXP
July 21, 2008 – 5:25 pm
The market was pretty flat all day. Financials and techs took a breather, while commodity-related sectors bounced. Metals, energy, oil, and agriculture were all strong today. MOS led the fertilizer group, rising almost $12, or +9.38%; POT added +6.52%, and AGU gained +6.56%. In the energy sectors: HES went up +6.26; CLR rebounded +5.04%; SLB [...]
Big Green Day! SPX, Nasdaq, SMH, TXN, ADI, ALTR, XLNX, IBB, TEVA, PRGO, CELG, BMRN, GILD, AMGN, IMCL
May 1, 2008 – 6:13 pm
Yesterday, in my evening post, I said, “We need to see VIX back below $20 to feel more comfortable. The market major indices do still show bullish formations with their MAs. So, I’ll wait patiently with lots of cash on the sideline.” The market opened with a positive tone today, and, VIX quickly went under [...]
Slip Sliding Away… SPX, Nasdaq, GOOG, CME, ISRG, TXN, WLP
March 10, 2008 – 4:46 pm
Well, the market just kept on “slip sliding away”. Ironically, the lyrics of this “Simon & Garfunkel” song say, “You know the nearer your destination, the more you slip sliding away.” Funny, these hippie song writers perhaps knew more than what we give them credit for, as the market capitulation may be near. The Dow [...]
Review 1/22/08: SPX, Nasdaq, PCP (Precision Castparts), SHLD (Sears Holdings), AAPL (Apple), TXN (Texas Instruments)
January 22, 2008 – 5:39 pm
Being pressured by a sell-off in the global financial markets, the Fed finally slashed interest rates by 75 Bps today. This certainly helped the market to minimize the loss today. The market futures were way down this weekend. Even with the rate cut being announced in pre-market hours, the market gapped down and quickly reached [...]
Review 12/10/07: SPX, Nasdaq, RATE, WU, TTWO, TXN
December 10, 2007 – 7:21 pm
It was a nice way to start the week. The market showed strength today and kept things in the GR$$N all day. The Dow was up +101.45 points; SPX gained +11.3 points; and Nasdaq added +12.79 points. Here’s how the market closed: HGX (housing) jumped another +2.66%, while XLF stayed strong also, adding +2.12%. INX2 [...]
Review 10/22/07: SPX, Nasdaq, ZRAN, TXN, AAPL, NFLX
October 22, 2007 – 5:42 pm
This weekend, in my Market Forecast, I said, “[The market is] likely to be volatile, especially early in the week, as the market sorts things out. Since the weekly charts are much stronger than the daily charts, we’ll hold cash and see if the market bounces early in the week, and trade accordingly.” Today, we [...]
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