Tuesday's Tidbits
9:00am (EST) All aboard! The bulls are determined to take this market higher and showed up Monday ready to run. […]
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Daily Update
NewsFlash – ATHN Could Challenge New High
1:30pm (EST) AthenaHealth (ATHN, $38.03, up $1.64) could see some action as the healthcare reform bill is heating up. The
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More Updates, CMG Watch
12:30pm (EST) Fairchild Semiconductor (FCS, $8.83, up $0.26) is one of the best performers in the chip sector today as
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Monday Morning Playbook – Cisco Gets Upgrade
10:30am (EST) We have a tiger by the tail… The Dow is currently up 75 points to 8819 while the
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Time to Go Shopping
12:30pm (EST) USEC (USU, $6.30, up $0.15) was profiled at $5.84 Tuesday and I’m starting to warm up to the play. The August
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Another One Bites the Dust?
10:00am (EST) I was jamming to Queen’s classic hit song on my iPod last night and started wondering if Wall
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Early Bird Special, Thursday’s Outlook – Sunny?
8:00am (EST) Two words for today. IBM (IBM, $107.22) and Google (GOOG, $438.17). But before we get to that
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IBM Call Options Double Heading Into Earnings
Intel (INTC, $18.05, up $1.22). Even better was the fact that the company also issued higher guidance for the third
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IBM Trade Update
12:45pm (EST) IBM (IBM, $106.47, up $3.22) has been strong all day and we have some decent gains in the
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It's All About Intel
9:20 am (EST) Intel (INTC, $18.07, up $1.24) is powering the futures higher after beating Wall Street estimates by 10
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Market Ends Higher; Yum, Intel Updates
10:20 PM (EST) Wall Street had a positive day but you gotta have that feeling that the bulls stomachs
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Tuesday's Tidbits
9:15am (EST) We have a lot going on this morning and most of the news coming out before the bell
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Next Week's News
12:20pm (EST) With the weekend coming up, it’s always good to plan ahead. Alcoa (AA, $9.20, down $0.02) may have
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AIG Takes a Beatdown
8:30pm (EST) One of my favorite trades is the “history repeats itself” trade. These are trades on stocks that you
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Market Opens Higher but Struggling
10:10am (EST) I wanted to see how we opened this morning before doing an update… The retail sector reported their
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Market's Woes Continue
2:30pm (EST) After spending the first couple of hours in positive territory, the market has given up all of its
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Amgen Looking to Open Higher
8:50am (EST) Amgen (AMGN, $52.23, up $0.18) is no stranger to the Blog and last night after the closing bell
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Uh Oh, Market Takes Turn for the Worse
10:45pm (EST) In what started out as a “steady” day for the bulls turned out to be a disaster waiting
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Tuesday's Tidbits
11:00am (EST) To no surprise, the market is trending lower this morning as all three major indexes are off by
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Monday Night Football
11:30pm (EST) Yeah, I knew that headline would get your attention instead of a “Monday Night Wrap”… In what turned
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Bulls Fight Back
1:50pm (EST) The market has held up rather well despite the nervous open we got. After starting the session with
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Trade Updates
7:30am (EST) Futures are sharply lower this morning so many of these positions will have to be watched closely. There
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Weekly Wrap for 7/5/09
1. Commentary 2. Earnings 3. Current Trades & Closed Trades 4. Closing Thoughts ************************************************** 1. Commentary The market ended the
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Market to Open Lower
9:00am (EST) The unemployment numbers were not pretty, folks. The Dow futures are down 104 points while the S&P 500
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Thursday's Outlook
8:00am (EST) Sorry for the delay on this one. Lost my Internet connection for awhile last night due to a
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Bank of America Breakout?
10:30am (EST) The Financial stocks have been rather quite of late as they seem to be drifting around waiting
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AIG Doing a Reverse
11:35am (EST) American International Group’s (AIG, $1.09, down $0.24) shareholders have approved a reverse stock split that could help the
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Tuesday's Tidbits
9:25am (EST) The market managed to start the week off in positive territory as the Dow added 90 points, or
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Market Up, Bernie Down
12:30pm (EST) ChangeYou.com (CYOU, $43.18, down $2.34) opened the morning at $46.74 and hit a high of $46.85 before tumbling
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Madoff Sentence Expected Shortly
9:00am (EST) Futures are pointing towards a higher open; Dow futures are up 22, Nasdaq futures are up 4 while
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Weekly Wrap for 6/28/09
1. Commentary 2. Palm Continues To Surge 3. Precision Trading Tools & Tactics Live Webinar 4. Earnings 5. Current Trades
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Market Slightly Lower, Imax Up
10:00am (EST) I wanted to wait until the market opened to do today’s morning blog. Futures were pointing towards a
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Market Rebounds as Bernanke Doesn’t Flinch
11:50pm (EST) Wednesday Night There was a ton of action today in the market and it was a
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Market Surges on Bernanke’s Stand
1:30pm (EST) The market is having a great day and Ben Bernanke is holding his own. The Dow is
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"Thinking Big" on Thursday
1:30am (EST) Mornin’ Folks, One thing I didn’t go in-depth on last night was the Fed meeting. I mentioned
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Market Pulls Back
8:45pm Wednesday night (EST) The market started off on a good note after we got a great Durable Goods report
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All Eyes on Fed
1:40pm (EST) We are 20 minutes away from the Fed’s statements on interest rates. We expect Big Ben to leave the key
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Watch List – Gambling, Casino Stocks
10:45am (EST) I’ve been talking about creating Watch Lists as a way to help you follow stocks and sectors. The
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Watching Monsanto
12:05pm (EST) Monsanto (MON, $77.95, down $0.17) is set to report earnings on Wednesday and since I have a lot
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Market Holds Steady, Home Sales Miss
10:30am (EST) I wanted to wait until after we got the housing numbers to do this morning’s update and to
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The Good, Bad, and Ugly
It was a brutal Monday for the market if you were a bull as all three major indexes took a beating.
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Potash Testing $90
11:30am (EST) Last week, I talked about making Watch Lists and how they can help you with your trading. One sector
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Monday Morning Quarterbacking
9:00am (EST) I took Father’s Day off to spend time with Pops so there was no Weekly Wrap this
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Abercrombie & Fitch Update
1:10pm (EST) Here’s the deal. Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF, $25.99, down $0.50) has broke below $26 and the July 25
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Freaky Friday
11:00am (EST) Today is one of those rare days in the market that only happens four times a year. It’s
Daily Update, Company Commentary
Action in Lions Gate Entertainment
12:20pm (EST) Our favorite corporate raider, Carl Icahn, is at it again. This time he is targeting Lions Gate Entertainment
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Creating Watch Lists
9:00am (EST) In the past, I have talked about keeping Watch Lists and today I wanted to expand on this
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Market Ends Mixed, Update on Trades
It was another struggle for the bulls as Wall Street ended Wednesday’s session with mixed reviews. The President had a
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Abercrombie Bounces Off Support
10:20am (EST) This morning I talked about looking for setups on trades and profiled Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF, $26.40, up $0.60). The
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Wednesday Wake-Up Call
9:15am (EST) What a rough two days it has been. The Dow has dropped 300 points and it is funny
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Rambus Catching Fire
12:45pm (EST) Rambus (RMBS, $18.27, up $0.88) is up another 5% today and is adding on to Friday’s gain of
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Weekly Wrap for 6/14/09
1. Commentary 2. E*Trade Financial Soars 3. Marvel Entertainment Nears 52-Week High 4. Earnings 5. Current Trades 6. Closing Thoughts
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GM, Merck, Exxon Mobil Halted
12:10pm (EST) Three servers went down on the NYSE and trading in Exxon Mobil (XOM, $73.50, down $0.55), General Electric
Daily Update, Financial Stocks
Banking on Bank of America, Again
Bank of America (BAC, $12.97, up $0.99) was all over the news Thursday as its CEO, Ken Lewis, was the
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Marvel Entertainment Pushes Higher
11:30am (EST) If you haven’t signed up for our new trading service, here is a sample of what you’re missing:
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Market Pushes Higher, Finishes Lower
(I knew I was sleep-blogging last night/ this morning when I mentioned the Dow futures were up 80…) The market
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Futures Up Big Time
4:00am (EST) It’s no secret I have been the last standing bull that I can find in my circle of
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WinningWithOptions New Trade
12:45pm (EST) Quick update. Some of you have received user names and passwords that may not have worked this morning.
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Green Mountain Splits Stock/ Cisco Up
If you are watching the pre-market trades this morning you will notice that Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR, $63.36, down
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Market Rebounds After Starting Lower
10:00pm (EST) The bulls are back in town. Well, they never left really. The bears came up swinging Monday after
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WinningWithOptions.com Update
11:00am (EST) The response to our new trading service was overwhelming. Thank you. Due to the high volume of orders,
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Weekly Wrap for 6/7/09
1. Commentary 2. Dow Takes New Shape 3. TiVo Hits 52-Week High 4. Earnings 5. Current Trades 6. Closing Thoughts
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WinningWithOptions.com
Just a reminder, our new trading service, WinningWithOptions.com, has now launched and we are taking subscriptions. We are excited to
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Market Surges, Pulls Back
10:00am (EST) The euphoria wore off quickly as Wall Street started to digest the unemployment numbers. The Dow reached a
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May Jobs Report Holds Key
8:15am I’m starting this blog before the Jobs Report comes out… The Labor Department will release figures that are expected
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News Flash: Dendreon Up in After-Hours
10:00pm (EST) I have a couple pieces of good news for everybody tonight. The first one is obvious as Dendreon
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Thirsty Thursday
12:30pm (EST) It seems the bulls are back in town today as the market has held positive territory for most
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Apple Bucks Market/ Dendreon Nearing Highs
2:00am (EST) It seems like nothing can get in Apple’s (AAPL, $140.95, up $1.46) way. Despite a crummy Wednesday that
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TiVo Wins Favorable Ruling/ Update on Trading Service
TiVo (TIVO, $10.70, up $3.32) shares hit a 52-week high today after a judge ruled that Dish Network (DISH, $15.56,
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New Trading Service DETAILS
I’ve got a lot to cover about our new service but I wanted to go over the trades that I
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Tuesday's Tidbits
2:20pm (EST) General Motors (GMGMQ, $0.58, down $0.17) has a new stock symbol after it was suspended from the New
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Watching Dendreon
11:00am (EST) Dendreon (DNDN, $24.08, up $0.66)has been trending higher for the last week and all of the hoopla that
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Dow Takes New Shape
9:15am (EST) Out with the old, in with the new. Sorta. The Dow managed to extend its May gains with
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Urgent! New Site, New Trade
7:30pm (EST) We are launching the new trading service in the next day or two. I plan to have all
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Ford Gains On GM's Pain
11:30am (EST) I have been getting a ton of emails this morning on the trades I profiled on Ford Motor
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Bulls Come Out Swinging
9:30am (EST) Like cotton on sheep, the bulls are all over the opening bell. The Dow just opened and is
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Weekly Wrap for 5/31/09
1. Commentary 2. Oil Surges in May 3. General Motors Put Options 4. Earnings 5. Current Trades 6. Monday Morning
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More on General Motors – Update at 1:30pm
1:30pm (EST) Just wanted to add something to the blog below. The GM June 1 puts (GMVR, $0.61, up $0.07)
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GM Bankruptcy Immenent/ Market Opens Higher
9:50am (EST) The Commerce Department’s reported first-quarter gross domestic product showed the economy contracted by 5.7% which was an improvement
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Home Depot and Lowe's Trade Lower/ Trading Service Update
9:00pm (EST) Home Depot (HD, $22.70, down $0.63) and Lowe’s (LOW, $19.02, down $0.61) lost 3% after a report showed
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Blue Coat Systems Delays Earnings/ New Trading Service for OptionsMentoring.com
7:30am (EST) Blue Coat Systems (BCSI, $16.00, down $0.54) was scheduled to report earnings after the bell on Wednesday but
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Apple Gets an Upgrade, Keeps on Rolling
10:30am (EST) Apple (AAPL, $133.28, up $2.50) gained 7% yesterday and is up another 2% this morning following an analyst
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Home Prices Continue Tumbling
12:30pm (EST) I had mentioned in the Weekly Wrap that home prices were falling but was a little surprised to
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Market Soars After Consumer Confidence Report
10:30am (EST) The market got a huge lift this morning after consumer sentiment rose in May to the highest level
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Weekly Wrap for 5/25/09
1. Commentary 2. What the VIX is Telling Us 3. IPO’s Showing Signs of Life 4. Earnings 5. Current Trades
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New OptionsMentoring.com Changes Coming Soon
We’ve got some exciting news to tell you about and some of the changes we are making here at OptionsMentoring.com.
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Just What the Doctor Ordered
12:30pm (EST) OceanFreight (OCNF, $1.88, up $0.09) had its 15-minutes of fame as the stock hit a high of $2.10
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Freeport-McMoRan Breaks $50
10:15am (EST) Freeport-McMoRan (FCX, $51.81, up $2.29) has been on a major roll since March and is up another 5%
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Wednesday Wake-Up Call
9:00am (EST) Cisco Systems (CSCO, $18.88, up $0.16) made a run over $19 as the July 19 calls (CYQGA, $0.98,
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OceanFreight Reports Earnings
7:45pm (EST) Note: There was a problem with the Weekly Wrap sent out on Sunday night and I apologize if
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Looking at India
11:00pm (EST) I’ve gotten quite a few emails asking about India’s stock market (Bombay Stock Exchange) after it zoomed 17%
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Lennar Gets An Upgrade
8:25am (EST) Before we started the blog, I was doing articles for OptionsMentoring.com and was fortunate enough to write about
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Cisco Systems Update
8:00pm (EST) Cisco Systems (CSCO, $18.72, up $0.80) had a super day as it added nearly 5% and closed near
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ExxonMobil Back Over $70
12:45pm (EST) ExxonMobil (XOM, $70.55, up $1.44) made it back over $70 today and is looking strong. The June 75
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Lowe's Beats, Shares Up
10:45am (EST) Although Lowe’s (LOW, $19.37, up $0.92) reported a 20% drop in profits, they managed to beat Wall Street’s
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Weekly Wrap for 5/17/09
1. Commentary 2. Power Stock Trading Strategies 3. Covered Calls 4. Earnings 5. Current Trades 6. Monday Morning Playbook 7.
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Las Vegas Sands Alert
1:05pm (EST) The Las Vegas Sands (LVS, $9.32, down $0.11) September 12.50 calls (LVSIC, $1.80, down $0.22) have fallen below
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Time to Roll the Dice
11:15am (EST) Although the market is slightly higher this morning, it certainly looks like we are going to finish the
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Wells Fargo Update
11:45am (EST) After three days of losses, the Nadaq is joining the Dow and is trading higher today. The Dow