Market Mixed After Push to the Top
12:50pm (EST) The market is mixed heading into the second half of trading following a disappointing jobs report. Nonfarm Payrolls […]
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Bulls Riding Crazy Train
9:00am (EST) All Aboard!!! Ha, ha, ha…. We played a classic at the office headquarters this morning to get our
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FedEx (FDX) Slips on Lowered Outlook
1:05pm (EST) Shares of FedEx (FDX, $86.49, down $1.05) are trading lower today after the company warned after the bell
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Bulls Fight Back to a Tie
9:00am (EST) The bulls gave up an early lead to the bears at the open but they were able to
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Netflix (NFLX) Takes Another Blow/ NEW TRADE ALERT
12:40pm (EST) The bulls struggled out of the gate as they tried to push their gains from Friday but weaker-than-expected
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All Eyes on Europe
9:00am (EST) “The market has another week of August before September rolls around and it is usually the most bearish
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Bernanke Speaks, Market Confused
1:50pm (EST) The bulls were anticipating some good news today ahead of Ben Bernanke’s big speech this morning as futures
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Market at Support, Bernanke on Deck
9:00am (EST) The market closed right at support like we figured heading into today’s big event. We are pretty sure
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Market Gets Shaky Ahead of Bernanke
12:40pm (EST) It figures the major indexes would go into Friday’s big Bernanke speech right at support, providing current levels
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Market Ends Mixed
9:00am (EST) The bulls made a little headway in regaining their momentum on Tuesday as Tech and the small-caps held
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Draghi Cancels Jackson Hole Trip
12:30pm (EST) It’s rare we hear politicians say they have a “heavy workload” but that is the excuse European Central
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One Down, Four to Go
9:00am (EST) The month of August is nearly over, and with yesterday’s flat action, investors are counting down the days.
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Bulls Still in Control
9:00am (EST) The bulls pushed new highs on the S&P 500 but the Dow, Nasdaq and Russell 2000 came up
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11:30pm (EST) 1. Market Summary 2. Knight Capital Group (KCG) Worth a Look 3. Earnings 4. Weekly Wrap Portfolio Update
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Bears Looking for Weekly Win
1:00pm (EST) The bulls are rebounding after holding crucial support this morning. The bears are still on track to win
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Market End Mixed as Fed Looks Ready
9:00am (EST) The bulls were comfortably holding support heading into yesterday’s Fed Minutes so unless they said something terrible, there
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FOMC Minutes on Deck
1:00pm (EST) The bears are continuing their attack on the bulls as they try to pin the market under support
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Bears Win Second Straight
9:00am (EST) The bulls used an early morning surge to push new highs by the time Wall Street went to
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Recent Monday’s Favors Bears but Bulls Are Rolling
9:00am (EST) “The charts are still showing mixed signals with the Dow and Russell 2000 pinned under their middle uptrend
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Market Up, 2 NEW TRADES!
12:20pm (EST) The bulls are making another push ahead of the weekend following 3 days of one of the tightest
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Market Surges Past Resistance, One Layer Left
9:00am (EST) After a slow start, the bulls got it in gear an hour into Thursday’s session to start a
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Cisco Beats Estimates, Shares Surge 5%
9:00am (EST) The market ended mixed on Wednesday as the tug-of-war between the bulls and bears continued but there was
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Back-In-Forth Action Continues
1:40pm (EST) The market has traded in a tight range again today but much of the action has favored the
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Bears Get Slight Win, Again
9:00am (EST) The bears won their second-straight session on Tuesday despite the bulls holding the lead for much of the
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Market in Wait-and See Mood
9:00am (EST) “Here at home the Federal Reserve did nothing and disappointed the suit-and-ties who were looking for a QE3
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11:40pm (EST) 1. Market Summary 2. Ampio Pharmaceuticals (AMPE) – A Sleeper Buy? 3. Our New Favorite Pie (Revisited)
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Choppy Action Continues
1:40pm (EST) Futures were up a half-percent before the European markets opened but were flat ahead of this morning’s key
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11:30pm (EST) 1. Market Summary 2. First Solar (FSLR) – Possible Turnaround? 3. 2012 Daily/ Weekly Wrap Portfolio Update
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Bulls Reclaim Week
1:30pm (EST) It has been a week of market moving headlines and this morning was no different following the release
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Bears Going for Clean Sweep
9:00am (EST) The bears continued their vengeance on the bulls following the lack of effort put forth by the ECB
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Europe on the Brink
12:35pm (EST) All talk and no action from Mario Draghi leads to a bearish day. We are going to enjoy
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Fed Does Nada, EuroZone Up Next
9:00am (EST) The bears got their third win in-a-row on Wednesday following a week of hype the Federal Reserve was
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Fed on Deck, Profit Alert for Current Position
12:25pm (EST) Today has been a busy for economic news with the FOMC Rate Decision at 2:15pm being the highlight
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Talk is Cheap, Bulls Expecting Action
9:00am (EST) “Europe was relatively quiet but Greece said it would need more money last week and Spain brought the
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Dow Trips 13,000/ FaceBook (FB) Taps New Lows
1:45pm (EST) The news Wall Street has been dying to hear finally arrived after Thursday’s close as FaceBook (FB, $24.07,
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Zynga (ZNGA) Gets Zapped, Draghi Cries Wolf
1:10pm (EST) The market got a huge bounce this morning after ECB (European Central Bank) President, Mario Draghi, vowed to
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Bears Take Bite Out of Apple (AAPL)
9:00am (EST) Tech could be in trouble today so let’s go over Tuesday’s numbers real quick. The Dow dropped 104
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DeVry (DV) Warns, Shares Tank as Enrollments Drop
9:00am (EST) The bears won their eighth-straight Monday as the market pulled back 1% on renewed Europe worries and a
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Bears Getting Grizzly
1:20pm (EST) Futures were down about 0.5% before the European markets opened this morning but got progressively worse before Wall
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Market Pulls Back, Chipotle (CMG) Gets Whacked
12:30pm (EST) We mentioned last week that today could be nasty as July options expiration day has favored the bears
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Google (GOOG) Beats Estimates, Shares Crack $600
9:00am (EST) The bulls won their third-straight session on Thursday and made another run at upper resistance levels but ran
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Bulls Rebound as Trading Range Continues
9:00am (EST) The bulls and bears continued trading punches on Tuesday as the market rebounded from Monday’s losses and added
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Big Ben at Ten
9:00am (EST) The bears won their sixth-straight Monday as the market fell slightly following Friday’s huge pop. We mentioned before
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Big Week for Bulls, Bears and Bernanke
9:00am (EST) “The bulls were on the verge of a breakout last week and we often mention how support and
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11:30pm (EST) 1. Market Summary 2. Antares Pharmaceuticals (ATRS) – Possible Buyout? 3. Homeowners Choice (HCII) – A Closer Look
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Bears Extend Winning Streak
9:00am (EST) The market followed a similar pattern that has played out all week as the major indexes tested news
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Bulls Hold Short-term Support
9:00am (EST) The bears did enough during the first half of trading on Monday to get the win as they
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Bears Gathering Momentum
9:00am (EST) “We often say markets can become overbought or oversold and that support and resistance can get stretched. While
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11:30pm (EST) 1. Market Summary 2. Annaly Capital Management (NLY) Is a “Buy” 3. LiveDeal (LIVE) Surges but Will Momentum
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Obama: “Jobs Going in Right Direction”
12:20pm (EST) Market breakouts and breakdowns are hard to call when an index or a stock are stuck in a
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Market Mixed Ahead of Friday’s Big Event
12:30pm (EST) There was a flood of economic data and European news before the bell which led to a lower
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Bulls Near Breakout
9:00am (EST) The market ended higher on Tuesday’s shortened session as the bulls pushed our upper end targets and came
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Short Session Before the Real Fireworks
9:00am (EST) We came into the week thinking the bulls might make a little more noise before Wednesday as the
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Prepare for More Volatility
9:00am (EST) “Although the indexes are still in a “trading range”, Thursday’s 2+% pullback was a wakeup call for the
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Market Cracks Second Layer of Resistance
12:45pm (EST) The bears were trying to get their first weekly sweep for June but all three major indexes are
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Bulls Recover, Futures Up
9:00am (EST) The bulls made a nice recovery off Thursday’s lows as they made a late charge in the final
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Market Pulls Back
2:10pm (EST) We have been warning of a possible selloff or a test to new lows and today’s action could
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Stuck Between the MA’s, Again
9:00am (EST) The bulls moved the market needle north yesterday but not much was accomplished. The major indexes closed above
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Resistance Holds as Tensions Tighten
9:00am (EST) The bulls tried to get some momentum going on Tuesday but ran into trouble after stretching resistance. The
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Moody’s (MCO) Can’t Get Enough
9:00am (EST) The bears played offense to start the week and used a full scale attack to push the major
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Supreme Court Delays Decision
1:00pm (EST) We all know how the government likes to wait until the last minute to decide things and many
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Bears Looking To Regain Momentum
9:00am (EST) “This past Monday was a negative close for the market and had it been positive, we might have
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11:30pm (EST) 1. Market Summary 2. Revisiting Biodel (BIOD) 3. Earnings 4. Weekly Wrap Portfolio Update 5. Week Ahead (To
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Final Hour Could Get Interesting
3:10pm (EST) The bulls are bouncing back following their second-worst beating of the year as the market is up 0.5%
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Bears Starting to Stir
12:15pm (EST) The market got a slight pop at the open despite disappointing jobless claims numbers as the bulls try
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Market Succumbs to Selling Pressure
9:00am (EST) The Fed did this, Bernanke said that but in the end it wasn’t enough to keep the rally
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Calm Before the Storm
1:50pm (EST) The Fed did the expected and extended its Operation Twist program. The market immediately rallied off the news
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Fed Speak Hits Wall Street at Lunch
9:00am (EST) The market rallied on Tuesday as the bulls took one step closer to a breakout after clearing another
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Bulls Crack Resistance
1:15pm (EST) The bulls are pushing the market higher as they march towards our upper-end resistance targets. While we admit
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Market Ends Mixed Despite “Positive” Greek Election
9:00am (EST) The bulls didn’t get the results they were hoping for on Monday despite the positive result from the
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Choppy Trading in a Tight Range
12:30pm (EST) We started doing our homework Friday night shortly after the market closed because we were anxious to do
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Futures Slip on Greece Election Outcome
9:00am (EST) “Obviously, the Spain news has had a positive impact on futures and will likely lead to a huge
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Bulls, Bears and Zombies All Along the Watchtower
12:25pm (EST) There must be some kind of way out of here, Said the joker to the thief There’s too
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Market Stumbles in Final Hour
9:00am (EST) The bulls were trying their best to extend Tuesday’s gains but spent much of Wednesday’s session trying to
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Dimon in the Rough
1:00pm (EST) The market has traded in a tighter range today, surprisingly, with the action favoring the bears. Futures were
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Volatility Picking Up
9:00am (EST) The wild price swings we have seen in the market between the bulls and bears has been kicked-up
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Bears Question Spain Relief
9:00am (EST) We had a feeling the bears weren’t done and we said Spain’s bailout, “loan”, relief aid, or whatever
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Bulls Looking to Extend Rally
9:00am (EST) “This week will be an important test for the bulls and next week will be even bigger. The
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11:30pm (EST) 1. Market Summary 2. Heineken NV (HINKY) – Good Beer for Cheap Price 3. Tilly’s (TLYS) – Recent
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Bulls Poised For Weekly Gain
12:25pm (EST) The bulls are looking for redemption following last week’s drubbing and are on track to recover nearly all
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Men’s Wearhouse (MW) Gets Strangled
1:00pm (EST) Sometimes the best trades can be influenced by what the market is doing and with today’s bounce, which
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Bulls Break First Layer of Resistance
9:00am (EST) Wall Street got its wish. The bulls had a monster day following news, rumors, and promises of the
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Bulls Push Resistance on Strong Rally
1:30pm (EST) We have been expecting a test to resistance and we said we could have a huge snap-back rally
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Market in Wait-and-See Mood
12:45pm (EST) The bulls and bears seem tentative to place big bets ahead of this week’s fireworks which could go
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Market Ends Mixed on Manic Monday
9:00am (EST) The bulls were under pressure to hold the 200-day MA’s (moving averages) to start the week and managed
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Bulls Come Up For Air
12:25pm (EST) We were a little surprised to see a higher open this morning as futures were down nearly 1%
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11:30pm (EST) 1. Market Summary 2. Arena Pharmaceuticals (ARNA) – First to Approval or First to Fail? 3. Vivus (VVUS)
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Nonfarm Payrolls Rock Wall Street
1:35pm (EST) Futures were slightly lower when the overseas markets opened and we mentioned yesterday we had a nervous feeling
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Dow Recovers Triple-Digit Loss
9:00am (EST) The bulls and bears traded heavy blows on Thursday as the market opened lower before recovering by Wall
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More Pain From Spain
9:00am (EST) The bulls were held hostage on Wednesday as their one-day rally quickly came to an end as Europe
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Bulls Push First Layer of Resistance
12:25pm (EST) Futures were trading higher Monday night as we prepared for Tuesday’s open and got progressively stronger before the
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Big Week For Both Bulls and Bears
9:00am (EST) “On the Friday at the beginning of May, with the Dow just above 13,000 and the S&P 500
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11:00pm (EST) 1. Market Summary 2. Earnings 3. Weekly Wrap Portfolio Update 4. Week Ahead (To view the charts, please
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Facebook (FB) Options List on Tuesday
12:20pm (EST) The market has traded in a tight range today as Wall Street winds down the books and looks
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Bulls Should Get Weekly Win
9:00am (EST) The bulls are winning the tug-of-war this week following Thursday’s action as the market ended mixed once again.
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No Breakfast at Tiffany’s (TIF)
12:25pm (EST) It has been another choppy session today but the price swings have been much milder compared to the
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Market Bends but Doesn’t Break
9:00am (EST) Wall Street experienced another volatile session on Wednesday’s as the action produced major price swings that pushed both
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Bears Have Another, Facebook (FB) Getting Zuckerberged
9:00am (EST) Yesterday’s market action reminded us of Saturday’s Preakness horse race as the bears “had another” to claim the
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Market Pops, Facebook (FB) Flops
12:45pm (EST) The bulls are running hard today just as we expected after two heavy weeks of selling pressure. Economic