After a long holiday weekend, Wall Street got off to a relatively good start this week, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average finishing higher for the 20th straight Tuesday. In economic news, investors welcomed better-than-expected housing and consumer confidence data; the S&P Case-Shiller 20-City home price index rose 10.39% for March, while the Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence [...]
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October 4, 2012 by
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Is the WEAT Correction Here?
September 18, 2012 by
Despite a good harvest, the exchange traded fund for wheat, Teucrium Wheat (NYSE: WEAT) has been rising due to the drought in the Midwest Farm belt of the United States and now the initiation of Quantiative Easing Two. The drought did the most damage to the corn crop. But as the chart below shows, both [...]
Will Oil Fall Again?
September 18, 2012 by
Due to Quantitative Easing 3, oil is now around $100 with United States Oil, (NYSE: USO), the exchange traded fund, up 16.47% for the quarter . This is what happened over the course of Quantitative Easing 2, which was announced in August 2010 by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke at the Jackson Hole economic policy [...]
QE Forever Announced
September 18, 2012 by
What one analyst terms “Quantitative Easing Forever” was announced by the Federal Reserve today. For traders, expect the sugar high to recede as this is an admission that the United States economy is very, very weak. In addition to economic stimulus programs that will continue, a low interest rate environment will be maintained well into [...]
Ride the iPhone 5 Wave with Sprint-Nextel
September 13, 2012 by
Up 2% today with the introduction of the iPhone 5 from Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Sprint-Nextel(NYSE: S) has more than doubled for 2012. Of great importance is that Sprint-Nextel is now over the $5 mark, which makes the stock much more attractive for a variety of factors. It was only last October that Sprint-Nextel plunged due [...]
Federal Reserve Open Market Committee Meeting to be a Non-Event
September 12, 2012 by
Commodity prices have risen in recent trading as speculators are banking on the Federal Reserve to announce more quantitative easing at the September 13 Federal Open Market Committee meeting. The exchange traded fund gold, SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD), and oil, United States Oil (NYSE: USO), have both surged since early July. This is noteworthy [...]
Look to Short TrovaGene for Future Profits
September 10, 2012 by
TrovaGene Inc (NASDAQ: TROV) is a small biotechnology that should shield further trading profits, like Genetic Technologies (NASDAQ; GENE). The chart below reveals the wild swings in each stock. Like Genetic Technologies, TrovaGene Inc is a mico-cap with a market capitalization of $39.28 million. Earlier this week on Thursday, it was a leading gainer due [...]
Is Radian Group a Classic Short Squeeze?
September 7, 2012 by
The trend is definitely the friend of the shareholders of Radian Group (RDN, quote) as the credit enhancement company for mortgage originators is trading double digits above its 20-day, 50-day and 200-day moving averages. But the balance sheet and income statement could easily be considered hostile forces. Radian Group loses money with a negative profit [...]
Profit from Focus Media Holding Going Private
September 6, 2012 by
A very reputable consortium led by The Carlyle Group (NYSE: CG) has made an offer to take Focus Media Holding (NASDAQ: FMCN) private at $27 a share. At present, Focus Group Media is trading around $24.26 a share. This is a chance to profit from arbitrage tactics. Arbitrage is profiting from inefficiency in pricing. This [...]
