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Investors Remain Optimistic

Trends remain to the upside and the outlook optimistic according to analyst. Everything I read has a positive bent and hope attached. This is concerning unto itself. I am not one to begrudge making money in the markets, but I am very cautious about the move higher. There is plenty to worry about and not [...]

Starting the New Year Positive

January starts out to the upside as investors are willing to step up and believe all things are good - for now. Several weeks ago the trade for growth versus defensive positions started. It was dormant during the holiday period of Christmas and New Years, but returned yesterday. The growth trade has returned for now. [...]

Happy New Year!

Not a happy ending to 2009 as the broad market sold the last hour to end lower by 1%. The focus has now shifted to the new year and what is in store for investors. I find it interesting that much of the chatter is on a correction to start the year. [...]

Keep it simple with Sectors and ETFs

Breaking the market into sectors allows you to visualize the market in pieces versus a whole. The benefit of that is the ability to ignore all the comments made relative to the market. Too often the media is guilty of generalizing investing into the market. When they define the market they are generally talking about [...]

Identify and Benefit from Sector Trends

Step Three: One simple tool used to build a disciplined strategy is trend analysis. Let’s illustrate the simplicity of this. If you connect two dots on a chart and the resulting line rises from left to right then the trend is up. If the line falls from left to right then it is a down trend, and [...]

Biotech Benefits From Healthcare Rise (XBI)

If you listen or read any media source today you hear about the new healthcare bill proposed to help all Americans get quality care. Interesting how their could be so many contradictions in one sentence. Regardless, the proposed bill (which no one understands or has read for that matter) is providing an upside stimulus to [...]

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Knowing the Why - Provides the Answer!

Don’t look now, but momentum seems to be slowing. The last week of trading has been a blur for me as the jump to the upside started with a gap higher and then added on from there. Like most sprints, you can’t keep going at that pace. This is where we find ourselves now and [...]

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Three Things That Matter

As the news on Alcoa was announced last night after the market closed, I felt as though I was watching the movie ‘Rudy’. The scene where Rudy go to play at the end of the game and he makes a tackle, which had no baring on the win for Notre Dame, but they carried him [...]

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