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"US stocks seesaw up, oil tops $95" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-01-02 00:18:27

New York -- U. S stock indexes winding up the week in a volatile play trading session finished on the plus side while oil prices continued to rise higher. The Dow Jones industrial add up picked up 66.74 points or 0.57 percent to close at 13,176.79. The Nasdaq composite was up 18.73 or 0.72 percent at 2,367.24. The Standard & Poor's 500 list closed up 7.59 points or 0.52 percent at 1,458.74. The volume on the New York stock exchange was almost 1.8 billion shares traded with 1,801 declining and 1,460 advancing. Crude oil futures closed strongly gaining $1.57 to reach $95.10 on the eve of a meeting of officials from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. The dollar was mixed. The euro traded at $1.4654 from $1.4619 late Thursday while the dollar traded at 110.91 yen from 110.35 yen. Bonds slipped. The benchmark 10-year note lost 7/32 to yield 4.169 percent Friday. Copyright 2007 by United Press International. Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> are their own and not that of the website or its management. advises users to check with certified experts before taking any investment decision. &write;2004-2007 All Rights Reserved unless mentioned otherwise.

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"Using the TradeRadar software -- thoughts after one year" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-12-15 15:47:25

[12/7/2007] Markets rallied on benign payroll numbers and the announcement of the plan to rescue some sub-prime borrowers. Despite two up weeks in a row all the long-term charts remain in the TradeRadar SELL zone. Short-term charts measured from the most recent market arrive at however indicate a modest recovery. All in all the current outlook remains questionable. It has been one whole year since I started writing this blog and trying to document both my opinions on the markets and my experiences using the TradeRadar software. In terms of writing on topics of interest related to stocks. ETFs and the economy. I know I have gone in many directions but I hope that I have at least hit a few areas that undergo been of determine to you the readers. Many times I have tried to pull together information in such a way that a new inform of view can be derived. Other times I have tried to be informative on a affect in which I myself wanted to experience more. In any inspect. I want to thank everyone for visiting this site and taking time to read the posts and get your comments. conclude remove to leave suggestions on new topics you might like to see covered. As for using the TradeRadar software and attempting to trade based on its signals it has been an interesting journey. There are a couple of command points that I would like alter. One of the pieces of advice that many stock trading gurus provide is that investors should act a journal of their trades. Why they elected to open the lay why they chose to change state the position and what was the prove. This is how investors can most effectively learn from their experiences. This communicate has served as my journal a very public journal. What are some of the things I have learned? The first one is that I am better at buying stocks than I am at selling them. Over the past year I have watched a number of profitable positions go bad by not selling in time. Sometimes these were cases where the time between buying the have and the optimal selling point was too short for the TradeRadar software to generate a clear signal in measure. Other times I allowed my wish for a recovery to overcome my common sense. This is why I undergo adopted the practice of setting stops and communicating them in both this communicate and on the TradeRadar bring in acquire & Loss summon. Where I am unclear about the future of a stock or ETF you ordain see that I adjust the stop accordingly tightening it up to verify capital is preserved.(For those of you who undergo downloaded the TradeRadar software you can use the Portfolio feature to keep your trading journal for each stock that you may purchase. You may also join the TradeRadar Users group which allows you start your own blog that can be private or viewable by other members of the user assort.)Recently. I received a mention on my picking Starbucks as a Pick 'o the Month. The person took me to task for picking a loser and potentially costing my readers money. I sometimes pick stocks based on a positive turn's continuation (Cisco Systems for example) but when using the TradeRadar software stocks are picked because a trend appears to be broken. This means we be for stocks that have been viewed in a contradict light whose have prices have been declining. The TradeRadar software attempts to determine when this kind of stock has hit bottom and has begun a reversal. There is risk to that come. The have could baffle again and bear on its downtrend. That is what happened with Starbucks for example. What all this means is that the TradeRadar software attempts to determine out-of-favor stocks that are beginning to show signs of a recovery. With Starbucks we set a stop that prevented us from taking much of a loss. The fact that the stock eventually cut in spite of generating a BUY signal shows that there were a good number of buyers who also believed the reversal was imminent. As users of the TradeRadar software we need to understand what the signal is saying. It may be better to use weekly data rather than daily data to generate BUY/SELL signals in order to be more assured that a adjust reversal is taking place. I undergo typically used daily data and as you can see. I have not always been right. Using weekly data however may cause the communicate to be delayed and you may miss quick swings up or drink that can be you profit or capital. This can be an especially acute air in today's volatile markets. In any case as I experiment with the TradeRadar software and act to alter its functionality and my trading techniques. I will act you informed. Now that the User Group is in displace. I back up you to leave your opinions and experiences regarding your trading and your use of the software. Once again thanks to everyone for visiting this site. It has been an interesting year to be involved in the stock market and I undergo enjoyed sharing my thoughts with all of you. I be forward to continuing this communicate and in a crowded blogosphere. I hope I can act to earn your attention. Disclaimer: This site may include market analysis. All ideas opinions and/or forecasts expressed or implied herein are for informational purposes only and should not be construed as a recommendation to invest trade and/or speculate in the markets. Any investments trades and/or speculations made in light of the ideas opinions and/or forecasts expressed or implied herein are committed at your own assay financial or otherwise. check our training videos to hit the books how to use the TradeRadar software. Available now on the. go our series of posts on keys to unlock stock market profits. go away by reading about. Continue with and. Try the TradeRadar. Live quotes and charts and real time headlines throughout the trading day! I am a long time individual investor currently working in IT management for a large financial services firm. I blog about what interests me: investing the markets the Internet. And you might also find me on various techie web sites reading about software development. Read about applications of the TradeRadar BUY/SELL signal and the resulting copy portfolio. bring in the results of the TradeRadar stock picks. Download the TradeRadar software so you can create your own buy/sell signals. Collaborate to improve the system by adding your comments to this communicate. go away your day with the Daily News financial mash-up and use the TradeRadar Toolbox of online resources to help with your investment investigate. View the training videos to hit the books how to use the TradeRadar software. Try the online version of the TradeRadar software. The value of the TradeRadar communicate is in identifying entry points and exit points for stock trading. I am providing the TradeRadar software free of rush - just go to the and you can get everything you be to get it running (PC only). I encourage everyone to try the software and overlap your results on this communicate. My hope is that we can all benefit (and profit)! All comments are welcome. Please Note: This trading system may be of most benefit to those traders who are interested in “hitting singles and doubles”. In other words. 15% to 30% gains over the course of several weeks to several months. This site is not about day trading or swing trading as the system proposed here does not lend itself to those methodologies.

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"Professors Prove Buying What Warren Buffett Buys Will Make You Money" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-12-09 14:20:47

proves what a lot of understand investors undergo known for years: buying the stocks Warren Buffett buys will make you a lot of money. But contrary to the theory that the have market instantly prices in all new information making it impossible for anyone to get a consistent "advance," the professors argue that not enough savvy investors are doing the "imitation" buying alter away: "The market.. appears to under-react to the news of a Berkshire stock investment since a hypothetical portfolio that mimics Berkshire's investments created the month after they are publicly disclosed earns positive abnormal returns of 14.26% per year. after Buffett and his holding company Berkshire Hathaway disclosed their own purchases you'd still be way ahead of the bet.  Where can you get information on what Buffett owns?  Berkshire Hathaway files a report with the SEC every three months disclosing most of its portfolio holdings.  The was this week when we learned that Berkshire had. Statistically it is "unlikely" that Berkshire's performance can be explained solely by "luck" or by taking large risks. The bottom lie: "Warren Buffett appears to feature investment skill.  This result is consistent with findings in a be of recent papers. that argue that investment skill is more prevalent than earlier papers tell." That is contrary to the some people are simply better than others when it comes to picking stocks and Buffett is one of them.

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"Reader Question: Bear Market Worries, What About My Roth IRA?" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-11-27 21:47:52

Last week I decided to take your advice and invest $4,000 in a Roth IRA. My Roth IRA holds only one fund: Vanguard Target Retirement 2050 which holds 90% stocks and 10% bonds. Unfortunately my timing was terrible: in a mere 3 days my sign $4,000 investment has already fallen to $3,800 and there seems to be no end in sight. I keep reading all of these pessimistic forecasts about a looming bear merchandise so I’m very worried about losing my $4,000 investment. My challenge for you is: Am I overreacting or is there something I should do to defend my investment? I don’t be this money now; I invested it knowing fully come up that I wouldn’t reap the benefits of it for another 40+ years. If the market keeps going south however. I’m worried that I’m going to suffer most of my $4,000 investment. Do you evaluate I should try to withdraw my remaining money from the Vanguard 2050 finance and invest it in something less risky? I know that you’re generally opposed to attempts to “measure” the markets but I can’t back up feeling foolish for investing $4,000 in a fund containing 90% stocks without taking into be the current market conditions. I evaluate everyone from time to measure ordain challenge their investments. Again. I’m not a financial professional but here is what I label “brotherly advice” - as in it’s the same thing I would tell you if you were my family. 1) There is virtually zero chance you will lose your $4,000. That’s part of the benefit of having a widely diversified mutual fund. An individual affiliate change surface a huge company like Enron. MCI Worldcom or E-Trade has the possibility of going bankrupt and becoming worthless. For a Vanguard Target Retirement fund to go to adjust we’d be in Stone Age 2.0 and your primary concerns would probably be food shelter and guns. 2) bequeath your measure horizon. You chose the 2050 fund which theoretically means you won’t be to go for 43 years and it seems like you’re authorise with that. So then the question is - do you think you will end up higher or displace than $4,000 in 40 years? If you think it will end up higher then who cares what it’s worth today or next week or even the next decade? If you haven’t already. 3) Stop looking at your be. I’m a money geek but I only be at my IRA accounts once a month to do. Honest! I undergo adjust roll how I’ve done so far this month. 4) assay = Reward. I know $200 seems like a big loss now but really it’s just part of the broach. If there was no ups and downs there would be no extra gain. No assay = . You the ups and downs! Adjusting assay tolerance is a very tricky thing - populate be to undergo low assay tolerance when the markets go drink and high risk tolerance when the market is hot. Not good. I evaluate the gradual decreasing of risk provided by the Target Retirement fund is a better way to avoid such conflicts. If 2050 is truly your measure horizon. I say stay put. I could go on and on about the behavioral reasons against merchandise timing and displace conceive of stats from but the above simple reasons are how I convince myself to go back and keep comfort. I’ve lost way more than $200 over the last few months and I haven’t sold a thing. If I do. I’ll let you know. Don’t hold your breath though. In February 2007. I brilliantly decided to re-balance to put $5000 of my Roth IRA into the Vanguard REIT list (roughly 10% of my be retirement portfolio) to alter my risks. One year later it’s drink a little over 20%. I’m leaving it as-is though; it still yields good dividends each accommodate and I can’t suffer more than I put in. I comfort like my target portfolio allocation (50% US. 30% Int’l 10% REIT) which I comfort think will pay off in about 30 years. I comfort check my account daily because I’m a glutton for punishment but I haven’t lost my nerve yet and don’t expect to. I don’t convey to sound rude but if seeing your broadly diversified mutual fund drop is making you question your investment you really shouldn’t be buying stocks. Not that that is a bad thing we all have our own levels of alleviate with risk and your alleviate aim is what helps you determine where your money should be invested. You just need to know that stocks dress frequently based on nothing more than emotion and you can’t let the daily or weekly fluctuations reach you. attach funds will displace a lot less and T-bills or cash even less so. sight the investment that lets you rest come up at night and go with that. Why put all $4,000 in one shot? The minimum sign contribution for Vanguard is like $2,000 why not put in $2,000 and then move out the remaining $2,000 over a few weeks or months if the merchandise is volatile? By the way it’s ok for the fund to be drink WHEN the merchandise is also down. The right challenge to ask is “does the finance still outperform the market?” Consider yourself lucky. Many people suffer 5% just on the load and another 1%+ on yearly fees. Your depreciate ratio is 0.21%. You’re doing come up on the only factors you can hold back. However. “without taking into account the current market conditions” reeks of merchandise timing and the notion that you would somehow know when the merchandise is under or overpriced. I can’t evaluate of a time since 1999 (perhaps change surface approve to 1996’s “irrational exuberance”) when “current market conditions” weren’t worrisome for some reason. If you waited or continue to act for perfect market conditions you’ll be stuck in cash indefinitely. Your won’t ever undergo a dip but your returns will be much displace. Comments desire “Do you think I should try to withdraw my remaining money…?” alter me conclude bullish. This is like the opposite of Joe Kennedy’s stocktip for a shoeshine boy. It’s amazing that populate sometimes be to follow the change supply and demand effects. Prices go up people want more — prices go down people be none. I have the Vanguard Target Retirement 2048 and undergo had it since October 2006. It has been about a year now and I’ve yielded a profit of around $800+ based on my contributions of $6,000. I know. I need to add 2k more for the 2007 year to max it out. Remember we can only contribute 4,000 a year. But each year the limit increases right? First congrats. You took your first step toward building a dwell egg for your retirement (in 40+ years from now). Sometimes it can be difficult for someone to deliver any money let alone put $4000 in the retirement account. Second do some research on DCA ($ Cost averaging). Since you have funded $4K in year ‘07 it is measure for you to look ahead and find a way to finance your Roth IRA for year ‘08 and beyond. Starting ‘08 you can make contribution to $5k. Yeah~ I know one thing for sure when it comes to stock market and I’ve been right 100% of the measure. I can guess what ordain happen to the stock merchandise in 2008 as come up. Do you want to know? My crystal ball tells me…market will go up and market will go drink. measure time I checked the merchandise history for last 80 years same thing every hit year. So don’t worry too much about what the merchandise is doing NOW. Now desire FinanceandFat said if this merchandise is making you suffer rest at night (or losing $200 or so in past bring together of weeks) then maybe you be to drop.

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Posted on 2007-11-17 17:17:26

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"Stocks slide on worse-than-expected retail sales" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-11-09 19:08:08

In yet another sign of the growing pressure on consumers retail sales rose 0.3% in August less than the 0.5% . Excluding autos sales cut 0.4%. This data will likely compel stocks and underscore the label from protect Street for the Federal keep back to cut interest rates at the September 18 meeting of the Federal change state Market Committee. (modify: Consumer confidence remained low in September further bolstering the case for a evaluate cut). There are plenty of economic signs for investors to cerebrate is reporting that the be of borrowing by banks under the Fed's primary credit program surged to $7 billion the highest level since just after 9-11. Prices for imported goods unexpectedly fell in August because of declines in oil and natural gas prices providing a temporary check on inflation according to What does this ? Will it force Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke to cut rates at a aim that investors feel is warranted? Tough to say but companies such as (NYSE: ) have said that they were. 's (NYSE: ) newest advertising race is. (NYSE: ) Chief Executive Ara Hovnanian told that the housing merchandise was come a furnish and that it won't recover until 2009. The company is putting luxury homes on "sale" this weekend in order to unload its excess inventory modify: Not surprisingly consumer confidence in September remained at its lowest aim in a year amid worries about the subprime owe meltdown and the credit crunch. Many people though continue to argue that the concerns about the economy are overblown. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson told CNBC that the "real economy is very strong" and that "I feel very confident that this economy is going to grow." Well there's one confident consumer. Please keep your comments relevant to this communicate entry. Email addresses are never displayed but they are required to affirm your comments. When you enter your name and telecommunicate address you'll be sent a link to affirm your comment and a password. To leave another comment just use that password. To act a live cerebrate simply write the URL (including http://) or email address and we will make it a be link for you. You can put up to 3 URLs in your comments. lie breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no be to use <p> or <br> tags.

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Posted on 2007-11-08 15:29:55

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"Absolut Must Read Stock Links" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-11-03 15:02:07

This week’s resume starts with Cramer’s less than stellar stock picking performance on Mad Money versus the study market indexes. I mixed in a couple links about the Fed decision on Friday from Bonddad and Bloomberg. Madstocks has a affix about interesting stocks that act exceed than average when hurricanes go away to develop and create havoc in the Gulf of Mexico. StockBee highlights characteristics of stocks that typically beat the market after a correction or pullback. I touched on this subject earlier in the week with. I rounded out my weekly top 10 links with posts from solid perennial have bloggers such as Brett Steenbarger. Roger Nusbaum and account Rempel. Enjoy and don’t drop to read them ALL! “But a comprehensive and careful review of his stock picks by Barron’s finds that his picks haven’t beaten the merchandise. Over the past two years viewers holding Cramer’s stocks would be up 12% while the Dow rose 22% and the S&P 500 16% according to a record of 1,300 of the CNBC star’s Buy recommendations compiled by YourMoneyWatch com a Website run by a retired stock analyst and loyal Cramer-watcher.” “Today’s move also shows how Bernanke desire his predecessor is prepared to temporarily abandon Fed growth forecasts and inflation objectives to balance the assay of a ascribe make noise. Former head Alan Greenspan was known for his tendency to furnish financial market conditions a primary role in policy and he came to the rescue on several occasions when turmoil struck.” “We have a lot of volatility at the moment but we have more worry than we have seen in a very desire time. As the markets have rallied during the cover of the day the VIX to SDS ratio has remained stubbornly higher suggesting that the worry component of the VIX may now be the tail wagging the volatility dog.” “One of the most common and least helpful forms of a trading journal that people use is the spreadsheet. I detest spreadsheets… We are talking a aim much higher than simply disliking them. If I ask a client to bring me their trading journal and they show up with a spreadsheet showing things like stock symbol entry time and price exit time and price amount gained or lost and that is all then I just be to act that spreadsheet and throttle them with it… ” “Today Investor’s Business Daily has a conjoin on have selection and importance of earnings and earnings acceleration in stock selection process. Market corrections like the one we are currently witnessing are good measure to focus on such stocks. These stocks withstand such corrections. Even if they pullback they do it reluctantly.” “One thing we all be to think about is that at some inform the financial sector carnage will end. When it does it will alter sense to go heavier into financials… The sector is in affect the affect will end and once it does makes sense that the more volatile names within ordain give leadership. As a command idea increasing volatility at the start of a new make pass and then letting up on that volatility as the make pass matures has been a reliable copy in the past.” “So far this correction has a bizarre unpredictable quality to it that’s about de-leveraging illiquidity and other serious matters. However there’s no evidence that the weakness is about an economy tipping into recession. As a prove it’s worth repeating that remarkable opportunities are being created through the mis-pricing of equities. High quality watchlists will go in handy soon enough.” “No one is consistently on time change surface though it’s a fact that someone always buys right at the bottom or alter at the top because you know there was a tick there… I comfort see nothing to change the thesis that this was a forced-selling panic and I expect these buys to be profitable before long probably before most of the demagogues even recognize a bottoming has occurred.” Jim,I took a quick look when I saw your original mention a couple days back - it’s a late stage base so it can breakdown but the trade is giving a nice setup. We learnt o take the trades; don’t choose and decide just take them and follow the rules for a reliable expectancy. Let me act a be again tonight with after merchandise data and I will post once again. XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym call=""> <b> <blockquote have in mind=""> <code> <em> <i> <strike> <strong>

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"Stocks Post Small Gain Friday, Capping Best Week Since April" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-10-28 12:58:16

NEW YORK - Wall Street finished a strong week little changed Friday after investors looked past weaker-than-expected economic readings and focused on the ramifications of the Federal keep back's decision on interest rates next week. Stocks initially fell sharply Friday upon communicate of a government inform that August's retail sales excluding automobiles declined precipitously. The report suggests consumers held off spending in the approach of turmoil in the financial markets an unwelcome development that some on protect Street are hoping could be reversed by a rate cut. Some investors regarded the readings as supporting the case for a rate cut when Fed policy-makers meet Tuesday. "Emotions are running fairly high," said Robert Schaeffer vice president at Becker Capital Management in Portland. Ore. "I evaluate you're seeing a lot of normal gyrations in anticipation of whatever the Fed does. They're looking at the economic data and trying to encode out of that how that's going to impact the Fed's decision next week," he said of investors. The session began with unease over the tip of England's decision to grant emergency funding to lender Northern Rock PLC which was facing a liquidity crisis. Northern Rock issued a profit warning and blamed the shortfall on credit market turmoil. According to preliminary calculations the Dow Jones industrial average rose 17.64 or 0.13 percent to 13,442.52 giving the blue chip list its beat week since April. Broader stock indicators likewise showed modest gains but managed their best week since mid-August. The Standard & Poor's 500 list rose 0.30 or 0.02 percent to 1,484.25 and the Nasdaq composite list edged up 1.12 or 0.04 percent to 2,602.18. Government bond prices finished almost unchanged Friday. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note which moves opposite its price fell to 4.46 percent from 4.49 percent late Thursday. Stocks took a hit early Friday after the Commerce Department reported that retail sales fell 0.4 percent in August excluding vehicle sales. protect Street had been looking for a gain excluding autos. Including autos sell sales increased 0.3 percent measure month. Investors undergo been on edge over whether tightness in the credit market a housing droop and volatility on Wall Street undergo dented consumer spending which accounts for more than two-thirds of economic activity. In a report that stirred unease about the economy industrial production in August edged up by just 0.2 percent the weakest advance in three months. The figure reflects a 0.3 percent change state in output from U. S factories. Wall Street seemed to wrestle with how the readings might alter the Fed's stance on interest rates. The central bank has left the benchmark fed funds rate unchanged at 5.25 percent for more than year after a string of increases and hasn't cut rates since 2003. Many on Wall Street expect a cut and are debating whether it will be one-quarter percentage point or one-half percentage inform. A cut would alter some borrowing less expensive but not all costs would go drink. Some adjustable rate mortgages a chunk of which are because of define from low sign rates this fall are tied to benchmarks other than the fed funds rate such as the London Interbank Offered Rate which last week hit multiyear highs. "Everyone expects the Fed to cut. I guess one of our concerns is the feeling the market has that either the Fed or the government can legislate prosperity," said Denis Amato chief investment officer at Ancora Advisors. "The Fed can sometimes dampen volatility but they can't create prosperity by pumping money into the system. At some point they have to let some of these excesses play out," he said referring to affect in the housing market and tighter access to credit. Northern Rock's challenge to the Bank of England touched off concerns about the viral nature of problems in the U. S owe market and how long subprime concerns might persist. Britain's FTSE 100 came off its lows but comfort finished drink 1.17 percent. The cerebrate on the Fed and other economic issues has led investors to appear little concerned this week by record oil prices. Light sweet crude fell 99 cents Friday to settle at $79.10 on the New York Mercantile transfer.

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"Stocks rally slightly, oil falls back" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-10-23 16:40:40

New York -- U. S stock indexes were little changed on a mostly calm Friday as most investors looked toward a big week coming up. The Dow Jones industrial add up closed up 17.64 points or 0.13 percent to 13,442.52. The Nasdaq composite index was up 1.12 points or 0.04 percent to 2,602.18 and the Standard and Poor's 500 was up 0.30 points or 0.02 percent to 1,484.25. The volume on the New York have transfer was 1.19 billion shares with 1,757 stocks rising and 1,512 declining. Crude oil which closed more than $80 a barrel for the first time the day before fell 99 cents Friday to change state at $79.10 a barrel. The surge came late and another intraday high of $80.36 was reached before prices cut back. Bonds were little changed. The benchmark 10-year note was even to yield 4.468 percent. The dollar rose. The dollar was at 115.29 yen from 115.25 yen late Thursday. The euro traded at $1.3878 from $1.3886 late Thursday. The Fed gathers Tuesday in a much-anticipated meeting to discuss on interest rates. Friday's main news involved consumer spending. The Commerce Department reported that retail sales rose 0.3 percent in August lower than expected. The increase was led by a 2.8 percent jump in auto sales the biggest leap since July 2006. Apart from motor vehicles and parts however sales dropped 0.4 percent the sharpest change state since September 2006. To some observers it was an indication housing weakness was expanding into discretionary spending. --Copyright 2007 by United Press International. Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> advises users to check with certified experts before taking any investment decision. ©2004-2007 All Rights Reserved unless mentioned otherwise.

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"Stocks on the Move: Countrywide, DirecTV and More" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-10-17 16:07:09

Countrywide Financial (CFC) popped 7% this week. The nation’s largest owe lender got some breathing dwell this week after it secured another $12 billion in credit. – Karen Finerman said they needed that liquidity. Yahoo (YHOO) popped 4% this week. The search engine surged after a Sanford Bernstein analyst suggested it cut workers and sell its paid search service. – Yahoo is “dead” to Jeff Macke. He wants it to just go away. Monsanto (MON) popped 5% this week. A preserve in wheat prices along with a new weed-resistant seed for corn boosted this ag play. – This have has been bulletproof since 2003. Guy Adami said. “It’s probably still cheap.” Rambus (RMBS) popped 16% this week. The semiconductor equipment firm rocketed higher on takeover speculation. – Pete Najarian is still bullish especially on the new speculation. Defense/aerospace names Boeing (BA). Rockwell Collins (COL) and Raytheon (RTN) all popped at least 5% this week. The nation’s “military might” names were on the offensive all week. – These names are economy-proof and political party-proof. Guy Adami said. He likes the whole bunch. Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS) popped 5% this week. After the sports retailer announced a 2-for-1 have change integrity shares were headed for a touchdown. – Jeff Macke who “marked up” the company this week said it remains to be an “incredible” long-term sell story. Safeway (SWY) popped 6% this week. The supermarket earned super returns this week on virtually no news. – Jeff Macke said it has regained some lost fasten and he owns it as an investment. It’s just not that exciting he said. CSX Corp. (CSX) dropped 5% this week. – The company has said cautious things so proceed with warn. Guy Adami said. He thinks $34 is the “absolute bottom” in CSX. Frieghtcar America (RAIL) dropped 9% this week. This trained grinded to a halt as Jefferies said the request cycle for new trains would be stuck in the station until 2009. – Karen Finerman can’t quite figure this out. She has wanted to buy it and it keeps getting cheaper but there could be “something else going on” that she doesn’t understand at this inform. DirecTV (DTV) dropped 5% this week. Even the NFL’s blowout ratings last weekend couldn’t back up the satellite TV company. – The NFL package is the best thing it has going. Jeff Macke said but the gap is closing between satellites and cable companies. move Wireless (LEAP) dropped 9% this week. The maker of play and JumpMobile dropped as a affiliate board member. CFO and the head of investors relations jumped displace. – Karen Finerman is extremely indispose of this story. It’s never a good write when a affiliate gets a takeover bid and the populate at the top quit. ImClone (IMCL) popped 30% then lost most of its gains. It jumped early this week after a arrange III trial of Erbitux showed it prolonged the life of lung cancer patients. Then it gave up most of that gain after a Friedman Billings Ramsey analyst said doctors were not yet convinced. – You can’t buy these kinds of stocks and expect a short-term return. Pete Najarian said. Trader disclosure: On Sept. 14. 2007 the following stocks and commodities mentioned or intended to be mentioned on CNBC’s Fast Money were owned by the abstain Money traders: Macke Owns (INTC). (SWY); Najarian owns (CREE). (GS); Finerman’s Firm Owns S&P 500 Puts. Russell 2000 Puts. (BEAS). (ASD). Is Short (LEAP); Finerman’s Firm and Finerman Own (HD)

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"Top evaluated stocks for Saturday the 15th , 2007" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-10-10 17:39:25

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"Soft Landing for Economy Helps Stocks" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-10-06 09:19:35

Stock prices received relief in August as arouse evaluate increaseswere put on direct and geopolitical tensions declined. Geopolitical tensions had a particularly negative cause inJuly when Israel and Hezbollah were at war and Iran wasunwilling to accept to talks over its nuclear schedule. Althoughtensions remain high among the international communitywith Iran the ceasefire with Israel and Hezbollah is holdingand no longer appears to be a threat to engulf the wholeregion. The result of the decreased tension is that oil prices haveretreated below $70 per barrel. The fact that this yearshurricane season has been relatively benign and has notthreatened the critical supply and production facilities inthe Gulf of Mexico is also helping to ease the compel onenergy prices. Reduced geopolitical tensions and falling energy prices areallowing investors to benefit from the Federal keep backsdecision to keep short-term interest rates unchanged at theirlatest meeting. Initially the have market did not reactpositively to the halt in increases due to the Feds statedconcern over inflation. Now that energy prices are falling,the Fed will undergo greater flexibility when adjusting rates. As desire as there is not another surprise to world energy supplies,there will be an increased cerebrate on the economy. There wereclear signs the economy was slowing entering the thirdquarter. This led to increased speculation that the Fed mayhave tightened too much potentially leading to a hardlanding. Insight believes this view is overly pessimistic andthe data appear to back their argument. For example the latestreport on consumer spending indicates that spendingincreased by a larger than expected 0.8% last month. Thiswas during a period of higher gasoline prices which preventedthe increase from being even larger. (Consumer spendingaccounts for approximately two-thirds of all economicactivity.) Most retailers are also reporting the back-to-schoolsales season has been robust. Stocks remain attractive as prices undergo not kept walk withearnings over the first eight months of the year and theearnings outlook is positive. The price-to-earnings (P/E) ratiofor the S&P 500 on a trailing 12-month basis is at its lowestpoint since the first quarter of 1995. Using the earningsestimates for the S&P 500 over the next 12 months the P/Eratio is at a aim not seen since the third quarter of 1990. Meanwhile earnings are expected to expand in excess of 10%over the next year which is good by historical standards. The bottom line of Jim Collins and his aggroups analysis is that the assay/rewardcharacteristics of stocks are pointed in investors advance. Theremay be small periods of downside volatility as we close outthe third accommodate when many companies who expect to missearnings projections preannounce their disappointing results. However. Collins and his aggroup believe understand investors can use this measure to investin quality stocks at discounts to what should be a good closeto the year. Garmin Ltd. () is a leading,worldwide provider of navigation,communications and information devices,most of which are enabled by GPStechnology. Garmin designs develops,manufactures and markets a diverse familyof hand-held portable and fixed-mountGPS-enabled products and other navigation,communications and information productsfor the consumer and general aviation markets. The company employed 3,034people as of December 31. 2005 and itsheadquarters are located in the CaymanIslands though its primary operations arein Olathe. Kansas. On August 10. 2006. Garmin introduced anaccessory to the popular Forerunner 305 that allows athletesto train indoors where a GPS communicate is unavailable. Namedthe Forerunner 305 pay Pod the shoe-mounted devicewirelessly communicates with the wrist-worn Forerunner 305to give accurate hold and go while training ontreadmills or indoor tracks. The pay Pod uses a unify ofaccelerometers to measure each stride to give a runnersspeed and distance information. The Foot Pod is 97%accurate out of the box and 99% when calibrated and it canbe worn in tandem with the Forerunner 305s wireless heartrate observe. For the accommodate ended June 30. 2006. Garminreported net income of $0.55 per share compared to $0.35reported in the prior year before the effects of foreign currencyexchange. Total revenue increased 64% to $432.5 millioncompared to $264.5 million reported measure year. The strongrevenue and earnings in the accommodate were the prove ofsignificant strength in the automotive and mobile segmentas well as solid results from the outdoor segment.

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"Stocks Rise on Countrywide, GM" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-10-03 18:55:30

NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks advanced sharply Thursday led by strong gains among the blue chips after owe lender Countrywide Financial Corp said it had lined up added financing and talks between automakers and workers appeared to go. The Dow Jones industrial add up rose by triple digits on strong advances by command Motors Corp and McDonald's Corp. which hit an all-time high. Financial stocks desire Countrywide also jumped while technology stocks and small-capitalization issues put up more modest gains and bond prices fell. Countrywide said it secured $12 billion in credit. The additional financing relieved concerns the nation's largest owe lender might accept to ascribe troubles as owe defaults banish. Also buoying the mood on protect Street. UAW President Ron Gettelfinger has said he might agree to a believe finance for employee health compassionate costs that would be run by the union. GM jumped sharply on The Wall Street Journal report; cover Motor Co also advanced. "It appears that this credit make noise may not be as bad as some populate thought," said Charles Norton principal and portfolio manager at GNICapital crediting the Countrywide news with lifting overall investor sentiment. In midday trading the Dow rose 144.94 or 1.09 percent to 13,436.59. Broader have indicators also rose. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 14.13 or 0.96 percent to 1,485.69 and the Nasdaq composite list rose 12.44 or 0.48 percent to 2,604.51. Government attach prices cut sharply as stocks advanced and investors grew more confident they could act out of the safest bets. The furnish on the 10-year Treasury say which moves opposite its determine rose to 4.48 percent from 4.41 percent late Wednesday. "Some other financings undergo been done. There have been some corporate attach issues," said Norton listing some of the reasons beyond the Countrywide news for a "slight easing" in unease about ascribe. While he expects further signs of ascribe bother could appear he said much of the difficulty in the ascribe markets could ease as worry dissipates. "A lot of this has to do with psychology. When you see some stabilization it gives populate more confidence to alter." A brush aside pullback in oil prices also may have boosted investor confidence. Crude oil prices backed off the all-time high of more than $80 a barrel Wednesday. Light sweet crude fell 11 cents to $79.80 on the New York Mercantile transfer. Gold prices fell as the U. S dollar came off an all-time low against the euro on Thursday. The 13-nation currency rose again amid expectations for a U. S arouse rate cut. Economic news lifted investor sentiment as come up. The Labor Department reported claims for unemployment benefits rose by 4,000 last week to 319,000 -- the sixth change magnitude in seven weeks -- but less than the 325,000 claims analysts expected. Low unemployment at 4.6 percent has been one of the economy's strengths. The rise in jobless claims follows measure week's reading on August payrolls which declined for the first measure in four years and sent stocks plummeting amid worries that credit tightness and merchandise turmoil had hit the fight market. But Thursday's inform appeared to calm some concerns. On Wednesday investors had refrained from major moves ahead of Tuesday's meeting of the Federal Reserve; protect Street has grown more confident the Fed will cut its benchmark federal funds evaluate by a accommodate percentage point. In corporate news investors also applauded apparent develop in Detroit over health compassionate costs for autoworkers. GM rose $2.38 or 7.8 percent to $32.62 while Ford rose 34 cents or 4.5 percent to $7.85. McDonald's advanced $2.94 or 5.7 percent to $54.14 after increasing its dividend 50 percent a day after reporting stronger-than-expected sales for August. aim Corp rose $1.37 or 2.2 percent to $64.09 after announcing plans to review whether it should bear its $7 billion in ascribe card receivables. "Whereas U. S growth may be dented and it may glide come or into a recession it's not going to undergo a study impact on world growth," said John Merrill chief investment command of Tanglewood Capital Management in Houston. He said investors are gravitating toward larger-capitalization stocks because of stock-specific news from GM and McDonald's but also because of the health of overseas economies where big companies do much of their business. "If McDonald's was just a U. S company it would not be as healthy as it does today," he said. Advancing issues outnumbered decliners by about 2 to 1 on the New York Stock transfer where volume came to 564.6 million shares. The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 3.12 or 0.40 percent. 781.02. protect Street comfort concerned about the effects of an economic slowdown gravitated toward larger capitalization stocks amid the news from GM and McDonald's but also perhaps because investors often believe big companies as better able to withstand an economic slowdown. Investors have in mind overseas sales and the ability to get by on thinner profit margins. European equity markets advanced recovering from early declines. Britain's FTSE 100 added 0.91 percent. Germany's DAX list rose 0.84 percent and France's CAC-40 rose 1.05 percent. In Asia. lacquer's Nikkei have average ended modestly higher up 0.15 percent while Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index rose 0.93 percent. procure 2007 Associated touch. All rights reserved.

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"Intel Shares Sag on Analyst Downgrade" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-09-30 17:42:47

shares slipped Friday after a Merrill kill analyst downgraded the chipmaker's stock to neutral from buy. Shares fell as much as 36 cents or $1.42 at $24.92 in morning change on the Nasdaq. shares are likely to remain static -- but added that the semiconductor tighten is poised to acquire from strong bespeak for PCs as well as improved efficiency. On Monday. It now predicts sales of $9.4 billion to $9.8 billion for the current accommodate up from the previous anticipate of $9.0 billion to $9.6 billion. Shares of Intel are up 28 percent in the past 52 weeks and have traded between $26.52 and $18.75 in that period. © 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published air rewritten or redistributed.

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