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Finding the Right Retail ETF to Short
You've no doubt heard talk of the 'new frugal,” a shifting in the consumer mindset toward more judicious managing of personal finances, i.e., a tightening of the purse strings. And this mindse.....
Can Research in Motion (RIMM) Pull Out of Tailspin?
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and its Android smartphone operating system are ascendant. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and its iPhone are currently dominant. And Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM)? The best.....
10 Stocks Facing Delisting
It has been a choppy market lately, but while many stocks are having trouble posting sustained gains only a select few face complete delisting. Major stock exchanges like the NYSE, AMEX or NASDAQ do.....
7 Commodity Plays Set to Surge
How to Cash In on CommoditiesCommodity stocks are returning to favor with investors for a variety of reasons. Some like the reliable dividends of major energy producers. Others like the stable reve.....
Market Faces Staunch Resistance
On Thursday, better jobs data and strong overseas markets initially drove stocks higher. But late in the afternoon stocks faded, and the indices closed with only marginal gains.Japan's Nikkei was up.....
Bank a Quick Profit With ETF SJH
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000 Value (NYSE: SJH) — This fund seeks daily results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice the inverse of the daily performance of the Russell 2000 .....
Short Dell With a Long Put Spread
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) lost the 18-day bidding war for 3PAR Inc. (NYSE: PAR) to Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ), and the stock sold off on the news.The technology sector at large is losing som.....
Apple Inc. (AAPL) Rumors – T-Mobile to Get iPhone 3GS in 2010?
Here is your daily Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) stock news and rumors for September 9, 2010. The T-Mobile iPhone returns to our rumor wrap-up, and word on the street is that T-Mobile will get an Apple .....
Don’t Bet on September Stock Rally Lasting
After an impressive run higher to kick off the month of September, stocks are stalling at significant overhead resistance.This comes as various technical indicators have moved into overbought territ.....
Apple Inc. (AAPL) Opens Up App Universe With Relaxed Rules
Surprising analysts, consumers, and tech heads everywhere, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced this morning that they are making the application building process for the iPhone and every iOS powered.....
Toys R Us ‘Pop Up’ Stores to Take on Walmart, Target For Xmas
It may only be September, but for Toys R Us, it is never too early to start thinking about holiday shopping. The nationally-known toy chain plans to open 600 “express” stores, which will be open.....
Shanda, Netease Online Games Continue to Struggle
Continuing a trend in China's online gaming business, Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd. (NASDAQ: SNDA) and its game unit Shanda Games Ltd. (NASDAQ: GAME) have produced a lackluster report on sec.....
11 Stocks Headed Up Even If the Market Isn’t
Go long? Go short? In a market like this, who the heck really knows? But rather than putting on your Swami hat and trying to predict where the market is headed, why not just invest in stocks that ha.....
Investing 101 – Same Sector, Very Different Stocks
Ok class, today’s investing 101 lesson is on the pitfalls of similar stock performance. It’s tempting to think that all companies in a certain industry group behave the same way. The reason why .....
Global Growth Mutual Funds – Two Picks to Buy
From December 1999 through December 2009, while Vanguard 500 Index (MUTF: VFINX) lost a total of 9.8%, Vanguard Total International Stock Index (MUTF: VGTSX) gained 25.3%, and Vanguard Emerging Mark.....
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Gold About to Top Out
These days it appears that most investors are bullish on precious metals gold and silver. But I'm going to go against the grain and say that we are two days to a week away from a pop and drop in the.....
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Rosetta Stone (RST) Stock Between Rock and Hard Place
When Rosetta Stone (NYSE: RST) first debuted last year with a 2009 IPO, it was a bit of a blazing star in a collapsing market. Now, the RST stock star has dimmed over a year after the IPO offering, .....
OPEC Produces Less Oil as Crude Prices Move Higher
Crude oil prices have been on the rise recently, and OPEC looks like it wants to keep them from rolling back. After reduced GDP estimates for the U.S. and the global economy, top oil producers annou.....
KFC to Market Ties to Col. Sanders Despite Drop of “Kentucky” Name
Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM), parent of KFC, took some heat from shortening “Kentucky Fried Chicken” to a three letter moniker. But now YUM appears to be backtracking, putting some faith in marketing.....
A ‘Sure’ Bet on Interest Rates
When designing an options trade, two of the main components are 'if” and 'when.” But when betting on interest rates, things become a little simpler, because there is no 'if,” just .....
Google (GOOG) Faces Challenges Taking on Telecom with Google Voice
Two weeks ago, Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) launched its bid to change the phone industry. It wasn’t the announcement of yet another smartphone using the company’s Android operating system. For th.....
7 Great Latin America ETFs
Among emerging market investments, Latin America is gaining momentum as the region where investors can make some big bucks. From Brazil ETFs to Chile stocks, returns in this investing region have be.....
Your Guide to Hedging With the VIX
About a decade ago, I doubt many people had even heard of the VIX. I was an options market maker on the AMEX at the time and I'd heard of it, and we had it up on our screens but, truthfully, we neve.....
Forget Gold Prices, Buy Coffee
Gold prices may be hitting record levels, but there may be a better place to put your money: coffee beansCoffee prices are hitting a 13 year high, with a second consecutive poor coffee bean harvest .....
5 Dividend Picks Set to Break Out
Big Dividends With Breakout PotentialHigh-yield dividend stocks are great investments right now, and I have loaded my Cash Machine advisory service full of them. But the fact is that many dividend .....
A Warning for the Bulls
The newest European bank crisis faded, so investors bought some stocks yesterday. The major indices closed higher despite mixed economic signals.As might be expected, financial stocks, and especiall.....
A Gold Stock That Should Really Shine
Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE: ABX) — This acquirer, explorer and developer of gold, copper, silver and zinc, pulled back from a high of $48 in early December 2009, and bottomed at just under.....
Shop for Put Options on Kroger
Next week is another slow one for earnings, although it does present some big names, including Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY), FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) and Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL).Let.....
Live Nation (LYV) Off Key Earnings Spark Downgrade
If you didn’t make it out to any concerts this summer, you weren’t the only one. Across the country, concerts have shown poor attendance causing some artists to cancel tours. No one has felt t.....
Chip Stocks Silicon Labs (SLAB) and Intel (INTC) Setting New Lows
Silicon Laboratories Inc. (NASDAQ: SLAB) is not exactly the largest household name when it comes to the world of chips design, as opposed to Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC). But what these two comp.....
Amazon Challenges GameStop With Release-Day Delivery Deals, Retail Expansion
Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) wants it all. They want you to pop open your Web browser rather than go to the strip mall. They want you to buy the new James Patterson novel on your Kindle, and download y.....
Apple Inc. (AAPL) Rumors – Longer iTunes Samples Face Veto
Here is your daily Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) stock news and rumors for September 8th. Today Apple’s new line of iPods hit retailers. Reviews of both the new iPod Nano and iPod Touch have been ve.....
Starbucks (SBUX) Hiding Smaller Coffee Sizes?
In a move that is either a strictly financial decision or a bid to lesson customer confusion while speeding up the wait time, Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) has erased the “tall” coffee choice from it.....
3 Ways to Invest in the Next Gold Rush
Gold prices are back on the rise, and gold stocks, ETFs funds and other investments are again making headlines. And with good reason – the bottom line is that we are in for some rampant inflation .....
McDonald’s (MCD) Burgers Rank Worst in Survey
McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) is No. 1 on the worst-tasting burgers list, according to a new Consumer Reports ranking. But for a company whose stock is at an all-time high – with new deals and menu ite.....
Vodafone (VOD) Sells Stake in China Mobile (CHL)
In 2000, British mobile phone company Vodafone Group plc (NASDAQ: VOD) bought a stake of slightly more than 2% in China Mobile Ltd. (NYSE: CHL), China's largest mobile network. Vodafone upped its st.....
BP Plays Blame Game With Halliburton, Transocean, others
British energy company BP (NYSE: BP) today blamed “multiple parties” – naming Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) and Transocean (NYSE: RIG) – for its oil well spill that gushed millions of gallons of o.....
PIIGS Still Filthy, but Czech Credit is Good
There is nothing like a move in the bond market to make a point. When bonds of developing nations are rallying — that is a sign of strength and the right fiscal and monetary management.And whe.....
Gold Prices Look to Go Parabolic
Gold prices continue to move up as U.S. debt soars. That’s why gold stocks and investing in gold miners could be a good move in the near future for investors.In 2003, when the economy finally turn.....
8 VIX Trading Myths Debunked
Don't Believe All the So-Called VIX ExpertsTen years ago, most people hadn't even heard of the CBOE Volatility Index, or VIX. These days, the 'fear index” is covered by the mainstream financia.....
Priceline Pros and Cons : Is PCLN Stock Worth Booking?
Priceline.com (NASDAQ: PCLN) and its pitchman William Shatner made the dream of naming your own price for a hotel room or plane ticket a reality instead of just a consumer pipe dream. Priceline is.....
September’s Hot Start May Signal Bulls are Back
The stock market surged Wednesday, September 1, and then it kept rising through Friday. Though we gave back some of that yesterday, the S&P rose a total of 5.25% in the first three days of Septe.....
6 Retail Stocks That Are Struggling
Retail sales from last week were favorable for a handful of retailers, with robust August growth. The largest gain for the department store chains came from Nordstrom Inc. (NYSE: JWN), which saw sal.....
Market Setting Up for Another Run?
After a week of gains, investors returned from a long weekend ready to nail down profits. The focus of the selling was the financial group, as worries over European banks dominated yesterday's news......
Hello Motorola
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) — This maker of wireless and networking equipment topped at over $9 in November 2009, and then fell to under $6 in February 2010. But since then, it has been consol.....
QCOM Strangle to Play iPhone Hype or Folly
More rumors have sprouted about Qualcomm, Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) designing a chipset for the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone that will be carried by Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ).Analysts are.....
Target (TGT) Expands Push into Clinics
On the heels of the ever-expanding health services of Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), CVS (NYSE: CVS) and Walgreens (NYSE: WAG), big box giant Target (NYSE: TGT) is today opening more of its clinic locations,.....
Smartphone War Heats Up as Android Rises and Apple Falls
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: APPL) has much to celebrate going into the Holiday 2010 season. Despite some serious PR issues during its launch window, the iPhone 4 had a tremendous release at the beginning of.....
Starbucks (SBUX) Takes Via to Global Grocery Stores
Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) today announced the expected overseas expansion of its already popular VIA Ready Brew line of products, through international grocery channels in Japan, Canada and the U.K.T.....
DRL Breakout confirmed and in Play. Up +15% after my BUY call.
Small Cap Stock Pick: DRLGREAT looking chart here on DRL. I alerted my buy in yesterday @ 1.47 pre breakout. In last nights newsletter i issued a trading plan to buy more if and when we brokeout today.....
4 Small Cap Stock Picks proned for Profits: DRL, VKNG, CWTR, JASO
Stocks ended the day slight up after the beige book and obama mama speech and their were several setups today to take some serious note of as they have large potential to pull in some strong returns.S.....
Did you know TheTechnicalTrader.net has more 5 Star Reviews than any Paid Service Finance site Listed @ Investimonials.com?
Yes its true. As far as i can see after going over the top 100 and looking over the top ranked newsletters, blogs, and websites section @ investimonials.com . We currently have more 5 star reviews tha.....
VHC up +26% and REE up +23% After Black Service Buy Calls
Small Cap Stock Picks REE and VHC were both hugely bullish stock charts that are up very nicely after i alerted the black service crew of my entry into both of them last week. Yet, after coming off my.....
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