bull or bear market, 2011-01-26

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Market Pullback Coming in February: Citi's Levkovich The market is up roughly 3 percent in January, but expect stocks to consolidate in February, warned Tobias Levkovich, chief U.S. equity strategist at Citi. ..... Use Pullback as Buying Opportunity: Technical Strategists The market is due for a correction in the near-term, but use the opportunity to buy, as stocks will soon rebound thereafter, according to chief technical strategists Ryan Detrick of Scaheffer’s Inve..... IPO Surge: 18 Companies Will Price in Next Two Weeks The IPO market might not be booming, but there's no doubt, it's alive and getting stronger. This week, eight companies are expected to price. Next week, there are 10. ..... Why Rising Food Prices Could Hurt Stocks Rising food prices are probably a threat to your portfolio. Because they mean slower world growth at a time when the recovery is still patchy...... Greenberg: 10 Possible Takeover Targets A week ago, Michelle Leder at Footnoted, a Morningstar site, put out her Top 10 list based on the kinds of things she looks at in regulatory filings. ..... Silver Coin Sales Point to Dollar Worries: Pro Silver coin sales have been on a tear in recent months and can be used as an economic indicator to show a lack of confidence in the U.S. monetary policy, said Nicholas Colas, chief market strategist a..... Greenberg: What if Investors Looked at Salesforce’s ‘Real’ Earnings Salesforce.com, a leader in customer-relationship software, is a poster child of positioning itself as a non-GAAP company. Wall Street obliges by valuing the stock on earnings excluding options and su..... Expect Double-Digit Returns in 2011: Strategist There are still a lot of opportunities for investors to make money right now, said Eric Thorne, senior portfolio manager and investment advisor at Bryn Mawr Trust Wealth Management, and Paul Simon, CI..... US Equities Will Be 'Rewarding' But 'Dangerous': Pro Jim McCaughan, CEO of Principal Global Investors, also said that developing countries have underperformed in the last few weeks amid concerns over inflation—but are still a “buy.” ..... Greenberg: A Google Crackdown at Demand Media? If it comes next week as planned, Demand may be the first $billion-plus Internet IPO since Google. But Google's crackdown on so-called content farms could affect the company......

Chart of the Day : KBLB Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. Successfully Creates Mutant Spider-Moths With Gene Splicing Technology LANSING, MI, Sep 13, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc.....     AUMN Golden Minerals – Wait For Clear Reversal Candles In Silver Mining Stocks Most silver mining stocks are displaying falling knife trading patterns. Although it looks tempting to go bargain hunting I don't think it's a good idea to buy just yet. SLV, the Silver ETF looks like..... Perfectionism And Trading Excellent quote on perfectionism and how it relates to trading from Tyler Bollhorn of www.stockscores.com:Perfectionism: Many traders try very hard to always be right. If the market shows that they ar..... Food Investment Theme DF Dean Foods NYSE – David Tepper Video Interview Great follow up video interview with David Tepper on CNBC. If you haven't seen it, here is David Tepper's former video appearance. In his latest video he talks about how the US economy has improved, h..... How To Profit From Charting Your Own Equity Curve We might be at a very important juncture in the markets. So I thought it would be a good idea to write more about how I try to gauge sentiment and ultimately how I try to determine if it makes sense t..... Typical Character Traits Of Strong Stocks Just a quick stream of consciousness type of post for tonight. Talking about character traits that define strong stocks, here are a few questions that come to mind when I try to determine if a specifi.....