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3/1/2007
Investing in China: Awaiting The National People's Congress
Black Monday came and went for Chinese indices. And believe it or not, it...
2/28/2007Blue Chip Stock Investing
When Ben Bernanke got to Capitol Hill today, more than one legislator asked the one question that was sure to be on the minds of the folks who can replace in a heartbeat...
2/28/2007ADR: This is a Chinese IPO you can pass up!
"What you think of the IPO ADR on the Nasdaq coming next week: Xinhua Media Finance Ltd.," wrote a watchful Taipan member today.
2/28/2007Investing in Emerging Market Growth: Wal-Mart, the Conqueror
Wal-Mart, the world's biggest retailer, wants a bigger piece of China's $1 trillion retail...
2/27/2007Carbon Emissions Cap
This $45 billion deal is the first buyout deal to ever include environmental concessions.
2/27/2007Options Trading
What do you do when the Dow drops 500 points?
2/27/2007Satellite Radio Merger
I think Sirius has made a terrible mistake in picking XMSR as its acquisition target
2/27/2007Exchange Traded Funds: Not All ETFs Are Created Equal
Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are the hottest thing to come down Wall Street in quite some time.
2/27/2007Mergers and Acquisitions: Rewriting History...
Should everything go according to plan, the TXU acquisition (pending shareholder approval) could go...
2/27/2007Investing in China: How to Play the Crash
It was Black Monday for China, where market sustainability is about as fragile as Judge Larry Seidlin's feelings.
2/26/2007Blue Chip Stock Investing: Sir Alan Says "Get Out?"
One must wonder whether to buy into this former economic commodore's mutinous talk, or accept instead the smooth platitudes coming out of Washington.
2/26/2007Options Trading: A Banner Day for WOW
Dow Chemical (DOW:NYSE) and Weyerhaeuser (WY:NYSE) blast higher, and Wavestrength Options Weekly owns calls on both.
2/26/2007Investors profit as the Russians take a stand
Late last week global tensions started to boil. But this time it wasn’t North Korea or Iraq creating a stir,
2/26/2007Latin American Investing: Socialism equals economic catastrophe
This past February, Venezuela's "El Commandante" Chavez spent $1.3 billion buying out controlling stakes in Venezuela's phone company CA Nacional Telefonos de Venezuela and power utility CA Electricidad de Caracas... acquired at a discount in his grand nationalization scheme.
2/25/2007Initial Public Offerings: The next Chinese IPO "backdoor" candidate
If you follow the financial news, you know that Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) have a proven history of making people rich, practically overnight.
2/24/2007Budget cutbacks are killing medical stocks
The entire medical sector has been falling.
2/23/2007Real Estate -- How to Invest in Sub-Prime Lenders
Sub-prime lenders are continuing to be punished. H&R Block just posted a loss thanks to its sub-prime connections...
2/23/2007Goodbye, Hubbert Peak Oil: The Cyclical Downturn of Oil Prices
Those predicting $30/barrel oil (and cheaper!) now find themselves in good company.
2/23/2007Renewable Energy Investing: Alternative Investments for Energy Bulls
You can expect a range of renewable energy companies to perform very well in the next five years.
2/23/2007Food Safety Micro-Cap Hot Stocks that Could Help Prevent Illness
Is it too much to ask for meat already vulnerable to viral or bacterial infections never make it to the processing plant in the first place?
2/23/2007Contrarian Investing: The most pronounced strategic long-term trend in the United States
As the market has continued to scale new heights and the economy has held up better than many (including myself) expected, calls for a sharp market correction are increasing.
2/23/2007Don't Invest for "the Time Being"... Invest For Your Retirement
Although the deficit in pension plans, according to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp,
2/23/2007The best way to play gold's comeback
Gold is back. At $679 an ounce, the yellow metal is attracting some more attention.
2/23/2007There's Always A Bear Market Somewhere
There's blood in the Streets. The market is getting roiled by Iran (they missed...
2/22/2007King Oil is dead! Long live King Oil!
The odds are pretty damned good that by next summer you will be cursing those piratical oil companies as you gas up the family sedan.
2/22/2007Oil Stocks: Gasoline Prices Are Powering the Next Phase of Chevron (CVX:NYSE) Growth
To reiterate our overall thesis, we feel strongly about having upside exposure in the oil sector.
2/22/2007Investing in Oil Stocks: Oil's Close Above $60
With oil prices back above $60 a barrel, oil stocks, both producers and services are up across the board for the day.
2/22/2007Buying On Agenda Setting
It was Maxwell McCombs and Donald Shaw that introduced the world to the famed...
2/22/2007Support your local marketer
If you want to be a good investor, you have to be a good marketer...
2/21/2007Satellite radio merger: Is this another antitrust case in the making?
While the markets were closed on Monday, Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI:NASDAQ) took the opportunity to announce plans to acquire XM Satellite Radio Holdings (XMSR:NASDAQ) for $13 billion, including $1.6 billion in debt.
2/21/2007The Big Bad Wolf Is Blowing the Sub-Prime Mortgaged House Down…
We’ve said it once, and we’ll say it again. Please pay attention.
2/21/2007Commodities Investing: Are BHP Billiton and Rio Tinot's Alcoa buyout plans bogus?
I haven't heard from my realtor in five years. On Saturday, the guy shows...
2/21/2007The secret real estate boom of 2007
Everyone is calling the housing market dead.
2/20/2007Goodbye, Hubbert Peak Oil: The cyclical downturn of oil prices
Those predicting $30/barrel oil (and cheaper!) now find themselves in good company
2/20/2007Cheaper than Gas
Throughout last summer and fall, ethanol prices didn't rise nearly as quickly as gasoline.
2/20/2007Another Antitrust Case?
Now the question appears again: Are competition laws going to strike down the newest attempt at monopolizing a market?
2/20/2007Will Goldman Sachs and British Airways Bid for AMR? Not Likely... It's Just a Rumor
Worse that waiting 8 to 11 hours on an airplane is another airline buyout
2/20/2007My brief career as a realtor
When you spend every day delving into the underbelly of the world's financial markets, you come across some interesting concepts and ideas.
2/19/2007Latin American Crisis:
Neo-Com Debacle brewing in Venezuela
2/16/2007"Diamonds Are Forever"
How De Beers Controls 55% of the World's Diamonds
2/16/2007Your Faithful Editor Gets Lucky
After all, it was Valentine's Day -- who would be at Chipotle?
2/16/2007Falling Tops
I'm a bit concerned about these "falling tops" we've seen over the past three or four days.
2/16/2007Fuelling the Socially Conscious Debate
The truth is these rechargeable batteries are much more environmentally friendly than any past batteries on the market.
2/16/2007Uranium update and another ETF worth owning
Shares of uranium mining company, Urasia Energy are soaring.
2/16/2007The gloss comes off Microsoft (MSFT: NasdaqGS)
In my recent appearance on TFN's "Smart Investing," I warned you to run away from Microsoft as fast as you could.
2/16/2007The Long And Short Of It...
We've spoken in-depth about Macau and sub-prime lending ad nauseam...
2/15/2007New record high on the Dow:
They laughed when I predicted 11,000 on the DJIA -- look who's laughing now
2/15/2007Global Survey Question
Conergy could perhaps be in the worst shape. Here’s a look at the chart...
2/15/2007Consolidating Food-Testing Responsibilities
Updates on my two favorite stocks and their industries, a newspaper company and a food safety testing company...
2/15/2007Strange Days in Energy Land
Normally a drawdown like this would propel prices upward. Instead prices fell some 11 cents per million British thermal units...
2/15/2007Another One Bites The Dust... Who's Next?
We've been talking a lot about the coming downfall of sub-prime lenders, and for...
2/14/2007Retirement Nightmare
While the Enron story itself was a contained incident, the current retirement crisis slowly percolating across the nation is not.
2/14/2007Bernanke's dilemma shows up clearly in the Blue-Chip charts
So what we have here is total confidence in moderate growth, more or less, sort of. Maybe.
2/14/2007Latin American Investments:
Venezuela trades public ownership of stocks for a presidential television show
2/14/2007Throwing Caution To The Wind
Do yourself a favor. Always do due diligence when it comes to rumors, which...
2/13/2007"Soft Oil" Positioning
To be perfectly honest, I don’t expect too many fireworks.
2/13/2007Comparing Two Types of Investing
No amount of news would entice me to buy this company's stock.
2/13/2007Cuba: Investing in Regime Change
Investing in the Future of a Post-Castro Cuba -- why we aren't all that optimistic about it... and why a hot Canadian penny share may be your best alternative to overpriced US closed-end funds
2/13/2007Why North Korea Is Lying Through Its Teeth
North Korea's agreement to nuclear disarmament is a smokescreen for the biggest missile buildup in the region.
2/13/2007Home Depot: A Successful 180 by 2008?
Let's hope the post-Nardelli era is under way for Home Depot. Even though...
2/12/2007They are the market
Sometimes, you have to give credit where credit is due. Jim Cramer...
2/12/2007Oil Boom: It's time to oil-proof your portfolio
Let's take a look at what's already been taken from the more than 2 million XOM shareholders
2/12/2007Oil's Increasing Volatility
Once again, get ready to establish an upside position in the oil sector.
2/12/2007Winter Weather on the Way
The worst thing about leaving the Money Show in Orlando, Florida was coming back to a potential snowstorm here in Baltimore.
2/12/2007Do charts always tell the truth?
Two entirely different kinds of companies are influencing the XLB's readout.
2/12/2007Now Taubman's Bullish on Macau
For the longest time, one of America's largest shopping-mall developers, Taubman Centers, wasn't...
2/9/2007Two Keys to Unlimited Investing Success
Andrew Mickey of Breakaway Investor clues us in to the two keys of unlimited investing success for each and every earnings season!
2/9/2007Calling the Buying Opportunity?
Entering one stock at just the right time... and exiting another the same...
2/9/2007Nothing goes in a straight line forever
Many things on Wall Street are predictable in terms of scope but not in timing.
2/9/2007Manipulated by "Empty Voting"??
When it comes to Wall Street, nothing surprises me any more. Spread a little...
2/8/2007A Boost from Business
You could say it's a fad, or just a trendy way for utilities to spruce up their images. But it's also a way to make money...
2/8/2007Same-Store Sales Strengthen Retail
Do you really want to tell me that the majority of Americans, who can't really save and have a love affair with credit, will use their tax returns for something, oh I don't know, pragmatic?
2/8/2007"We really see something taking place that looks like a recession..."
"It's absurd to call the bottom of housing, or an improving lending market," says Death Cross Trader's Ian L. Cooper.
2/8/2007My Cup Runneth Over With Rumors
This past Tuesday, we recommended that you keep an eye on Ceradyne with regards...
2/7/2007The First Time Since 1975
This fact, by itself, causes an ample bout of confusion.
2/7/2007Vive la France
I'd like your input on the topic, so let me first tell you some of my plans.
2/7/2007Go Here... But Don't Go There
Steve Jobs thinks that it would be so cool if everyone just gave it away...
2/7/2007The Avon lady always rings twice
Avon Products Inc. (AVP:NYSE) has survived over 120 years as a beauty products company steeped in individual passion and entrepreneurship.
2/7/2007Bush A Boon For Ceradyne?
Keep an eye on companies like Ceradyne with regards to the Bush administration's proposed...
2/6/2007Headed to Orlando's Money Show
I'm looking forward to meeting loyal readers like you.
2/6/2007Another Go
This point could prove to be a bit difficult to get past.
2/6/2007An Old, But Still Growing, Company
Today's Avon looks very different from the Avon of 120 years ago...
2/6/2007Big oil's hidden tax
Here's one for you Democrats...
2/6/2007Double standards
Whenever manufacturing orders in the United States dip by a tenth of a point, people start scrambling out of the U.S. dollar.
2/6/2007M&A May Juice 2007, Too
2006 was witness to 31,825 M&A deals (valued at more than $4 trillion) thanks...
2/5/2007$30 oil: Up your portfolio's energy insensitivity
Those oil stocks that have made you much wealtheir over the past couple years are about to...
2/5/2007Two keys to unlimited investing success
Sometimes it seams like a crapshoot and invariably you're going to be on one side or the other. However, by focusing on two metrics, stellar results can be achieved each and every earnings season.
2/5/2007Battling for Bullish Runs
Dow Theory is a simple indicator that says when the Dow Industrial average hits a...
2/2/2007Super Bowl Investments
We're one day away from America's greatest spectacle...
2/2/2007A Logical Market?
If you’re a longtime reader of Adam and my columns, you very well know Adam’s view of Alan Greenspan.
2/2/2007Chasing Our Tails
So how do you know where to put your money?
2/2/2007The Nasdaq's Pivotal Point
Is this a gauge of what to expect for the rest of 2007?
2/2/2007The Art of Becoming a Cartel
For the majority of its history, the diamond-mining industry has been controlled by one company and one company only...
2/2/2007Dell-icious?
As I'm sure many of you have already heard, Michael Dell is now the...
2/1/2007Fish where the fish are
The fishing industry is not known for its great prose...
2/1/2007The Smartest Money Always Wins
Even the skeptics are starting to learn the power of following the smart money.
2/1/2007Is Google's Run Over?
So far, GOOG's history of blowing out earnings continues. But then came GOOG's cash flow.
2/1/2007A Secret Way to Invest in Spin-Offs
This ETF is the first one in the market to exclusively track companies spun off from larger corporations.
2/1/2007The King is dead, long live the King!
The idea that is fading from the gestalt is that of the Fed being a viable actor on the market.
2/1/2007A show about nothing!
Check it out: Fifty-one days of press releases, speeches, rumors and innuendos, and what does the Fed do when it comes down to the wire?
2/1/2007Crash Landing for Airline Merger
Intense merger speculation in the airline industry is nothing new. US Airways and Delta...
1/31/2007BreakAway Hotline
International brokers, CNQR, AH, and NGS update
1/31/2007We're not quite there yet
2007 is looking to be a great year for Internet stocks...
1/31/2007A Chinese Stock Warning... or Opportunity?
Today’s China-related sell-off could serve as a great buying opportunity.
1/31/2007Nothing!
After the overwhelming activism of his predecessor, libertarians across the country are celebrating Mr. Bernanke's pacifism.
1/31/2007"Irrational exuberance" in Shanghai means boom is still ahead
Former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan set the standard for the modern breed of Bubblicious Cassandras back in the mid-1990s, when he warned against "irrational exuberance" in the American stock exchanges.
1/31/2007What Happens Here Stays Here: The New Gambling Mecca
According to The New York Times, the Chinese are being unified by one goal...
1/30/2007Planning for profits
I know I have said it countless times before, but...
1/30/2007Newspapers and Newsprint
At least they saw a problem, and fixed it.
1/30/2007It's a Gusher
All I have to say is, "What a comeback!"
1/30/2007Guiding lights
One of the perennial arguments of market bears against the stock markets is that equities are "too expensive."
1/30/2007Bank of America and Countrywide to Merge? It'll Never Happen...
Every one and their grandmother are racing into shares of Countrywide (CFC) because...
1/29/2007It's always time to double down on the markets
The ETF market is starting to look a whole lot better...
1/29/2007Man vs. Machine
The age-old battle of man vs. machine is getting more competitive every day, but we're starting to see a clear winner of the battle on Wall Street.
1/29/2007GOOG in Focus
There is a side of me that thinks that investors are getting way too comfortable with GOOG.
1/29/2007That's Why They're Called Earnings
Even though this represents a 16% decline, the key phrase here is "demand growth."
1/29/2007Is it time for stocks to get off the scales and get on with life?
Right now, real estate is sort of like a 37-year-old contemplating reentering the dating pool.
1/29/2007Virgin Territory
There's a reason we've been talking about Macau so much. It's because the investment...
1/26/2007Uranium: when leaders screw up
It's been a pretty tough couple of months for the uranium industry...
1/26/2007Slow down or you will miss the blood and guts
It is like the car accident you just cannot avoid staring and gawking at as you slowly pass by. You know you shouldn't
1/26/2007It's the economy, stupid
"Tax the rich," a friend of mine opined yesterday.
1/26/2007Microsoft's Big Quarter (yawn)
I continue to find it remarkable how little Wall Street cares about Microsoft (MSFT:Nasdaq).
1/26/2007Is This the Bounce?
A quick look at an oil futures chart seems to confirm that oil has bounced...
1/26/2007A Mandate for More Rare Earths
Cutting gasoline usage by 20% in one decade...
1/26/2007Bid War Breakout
We've got a real horse race on our hands. When Blackstone struck a deal...
1/25/2007Downside Not Surprising
These upside moves come at a very dangerous time for the major market averages...
1/25/200735 Billion Gallons by 2017
G.W. seeks to lower our gasoline consumption by 20% in the next ten years.
1/25/2007Look, Ma! No Hands!
Is it better for all when government acts? Or are we safer when our leaders sit on their hands?
1/25/2007Sled dogs come to the mid-Atlantic
Some wags say that animal spirits govern the market, great totems like the bull and the bear that govern whether asset prices rise or fall on any given day.
1/25/2007Gap Isn't Going To Be Bought? Really? Where Have I Heard That Before?
For weeks, I sat here and told you not to buy Gap Inc...
1/24/2007Stocks reeling from the "Neil Armstrong Effect"
Last night, the nation stood still and took a break to watch President Bush’s State of the Union speech.
1/24/2007My Take on Yahoo!
If these new features work, Yahoo! expects more revenue per Internet search - a business segment in which its trailed Google Inc. (GOOG:NASDAQ).
1/24/2007Are You Kidding Me?
Not only is the company mulling over the Chandler family's modest bid, as well as a bid by Los Angeles billionaire investors Broad and Burkle, but Rupert Murdoch of News Corp. (NWS:NYSE) fame is siding with the Chandler family for his piece of the pie.
1/24/2007Oil nostalgia
"In with the old" seems to have a theme with President Bush's address to the faithful last night.
1/24/2007Sled Dogs Come to the MidAtlantic
For weeks, my blessed little sliver of the country, those eastern states that are neither in the maritime nor the South and so are quaintly labeled "MidAtlantic," enjoyed an elysian fall that extended well into the new year.
1/24/2007The End of Prince's (Purple?) Reign...
My wife is an attorney. And she'd make me sleep on the couch if...
1/23/2007A New Era of Advertising?
I mean, is nothing sacred and safe from advertising?
1/23/2007"They are the market"
In a recent interview when referring to the analyst community on Wall Street, Cramer stated, "They can't beat the market because they are the market."
1/23/2007The Next Macau?
We've been bullish on Macau since early 2006, a year where Macau visitor growth...
1/23/2007Oil Played Perfectly
Cold winter weather has finally gripped most parts of the United States...
1/22/2007Nuclear and RE Fusion
If you don't already think nuclear power is a form of alternative energy, then you may wonder what all the fuss is about...
1/22/2007Oil's Spike Is No Surprise - If You Know Where to Look
The concept is really very simple. (So simple, in fact, that it drives many "sophisticated" analysts absolutely nuts.)
1/22/2007The Big One
There is a quintessential difference between the Internet IPO boom of the late 1990s and this year's Chinese IPO boom.
1/22/2007Earnings Action
This week, the market is going to be focused on earnings, plain and simple...
1/19/2007The real story behind corn's 10-year high
I picked up the phone and all I heard was, "It's boom time again in America's heartland. Things haven’t been this good since '96!"
1/19/2007Major Trends Follow Up
If you followed along on this opportunity, then you may have noticed my recommendation in Dynamic Market Alert.
1/19/2007Is 2007 the Year for Biometrics?
I believe that this company could go public in the next few years...
1/19/2007Signs of terror fatigue?
On Monday, January 8, 2007, the 360-foot American fast-attack submarine USS Newport News collided with the stern of the Japanese-owned supertanker Mogamigawa.
1/19/2007Tech Trouble?
The problem with record stock markets is that they leave very little room for...
1/18/2007Addicted to consumerism
Capitalism always finds a way to win. No matter how you try to
1/18/2007This week's major trends
Three critical sector moves converged this week, and each one could have major effect on your investment decisions.
1/18/2007A Particularly Oily Personality
We can understand why OPEC is having such difficulties deciding what to do about falling oil prices.
1/18/2007Newspaper Shakeup
Tomorrow, you should receive a video alert from Taipan Financial News...
1/18/2007The Market Does Not Really Care About the Social Security Deficit in 2030
If this was a human client on a psychologist's couch, the good doctor might next ask, "What is really bothering you?"
1/18/2007Moving Pictures
The market is again ga-ga over Apple Computer, now because of the company's record...
1/17/2007Beating Berkshire and Wall Street
By Andrew Mickey
1/17/2007Three Critical Sector Moves
Three critical sector moves happened today -- and each one could have an impact on your investment decisions.
1/17/2007Home Builders' Poll Offers Confirming Signal
I was going to dwell on the various reports rolling in that would help us guess as to whether or not the Fed will cut rates come January 31.
1/17/2007China's trillion-dollar pot o' gold
The Shanghai stock exchange, for the first time in its existence, hit the important $1 trillion capitalization benchmark.
1/17/2007Black Gold Plunge
This time last week, oil looked as if it had bottomed out, as fears...
1/16/2007An investor's paradise
By Andrew Snyder
1/16/2007Staying Afloat - WaveStrength Market Trends for January 16, 2007
by Ann Sosnowski
1/16/2007Go east, young man
Investors all over the world seem to be waking up to the fact that the bears had been feeding them loads of hogwash about the state of the global economy in general -- and the U.S. economy in particular.
1/16/2007Why January 23 Could Be Launch Day For These 3...
I walked two miles on Saturday... not on purpose, mind you. I was at...
1/15/2007$30 Oil: OPEC's continued irrelevance
With oil at $50 a barrel, OPEC members have to choose between everybody doing well or one or two members doing very, very, well...
1/15/2007The Excitement Heats Up - WaveStrength Market Trends for January 15, 2007
by Ann Sosnowski
1/15/2007There's nothing in the reports a Sunday trip to the mall couldn't have told you
Three weeks after Christmas, American shopping malls are supposed to be dead.
1/15/2007When The Chips Are Down
I have been keeping tabs on the semiconductor sector recently, watching many of these...
1/12/2007Chinese markets hit $1 trillion -- and there's plenty of room at the top
Last year's boom came on the economic growth of 10.7% in the first nine months of 2006, during which China surpassed both the United Kingdom and France as the world's fourth-largest economy.
1/12/2007Revisiting MO - WaveStrength Trading Tactics for January 12, 2007
by Bryan Bottarelli
1/12/2007The Rain in Spain - WaveStrength Material Profits for January 12, 2007
by S.R. Nunnally
1/12/2007More Merger and Acquisition News - WaveStrength Market Trends for January 12, 2007
by Ann Sosnowski
1/12/2007Convergence
I travel from our home near New York to our offices in Baltimore...
1/11/2007The real headline makers
By Andrew Snyder
1/11/2007Low-dollar benefits
When you ask U.S. manufacturers and exporters to join the clamor about the low dollar, you will not get much of a resonance.
1/11/2007Snow? In New York? In January? Couldn't Be...
Yep, that white stuff falling from the sky over New York was, in fact, snow...
1/10/2007Tantric Analytics
The flexibility of analysts’ interpretive arts is quite amazing. In fact, I consider them on par with those of climate scientologists.
1/10/2007Changing my tune
By Andrew Mickey
1/10/2007Finding Quality Stocks Impervious to Intra-Day Volatility - WaveStrength Trading Tactics for January 10, 2007
by Bryan Bottarelli
1/10/2007How Does a 5 Million Barrel Draw Lower Oil Prices? - WaveStrength Material Profits for January 10, 2007
by S.R. Nunnally
1/10/2007Monday Gap "Gap" Questionable
If you're going long on the troubled retailer on the near-term speculation...
1/9/2007The Murky Patterns in Oil Prices - WaveStrength Material Profits for January 9, 2007
by S.R. Nunnally
1/9/2007An Update on Sonic Solutions - WaveStrength Market Trends for January 9, 2007
by Ann Sosnowski
1/9/2007Time to Commie-proof your Latin American holdings
Venezuela's reelected president Hugo Chavez went back to the business of renationalizing private companies.
1/9/2007The Gas Shall Pass, as Will the Bearish Breakdown
Even after getting wind that Manhattan's passing gas was harmless and there were no...
1/8/2007How to tell a market has topped
By Andrew Mickey
1/8/2007Oil Volatility Continues
by Bryan Bottarelli
1/8/2007The 50-Day Indicator
by Ann Sosnowski
1/8/2007"Hope Is The Thing With Feathers"
by Adam Lass
1/8/2007Too much excitement
If you're looking for heart-pounding excitement and edge-of-your-seat suspense on a weekend, a middle-school swimming pool on a January weekend may not be the first place that comes to mind.
1/8/2007Ready, Fire, Aim!
Wall Street is famous for its steely-eyed, just-the-numbers analysts and their...
1/5/2007$30 Oil: Who's crazy now?
By Andrew Mickey
1/5/2007The Dull Shine of a Waning Metal
by S.R. Nunnally
1/5/2007Unlocking DVD Burning
by Ann Sosnowski
1/5/2007December's "News" Is Fishwrap Now
by Adam Lass
1/5/2007Sneak peeks
Through some Byzantine connections of hers, the best wife of 'em all had obtained a review DVD of a German movie that the august members of the Academy are considering a contender for Best Foreign Film.
1/5/2007Masters of Myopia
As you have undoubtedly heard, the weather here in New York has been downright...
1/4/20072007's Commodity Breakdown - WaveStrength Trading Tactics for January 4, 2007
by Bryan Bottarelli
1/4/2007Cheap Coal - WaveStrength Material Profits for January 4, 2007
by S.R. Nunnally
1/4/2007I'm drinking the "perverse logic" Kool-Aid - WaveStrength Macro Outlook for January 4, 2007
by Adam Lass
1/4/2007Get rid of your stupid emotions
By Andrew Snyder
1/4/2007Boom 2007
The first day of trading in 2007 brought another intraday record: The Dow Jones Industrial Index hit 12,630.34 in late morning trading...
1/4/2007The Worst is Over for Housing? Don't count on it.
Once housing realities set in yesterday, that 100+ point run was all over...
1/3/2007The top real estate stock for 2007
By Andrew Mickey
1/3/2007Quite a Wild Ride
by Bryan Bottarelli
1/3/2007You Heard It Here First
by Ann Sosnowski
1/3/2007More on the "Undead" Real Estate Sector
by Adam Lass
1/3/2007Pelosi Plutocrats
We're ecstatic that British children will no longer be tempted by unconscionable pushers of raisins, olive oil, and Greek sheep-milk yogurt as they spend their days watching unintelligible British children shows and extraterrestrial British soaps.
1/3/2007The $4 Trillion Urge to Merge
It's been six long years since M&A activity surpassed $3.3 trillion in deals...
1/2/2007The power of left hook
By Andrew Snyder
1/2/2007Kicking off 2007 Right - WaveStrength Trading Tactics for January 2, 2007
by Bryan Bottarelli
1/2/2007Cycles within Cycles - WaveStrength Material Profits for January 2, 2007
by S.R. Nunnally
1/2/2007Chinese Internet growth
Chinese economic growth again registered in the double digits in 2006.
1/2/2007Markets Closed on Tuesday
2006 was quite a year. Saddam Hussein was hanged. Gerald Ford passed away...
1/1/2007What would I do with $10,000?
If you were asking me in my capacity as an enthusiastic collector of fencing literature, this would be a no-brainer...
12/31/2006The $10,000 Challenge, Part 2
Not everyone is content just to put their money in something and let it sit.
12/29/2006The $10,000 Challenge
If you had $10,000 to invest, where should you put it?
12/28/2006Resolving to Double 2006's 3,923% Gains
It's the time of year when one tallies up the winners and losers, ponders the deep meaning of life, and looks forward to the future.
12/26/2006The Most Curious Question
The most curious question came across my desk yesterday: "If you were to invest $10,000 for 2007, what would you buy?"
12/25/2006Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!
Want to turn $10,000 into $20,000 by spring?
12/22/2006Light volume creates big opportunities
By Andrew Mickey
12/22/2006Bill Miller's 15-Year Run Comes to an End - WaveStrength Trading Tactics for December 22, 2006
by Bryan Bottarelli
12/22/2006Holiday Jingles - WaveStrength Material Profits for December 22, 2006
by S.R. Nunnally
12/22/2006Another Year, Come and Gone - WaveStrength Market Trends for December 22, 2006
by Ann Sosnowski
12/22/2006"Bullimia": Purging on the Dow Rupture
Before taking leave for the holiday, you may want to consider taking profits off the table immediately.
12/22/2006How Low Can You Go?
Today we received the last bits of economic data before the holidays and they...
12/21/2006Stick a fork in it. The profits are done.
by Andrew Snyder
12/21/2006Take A Year-End Gainer!
Today, as we get ready to close the books...
12/21/2006Take a Year-End 55.5% Gainer - WaveStrength Trading Tactics for December 21, 2006
by Bryan Bottarelli
12/21/2006What's in a Name? - WaveStrength Material Profits for December 21, 2006
by S.R. Nunnally
12/21/2006Kronur yields at 14.25%
Reykjavik-based Sedlabanki, Iceland's central bank, just raised its benchmark interest rate to a whopping 14.25%.
12/21/2006Yummy, Yummy, Yummy, There's No E. Coli In My Tummy
"Health scares generally do not cause a food chain's performance to suffer in the...
12/20/2006Preparing the Next WOW Play - WaveStrength Trading Tactics for December 20, 2006
by Bryan Bottarelli
12/20/2006Increased Food Safety Awareness - WaveStrength Market Trends for December 20, 2006
by Ann Sosnowski
12/20/2006China's mineral monopoly abolished
China's mineral monopoly abolished
12/20/2006A Ladder to the Moon? - WaveStrength Macro Outlook for December 20, 2006
by Adam Lass
12/20/2006Groundhog Season
Bill Murray, I confess, is an actor I don't care for.
12/20/2006Lingering Warmth Sounding Buy Opportunity
It was 81 degrees in San Antonio yesterday, 76 degrees in Washington, D.C...
12/19/2006The informational edge
The informational edge
12/19/2006Market Trends: Online Retail Strong Out of the Gate
Holiday shoppers are letting their computers do the buying more than ever this year.
12/19/2006Does Home Depot Hate Investors?
It's no surprise to most investors that the biggest hurdle for Home Depot's management...
12/18/2006BreakAway Hotline
Your BreakAway Investor Issue is now online
12/18/2006Oil and Gas Retreat - WaveStrength Trading Tactics for December 18, 2006
by Bryan Bottarelli
12/18/2006Online Retail Strong Out of the Gate - WaveStrength Market Trends for December 18, 2006
by Ann Sosnowski
12/18/2006Is inflation really over? Not on your life. - WaveStrength Macro Outlook for December 18, 2006
by Adam Lass
12/18/2006How to play the Santa Claus Rally and the January Effect
How to play the Santa Claus Rally and the January Effect
12/18/2006A Cure In Sight?
One of the most significant strategic trends we follow is diabetes. It is a...
12/15/2006The time to play housing
The time to play housing
12/15/2006The Turn Around Is Here - WaveStrength Material Profits for December 15, 2006
by S.R. Nunnally
12/15/2006New High Upon New High Market Report for December 15, 2006
Market Report for December 15, 2006
12/15/2006New High Upon New High - WaveStrength Market Trends for December 15, 2006
by Ann Sosnowski
12/15/2006Nothing more rational than riding the bull
The Dow Jones industrial index closed at a new record high yesterday.
12/14/2006The Wal-Mart Effect
The Wal-Mart Effect
12/14/2006BreakAway Hotline
BreakAway Bonus Buy: Input/Output
12/14/2006Cheaper by the dozen
The U.S. stock index posted some handsome gains in early trading as Costco reported that first-quarter profit rose 10%.
12/14/2006Another New High on the Dow - WaveStrength Market Trends for December 14, 2006
by Ann Sosnowski
12/14/2006Oil’s “New High” Gives Out - WaveStrength Macro Outlook for December 14, 2006
by Adam Lass
12/14/2006The CFO Remains the Same
The sheep were lead to the slaughterhouse on Monday. Hopes were running high...
12/13/2006Who's getting sick of oil
Who's getting sick of oil
12/13/2006Playing the Pullbacks - Material Profits for December 13, 2006
by Sara Nunnally
12/13/2006Retail's November Surprise - Trading Tactics for December 13, 2006
by Bryan Bottarelli
12/13/2006The Revenge of the Scarsdale Effect - Macro Outlook for December 13, 2006
by Adam Lass
12/13/2006Retreat and cheap oil
Armchair strategists inside the Beltway are betting that beating a swift retreat from Iraq is the ticket to peace and stability.
12/13/2006The Importance of Due Diligence
We don't recommend any stocks or any options without first doing our due diligence...
12/12/2006High flying profit opportunities
High flying profit opportunities
12/12/2006As Expected - Trading Tactics for December 12, 2006
As everyone expected, the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at 5.25%...
12/12/2006Double Bottoms and Domestic Drillers - Material Profits for December 12, 2006
Double-bottom formations look like a "W."
12/12/2006Four in a Row! - Market Trends for December 12, 2006
WaveStrength Trader subscribers have closed four gains in a row!
12/12/2006A Lot of 'Splaining to Do
Pre-election smears implying that the Clinton administration's attitude toward the gathering of intelligence to keep the nation safe was not all it was cracked up to be appear to have been vastly overblown -- probably by the famous (and equally vast) right-wing conspiracy.
12/12/2006Could Phelps Dodge Fetch a Higher Bid?
Keep an eye on Phelps Dodge. The company's proposed merger with Freeport-McMoRan may not...
12/11/2006The Fed's Holiday Cheer - Trading Tactics for December 11, 2006
Here's something you haven’t heard in quite a while...
12/11/2006The Search for Food Safety - Market Trends for December 11, 2006
I've been covering the news on foodborne pathogens ever since the mid-August outbreak of E. coli in spinach across the nation.
12/11/2006The Fed is watching - Macro Outlook for December 11, 2006
Tomorrow... The Fed... Nothing.
12/11/2006Rock bottom and hard places: Hope for U.S. real estate?
If you believe the PR machine of the National Association of Realtors, the U.S. housing slump is over.
12/11/2006One stock Morgan Stanley, Merrill, and Etrade don't want you to know about
One stock Morgan Stanley, Merrill, and Etrade don't want you to know about
12/11/2006The Dawn of the "PCTV?"
At some point in the last eighteen months or so, technology finally caught up...
12/8/2006What's next for Apple
What's next for Apple
12/8/2006BreakAway Hotline
ACGY, CRL, and MTCT update
12/8/2006Oil & Gas Price Variance - Trading Tactics for December 8, 2006
We have an interesting situation with oil and natural gas prices.
12/8/2006WaveStrength Material Profits for December 8, 2006
Yesterday, during a break in the work day, a coworker sent around an "inspirational" website.
12/8/2006Shanghai Noon
The Labor Department today reported that the U.S. economy had added 132,000 new jobs in the previous month.
12/8/2006The Kings of Capitalism
The quote itself seemed harmless enough. "The quality of Ford's assets is alright...
12/7/2006I'm so excited, I just can't hide it
I'm so excited, I just can't hide it
12/7/2006WaveStrength Material Profits for December 7, 2006
Yesterday, I told you about the Gold-to-Oil ratio...
12/7/2006WaveStrength Market Trends for December 7, 2006
For the third day in a row, the Russell 2000 Index (RUT)...
12/7/2006WaveStrength Macro Outlook for December 7, 2006
The latest brawl between the bulls and the bears...
12/7/2006The Totalitarian Tango
Venezuelan President Hugo "El Comandante" Chavez was reelected for a second six-year term last Sunday.
12/7/2006Street Banks Almost Rocked to the Core
In a case that would've rocked the core of Wall Street banks...
12/6/2006The next Google
The next Google
12/6/2006WaveStrength Trading Tactics for December 6, 2006
This broad-based rate drop provided yet another lift to the housing sector.
12/6/2006WaveStrength Material Profits for December 6, 2006
Have you seen this little turnaround in oil prices lately?
12/6/2006WaveStrength Macro Outlook for December 6, 2006
All sorts of interesting stuff in today's Dow chart.
12/6/2006More good news for stocks
Positive economic numbers point to a continuation of the current boom....
12/6/2006The Art of Ridiculousness
My head is spinning. Wall Street and retail investors...
12/5/2006WaveStrength Material Profits for December 5, 2006
I called gold at $650 by the end of the year.
12/5/2006WaveStrength Market Trends for December 5, 2006
It's been quite a week for mergers and acquisitions and we're only two days in.
12/5/2006What goes up too far too fast, tends to fall hard....
The resurgence of merger and acquisition (M&A) activity, falling oil (which once again tumbled under $62 on weakening demand). and a temporary lack of truly troubling economic news is offering some much-needed relief after last week's ISM-fuelled sell-off.
12/5/2006Not A Cloud In Sight...
In late November 2006, shares of AIG were grossly overbought. Technically, once...
12/4/2006WaveStrength Trading Tactics for December 4, 2006
I hope all our WaveStrength Option Weekly members are thrilled with the performance of their Pfizer January 27.5 Puts (PFE MY).
12/4/2006WaveStrength Market Trends for December 4, 2006
The December market has two things going for it: a Santa Claus rally and the beginning of the January Effect...
12/4/2006WaveStrength Macro Outlook for December 4, 2006
Last week we read that building fell for a record seventh consecutive month.
12/4/2006Anatomy of a fraud
In the middle of November, Adam Lass and Bryan Bottarelli recommended that readers of their new WOW buy puts against to pharma potentate Pfizer (PFE: NYSE).
12/4/2006Merger Mania
The merger wave continues on Wall Street with Bank of New York agreeing...
12/1/2006WaveStrength Material Profits for December 1, 2006
December is off to a snowy start, at least in the Midwest.
12/1/2006WaveStrength Market Trends for December 1, 2006
One of my favorite stocks has been bumping along again...
12/1/2006WaveStrength Trading Tactics for December 1, 2006
A day like today is a perfect example why Adam and I are adamant that everyone own a protective downside hedge position.
12/1/2006The meaning of grills
"They're called grills," my oldest son informed me as we pulled away from the drive-up counter of the local Golden Arches.
12/1/2006Listen to the Market
Years ago I worked for a man who taught me most of what I...
11/30/2006WaveStrength Material Profits for November 30, 2006
The latest update has just been released by the Energy Information Administration...
11/30/2006WaveStrength Market Trends for November 30, 2006
My original thesis still stands... retail investment will dry up...
11/30/2006WaveStrength Macro Outlook for November 30, 2006
Yesterday I warned you that we might already be in a recession...
11/30/2006Midlife crisis? What midlife crisis?
When men hit a certain age, they're supposed to go a bit off kilter.
11/30/2006Bewildered by Rumors
Rumors not only exasperate companies, but also desperate traders looking for a quick buck...
11/29/2006WaveStrength Macro Outlook for November 29, 2006
Normally, when I see headlines that misrepresent the situation, I am only mildly annoyed.
11/29/2006WaveStrength Market Trends for November 29, 2006
The Swiss stock market has been on a tear recently...
11/29/2006Not as bad as they wanted you to believe
U.S. GDP growth for a particular quarter is announced and the talking heads are falling all over themselves with apocalyptic visions of U.S. economic decline.
11/29/2006Could Microsoft Buy Rediff.com? Not Likely.
Leveraged buyout rumors are a dime a dozen these days...
11/28/2006WaveStrength Trading Tactics for November 28, 2006
I was asked by the Taipan Financial News Network to prepare today's "Chart of the Day."
11/28/2006WaveStrength Material Profits for November 28, 2006
Let's see how our favorite energy recommendations are doing.
11/28/2006WaveStrength Macro Outlook for November 28, 2006
I told you it was coming, and I told you that the market would hate it.
11/28/2006Much Ado About Nothing
The dollar once again has slipped against the euro and the yen.
11/28/2006War of the Game Consoles
Sony is driving me nuts! Here's a company with one of the hottest new products of 2006...
11/27/2006WaveStrength Trading Tactics for November 27, 2006
Adam and I have been discussing it for months - and it could finally be here.
11/27/2006WaveStrength Market Trends for November 27, 2006
What a worrisome day for American stocks!
11/27/2006Tradition
Thanksgiving's turkey carcass was barely cold when I saw a neighbor drag a Christmas tree into his house this weekend.
11/27/2006Shopping-Signals
For the past several years, I have always gone to a huge, higher-end mall...
11/22/2006Holiday migration
You learn about great migrations in history class at school.
11/22/2006WaveStrength Trading Tactics for November 22, 2006
On the first trading day of the 2006 calendar year, shares of General Motors Corp. (GM:NYSE) traded...
11/22/2006WaveStrength Market Trends for November 22, 2006
Not only do retailers expect a boost from holiday sales...
11/22/2006WaveStrength Macro Outlook for November 22, 2006
No, I don't mean literally. Figuratively, however, Team Bush...
11/22/2006Standing in the Valley of the Shadow of Death...
When a billionaire like Carl Icahn discloses a stake in a company...
11/22/2006WaveStrength Trading Tactics for November 21, 2006
As I mentioned this morning in Radar, Google (GOOG:NASDAQ) and Nordstrom (JWN:NYSE) were two of the top stocks in focus today.
11/22/2006WaveStrength Material Profits for November 21, 2006
I told folks in Radar this morning that an unprecedented event would be taking place tomorrow.
11/22/2006WaveStrength Market Trends for November 21, 2006
Today the Retail Service HOLDRs (RTH:NYSE) dropped to its 50-day Moving Average
11/21/2006Outlook for real estate
At TaipanFinancialNews.com, we are looking for this reversal of policy to happen in spring.
11/21/2006The Key to China's Growth
Driving in the daily grind of bumper-to-bumper traffic is enough to...
11/20/2006WaveStrength Market Trends for November 20, 2006
Retail's leading indicator isn't same-store sales over the last six months, recent earnings, or...
11/20/2006WaveStrength Trading Tactics for November 20, 2006
Here's a strategy for ya...
11/20/2006WaveStrength Macro Outlook for November 20, 2006
Once, back in the middle of the last century, I came across a hand-drawn cartoon...
11/20/2006WaveStrength Material Profits for November 20, 2006
National gasoline prices were up last week to an average $2.23 per gallon. But oil prices fell during the same time.
11/20/2006Geek power
Who says video games are the death of an active youth?
11/20/2006OPEC is talking again; Should we be listening?
Here we go again. The 11-member oil cartel, known as OPEC, is talking...
11/17/2006WaveStrength Material Profits for November 17, 2006
Oil's significant two-day drop has taken prices to lows not seen since before Hurricanes Katrina and Rita ravaged the Gulf Coast.
11/17/2006WaveStrength Market Trends for November 17, 2006
Retail is being smacked down before the holiday season.
11/17/2006Soft Landing in Site?
The message from the two inflation gauges reported this week...
11/17/2006Location, location, location
The eurozone's trade deficit with China and Japan soared in the first eight months of 2006
11/16/2006WaveStrength Market Trends for November 16, 2006
Another new high? Yes, another new high...
11/16/2006WaveStrength Material Profits for November 16, 2006
Of course, such unbelievable growth should be suspect...
11/16/2006WaveStrength Macro Outlook for November 16, 2006
One of the guys who helped me wrap my mind around this business when I was just starting out had a series of rules...
11/16/2006The Winner of the Year
If there has been an all-round winner for the year 2006, don't look for him anywhere near North America.
11/16/2006Persisent Problems Likely to Strip Sony of Market Share
The biggest product in Sony's history, with a high-speed Cell microprocessor...
11/15/2006WaveStrength Macro Outlook for November 15, 2006
The minutes from October's two-day Fed meeting came out today, and I, for one, smell a rat.
11/15/2006WaveStrength Market Trends for November 15, 2006
"I have noticed you haven't had much to say about the Nasdaq-100 (QQQQ)...
11/15/2006Plane spotting
Traveling in the age of globalism -- especially business travel -- is a lackluster and unattractive affair.
11/15/2006WaveStrength Radar for November 15, 2006
Tremendous Upside!
11/15/2006Flying High?
Word on the street this morning is that USAir is buying Delta...
11/14/2006WaveStrength Trading Tactics for November 14, 2006
Another late-session jump has pumped some volatility into an otherwise flat trading day.
11/14/2006WaveStrength Material Profits for November 14, 2006
OII's edge is that the company is leveraged to deepwater and subsea projects.
11/14/2006The Easiest Way to Make Any Money in Today's Marketplace
Buy when the herd is blind. Sell once they...
11/14/2006A sticky situation
November is among the months you might want to skip when planning a vacation in Germany
11/13/2006WaveStrength Trading Tactics for November 13, 2006
The economic calendar is chock full of upcoming releases starting tomorrow...
11/13/2006WaveStrength Material Profits for November 13, 2006
Today, I'd like to focus on a company whose fleet of 520 vessels provides services to the offshore energy industry...
11/13/2006WaveStrength Market Trends for November 13, 2006
Barron's is bullish on The New York Times Company (NYT:NYSE)...
11/13/2006WaveStrength Macro Outlook for November 13, 2006
I've got a new method for predicting oil prices...
11/13/2006Mutual funds are a sucker's bet
The only reason to invest in a mutual fund is to get a match from your company or a tax break from the government.
11/13/2006Nothing New: Democrats Make A Mess; Republicans Clean It Up
Now that the hangover has ended from last week's elections...
11/10/2006WaveStrength Trading Tactics for November 10, 2006
At the open of today's trading, I wrote in Radar about three positive developments coming out of the Blue Chip group
11/10/2006WaveStrength Market Trends for November 10, 2006
Ever since the 20th outbreak of E. coli ravished the country’s spinach population in September,
11/10/2006The China Choo-Choo Cha-Cha
Think of the worst commute you've ever had.
11/10/2006A Defense Opportunity?
The midterm elections earlier this week has brought selling pressure onto several sectors...
11/9/2006WaveStrength Material Profits for November 9, 2006
Before we get into my uranium forecast, I’d like to address a question from a Market Report reader about heating oil.
11/9/2006WaveStrength Market Trends for November 9, 2006
As I mentioned a few days ago, the free Market Report stock play on Advanta Corp. (ADVNA:NASDAQ) that I recommended to you earlier in the year...
11/9/2006WaveStrength Macro Outlook for November 09, 2006
Americans are not buying what Washington and Wall Street are selling. Buried amidst the avalanche of post-electoral factoids was a small nugget of knowledge...
11/9/2006Here's a problem that we won't hear about again
And that hand is solidly lodged in your pocket.
11/9/2006Gridlock is Good
The Dow is in historic territory, nailing an intra-day high of 12,168 on Tuesday...
11/8/2006WaveStrength Macro Outlook for November 08, 2006
Let's start with this report just in from Hollywood: Kevin "K-Fed" Federline has now been rechristened by the Internet gossip monster as "FedEx," as Britney kicks her ex-line dancer and ex-husband...
11/8/2006WaveStrength Trading Tactics for November 08, 2006
I said in this morning’s Radar the following...
11/8/2006Courage, Foresight, Profits
"Another one who keeps his wallet in his front pocket."
11/8/2006MS VOIP
While it's never been a secret that Microsoft has wanted to be involved...
11/7/2006WaveStrength Trading Tactics for November 07, 2006
A heated exchange just happened between WaveStrength founder Adam Lass and Taipan publisher Christoph Amberger...
11/7/2006WaveStrength Material Profits for November 07, 2006
Along with oil's slight loss, heating oil shed two-and-a-half cents today, dipping below $1.70 a gallon...
11/7/2006WaveStrength Market Trends for November 07, 2006
My father used to be a conventional man. He would never buy the ...
11/7/2006WaveStrength Trading Tactics for November 07, 2006
A heated exchange just happened between WaveStrength Founder Adam Lass and Taipan Financial News Publisher ...
11/7/2006WaveStrength Material Profits for November 07, 2006
Oil prices are trying to continue yesterday's rise, and OPEC is reiterating...
11/7/2006WaveStrength Market Trends for November 07, 2006
More good news for Taser International Inc. (TASR:NASDA...
11/7/2006Screams From the Grave... Ortega Win to Strengthen the "Confederation of Terrorist States"
Years before the naming of the Axis of Evil and 9/11, Ronald Reagan warned us...
11/6/2006WaveStrength Material Profits for November 06, 2006
You've all heard me talk about oil and energy for this whole year. And, of course, we've tangled with the gold gods a bit, ending the year with more ...
11/6/2006WaveStrength Market Trends for November 06, 2006
There's interesting news coming out today involving Google Inc. (GOOG:NASDAQ) and major print ...
11/6/2006WaveStrength Macro Outlook for November 06, 2006
Tomorrow is Election Day. My wife has asked me to exhort all you fine folks to get off your duffs and vote. Please: Nothing angers her more than low turnout, and you really shouldn’t anger her…
11/6/2006Material Profits
Saddam receives a death sentence for his guilty verdict of war crimes.
11/6/2006Trading Tactics
The financial media wants you