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Deflationary Forces Set to Push Market Lower

Posted 16 May 2012 — by Covestor
Category AAPL, ETFs, Investing, Market News, Stocks, TQQQ, Trading

By Beau Wolinsky

In April we saw the market reach an overbought level and took a short position in ProShares UltraPro QQQ (NASDAQ:TQQQ). The precipitous drop that followed was due to socialist election gains in both Greece and France, and we managed to identify the worst 5 day period for NASDAQ-100 (INDEXNASDAQ:NDX) stock indices with this trade.

We are expecting to close our position in TQQQ with one of our largest profits ever. While I’m disappointed in the annual performance of the Quantitative EFT model, my estimation of the average profit is about 8.5%, versus an average loss of 11%. The win percentage is also much higher in the backtest than the live results show. The overbought condition means that we expect the market to reverse to an oversold level, and that appears to be what has happened during the short in TQQQ through early May. Read More

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Here’s Why the Big Money Likes Stocks

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Posted 07 May 2012 — by Covestor
Category AAPL, ETFs, Financial, Investing, Market News, Misc. Financial Services, Sectors, Stocks, Technology, Trading, Utilities, XLU

By Charles Sizemore

Charles Sizemore

It’s that time of year again, dear reader. Twice per year, Barron’s does a survey of large professional money managers to get their outlook for the market (see “ Reason to Cheer “).

I get a lot of value out of reading the survey results, but not necessarily for the reasons you might think. This is a topic I first covered for MarketWatch late in 2011 (see “Big Money Looks Bullish“).

It generally pays to invest with the Big Money. After all, these are some of the best and brightest minds in the business, and they have the ability to move the market. But even professionals can succumb to herding behavior at times. When it appears that “everyone” is on the same side of a trade, surveys like these can be useful for crafting contrarian bets. Ideally, you like to see a general consensus among the Big Money but not quite unanimity. Read More

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Market Watch: Have Your Positions Hedged

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Posted 03 May 2012 — by Jeff Pierce
Category AAPL, Bonds, Commodities, Copper, ETFs, Investing, Market News, Stocks, Technical Analysis, Trading

By Jeff Pierce

The main theme here is were getting a lot of mixed signals on the markets. One of the market leaders Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) seems stuck in a bearish channel after blowing out earnings and yet I’m adding a lot of names to my momentum watchlist. Here are a few.

Copper which is a baraometer of health in the markets seems stuck at resistance suggesting the market is topping, but if it can break through that level then it would be blue skies for the markets. Read More

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Weekly Stock Watch: April 30th – May 4th

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Posted 29 Apr 2012 — by VFC's Stock House
Category AAPL, AMLN, AMRN, AMZN, BDSI, CCLR, CTSO, CVM, EXPE, FRX, Healthcare, HGSI, IMSC, IMUC, Investing, IRWD, JAZZ, KERX, Market News, MCD, MRK, NFLX, PCYC, PFE, PIMO, PIP, SGYP, SIGA, SPPI, Stocks, T, Technology, Trading, XOM

By VFC’s Stock House

Another strong week was recognized by the markets, with a slew of positive earnings reports boosting stocks higher every day and into the close on Friday.

The most notable report may have come from Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL). Although AAPL shares had slipped over the previous weeks, another strong round of earnings that again confirmed the company’s dominance in the tech arena quickly sent shares back to over the six hundred dollar mark.

Earnings for the quarter registered at a good two bucks over the general analyst consensus and the strength of the iPhone and tablet sales numbers was a fine demonstration of the continued spending of tech-hungry consumers, even while some argue that the economy has yet to gain full steam again or might be on the brink of another setback. Read More

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Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) Stores See 85M Visitors

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Posted 27 Apr 2012 — by Amy Gilroy
Category AAPL, Computer Hardware, Investing, Market News, Sectors, Stocks, Technology, Trading

By Amy Gilroy

Not all of the lack of retail floor traffic can be blamed on the web. A lot of that traffic has simply been diverted to Apple stores. The company said Tuesday its 363 stores around the world average 18,000 visitors a week. Read More

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Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) Makes Everything OK

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Posted 25 Apr 2012 — by Jeff Pierce
Category AAPL, Computer Hardware, Investing, Market News, Stocks, Technical Analysis, Technology, Trading

By Jeff Pierce

Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) rising earnings does not equate into a healthy US economy.

While today is not exactly the scenario I would have like to play out after Apple released earnings it’s just one more example of how delusional the market is in regards to what is considered reflective of a growing economy. The effect of this earnings report on the general markets is impressive and scary as you can’t eat iPads. You iPhone won’t stop the bank from foreclosing on your home. And while you can certainly go on LinkedIn with you Mac, it won’t land you a job. Add in the fact that the majority of Apple’s products are produced in other countries should illustrate the mirage that has been painted about Apple’s contribution to the US economy. Read More

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The Patent Wars Continue: Will The Selling Of Intellectual Property Be Enough To Save The Likes Of Research in Motion, Yahoo?

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Posted 24 Apr 2012 — by VFC's Stock House
Category AAPL, AOL, FB, GOOG, Investing, Market News, MSFT, RIMM, Sectors, Stocks, Technology, YHOO

By VFC’s Stock House

As the buyout offers for new technologies and drugs heats up in the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors, it’s the patent games — which have turned into all-out legal wars at times, that are heating up in the tech sector. While Facebook (FB) and Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) took to the courtrooms to battle over patents, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and AOL (NYSE:AOL) played nice and secured a billion dollar patent deal earlier this month, which now looks to have been just a preparatory move before negotiating a three team trade.

Microsoft already made news last week after a solid earnings report sparked a late-week rally, and on Monday morning the company announced that it will receive over half a billion dollars from Facebook as payments for roughly half of the patents that Microsoft acquired from AOL earlier in the month.

According to Monday’s press release, “As a result of today’s agreement, Facebook will obtain ownership of approximately 650 AOL patents and patent applications, plus a license to the AOL patents and applications that Microsoft will purchase and own. Read More

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Why the Law of Large Numbers Doesn’t Apply to Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL)

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Posted 23 Apr 2012 — by Covestor
Category AAPL, Computer Hardware, Investing, Market News, NTAP, QCOM, Stocks, Technology, Trading, WMT, XOM

By Amour Gefen

We have come a long way from the lows set in 2011. Job data continues to improve, and the European headlines continue to show commitment to a resolution. We cannot dismiss the fact that plenty of risk abounds to the recovery in Europe, but I believe the recent rally is warranted and the S&P still trades at a decent valuation to earnings.

Since there isn’t much to report on the macro front, I would like to focus on our investments and reflect on some of the decisions that were made earlier this year.

We went into greater detail on NetApp (NASDAQ:NTAP), Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM), and Apple (NASDAQ:APPL) a couple of months ago. I remain bullish on all these stocks and as of late February both QCOM and AAPL reported fantastic results. I want to focus on Apple. Read More

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Weekly Stock Watch: HGSI, CPST, AAPL, SBUX, GE, MCD, MSFT, SGYP, IRWD, GERN, ACTC, DIS, AMRN, TTNP, DNDN, IMUC, CTSO, SIGA, SPPI

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Posted 22 Apr 2012 — by VFC's Stock House
Category AAPL, ACTC, AMLN, AMRN, AMZN, BDSI, Biotechnology and Drugs, BMY, CPST, CTSO, DIS, DNDN, FCEL, GE, GERN, GSK, Healthcare, HGSI, ILMN, IMUC, Investing, IRWD, JPM, Major Drugs, Market News, MCD, MSFT, RHHBY, SBUX, Sectors, SGYP, SIGA, SPPI, Stocks, Trading, TTNP, XOM

By VFC’s Stock House

At the conclusion of each week, VFC’s Stock House examines some news items, stocks and stories that made headlines during the previous trading week, but may also make headlines or influence trends during the upcoming week as well. Although focusing intently on the biotech and healthcare sectors, due attention is also given to potential market-moving or game-changing companies in a broad variety of sectors and industries. The ‘Weekly Stock Watch’ will also introduce new companies for coverage and identify some stocks that may have entered ‘buy territory’.

Some solid earnings reports last week by a few key players made for an overall decent week for the markets last week, and with earnings again set to dominate the scene during the coming week, it’s likely that the markets will once again follow the results. Read More

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America’s Oil and Gas Boom is a Big Plus for Manufacturing

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Posted 19 Apr 2012 — by Covestor
Category AAPL, AMZN, APC, BRCM, BTU, CAM, CAT, CLF, CLR, CMI, DE, Economy, EMR, Energy, EOG, ETP, FCX, GEOI, Gold, HAL, HON, HP, Investing, KMP, LINE, Manufacturing, Market News, Metal Mining, MIND, Natural Gas, Oil, Oil and Gas - Integrated, Oil and Gas Operations, Oil Well Services and Equipment, SCCO, SDRL, Sectors, SLB, Stocks, Technology, Trading, UTX, VALE

By Ben Dickey

Last year’s markets were full of fear which prompted investors to forget fundamentals and pursue a “risk off” mentality. The market lurched between euphoria, when the European Central Bank had positive news, then swung to depression when one of the PIIGS (as in Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain) showed signs of economic trouble or domestic unrest. The result was a lot of volatility. The first quarter of this year has been “risk on” with the markets moving up. This was the best first quarter in many years for the major stock indices..

As a result, U.S. Treasuries sold off, with the yields approaching 2.25% on the 10 year note. The Federal Reserve is purchasing a large percentage of the Treasury debt, shielding the slowing of bids for our debt. It looks like the economy will approach 2 ½% growth for the first quarter. Oil prices have remained firm, with Brent crude prices still holding an abnormal premium to WTI prices.

There has been some disruption to oil shipments from some of the OPEC producers thus reducing the spare capacity left in the market. These disruptions exacerbate the prices in the futures market. Overall, the world is using about 90 million barrels of oil per day, with a speculated spare capacity of only two million barrels. Read More

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The Real Deal Behind Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) New Class of Stock

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Posted 18 Apr 2012 — by Covestor
Category AAPL, Business Services, Computer Services, CY, GOOG, Investing, Market News, MSFT, Semiconductors, Services, Software and Programming, Stocks, Technology, YHOO

By Barry Randall

Why did Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) just announce the issuance of a class of stock with NO voting power? Why do rock stars marry supermodels?

Because they can.

When Google went public eight years ago, they did so with a dual-class structure that helped preserve the founders’ voting control over the company. So this recent development came as no surprise. In fact, given Sergey Brin and Larry Page’s famous self-absorption (e.g., “Do no evil”), it would come as no surprise to one day learn of an Onion-esque development whereby Google announces a special “class D” stock, the ownership of which requires you to pay Google a quarterly dividend. Hey, don’t laugh: that’s effectively what short-term Treasury bill investors are doing with inflation at 2%-3%.

But, you know, we’re dealing with geniuses here. I mean, wouldn’t you pay for the right to be associated with them? Read More

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