February 6, 2012

Super Bowl XLVI From A Stock Trader’s Perspective

Super Bowl

Greetings, First a big congratulations to the NY Giants for their come from behind, 21 - 17  victory over the Patriots on Sunday. As I watched the game I had the thought to write about it from a traders point of view, so I took note of the game and here is what we came up with. Hope you enjoy the article and maybe even find a trade you like. There is no doubt the Super Bowl is big business with ad time on NBC Sports biggest day running at $3.5 mil. for a 30 second hit.  I … [Read more...]

The Mining Industry Risks vs Rewards, 6 Stocks Leading This Group Higher

Mine

Greetings, Last week we talked about the price action we saw on silver and called a "strong buy" on SLV . I am writing to you here again today after a week that saw gold & silver advance 5% on better than average weekly volume, today we will take a closer look at the mining industry. The mining sector as a whole has started the new year with a 13% advance and many of the stocks we will talk about today are leaders in this industry group. We know that we can always get a better … [Read more...]

Silver Prices, A Closer Look At This Precious Metal

silver

Greetings, We have recently received several emails from traders asking about silver and if now may be a good time to enter a trade, so today we will take a closer look at this metal from a trader and investor point of view. Silver has been a hot commodity over the last several years and since 2008 has traded from below $10 a ounce to almost $50 in April 2011, since then however silver has been in a correction as it digests a 3 year, 400% move in price. In May of 2011 and again in … [Read more...]

Carnival Cruise Lines Tragic Accident and A Possible Trade Idea

Cruise ship

Greetings,  By now we have all heard of the tragic accident of the Costa Cruise Line and its parent company Carnival Cruises (CCL) last trade $29.60,  down 13.6% on Seven times the average daily volume. The loss of life and the lawsuits that will follow combined with what may be a total loss of the $650 million dollar ship will leave this company with some stiff headwinds going forward as they try to start over with one less ship and perhaps a brand name that is slightly … [Read more...]

Stock Market Earnings Preview For The Week of January 16th

earnings-season

Greetings, After the first full week of the new year and a higher volume distribution day in the markets on Friday after weak earnings from J P Morgan (JPM) we still found ourselves with gains for the week. As we enter the coming week that will see earnings reports start to pick up we are holding 2.5% gains on the S&P 500 and 4% gains on the NASDAQ for the calendar year 2012. Lets take a look at some of the companies due to release earnings this week and highlight what … [Read more...]

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