Archive | January, 2008

Momentum Rotation or Short-Covering? Regional Bank Holdrs (RKH)

‘Trader talk’ on CNBC during the midday report with Bob Pisani focused on a major rotation that he has been seeing the last two days. He pointed out that the banking stocks are the momentum trader’s play du jour. One of the best ways to take a look at this sector is via the [...]
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And for some comic relief…

the parody video Tom Cruise WANTS you to see! on FunnyOrDie.com Check out Jerry O’Connell’s send-up of the Tom Cruise’s video.
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Stocks to Watch for Wednesday

The stock scan conducted after the close on Tuesday found 8 winners and 230 losers. Our scan criteria incorporates price movement, range and liquidity (500,000 shares on the day, 20-day average of 1.5 million). They are ranked and sorted by performance against the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ 100 indexes, from best to [...]
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The Wisdom of Ken Binmore

We’ve discussed looking at price as a function of Justin Mamis’ Sentiment Cycle. In a nutshell, his description of the pitfalls of investing dovetails with landmark findings of behavioral finance. Those who want to go that extra mile in trading or poker should explore the world of game theory. Check out Game [...]
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Dear Client (or why we did nothing)

All I could do was shake my head when I received the following “hand holding” email yesterday from an asset manager friend. Wouldn’t the clients be better off if their investment manager spent their time hedging the portfolio instead of writing letters? Market Commentary and Outlook Since the beginning of the year the global stock markets [...]
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Here we go again…

Yep, it’s true. It will be full moon at 8:35AM tomorrow.
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Stocks to Watch for Tuesday

The stock scan conducted after the close on Friday found 8 winners and 107 losers. Our scan criteria incorporates price movement, range and liquidity (500,000 shares on the day, 20-day average of 1.5 million). They are ranked and sorted by performance against the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ 100 indexes, from best to [...]
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Desperately Seeking… Answers

Both Trader Mike and Barry Ritholtz reported a big spike in traffic to their blogs over the past few days. We’ve experienced the same thing. What are people looking for? Answers? Well, if that is the case, then I have to invoke the Justin Mamis response: by the time you know the “why”, [...]
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