Archive | October, 2008
Unsolicited Advice
By Teresa Lo · 2008.10.28 · 5:17 PM · Comments { 0 } · Recent Articles
Many of my younger quant friends went dark yesterday. Very dark. I wanted to send them an email but decided against it, so I’ll say it right here instead, sort of like Jennifer Aniston going to the water’s edge to scream:
FROM THE MOMENT A PERSON ALLOWS THE LEVEL OF THE MARKET OR [...]
Observations and Market Sentiment
By Teresa Lo · 2008.10.28 · 5:03 PM · Comments { 0 } · Recent Articles
What a day! Our Dow Death Clock expired just after noon Eastern, and the market never looked back. We owe JG a standing ovation. Bravo!
We said to members yesterday:
The InVivo Objective Sentiment Survey
We mentioned on the weekend that there appears to be a divergence setting up in that the NASDAQ 100 Index made [...]
Observations and Market Sentiment
By Teresa Lo · 2008.10.28 · 4:59 PM · Comments { 2 } · Recent Articles
What a day! Our Dow Death Clock expired just after noon Eastern, and the market never looked back. We owe JG a standing ovation. Bravo!
We said to members yesterday:
The InVivo Objective Sentiment Survey
We mentioned on the weekend that there appears to be a divergence setting up in that the NASDAQ 100 Index made [...]
Trading Ideas for Wednesday
By Teresa Lo · 2008.10.28 · 4:43 PM · Comments { 0 } · Recent Articles
The stock scan conducted after the close on Tuesday found 1 winner and 53 losers. In case you missed it over the weekend, our weekly ETF Rankings are now online.
Using The Scan
The stock scan is designed to find stocks that are currently in play; criteria includes price movement, range and liquidity (500,000 shares on [...]
Value Play or Value Trap? DE, CAT, BUCY & JOYG
By Teresa Lo · 2008.10.28 · 3:13 PM · Comments { 0 } · Recent Articles
In today’s article, we will review a couple of points that traders and investors must keep in mind while doing homework. We will use the construction and agriculture machinery industry and some of its constituent stocks as examples.
Best of Breed
The job of a stock picker is to find an industry with good future prospects. [...]
Value Play or Value Trap? DE, CAT, BUCY & JOYG
By Teresa Lo · 2008.10.28 · 3:09 PM · Comments { 0 } · Recent Articles
In today’s article, we will review a couple of points that traders and investors must keep in mind while doing homework. We will use the construction and agriculture machinery industry and some of its constituent stocks as examples.
Best of Breed
The job of a stock picker is to find an industry with good future prospects. [...]
The 50/200 Cross: NX
By Teresa Lo · 2008.10.28 · 11:03 AM · Comments { 0 } · Recent Articles
A stock scan performed after the close on Monday for “the cross” found one stock that might be instructive. There were no ‘golden crosses’ with today’s market action:
Quanex Building Products (NYSE:NX)
The 50/200 “Cross”
The thesis goes something like this: the up or “golden” cross (50-day MA moves above 200-day MA) is supposed to be bullish [...]
Observations and Market Sentiment
By Teresa Lo · 2008.10.27 · 5:17 PM · Comments { 0 } · Recent Articles
As we go to press, our Dow Death Clock has about 20 hours to go. We’ve seen two consecutive closes under the October 10 close, so all eyes are on this test of bottom. It’s almost hard to imagine that the 10/10 low will not be taken out, even if the test is ultimately [...]