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If this is the action we get on consolidation days, wow!

High beta tech was strong all day and when the market bounced they had a...

It's so silly to watch all of the dot-com names go higher, but I figure the buyers of LinkedIn, Zynga and Netflix will flip them as people come in...

Following up on another chip stock on a first retrace off a heavy volume

breakout, CRUS is doing that now. Alan had mentioned this one in...

At 1:11 PM heard "Facebook Now Looking At Valuation Of $75B-$100B." Chatter has increased as the company readies for its IPO filing next week....

I heard this morning that Dennis Gartman was once again "bullish of gold" (whatever that means).  Though apparently he is using euros to pay...

There is so much money on the sidelines that every decline has been met

with renewed buying from those who missed the rally.

Don'...

And BNP Paribas, and even Santander!! Hopefully Aunt Ethel doesn't end up screaming the words of Aunt Esther (Think Sanford and Son)- calling me a...

Excellent point by Robert on the impending Golden Cross. Please see today's article "A Rally Good Idea" on Real Money Pro for more on this Mark,...

For those interested chart readers, here's the S&P chart showing the impending golden cross.

When queried during his press conference regarding the punitively low rates that US savers were receiving on account of the Fed's ZIRP (zero...

I'm a buyer of Interactive Brokerage Group [IBKR] in the $15.20 range. IBKR beat estimates in their recently concluded quarter and pays a 2.6%...

Making its way out of the UK to be the talk of Davos is RBS CEO Stephen Hester's $1.5 million bonus in shares, on top of his $1.9 million salary...

At 9:50 AM heard "Brazil Foreign Min: Ready To Help Euro Zone Via IMF, But With Conditions." As European leaders continue to try to drum up...

I like the technical action here in First Solar.  The stock is coming off a nice base, the last few days have shown positive volume (...

Strong accumulation recently in this small-cap as it works on the right side of base. No earnings date yet, but it should be on or around Feb. 9....

The weakness in the DJIA off CVX mainly stands in stark contrast to the Russell and COMPQ. Usually the more speculative stuff runs right up until...

So far markets have been dancing around yesterday's low. Each time we've hit new highs in the $SPX we create a 3-5 day floor and then move higher...

After reading Robert Lang's observations this morning on the pending "golden cross" of the 50- and 200-day moving averages, I took a look at the...

Recently we talked about following the volume, the SINGLE BEST tell the market gives you as to money flows into stocks.  One play of late was...

URBN has rebounded from a recent low under $24 to $26.75 this morning.

If you bought near the low consider selling some June $28 calls...

At 8:13 AM heard "Baltic Dry Index Falls 3.6 Percent To 726 Points." As the leading industrial indicator remains at very low levels.

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There will be huge macro noise in the 2012 competitor numbers. I don't see

how they'll be big tells.

Seems to me like the exodus/...

Medical equipment maker Resmed, which specializes in sleep apnea treatment

products, posted quarterly EPS of $0.42 v. $0.37 YoY and...

Total Q4 revenue up 3.3% to $23.36 million. Same store sales up .9% at company owned stores, 5.3% at franchised stores. Remains an interesting...

Going to have to disagree with you on JC Penney. First, we will have

metrics to guage whether JC Penney is delivering on its hype as Kohl's...

That headline today is something, isn't it?

Please be reminded that as long as the Fed is practicing some form of buying in the market we...

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I would avoid adopting too strict a bias until prices are holding above 1319.50 or beneath 1308. My...

GDP a little light and some overseas rumbles is pressuring the futures this morning. Yesterday was a great day to take some profits as we had a...

Market pullback is just what we needed, but certainly didn't need GDP at 2.8% (expectation was 3%). Buying some E-minis here just below the 10 day...

The first thought that came to my mind when GDP came in lighter than expected was whether this is what caused the more dovish sounding Fed...

January the cruelest month for stocks? Perhaps for Mark Twain- and US equity investors- since 1999. The mean return (pun intended) over the past...

Within a matter of days the SPX 500 will experience a golden cross.  Haven't seen much chatter about it but suffice to say it is generally...

Another weak report from a for profit education company. Devry (DV)

reported a 90% drop in net income and declining enrollments. total...

The economy grew less than expected in Q4 at 2.8%. Why is this figure less than stellar? Because economist had forecast 3% growth during the...

Recent new issue InvenSense (INVN), with a market cap of $1 billion, reported strong earnings and sales growth last night with earnings up 117%...

Thursday's increased guidance for JC Penney (JCP) comes with a funny smell, for several reasons.

The new CEO Ron Johnson, formerly of the...

I am long shares of TGT, KSS and WAG.

See my feature article on why I would be a seller of JCP.

Discount retailers Kohl's [KSS] and Target [TGT] look healthier, have

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Who would have ever thought this giant, four-walled box that has

epitomized a boring place to shop for as long as we have been on the

Stocks slid on Thursday, hit with some profit-taking, led by financials, energy and telecom stocks. On the other hand, investors continued to pour...

Kohl's I think is getting hit today off the JC Penney news. JC

Penney's guidance implies it's going to be stealing some nice share

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Both Dolby [DLB], my featured write-up from this morning, and Kohl's [KSS]

are down over 2.5% for the day with no news to account for the...

Yesterday afternoon and early today almost everyone was chomping to 'get long' and increase market exposure at prices near 8-month highs.

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At the risk of mushing my negative view of the banks I would note that they do in fact look like a failure up there at 44 on the BKX. Now watch...

Anyone with a copy of today's Wall Street Journal should head over to the Op-Ed section and read Dave Malpass's article on the perils of distorted...

Some giddiness and excitement always brings out sellers!

Combine that with what I call a "push thru failure"  had me clean up some...

One really has to be in tune with the Under Armour story to understand why the stock is selling off today on the earnings news. It's not that the...

Out of NFLX weekly call spread at 7.45 (in at 3.2) Out of SNDK Mar 50 call at 1.45 (in at 3.4) Still in POT Feb 45 (considering rolling to Mar)...

For the second time this week I was able to buy shares I liked at a price below the official low for the day so far. POT was sold off early but...

Networking equipment names continue to trade well, including Riverbed Technology (RVBD) ahead of its earnings report after the close today....

With all forms of real assets surging due to worldwide money printing, it makes sense to me to be playing the commodity trading exchanges - CME...

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Equity futures have rebounded from their early-morning dip beneath 1318 (around 3:30 a.m. EST) and are currently...

There were no real surprises in Callaway's earnings release yesterday. The company exceeded revenue estimates by $1 million, and missed earnings...