The Day Ahead: Fruits of Organic Research

It's take-no-mercy time for yours truly. Retail earnings are acting all wave-on-the-shoreline-like. I put a hole in my balsa-wood-constructed Ikea office desk yesterday after whopping it up when TJX (TJX) reversed intra-session.

There is a broader market to watch carefully (no more covering only 50 retail companies and scribbling a newsletter). But I can proudly proclaim that organic research is still being done. To me, organic research occurs when those teensy-weensy thoughts that emerge from countless hours of burning the midnight oil transform into investable themes for choosing stocks. In close to 10 years paying homage to the stock market and EDGARS, I have no clue how this research is mentally formed -- it literally just appears....570 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.

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