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Fundamental scan

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I was playing around with the MSN Deluxe Screener looking for potential stock picks. The list below features stocks with a market cap less than, or equal to annual reveneues; an average 5-yr dividend yield greater than 4%, and a return on equity of 17% or more: Olin Corp ( OLN ) looks pretty good with a steady dividend and regular increases to that dividend - it is also optionable, allowing for additional income by selling covered calls. Support at $15 - resistance at $25. Dollar-cost-averaging would be a good strategy here. Fallond

KIVA lender aka "Adorable Girl + Puppy" Combo

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Every visit you make to KIVA.org cycles a profile of a different lender. This lender profile takes the "Aaahhhhhh!" prize - all it needs is the soft focus around the edges and perhaps a Pony (or two!): P.S. If you are looking for a last minute Valentine's present you could go and buy a KIVA gift certificate . KIVA

Trade Ideas: CLP, MRO, MDT, HR, BXP, CBL, BVN, CMO

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Buyers stepped in after Monday failed to stir the bears nest. The Trade Ideas scan was bumping along nicely; 8 picks were selected inside 1 minute . Following on from that, the stocks I have selected for today (all of which made 20 appearances or more on the scan) were selected in a 4 minute period (versus the entire day yesterday). If you would like to try a full version of the Trade-Ideas software, follow this link for a free 7-day trial. Trade Ideas

Collective2: COSI out

This one was sold yesterday although the stock has managed a little bit of a comeback today. It is another nick in the returns and with the S&P performance up where my Collective2 portfolio stands, it is disappointing to see the market perform without me. The 750 share lot closed for a -$284 loss. It featured as a free site pick for January 11th . And it was added to the Collective2 portfolio for Feburary 1st . Only one pick remains in the portfolio, CMS . CMS Energy Corp first featured to newsletter subscribers for November 29th [$] and was a free pick for December 15th . It was added to the Collective2 portfolio for February 1st also. Collective2

January short-term performance

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Normally, I register the success or failure of my newsletter picks according to my assigned Stop and Target prices. For today's analysis I took the stock picks for January and tested performance according to a fixed (arbitary) risk threshold, aiming for a three:one reward for risk. I am looking at short term performance of these picks and a potential alternative trading strategy. As an introduction, January was a mixed month for the markets, and was a similar roller-coaster ride for my own newsletter picks. The free stock picks are down an average of -5.41% per trade to date, but the paid-for stocks[ $ ] provided to subscribers are up an average of +1.47% . It should be added, weak stocks will hit their exit point before good ones reach their targets. So early exits are heavily slanted towards losers - but even allowing for that, the free picks have done poorly. Taking the list of stocks provided for January ( n = 84 ; 30 of those stocks were available for free, 54 for membe

Trade Ideas: AWH, PPC, YUM, AHL, KED, RCC, MTB, TNC

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A relatively modest level of follow through to Friday's selling. Technicals were probably hit more with a few MACD trigger 'sell's compared to the absolute point loss on the day. Bulls still have plenty of wiggle room, so bears can't be popping the champagne. The Trade Ideas scan stayed on the bullish side of the fence (just), with 8 picks selected in 8 minutes . The following picks all managed to break the 20 appearance barrier over the course of the day (but did not necessarily belong to the 8 picks which covered my time analysis): If you would like to try a full version of the Trade-Ideas software, follow this link for a free 7-day trial. Trade Ideas

Stockcharts.com: Weekly review

Other than Friday's sell off there wasn't a whole lot to report about on the week. So, how did Friday change things? Joe Reed opened the bidding with this comment on his lead chart: Fri. 2-9 dr. joe's MARKET COMMENT: A Sell Off is Inevitable, but When? 143 trading days without a 2% dip is second only to a streak in 1953-54. Historically, on the Average, a BEAR Market occurs once in every FOUR YEARS. This BULL market started Oct. 2002, so on Oct. 2006 it was four years old. We're approximately four months past the average now. Recently, the price of oil increased from 50 to 60 and the stock market didn't even flinch. But the market is over-extended and the run of good luck is getting scarey to Wall Street. We have to stay bullish in a bull market, but 'Cautiously Bullish' is the proper term for now. He has a good chart for the S&P which looks to have been a John Murphy chart - but it is worth seeing: Joe has a good chart of his own for Crude Oil: along w

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