Shippers Get an End-of-Year Bounce

DryShips Amid scarce trading, shipping stocks are finding buyers on the last day of the year ... strategist at Flyonthewall.com. “It’s a trading play they’re anticipating here.” Shares of Dryships ... get that January bounce,” says William Lefkowitz, chief options strategist at vFinance Investments [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 19:20:00

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Investment Made Easy

Back in October, Warren Buffett, the Oracle of Omaha, ... were fearful. That was the time to start investing in stocks, he said. Prices might fall farther, Mr ... my advice from October on what to do..."Here's one idea: SPY is an American Stock Exchange-traded fund [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 14:07:00

Nasdaq Market Wrap - 5 Jan 2009

Support at 1150 for the emini nasdaq (@nq). The Index is testing the resistance at 1250. Many are betting on a failed breakout ... conditions remain pretty weak for the moment. Very interesting, most stocks are trading above their 50-day ... Radarscreen to display:- range of the past 20 trading sessions (%);- % from the lowest close [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 01:57:00

business opportunity to consider

Watching the evening news right now and I can’t help but feel sad with all the negative news that they feature, ... who are keeping their faith to their businesses, it is better to get themselves into stock options trading [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 15:39:42

Sterling Shoes Income Fund P/E and P/B

A few more stocks came up on my screener today:Sterling Shoes Income Fund (SSI.UN)http://finance.google.ca/finance?q=ssi ... their growth for 2009. The stock is basically paying out 40 cents per 1.54 (last day) closing per year of yield. Amazingly this stock is ridiculously cheap trading at a P/E of 2.83.Be warned though retail [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 03:54:00

Earnings on Tap this Week

Earnings season does not really begin in earnest until NEXT week but the first wave is hitting this week ... . That said, we hold a few commodity stocks on the "reflation" trade and any day oil, or the Baltic Dry Index rise HAL9000 and friends drive up commodity stocks as if the world economy will turn any [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 12:30:07

Day Trading Training - What Makes The Pros So Good?

by Sam Lockwood Day trading can be an amazing way to make good money, or an amazingly stressful occupation. No matter what some may say, it’s not an easy ride. You have to put some serious work into it. Day trading stocks and commodities is really a highly lucrative job [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 17:03:55

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 6/1

HCM City stocks fall on sluggish trading The VN-Index slid 1.43 points, or 0.46 percent, to close at 311.91 on Jan. 5 as trading remained sluggish ... were net buyers of 710,000 shares in Jan. 5’s trading, with a net value of 26.3 billion VND (1.5 ... to securities investors as share prices have slumped deeply. Meanwhile, gold and foreign currency markets [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 11:11:00

Satyam Accounting Scandal Erodes Confidence in India

The accounting scandal that caused Satyam Computer Services Ltd ... , which then halted trading in the stock. Just six weeks after Franklin Templeton Investments’ Mark ... horrifying magnitude.” The Securities & Exchange Board of India ordered a probe into trading [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 04:50:09

Studies show increased consumer interest in a variety of sports betting market areas

“I’m excited about the future possibilities in our sports betting industry,” said manager Sakamoto Bollacker, ... market will slow acquisition down, stocks will continue to trade hands. News of possible lay-offs ... leadership last year.” “I’m doubtful of a fast turnaround,” said Mechelle Mcevers, a commodities [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 05:01:01

Oil. It’s Still Not Cheap.

You call this cheap? Even after its summer swoon, oil is still expensive by every medium- or long-term measure, ... or rallies. Tom Bentz, a commodity broker at BNP Paribas in New York, has been involved in the oil ... posing a threat to the broader economy. The trading of both energy and consumer stocks seems [more...]

Date: 2008-08-13 16:04:00

WalMart’s warning leaves option investors in a flurry

Today’s tickers: WMT, SHLD, WFC, SGR, ELN & SAP WMT – WalMart Stores Inc ... strike. In trading that suggests some stock holders might be thanking their lucky stars for today’ ... had been okay for the holiday season with its “layaway” strategy at Kmart working well in keeping sales [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 07:33:40

Option players bet on extended gains in DryShips

Technorati Tags: Baltic Dry Index,Baltic Dry Indices,Ship Chartering,Shipchartering,Voyage Fixtures,Time Charter Fixtures,Panamax,Capesize,Handymax, ... may be returning, said Andrew Wilkinson, senior market analyst at Interactive Brokers Group ... . DryShips shares rose 8.79 percent to $16.46 on the Nasdaq in late trade. The stock earlier hit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 01:02:00

India's Enron

The head of Indian outsourcing company Satyam Computer Services resigned on Wednesday, ... 80 percent.India's biggest corporate scandal in memory threatens future foreign investment flows ... 7.3 percent and the Indian rupee fell.The New York Stock Exchange halted trading in Satyam's shares [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 02:14:00

Google: Will European Weakness Dent Q3 Results?

Google (GOOG) may have a new problem: a weakening advertising environment in Europe ... worrying that “cyclical headwinds are starting to have an impact on online advertising in the mature ... be more pronounced” in Western Europe. He says that with the stock trading at 19x 2009 EPS estimates [more...]

Date: 2008-09-26 15:14:33

1,000

November 14, 2008 in history and current events, tdih | by ari On this day in 1972, the Dow Jones industrial average closed above the 1, ... surrounding the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange. This was the traditional visual signal ... in the air and drifted down like confetti. Said another broker, “There’s a sort of renewed confidence [more...]

Date: 2008-11-15 04:25:17

Why agri-commodity policies need a revamp

As a result of the downturn in commodity prices across the world, and the easing of supply constraints on most commodities because of good domestic production, there is hardly any incentive for over-stocking by trade or bulk consumers of agri-commodities. Also [more...]

Date: 2008-09-02 17:37:36

Just “Bail Out” Freakin’ Everybody!

Battered E*Trade banking on government funds Fri Nov 21, 2008 By Jonathan Spicer NEW YORK (Reuters) - The troubles at E*Trade Financial Corp (ETFC.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) have worsened and now hinge on whether it can secure ... of the discount brokerage tumbled below $1 to its lowest price ever this week, indicating that investors [more...]

Date: 2008-11-23 00:55:58

The mob is my broker: Cake launching crowdsourced stock fund

The stock tracking and community site Cake Financial is getting some interesting new features, including its first branded financial instrument, ... to be comfortable with. If you're a Cake member and you link it to your stock trading accounts, it combines [more...]

Date: 2008-08-28 22:19:00

How To Make A Killing In The Forex Capital Markets

You probably won't find many investors claiming that any investment opportunity is easy, even for the Forex capital markets which are ruled by the same rules and regulations that are structuring the other sorts of investments out there, be it equity, futures and stocks trading [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 17:47:54

Why Is Our Economy In A Recession?

Daily Market Commentary for November 12, 2008 from Millennium-Traders.Com Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr ... the trading session at 8,282.66 NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) triple digit loss of 313.67 points to end the trading session at 5,320.70 National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 22:24:24

Free Stuff for Stock Traders

You may think that resources for stock market traders are expensive ... Store icon, then the Search icon, type in 'Stock', and click Search. Free Trading Magazine A free subscription to SFO Magazine is available, which covers stocks, futures, options, forex and ETF's [more...]

Date: 2008-10-02 07:16:35

Troy Resources headsup: this could be the day to buy

Last night's action is not included in the TRY.ax line. Let's see how things progress (after all, gold just popped $15) ... the current forex calculation is factored in (C$1=A$1.18), this points to a Canadian dollar price of C$0.85. The Canadian stock does tend to trade slightly above the Australian, so perhaps a price of $0.88 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 14:38:00

The Ship - RMS Treasuries

Today’s guest blogger is Tony D’Altorio, an analyst for Oxbury Research. Tony’s credentials include over 20 years as a stock broker and trading supervisor. Today, Tony tells a tale about the shifting market seas and how we look to captians to guide us through turbulent [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 10:00:05

Wall Street signals quiet start to 2009

(AP:NEW YORK) Wall Street expected to start the new year with quiet trading Friday. Stock futures showed little direction as most investors appeared to be waiting until Monday to begin 2009 trading in earnest. The final session of a holiday-shortened week follows a terrible year [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 15:02:53

FOREX ADVANTAGES

by singapore trader reports have you ever given any considered to trading FX, which is as well noted as currency, forex, or foreign exchange? ... time tool for customers with an interest in the trading of stocks, indices and commodities [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 19:42:25

Auto bailout fails. What a mess.

The deal died in the Senate, so Wall Street's likely to take a dive.The failure of Senate talks on a $14 billion deal to rescue the U.S ... Yasutoshi Nagai, chief economist at Daiwa Securities SMBC in Tokyo. U.S. stock futures were lower in screen trade with Dow Jones Industrial Average futures down 320 points; spreadbetting firms in Europe [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 00:09:45

Stocks in Europe, Asia Decline, Led by Banks; U.S. Futures Fall

By Adam Haigh Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) — Stocks in Europe and Asia declined for a second day, ... analysts who study charts of trading patterns. Stocks in Europe and futures on the S&P 500 recouped ... led by commodity producers and financial companies on concern the deepening recession will erode [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 13:44:57

Global Payments Dip After Trimming 2009 Profit Guidance (GPN)

Global Payments (GPN) announced late Tuesday that second quarter profits rose to $48.9 million, or 60 cents per share, up 28 percent from $38 ... , when the stock was trading at $47.41. Shares were down nearly 30% in 2008. The company does have technical support in the $25-28 price area. If the stock can begin to consolidate here, the company would [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 16:44:00

You Have to Start Forex Trading

It's EasyIf you feel the idea of trading on the stock market is intimidating, you're not alone ... at their craft.2. You Can Do it from HomeIf you're interested in getting involved in forex trading ... this is an option). [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 19:50:00

Making Sense of the Current Market Weakness

I'm going to postpone my first "Introduction to Trading" post to offer a bit of perspective on the current market weakness ... equity put option volume exceed equity call option volume on a multi-day basis ... of stocks trading above their 20-day moving averages at levels normally seen at bottoms. Fear [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 11:43:36

Is only free speech sacred?

Christopher Hitchens is most engaging when he’s showing indignation, ... not blush to tell me that the network was obliterating its very stock-in-trade (newsworthy pictures [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 16:51:28

Stock Views on Tech Mahindra, Tata Steel, Reliance Industries, Jindal Saw

Emkay Global on Tech Mahindra - Target Rs 320Emkay Global Financial Services has maintained its buy rating on Tech Mahindra with a target of Rs 320 ... 27.2 billion. Reported PAT of Rs 47 billion includes forex loss of Rs 4 billion. Net sales increased ... its expansions at Jamshedpur and Orissa because these are high return projects. The stock trades [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 02:37:00

With Oil?s Surge, Renewed Buying in Energy

Oil’s rapid rebound has re-ignited interest in the energy sector, ... . The Oil Service Holdrs ETF was up nearly 16% since that date headed into Tuesday’s trading, while ... stocks were holding their gains even as crude oil ended the day down 11 cents to $48.70 a barrel. “ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 10:42:00

Constitution

Daily Market Commentary for December 12, 2008 from Millennium-Traders ... of America announced late yesterday they intend to cut up to 35,000 jobs over the next three years ... U.S. stock indices ended the trading session on the world markets as well as the emerging markets [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 22:57:56

US stocks stumble on job report

Unemployment surges to sixteen year highSadness continued to grip Wall Street since the start of FY 2009 and stocks registered good losses during the ... . Trading volumes during the week remained quite low due the start of the week but picked up later.There ... that day, the Dow Jones industrial average ended lower by 143 points at 8,599, the Nasdaq [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 04:10:00

Opening Comments October 9 2008

Prices of Treasury securities registered bifurcated results in the overnight trading session ... percent to 1.50 percent. Trading in the futures markets indicates that US stocks will open with sharp ... yesterday and only alluded to it there. When the trading day begins I will develop some follow [more...]

Date: 2008-10-09 10:54:23

Palm Gets $100 Million for Fight Against Apple, BlackBerry

Elevation Partners’ investor Roger McNamee is a long-haired, Silicon Valley rocker, ... s stake in Palm to 39%.) Elevation knows Palm is under increasing pressure, what with a stock price trading at less than $3, its Treo and Centro lines aging quietly in store bins, and investors balking [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 13:10:00

Volume in Futures and the Stock Market

My approach to trading is based on the objective evaluation of the "Energies" in the markets ... in every trade - for example, you can't use volume to trade the spot Forex market since it doesn't ... in electronic format for home study (previously only taught in my live seminars). Please leave [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 20:29:08

How I Banked 55% on $STKL in 2 Days!

This trade today on STKL really couldn’t have gone any better. I banked 55% on this in just 2 trading sessions as i alerted Black Service members to go long ... of trading and the stock closed at 2.45 at its high of day. Forward earnings are strong [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 22:38:38

Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings

Stock-Net presents custom stock ratings, powered by Caprock Analytics ... on energy trading activities focused on buying and selling futures contracts and other derivative instruments based on the commodities it produces. The Company has four principal subsidiaries [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 13:03:08

InformedTrades.com

Warren Buffet had recently said that now is the time to scoop up some cheap stocks! ... management to forex trading to seminars from expert traders. Anything you can think of regarding [more...]

Date: 2008-11-05 21:13:00

MCX gets nod to begin stock exchange operations

After launching carbon trading and currency futures, the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) ... , has spot and futures trading in 60 commodities with a focus on energy basket and metals. It launched ... Nations mandate. This can be sold either immediately or through a futures market, just like any other [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 06:17:49

How is Forex Trading Different?

How is Forex Trading weird? Now, whereas of self-confident regulatory changes that occurred in the behind ’90’s and the explosion of apartment ... (FOREX) settled trading stocks or commodities (futures), including liquidity, leverage, costs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 15:00:49

Peer to Peer Lending Explained

Online Stock Trading - Cut Out the Bank Get a Loan From IndividualsIn these difficult economic times where credit is being well and truly crunched, many people are seeking alternative sources [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 14:44:38

Some Opening Comments November 6 2008

Prices of Treasury coupon securities are posting mostly muffled gains in overnight trading ... fell 4 percent. In Europe stocks have fallen between 3 percent and 4 percent. Stock futures ... percent and the yield on the Long Bond is unchanged at 4.18 percent. The 2year/10 year spread is 237 [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 12:58:29

Forex Report- The Advantages of Trading Forex

by singapore trader reports have you ever given any considered to trading FX, which is as well noted as currency, forex, or foreign exchange? ... is a real time tool for customers with an interest in the trading of stocks, indices and commodities [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 15:48:59

Daily Tidbits: Delicious gets some 'intelligent' competition

ZigTag, a social bookmarking tool that has been in the works for years, has finally launched to the public ... with Young Money to power YoungMoney.com's "Stock Market Game." According to UpDown.com, its trading platform ... footage schedule Monday for those who wish to view the event online. According to the organization, New [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 17:28:00

It’s Hard to Be a Hedge Fund

Jay Miller reports: Hedge funds had a rough July as bets on rising commodity prices and falling financial stocks failed to pan out, ... . The trade has been a favorite of traders for some time. High oil prices and troubles in the U.S. banking [more...]

Date: 2008-08-12 08:34:00

2009 Top Stocks: A Bull with Growing Horns

In trading earlier this week, several water companies got off to a great start. Midway through trading on Monday, Northwest Pipe (NASDAQ: NWPX), Layne Christensen (NASDAQ: LAYN), Gorman Rupp (AMEX: GRC), and Badger Meter (NYSE: BMI) were all showing sizable chunks of green.Yet other water industry stalwarts, like Consolidated Water ( [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 08:10:00

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