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Dr. Kris hails from the land o' lakes, beer, bratwurst, and Bucky Badger. She traded in her cheese hat for a propeller beanie and has never looked back. She has two degrees from MIT because one just wasn't enough. Her life goal was to figure out the universe and having done that (at least to her... More
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  • *Blue Plate Specials* - May 4
    Daily picks, pans, and market notes from StockMarketCookBook.com:


    Breaking Out to New Highs: AKRX, ANN, CAB, CFN, CGNX, CUR, EXBD, HG, HLF, MSON, OSTK, SAPE, SLXP, SNCR, SPRD, UNCA
    New Lows: AONE, BAX, CMO, E, EHTH, ESE, GILD, GSH, FORM, FTE, MON, NCTY, NOK, SLGN, SPWRA, SPWRB, TCL, TLCR, TMX, TSP
    Breaking Out: BIOD, CRXX, NTRI, RTK, VVUS
    Breaking down: BUCY, CAR, CKEC, CLF, DEER, DIN, FCX, GOOG, HOLX, LZ, MAN, PHMD, PKX, RDN, SI, TEF, WLK, WLT
    Low-priced Leaders: AEC, NR
    Darlings of the Day: H, VRX
    Zooming Up: LOOK, NBS
    Non-index ETFs & Fund Highs: Munis (MHN), Growth & Income (BHK, WIW)
    Sector Breakdowns: Telecom (VOX), Insurance (KIE), Materials (XLB), Internet (IAH, HHH)
    Commodity Breakdowns: Timber (CUT), Agribiz (MOO), Base mtls (DBB), Copper (JJC), Indust'l mtls (JJM), Mtls & Mining (XME), Nickel (JJN), Lead (LD), Palladium (PAL), Steel (SLX), Coal (KOL), Nuclear (NLR, PKN, NUCL), Cleantech (PZD, QCLN, PBW, PBD)
    Commodity Lows: Sugar (SGG), Wind energy (FAN, PWND)
    Currency Notes: US $ (UUP) jumps as other currencies break-down; Euro (FXE) hits new low
    Bonds: Long-term US treasuries jump (TLT, TLH)
    Market Notes: Who saw today coming? Market averages break thru major support as DTX clings to it (460); VIX jumps; Internet has been leading indicator and that is breaking down (see IAH, HHH charts)--time to batten down the hatches!

    Disclosure: No positions
    May 04 3:25 PM | Link | Comment!
  • *Blue Plate Specials* - May 3
    Daily picks, pans, and market notes from StockMarketCookBook.com:


    Breaking Out to New Highs: AEZ, ALK BEXP, BMJ, BTN, CLH, FRO, GIII, HAIN, HOVV, IDSA, INTU, IPGP, IDSA, ISPH, KDN, KOG, KYE, LXU, MCY, NLC, NR, OSG, SEH, SHFL, SVVS, TTC, VRX, WGL
    Breaking Out to new highs on lower volume: BYI, CBL, CBS, OWY, PXD, RCI, SMA, SSS, TGH, UXG
    New Lows: SRDX
    Breaking Out: ASF, CRXX, ELTK, HOKU, PFBC, RPTP, VSCP
    Breaking down: AUXL, BPT, CSE, FCX, HTZ, HIHR, MRT, QDEL, SCHN
    Low-priced Leaders: AIV, BEE, CLP, NXTM, PEI, PPS, YSI
    Speculative Leaders: ALXA, AMRN, CORT, LEI, SBSA
    Darlings of the Day: BKH, CXO, DTG, EQR, NVO, WBC, XEC
    Zooming Up: PWER
    Non-index ETFs & Funds: Munis (EVN), Growth & Income (NCV)
    Hot!: Public storage, REITs, Broadcasters, Oil & Gas Drillers
    Commodity & Sector Highs: Molybdenum (GMO), Global Carbon (GRN); Env. Svcs (EVX)
    Commodity Lows: Sugar (SGG)
    M&A: Airline giants CAL & UAUA agree to merge in stock swap deal, 1 CAL = 1.05 UAUA, Q4 close
    Market Notes: DTX knocking on recent high; higher +VWAP indicates increased market participation; VIX falls below 20-->all positive indicators of a renewed rally

    Disclosure: No positions
    May 03 3:03 PM | Link | Comment!
  • *Blue Plate Specials* - April 23
    Daily picks, pans, and market notes from StockMarketCookBook.com:


    Breaking Out to New Highs: ACTG, ARP, AXP, BHI, BJS, CAM, CMRG, CPHD, CTS, DECK, DOV, EFII, EMN, EP, ERIC, GBCI, GDI, HITT, IDXX, LF, LOCM, LSCC, MBTF, MDC, MGM, MWA, NGD, PPC, ROVI, RVBD, RYL, SHLD, SII, SLB, SNCR, SYK, SYMM, VICR, WAL
    Breaking Out to new highs on lower volume: ASH, CLR, ESS, FTI, MJN, SLG, WLK
    New Lows: CTC
    Breaking Out: AFOP, CACB, CBKN, CPSI, CXN, DIGA, FMAR, FTK, MBHI, ONP, PFBC, PHHM, PPD, PSBC, STEC, STSA, SUSS, UWBK, WDC
    Breaking down: ALGN, AMSG, AVID, CKH, HA, HUB.B, INFA, STM, SYNT, TASR
    Low-priced Leaders: AGM, AIV, CHCI, GRNB, BTN, IHG, MEAS, SNWL
    Speculative Leaders: SBSA, SPRT
    Darlings of the Day: BRE, GIL, MTB, ROP, SIRO, SKX, XEC
    Zooming Up: APPY, HAST, HBAN, HOV
    Non-index ETFs & Funds: Munis (EVN), Growth & Income (NCV)
    Hot!: !!!Regional Banks & Thrifts!!!
    Pooping out: Educators
    Commodity Highs: Water (PHO, FIW), Timber (CUT), Oil drillers (XES), Oil (OIH), Oil & Gas Exp. (XOP, IEO), Energy (XLE, PXI)
    Commodity Lows: Sugar (SGG)
    Sector Highs: Homebuilders (XHB), Regional Banks (KRE), Insurance (KIE), Internet (IAH), REITs (VNQ)
    M&A: SHS board reverses decision and rejects previous upped offer of $14 per share, stock jumps to $17.80
    Market Notes: Major indexes bumping up against recent highs; moderately bullish internals bodes well for rally continuation

    **Check out my new daily portfolios based on the Blue Plate Specials on my website**


    Disclosure: No positions
    Apr 23 2:56 PM | Link | Comment!
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  • Intraday support/resistance: $SPX 1664/1673, $DTX 650.25/656.75, $DJIA 15300/15390, Nasdaq 3485/3510, $RUT 994.5/1001.5; $VIX 12.8/13.3
    about 19 hours ago
  • Greece continues to melt up: Country etf $GREK +5%, Nat'l Bank of Greece $NBG +20% on heavy volume. Both mentioned here several days ago.
    4 days ago
  • Intraday support/resistance: $SPX 1652.5/1660.5, $DTX 647.5/654.5, $DJIA 15235/15315, Nasdaq 3473/3489, $RUT 987/996; $VIX 12.05/12.95
    4 days ago
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