Comments on Jim Van Meerten's articles RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.com/author/jim-van-meerten/articles http://seekingalpha.com/article/173409-can-two-good-weeks-constitute-a-rally?source=feed#comment-761033 761033 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:11:44 -0500
Both the economy and the stock market are at interesting points marked by uncertainty about future direction in the near to middle term. The economy has stabilized after the narrow avoidance of a deep deflationary collapse during the October 2008 to March 2009 period but the quality of the underpinnings of both that stability and the future near term potential for further improvement is questioned, with cause, in many quarters, while others, with justification, can point to improving trends, particularly outside North America. Many of the economic problems that set the stage for the meltdown crisis of October of 2008 remain to be addressed let alone resolved but the governments and central banks give every indication of their determination to maintain vigourous fiscal and monetary stimulus measures for as long as needed to give time for reform and recovery.

Turning to the stock market, the back-story for most investors is as much their losses and experience of deep unease and loss of control of 2008 as their gains since March of 2009. After a spectacular eight month surge in the stock market, the usual euphoria of investors and consequent overbought market conditions following such a surge are decidedly absent now.

In short, these are unprecedented times and it is premature to assume that a bull market has begun as the foundation of a bull market can not rest only on continuing stimulus measures, signs that an anemic economic recovery may have begun and the fact that significant potential investor money remains on the sidelines. On the other hand it can be reasonably argued that the relief rally since March of this years has legs, will likely continue for a couple of months and may morph into something better.
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Even I have felt is important to pare my gains last Thursday. If you want to catch the top in a market run up, be prepared for the sell-off.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/173409-can-two-good-weeks-constitute-a-rally?source=feed#comment-760804 760804 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:46:54 -0500
1) There seems to be a shift from higherbeta names to the large cap multinationals which have lagged the market

2) peopel who would normally take gains are being held back because waiting will help defer taxes on large gains another 12 months]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/168701-nxt-nutritionals-looks-like-a-sweet-deal?source=feed#comment-760233 760233 Timothy, > > I agree that NXTH has been manipulated and Jim was probably not aware > of it, just like many of us. Anyway he warned us about it. In order > to have a good working pump&dump, manipulators need to select > a company with some potential. That is why so many people promote > it.]]> Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:52:33 -0500

On Nov 13 07:05 PM RayVal wrote:

> Timothy,
>
> I agree that NXTH has been manipulated and Jim was probably not aware
> of it, just like many of us. Anyway he warned us about it. In order
> to have a good working pump&dump, manipulators need to select
> a company with some potential. That is why so many people promote
> it.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/168701-nxt-nutritionals-looks-like-a-sweet-deal?source=feed#comment-760217 760217 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:29:57 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/168701-nxt-nutritionals-looks-like-a-sweet-deal?source=feed#comment-759501 759501 Timothy, > > I agree that NXTH has been manipulated and Jim was probably not aware > of it, just like many of us. Anyway he warned us about it. In order > to have a good working pump&dump, manipulators need to select > a company with some potential. That is why so many people promote > it.]]> Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:11:58 -0500

On Nov 13 07:05 PM RayVal wrote:

> Timothy,
>
> I agree that NXTH has been manipulated and Jim was probably not aware
> of it, just like many of us. Anyway he warned us about it. In order
> to have a good working pump&dump, manipulators need to select
> a company with some potential. That is why so many people promote
> it.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/168701-nxt-nutritionals-looks-like-a-sweet-deal?source=feed#comment-759494 759494 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:05:16 -0500
I agree that NXTH has been manipulated and Jim was probably not aware of it, just like many of us. Anyway he warned us about it. In order to have a good working pump&dump, manipulators need to select a company with some potential. That is why so many people promote it.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/168701-nxt-nutritionals-looks-like-a-sweet-deal?source=feed#comment-758624 758624 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:58:05 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/168701-nxt-nutritionals-looks-like-a-sweet-deal?source=feed#comment-758159 758159 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:53:42 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/172083-it-s-the-subprime-fiasco-all-over-again?source=feed#comment-753971 753971 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:10:30 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/172083-it-s-the-subprime-fiasco-all-over-again?source=feed#comment-753962 753962 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:05:28 -0500 ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/168701-nxt-nutritionals-looks-like-a-sweet-deal?source=feed#comment-753245 753245 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:40:01 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/172083-it-s-the-subprime-fiasco-all-over-again?source=feed#comment-751737 751737 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:43:19 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/172083-it-s-the-subprime-fiasco-all-over-again?source=feed#comment-750924 750924 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:43:21 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/172083-it-s-the-subprime-fiasco-all-over-again?source=feed#comment-750869 750869 In the long run, we are all made serfs.]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:07:20 -0500

On Nov 08 10:12 AM athena wrote:

> In the long run, we are all made serfs.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/172083-it-s-the-subprime-fiasco-all-over-again?source=feed#comment-750703 750703 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:12:13 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/168701-nxt-nutritionals-looks-like-a-sweet-deal?source=feed#comment-736530 736530 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:35:10 -0400
Another speculative play that I like is Sirius XM. It's selling for about .50 a share. I believe most of their suffering is a direct result of the new car sales slump. I look for them to rebound nicely in the first quarter of 2010.



]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/168701-nxt-nutritionals-looks-like-a-sweet-deal?source=feed#comment-736517 736517 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:21:56 -0400
I doubled up on NXTH and enjoyed the immediate comeback]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/168701-nxt-nutritionals-looks-like-a-sweet-deal?source=feed#comment-736511 736511 Has anyone got any idea on why the wide swing price action recently? They announced a 2 for 1 split and got hammered]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:16:30 -0400

On Oct 28 04:00 PM Jim Van Meerten wrote:

> Has anyone got any idea on why the wide swing price action recently?

They announced a 2 for 1 split and got hammered]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/168701-nxt-nutritionals-looks-like-a-sweet-deal?source=feed#comment-734417 734417 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:00:12 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/168701-nxt-nutritionals-looks-like-a-sweet-deal?source=feed#comment-734372 734372 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:17:05 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/168701-nxt-nutritionals-looks-like-a-sweet-deal?source=feed#comment-734167 734167 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:54:19 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/168701-nxt-nutritionals-looks-like-a-sweet-deal?source=feed#comment-732782 732782 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:41:28 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/168701-nxt-nutritionals-looks-like-a-sweet-deal?source=feed#comment-732691 732691 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:38:59 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/168701-nxt-nutritionals-looks-like-a-sweet-deal?source=feed#comment-732626 732626 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:01:11 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/168701-nxt-nutritionals-looks-like-a-sweet-deal?source=feed#comment-730386 730386 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:13:15 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/168701-nxt-nutritionals-looks-like-a-sweet-deal?source=feed#comment-729747 729747 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:59:48 -0400
John Mylant
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]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/168586-economic-roller-coaster-may-have-reached-bottom?source=feed#comment-728768 728768 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:24:14 -0400
When the public gets sick and tired of allowing its governments to spend good money after bad I don't think you will see the roller coaster rise to new heights. It will probably make a weak top and move lower.
]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/168586-economic-roller-coaster-may-have-reached-bottom?source=feed#comment-728630 728630 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:46:34 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/168586-economic-roller-coaster-may-have-reached-bottom?source=feed#comment-728603 728603 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:09:15 -0400 Those that don't take lessons from history are bound to repeat the same mistakes. Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome each time is a definition of insanity. ]]>