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Today before the opening bell, the Aristocrat Group announced that it is exploring high-profile sponsorship opportunities in professional sports as part of its big promotional push planned for the upcoming release of RWB Ultra-Premium Handcrafted Vodka."Sporting events have long been a... More »

PIP has fallen sharply from highs of $2.20 made in May. The price is now back near a strong support level at $1.49 and has taken on some buying pressure so far this week, which should put it on the radar of technical traders for the support to hold and price to potentially climb again.To view... More »

Nutra Pharma, a biotech company developing treatments for Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN), and pain, reports that marketing and distribution company New Vitality has launched a test radio campaign to gauge the market acceptance of NPHC's... More »

As you all know, every trader and investor in the world is waiting for the Ben Bernanke press conference this afternoon. Will Mr. Bernanke hint that a cut in quantitative easing is underway? The answer is who cares what he says. As traders we simply want to react to the price action. If the... More »

At 2:00 PM EST, the Federal Reserve bank will publish its FOMC statement and update its economic forecasts for the United States. A half hour later, Mr. Bernanke will hold a press conference, including a question-answer session with economic reporters as the FED wraps up its two-day FOMC... More »

From Bespoke:Below is a chart showing the number of analysts covering Apple on a historical basis since 2000. As shown, back in 2000, just a handful of analysts were covering the stock, but now that number has ballooned to... More »

Wednesday, June 19, 2013: As we write this, the markets are waiting for the latest Fed pronouncements. The BDC sector (as measured by the movement of the UBS Exchange Traded Note with the ticker BDCS) is down -3.7% from the May 21 high, when all the credit markets became spooked about the... More »

The chart below measures the percentage of high relative strength stocks that are trading above their 50-day moving average (universe of mid and large cap stocks.) As of 6/18/13.(click to enlarge)The 10-day moving average of this indicator is 72% and the one-day reading is 82%.

I am hosting my 3rd webinar on Marketfy on Thursday:Trash or Treasure: How To Trade Stocks With Big DropsA stock drops 15%, hopefully one that you don't own. Is it a buy? How can you tell? Alan Brochstein of the Analytical Trader likes to analyze these opportunities from both a fundamental and... More »