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  • Earnings Painting A Prettier Picture? by MyHappyTrading.com
    The market was in a nervous mood this morning, as jobless claims unexpectedly rose.  In addition, the dollar surged and was pressuring stocks.  Two days ago, we cashed out our gains and went to mostly cash.  Yesterday, in our Trading Room, I cautioned our members after the... More »
    December 17, 2009 ATI, RTI, RIMM
  • Fitch Puts Steel Makers on Ratings Watch; NUE Shows Us Why. by David White
    Yesterday Fitch put the steel makers on earnings watch. Fitch is predicting that the demand for steel will increase “modestly” over the next 18 months. This should allow steel makers to raise steel prices “modestly”. However, the prices of the input materials will also... More »
    December 17, 2009 AKS, X, STLD
  • A Comparison of Western Hemisphere Steel Makers by David White
    Lately Steel Makers have been on a tear. Last week the laggards were far outperforming the more fundamentally sound, more highly performing steel makers of this year. That is usually the sign that a rally is getting long in the tooth. Cramer interviewed NUE CEO DiMicco Friday. Cramer tried to... More »
    December 13, 2009 X, GGB, AKS
  • Q3 Earnings Quality: Dual Cash-Flow and Accrual Evaluation by Jason Merriam
    As earnings season begins in earnest we expect to see a wide variety of hits and misses. Alcoa, one of the biggies, got the show rolling with a “beat” on their Q3 numbers.  However, CEO Klaus Kleinfeld made it clear that cost-cutting and other actions contributed... More »
    October 10, 2009 LNN, RIMM, IBM
  • Titanium Metals (TIE) Turnaround by Hans Wagner
    Titanium Metals (TIE) is poised to rebound after experiencing a near meltdown caused by the recession and significant delays by Boeing in development of their 787 Dreamliner. Deliveries of other aircraft will increase the demand for titanium for the next five years. In July 2009, The... More »
    September 22, 2009 TIE, BA, RTI
  • 50 Four Day September Expiration Option Ideas by Marco Hickey
    With the September options expiration approaching us in just 4 days, I thought I would outline some trade ideas on stocks I wouldn't mind going long (with the exception of AIG), that would return good percentages in just 4 days. When using the buy/write option strategy, it is important that you... More »
    September 15, 2009 SPY, DIA, QQQQ
  • Looking For Out-of-Favor Stocks by Davy Bui
    One of the perks of being a certified Seeking Alpha contributor is access to various research tools like Zacks.com. Zacks is an investment research service primarily oriented toward momentum and growth investing so their recommended stocks tend to be closer to 52-week highs than to the lows.... More »
    September 9, 2009 ARKR, ARLP, ATI
  • 20 Option Straddle Ideas for High Beta Stocks & Expected Volatility by Marco Hickey
    As stated in Friday's blog post, the Volatility Index (VIX) is below 25 which shows signs of the market stabilizing, however I still believe this market could sell off. Usually as the market sells off the Volatility index increase as the amount of put options surge. However, the market could... More »
    July 20, 2009 LVS, DNDN, MGM
  • Looking For Solid, Growing Companies In A Recession by Davy Bui
    In dedication to my recent posts on value investing vs. trading strategies, I decided to focus this week's screen to the market's favorite word: growth. Specifically, the criteria used was positive revenue growth for the next fiscal year. Of course, this does not translate to earnings growth but... More »
    June 29, 2009 AAON, ACN, ARO
  • Market Dives To Open The Week! by MyHappyTrading.com
    Right at the open, the market was hit with disappointing news from the World Bank that the global economy may be weaker than it had previously predicted.  Within the first 1/2 hour, the Dow stumbled more than 100 points!  Commodity sectors continued to slump.  Energy and... More »
    June 22, 2009 APA, DVN, HES

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