links for 2011-04-22

Gillard Says Japan, Australia to Cooperate on Clean Energy – Bloomberg The two countries reaffirmed their commitment to implement a free-trade agreement under negotiation since 2007, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said today in a speech in Tokyo. Gillard met yesterday with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan and promised Japan steady supplies of liquefied natural … Read more

The Federal Reserve C(Sh)ould Become a Target of the Oil and Gas Price Fraud Working Group

(The following news release is satire and reflects my own cynical interpretation of recent news events. But as they say, there is always some truth in humor.) On Thursday, Attorney General Eric Holder introduced the country to the Oil and Gas Price Fraud Working Group to “…focus specifically on fraud in the energy markets” by … Read more

Chart Review: Did Apple Already Start Its Next Sprint Higher?

This is a quick follow-up to my piece three days ago summarizing the pre-earnings technical outlook on Apple (“Apple Teeters On Critical Support Ahead of Earnings…and the Next Sprint Higher?“). I thought I would be writing this commentary AFTER earnings, but it seems Apple (AAPL) may have already started its next sprint to higher prices. … Read more

Despair Deep in the Silver Mines, Part Two – Another Opportunity to Buy PAAS

Excerpt from an article I published on Seeking Alpha. Click here to read the entire piece (embedded video only here): Five years ago, I wrote an article titled “Despair Deep In the Silver Mines” to describe the sympathy selling in silver miners that owned property in Bolivia after the government there declared it would nationalize … Read more

Chart Review: Apple Teeters On Critical Support Ahead of Earnings…and the Next Sprint Higher?

Apple (AAPL) investors have had it relatively easy since the late 2008/early 2009 lows. As long as they were not stopped out (or panicked out) of positions in the May, 2010 “flash crash”, patience has paid off. Every stumble in the stock has marked a mere pause in the persistent stair-wise step upward to ever … Read more