Trading Through the Fickleness in Chipotle Mexican Grill

(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on March 22, 2016. Click here to read the entire piece.) Last week, March 17, 2016, Jefferies analyst Andy Barish downgraded Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) to a sell from neutral and cut his price target from $390 to $360. {snip} Source: FreeStockCharts.com … Read more

Portfolio Manager Stays Firmly Bullish On Memorial Production Partners

Source: Nightly Business Report Portfolio manager Gregg Abella of Investment Partners Asset Management was placed in the uncomfortable position of having to explain these picks he recommended almost nine months ago. His over-weighting in oil really hurt. Abella is also the analyst who brought Memorial Production Partners (MEMP) to my attention. It was a pick … Read more

Intercept Pharmaceuticals Loses More Momentum As Morgan Stanley Weighs

Morgan Stanley (MS) initiated coverage on Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ICPT) with an underweight rating. The negativity weighed on the stock for a 7.9% loss that sent the stock below critical support at its 200-day moving average (DMA). Source: FreeStockCharts.com Morgan was VERY emphatic about its “out of consensus” call on ICPT. As reported by Investors.com: … Read more

Charts to Trade: HDP, ISRG, FTNT, BOX, WIX

This is a quick post on five charts that caught my eye on Tuesday, May 19th. All charts annotated at and downloaded from FreeStockCharts.com. Hortonworks, Inc. (HDP) has struggled to make a good post-IPO impression. The first earnings report underwhelmed and led to a fresh all-time low. The last earnings report was initially well-received and … Read more

Apple Trading Model – Post-Watch Technical Update

Apple (APPL) has officially announced the launch of its latest product, the iWatch. Source: Yahoo! Finance Source: Apple.com This makes a great juncture to provide a quick technical update on Apple and update the classification trees for the Apple Trading Model (ATM). For those of you who are new to the ATM, please read up … Read more