ONE-TWENTY TWO: Trading Financial Markets
Exploring the poetry in financial markets for students of money and economy since the year 2000.
Research In Motion (RIMM) will change into BlackBerry (BBRY) on Monday, February 4, 2013. It is a change in name that is likely long overdue. I thought I would celebrate by writing a quick chart review that is also long overdue. I have not written about RIMM, uh BBRY, for almost a year. At the … Read more
It is time for Apple (AAPL) earnings again, but this time around I did not have a chance to update my price-based analysis. Last time around (October 25, 2012), AAPL dropped a mere 0.9% post-earnings after bouncing off the 200DMA for the first re-test since November, 2011. The stock eventually proceeded to continue a strong … Read more
This is a chart review I should have written during the day Monday or at least Monday night. The drama could not be much higher immediately ahead of January earnings, and the stock is throwing up important trading signals. Apple (AAPL) gapped down on Monday morning and closed with a 3.5% loss on very heavy … Read more
I have made two cases for sticking with Marvell Technology (MRVL). On December 19, 2012, I wrote “Marvell Technology Continues Fighting Its Downtrend By Increasing Stock Repurchases” suggesting that the time was drawing near for a payoff on all the billions MRVL has spent buying back its shares. I liked the buybacks combined with a … Read more
(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on December 27, 2012. Click here to read the entire piece.) Note to self: next time when analyzing a stock in a downtrend as a potential value play, check for major pending litigation. {snip}…investors got an awful belated Christmas gift in the … Read more