ONE-TWENTY TWO: Trading Financial Markets
Exploring the poetry in financial markets for students of money and economy since the year 2000.
Throughout Amazon.com’s near 3-month downtrend, I have pointed out several bearish set-ups and confirmations on the stock in blog posts and tweets. On Tuesday, Amazon.com (AMZN) started the new year by finally breaking away from the downtrend. Today, AMZN lacked follow-through and put the breakout on tenuous ground. I remain bearish on AMZN but prefer … Read more
This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on December 16, 2011. Click here to read the entire piece.) Research In Motion (RIMM) has dropped to prices last seen in 2004, yet management has not yet seen fit to buy a single share under its latest stock repurchase authorization. According … Read more
This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on December 15, 2011. Click here to read the entire piece.) On December 2nd, the U.S. and China got another step closer to a trade war over solar energy. In “China Rejects U.S. Panel Ruling That Solar Imports Harm Industry“, Bloomberg reported … Read more
This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on December 14, 2011. Click here to read the entire piece.) In a day when debt has become a four-letter word and leverage has become a noose, it may seem odd that Cabot Microelectronics Corporation (CCMP), a supplier of chemical mechanical planarization … Read more
This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on December 9, 2011. Click here to read the entire piece.) Juniper Networks (JNPR) is suddenly plunging again. In three days, JNPR has lost 17% and is retesting November’s lows. Source: FreeStockCharts.com Over this same period, rival Cisco Systems (CSCO) has essentially … Read more