Chart Review: priceline.com’s 2012 RoundTrip (and levels to watch)

Wednesday was a rough day for priceline.com (PCLN). The company significantly pulled back current quarter revenue and earnings guidance based on expectations for poor performance in Europe. Europe represents 60% of PCLN’s revenues. It is a wonder that Europe is only just now dragging down results. In fact, PCLN spent almost three months of this … Read more

A Better Way to Manage Overhead Bin Space On Airlines

(Adapted from the original post at The Thought Blog at Ahan Analytics, LLC) The stock for U.S. Airways (LCC) is flying high, currently trading at four and half year highs. This performance is much better than the Amex airline index (XAL) which remains over 20% below highs set in 2010. Source for charts: FreeStockCharts.com Clearly, … Read more

T2108 Update – March 16, 2012 (A Successful Change In Strategy)

(T2108 measures the percentage of stocks trading above their respective 40-day moving averages [DMAs]. To learn more about it, see my T2108 Resource Page. You can follow real-time T2108 commentary on twitter using the #T2108 hashtag. T2108-related trades and other trades are posted on twitter using the #120trade hashtag) T2108 Status: 63% VIX Status: 14.5% … Read more

T2108 Update – March 8, 2012 (Bullish comeback)

(T2108 measures the percentage of stocks trading above their respective 40-day moving averages [DMAs]. To learn more about it, see my T2108 Resource Page. You can follow real-time T2108 commentary on twitter using the #T2108 hashtag. T2108-related trades and other trades are posted on twitter using the #120trade hashtag) T2108 Status: 65% (up from 57%) … Read more

From Efficiency and Job Destruction to Innovation and Job Creation at Hertz

This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on December 13, 2011. Click here to read the entire piece.) In a healthy economy, job creation often accompanies job destruction. Resources freed in one economic activity get redirected to new sources of economic growth. This can happen when consumers take the … Read more