Regular Joe Trader

Saturday, June 20. 2009

Funemployment Buzz

I would like you to enjoy the article I found on CNBC describing all the new buzz words created during the latest recession/depression. Remember, it’s a recession when your neighbor loses his job, but a depression when you lose your’s.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/31323286

Posted by

Marty

in Current Events at 16:17

Saturday, June 13. 2009

Interesting week in the markets

Interesting week in the market.

The S&P 500 tried ( several times ) and falled to break the magic 950 mark. If this happen look for 1000 on the S&P. if not 925 should hold.
Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) new iPhone announcment came and went with little fan fare in the stock. We think the stock will pull back to the $130 range before regaining upward momentum
Is Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) going to buy Palm (NASDAQ:PALM)? We think so which will drive the stock higher in the future but with the run up the stock has had we expect a pull back in the short term. We like the new pre’
RIMM (NASDAQ:RIMM) was upgraded this week and we expect the stock to continue to move up until their earnings annoucement in a couple of weeks
Keep an eye on the back which are rich with cash. Going higher

That’s all for now

Robert

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Posted by

Robert

in Trends at 20:58

Wednesday, May 6. 2009

Stress Test

Is the stress test valuable or just a waste of time?

(Reuters) - U.S. officials on Wednesday laid out capital buffer targets and other conditions for the 19 largest U.S. banks that have been stress tested against a hypothetical sharp downturn in the economy. Read More ...

(TheStreet.com) - I don't know who's controlling the information these days, but the findings, or at least the alleged findings, of these government stress tests has been handled about as sloppily as anything I can remember. Read More ...

(TheStreet.com) - Despite the heavy news coverage of rumored results and fretting among analysts and the public, the government stress test results expected to be unveiled Thursday are not likely to tell investors anything they didn't already know. Read More ...

Posted by

Marty

in Current Events, Trends at 21:20

The Numbers Don’t Lie: Why Investors Are Warming up To ETFs

As investors become better educated and aware of the vast array of investment tools they have at their disposal, exchange traded funds (ETFs) continue to be a popular choice.

How to Get Over ETF Pitfalls

Exchange traded funds (ETFs) are a great versatile tool for all types of investors and offer many advantages that no other investment tool does, but there are things to be mindful of.

Market Psychology and Technical Analysis

The goal for any investor or trader is to buy when price is low and sell when price is high, but as anyone who has ever traded will know, consistently executing trades in this manner is a difficult task. The majority of traditional investors concentrate on fundamentalanalysis to make their trading decisions (analyzing financial reports, economic data etc...), and while this manner of analysis can do well during extended bull markets, during bear markets or times of high volatility (i.e. 2008-2009) this type of analysis often leads to poor results.