http://www.inveslogic.com/popular/articles/trading Trading - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1108094?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 With all this talk today about limiting naked short selling for FNM, FRE, and primary dealers (dismiss the fact that it is already illegal to do for all stocks, making it ironic that the SEC is only now going to focus on a few), below we highlight ... Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:01:14 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1108094?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/deal-breaker/1108083?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 $$$ The Fed Limited Short-Selling Fannie, Freddie and Lehman. Will it work? [Deal Journal]$$$ John Devaney's yacht rechristened Espresso III [1-2]$$$ Are you a tattooed/goth/punk I-banker or stockbroker? [craigslist]$$$ The SEC Mandated Debate + P... Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:57:30 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/deal-breaker/1108083?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/deal-breaker/1107978?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 So what exactly does this emergency order that Chris Cox announced this afternoon? A lot of people are scratching their heads about the rule because most naked-short selling is already prohibited under the rules. Maybe Cox just thought the markets d... Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:24:49 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/deal-breaker/1107978?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/deal-breaker/1107979?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 The rumor monger witch hunt is on. Not only did Chris Cox announce that the Securities and Exchange Commission was, for the first time in its history, bringing actions against those who spread false rumors, the Wall Street Journal is now reporting th... Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:16:54 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/deal-breaker/1107979?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1107963?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) just saw a rather large surge in volume as per our report at Volume Spike (VSInvestor.com). We saw a surge in trading and price based...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and mor... Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:53:14 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1107963?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/daily-options-report/1107968?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 More unfounded rumor going on in LEH (hat tip Procol).Lehman Brothers denied market rumors that it is going to take a writedown related to subprime exposure. The rumor dented stock prices and spurred buying in Treasurys, traders said. The rumors rega... Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:18:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/daily-options-report/1107968?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1107868?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 Ever since the broad market indexes entered into bear market territory, I have been checking the dividend champions list for bargains. I came up with a list, using the follwoing screen criteria:1) Company has consistently increased dividends for more... Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:02:53 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1107868?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alpha-trends/1107813?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 The strong sell off in oil seems to be providing some temporary relief for equities and buyers are back with heavy volume which could support a short term turn. The trends are still clearly lower and it will take more strength above former levels of... Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:16:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alpha-trends/1107813?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1107880?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 Financial stocks are plunging right now: If Fannie (FNM) and Freddie (FRE) can be brought to their knees, then no bank is safe. And falling bank stocks are systemically very worrying: The equity cushion is an important part of the way in which banks ... Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:45:48 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1107880?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1107881?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 Lehman Brothers (LEH) is now trading at $12 a share, which is less than its asset-management business alone is worth. So at this point it makes perfect sense for CEO Dick Fuld to go private, sell off Neuberger Berman, and basically get the rest of t... Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:41:34 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1107881?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1107744?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 In his 1934 book Security Analysis, Benjamin Graham laid out the definition for investing versus speculating. In the 74 years since he and David Dodd penned the book, nothing in the definition has changed. That said, BPal asked a very interesting que... Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:43:09 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1107744?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1107745?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 So let it be written. So let it be done. PharaohThe Ten CommandmentsLabeling, such as equities are now in a bear market, seems to have taken on a meaning that transcends reasoning and analysis and has settled into the domain of dogma. In other w... Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:36:12 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1107745?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1107749?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 With a dividend yield hovering around 7% and a recent deal with Indian generic drug maker Ranbaxy to delay a copycat version of the world's best selling drug Lipitor (with $12.7 billion in 2007 sales) for over one year until late 2011, shares of Pfiz... Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:25:55 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1107749?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1107608?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 The Securities and Exchange Commission s actions in cases of illegal insider trading or stock manipulation are essential in improving market efficiency. The potential that informed parties such as corporate insiders, brokers, underwriters, large sh... Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:53:31 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1107608?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1107321?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 Ritchie brothers (RBA) is a great company. Does that automatically make it a buy? Absolutely not. Great company or not, in order to qualify as a buy for us, a company must be trading at a discount to its intrinsic value. In the last five years, the ... Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:12:27 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1107321?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/deal-breaker/1107206?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 As we predicted, the Securities and Exchange Commission has launched its investigation into Wall Street rumors. When you have the head of JP Morgan Chase and a prominent New York Times business columnist calling for an investigation, it's a pretty sa... Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:32:38 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/deal-breaker/1107206?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1107345?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 Preferred stock owners, especially financial preferreds, have seen share values evaporate over the last couple of weeks. Below we highlight the S&P Preferred Stock index going back to late 2003, along with a chart of its 50-day moving average sprea... Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:43:48 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1107345?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/carlfutia.com/1107105?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 I just bagged my e-minis at 1235 again. I was looking for a strong move into the close but instead the market has been trading sideways for the last 15 minutes.... Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:42:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/carlfutia.com/1107105?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1107347?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 While we're only nine days into the month, the second half of the year is starting off just like the first half, and unfortunately for the bulls, it's a bad one. The chart below shows the S&P 500's performance during the first 50 trading days of 20... Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:39:32 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1107347?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1107348?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 That nice round number Apple (AAPL) announced this morning - 1 million iPhone 3G units sold in the first three days - has obviously given pause to shareholders in other handset stocks. Shares of Motorola (MOT), Palm (PALM), Nokia (NOK) and Research I... Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:35:12 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1107348?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/carlfutia.com/1107107?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 Here is a short addendum to the last post which was a reply to Tom.I was trading S&P's back in 1987. I remember the crash very clearly. On Friday October 16 I told my clients that the worst was yet to come, but of course I did not anticipate the cras... Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:00:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/carlfutia.com/1107107?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1106830?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 Genentech Inc. (NYSE: DNA) is set to report earnings after the close of trading today. The largest biotech in the U.S. is expected to post $0.86 EPS on $3.23...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and mor... Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:37:49 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1106830?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/goldseek/1107449?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 Inflation is destroying fixed-income bonds. Stocks have tipped into a bear market, down more than one-fifth worldwide. Real estate suffers both over-supply and an historic shortage (too many units vs. no mortgage finance). And this is clearly no time... Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:00:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/goldseek/1107449?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/deal-breaker/1107216?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 After an initial surge this morning, shares of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have more or less returned to where they closed Friday afternoon. Shares of both companies rose on Friday after a report that the Federal Reserve would open it... Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:45:15 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/deal-breaker/1107216?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alchemy-of-trading/1106898?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 9:42 This is something that happened in March 2003 to end that bear market. I'll be watching for it, but not holding my breath because it could be a long way off... Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:40:53 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alchemy-of-trading/1106898?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/deal-book/1107204?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 The Securities and Exchange Commission announced on Sunday that it and other regulators would begin examining rumor-spreading intended to manipulate securities prices.The timing of the announcement, made before the markets opened in Asia, was meant t... Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:48:37 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/deal-book/1107204?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alpha-trends/1106905?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 begins this week and with options expiration on Friday it is almost certain to continue to be a very volatile trading environment. The charts below are of some of the more interesting (influential) companies due to report this week. Remember that n... Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:25:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alpha-trends/1106905?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/between-the-hedges/1106936?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 S&P 500 1,239.49 -1.85%* Click here for the Weekly Wrap by Briefing.com. *5-Day Change[[ This is only a summary. Visit Between the Hedges at http://hedgefundmgr.blogspot.com for full content. ]]... Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:58:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/between-the-hedges/1106936?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alchemy-of-trading/1106899?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 ... Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:46:09 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alchemy-of-trading/1106899?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alpha-trends/1106906?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 I counted my books on options and technical analysis this PM I have 37 of them (ranging from classics to a whole bunch of new ones). I can honestly say, after finishing your book this PM, it is by far the best book I own. Just a fantastic job .... Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:12:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alpha-trends/1106906?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alchemy-of-trading/1106900?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 Meredith Whitney of Oppenheimer got this Financial meltdown perfectly, as well or better than anyone I'm aware of, so some things occasionally come from the Street that are good.... so all credit to her.Otherwise this market has made goats out of s... Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:55:04 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alchemy-of-trading/1106900?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alpha-trends/1106909?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 and it looks like it can continue higher from these levels.One good looking stock is Royal Gold (RGLD) The inset on the daily chart shows the action of the last 10 days and buyers seem to have taken back control of the short term trend, the stock lo... Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:15:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alpha-trends/1106909?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cxo-advisory-group/1107172?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 S&P 500 operating earnings growth forecasts exhibit considerable (mostly downward) variability since October 2007.... Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cxo-advisory-group/1107172?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/daily-options-report/1107185?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 Don Fishback's on fire this week looking into the the lack of VIX pop.I didn t want to take too much time, and go overboard on the analysis. Which means I took some liberties with respect to the mathematics in trying to make things relatively simpl... Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:50:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/daily-options-report/1107185?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/daily-options-report/1107188?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 Pretty well known that all things financial have seen a volatility explosion the past month. Including the financial indices themselves. But what about the other end of the performance curve?Buzzed thru all sorts of volatility charts today with an em... Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:49:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/daily-options-report/1107188?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/carlfutia.com/1107115?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 Over the past couple of weeks I have been reading blogs, newspaper articles, market information sites, magazines, etc to get some sense of how market people view the sentiment picture in the stock market. I would summarize my findings by saying tha... Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:58:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/carlfutia.com/1107115?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/capital-spectator/1107103?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 Yesterday we profiled correlations; today, we update volatility.In preview, vol is up, which is to say that it's no longer down, as it was for several years previous. The bear market in volatility ended in late 2006/early 2007, as our chart below rem... Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:26:05 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/capital-spectator/1107103?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/market-watch-kevin-kerr/1106800?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 LONDON (MarketWatch) -- The European Parliament voted Tuesday to include airlines in their emissions trading rules, starting in 2012. The rule would impact airlines operating in the E.U., whether foreign or local. Ryanair Holdings, which along with m... Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:36:51 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/market-watch-kevin-kerr/1106800?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-trader-daily/1106517?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 UBS chip analyst Uche Orji has turned cautious on the memory sector. He says a recent rebound in DRAM ASPs is not likely to be sustainable, with slowing demand ahead, and increasing risk of some NAND capacity being flipped over to DRAM production. ... Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:49:57 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-trader-daily/1106517?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1106606?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 With every new market low, investors everywhere want to know if this low equals a bottom. In the past couple of weeks the S&P 500 has gone right through the 1280 line of support without (wait for it......) any sort of resistance! As we can see by t... Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:24:34 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1106606?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/trader-feed/1106562?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 Here are the equity curves for three traders over a 100 day period. Trader A (top chart) made money during the first half of the period, but gave it back in the second half. Trader B (middle chart) chopped around early, made money toward the middle... Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:32:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/trader-feed/1106562?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1106615?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 Tom Krisher has a good overview of the travails at General Motors, where the stock is trading at a 50-year low, battered by speculation that the company might end up declaring bankruptcy. Bankruptcy actually seems like a very good idea to me, since i... Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:23:21 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1106615?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1106627?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 European markets pursued a strategy of go ugly early this morning, with major indices gapping down and most trading more than 2% off of yesterday's closing level. The reason, of course, was yesterday's frankly bizarre price action in the SPX, which... Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:45:53 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1106627?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/zacks-equity-research-analyst-blog/1106751?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 With the stock discounting most of the adverse developments and trading at a historically low valuation level, Universal Technical Institute is rated a Hold. This part was added on experimental basis to see the effect. This part was added on experime... Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:37:03 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/zacks-equity-research-analyst-blog/1106751?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1106152?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 Analyst Fadi Chamoun at UBS Investment Research has cut his price target and earnings estimates for Magna International Inc. (MGA), saying North America s largest auto supplier will feel the pain of a drop in demand for new vehicles in the United S... Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:24:37 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1106152?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1106153?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 I thought I d start out the week by opening the mailbag for a recent reply to my posts about Pfizer s (PFE) research cutbacks. Here s a perspective that you won t get from me, at any rate:You never surprise me of your uncanny ability to cast ... Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:20:21 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1106153?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1106161?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 These days, you can t escape the public outcry: traders want their VIX spike, and they want it now.Not too long ago, the vicissitudes of the VIX used to be the privy of a fairly limited group of options traders - those that had ears to hear, as it ... Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:07:05 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1106161?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1106167?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 Alcoa's (AA) quarterly report after the close today kicks off the second quarter earnings season. Below we highlight the percentage of US stocks that have beaten earnings estimates on a quarterly basis over the last ten years. As shown, beat ra... Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:25:16 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1106167?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1106173?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 The half year report card for global stock markets was not one to be proud of. The first half of 2008 was the worst first half to a year for the Dow Jones Industrial Average since 1970, when the index was down 14.60%. The 14.44% decline of 2008 is ac... Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:27:59 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1106173?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/contrahour/1106080?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 The markets have become across the board oversold. While that doesn't mean we will see the end of the bear market, it does mean an intermediate term bottom should be arriving in the near future. Both the NASDAQ and S&P 500 have reached levels on th... Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:12:33 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/contrahour/1106080?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53