http://www.inveslogic.com/tags/trading Blog Articles Tagged with 'trading' at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/fallond-stock-picks/1383626?rsstype=tag&tag=trading Bulls just don't want to let go of this rally, but letting go is perhaps the best thing they could do at this stage. It was commendable for the S&P the initial selling didn't stick; closing on resistance for a third day. Can it build with a breakout ... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:20:49 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/fallond-stock-picks/1383626?rsstype=tag&tag=trading http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1383607?rsstype=tag&tag=trading With no down days since February, the S&P 500 tracking ETF (SPY) is now riding a twelve-day winning streak. Since SPY began trading in 1993, the only other period when the ETF had a twelve-day winning streak was back in September 1995.Even though SP... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:11:31 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1383607?rsstype=tag&tag=trading http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/barrons-stocks-to-watch/1383748?rsstype=tag&tag=trading Genetic analysis technology firm Sequenom (SQNM), which was down a little over 4% in late trading following a deeper-than-expected Q4 loss, is now down $1.71, 22%, at $6.05, after the company held a conference call with analysts in which it offered n... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:52:20 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/barrons-stocks-to-watch/1383748?rsstype=tag&tag=trading http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-trader-daily/1383592?rsstype=tag&tag=trading Finisar (FNSR) this afternoon said it filed to sell 7.2 million common shares. The optical networking products company said the offering provides for an over-allotment option of 1,080,000 shares, including 148,907 from selling holders.In an SEC filin... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:11:04 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-trader-daily/1383592?rsstype=tag&tag=trading http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-trader-daily/1383593?rsstype=tag&tag=trading TheStreet.com (TSCM) this afternoon posted Q4 revenue of $16.5 million, in line with its previous guidance. The company had projected revenue of $9.5 million to $9.7 million from paid services, and $6.7 million to $6.9 million from marketing services... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:04:19 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-trader-daily/1383593?rsstype=tag&tag=trading http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-trader-daily/1383594?rsstype=tag&tag=trading Microchip Technology (MCHP) this afternoon raised its guidance for the fiscal fourth quarter ended March 31. The chip company now sees sales up 8% sequentially; previously, MCHP had forecast growth of 3%-7%. Microchip now expects profits for the quar... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:47:01 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-trader-daily/1383594?rsstype=tag&tag=trading http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/biohealth-investor/1383623?rsstype=tag&tag=trading Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ: SQNM) is trading lower in the after-hours session after the troubled diagnostics company reported its year-end earnings. Because of its recent woes of 2009, the earnings and revenue reports are a true side-show compared to w... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:29:43 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/biohealth-investor/1383623?rsstype=tag&tag=trading http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-market-beat/1383567?rsstype=tag&tag=trading They ve done it! They ve solved one of the problems consistently cited by those warning of problems implementing the Volcker Rule, that is, defining exactly what prop trading is.Goldman Sachs executive Gerald Corrigan spotlighted the issue of ho... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:14:45 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-market-beat/1383567?rsstype=tag&tag=trading http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-market-beat/1383568?rsstype=tag&tag=trading After enduring trading while standing since 1792, New York Stock Exchange floor brokers last week were treated to a seat.The NYSE s Next Generation broker station features, of all dazzling modernities, a chair. The first crop of broke... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:08:11 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-market-beat/1383568?rsstype=tag&tag=trading http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/schaeffers-research/1383574?rsstype=tag&tag=trading Eastman Kodak Company (EK) shares are up nearly 4% so far today, as the stock makes a break for higher ground following a nearly month-long consolidation below %246 per share...(Read More)... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:53:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/schaeffers-research/1383574?rsstype=tag&tag=trading http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-market-beat/1383569?rsstype=tag&tag=trading Nymex crude for April delivery fell $1.44 per barrel, or 1.77%, to $79.80.Down 2.81%, over the last two trading days. Intraday, it traded as high as $81.31, and as low as $79.13. Month-to-date, it is up 0.18%. Comex gold for March delivery gained $3.... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:41:05 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-market-beat/1383569?rsstype=tag&tag=trading http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/barrons-stocks-to-watch/1383751?rsstype=tag&tag=trading Citigroup (C) just added some more discouraging statistics to the pile of February s mixed news on credit cards, reporting that credit delinquencies in total rose to 5.94% from January s 5.75% level. February delinquencies of 5-34 days rose to 3.... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:33:38 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/barrons-stocks-to-watch/1383751?rsstype=tag&tag=trading http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/biohealth-investor/1383464?rsstype=tag&tag=trading OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: OSIP) is holding up yet again, despite the notion that Astellas Pharma, Inc. of Japan wants to acquire the company. OSI decided to formally reject the $52.00 per share tender offer and is recommending that its shar... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:55:09 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/biohealth-investor/1383464?rsstype=tag&tag=trading http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1383411?rsstype=tag&tag=trading The New York Times's Nobel laureate economist, Paul Krugman, proposes that America threaten to impose a 25% tariff on goods imported from China. As a general rule, it's a bad idea to make threats that you can't follow through on, and a 25% tax on ... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:39:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1383411?rsstype=tag&tag=trading http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/trader-feed/1383400?rsstype=tag&tag=trading My recent post focused on common mistakes that traders make. I thought I would address the reverse issue and offer five best practices I've noticed among good traders:1) Preparation to start the day and week: Having a clearly formulated strategy... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:37:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/trader-feed/1383400?rsstype=tag&tag=trading http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1383415?rsstype=tag&tag=trading Are markets simply casinos for betting? Asli recently asked this question on the All About Finance blog. She argues that financial markets do a lot more than that, and I agree. But there are some markets that come very close to being casinos. Su... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:27:58 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1383415?rsstype=tag&tag=trading http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/fp-trading-desk/1383604?rsstype=tag&tag=trading If GPS maker Garmin Ltd. wants to get consumers away from Google's free mapping services, it will have to make more deals like the one it did on Monday with 3D mapper Intermap Technologies.Now, by 3D we don't mean Avatar 3D. Think Toy Story 3D. Ter... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:18:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/fp-trading-desk/1383604?rsstype=tag&tag=trading http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/barrons-stocks-to-watch/1383753?rsstype=tag&tag=trading Bank stocks losses are increasing again after a brief respite this afternoon, following headlines that the financial regulation bill introduced by Senator Christopher Dodd (Dem., CT), will indeed, as expected, create a consumer agency within the U... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:14:05 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/barrons-stocks-to-watch/1383753?rsstype=tag&tag=trading http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1383419?rsstype=tag&tag=trading Gold Gold fell in US trading on Friday from $1,119/oz to $1,098/oz to close with a loss of 0.54% and a loss of nearly 3% for the week. Silver was again more resilient and fell less than 2% last week. Gold has range traded from $1,102/oz to $1,106/... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:08:29 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1383419?rsstype=tag&tag=trading http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/barrons-stocks-to-watch/1383754?rsstype=tag&tag=trading Bespoke Investment Group is kind enough to let us know in a report this afternoon that the Federal Open Market Committee meeting of the Federal Reserve Board, scheduled for around 2pm, Eastern, tomorrow, will probably be a good trading day, given the... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:07:07 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/barrons-stocks-to-watch/1383754?rsstype=tag&tag=trading