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Renaissance Capital provides a ton of great information relating to the IPO market in the US and globally. As Linkedin begins trading today, its a perfect time to take a look and see if there is anything we might glean as the IPO market is often associated with the health of markets in general and…
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There’s a new breed of writers, though, who are taking advantage of more efficient publishing technologies such as StockTwits and WordPress in order to communicate actionable information directly to those who are also invested. These guys are experienced market participants who focus squarely on making money. They hunt and have been hunted. They have…
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Since Amazon’s ($AMZN) web hosting services went down early last Thursday morning, much cautionary ink has been spilled regarding the viability of the cloud. The news media loves to jump on a negative story in a hot area and amplify the dangers. But Amazon’s now widely reported storage problems which left many web sites…
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I received an email today from a trader who has been struggling to stick to his stop exit plan once he is in the trade even though it is well planned ahead of entry to the trade. His struggle is causing him significant anguish. This was my response:
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I have seen so many outrageous predictions in my day. The $DJIA is going to 36,000. The $DJIA is going to 3,600. $GLD is going to 5,000. $GLD is going to $500. I especially note those which preface their outrageousness with claims of being outrageous – self consciously meta.
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I sat in Friday afternoon with Paul La Monica and Todd Sullivan for an episode of BullHorn on CNNMoney. We discussed rail stocks from value and technical perspectives as well as the continued increase in global commodities demand. $UNP $CSX $GBX $NSC $NKE
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The $SPX has doubled twice in ten years. From 10/02 to 10/07, the index doubled from 768 to 1576. From 03/09 to 02/11, the index doubled again from 666 to 1344. Still the $SPX is flat over the the past 12 years.