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Jump Or Get Down! (Personifying The Market)

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:58:00 GMT

To personify where the market is right now here is a scenario. Remember when you were a kid at the town pool. Every once and a while there was a kid who thought, today would be the day he jump off the high dive. He would walk up to the ladder, the first step would be easy, 5th step would be harder, then as he gets to the platform and he starts to get scared. Now he really is having second thoughts, its a big jump. But now there is a line of people waiting to go, a bunch of people watching; some are cheering him to jump, others are hoping he climbs down to laugh at him. So the poor kid can either climb back down and risk embarrassment or face his fear and jump. Right now the market has to either face its fear and jump(ie Go Higher) or climb back down the ladder and be embarrassed(market goes lower) Since the market is in an uptrend and has support below it. Let's say the kid jumps,[More...]

S&P 500 Volatility

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 19:48:00 GMT

Isn't it nice to watch rising market. Last week on March 29, 2009 in my "S&P 500 Chart" post I have mentioned about increased possibility of the a correction down and we had it. Now, the stock market is up again. We see over the last month what I would call "one step down, two-three up" - we have shallow correction down and then strong continuation of recovery. Again, I repeat what I stated on March 22 in my "Short Technical Analysis" post: ...March 6, 2009 bottom was the last drop in the recession and now we are in the long-term recovery. In this case this bullish volume could be ignored and could indicate long term change in the stock market[More...]

SP500 Midweek Color Bars

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 04:03:00 GMT

I wanted to introduce a new feature - that of “Color Bars” in our analysis. Let’s get started with a Daily look at the S&P 500 Index. Let’s do a quick introduction to the color bars and their logic. The bars are based on an Average True Range function (credit to LBR Group) where the color changes based on how far price has traveled off a price low (or high) in terms of a multiple of its Average True Range of the period. Without giving away the formula, let’s say a stock is trading at $50.00 per share and its daily ATR value is $2.00. If a stock in a downtrend made a low at $50 then moved up $2.00, then the price[More...]

S&P 500 Index Sets New Volatility Record For Fourth Consecutive Day

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:43:00 GMT

When measuring volatility, there is a tendency to focus on historical volatility and implied volatility as the appropriate yardsticks. One looks backward and is a statistical calculation; the other looks forward and lets market participants estimate future volatility. The VIX gets the bulk of the press, but as a measure of implied volatility, it tells you nothing about what has just happened. Don Fishback and Adam Warner (Daily Options Report) have opined that historical volatility is as good or better a measure of[More...]

Top and Bottom 10 Stocks by ATR Percentage: Volatility

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:41:00 GMT

Recently, I posted the Top 10 and Bottom 10 Stocks in the S&P 500 average by daily Average True Range. Now, let’s look at the top and bottom stocks by factor of percentage of the ATR to the recent close - stocks with a higher percentage will be more volatile than those with lower percentages, and absolute ATR dollar value says little in terms of ranking stocks. Let’s get more precise.Steven Geringer of the Trade Performance website advised me to look into a factor of percentages when comparing ATR values, as this would give a more accurate reading of volatility than the pure ATR value itself - he’s right. By the way, please check out the Trade Performance Website for active trader software that calculates a vast array of essential trading metrics that can help guide you to assess your results and measure your trading progress.Steven provided the[More...]

Companies Reporting Earnings After Market Close (07/17/2008)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:46:00 GMT

Ticker: FIZZ,MER,AMD,ATR,AVCT,BANF,BHLB,BRKL,BXS,CBST,CLMS,COF,CYT,FBC,FFIN,GILD,GOOG,IBM,ICUI,INDB,INFA,LEG,MBTF,MSFT,PBCT,PMCS,SWKS,SYK,TPX,VMI,WERN,WINA,WIT,ZION,BRO[More...]

What is a Unit ?

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:07:28 GMT

I have had a number of enquiries as to what a unit is so I thought I would go into a little depth to explain it. Many think or assume a unit would be 100 shares of a stock or 1 contract of a commodity. Far from it and if only it were that simple.[More...]

2 Things...

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:00:16 GMT

It's lunch time, and I am about to go down and meet an "old friend" at the new "El Pollo Loco" that opened here in Utah last week. They are one of few decent franchises that have been able to penetrate the state borders. Hopefully it is worth a 30 minute[More...]

The PSS Saga

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:33:33 GMT

Like any other day, I stumbled across some "reader mail" out of my overflowing mailbag yesterday. Now this particular note wasn't like most notes I get. It was kind, to the point, and pointed out an issue of interest. It is an issue I take seriously and w[More...]

When to Take Your Profits

Thu, 22 May 2008 20:07:11 GMT

A good question came about in the comments section of my last post that asked "when do you take profits?"[More...]

Cambodia Launches National Carrier in Tie-Up With Vietnam Airlines

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:54:00 GMT

Jul. 27--PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia launched its new national airline Monday as a joint venture with Vietnam Airlines after its previous one went bankrupt nearly a decade ago.
Cambodia Angkor Air, in which the Cambodian government owns a 51 percent stake and Vietnam's state-owned airline holds the remainder, will fly to destinations in Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand.
To mark the launching, two of the airline's ATR 72 twin-turboprop, short-haul aircraft took off from the capital Phnom Penh, one bound for the northern town of Siem Reap and the other for the port city of Sihanoukeville on the southwestern coast.

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Jump Or Get Down! (Personifying The Market)

S&P 500 Volatility

SP500 Midweek Color Bars

S&P 500 Index Sets New Volatility Record For Fourth Consecutive Day

Top and Bottom 10 Stocks by ATR Percentage: Volatility

Companies Reporting Earnings After Market Close (07/17/2008)

What is a Unit ?

2 Things...

The PSS Saga

When to Take Your Profits

Cambodia Launches National Carrier in Tie-Up With Vietnam Airlines

End to BSP Interest-Rate Cuts Seen

JG Summit Cuts Capital Expenditures

Bank Loans Seen to Slow This Month

Balance of Payments to Post Higher Surplus

Cebu Pacific Sees More Passengers This Year

AptarGroup Reports Third Quarter Results; Expands Presence in South America; Declares Quarterly Dividend

AptarGroup Reports Second Quarter Results; Declares Quarterly Dividend

AptarGroup, Inc. Announces Second Quarter Conference Call Information

AptarGroup, Inc. Reports First Quarter Results; Announces Facility Consolidation Plan; Declares Quarterly Dividend

AptarGroup, Inc. Announces First Quarter Conference Call Information

AptarGroup, Inc. Updates Annual Meeting Record Date

AptarGroup Reports Fourth Quarter Results; Achieves Record Annual Revenue and Earnings Per Share

AptarGroup, Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend; Announces Fourth Quarter Conference Call and Annual Meeting Information

AptarGroup Reports Record Results Driven by Strong Pharma Business; Declares Dividend

AptarGroup, Inc. Announces Third Quarter Conference Call Information

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