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Weekend Commentary : Lateral Market...Negative Divergences Abound...

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:30:54 GMT

Wouldn't it be nice if the stock market would actually do something! Lateral has been the way for quite some time now. Lots of head fakes both ways but when you study things, the past month or so has seen the market grind up and down due to opposing forces from both the bullish side and the bearish side of the ledger.[More...]

Taking Profits On CREE; Going Long ARO, BX

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:42:17 GMT

Markets are up a bit once again today on good bank earnings. This is our third retest of the highs and it would be important to see if gains hold by the closing bell or not. For now, we are still stuck in the high end of the trading range.[More...]

Earnings Preview For Aug 10 - 14, 2009: WMT, JCP, M, KSS, CREE

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:47:55 GMT

Retailers will start to release second-quarter results this week, accounting for nearly 10% of the 246 scheduled reports. Dow component Wal-Mart (WMT) will be joined by 15 other members of the S&P 500, including J.C. Penney (JCP), Kohl's (KSS) and Macy's (M). The Fed will hold a 2-day meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday. No change in interest rates will be made, though the statement should acknowledge that the economy is nearing stabilization. The bond markets could be volatile, not only because of the Fed meeting, but also because of quarterly refunding. The Treasury Department will auction 3-year,[More...]

Strong Follow-Through Session

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:15:05 GMT

Thursday’s session was a terrific follow-up to yesterday’s very strong session. The indices opened strong, backed and filled and coiled for about half the session, and then got very quiet around lunch hour. When they were unable to break intraday moving averages, trendlines or price support, the indices started to accelerate in the afternoon, particularly when well-known economist Nouriel Roubini, who’d been a bear, said he thinks we’ve seen an economic bottom and turned the corner. That triggered buying. The indices spiked up in late afternoon trading, getting up to nearly 1522 on the NDX and nearly 944 on the SPX. In the last 10 minutes they pulled back sharply, but still ended up quite positive on the day. Net on the day the Dow was up 95.61 to 8711.82, the S&P 500 up 8.06 at 940.74 and the Nasdaq 100 up nearly 18 at 1518.87. The technicals were positive by about 21 to 9 on[More...]

The Long And The Short Of It All: Fair Value By The Market

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:40:32 GMT

We are presenting a list of companies which we believe are currently mispriced, based on our estimate of fair value, by the market. We develop our fair value ranges by projected free cash flow out one year and estimating an appropriate FCF multiple based on our assessment of risk and the strength of the balance sheet. Cisco Systems (CSCO: 19.57, +0.84 (+4.48%)) Recent Price $17.04 Value Range 21.86 – $38.41 Cisco Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures and sells Internet protocol (IP)-based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology (IT) industry, and provides services associated with these products and their use. [More...]

Monster Rally!

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:11:03 GMT

It was a monster day for stocks as the indices gapped up strongly, ran hard in the morning, consolidated mid-day and then ran again in the afternoon, basically stair-stepping higher all day and closing at the highs for the day going away. Net on the day the Dow closed over 8600 at 8616.21, up 256.72. The S&P 500 was up 26.84 at 932.68, and the Nasdaq 100 was up 48.12 at 1500.98. Advance-declines were 28 to 3 positive on New York and 22 ½ to 4 ¾ on Nasdaq. Up/down volume was huge, with 1 1/3 billion to the upside and less than 50 million to the downside, or about 27 to 1 positive, on New York. Up/down volume was also very strongly positive on Nasdaq, with 2.4 billion to the upside and 163 million to the downside, or about 15 to 1 positive. TheTechTrader.com board was mostly higher except of course for the ultrashorts. The Direxion Financial Bear 3x Shares[More...]

Trendbreaking Down-Session

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:52:53 GMT

The indices got hammered from the get-go, and were down all morning until early afternoon when they tried to move back. But it was a rather unenthusiastic rally try, which looked corrective, and sure enough in the last 20 minutes they rolled over hard, with the S&P 500 closing at the lows for the day going away and the Dow not far from it. Net on the day the Dow was down 200.72 at 8379.01, the S&P 500 down a whopping 28.19 at 893.04, and the Nasdaq 100 down 44.62 at 1426.61. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOXX) down 9.87 or nearly 4 percent at 254.60. The technicals were horrible with advance-declines 2710 lower and 345 up, almost 7 to 1 gegative, on New York and 5 to 1 negative on Nasdaq. Up/down volume was even worse, with 1.3 billion traded to the downside and only 93 million to the upside on New York, a 14 to 1 ratio. Nasdaq had more than 2 billion to the downside and 236[More...]

Afternoon Snapback Pares Losses

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:23:14 GMT

The markets had a very similar day to Monday in that there was a sharp sell-off in the morning, a bounce mid-day morning and then a move to afternoon lows which pressed weekly support on the SPX. But once again in the afternoon they came back solidly with a move from 1473 to 1495 on the NDX and from 928 to 939 on the SPX, closing near the afternoon rally highs going away and paring way back on the day’s losses. However, they did end the session on the downside. Net on the day the Dow closed down 24.49 at 8738.57, about 80 points off the low. The S&P 500 fell 3.29 to 979.14, about 11 points off its low. The Nasdaq 100 was down 6.28 at 1497.25, closing 22 points off its low, and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOXX) managed to gain 0.60 today, coming way back by 6 points off its low. The technicals did not manage to get back into the plus column. Advance-declines were negative by 210 issues on[More...]

Technically Significant Day As Indices Make Large Gains

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:30:50 GMT

The indices started the week with a bang and ended with big gains on the day. The session started out with a big gap to the upside. They ran very sharply higher and hard early on, eased into a lower angle of ascent, but continued higher all morning, backed and filled mid-day, and reached their mid-day and session peaks with about 3 hours to go. Then they rolled over to do a serious test in late afternoon that held at 1470 NDX and 940 SPX. The last hour saw a sharp snapback towards the session highs, and then they pulled back a little into the close. Net on the day the Dow was up 221.11 at 8721.44, the S&P 500 up 23.73 at 942.87, and the Nasdaq 100 up 41.55 at 1477.12. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOXX) had a monster day, up 14.40, nearly 5 percent, at 285.71. Advance-declines were 5 to 1 positive on New York and about[More...]

Afternoon Slide!

Wed, 27 May 2009 21:43:23 GMT

The indices had a strong slide in the afternoon that brought them back sharply into the loss column. After a strong morning rally to new highs, the indices failed below resistance, particularly on the SPX, and rolled over in a sharp 5-wave decline, closing near the session lows. Net on the day the Dow was down 173.47 to close at 8300.02, the S&P 500 was down 17.27 at 893.06, and the Nasdaq 100 down 10.73 to 1401.88. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOXX) was up 4.12 to 263.94. Advance-declines were 21 to 9 negative on New York and about 2 to 1 negative on Nasdaq. Up/down volume was 4 to 1 negative on New York on total volume of about 1.3 billion. Nasdaq traded over 2.1 billion and had a 2 to 1 negative volume ratio. TheTechTrader.com board was mixed with some point-plus gainers and losers. Junior biotechs had an outstanding day today. Low-priced Oculus Innovative[More...]

Boom Counties Hit By Recession

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:51:00 GMT

RALEIGH, N.C. -- In the state capital's downtown core, $500,000 decorative street lights beam down on a bustling crowd who've come to dine along a recently revitalized pedestrian plaza.
Wake County, N.C., and Lake County, Fla., shared the spoils of the real estate surge as two of the nation's 100 fastest-growing counties of this decade, until the recession hit and their paths diverged.
Most of the places on that list, including Lake County, coughed up their quick gains.

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Weekend Commentary : Lateral Market...Negative Divergences Abound...

Taking Profits On CREE; Going Long ARO, BX

Earnings Preview For Aug 10 - 14, 2009: WMT, JCP, M, KSS, CREE

Strong Follow-Through Session

The Long And The Short Of It All: Fair Value By The Market

Monster Rally!

Trendbreaking Down-Session

Afternoon Snapback Pares Losses

Technically Significant Day As Indices Make Large Gains

Afternoon Slide!

Boom Counties Hit By Recession

Not all boom counties cough up gains in recession

Not all boom counties cough up gains in recession

Not all boom counties cough up gains in recession

Not all boom counties cough up gains in recession

Not all boom counties cough up gains in recession

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Cree Prices Common Stock Offering

Charles & Colvard Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

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NI Technology Updates Outlooks on Cree, RF Micro Devices, Harmonic and Vitesse

Cree Reports Record Revenue for the Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2009; Annual Revenue Increased 15% to $567 Million

Cree Reports Record Revenue for the Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2009

Webcast Alert: Cree, Inc. to Announce Fiscal 2009 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Earnings on August 11th

Form 4 CREE INC For: Oct 22 Filed by: SWOBODA CHARLES M (10K)

Form 4 CREE INC For: Oct 22 Filed by: PALMOUR JOHN W (10K)

Form 4 CREE INC For: Oct 22 Filed by: KURTZWEIL JOHN T (10K)

Form 4 WERNER THOMAS H For: Sep 01 (10K)

Form 4 VON ARX DOLPH W For: Sep 01 (10K)

Form 4 SWOBODA CHARLES M For: Sep 01 (10K)

Form 4 HOSEIN CLYDE For: Sep 01 (10K)

Form 4 CREE INC For: Sep 01 Filed by: WAGNER HARVEY A (10K)

Form 4 PLASTINA FRANCO For: Sep 01 (10K)

Form 4 Kelley Stephen Douglas For: Sep 01 (10K)