Category Archive for ‘Google’

April 18, 2010

MomentumOptionsTrading.com Weekly Wrap for 4/18/10

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Momentum Stocks Weekly, Weekly Wrap RR, Google, Company Commentary, Financial Stocks

11:00pm (EST) The bears finally came to life on Friday but if it weren’t for the Goldman Sachs (GS, $160.70, down $23.57) headline they might still be sleeping. The market got a slew of earnings news that was mostly good and was handling the Google (GOOG, $550.15, down $45.15) sell-off well asRead more

April 16, 2010

Google (GOOG) Rocks, Stock Drops

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Market Commentary, Daily Update, Earnings, Google

9:05am (EST) The bulls extended the major indexes winning streak to six following Thursday’s gains. However, judging by this morning’s futures, the bulls will have to dig out of a hole to make it seven in-a-row. The Dow managed to squeeze a 22 point win and closed at 11,144 after touching a low of 11,096Read more

April 15, 2010

Wall Street Facing Three-Headed Monster (GOOG, BAC, GE)

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Daily Update, Earnings, Google, Company Commentary

1:10pm (EST) Trading has been choppy today as the market awaits Google’s (GOOG, $594.85, up $5.85) earnings announcement after the bell. The Dow has seen both sides of the ledger having traded to a high of 11,136 and a low of 11,096. The index is currently down 2 points to 11,120. TheRead more

March 23, 2010

Google (GOOG) Packs Its China Bags

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Google, Market Analysis, Market Commentary, Daily Update

9:05am (EST) “The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent.” – John Keynes From time to time, we often look at our classic quotes that we have posted to remind of us of things that often get overlooked in the market. This was the theme for yesterday’s actionRead more

January 25, 2010

Market Looks To Rebound

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Daily Update, Google, Market Commentary

9:10pm (EST) Futures are pointing towards a strong open this morning as the bulls try to get back some of last week’s heavy losses. Dow futures are higher by 50 points to 10,201 while the S&P 500 futures are up 7 to 1,089. Nasdaq 100 futures are getting an 8 point pop andRead more

January 13, 2010

Baidu Blows Up

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Earnings, Google, Company Commentary, Strategies, Daily Update

1:25pm (EST) The market is moving higher today and is being led by the Financial sector which is showing a 1.1% gain. The “Four Horseman” of Wall Street’s most powerful financial executives are currently testifying on Capitol Hill about the financial shenanigans over the past few years. LLoyd Blankfein of Goldman Sachs (GS, $168.96, up $1.14), Jamie DimonRead more

January 13, 2010

Google Makes A Stand

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Company Commentary, Option Trades, Daily Update, Market Commentary, Earnings, Google

9:10am (EST) We told you the volatility pick up… The market was setting up for a steep decline yesterday but managed to bounce back in the last couple of hours after bullish traders stepped in and bought off the lows. This is options expiration week and the kick-off of earnings season so weRead more

October 9, 2009

Is Apple Due For A Split?

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Option Trades, Earnings, Google, Market Analysis, Company Commentary, Strategies, Apple, Daily Update

8:40am (EST) We all know that stock-splits don’t mean much in monetary value when a company announces a 2-for-1 split. It means you own twice as many shares as before but at half the price. We haven’t seen too many of these events lately because of what the market has been throughRead more

April 19, 2009

Weekly Wrap for 4/19/09

by Rick Rouse / No Comments / Posted in Google, Yahoo / Microsoft, Market Analysis, Stock Earnings, Momentum Stocks Weekly, Option Trades, Weekly Wrap RR

1. Commentary 2. Dendreon’s Next Move 3. Olin – Under the Radar 4. Earnings 5. Current Trades 6. Monday Morning Playbook 7. Closing Thoughts ************************************************** 1. Commentary The market extended its winning streak to six straight weeks although the gains were marginal. Still, the streak was in jeopardy after theRead more

April 16, 2009

News Flash: Google Beats, Shares Flat

by Rick Rouse / No Comments / Posted in Daily Update, Earnings, Google, Company Commentary, Option Trades

6:50pm (EST) Google (GOOG, $388.74, up $9.24) turned in another great earnings report after the closing bell but shares have now turned lower after hitting $410 in after-hours trading. Shares are currently down over $1 to $387.25 as I write this… That doesn’t bode well for Friday’s opening bell butRead more

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