Category Archive for ‘Mergers and Acquisitions’

May 17, 2013

Bulls Making Noise/ New Trade!!!

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Market Analysis, Mergers and Acquisitions, Momentum Stocks Weekly, Market Commentary

12:55pm (EST) We hate to see this week come to a close because it has been our BEST week of a Goodyear (GT, $14.70, up $0.92) so far. Pun intended. We have closed a number or triple-digit winners, including last week’s monster gains, and we said in late April theRead more

April 3, 2013

More Record Highs but Warning Signs Remain

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Market Analysis, Mergers and Acquisitions, Market Commentary, Daily Update

9:00am (EST) The Dow and S&P 500 closed at record highs on Tuesday but the small-caps and Transports took another hit. There are some important economic reports due out this morning so let’s go over the numbers real quick. The Dow gained 89 points, or 0.6%, to end at 14,662. Read more

February 19, 2013

Bears Waking Up, Split Weekly Win With Bulls

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Daily Update, Market Analysis, Mergers and Acquisitions, Market Commentary

9:00am (EST) “We are halfway through 4Q numbers that continue to come in ahead of Wall Street’s estimates. Nearly 70% of the companies that have reported have beaten the suit-and-ties forecasts but let’s not forget the bar was lowered coming into the season. They have stayed on the sidelines inRead more

January 31, 2013

Government Says No to BUD Deal

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Market Analysis, Mergers and Acquisitions, Market Commentary, Daily Update, Earnings

12:45pm (EST) The bears are feeling giddy as they seem to be gathering momentum ahead of Friday’s unemployment report. The losses have been somewhat contained but the bulls have given up some nice round numbers that is making Wall Street nervous. There are some interesting headline stories today including theRead more

December 7, 2012

Special Offer Membership and Chance to Win an iPad

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Daily Update, Option Trades, China, Earnings, Covered Calls, IPOs, Market Commentary, Market Analysis, Entertainment Stocks, Oil, BioTech, Commodities, Money Management, Economic News, Politics, Company Commentary, Mergers and Acquisitions, Apple

12:05pm (EST) We love Christmas time as it is our favorite holiday of the year. It is nice to receive cards, letters, and gifts but it is more about caring. Our subscribers mean a lot to us and every year we offer a huge discount on yearly memberships because weRead more

October 11, 2012

Opening Pop Starting to Fade

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Daily Update, IPOs, Mergers and Acquisitions

1:00pm(EST) The bulls got off to a great start this morning as they made a push to prior support levels but the action is favoring the bears as these levels are now trying to hold as resistance. When a stock or an index breaks a key support level, usually thereRead more

October 3, 2012

Another Strange Session

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Mergers and Acquisitions, Market Commentary, Daily Update

9:00am (EST) The market ended mixed again on Tuesday but this time it was the small-caps and Tech that finished positive while the blue-chips took a hit. There was another push towards resistance by the bulls at the open but we mentioned the bears had momentum in our midday updateRead more

February 6, 2012

Market Awaits Greece’s Fate

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Daily Update, Earnings, Mergers and Acquisitions, Trade Update

12:40pm (EST) The market is trading slightly lower to start the week after another failed weekend of talks between Greece and the European Union. The head officials want Greece to sign-off on new austerity measures and several of the politicians are against the new rules as you can imagine. TheyRead more

November 28, 2011

Bulls Walking on Thin Ice

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Google, Stock Earnings, Entertainment Stocks, Yahoo / Microsoft, Mergers and Acquisitions, Trading Tips, Gold, strangle option trades, IPOs, Financial Stocks, BioTech, Watch Lists, Trading Psychology, Market Analysis, Apple, Uncategorized, Money Management, VIX, Option Trades, Daily Update, Trade Update, Oil, Rick's Account, Sectors, European Union (EU), Commodities, China, Futures, Economic News, Covered Calls, Earnings, Company Commentary, Market Commentary

9:00 (EST) The market continued its recent slide as the bears had their best bull feast in nearly 80 years as Wall Street fell 5% last week. The recent selling pressure became much more serious as all of the indexes fell below their 50-day moving averages (MA) with the bearsRead more

November 11, 2011

Bulls Regroup and Rally

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Market Commentary, Daily Update, Mergers and Acquisitions

8:45am (EST) The bulls got back a third of Wednesday’s losses following yesterday’s rebound as the market finished higher by about 1%. The bounce came after the European Central Bank (ECB) increased its bond buying which lowered the Italian yields and gave Wall Street some confidence. Italy is paying a yield ofRead more

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