Bulls Making Noise/ New Trade!!!
12:55pm (EST) We hate to see this week come to a close because it has been our BEST week of […]
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More Record Highs but Warning Signs Remain
9:00am (EST) The Dow and S&P 500 closed at record highs on Tuesday but the small-caps and Transports took another
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Bears Waking Up, Split Weekly Win With Bulls
9:00am (EST) “We are halfway through 4Q numbers that continue to come in ahead of Wall Street’s estimates. Nearly 70%
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Government Says No to BUD Deal
12:45pm (EST) The bears are feeling giddy as they seem to be gathering momentum ahead of Friday’s unemployment report. The
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Special Offer Membership and Chance to Win an iPad
12:05pm (EST) We love Christmas time as it is our favorite holiday of the year. It is nice to receive
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Opening Pop Starting to Fade
1:00pm(EST) The bulls got off to a great start this morning as they made a push to prior support levels
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Another Strange Session
9:00am (EST) The market ended mixed again on Tuesday but this time it was the small-caps and Tech that finished
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Market Awaits Greece’s Fate
12:40pm (EST) The market is trading slightly lower to start the week after another failed weekend of talks between Greece
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Bulls Walking on Thin Ice
9:00 (EST) The market continued its recent slide as the bears had their best bull feast in nearly 80 years
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Bulls Regroup and Rally
8:45am (EST) The bulls got back a third of Wednesday’s losses following yesterday’s rebound as the market finished higher by
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Caterpillar (CAT), M&A Activity Fuel Rally
1:50pm (EST) When we left for break on Friday, we knew heading into the weekend the market would be vulnerable
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Bears Push Support, Bulls Holding
1:50pm (EST) Futures were weak for much of last night and throughout the morning which lead to a lower open
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Streaking Bulls Face Scary September
8:45am (EST) The bulls ended August with a win as they extended their streak to four straight sessions and 7-out-of-8 after saying
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Bulls Going for Hat trick
1:40pm (EST) The bulls are looking to extend their winning streak to three straight sessions and have a pretty good
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Europe Fails to Agree on Greek Bailout
8:35am (EST) The bulls finally got the bears off their back after scoring their first weekly win in 7 weeks
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Can Snap-Back Rally Be Trusted?
8:45am (EST) Well, we knew it was coming. After taking body blows for much of June, the bulls finally landed a haymaker
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Microsoft (MSFT) Buys Skype, eBay (EBAY) Up
9:00am (EST) The bulls passed a key test on Friday and Monday as they got wins on both days following
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Level 3 (LVLT) Goes Global Crossing (GLBC)
12:45pm (EST) The market is mixed as we head towards the second half of trading. The Dow is up 16
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Texas Instruments (TXN) Acquiring National Semiconductor (NSM)
9:00am (EST) We were hoping for a little more momentum on Monday following last week’s push to the top of
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M&A Activity Helps Bulls Push Resistance
1:00pm (EST) The bulls have continued last week’s late push on merger-and-acquisition (M&A) news which has helped push the major
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Western Digital (WDC) Gets Busy on M&A
1:05pm (EST) The market opened slightly higher and was showing a little momentum as oil came off its highs of
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Imax (IMAX) Hits 10-Bagger Status
9:00am (EST) We covered a lot of this week’s outlook in our Weekly Wrap last night and the targets from
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M&A News Gives Bulls More Momentum
9:10am (EST) Futures were pointing towards a lower open last night after South Korea ran a few military drills over
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MomentumOptionsTrading.com Weekly Wrap for 11/21/10
9:35pm (EST) 1. Market Summary 2. Foster Wheeler Looks Like A Short-Term Bargain 3. Earnings 4. Quantitative Easing Explained
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Caterpillar (CAT) Digging Bucyrus (BUCY)
12:35pm (EST) The bulls have made a slight push higher today despite a mixed bag of economic news and a
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Genzyme (GENZ) Gets Same Bid
9:05am (EST) Futures are pointing towards a slightly lower open this morning despite another round of M&A news as Wall
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M&A Activity Fails To Inspire Bulls
1:00pm (EST) The market is trading lower as we head into the second half of action today despite the flood of
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M&A News Doesn't Excite Market
12:45pm (EST) It’s been a slow day of trading although the bears took an early stab at stocks and pushed
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Futures Up on GDP Numbers
9:10am (EST) The market zigzagged for much of Thursday’s session but there was trouble on the 2pm horizon after the
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Futures Up on More M&A Talk
9:00am (EST) Futures are pointing towards a slightly higher open this morning as mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have once again
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Jobless Claims Disappoint, BHP Billiton (BHP) Goes Hostile
9:00am (EST) The bears were looking to turn the tables following Tuesday’s rally and started off strong on Wednesday before
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Potash (POT) Pops on Takeover Bid, August Call Options Up 7,650%
1:20pm (EST) The bulls are trying to run today and have taken the market higher despite a downbeat report on
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Futures Point to Slightly Lower Open
9:05am (EST) The market started August off with a bang which has pushed the major indexes to resistance levels once again, but
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Bears Are Sniffing
1:15pm (EST) The market is slightly lower as Wall Street awaits the start of 2Q earnings after the bell. Alcoa
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Was That The Bottom?
9:00am (EST) When a company reports higher earnings for its first quarter (over its previous year’s quarter), chances are almost
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General Motors Turns A Profit
9:05am (EST) The bulls got off the mat on the 9 count after a barrage of punches thrown by the
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Bears Looking to Continue Momentum
9:05am (EST) Today will be a pivotal day for both bulls and bears as each side tries to plan for
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M&A Heats Up
1:00pm (EST) The bulls came out in a buying mood this morning as mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity continues to pick up
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Futures Pointing Towards Slightly Higher Open
9:05am (EST) The market got a breath of fresh air on Tuesday and the bulls needed it after watching the
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Dow Slips Below 10,000
1:20pm (EST) The market is trending lower once again despite the “surprise” unemployment rate numbers from the Labor Department this morning. The
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Market Set To Open Higher
9:00am (EST) The market had a lousy Tuesday and it was one of them days where you just knew we
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Market Getting Smaked
1:30pm (EST) We date options, we don’t marry them… The market is getting punished today after getting some unpleasant economic news
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Colgate Surges
9:15am (EST) We could hardly wait to get this morning’s news out. We have a lot of stuff we want
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Intel/ AMD Kiss
12:50pm (EST) Intel (INTC, $19.88, up $0.04) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD, $6.51, up $1.19) have buried the hatchet after
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Buffet Buys Burlington, Splits Baby B's
9:05am (EST) When Warren Buffet Speaks, people listen… It’s no secret, despite a struggling economy, that M&A (Merger and Acquisition)
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Oil Continues to Surge
12:50pm (EST) Every now and then there comes a time where you just know how a stock reacts, what its support
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Dendreon Making Noise Again
12:40pm (EST) The market is moving higher today as the Dow now stands 100 points away from 10,000. Currently, the
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MomentumOptionsTrading Mid-Day Update For 9/28/09
12:30 pm (EST) The bulls are in charge today as they have taken a number of positive developments to move
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Retail Sales Lift Futures, Best Buy Misses
9:00am (EST) Futures were slightly higher before the Retail and PPI numbers came out at 8:30am. Before the reports
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Weekly Wrap for 9/7/09
11:00pm (EST) 1. Commentary 2. Imax Could Be A Wildcard 3. Earnings 4. Current Trades 5. Closing Thoughts ************************************************** 1.
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Disney Buying Marvel
9:15am (EST) The Walt Disney Company (DIS, $26.84) has agreed to acquire Marvel Entertainment (MVL, $38.65) in a stock and
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Time For Some Protection
11:50am (EST) The market continues to trade lower as the Dow is now off by triple-digits. At 9,234, the 103
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Weekly Wrap for 3/22/09
1. Commentary 2. Take-Two Revisited 3. Is Dendreon Headed for Double Digits? 4. Earnings 5. Current Trades 6. Monday Morning
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IBM in Talks to Buy Some Sunshine
IBM (IBM, $91.95, down $0.96) traded lower today after news this morning that the company was considering buying Sun Microsystems
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Rohm & Haas Gets Sweet Deal
We should have seen this one coming Friday. Sometimes the best trades get overlooked when you are busy managing your
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Blog 500!
Well folks, its been nearly a year since we started the blog and today’s entry is my 500th. I guess
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Before the Bell – Action in Genentech
Genentech (DNA, $86.34, up $1.94) will be in the headlines a lot this week and there may be an opportunity
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Merger Activity Off To Fresh Start
ThinkorSwim Group (SWIM, $8.34, up $2.69) was acquired by TD Ameritrade (AMTD, $13.40, down $0.08) yesterday in a sign that
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Mergers and Acquisitions
There has been a slew of takeover offers or ones in the works that I wanted to mention this morning.
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NewsFlash: Fannie and Freddie Rescued
It’s official. It what was the worst kept secret on Wall Street Friday after the market closed, the government finally
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Genentech Ditto's ImClone, Rejects Offer
Genentech (DNA, $98.53, up $0.68) will not win an academy award for its efforts in “evaluating” take-over offers but give