Category Archive for ‘Stock Earnings’

February 9, 2010

Greece Getting A Gift

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Option Trades, Daily Update, Sectors, Earnings, Company Commentary, Stock Earnings

1:10pm (EST) Forget the bulls and bears it’s all about the PIGS today. The market got a huge lift this morning after Wall Street became hopeful that Robin Hood would be helping the Greek debt situation. There is a report that the “euro zone” countries have decided in principle toRead more

January 24, 2010

MomentumOptionsTrading.com Weekly Wrap for 1/24/10

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Trading Psychology, Sectors, Earnings, Stock Earnings, Strategies, Momentum Stocks Weekly, Weekly Wrap RR

10:00pm (EST) The market continued its sell-off on Friday as the Dow dropped another 216 points to close at 10,172. The bears woke up on Wednesday from a long rest and have caused panic and fear for some investors. The Dow’s 550 point drop in 3 days marked its worstRead more

January 15, 2010

Intel Crushes Earnings Estimates

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Strategies, Trading Psychology, Daily Update, Earnings, Market Commentary, Market Analysis, Trading Tips, Money Management, Company Commentary, Stock Earnings

9:00am (EST) Intel (INTC, $21.48, up $0.52) blew past Wall Street’s forecast after the bell yesterday and reported some impressive numbers. The company said it earned a profit of $2.3 billion, or $0.40/ share versus $234 million, or $0.04, in the year earlier period. Revenue climbed nearly 30% to $10.6 billionRead more

January 10, 2010

MomentumOptionsTrading.com Weekly Wrap for 1/10/10

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Strategies, Market Commentary, Trading Tips, Watch Lists, Momentum Stocks Weekly, Trading Psychology, Option Trades, Company Commentary, Weekly Wrap RR, Stock Earnings

11:00pm (EST) The bulls won the first week of 2010 as they took the market higher despite a weak unemployment report on Friday. The Labor Department said employers slashed 85,000 jobs in December while Wall Street had forecast a slight decline of 8,000 job losses. The one silver lining was the governmentRead more

December 8, 2009

Futures Pointing Towards Lower Opening

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

9:10am (EST) The market struggled with direction yesterday and ended mixed as both the bulls and bears seemed content staying on the sidelines. There wasn’t a whole lot of news to get either side excited as Ben Bernanke’s speech was the highlight of the day. We had mentioned Big BenRead more

November 11, 2009

Homebuilding Stocks Get A Pop

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Option Trades, Daily Update, Sectors, Trading Tips, Earnings, Company Commentary, Stock Earnings

1:00pm (EST) Toll Brothers (TOL, 21.13, up $2.74) is up 15% today after surprising Wall Street with some rather upbeat comments ahead of its earnings. The company said its new contracts are up over 40%, and that it expects 4Q revenue will top the Street’s expectations. Revenue for the company is expected to comeRead more

November 8, 2009

MomentumOptionsTrading.com Weekly Wrap for 11/8/09

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Market Analysis, Company Commentary, Stock Earnings, Strategies, Momentum Stocks Weekly, Weekly Wrap RR, Market Commentary

11:30pm (EST) The bulls battled back last week and let it be known they are not about to give up the gains from March without a fight. This is normally a “bullish” time of the year with elections and the “Santa Claus” rally on the horizon but the bears haveRead more

November 5, 2009

Bulls Battle Back

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Option Trades, Daily Update, Market Commentary, Entertainment Stocks, Earnings, Trading Tips, Market Analysis, Company Commentary, Trading Psychology, Stock Earnings, Strategies

1:00pm (EST) We have had a busy day and the bulls are pushing Dow 10,000 as we head towards Friday’s all important Jobs Report. We touched base on what this means for the market and there are only three things that can happen. We either go up, down, or the tug-of-war continues between theRead more

October 18, 2009

MomentumOptionsTrading.com Weekly Wrap for 10/18/09

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Company Commentary, Trading Psychology, Stock Earnings, Momentum Stocks Weekly, Option Trades, Weekly Wrap RR, Market Commentary, Market Analysis

11:30pm (EST) MARKET COMMENTARY Friday was a rough day for the bulls as the Dow fell 67 points, or 0.7%, to close the week at 9,995. However, the Dow managed to break the 10,000 level last week and closed above it on Wednesday and Thursday. We were prepared for a “down” Friday as we mentionedRead more

October 4, 2009

3Q Earnings Kick-Off Start This Week

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Market Analysis, Market Commentary, Economic News, Entertainment Stocks, Company Commentary, Stock Earnings, Strategies, Financial Stocks, Watch Lists, Daily Update, Sectors, Option Trades

3:45pm (EST) Special Note: We are sending today’s Weekly Wrap early. I am away on travel and hope to be back in the office by Monday morning. In case I’m not, this is Monday Morning’s Update. There is a NEW TRADE for Monday morning, Pepsico (PEP, $60.90, up $2.44), thatRead more

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