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January 8, 2014

Wall Street, Apollo Education Group (APOL) has a Problem

by mome2143 / Posted in Daily Update, Earnings

1:35pm (EST) No matter how much you hate a stock or feel it is overvalued, overhyped, or that analysts just don’t get it – it is often best to sit on the sidelines as emotions can play a major role in the difference on a good trade or bad trade.Read more

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May 10, 2011

Fossil (FOSL) Surges on Earnings Beat

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Earnings, Trading Tips, Trading Psychology, Daily Update

12:25pm (EST) The bulls are trying to push their winning streak to 3-straight sessions as they have the lead heading into the second half of trading.  The market got some better-than-expected economic news and earnings have also been positive which has kept the bears at arm’s length. After a slowRead more

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January 19, 2010

E*Trade On The Block

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

9:10am(EST) Futures are mixed as we head towards the opening bell this morning.  Dow futures are lower by 20, S&P 500 futures are off by 2 while the Nasdaq futures are up 4 points. There was plenty of action in E*Trade Financial (ETFC, $1.84, up $0.11) last Friday as over 60Read more

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January 18, 2010

MomentumOptionsTrading.com Weekly Wrap for 1/18/10

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Market Analysis, Economic News, Company Commentary, Market Commentary, Financial Stocks, Momentum Stocks Weekly, Earnings, Weekly Wrap RR

8:00pm (EST) It was a tough Friday for the bulls as the market suffered its worst decline for 2010 despite some solid earnings reports.   The Dow fell 100 points for the day, erasing all of its gains for the week to close at 10,609.  The index reached a high ofRead more

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January 15, 2010

Dow Down Triple-Digits

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

1:15pm (EST) The odds were not in the bulls favor today… We didn’t expect much from the market and mentioned this morning that January expiration day has not been a good day to be long in recent years.  We said the Dow has traded lower on 9 of the last 11 and today’s 1.3%Read more

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January 15, 2010

Intel Crushes Earnings Estimates

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

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

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January 14, 2010

Intel on Deck

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

1:45pm (EST) All eyes will be on Intel (INTC, $21.30, up $0.34) after the bell.  Wall Street expects $0.30 a share and revenue is expected to rise to $10.2 billion from $8.2 billion last year.  Economic News…For retail sales, Wall Street was expecting an increase of 0.5%, weaker than November’s 1.3% increase.  We came in worse thanRead more

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January 13, 2010

Google Makes A Stand

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

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

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January 12, 2010

Market Retesting Lows

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

1:05pm (EST) The market is testing the lows we got this morning after trying to battle back from a nasty open.  The Dow started with a 72 point loss and fell to a low of 10,591, then recovered most of the losses but is currently down 65 to 11,598. The S&P 500 is offRead more

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January 12, 2010

Alcoa Misses Mark, Shares Tank

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Daily Update, Earnings

9:10am (EST) Futures are pointing towards a nasty open this morning after Alcoa (AA, $16.15, down $1.30) disappointed Wall Street with its earnings report.  After the bell on Monday, the company reported a $277 million loss for its most recent quarter, or $0.28 a share, compared with a profit of 6 cents a shareRead more

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