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February 10, 2011

Get Ready For the Rodeo

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

9:00am (EST) If you trade options or have ever been exposed to volatility then this isn’t your first rodeo as far as the market.  As an option trader you can make a pretty good living by doing a lot of homework and chart reading but no matter how strongly youRead more

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February 9, 2011

Disney (DIS) Makes Walt Proud, Big Ben Stays Focused

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

1:00pm (EST) The bears haven’t been much of a factor over the past 7 weeks and at some point they will wake up (which could be next week or not), but for now, the bulls are putting them to bed.  The market got off to a slow start and lossesRead more

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February 9, 2011

Bulls Pushing Near-Term Targets

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Market Analysis, Daily Update

9:00am (EST) What’s that old saying?  It’s not how you start the race, it’s how you finish. The bulls started Tuesday’s trading session off on a slow pace, falling behind early, before making a steady run higher throughout the day.  Economic news was light but buyers came in as theRead more

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February 8, 2011

Toyota (TM) Lifts Forecast, Shares Up

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Market Analysis, Daily Update, Earnings

1:15pm (EST) The market has traded in a tight range after a slightly lower open but has moved higher throughout the morning and into the afternoon as the dip that some have been calling for has failed to materialize.  We mentioned this morning that there wasn’t any major economic newsRead more

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February 8, 2011

Futures Slightly Higher Despite China Rate Hike

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

9:00am (EST) There bulls had another outstanding day as they drove the market to fresh highs not seen since June 2008.  There was a mixture of M&A news which we covered yesterday and earnings were better-than-expected for the most part on Monday which provided the momentum for a higher close.  TheRead more

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February 7, 2011

M&A News Powers Market Higher

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

1:10pm (EST)  There were a number of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) that were announced this morning which has provided the momentum for the bulls to push higher.  Some of the highlights include Ensco’s (ESV, $51.88, down $2.33) $7.3 billion purchase of Pride International (PDE, $39.81, up $5.42) and Danaher (DHR,Read more

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February 7, 2011

Futures Up, Bulls Looking For New Highs

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

9:00am (EST) After an up-and-down session, the Dow gained 30 points on Friday, or 0.25%, and closed at 12,092 – its highest level since June 2008.  For the week, the index added 269 points, or 2.3%, as the bulls bounced back after having their 8-week winning streak snapped the priorRead more

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February 4, 2011

Freeport-McMoRan Splits, Options Back in Play

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Google, Daily Update

1:05pm (EST) We often get asked why we don’t recommend options on stocks like Apple (AAPL, $345.21, up $1.77), Google (GOOG, $609.59, down $0.56) or IBM (IBM, $163.46, down $0.07).  These stocks show tremendous price action and there are numerous, other, momentum stocks we do follow but shy away fromRead more

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February 4, 2011

Unemployment Rate Falls to 9%

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Market Commentary, Daily Update

9:05am (EST) Good stuff to talk about this morning… Ben Bernanke had one of his better outings on Thursday as he encouraged the bulls to push higher which helped the market bounce off its lows.  We had an iffy open as the bears tried to capture the hill and take back theRead more

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February 3, 2011

Bernanke Speaks, Market Stable

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Earnings, strangle option trades, Daily Update

1:30pm (EST) The market is following yesterday’s pattern of trading in a tight range although the bias has been to the downside.  There is still some nervousness over Egypt as the protests have escalated and turned more violent.  This situation still bears watching and will weigh on the market asRead more

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