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September 17, 2012

Bulls Pushing Fluff

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

9:00am (EST) “We went on record in mid-August and said the market could move 5% in September and 10% by year-end up or down depending on the headlines which is why we showed you the 10-year charts again.  The targets we gave were Dow 14,000 or 12,600 in September followedRead more

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September 14, 2012

Don’t Fight the Fed

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

12:25pm (EST) The most hated rally in history continues… There is an old saying on Wall Street that says “Don’t fight the Fed” and going into this week, many of the suit-and-ties weren’t expecting much from Ben Bernanke.  The way the action was unfolding this week, we had a goodRead more

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September 5, 2012

Bulls Fight Back to a Tie

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

9:00am (EST) The bulls gave up an early lead to the bears at the open but they were able to rebound to make it a tight race by the closing bell.  It wasn’t a photo finish by any means but Tech showed some strength and the small-caps were up overRead more

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August 30, 2012

Market Gets Shaky Ahead of Bernanke

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

12:40pm (EST) It figures the major indexes would go into Friday’s big Bernanke speech right at support, providing current levels hold.  Today’s 1% pullback could be a stark reminder that if Big Ben can’t deliver some good news for the bulls, things could get ugly in a hurry. Tomorrow’s JacksonRead more

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August 30, 2012

Pandora Media (P) Beats Estimates but Losses Continue

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Covered Calls, Daily Update, Earnings, IPOs, Company Commentary

9:00am (EST) The market followed it’s normal pattern of trading in a tight range with both the bulls and bears doing more talking than fighting on the lightest volume day of the year.  The good news is we only have another day of this before we could start to seeRead more

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August 28, 2012

Draghi Cancels Jackson Hole Trip

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

12:30pm (EST) It’s rare we hear politicians say they have a “heavy workload” but that is the excuse European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi gave the Federal Reserve for why he won’t be attending the social outing in Jackson Hole this Friday.  The talking heads are working themselves upRead more

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August 28, 2012

One Down, Four to Go

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

9:00am (EST) The month of August is nearly over, and with yesterday’s flat action, investors are counting down the days.  The market has managed to inch its way higher all month but yesterday’s mixed finish was just another typical Monday. The Dow fell for the twelfth time out of theRead more

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August 23, 2012

Market End Mixed as Fed Looks Ready

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

9:00am (EST) The bulls were comfortably holding support heading into yesterday’s Fed Minutes so unless they said something terrible, there was a good chance there would be a market bounce if their production meeting earlier this month yielded any clues on possible further quantitative easing.  Bingo. The Fed said “manyRead more

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August 17, 2012

Market Up, 2 NEW TRADES!

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Option Trades, Market Commentary, Market Analysis, Momentum Stocks Weekly

12:20pm (EST) The bulls are making another push ahead of the weekend following 3 days of one of the tightest ranges we have seen in years.  The S&P 500 traded within an 8, 10 and 6-point range until yesterday’s pop and the bulls would like to end the week atRead more

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August 15, 2012

Bears Get Slight Win, Again

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

9:00am (EST) The bears won their second-straight session on Tuesday despite the bulls holding the lead for much of the day.  There was a little selling pressure in the final hour of trading which rattled the bulls but they were able to make one last push to get things backRead more

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