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April 21, 2011

Bulls Once Again at February Highs

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

9:00am (EST) It has been a wild and volatile shortened week for the market with today’s action leaving us on the brink of watching a good movie end.  Things started off scary on Monday after the major averages got slammed by the bears on an S&P downgrade of U.S. debt.  On Tuesday,Read more

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April 20, 2011

Tech Leads Bulls Charge

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Daily Update, Market Commentary

2:00pm (EST) It’s 420 and the bulls are smoking… The market has been on a blaze this morning after opening higher and holding its gains.  Tech has been the clear winner today and is up nearly 2% while the Dow and S&P are showing 1% pops.  All three indexes areRead more

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April 20, 2011

Bulls Looking to Breakout

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Daily Update, Earnings

8:50am (EST) The bulls recovered from Monday’s haymaker and rebounded to push the market higher on Tuesday.  Believe it or not, there were a couple of decent housing reports released before the bell which helped futures firm up and led to a solid open.  The bulls cruised until halftime whichRead more

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April 19, 2011

Earnings Take Center Stage Once Again

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Daily Update, Earnings

12:45pm (EST) The bulls have held ground for much of the day but appear to be getting weaker as we head into the afternoon session. The Dow is up 25 points to 12,226 after hitting an intraday high of 12,249.  The S&P 500 is up 2 points to 1,306 whileRead more

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April 19, 2011

Goldman Sachs (GS) Wears its Golden Slacks

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Daily Update, Earnings, Financial Stocks

9:05am (EST) The bulls went into Monday’s session knowing they were facing an uphill battle after Standard & Poor’s lowered its outlook on U.S. debt to “Negative” from “Stable” about 30 minutes before the start of trading.  Futures went from bad to worse and there was panic at the openRead more

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April 18, 2011

S&P Revises U. S. Debt to “Negative”

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

1:30pm (EST) Futures were pointing towards a slightly lower market when we released this morning’s update but things got even worse shortly after we sent it out.  Before the opening bell.  Standard & Poor’s lowered the U.S. debt outlook from “Stable” to “Negative” while reaffirming the country’s “AAA” debt-rating.  ThisRead more

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April 18, 2011

Bears Looking to Keep Slight Momentum

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

8:45am (EST) Although the bears won last week’s battle to make it two-in-a-row, you could tell by the bulls’ efforts that they aren’t going down without a fight.  The real action occurred in one day, on Tuesday, which is when the bears roared loudest.  Friday’s gains helped cut the week’sRead more

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April 15, 2011

Bears Getting Stronger but Bulls Show Resiliency

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

12:50pm (EST) There has been a slight battle between the bulls and bears today as both sides try to square up their positions for the week.  There has been a ton of economic data so let’s get that out of the way, first. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) was upRead more

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April 15, 2011

Google (GOOG) Drops $30+

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

8:50am (EST) The bulls got their second straight win on Thursday but the margin of victory matched Wednesday’s slight gains.  The bears dominated the early action after hearing initial jobless claims rose by 27,000 week-over-week to 412,000.  Wall Street was looking for 385,000 and the jump back over 400,000 was the headline shocker.  ThisRead more

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April 14, 2011

Google’s (GOOG) Earnings After the Bell

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Google, Daily Update

1:25pm (EST) It’s all about the notes… We have been busy today, folks, and there are a lot of good stories to talk about so we are going to be quick because we have a lot to go over in our Members Area. The bears dominated the early action thisRead more

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