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Mar 18 – Before the Open (SPY, rated BUY)

Today’s Before the Open This week’s Economic Numbers and Earnings Reports ChartBook / ETFs by Jason... (more...)

Regulatory Catalyst Extreme Trades: $APPA, $APPY $ARIA, $CTIC, $SOMX (CTIC, rated SELL)

The actively managed HavRx Regulatory Catalyst Index tracks the performance of select companies which meet any of the following requirements: (1) pending new drug,... (more...)

GOLD $600 : IT’S COMING IN 2010 (GLD, rated SELL)

Gold belongs to one of the assets that fall into a bubble category, in fact almost all tradable assets can become a bubble at some point in history (ex. Nasdaq year... (more...)

Regulatory Catalyst News: $ALKS, $AMLN, $LLY, $MNKD, $SVNT (AMLN, rated BUY)

Shares of Amylin Pharma (NASDAQ: AMLN) are rising by about 10% during early trading today on the issuance of a Complete Response Letter (CRL) from FDA for its once-weekly... (more...)

Chesapeak Energy – Natty or Nasty? (CHK, rated SELL)

A couple of days ago, Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK ) came up during a discussion with some friends of ours. Our thoughts... (more...)

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On Retirement and Portfolio Simplicity

Roger Nusbaum submits: Yesterday I participated in a retirement panel on Seeking Alpha. This was the second panel like this (the other was a different topic back... Read more »

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Initial Jobless Claims Down Again

Zacks.com submits: Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance fell by 5,000 over the last week to 457,000, and are far below the year-ago level of 644,000. Weekly... Read more »

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Inflation Update

Doug Short submits: (Click to enlarge) The latest annualized rate is 2.14%. The February 2010 Consumer Price Index for Urban Consumers ((CPI-U)) is 216.741. The... Read more »

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Rock Star Hedge Funds More Like Easy Listening

Piggyback investing has made it so easy for investors to mimic the moves of the best and brightest — and most successful — asset managers. The hardest... Read more »

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Implications of the Eurozone’s Current Account Deficit

Marc Chandler submits: The eurozone reported one of its largest monthly current account deficits on record. The 16.7 billion euro shortfall in January compares with... Read more »

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The Problem With China’s Currency Peg

Edward Harrison submits: In reading Scott Sumner’s take on the China currency peg dilemma, I see that both he and Paul Krugman hit on the fundamental problem... Read more »

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Most Overbought Stocks in the S&P 500

Hickey and Walters (Bespoke) submit: Yesterday morning we noted that 85% of S&P 500 stocks were trading above their 50-day moving averages. By the close,... Read more »

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State of the Union: Coincident Indexes for the 50 States (January 2010)

Sold At The Top submits: The latest “Coincident Indexes for the 50 States” release from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia indicated overall... Read more »

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Inflation: Still Tame

Eddy Elfenbein submits: Today’s CPI report shows that consumer prices were flat last month. Wall Street was expecting an increase of 0.1%, but the core... Read more »

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Report From Europe: Uninspired

Macro Man submits: Sometimes, the well just runs dry and you can’t muster anything interesting to say. Today, alas, is one of those days for Macro Man. (Some... Read more »

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Live Trading Picks

Cramer’s Stop Trading! Ford Glorious Ford (3/17/10)

Miriam Metzinger submits: Stocks discussed on Jim Cramer’s Stop Trading! TV Segment, Wednesday March 17. Ford (F), Ford Preferred Shares (F-PS), Huntington... Read more »

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Cramer’s Lightning Round – Bank With Prosperity (3/17/10)

Miriam Metzinger submits: Stocks discussed on the lightning round session of Jim Cramer’s Mad Money TV program, Wednesday March 17. Bullish Calls Prosperity... Read more »

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Cramer’s Mad Money – 10 Reasons to Buy Stocks (3/17/10)

Miriam Metzinger submits: Stocks discussed on the in-depth session of Jim Cramer’s Mad Money TV Program, Wednesday March 17. 10 Reasons to Buy Stocks: Financial... Read more »

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Market Speculator

GMCR

By John Ward Though I’ve lightened up on GMCR this week, I’m still holding a core position in the … [visit site to read more] GMCR  Read More →

January 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Follow on Twitter and Seeking Alpha

Catch realtime updates: Market Speculator on Seeking Alpha “cmaye35″ on twitter Posts come throughout the … [visit site to read more] Follow on... Read more »

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Treasuries Begin Their Decline Striking Fear into the Stock Market

Many have predicted the bursting of the US Treasury market, but many were simply too early.  Wednesday’s widening of the yield curve proves that the great... Read more »

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Joshua Hayes

Indexes Hit New Highs as Volume Grows

The Federal Reserve will keep the flood gates open and the market cheers as stocks hit new 52 week highs.  Volume rose on the day as investors and institutions... Read more »

March 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Top Current Holdings In My Portfolio/BigWaveTrading That Closed For A Gain On Wednesday

Stock – Total percent return – Date of purchase: MHR 161% 8/21/09 RDWR 112% 8/12/09 LCUT 86% 11/2/09 MPET 86% 9/8/09 SNS 84% 7/13/09 AEZ 78%... Read more »

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Top Performing Longs Up Tuesday (Purchase Date)

Top longs: MHR +141% (8/21), RDWR +92% (8/12), CAMT +89% (12/22), SNS +69% (7/13), RURL +60% (7/21), AEZ +55% (12/1), PCYC +45% (1/27), VVTV +43% (8/26), WBMD +46%... Read more »

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Featured Company

Real Goods Solar IPO Offers Exposure to Residential Market

Real Goods Solar, Inc. (RSOL) is a residential and commercial solar energy integrator. It begins trading publicly this Thursday. Read more »  Read More →

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