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1/23/2007
The Next Macau?
We've been bullish on Macau since early 2006, a year where Macau visitor growth...
1/22/2007Nuclear and RE Fusion
If you don't already think nuclear power is a form of alternative energy, then you may wonder what all the fuss is about...
1/22/2007Oil's Spike Is No Surprise - If You Know Where to Look
The concept is really very simple. (So simple, in fact, that it drives many "sophisticated" analysts absolutely nuts.)
1/22/2007Earnings Action
This week, the market is going to be focused on earnings, plain and simple...
1/19/2007The real story behind corn's 10-year high
I picked up the phone and all I heard was, "It's boom time again in America's heartland. Things haven’t been this good since '96!"
1/19/2007Major Trends Follow Up
If you followed along on this opportunity, then you may have noticed my recommendation in Dynamic Market Alert.
1/19/2007Is 2007 the Year for Biometrics?
I believe that this company could go public in the next few years...
1/19/2007Tech Trouble?
The problem with record stock markets is that they leave very little room for...
1/18/2007Addicted to consumerism
Capitalism always finds a way to win. No matter how you try to
1/18/2007A Particularly Oily Personality
We can understand why OPEC is having such difficulties deciding what to do about falling oil prices.
1/18/2007Newspaper Shakeup
Tomorrow, you should receive a video alert from Taipan Financial News...
1/18/2007The Market Does Not Really Care About the Social Security Deficit in 2030
If this was a human client on a psychologist's couch, the good doctor might next ask, "What is really bothering you?"
1/18/2007Moving Pictures
The market is again ga-ga over Apple Computer, now because of the company's record...
1/17/2007Beating Berkshire and Wall Street
By Andrew Mickey
1/17/2007Three Critical Sector Moves
Three critical sector moves happened today -- and each one could have an impact on your investment decisions.
1/17/2007Home Builders' Poll Offers Confirming Signal
I was going to dwell on the various reports rolling in that would help us guess as to whether or not the Fed will cut rates come January 31.
1/17/2007Black Gold Plunge
This time last week, oil looked as if it had bottomed out, as fears...
1/16/2007An investor's paradise
By Andrew Snyder
1/16/2007Staying Afloat - WaveStrength Market Trends for January 16, 2007
by Ann Sosnowski
1/16/2007Why January 23 Could Be Launch Day For These 3...
I walked two miles on Saturday... not on purpose, mind you. I was at...
1/15/2007$30 Oil: OPEC's continued irrelevance
With oil at $50 a barrel, OPEC members have to choose between everybody doing well or one or two members doing very, very, well...
1/15/2007The Excitement Heats Up - WaveStrength Market Trends for January 15, 2007
by Ann Sosnowski
1/15/2007When The Chips Are Down
I have been keeping tabs on the semiconductor sector recently, watching many of these...
1/12/2007Revisiting MO - WaveStrength Trading Tactics for January 12, 2007
by Bryan Bottarelli
1/12/2007The Rain in Spain - WaveStrength Material Profits for January 12, 2007
by S.R. Nunnally
1/12/2007More Merger and Acquisition News - WaveStrength Market Trends for January 12, 2007
by Ann Sosnowski
1/12/2007Convergence
I travel from our home near New York to our offices in Baltimore...
1/11/2007The real headline makers
By Andrew Snyder
1/11/2007Snow? In New York? In January? Couldn't Be...
Yep, that white stuff falling from the sky over New York was, in fact, snow...
1/10/2007Changing my tune
By Andrew Mickey
1/10/2007Finding Quality Stocks Impervious to Intra-Day Volatility - WaveStrength Trading Tactics for January 10, 2007
by Bryan Bottarelli
1/10/2007How Does a 5 Million Barrel Draw Lower Oil Prices? - WaveStrength Material Profits for January 10, 2007
by S.R. Nunnally
1/10/2007Monday Gap "Gap" Questionable
If you're going long on the troubled retailer on the near-term speculation...
1/9/2007The Murky Patterns in Oil Prices - WaveStrength Material Profits for January 9, 2007
by S.R. Nunnally
1/9/2007An Update on Sonic Solutions - WaveStrength Market Trends for January 9, 2007
by Ann Sosnowski
1/9/2007The Gas Shall Pass, as Will the Bearish Breakdown
Even after getting wind that Manhattan's passing gas was harmless and there were no...
1/8/2007How to tell a market has topped
By Andrew Mickey
1/8/2007Oil Volatility Continues
by Bryan Bottarelli
1/8/2007The 50-Day Indicator
by Ann Sosnowski
1/8/2007"Hope Is The Thing With Feathers"
by Adam Lass
1/8/2007Ready, Fire, Aim!
Wall Street is famous for its steely-eyed, just-the-numbers analysts and their...
1/5/2007$30 Oil: Who's crazy now?
By Andrew Mickey
1/5/2007The Dull Shine of a Waning Metal
by S.R. Nunnally
1/5/2007Unlocking DVD Burning
by Ann Sosnowski
1/5/2007December's "News" Is Fishwrap Now
by Adam Lass
1/5/2007Masters of Myopia
As you have undoubtedly heard, the weather here in New York has been downright...
1/4/20072007's Commodity Breakdown - WaveStrength Trading Tactics for January 4, 2007
by Bryan Bottarelli
1/4/2007Cheap Coal - WaveStrength Material Profits for January 4, 2007
by S.R. Nunnally
1/4/2007I'm drinking the "perverse logic" Kool-Aid - WaveStrength Macro Outlook for January 4, 2007
by Adam Lass
1/4/2007Get rid of your stupid emotions
By Andrew Snyder
1/4/2007The Worst is Over for Housing? Don't count on it.
Once housing realities set in yesterday, that 100+ point run was all over...
1/3/2007The top real estate stock for 2007
By Andrew Mickey
1/3/2007Quite a Wild Ride
by Bryan Bottarelli
1/3/2007You Heard It Here First
by Ann Sosnowski
1/3/2007More on the "Undead" Real Estate Sector
by Adam Lass
1/3/2007The $4 Trillion Urge to Merge
It's been six long years since M&A activity surpassed $3.3 trillion in deals...
1/2/2007The power of left hook
By Andrew Snyder
1/2/2007Kicking off 2007 Right - WaveStrength Trading Tactics for January 2, 2007
by Bryan Bottarelli
1/2/2007Cycles within Cycles - WaveStrength Material Profits for January 2, 2007
by S.R. Nunnally
1/2/2007Markets Closed on Tuesday
2006 was quite a year. Saddam Hussein was hanged. Gerald Ford passed away...
12/22/2006Light volume creates big opportunities
By Andrew Mickey
12/22/2006Bill Miller's 15-Year Run Comes to an End - WaveStrength Trading Tactics for December 22, 2006
by Bryan Bottarelli
12/22/2006Holiday Jingles - WaveStrength Material Profits for December 22, 2006
by S.R. Nunnally
12/22/2006Another Year, Come and Gone - WaveStrength Market Trends for December 22, 2006
by Ann Sosnowski
12/22/2006How Low Can You Go?
Today we received the last bits of economic data before the holidays and they...
12/21/2006Stick a fork in it. The profits are done.
by Andrew Snyder
12/21/2006Take A Year-End Gainer!
Today, as we get ready to close the books...
12/21/2006Take a Year-End 55.5% Gainer - WaveStrength Trading Tactics for December 21, 2006
by Bryan Bottarelli
12/21/2006What's in a Name? - WaveStrength Material Profits for December 21, 2006
by S.R. Nunnally
12/21/2006Yummy, Yummy, Yummy, There's No E. Coli In My Tummy
"Health scares generally do not cause a food chain's performance to suffer in the...
12/20/2006Preparing the Next WOW Play - WaveStrength Trading Tactics for December 20, 2006
by Bryan Bottarelli
12/20/2006Increased Food Safety Awareness - WaveStrength Market Trends for December 20, 2006
by Ann Sosnowski
12/20/2006China's mineral monopoly abolished
China's mineral monopoly abolished
12/20/2006A Ladder to the Moon? - WaveStrength Macro Outlook for December 20, 2006
by Adam Lass
12/20/2006Lingering Warmth Sounding Buy Opportunity
It was 81 degrees in San Antonio yesterday, 76 degrees in Washington, D.C...
12/19/2006The informational edge
The informational edge
12/19/2006Does Home Depot Hate Investors?
It's no surprise to most investors that the biggest hurdle for Home Depot's management...
12/18/2006BreakAway Hotline
Your BreakAway Investor Issue is now online
12/18/2006Oil and Gas Retreat - WaveStrength Trading Tactics for December 18, 2006
by Bryan Bottarelli
12/18/2006Online Retail Strong Out of the Gate - WaveStrength Market Trends for December 18, 2006
by Ann Sosnowski
12/18/2006Is inflation really over? Not on your life. - WaveStrength Macro Outlook for December 18, 2006
by Adam Lass
12/18/2006How to play the Santa Claus Rally and the January Effect
How to play the Santa Claus Rally and the January Effect
12/18/2006A Cure In Sight?
One of the most significant strategic trends we follow is diabetes. It is a...
12/15/2006The time to play housing
The time to play housing
12/15/2006The Turn Around Is Here - WaveStrength Material Profits for December 15, 2006
by S.R. Nunnally
12/15/2006New High Upon New High - WaveStrength Market Trends for December 15, 2006
by Ann Sosnowski
12/15/2006New High Upon New High Market Report for December 15, 2006
Market Report for December 15, 2006
12/14/2006The Wal-Mart Effect
The Wal-Mart Effect
12/14/2006BreakAway Hotline
BreakAway Bonus Buy: Input/Output
12/14/2006Another New High on the Dow - WaveStrength Market Trends for December 14, 2006
by Ann Sosnowski
12/14/2006Oil’s “New High” Gives Out - WaveStrength Macro Outlook for December 14, 2006
by Adam Lass
12/14/2006The CFO Remains the Same
The sheep were lead to the slaughterhouse on Monday. Hopes were running high...
12/13/2006Who's getting sick of oil
Who's getting sick of oil
12/13/2006Playing the Pullbacks - Material Profits for December 13, 2006
by Sara Nunnally
12/13/2006Retail's November Surprise - Trading Tactics for December 13, 2006
by Bryan Bottarelli
12/13/2006The Revenge of the Scarsdale Effect - Macro Outlook for December 13, 2006
by Adam Lass
12/13/2006The Importance of Due Diligence
We don't recommend any stocks or any options without first doing our due diligence...
12/12/2006High flying profit opportunities
High flying profit opportunities
12/12/2006As Expected - Trading Tactics for December 12, 2006
As everyone expected, the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at 5.25%...
12/12/2006Double Bottoms and Domestic Drillers - Material Profits for December 12, 2006
Double-bottom formations look like a "W."
12/12/2006Four in a Row! - Market Trends for December 12, 2006
WaveStrength Trader subscribers have closed four gains in a row!
12/12/2006Could Phelps Dodge Fetch a Higher Bid?
Keep an eye on Phelps Dodge. The company's proposed merger with Freeport-McMoRan may not...
12/11/2006The Fed's Holiday Cheer - Trading Tactics for December 11, 2006
Here's something you haven’t heard in quite a while...
12/11/2006The Search for Food Safety - Market Trends for December 11, 2006
I've been covering the news on foodborne pathogens ever since the mid-August outbreak of E. coli in spinach across the nation.
12/11/2006The Fed is watching - Macro Outlook for December 11, 2006
Tomorrow... The Fed... Nothing.
12/11/2006One stock Morgan Stanley, Merrill, and Etrade don't want you to know about
One stock Morgan Stanley, Merrill, and Etrade don't want you to know about
12/11/2006The Dawn of the "PCTV?"
At some point in the last eighteen months or so, technology finally caught up...
12/8/2006What's next for Apple
What's next for Apple
12/8/2006BreakAway Hotline
ACGY, CRL, and MTCT update
12/8/2006Oil & Gas Price Variance - Trading Tactics for December 8, 2006
We have an interesting situation with oil and natural gas prices.
12/8/2006WaveStrength Material Profits for December 8, 2006
Yesterday, during a break in the work day, a coworker sent around an "inspirational" website.
12/8/2006The Kings of Capitalism
The quote itself seemed harmless enough. "The quality of Ford's assets is alright...
12/7/2006I'm so excited, I just can't hide it
I'm so excited, I just can't hide it
12/7/2006WaveStrength Material Profits for December 7, 2006
Yesterday, I told you about the Gold-to-Oil ratio...
12/7/2006WaveStrength Market Trends for December 7, 2006
For the third day in a row, the Russell 2000 Index (RUT)...
12/7/2006WaveStrength Macro Outlook for December 7, 2006
The latest brawl between the bulls and the bears...
12/7/2006Street Banks Almost Rocked to the Core
In a case that would've rocked the core of Wall Street banks...
12/6/2006The next Google
The next Google
12/6/2006WaveStrength Trading Tactics for December 6, 2006
This broad-based rate drop provided yet another lift to the housing sector.
12/6/2006WaveStrength Material Profits for December 6, 2006
Have you seen this little turnaround in oil prices lately?
12/6/2006WaveStrength Macro Outlook for December 6, 2006
All sorts of interesting stuff in today's Dow chart.
12/6/2006The Art of Ridiculousness
My head is spinning. Wall Street and retail investors...
12/5/2006WaveStrength Material Profits for December 5, 2006
I called gold at $650 by the end of the year.
12/5/2006WaveStrength Market Trends for December 5, 2006
It's been quite a week for mergers and acquisitions and we're only two days in.
12/5/2006Not A Cloud In Sight...
In late November 2006, shares of AIG were grossly overbought. Technically, once...
12/4/2006WaveStrength Trading Tactics for December 4, 2006
I hope all our WaveStrength Option Weekly members are thrilled with the performance of their Pfizer January 27.5 Puts (PFE MY).
12/4/2006WaveStrength Market Trends for December 4, 2006
The December market has two things going for it: a Santa Claus rally and the beginning of the January Effect...
12/4/2006WaveStrength Macro Outlook for December 4, 2006
Last week we read that building fell for a record seventh consecutive month.
12/4/2006Merger Mania
The merger wave continues on Wall Street with Bank of New York agreeing...
12/1/2006WaveStrength Material Profits for December 1, 2006
December is off to a snowy start, at least in the Midwest.
12/1/2006WaveStrength Market Trends for December 1, 2006
One of my favorite stocks has been bumping along again...
12/1/2006WaveStrength Trading Tactics for December 1, 2006
A day like today is a perfect example why Adam and I are adamant that everyone own a protective downside hedge position.
12/1/2006Listen to the Market
Years ago I worked for a man who taught me most of what I...
11/30/2006WaveStrength Material Profits for November 30, 2006
The latest update has just been released by the Energy Information Administration...
11/30/2006WaveStrength Market Trends for November 30, 2006
My original thesis still stands... retail investment will dry up...
11/30/2006WaveStrength Macro Outlook for November 30, 2006
Yesterday I warned you that we might already be in a recession...
11/30/2006Bewildered by Rumors
Rumors not only exasperate companies, but also desperate traders looking for a quick buck...
11/29/2006WaveStrength Macro Outlook for November 29, 2006
Normally, when I see headlines that misrepresent the situation, I am only mildly annoyed.
11/29/2006WaveStrength Market Trends for November 29, 2006
The Swiss stock market has been on a tear recently...
11/29/2006Could Microsoft Buy Rediff.com? Not Likely.
Leveraged buyout rumors are a dime a dozen these days...
11/28/2006WaveStrength Trading Tactics for November 28, 2006
I was asked by the Taipan Financial News Network to prepare today's "Chart of the Day."
11/28/2006WaveStrength Material Profits for November 28, 2006
Let's see how our favorite energy recommendations are doing.
11/28/2006WaveStrength Macro Outlook for November 28, 2006
I told you it was coming, and I told you that the market would hate it.
11/28/2006War of the Game Consoles
Sony is driving me nuts! Here's a company with one of the hottest new products of 2006...
11/27/2006WaveStrength Trading Tactics for November 27, 2006
Adam and I have been discussing it for months - and it could finally be here.
11/27/2006WaveStrength Market Trends for November 27, 2006
What a worrisome day for American stocks!
11/27/2006Shopping-Signals
For the past several years, I have always gone to a huge, higher-end mall...
11/22/2006WaveStrength Trading Tactics for November 22, 2006
On the first trading day of the 2006 calendar year, shares of General Motors Corp. (GM:NYSE) traded...
11/22/2006WaveStrength Market Trends for November 22, 2006
Not only do retailers expect a boost from holiday sales...
11/22/2006WaveStrength Macro Outlook for November 22, 2006
No, I don't mean literally. Figuratively, however, Team Bush...
11/22/2006Standing in the Valley of the Shadow of Death...
When a billionaire like Carl Icahn discloses a stake in a company...
11/22/2006WaveStrength Trading Tactics for November 21, 2006
As I mentioned this morning in Radar, Google (GOOG:NASDAQ) and Nordstrom (JWN:NYSE) were two of the top stocks in focus today.
11/22/2006WaveStrength Material Profits for November 21, 2006
I told folks in Radar this morning that an unprecedented event would be taking place tomorrow.
11/22/2006WaveStrength Market Trends for November 21, 2006
Today the Retail Service HOLDRs (RTH:NYSE) dropped to its 50-day Moving Average
11/21/2006The Key to China's Growth
Driving in the daily grind of bumper-to-bumper traffic is enough to...
11/20/2006WaveStrength Market Trends for November 20, 2006
Retail's leading indicator isn't same-store sales over the last six months, recent earnings, or...
11/20/2006WaveStrength Trading Tactics for November 20, 2006
Here's a strategy for ya...
11/20/2006WaveStrength Macro Outlook for November 20, 2006
Once, back in the middle of the last century, I came across a hand-drawn cartoon...
11/20/2006WaveStrength Material Profits for November 20, 2006
National gasoline prices were up last week to an average $2.23 per gallon. But oil prices fell during the same time.
11/20/2006OPEC is talking again; Should we be listening?
Here we go again. The 11-member oil cartel, known as OPEC, is talking...
11/17/2006WaveStrength Material Profits for November 17, 2006
Oil's significant two-day drop has taken prices to lows not seen since before Hurricanes Katrina and Rita ravaged the Gulf Coast.
11/17/2006WaveStrength Market Trends for November 17, 2006
Retail is being smacked down before the holiday season.
11/17/2006Soft Landing in Site?
The message from the two inflation gauges reported this week...
11/16/2006WaveStrength Market Trends for November 16, 2006
Another new high? Yes, another new high...
11/16/2006WaveStrength Material Profits for November 16, 2006
Of course, such unbelievable growth should be suspect...
11/16/2006WaveStrength Macro Outlook for November 16, 2006
One of the guys who helped me wrap my mind around this business when I was just starting out had a series of rules...
11/16/2006Persisent Problems Likely to Strip Sony of Market Share
The biggest product in Sony's history, with a high-speed Cell microprocessor...
11/15/2006WaveStrength Macro Outlook for November 15, 2006
The minutes from October's two-day Fed meeting came out today, and I, for one, smell a rat.
11/15/2006WaveStrength Market Trends for November 15, 2006
"I have noticed you haven't had much to say about the Nasdaq-100 (QQQQ)...
11/15/2006WaveStrength Radar for November 15, 2006
Tremendous Upside!
11/15/2006Flying High?
Word on the street this morning is that USAir is buying Delta...
11/14/2006WaveStrength Trading Tactics for November 14, 2006
Another late-session jump has pumped some volatility into an otherwise flat trading day.
11/14/2006WaveStrength Material Profits for November 14, 2006
OII's edge is that the company is leveraged to deepwater and subsea projects.
11/14/2006The Easiest Way to Make Any Money in Today's Marketplace
Buy when the herd is blind. Sell once they...
11/13/2006WaveStrength Trading Tactics for November 13, 2006
The economic calendar is chock full of upcoming releases starting tomorrow...
11/13/2006WaveStrength Material Profits for November 13, 2006
Today, I'd like to focus on a company whose fleet of 520 vessels provides services to the offshore energy industry...
11/13/2006WaveStrength Market Trends for November 13, 2006
Barron's is bullish on The New York Times Company (NYT:NYSE)...
11/13/2006WaveStrength Macro Outlook for November 13, 2006
I've got a new method for predicting oil prices...
11/13/2006Nothing New: Democrats Make A Mess; Republicans Clean It Up
Now that the hangover has ended from last week's elections...
11/10/2006WaveStrength Trading Tactics for November 10, 2006
At the open of today's trading, I wrote in Radar about three positive developments coming out of the Blue Chip group
11/10/2006WaveStrength Market Trends for November 10, 2006
Ever since the 20th outbreak of E. coli ravished the country’s spinach population in September,
11/10/2006A Defense Opportunity?
The midterm elections earlier this week has brought selling pressure onto several sectors...
11/9/2006WaveStrength Material Profits for November 9, 2006
Before we get into my uranium forecast, I’d like to address a question from a Market Report reader about heating oil.
11/9/2006WaveStrength Market Trends for November 9, 2006
As I mentioned a few days ago, the free Market Report stock play on Advanta Corp. (ADVNA:NASDAQ) that I recommended to you earlier in the year...
11/9/2006WaveStrength Macro Outlook for November 09, 2006
Americans are not buying what Washington and Wall Street are selling. Buried amidst the avalanche of post-electoral factoids was a small nugget of knowledge...
11/9/2006Gridlock is Good
The Dow is in historic territory, nailing an intra-day high of 12,168 on Tuesday...
11/8/2006WaveStrength Macro Outlook for November 08, 2006
Let's start with this report just in from Hollywood: Kevin "K-Fed" Federline has now been rechristened by the Internet gossip monster as "FedEx," as Britney kicks her ex-line dancer and ex-husband...
11/8/2006WaveStrength Trading Tactics for November 08, 2006
I said in this morning’s Radar the following...
11/8/2006MS VOIP
While it's never been a secret that Microsoft has wanted to be involved...
11/7/2006WaveStrength Trading Tactics for November 07, 2006
A heated exchange just happened between WaveStrength founder Adam Lass and Taipan publisher Christoph Amberger...
11/7/2006WaveStrength Material Profits for November 07, 2006
Along with oil's slight loss, heating oil shed two-and-a-half cents today, dipping below $1.70 a gallon...
11/7/2006WaveStrength Market Trends for November 07, 2006
My father used to be a conventional man. He would never buy the ...
11/7/2006WaveStrength Trading Tactics for November 07, 2006
A heated exchange just happened between WaveStrength Founder Adam Lass and Taipan Financial News Publisher ...
11/7/2006WaveStrength Material Profits for November 07, 2006
Oil prices are trying to continue yesterday's rise, and OPEC is reiterating...
11/7/2006WaveStrength Market Trends for November 07, 2006
More good news for Taser International Inc. (TASR:NASDA...
11/7/2006Screams From the Grave... Ortega Win to Strengthen the "Confederation of Terrorist States"
Years before the naming of the Axis of Evil and 9/11, Ronald Reagan warned us...
11/6/2006WaveStrength Material Profits for November 06, 2006
You've all heard me talk about oil and energy for this whole year. And, of course, we've tangled with the gold gods a bit, ending the year with more ...
11/6/2006WaveStrength Market Trends for November 06, 2006
There's interesting news coming out today involving Google Inc. (GOOG:NASDAQ) and major print ...
11/6/2006WaveStrength Macro Outlook for November 06, 2006
Tomorrow is Election Day. My wife has asked me to exhort all you fine folks to get off your duffs and vote. Please: Nothing angers her more than low turnout, and you really shouldn’t anger her…
11/6/2006Material Profits
Saddam receives a death sentence for his guilty verdict of war crimes.
11/6/2006Trading Tactics
The financial media wants you to believe that the Dow just experienced six straight days of weakness ...
11/6/2006Market Trends
This morning's slight rise on the Dow is only intended to "retake" the 32 points that the Dow lost on Friday...
11/6/2006Macro Outlook
Wages ups, benefits up, unemployment at a five-year low, planned layoffs down, consumer spending up...
11/6/2006Iraq Defeatism and its Impact on the Elections and the Markets
On the eve of the midterm elections, it seems obvious that most voters are going to choose a candidate based on their opinion of the war in Iraq...
11/1/2006The Running of the Bulls: Sensex Conquers 13K
Sensex index nailed a new lifetime high above 13,000 on Monday
10/25/2006A More Effective Way, Wave Strength Market Report
October 25th, 2006
10/21/2006Beat Down Homebuilders Index Offers Market Power to Beat Dow 12,000
TFN Top News, October 20th, 2006
10/18/2006North Korea: Pushing the Nuclear Envelope
Gressor Newsletter, October 18th, 2006
7/4/2006Fertilizer's fate
By Andrew Mickey