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An Overbought Amazon Advances Into Earnings

Posted on January 30, 2012 by buystocks

Recent events – from Apple’s historic earnings report earlier this week to the fact that shares of Amazon.com have been toiling away in bear market territory for more than two months – have put more than a few dents in … Continue reading →

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3 Drug Stores for Short Term Traders

Posted on January 30, 2012 by buystocks

A few days ago, we took a look at some of the larger pharmaceutical companies that had begun to pullback in bull market territory (see “3 Drug Stocks for Active Investors”). In today’s column, we turn to the retail end … Continue reading →

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Dividend Stock Darlings No More

Posted on January 30, 2012 by buystocks

There are a number of ways to see this weakness. For our purposes, however, the fact that the highest rated exchange-traded fund in our database heading into trading on Monday is the First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund ETF … Continue reading →

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Stock of the Week: American Public Education

Posted on January 30, 2012 by buystocks

Shares of APEI began pulling back from a recent short-term high in mid-January. What is interesting about the stock is that it went from having our lowest “consider avoiding” rating of 1 out of 10 to having a “consider buying” … Continue reading →

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Big Weekly Winners: Swing Trading with PowerRatings

Posted on January 30, 2012 by buystocks

Here are some of the top-rated stocks that have outperformed over the past trading week.The stocks in this week’s Big Weekly Winners: Swing Trading with Power Ratings all earned Power Ratings of 9 or higher one week ago. To learn … Continue reading →

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Stock of the Week: Selling the Buying in Astoria Financial

Posted on January 17, 2012 by buystocks

If there has been one trading theme that has dominated the first half of the first trading month of the year, that theme is “buying banks.” And while market pundits and prognosticators argued over the merits of a rally in … Continue reading →

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3 Top Nasdaq Stocks for Short Term Traders

Posted on January 17, 2012 by buystocks

Shares of Helen of Troy Ltd. (NASDAQ: HELE) pulled back by more than 1% on Friday to finish lower for five out of the past six trading days. The stock began the session already at “consider buying” levels with an … Continue reading →

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Stocks To Watch – Keep an eye on result monitor

Posted on January 17, 2012 by buystocks

This week will see a good number of companies coming out with their Q3 financial results. TCS (January 17), Jindal Steel (January 18), HDFC Bank, Bajaj Auto, Hero Moto Corp and SKS Micro (January 19), Wipro, ITC, Reliance Industries and … Continue reading →

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No Market for Defensive Stocks

Posted on January 17, 2012 by buystocks

With the stock market continuing to have an upward bias, those few markets that have become especially undervalued tend to stick out. And while both utilities and consumer staples have underperformed as sectors in recent days, the common denominator may … Continue reading →

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Time to Fade the Financials?

Posted on January 17, 2012 by buystocks

The rally in financials has been the story of 2012, so far. And the next chapter in that tale will show us just how much money was spent chasing bank stocks higher over the past few days. With earnings announcements … Continue reading →

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