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An Overbought Amazon Advances Into Earnings

buystocks — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:28:37 +0000

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 this thesis. But Amazon.com will have an opportunity to prove its detractors incorrect when the company reports quarterly earnings on Tuesday….

3 Drug Stores for Short Term Traders

buystocks — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:26:50 +0000

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 of the business. First up is Caremark CVS (NYSE: CVS), which has been trading in oversold territory for the past two days after pulling back from new, 52-week highs days ago. Trading off its lowest levels on Friday, the stock is still at significant, short-term closing lows despite finishing fractionally higher over the past two sessions….

Dividend Stock Darlings No More

buystocks — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:24:48 +0000

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 (NYSE: FDL) is testament enough. FDL is based on the Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index of high-yielding stocks with a track record of both growing and sustaining their dividends over time….

Stock of the Week: American Public Education

buystocks — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:22:39 +0000

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” rating of 8 out 10 in just two days. Follow-through selling a day later took APEI even lower, earning the stock an additional ratings upgrade to 9 out of 10….

Big Weekly Winners: Swing Trading with PowerRatings

buystocks — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:21:11 +0000

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 →

Stock of the Week: Selling the Buying in Astoria Financial

buystocks — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:54:27 +0000

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 a sector that most people had left for dead months ago, traders and active investors who remained focused on the data rather than the debating points were able to sell strength in the banks as stocks in that sector began roll over late last week…

3 Top Nasdaq Stocks for Short Term Traders

buystocks — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:52:36 +0000

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 8 out of 10 rating. But the renewed selling on the final trading day of the week helped the stock earn a one-point upgrade to 9 out of 10, a rating that could climb even further if sellers return next week to take HELE to new, short-term lows….

Stocks To Watch – Keep an eye on result monitor

buystocks — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:49:17 +0000

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 Jet Airways (January 20) are announcing their October-December quarter financial performance. With the Street not enthused by last week’s announcements of Infosys and HDFC, it is to be seen whether these companies would be able to beat market expectations and turn the sentiment….

No Market for Defensive Stocks

buystocks — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:43:52 +0000

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 →

Time to Fade the Financials?

buystocks — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:40:25 +0000

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 from Citigroup and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) on Tuesday, US Bancorp (NYSE: USB) reporting Wednesday, and Bank of America scheduled to make their quarterly announcement on Thursday, there are plenty of catalysts for traders and investors alike who may be inclined to sell any news from this overbought sector, regardless of what that news is….