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Citigroup (C) Dumping Questionable Corporate Loans - Good or Bad For Stocks
2008-04-09 15:35:00 All things considered, 80 to 90 cents on the dollar may not be bad. Of course, I’m talking about Citigroup ’s (C) decision late yesterday to shed about $13 billion worth of leveraged buyout loans that - in the wake of the Bear Stearns (BSC) deal - may be deemed ‘a little problematic’. The net purchase ... More About: Stocks , Loans , General , Corporate
Smart Energy (SMGY) Partners With Major GM Upfitter
2008-04-08 18:30:00 Chalk up another nice win for small cap company Smart Energy Solutions (SMGY). The latest victory was announced this morning…they’re partnering up with Kerr Industries - one of General Motors’ (GM) key upfitters for their police and emergency vehicle lines. Smart Energy’s Battery Brain ™ will be offered through Kerr’s catalog as one of the ... More About: Partners , Major
SpongeTech (SPNG) to be Featured on QVC
2008-04-08 17:41:00 I see a theme developing today for SpongeTech (SPNG) and female consumers - the company is making something of a blitz to get their product in front of them. Just a few moments after announcing their auto wash sponges would be appearing on TV’s ‘The Price is Right’, we’ve now learned their product is going ... More About: General , Featured
SpongeTech, Come on Down! You?re the Next Product Featured on the Price is
2008-04-08 15:55:00 No joke there - Spongetech Delivery Systems (SPNG) really is being featured on television’s oldeest game show ‘The Price is Right’. Within the next month or so, we’ll be seeing their sponges twice as part of the show’s pricing game. The announcer’s voice - Rich Fields - will describe what the sponge is and how it ... More About: General , Product , Featured
StockGroup (SWEB), StockHouse Partner with Yahoo! Canada Finance Site
2008-04-08 15:12:00 It may have been a while in the coming, but sometimes things can be worth the wait. Stockgroup Information Systems (SWEB) announced today they’ve officially struck a deal with Yahoo ! Canada to have their StockHouse content featured on the Yahoo! Canada Finance home page. Basically, this puts Stockgroup’s primary web property - StockHouse - front and center ... More About: General , Partner
Still Holding My QQQQ Puts, Picking Ciena (CIEN)
2008-04-07 15:43:00 Before we get to today’s outlook, let’s recap last week’s market action. On Friday, the Dow sank 17 points (-0.13%), the S&P 500 added 1.1 points (+0.08%), and the NASDAQ was 7.68 points higher (+0.32%). For the week though, all three indices made big gains. In the same order, they rallied 393 points (+3.22%), 55.20 ... More About: General , Holding , Picking
Morning Call - April 4th (Job Market Weaker Than Thought)
2008-04-04 16:03:00 TGIF. The number of jobs in the U.S. was cut by 80,000 in March…the third straight month of job losses, and the most cut since 2003. Unemployment now stands at 5.1%. Like I’ve said about umpteen times since January, the economy is in a recession. I guess Ben Bernanke finally opened my fan mail yesterday, as he publicly ... More About: Market , April , General , Thought , Morning
Morning Call - April 3rd (Fed, Bear Stearns deal under a microscope)
2008-04-03 16:12:00 I’m sure most of you saw yesterday’s big headline - Bernanke finally acknowledged we might be entering a recession. I wonder what the tip-off was….maybe the fact that everybody already thinks and says so? I like the guy, but he’s been chasing it for several months. Today he’s giving testimony (though not by himself) to the ... More About: April , General , Morning , Deal , Microscope
Stockgroup?s (SWEB) New Stockhouse.com Site Launched
2008-04-03 15:06:00 We’ve been talking about it here at the Small Cap Network for months now. But, since it was officially unveiled by the company this morning, we figure we may as well help spread the word… The new stockhouse.com site is up and running. As you may know, Stockgroup (SWEB) has been working on the build for ... More About: General , Site , Launched
Morning Call - April 2nd
2008-04-02 15:19:00 I trust most of you caught my late blog entry yesterday that I bought QQQQ puts a few minutes before the close. That should pretty much tell you what I think our odds are of any real follow-through today. We may even open higher this morning (frankly, I hope we do), though futures are mixed ... More About: April , General , Morning , Call
I Bought QQQQ Puts Before the Close
2008-04-01 22:09:00 I’m really more of a trend trader, but after seeing today’s strong open and even stronger close, my intuition told me to sell into this ridiculous strength. So, I did. Well, actually I bought some QQQQ April 47 puts for about $1.84. I’m looking for today’s rally to unwind just like the last few have. ... More About: General , Close
Morning Call - April 1st (April Fool?s?an appropriate description so far)
2008-04-01 16:24:00 I’m not superstitious or paranoid, but I’d swear somebody has to have a camera spying on me this morning and having a good April Fool ’s laugh. It’s been a total scramble so far (my head is spinning), and it’s only 9:30 am EST (I’m an East Coaster). If you caught this morning’s newsletter, then you already know it. We ... More About: General , Morning , Call
Small Cap Stockgroup (SWEB) Announces Earnings, Conference Call
2008-04-01 14:02:00 OK, looks like small cap company Stockgroup Information Systems (SWEB) finally released their quarterly and annual numbers this morning. We’ve got the summary here (they look pretty good), but we’ll also remind you they’ve rescheduled the conference call for 9:05 am EST today. We have the dial-in number below, but first, the results… Revenues were actually ... More About: General , Small , Earnings , Call , Conference Call
Morning Call - March 31st (and a brief look at SPKL?s numbers)
2008-03-31 14:21:00 Here’s last week’s scorecard….the NASDAQ was up 0.14%, the S&P 500 was down 1.08%, and the Dow was down 1.17%. Most of the loss (or near-loss for the NASDAQ) was the result of a weak Thursday and Friday. Those two days unwound Monday’s boost, and were threatening to unwind the surge from the Friday from the ... More About: General , Morning , Numbers , March , Call
Reader?s Small Cap Stock Questions Answered (or at least addressed)
2008-03-28 16:34:00 Sorry I haven’t had a chance to get to all your small cap questions lately. Between V2k (VTOK) and Bio-Matrix (BMSN), I haven’t had much time to get to them. That’s all going to change today though. Anybody who’s sent in a question to the Small Cap Network within the last couple of weeks is about ... More About: Questions , General , Reader , Stock
Small Cap Smart Energy Solutions (SMGY) Lands A New Recruit
2008-03-28 14:16:00 Well, they’ve gone and done it again. Small cap company Smart Energy Solutions (SMGY) has found another partner to help distribute their Battery Brain product, incrementally adding the number of units they’re likely to sell on a ‘per month’ basis. Back to that in a second; first a look at the details of the news ... More About: General
Morning Call - March 28th (Plus Big News From Smart Energy)
2008-03-28 14:14:00 Looks like I’m on something of a roll here….I called for a pullback yesterday morning, and got it yesterday afternoon. The NASDAQ was off 2.2%, the S&P fell 0.3%, and the Dow sank 0.6%. I still think there’s a little more selling needed to shake-off the recent exuberance, and getting to the end of the ... More About: News , General , Energy , Smart , Morning
Morning Call - March 27th (Checking the Week?s Half-Time Score)
2008-03-27 12:40:00 On Wednesday, the Dow lost 0.88%, the S&P 500 fell 0.88%, and the NASDAQ was lower by 0.71%. Week -to-date, they’re all still (respectively) up 0.5%, 0.88%, and 2.93%…..a decisive lead for the NASDAQ. Note that in all three cases, it was Monday’s bounce that created the gain. Also note in all three cases that Monday’s ... More About: General , Time , Morning , March
Morning Call - Wednesday, March 26th (Plus a Pick)
2008-03-26 15:45:00 Want to know the price you pay for a huge rebound on Friday and an even bigger one on Monday? It’s a tepid day like Tuesday, and today’s apparent pullback. This is the mode we’ve been in for two months now….a strong start, but no follow-through (both bearish and bullish). Were the market able to do ... More About: General , Morning , March , Call , Pick
Blast From The Past?.Clean Coal Comp. N-Viro (NVIC) Finally Moves
2008-03-25 17:11:00 You would have had to been around for a while - and had a great memory - to recall we mentioned N-Viro International (NVIC) waaaayyyy back in January of last year. At the time this ‘clean coal’ stock was trading right around $3.00. And, it stayed around $3.00 for a long, long time…..months. In fact, ... More About: General , Comp , Clean , Blast from the Past , Past
If You Thought V2K (VTOK) Was Cool, Wait ?Til You See Thursday?s Biotech Pi
2008-03-25 15:33:00 Looks like small cap stock pick V2K (VTOK) is off to a good start following yesterday afternoon’s decision to put it on watch. It may be a little frothy today, but if we see a good pullback and rebound attempt, we’ll likely turn the unofficial trade into an official one. In the meantime though, keep your ... More About: General , Cool , Thought , Thursday , Wait
Too Many New Lows Bolsters Market Rebound Potential
2008-03-18 21:05:00 Remember what I said back on March 10th about too many new lows indicating a short-term bottom for the stock market? The basic idea was that when things got downright painful, the worst was over…a bounce was nigh. Well, we may have gotten to that point on Monday, if the number of new NYSE and ... More About: Market , General
Bernanke?s Solution, So Far, Like Evel Knievel?s Jump Over Snake River Cany
2008-03-14 20:30:00 For those of you old enough to remember what happened in 1974, you certainly remember the infamous jump Evel Knievel tried to make over Snake River Canyon. He got about 1/4 of the way over it; the rest of the trip on the ’sky cycle’ was spent moving vertically….downward. He luckily landed somewhat safely at ... More About: General , Jump , Bernanke
Interesting Thoughts on Economic Data, From WSJ Online
2008-03-14 15:45:00 I was fully prepared to have a cynical laugh when I stumbled cross this story, but after reading through it, I have to offer some praise to the online version of the Wall Street Journal. Though about two months late, the WSJ has basically conceded we’re in a recession. The consensus decision came from a ... More About: Interesting , General , Data , Thoughts , Online
Paulson: ?Time to toughen rules on mortgage brokers.? (Me: ?Ya think??)
2008-03-14 02:18:00 I swore to myself I would drop the subject after Tuesday’s rant about the rally Bernanke bought with a $200 billion auction/liquidity injection. Sometimes though - and thanks to Henry Paulson this time - the need for a reality check presents itself. In short, I think the Fed Chairman and the Treasury Secretary need to talk ... More About: General , Time , Brokers , Mortgage , Rules
Raise Your Stop (Again) on Gold, Gold Futures Trade
2008-03-13 15:22:00 Bulls make money, bears make money, pigs get slaughtered. That’s why I suggest you go ahead and play defense again with the gold (or gold futures) trade we recommended waaaaayyyy back on December 24th. Gold futures reached $1000 today…about 22% above where they were back when we first mentioned the breakout. Though the near-term target - based ... More About: General , Futures , Trade , Stop
Surprising Strength, Surprising Weakness - What?s Hot Or Not?
2008-03-12 22:41:00 Please don’t ask me why footwear stocks like Nike (NKE), Deckers (DECK) and Skechers (SKX) were up so firmly on Wednesday when the market was moderately in the red - I don’t really know either. There were a whole slew of industries with gains I can’t quite figure out right now. In fact, there are a few industries I ... More About: General
The Fed?s Throwing Away Good Money After Bad
2008-03-11 16:05:00 Undoubtedly by now you’ve heard how the Federal Reserve is going to supply $200 billion worth of Treasuries to the U.S. financial market, with the primary intent of spurring more borrowing activity. The move was designed to stave off continued shortages of cash within the lending market. In other words, it’s an injection of liquidity. ... More About: Money , General , Good
Market Breadth & Depth Lesson #1: Too Many New Lows
2008-03-10 20:56:00 I know I promised this last Friday, but I wanted to wait until we got Friday’s closing data in place…it will make today’s explanation ten times more clear. What I’m taking about is my use of breadth and depth in determining when the market has had enough - and is likely to reverse. Truthfully, I could ... More About: Market , General , Lesson , Depth
How I Use The ISE Sentiment Index To Spot Market Tops, Bottoms
More articles from this author:2008-03-07 17:04:00 As promised in yesterday’s newsletter, I want to document (and explain) how and why I use the ISE exchange’s sentiment index to spot instances where the stock market is likely to make a reversal. The predictive qualities of the sentiment index aren’t perfect, but they’re definitely helpful when other tools are unclear about a market ... More About: Market , Tops , General , Spot , Index 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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