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EquityAnalytics – Momentum Stocks And Their True Worth

In the trading and investing world, we have all sat in awe of the significant movements of the high growth stocks. In the past year, stocks like Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Salesforce.com (CRM), and Netflix (NFLX) have moved up in valuation with wild fervor. They have continued higher and higher and even higher. Pundits calling tops have been proven wrong again and again. Last year, we believed that Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (another of the so-called MoMo stocks) was at a top at $40 only to be proven wrong. We started to wonder…what is it about these companies that makes them continue to increase in price at such alarming rates, bucking the trends of the market and other companies.

Its all about growth. Momentum stocks move at such significant rates because the underlying company grows at such significant rates. The issue for market makers is trying to find what price these stocks are worth. Trying to find the value of these stocks is difficult because these companies are growing at inconsistently high rates.









 

ETF Selector

A Large ETF Party (SPY, DIA, QQQ, IWM)

Courtesy of John Nyaradi.

ETFs partied hard today as the NASDAQ reached a new 11 year high and the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at its highest point since May 2008

Today was a stock market party as the S&P 500 rose 1.46% and the Russell 2000 Index rose 2.24% to finish up an outstanding week.  The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the NASDAQ stole all the cake however, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at its highest point since May 2008 and the NASDAQ finished at its highest point since December of 2000, a new 11 year record.

Of course, major index ETFs joined in the celebration as the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:SPY) gained 1.37%, the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial A...



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Insider Scoop

13 Cheap US Stocks Insiders Bought Recently

Courtesy of Benzinga.

 

We track corporate insiders because we believe that they have an edge over ordinary investors.

Academic research has shown that insider purchases on average outperform the market in the following 12-month period. Even small insider purchases are marginally profitable. The reason is simple. Insiders usually have a lot of exposure to their companies’ performance. They will only increase their exposure when they have strong reasons to believe that their purchases have a high probability of being profitable.

In this article, we are going to focus on the cheap US stocks insiders bought recently. All companies have at least $2 billion market cap, P/E ratio lower than 15, and were purchased by at least one insider within the past month. T...



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Zero Hedge

Marc Faber: "Ron Paul Would Be A Very Good President"

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Submitted by Tyler Durden.

While Marc Faber shares the usual stock of insightful market commentary, together with timing inflection points, and extended thoughts in the attached Bloomberg TV clip, it is the fact that he has officially joined Bill Gross, and so many others, in supporting the candidacy of Ron Paul as president. It is rather sad that only those who see beyond the surface of the current pyramid scheme facade, are bold enough to endorse the only man who is right for the White House. Fast forward to 15 minutes into the video to hear Marc Faber: "Ron Paul would be a ver...



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Chart School

S&P 500 Snapshot: Strong Rally to Close the Week

Courtesy of Doug Short.

A much better than expected monthly jobs report triggered a surge at the open followed by a smaller pop at 10 AM when a strong ISM Services number was reported. The index drifted even higher in the afternoon for a closing gain of 1.46% for the day and 2.17% for the week. The index is up 6.94% year-to-date and only 1.37% below its interim high at the end of April 2011.

From an intermediate perspective, the S&P 500 is 98.8% above the March 2009 closing low and 14.1% below the nominal all-time high of October 2007.

Below are two charts of the index, with and without the 50 and 200-day moving averages.

 


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DOJ's Latest "Beat Down" on Swiss Banks

DOJ's Latest "Beat Down" on Swiss Banks

Courtesy of Bruce Krasting

 

Wow! The Department of Justice took an extraordinary step yesterday. It indicted Swiss private bank, Bank Wegelin, for aiding and abetting in US income tax fraud. This is a big deal....



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Market Montage

Cummins (CMI) Continues to Deliver

Submitted by Mark Hanna

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Cummins (CMI) is representative of so many stocks since the turn of the year.  A broken down chart, the stock gapped up on the first day of the year as "risk on" came back to fruition, and has not really looked back since.  Any level of resistance was broken very easily, and the chart now already has 4(!) gaps in it since the turn of the year.  While those who are risk averse would have sat out the last gap as it was due to earnings, you can see a similar pattern in many similar industrial stocks.  That said, I hold Cummins in higher regard than most of its brethren, although sometimes it is lumped together....



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Option Review

Jobs Report Drives Heavy Trading Traffic In Ford, General Motors Options

 

Today’s tickers: F, GM, MAS & GILD

Options commentary to resume on Tuesday February 7th.

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Sabrient

Sabrient Risers - 2/3/2012

Top 5 RisersStockRatingAnalysisASBCBUYAssociated Bancorp is one of the top candidates projected to achieve both higher than previously projected earnings in the short run and a higher earnings growth rate in the long run.ANBUYProjected value continues to rise for AutoNation while long term increases in earnings growth are also becoming more widely expected.URIBUYUnited Rentals has shown a remarkable increase in projected value recently, with the majority of analysts expecting higher than previously expected earnings.PTENSTRONGBUYThe long term projected growth rate for Patterson-UTI is risi...

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All About Trends

Mid-Day Update

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OpTrader

Swing trading portfolio - week of January 30th, 2012

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This post is for all our live virtual trade ideas and daily comments. Please click on "comments" below to follow our live discussion. All of our current  trades are listed in the spreadsheet below, with entry price (1/2 in and All in), and exit prices (1/3 out, 2/3 out, and All out).

We also indicate our stop, which is most of the time the "5 day moving average". All trades, unless indicated, are front-month ATM options. 

Please feel free to participate in the discussion and ask any questions you might have about this virtual portfolio, by clicking on the "comments" link right below.

To learn more about the swing trading virtual portfolio (strategy, performance, FAQ, etc.), please click here

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IRA Strategy/Income Trader

Weekend Virtual Portfolio Update 1/30/2012

Here is a quick update of past trades and our current position. AA Money No trade this week as we wait for AA to settle. Phil remarked last week that AA seemed overvalued. In the meantime, it looks like we might have to roll our Feb 9 calls. Good thing we sold only 5 of them against our position. Last week P&L - 310.00 We lost ground last week, but we still have 11 months to sell premium! FAS Money Very good week for FAS Money as we benefited from the large amount of premium sold the previous week. We covered most of the shorts in advance of the Fed speech, but sold another set of options on Wednesday after the speech - 2 FAS calls that expired worthless on Friday, 2 FAS put that we are still holding and 2 FAZ put that we bought back for a profit on Friday. A late stick comparable to last week's almost gave us problems at the end of the day though! Last week P&L - $4277.00 IWM Money A decent week in this virtual portfo...

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Stock World Weekly

Stock World Weekly: Entering the Debt Dimension

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Here's the latest Stock World Weekly newsletter, Entering the Debt Dimension.  Click here to sign in or sign up.

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Pharmboy

Biotech Investing for 2012

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Finding new and exciting Biotech companies that target novel mechanisms is like trying to find a needle in a haystack.  Sure there are many companies working on cutting edge science, but investing in those companies to reap the rewards of their work is a very dangerous game.  More often than not, companies fail because the mechanism does not pan out, the compound(s) do not have pharmacokinetics (get into the body or last very long in the body), or an adverse event happens that knocks years off a development timeline.  In addition, the stock can be manipulated by market makers so investors don't know which way is up.  I approach investing in biotechs as a long term prospect.  I continue to like our current portfolio of biotech companies (join in chat for many of those plays), and we continually add/subtract shares and sell/buy options on ...



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