Perfectionism And Trading

January 24, 2011

Excellent quote on perfectionism and how it relates to trading from Tyler Bollhorn of www.stockscores.com: Perfectionism: Many traders try very hard to always be right. If the market shows that they are wrong with a loss, they work very hard to turn that loss into a profit. They may average down on a losing position […]

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Food Investment Theme DF Dean Foods NYSE – David Tepper Video Interview

January 22, 2011

Great follow up video interview with David Tepper on CNBC. If you haven’t seen it, here is David Tepper’s former video appearance. In his latest video he talks about how the US economy has improved, how QE2 worked, why he sees Gold and Silver struggling, Spain and about his new portfolio position DF – Dean Foods […]

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How To Profit From Charting Your Own Equity Curve

January 19, 2011

We might be at a very important juncture in the markets. So I thought it would be a good idea to write more about how I try to gauge sentiment and ultimately how I try to determine if it makes sense to have exposure to markets or if risk has increased to a point it […]

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Typical Character Traits Of Strong Stocks

January 18, 2011

Just a quick stream of consciousness type of post for tonight. Talking about character traits that define strong stocks, here are a few questions that come to mind when I try to determine if a specific stock is indeed strong: Does the stock ‘act right’? Does the stock meet my expectations? Does buying pullbacks get […]

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Same Old Same Old

January 13, 2011

Perfect description of what trading should be all about. As you might have heard from lots of great and successful traders, trading should be boring. Don’t get me wrong. You need to be passionate about trading in order to succeed. That applies to all things in life. For me, the research I do, all the […]

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LNG Cheniere Energy – Short Squeeze Setup

January 12, 2011

Interesting times ahead. I am only stating the obvious here as I see plenty of excellent and bullish set-ups. Extremely healthy sector rotation. The market is simply plowing ahead climbing a huge mountain of disbelief. Too many people are still fighting this trend. I’ve seen this many times, been there done that.  If you want […]

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Uranium Stocks Pull Back – Shaking Out Weak Hands

January 11, 2011

The recent pullback in Uranium stocks looks like it is nothing more than a healthy pullback to shake out weak hands. As much as it might hurt when stocks pull back, the recent pullback looks to be a healthy one. As I’ve written a few days ago, the fact we might be in the earliest […]

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India Funds IFN SCIF – Potential Technical Buys At Support

January 10, 2011

We continue to see healthy Sector Rotation. Even though for now the S&P 500 is treading water, stocks that are part of sectors on the move do extremely well. Solar, Financial, Forestry, Paper and Biotech stocks are but a few that come to mind. A much broader investment theme I started to monitor a while […]

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Sector Rotation – Financial Stocks And Commodities

January 6, 2011

Tonight I’ll write a bit about my thoughts on the sector rotation we are seeing right now. It should be very obvious by now I didn’t reopen positions in the precious metals sector back in September and October last year. CNL.TO – Continental Gold being the sole exception. My rationale for doing so was because […]

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S&P 500 Technical Chart Analysis – Path Of Least Resistance Still Up

January 4, 2011

The S&P 500 looks tired here, still the path of least resistance is up. That could change anytime but due to the technical set-up we could witness another move to the upside. A short squeeze hurting those putting on short positions too early cannot be ruled out. In any case if you put on new […]

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