Category Archive: Stock trading news

Jan 22

Back in the Game of Trading Options

Yes I am back to trading in my real account not just in the virtual account. I learned how to trade with Prosper back in 2007 and I was doing pretty good and then then I watched the market crash and then I did not do so well.  I have continued watching the market and …

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Jan 04

Trading in the Stock Market for 2013

Have you had this question cross your mind?  Where the Stock Market is going in 2013? When looking at the Market alot of traders look to see what the past has done, but past performance is no guarantee of future returns, But it still makes sense to look at historical data-because that’s the way to …

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Jul 14

Stock Market News for the Week ending 07-13-2012

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The Dow Jones closed at 12777.09 which is up 203 points on Friday the 13th.  Lets look and see why the market was up so big today,  we are in earnings for the 2rd quarter and Bank of America earnings came out and they made a profit of 5 Billion profit which included a $4.4 …

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Jun 01

US Stocks fall 2% on June 1, 2012 | Stock Market News

From the Beginning of May 2012 the Dow Jones has fallen from 13300 to the close of today at 12118 which is 1182 point that the Dow Jones has fallen .  Today the Dow Jones lost 271.88 points which is 2% loss.  We have now wiped out all of the 2012 gains and have closed …

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Apr 28

Stock Market News for the week ending 04/27/2012

Last week the Dow Jones was up 4 out of the 5 days of trading. Netflex reported earnings and the stock dropped, so on Tuesday I decided to do a bull put spread on it. I made just a little over $400.00 on just 4 days. I am finally learning how to trade debit spreads …

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Apr 13

Friday 13th bad luck in the market

The week ending Friday 13, 2012 prove to be the worst performing in all of 2012.   The Dow Jones has fallen over 136 points.  The market just can not get above the 50 day moving average. The market dropped due to the fact that China economy is slowing down more than expected.   Google reported earnings …

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Mar 17

Stock Market news for the week ending 03/16/2012 | Energy Stocks

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Over the past few weeks I have watched gas prices increase more and more I am now paying $3.59 for a gallon of gas.  All you hear in the news is how we will be paying $5.00 for a gallon of gas.   With all the talk about gas prices going to $5.00 do you …

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Mar 10

Stock Market News for the week ending 03/09/2012

Good news on the Jobs report!  nonfarm payrolls climbed by 227,000 last month, more than expectations. Now this is exciting.  Companies are hiring. If you are wanting to know what sectors are moving then then take a look here.  I have noticed that the financial have moved to second place next to industrial good over the last three …

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Feb 09

Market News for the week of 02/06/2011

On February 3rd the Dow Jones opened at 12,705.04 and it is trading at 12,898.41 which is a gain of 193.37 points.  With this gain the last 4 days the market has only moved sideways. As I have been reading the news and watching the sectors change I have noticed that the Finance sectors have …

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Jan 26

What Indrustries are on the move

The Market has had another great week! On January 20, 2012 the Dow opened up at 12623.93 and today the Dow is trading at 12798.13 which is an increase of 174.20 point gain for the week. We are in the middle of earnings and Apple and Netflex reported great earning which helped the market.  The …

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