2011

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Asay

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 been moving up. As you Finviz and click on groups you will see what the finance sectors are doing.

Here some news regarding the insider trading that was passed today! http://www.marketwatch.com/story/house-approves-insider-trading-ban-2012-02-09

Happy Trading!

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What Indrustries are on the move

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Asay

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 fed came out and said that they are going to keep the rates low until 2014.

Now lets look at what sectors are moving. Lets take a look at finviz and once you are at this website you will click on Groups and then select from the drop down Industry and what I am seeing is that Music & Video stores, Cooper, Toy and hobby stores Auto parts stores, Farm and Construction are at the top over the last 6 months. Now you can go and do your research to see what companies you want to take advantage of.

Remember to read your charts and they will be telling you when to get in and out of your trades.

Happy Trading!

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Home Builder Stocks

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Asay

The Dow Jones is getting off to a great year! On January 3rd 2012 the Dow opened at 12221.19 and today it is trading at 12614.44 which is a 393.25 point gain.

At the beginning of the year I started to see the home builders stock start to move and I went to stockcharts.com to look at TOL and KBH and saw that the charts were telling me to get into a trade. I went and looked at the option prices and there were cheap I pulled the trigger and jump in.

I have noticed that on Finviz the Industrial Goods have been the top sector for the last three months.

The stock in the biggest builders, which is tracked by the U.S. Home construction Index, has risen by more than 50% since the market bottom in September.

Since the crash of 2008 the Residential construction stocks have been beat down. Lots of trades make good money as they were falling. Now that they are rising the opportunity is here again in the Industrial Goods sector.

Before you just jump into a trade make sure that you are doing your research! Trust the charts they will tel you when you get in and out of trades.

Happy Trading!

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5 Techniques to improve your Credit Score

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Asay

Do you think that your credit score does not matter then think again? Your Credit scores will affect many aspects of ours lives. That’s why it’s important to keep your score as high as possible.

Paying bill on time, and staying below you credit limits will help build and maintain your credit score. Here are some lesser-know strategies to help boost your credit score.

Fixing the Clerical errors
Checking your credit report and fixing the errors are key to help boost your score. Here is an example, it can make a big difference to your credit score if your credit limit for a card is understated. Let’s say that you owe $5000.00 and your limit is $15000.00. That means you owe 33% of you limit. You will want all your credit card balances to be 33% of the max limit.

When you fix errors or are taking actions steps that will boost your score, make sure that all three main credit-reporting agencies know about it. You will want to pull your credit report once a year so that you can keep up on the errors.

Very few people think of simply asking for what they want. In order to help you pay down your debt more quickly, you might ask your lender to lower your interest rate. If you have one or two late payments you can ask your lender if they can be eased, in a “goodwill deletion.” Lenders are likely to be responsive to their best customers. If you are dealing with a collection agency over some debt, see if they will delete it from your record if you pay it off. These are all good ways to help increase your credit score.

You will want to think twice about closing your cards. Closing an account an actually ding your credit score. Oddly enough a host of seemingly sensible moves can hurt it, such as using just one card for most of your charges. You will want to have two or three cards open with charges on them.

Prevent bad marks from being added to your report. A valuable tip for anyone selling a home for less than what they owe on it. This is called a short sale and if you end up owing many thousands of dollars to your mortgage lender, you will want to get it in writing before the sale closes that the debt won’t go on your credit report.

If you looking for a high credit score then you will want to follow the steps above to help keep your credit sore as high as possible.

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Stock Market News for the month of November 2011

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Asay

Today is the last day in November 2011, the Dow Jones was up almost 500 points. What caused this Hugh rally in the market today? The Federal Reserve and five other central banks moved to ease the flow of funds to banks hit by Europe’s debt crisis.

The important news is that the central banks are sending a message that they’ve identified the problem and that they are working together, said David Hefty, chief executive officer at Hefty Wealth Partners in Auburn, Ind.

“Up until this point that hasn’t happened,” he said. “The big deal is just saying they are going to be involved. It’s not like they brought out the tank, they brought out the six shooter,” he said.

The Federal Reserve and the centeral banks of the Euro area, Canada, the Uk, Japan and Switzerland agreed to reduce the cost of offering dollar financeng throuh swap arrangements.

What they have agreed to is to lower the cost of temporary dollar loans to banks by 1/2 percentage point.

This move helped to ease investor worries about another financial mess or recession, the the Euro zone debt problems remain unresloved and may continue to plague markets, but for now this has helped.

Further encouraging investors, the latest U.S. data suggested the U.S. economy was moving more solidly toward recovery. The U.S. private sector added the most jobs in nearly a year in November, while business activity in the U.S. Midwest grew faster than expected in Novembe

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Is Housing stock in your Portfolio | Stock Market News

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Asay

Think about adding me to your portfolio!

Why is now a good time to buy a house? First interest rates are really low. The housing market has adjusted itself from the high prices to prices that you can now afford.

A recent report from J.P. Morgan Asset Management, titled “Housing: A time to buy,” written by David Kelly and David Lebovitz, made the case for why a home may be a wise purchase.

“Although the U.S. housing market remains extremely depressed, we believe that given current valuations and demographic dynamics, now may be the time to consider an investment in housing,” the report said.

Lets see what the charts are telling us to do.

Here are 4 stocks that you will want to take a look at the charts,

PHM Pulte Group PHM is down substantially in 2011, while the S&P 500 Index is up slightly. The under-performance is worse than most in its sector, probably due to the company’s approach to the worst housing market in our country’s history.

Len Lennar LEN is down in 2011 and trailing the overall stock market, but holding up relatively well compared to most of the home building stocks. LEN is one of the best run public companies, but has not been immune to the perfect storm in the housing market.

KBH K.B. Homes KBH is down substantially in 2011, and considerably more than the overall stock market. While it is currently weathering the perfect storm for its industry, KBH has also been affected by how they have managed through it.

RYL Ryland Homes RYL is down for 2011, off about 20% and lagging both the overall stock market and the homebuilder index for the period. This well run homebuilder has done a good job of managing through this tough market.

DHI D.R.Horton DHI is down slightly for the year, compared to the S&P 500 index that is up slightly for the year. However, DHI is leading the homebuilding sector, which it has done for most of the year.

All of these housing stocks have been hit hard by the market, but they all needed to pull back and re-adjust its prices.

If you are buying stock and holding for a long period of time now be the right time for you to buy these housing stocks.

Take a closer look at the housing and if they look good then you might think about adding them into your portfolio.

Happy Trading!

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Stock Market 2011 compared to 1930′s | Stock Trading News

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Asay

There are some investors that are comparing today’s market to the Stock Market of 1930′s.

The 1930′s horror began in 1929 just a few days before Halloween. There was panic in Wall Street and investors watch the market fall 13% one day and then watched it fall 12% the next day. Which is known as Black Tuesday.

Carla Due came from Denmark and bought a farm in Nebraska and after the fall of the Stock Market the value of her farm was valued at less and half of what she paid for it.

The Market continued down for 3 more years. By the time it was done stocks in the Dow Jones had gone down 90%. The Dow Jones went from 381 to 41. Now that is a hugh drop. Everyone felt the impact of the Stock Market.

The crash, along with other factors, produced an economic slowdown that lasted over 10 years and became known as “the Great Depression.”

Let’s take a close look at the bull market that began on March 9, 2009. Through the market’s high this past spring, the Dow had gained close to 100% in a little more than two years’ time.

As you can see from the graph below we could be off to a bull market. I will let you come up with your own opinion from looking at the graph on where the stock market is headed.

This graph is from Market Watch

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Bears have taken over the Market

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Asay

It looks like the Bears are telling the Stock Market who is in control. Since the Middle of July the Dow Jones have sold off more than one thousand points. Are we in a replay of what happened back in 2008 – 2009?

The last eight-day decline in stocks, which came in October 2008, just a few weeks after Lehman Brothers collapsed, was equally brutal. Stocks did bounce back, but then slid again — for another five months before hitting the bottom in early March 2009.

For investors, it’s important to remember that the stock market is a leading indicator, which means the last two weeks of pain was not so much tied to the U.S. debt talks as to discounting of some future economic calamity, likely a recession.

But just as in early 2009, the market will start rebounding long before it becomes clear that the economy is recovering. For investors hoping to capture those gains, the weakness of the last few weeks provides lots of opportunities in beaten-down sectors.

The worst-performing sectors in the last three months includes airlines, autos, real estate services, and financial stocks among the worst performers. You can take advantage of looking for put opportunities in these sectors.

This time the market is worried about the government debt and also 3.71 million Americans will be losing their unemployment benefits over the next few months. Does this mean that we are going to enter into another rescission?

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Stock market news for the month of July 2011

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Asay

On July 1, 2011 the Dow Jones opened at 12,483.28 and hit a resistance at 12,700 on July 7, 2011 then went down and tested the 50 day moving average held that and start to move up again. On July 21, 2011 ht that resistance of 12,700, then the Dow just keep going down and down. On July 29, 2011 the Dow Jones Closed at 12,143.24 which is a loss of 340.04 points.

Over the past month or so the government is running out of money. Over the weekend congress was in session trying to come up with a plan to reduce the debt. Since 1962 they have raised the debt ceiling 74 times.

Once the Government has reached the debt ceiling they have two choices.

1. Raise the Debt Ceiling

2. Balance the budget

Over the next two day will be interesting to see what happen with the US debt and how we are going to balance the budget.

This is why the market went down so much the last 6 days of July.

Happy Trading and always look at your charts before getting into a trade.

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What is the real number for unemployment

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Asay

According to the ADP report unemployment is at 9%. The real number is more like 22%, because the ADP does not calculate the people who are no longer on unemployment, but they are still out of work.

The talk is that we will have a 10% unemployment rate, because the financial sectors are planning on laying off more people.

Goldman Sachs warned they were going to cut 230 Jobs. They are also moving jobs overseas

Barclays plan to cut several hundred

Credit Suisse plan to cut 1,000.

UBS plan to cut 5,000 jobs.

Why are they now planning on cutting more jobs. Did they not cut enough jobs back in 2009, or did they hire to soon, before the full recovery happened? I will let you express your thoughts in the comment area. Would love to hear your thoughts.

There are some sectors that are booming! Adult sex toys are selling like hot cakes.

With unemployment so high why would couple buy sex toys. They have noting better to do than to get it on.

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Market News for the week of 02/06/2011

What Indrustries are on the move

Home Builder Stocks

5 Techniques to improve your Credit Score

Stock Market News for the month of November 2011

Is Housing stock in your Portfolio | Stock Market News

Stock Market 2011 compared to 1930′s | Stock Trading News

Bears have taken over the Market

Stock market news for the month of July 2011

What is the real number for unemployment