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Hurry Up, You’ll Miss it!

Chris Grande — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:26:04 +0000

I almost wanted to use the title “contained” in respect to inflation but then I saw that Bill Fleckenstein had used it in his daily missive and I didn’t want to copy. Let’s get right to it shall we? I still have to read the full BLS release on employment but the wand wavers were [...]

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Getting Tired

Chris Grande — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:32:45 +0000

Stock markets are moving up yes, but the R2M (revert to mean) trade of 2012 is beginning to tire out. I think it culminated today in Mastercard making up for its entire recent correction with a blast off response to good numbers. Now we have many stocks that were dirt cheap already bounced back to [...]

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You’re Responsible for YOU

Chris Grande — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:52:14 +0000

Many charts are now 5% or more from their move off the bottom, so if you plan to buy, you should be prepared to stomach a correction back to that line or figure out some

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Cared Little for Today’s Action

Chris Grande — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:25:50 +0000

Did you ever wonder what the stock market would look like if there were too much involvement by government in the markets?

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Deflation, Inflation?

Chris Grande — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:13:40 +0000

Your other alternative is to follow a risk management trading system with a game plan. Typically, these plans have exit strategies which prevent serious losses. These plans also should have strategies to stay in winning positions to maximize gains. Combining a risk management strategy with the asset classes above, maybe spiced up with trading in some wild stocks could give you all the fun you need this year.

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More Internal Pain

Chris Grande — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:28:36 +0000

I mentioned yesterday seeing breakouts crumble even though the overall market crept up. I also made the point that things “felt” like 2007 when the market crawled up but internally felt sick. More evidence today of that. Breakouts were crushed, some stocks that merely met expectations got slapped (eg RVBD) and Peter Brandt who runs [...]

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Uncle Ben to the Rescue

Chris Grande — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:01:46 +0000

Gold stocks launched - and I mean launched - with many of the the mid cap companies rising 6-10% on the DAY. The large cap miners like Goldcorp, rose almost 7%. Gold itself rose just under 3% with silver up about 4%. Perhaps it's finally time for the miners to outperform the metal. I think with the all clear from Helicopter Ben, investors will feel safe buying

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More Blah (except for Apple wow)

Chris Grande — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:26:00 +0000

but many hit the brakes when they get to their breakout point. It's taking a lot of buying to get past the value sellers selling into the breakout buys. If this market continues to move up, maybe buyers will shift from R2M type investments to growth momentum. At this point, quite a few stocks have powered higher but many are also frustrating.

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So Many Deal Sites – So Many Options

Chris Grande — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:05:26 +0000

daily deal sites - ok not ok? how did they work for me?

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A Tad Bit Annoyed

Chris Grande — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:59:36 +0000

I don’t know why, but I keep thinking back to 2007 when the indices kept rising even though it looked like the wheels had fallen off already. some individual stock leaders were declining but the indices climbed right up until late 2007. I had sold off most of my clients’ stock holdings some time before [...]

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