Monday, November 14, 2011

Indices closed down .61% to .96%........

Indices were under pressure after impressive close on Friday.

Market chose to ignore Warren Buffet stake of 5% in IBM, ironically IBM closed lower on this news ...this defies past reaction to WB stake in any company including BOA....

Market chose to focus on a "minor uptick in Italian Bond rates to 6.76%, which is well within workable range"...few days back it shot up to almost 7.5%

Internals of the market were as follows :

Down volume led by 6.01 to 1 in NYSE & 3.91 to 1 in Nasdaq

Declining stocks led by 3.22 to 1 in NYSE & 2.94 to 1 in Nasdaq

VIX closed UP 3.63% to 31.13

Oil closed @ $98.14

Gold closed @ $1778.40

AH Futures Mixed

AH Asian markets Down

AH Oil & Gold UP

BLOG does NOT give buy or sell.

Saleem

34 comments:

c said...

GOOD MORNING Saleem

Pre market is red

What happened was expecting some JOY

C

Stocks100 said...

Hi C,

Not a bad start..considering futures were down 114 in Dow...

Economic reports in US were great.

Saleem

c said...

Yes
I can see the news on Bloomberg

Thanks
Looks like APPLE want to play today

Stocks100 said...

Hi C,

AAPL has turned the corner $$$$$

Saleem

c said...

APPLE call is up 3 smackers today

Finally a little love!! :):)
FCX is dues for a run
Copper and gold mixture

Hope you are well and feeling v well

Stocks100 said...

Hi C,

Funny you ask about my health?

I have been down with bad flu for 4 days......feeling a touch better today...

Saleem

Up said...

Hi All

Watch CLF, looks like it is going to be huge

Michael said...

Saleem,

Did you take yearly flu shot? I use to take flu shot every year. Hope you will be a lot better.

This week the market is driven by MM and it depends a lot on the strike prices of each stock.

So far RVBD is a gem.

Michael

Stocks100 said...

Hi Michael,

Flu shot makes me sick for 2 days...but taking homeopathic treatment...."Oil Of Oregano" which is very helpful.

YES...RVBD is doing well on upgrade & target increase from RBC.

Saleem

Stocks100 said...

Hi Up,

CLF has been very strong since $66.....

Saleem

Up said...

Saleem

Hope you feel better since this time of the year, lot of people catch flu easily

Stocks100 said...

Hi Up,

Thanks for your get well message.

Today is a much better than last 4 days.

Saleem

stocktrader_1996 said...

Hey Saleem,

I'm "forced" to take a flu shot every year because of the three little ones in the house. I hope you feel better! :)

RVBD, CLF, and BAC are my workhorses today with GNK the biggest, but not horrible, laggard.

Stocktrader

Stocks100 said...

Hi Stocktrader,

Thanks for your message for my health.

Today is a much better day for my health.

GNK is slated for a "breakout" while CLF had a breakout already on Friday.....

Your portfolio looking good$$$$$

Saleem

c said...

Stocktrader

Congratulations on some good stock picks

Hurray $$$

Michael said...

Saleem,

will we close in Green today? The market seems to looking for the direction.

Michael

stocktrader_1996 said...

Hey guys,

I got AAPL for a friend today at $380.30--he's already thanking me! :) I can't find a sell in my portfolio to get some myself, but it definitely looks great today. For my purposes, the AAPL for RVBD swap has worked extremely well, but I continue to analyze my laggards to maybe repurchase the AAPL.

Stocktrader

stocktrader_1996 said...

Hey c,

Thanks for the kind comments. It is nice to have some great performers on a flat/down day :).

Stocktrader

Stocks100 said...

Hi Michael,

Your wish for a green close is approved......

Saleem

Michael said...

Saleem,

Thanks for your approval. I like Green color.

Michael

Up said...

Saleem,

Finance is very weak, all eyes are on GS, if it turn around all finance stock will follow

Stocks100 said...

Hi Up,

I have lost hope in finance "turnaround focus"...thus sold MS......getting tired of wasting $ in finance.../deployed same fund to RVBD......where there is lot of action....

Saleem

Up said...

Saleem,

Why not wait for a long white candle before damping, since finance is way way oversold and bounce will be coming any day

Stocks100 said...

Hi Up,

Funds deployed in RVBD @$29.11 is working out......

Saleem

Up said...

Saleem,

I got some RVBD at 28.37 yesterday, but it is approaching upper trendline and getting a little overbought, when market bounce, i always wanted stocks that are either oversold or getting out of oversold territory, they tend to give more gain along the way

Up said...

Stocktrader,

If i am right, CLF is going to be a strong buy from here on, since it is breaking out from a triangle on weekly. Might see 80 plus soon

stocktrader_1996 said...

Hey Up,

With $14/share in earnings, maybe $140? :)

Hey Saleem,

I sold my AUY ($16.19) to free up funds for this positive-biased market. I bought GNK ($9.44) with the proceeds to really make it overweight in my portfolio--the chart seems really juicy for a breakout as you mentioned, and investor sentiment in shippers is still fairly negative--good combination in my opinion. Today seems to be the "calm before the storm"?

Stocktrader

Stocks100 said...

Hi Up,

We all have a buy & sell strategy which works for us.....I have a tendency to stick with stocks which are showing strength....."buy high & sell higher" may be coming in vogue now......

Saleem

Stocks100 said...

Hi Stocktrader,

Very good strategy to add in GNK..breakout point is $9.93 with a target of $11.19...we all know once a breakout happens ..it goes much higher.....

GNK has the-best chart which i observed over the weekend analysis.....

Good luck with GNK !!!!

Saleem

Up said...

Saleem,

Triangle on SPY, we are in a very narrow range right now, if we break out, we will see huge gain for all of us. Looks like you are right all this time, and thank you for sharing all those useful information with us

c said...

Hello all

TAke a look at GLNG
Break out and more to come
the chart is the best yet

Oh they are into LNG shipping to China and japan000they can not get enough of it.....

THoughts?

stocktrader_1996 said...

Hey c,

I've been looking at LNG plays for a bit trying to figure out the best way to play it. GLNG, LNG, GTLS, and WPRT/CLNE are some of the positions I'm considering. Any of the transport-related ones have really moved recently so I am cautious, but interested!

Stocktrader

Stocks100 said...

Hi Up,

Thanks for your take on SPY & your feedback.

Hopefully, we are setting UP for good things to come very soon......

Saleem

c said...

Stocktrader

Ii is always hard to figure the market

Look I sell APPLE on monday and today it pop
Up $8.

My Call at $365 is up $5.50 so you can not outfox the market.

I got some GNK --chart is very healthy.

I guess we got a Spanish push in our market?? Do not know the reason for our move up but it is good news- Or a Hedge fund move???
C