Thursday, December 29, 2011

Indices UP .74% to .92%.......NICE !!!!

Indices are UP on routine bond issuance by Italy, which was made a "big deal" yesterday, to sell fear & push markets down ?

10 yr bond fetched below 7%......

Internals are positive by minimum 2 to 1

Oil UP 35 cents

Gold Down $19.20

Canadian $ UP 28 tick @ 97.90

VIX down 2.81% @ 22.86

In my portfolio :

Sold APKT

Portfolio is CNQ,LVS,LULU,M,RIMM,RVBD,SNDK......

Most stocks are UP

@ 2.20 following are down :

APKT,LULU,M,AMZN,BIDU,NTES,LDK,SOL...

BLOG does NOT give buy or sell.

Saleem

8 comments:

  1. Hey Saleem,

    Made a trade this morning swapping EA for MET (been wanting this one for a while) and left for a few hours--so far the swap has worked poorly as EA has regained better tone since the morning weakness. I also sold off JKS today after thinking about our conversation more and digging deeper. Overall, I realize I had been hiding behind the gains of WWWW and not doing rigorous enough analysis on the rest of the portfolio. I am concentrating my efforts on doing a better job of that now.

    I am considering SWKS, EA, more WWWW, CLF, COH, ULTA, more RVBD/APKT or holding cash for the JKS proceeds. Any thoughts?

    Thanks!

    Stocktrader

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  2. Stocktrader

    Do not forget the 3 day rule

    Good luck

    C

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  3. Hey c,

    My 3-day rule allows me to rebuy right away as long as I don't sell that stock within 3 days. I don't know why it works that way at this brokerage, but it is more lenient than everywhere else I've seen.

    It took me a while to figure out their exact policy because they couldn't explain it well, but I got 3-month penalized enough times to get to the bottom of it :).

    Stocktrader

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  4. Hi Stocktrader,

    We all are surprised by TAPE, quite often than not.

    Stock selection is tough,techs are not performing in a predictable mode.

    I think COH, CLF, WWWW are my pick for your decision.

    Saleem

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  5. Hey Saleem,

    I ended up buying more APKT/RVBD/WWWW with APKT receiving slightly more than the other two. AKPT in particular I feel has a compelling 2012 story, valuation, and spring-loaded chart. RVBD is a staple of corporate IT future spending with the added bonus of a buyout potentially at any time. And of course WWWW is my top 2012 pick.

    I definitely like the 2012 prospects of all these companies better than JKS unless something dramatic happens...:)

    Stocktrader

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  6. Hi Stocktrader,

    It is important to have conviction.

    2012 should be a good year for stocks...market is finding its footing & should gradually move UP.

    Good luck with your new additions.

    Saleem

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  7. Saleem

    I still own BIDU and APKT

    Is APKT and BIDU broken stocks??


    They have both been week as of late

    thanks

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  8. Hi C,

    As i have said many times, i follow TAPE.....TAPE has been very clear on BIDU & APKT......

    Saleem

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