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Stocks on Fire and Stock Market Outlook

February 5, 2012 Posted by admin under Stock Market Analysis, Swing Trading Ideas
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This week I posted two articles on Investopedia: Stocks On Fire In 2012: Looks at four stocks up over 25% in 2012. February 3, 2012 Market Summary: Looks at the outlook for market index ETFs: SPY, DIA, QQQ and IWM Regards, Cory Mitchell, CMT

5 Stocks to Watch in Overbought Territory

January 12, 2012 Posted by admin under Day Trading Ideas, Stock Market Analysis, Swing Trading Ideas
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5 Stocks to Watch in Overbought Territory By Cory Mitchell, CMT The following 5 stocks to watch have been ripping higher in the last month. All are in very overbought territory, but that does not necessarily mean they will collapse. Day traders and swing traders may want to keep an eye on these 5 stocks…for…

Keeping It Simple – My Top Two Stock Picks for 2012

January 6, 2012 Posted by admin under Stock Market Analysis, Swing Trading Ideas
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A personal friend and fellow trader provides this guest post explaining his top two stock picks for 2012. Enjoy! – Cory Mitchell, CMT   Keeping It Simple – My Top Two Stock Picks for 2012 “Both of these stocks have the possibility to explode in 2012.” By Kris Hawkins   As a professional trader, I like…

Can these four stocks continue to climb in 2012?

January 4, 2012 Posted by admin under Stock Market Analysis, Swing Trading Ideas
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In a recent Investopedia article I look at four large capitalization stocks which were up more than 45% in 2011.  Can the big gains continue in 2012? Cory Mitchell, CMT Can The Big Gains Continue Into 2012? Even with the volatile U.S. stock market in 2011, which ultimately didn’t finish far from where it started, some…

Lower volatility stocks with bigger gains–nice!

January 4, 2012 Posted by admin under Stock Market Analysis, Swing Trading Ideas
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Here is an article I recently penned for Investopedia which looks at four stocks which have lower volatility than the broader market average, but have far outperformed. Higher volatility does not necessarily equate to bigger gains as many investors think. Cory Mitchell, CMT Lower Volatility Stocks Moving In The Right Direction 2011 saw a lot…

How the major technology stocks set up going into next year-ibm,aapl,goog,msft

December 29, 2011 Posted by admin under Stock Market Analysis, Swing Trading Ideas
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Check out my recent article for Investopedia which looks at the 4 biggest technology stocks, and which one(s) look good–and which one(s) don’t–heading into 2012. Cory Mitchell, CMT How The Mega-Tech Stocks Set-Up For 2012 As the year draws to a close, the major tech stocks - IBM, Apple, Google and Microsoft – made headlines this…

Several opportunities in healthcare stocks

December 13, 2011 Posted by admin under Stock Market Analysis, Swing Trading Ideas
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The healthcare sector has been outperforming and several stocks are still presenting good upside opportunities: Healthcare Stocks on the Move By Cory Mitchell, CMT A handful of large capitalization healthcare stocks have weathered the turbulent market very well this year. Overall, the healthcare sector is outperforming the broader market, providing greater potential for relative safety and superior gains. The Health Care SPDR (NYSE:XLV)…

Stocks: 50-day moving average crossing 200-day

December 13, 2011 Posted by admin under Stock Market Analysis
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Check out my latest article on Investopedia: 4 Long-Term Buy Signs By Cory Mitchell As the broader market, represented by the S&P 500 SPDRs (NYSE:SPY), attempts to surpass the price highs seen in October and November, the 50-day moving average remains well below the 200-day moving average. When the 50-day moving average crosses above the 200-day, it is a signal that…

Stocks to Watch in the Industrial Goods and Financial Sectors

December 7, 2011 Posted by admin under Day Trading Ideas, Stock Market Analysis
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I recently posted 2 article for Investopedia which look at 8 stocks which deserve some attention.  4 in the Industrial Goods sector and 4 in the Financial sector (some big names!). After being a relatively poor performer over the last year, the industrial goods sector is experiencing a resurgence. It has been one of the top…

Day Trading Outlook & Stocks to Watch – September 23

September 23, 2011 Posted by admin under Day Trading Ideas, Stock Market Analysis
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Tough Thursday for stocks.  SPY finished down 3.23% to 112.86.  This is an extremely important move as the market gapped below the upward sloping trend channel.  Prior to this price was moving in an upward corrective channel a midst a broader bear market.  This move today makes another leg down highly! probable. Targets are 106…

Day Trading Outlook & Stocks to Watch – September 21

September 20, 2011 Posted by admin under Day Trading Ideas, Stock Market Analysis
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Good intra-day moves again today, although you may not know it just by looking at the close.  SPY finished down just slightly (0.12%) to 120.17; intra-day we moved 1.6% from low to high. The weakness in the markets in the afternoon was foreshadowed much earlier in the day when VXX began to rise WITH the futures.  Not…

Day Trading Outlook & Stocks to Watch – September 20

September 20, 2011 Posted by admin under Day Trading Ideas
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No real change in the long-term outlook for the stock market after Monday’s performance.  SPY, the S&P 500 ETF, finished down 1% to 120.31. We still remain in an upward sloping corrective channel.  Top of the channel currently at 126, low of the channel at 114.50.  I personally feel this market can go either way…

Day Trading Outlook & Stocks to Watch – September 19

September 19, 2011 Posted by admin under Day Trading Ideas
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During the absense of market updates last week the market marched higher, although still within the upward sloping correction channel.  The top of this trend channel is right at the 126 level on SPY (S&P 500 ETF).  This level corresponds to the breakout level of the long-term range which began this downtrend.  It is common…

Day Trading Outlook & Stocks to Watch – September 12

September 13, 2011 Posted by admin under Day Trading Ideas, Stock Market Analysis
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Quite a day for day traders on Monday with loads of action both up and down.  SPY, the S&P 500 ETF, finished higher after a massive rally in the last hour.  Up 0.65% to 116.70.  That rally kept the market above the short-term upward sloping trend channel support line.  See Stock Market Approaches Support, Another…

Day Trading Outlook & Stocks to Watch – September 9

September 9, 2011 Posted by admin under Day Trading Ideas, Stock Market Analysis
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SPY, the S&P 500 ETF finished down 1.04% to 119.04.  This puts it back in the middle of the upward sloping short-term trend channel.  Volume was slightly more than yesterday’s up day, but not significantly so. Intra-day trading again saw big swings in both directions, showing the trader confusion as the short-term and longer-term trends…

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