There’s a fine line between being stubborn and having faith, and Dynegy (DYN) has pushed us to that line. We’re going to go ahead and cut the stock out of our portfolio; sell it if you were in a position based on our recommendation.
Though I can probably stomach more volatility than anyone, nobody wins if [...]

Despite the market’s implosion, I actually found a very compelling bullish idea…. on a technical as well as a fundamental basis. Teleflex Inc. (TFX) is likely to be undervalued with its current P/E of 7.0. That valuation is being at least a little counter-balanced by the forward-looking P/E (which is far more important) of 12.5. [...]

Stocks were up pretty sharply today, as I figured they might be after a fairly bearish post yesterday. It’s hard to not bound after four straight days of strong selling. Just let me reiterate my warning from then… the downtrend didn’t start in a day, and it won’t be halted in a day. Today’s pop [...]

Regular readers will know by now that one of my core strategies for a strong alpha is using sector rotation…. the art of overweighting the leading industries, and underweighting the weaker ones. Though it’s easier said than done, it is possible, and the payoff is big.
To that end, I’ve decided to do some aggregating work [...]

When I posted Monday’s chart of the day illustrating how the market was en route to snapping a very important support line, I had a bad feeling I’s be updating the chart real soon. And, the market didn’t disappoint me. The S&P 500 plunged under that support level with today’s 1.3% dip, and as such, [...]

You may recall Charming Shoppes Inc. (CHRS) from our mention of the stock back in mid-October, when the stock went on our watchlist as a potential buy candidate. We had an official buy signal based on our chart pattern requirement at the time, though we elected not to actually take the trade…. yet.
So are we [...]

I think I mentioned this a few days ago, but if not, the market continues to work its way into a dangerous situation. In short, each day that passes pushed the S&P 500 (and all the indices for that matter) closer to a fairly significant breakdown. The chart below says it all.
Technically speaking, the shape [...]

Every Saturday from now on we are going to highlight a group of articles from around that internet that has caught our attention during the week. Here are this week’s articles…
From Money Blue Book:
ETrade Online Broker: Discount Brokerage Account Review
From ETF DataBase:
The Definitive Oil ETF Guide: Crude Oil ETFs 101
From Pasadena Financial Planner:
Investment Asset Allocation
From [...]

Though the term recession has been tossed around rather loosely as a description of things when times are ‘bad’, there’s actually a pretty distinct definition of what a recession is….. two consecutive quarters of a shrinking GDP. As far as helpfulness to investors goes though, I think it’s a pretty meaningless definition (not to mention [...]

One of the core ideas of my stock-selection strategy is to find groups (sectors and industries) that have not yet taken flight, and are not ripe for a big dose of profit-taking. The media doesn’t make that easy to do, since they tend to fixate an “what’s hot” right about the time it’s ready to [...]