I’ve actually got two completely distinctive sets of images to look at today, though both should prove equally interesting to investors. The first set is a combination of two graphics that are telling us what’s going on within the world of handset (wireless) phones – including Apple’s (AAPL) contribution to cause. The second set is [...]

We’ve spent the better part of the last two weeks talking about ‘the plan’ for the pullback, and what we’re going to do when it looks like we’re near the bottom of it. Since we’re probably about halfway there, it’s time to really start taking some critical looks at the names on our watchlist. As [...]

Just a quick note to let you know I’m adding Oriental Financial Group (NYSE:OFG) to the watchlist, which was last rounded out on January 19th. Oriental Financial made its way onto the radar after a routine technical scan last week, and I almost dismissed it. But, there was just enough of a compelling shape to [...]

Just a quick note about Tuesday’s action and what Wednesday likely holds…
In short, no surprises. The bulls, sympathetic bargain hunters, were active early in the day, but when push came to shove (i.e. when the buyers had to commit to those stocks overnight), the dip into the red late in the day said these buyers [...]

Clearly Tuesday wasn’t the follow-through day on last Friday’s weakness; stocks were up pretty handily. Nevertheless, the move only to Thursday’s highs coupled with mediocre volume still leaves a move lower – even if tempered – as the most likely possibility for the foreseeable future.
As promised in the prior update, we want to go ahead [...]

Though they still aren’t the final scores for 2009, I think we can reasonably start to grade how well the stocks in each market cap category (small, mid, large) did last year. More importantly, we can compare that to how they’re expected to do next year.
With that in mind, and based on Standard & Poor’s [...]

This week (so far) has unveiled several new potential ‘buys’. Their charts and some quick notes on the underlying fundamentals are below. Though none are going into the portfolio just yet, any of them could at a moment’s notice. Be aware that these new additions to the watchlist don’t oust any of our prior watchlist [...]

It was the technicals that first grabbed my attention with Community Bank System Inc. (NYSE:CBU). It was the fundamentals, however, that kept my attention. Both will be important if CBU is ever to make the leap from the watchlist to the actual portfolio.
I don’t know that I’ve ever mentioned this before, but my technical (chart-based) [...]

Though all stocks have been headed higher (despite) the odds over the last couple of weeks, many sectors are just topping off what’s been a multi-month rally. Since those trends are likely to be near their end, we still want to look for industries that appear to just now be starting a nice, long-term move. [...]

I just want to post a quick note and some good news about our PAETEC Holdings (PAET) position. We’re back in the black thanks to today’s big push higher (5.0%). More importantly, we tackled a fairly significant short-term hurdle that could/should unlock some solid long-term movement (the kind we’re trying to capture).
Take a look at [...]