Talkaboutrollercoasterride.
Weknowearningseasonbringswithitvolatility,butthedayliketodaydefinitelyismorethanmostofusexpected.Foradaytrader,itmightbeagoodthingsincedaytradercantradebothendsofthemarketandhehastheluxuryoftimetowatchthetapetickbytick,however,itdefinitelyisnotgoodfortherestofus,manygoodtradeswerecutshort.
Itisatugofwarbetweenthebullsandbearsthewholeday.Itisthebattleofgoodearnin...[
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Thegloomymoodiscarriedoverfromyesterday,plus,thedefensivestancetakenbysomeinvestorsbeforethefirstbatchoftechearningdragthemarketdowntoday.Obviously,themarketneedsomecatalysttoshakethemoodoff,andthankfullythewhiteknightscamejustintime.
Aftertheclosing,INTC,IBMandYHOOallannocedbetterresultsthanWallStreetexpected,whichcertainlyconfirmthesuspecisionthattheglobaleconomywillresultinthebettertechearn...[
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Thevolatilityrisewhentheearningseasoncomes,especiallyatthebeginning,especiallywhentheexpectationarehighandtodaywegotthefirsttasteofit.Also,thereareenoughprofitsaremadelately,itiseasyforpeopletopullthetriggerandtaketheprofit,that\'swhythedownwardmoveismagnifiedandexaggerated.
Thelatebuyingbeforetheendofthebellisalittlecomfortinghoweverfeebleitwas,atleast,itshowedtherearestillpeopleshoping..
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, it is her time of the life, she really intend to stay as long as she could, but she also knew the danger of overstay, when the clock strikes 12:00, the mouses and pumpkim will be revealed. <br><br>For investors in the bull market, they are just like Cinderella, they want stay as long as they could to reap all the profits they could, but they knew once the market reached the top, all their profit could disappear in a heart beat. So, the higher the market goes, the more anxious they become. As soon as clock begin to bang, they rush to the exit without knowing whether it is 12 o\)
TheFriday\'sgainisquiteassuring,however,whetherthemarketcangohigherfromheredependsontheearningreleasesofnextweek.Ingeneral,theearningsareexpectedtobegoodexceptinthesectorsoffinancialandenergy.Giventhestockhasgoneupsomuchlately,wereallyneedhighprofilecompanys(intc,goog,ebayetc)tohaveagoodquartertogivethemarketanotherpush.
Oneconomicdatafront,theCPIwillundoubtlydrawpeople\'sattentiontotheFEDfron...[
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Itwouldbenaivetothinkthelimitistheskyintermsofstockprice.Consideringthestrongperformancelatelyandextraordinarygainsofcertainmomentumstocks(drys,biduforexample),itisnosurprisesomeinvestorstooktheirchipoffthetabletoday.Afterall,thereisnobadprofit.
Somenegativenewsdidnothelpeither.Thebadretailnumberprobablysealedthefateofthedayfromthebeginning.Allothernews,likebidugetdowngraded,arejusttheexcuses....[
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Ihadmoretimetofollowthemarketcloselytoday,itisquiteinteresting.Forsome,itmustbeaquiteridetoday.Onthesurface,itwasadownday,buttherearemorecross-currentsunderneath.Foronething,NASDAQwasup,andifyoulookattheNYSEasawhole,theadvance/declineisalmosteven,andtherearemorenewhighsthannewlows.
Atonepoint,DOWwasdown140pointsandallthegainofyesterdayseemstobewipedout.Iactaullybegintodoubtwhethermyjudgementis...[
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Marketadvancedconvincelyamidalotofdoubtsandpessimitism.Aftertoday,exceptthoseperenneialbears,thesentimentalshouldbeonBull\'sside.
Thepastfewweekshasbeenbuildfortoday\'srally.wehadsectorrotationstobroadenthebaseoftherallylastweek.wealsohadfavorableeconomynews(job,GDP,inflationetc).andtoday,itseemswehaveahelpingFEDaswell.Maybetheperfectenviromentissetfortherally.
Sensonalityhelpstoo.Theforth...[
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Thatisthelessonforthedallascowboy.Butitcanbesaidtoalmostanyendeavor,especiallyforinvesting.Ifyouthinkyouareonarun,andsoconfidentaboutyourstock,thatprobablyiswhenthetroublestrikes.Nowisthetimewhenthespeculativeferverisitshighest.
LDKisagoodexample.andwithrecentproductrecalls,itremindspeopleofthequalityfromchina.hopenobodygetburned.
Tomorrowisthebeginningoftheearningseason,wecanexpectmorevol...[
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Americaisa"meltingpot".Itisnotstrangethateveryissueherewillhavemulitfacets.Thingsassimpleas"AmericanDream"willdrawdifferentresponsedependsonindividualspointofview.Topoliticaloppressed,itisdefinedbytheAmericanconstitutionofdemocracy;Toreligionousoutcast,itisthefreedomofbelief,nomatterhowradiculoussomeofthosebeliefsare;andtoWendyDeng(NewsCorp'Murdoch'sWife),Itisthemarriagemadeinheaven:).Buttothemajo...[
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Itwasaquietdaytodayandthemarketwasupslightly(barely:)).Thereisnosurprisehere,aseveryoneiswaitingforthejobreportdueoutinlessthan12hours.
Themarketisexpecting100,000jobsarecreated.Lately,alleconomicdatasuggestedaslowdown(butexpanding)economyandtameinflationexcepthousingandjobnumbers.TheAugust'sjobreportcaughteveryonebysurprise,itmighthappentomorrow.Withthereportgarneringsomuchattention,tomo...[
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