January 28, 2013

APPLE STILL INNOVATING, INTRODUCES MOVIE TICKET BUYING WITH SIRI $AAPL

There is a lot of whining these days that Apple is no longer innovating. The contention is not true. My analysis of Apple’s innovations going back ten years shows that Apple continues to innovate at about the same pace as it was doing before. The big difference is that now the competition is innovating faster than Apple.

Finally a bit of good news for Apple bulls; Apple has just introduced the ability to use Siri to purchase movie tickets in the United States through Fandango. This is part of today’s release of the new version of iOS dubbed 6.1.

It is worth remembering that when iPhone 4S was introduced, the sales on the very first day were much better than expected, the sales for the first weekend broke records, and the sales accelerated throughout the quarter. … Please click here or the title below to read more.

January 28, 2013

UPDATE ON SPY TRADE $SPY

This post was just published on ZYX Short Sell Change Alert.

The market is very overbought and if history is a guide, the SPY trade should work out well. However, history does not always repeat itself. For this reason, even though only 20% of the full core position is being held and there is room to add to the position, it is best to be patient at this time.

What To Do Now?

Those in the position may consider continuing to hold but not add.

Those not in the position may wait for a signal in the Real Time Feed.… Please click here or the title below to read more.

January 28, 2013

DID SENTIMENT HELP CALL A TOP IN APPLE? $AAPL $SLV $GLD

Experienced investors know that timing a sell is a lot harder than a buy. Fortunately, there is a simple tool that has served us well. The data for the tool is readily available from MarketWatch and does not cost anything. The tool is the analysis of comments on popular stocks and commodities.

This column describes how the comments data from MarketWatch can be used in conjunction with other traditional pieces of sentiment data. The chart shows how the sentiment on Apple has changed and can now be interpreted as bullish.

Please click here to see the chart of Apple sentiment.

At extremes, sentiment is a contrary indicator.… Please click here or the title below to read more.

January 28, 2013