A big recent move in Microsoft stock has been driven by the speculation that Microsoft will release Office for iPad on March 27, 2014; this was reported by several news sources including Reuters. If the speculation is true, there is certainly something to celebrate in that the new CEO, Satya
A titanic shift in strategy related to iTunes and services may be ahead at Apple. Faced with declining market share, a stagnant stock price, double-digit drop in iTunes downloads, failure to contain Pandora’s growth with iTunes Radio, and saturation in the market for iPhones that generate about three quarters of
This post was just published on ZYX Short Change Alert. Gold miner ANV has fallen about 8% today. The stock is at $5.07 as of this writing. 40% of the full core position size is being held and partial profits have already been taken. Consider taking more profits on a 10%
This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. Consider taking profits on GMCR and exiting the position in the zone of $108 to $113.85. This is a very volatile stock and moves in wide ranges. The reason for taking profits and exiting the position is that this is the
(The Weekly Digest reproduces the morning capsules made available every morning before the market open in the Real Time Feeds to the paying subscribers. ) QUADRUPLE WITCHING BIAS TO THE UPSIDE, MOMO CROWD AGGRESSIVELY BUYING GOLD March 21, 2014 Today is quadruple witching. Stock index futures, stock index options, stock
This post was just published on ZYX Short Change Alert. Consider adding a 10% tranche to SPY short in the wake of the Fed statement. SPY is trading at $187.20 as of this writing. Please see the prior post for details.
Today is the Fed day, a day when after the FOMC meeting, the Fed releases its policy statement. Today is also the first press conference of Janet Yellen as chair of the Fed. But regardless of it being Yellen’s first meeting, Fed day provides a gold mine of trading opportunities,
This post was just published on ZYX Short Change Alert. Consider taking more profits on a 10% tranche on gold miner ANV in the zone of $5.55 to $5.75. The stock is trading at $5.71 as of this writing. After this profit taking 40% of the full core position size will
This post was just published on ZYX Short Change Alert. On Friday shorts were entered in the range of $6.50 to $6.70. ANV is trading at $6.07 as of this writing and 60% is being held. Consider taking profits on a 10% tranche right here. This will leave 50% of the
The Crimean referendum took place over the weekend, and 96.77% of the vote was in favor of joining Russia. Sanctions from the West will likely be announced soon. The Chinese renminbi fell 0.3% to an 11-month low, which is a big move for a currency; this comes after a string