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UGLY CHARTS MAY MAKE FOR PRETTY INVESTMENTS $RAD $SAN $WBA $CVS $KR $WMT

October 2, 2015

I first wrote about a strategy I use when finding beaten-down stock in a February 2014 column titled “An Evergreen Strategy For Unstable Times.” In the column, I illustrated the strategy with an example using Walgreens WBA. Our buy in was around $29. Subsequently, Walgreens hit a high of $97.30. Applying the same strategy here, there are two stocks I consider bargains that long-term investors may want to look at for scaling in. The charts look ugly, and therein lay the opportunities for well-informed investors. As purely technical traders and Wall Street algorithms sell, putting further pressure on the stock

WEEKLY MARKET DIGEST: JOB NUMBER UNEXPECTEDLY DIVERGES FROM OTHER DATA, RAISE MORE CASH $GLD $SLV $USO $DIA $SPY $QQQ $TBF $TBT

October 2, 2015

(The Weekly Digest reproduces the morning capsules made available every morning before the market open in the Real Time Feeds to the paying subscribers. ) JOB NUMBER UNEXPECTEDLY DIVERGES FROM OTHER DATA, RAISE MORE CASH October 2, 2015 September Non-farm Private Payrolls came at 118K vs. 200K consensus. This is completely unexpected based on the consensus view and other normally correlated data. The employment number is a lagging indicator. The models at The Arora Report focus on leading indicators. However, in the short term, it is important for investors to immediately react to this number. There is a reason that this

SURPRISE! BARRACUDA SAYS CYBER SECURITY MARKET IS SLOWING $CUDA $PANW $CYBR $FTNT $FEYE $HACK $QLYS

September 29, 2015

This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. CUDA is a cyber security firm. After reporting roughly in line earnings, CUDA just had a very disappointing conference call. In a surprise, the company says that the security market it serves is slowing. CUDA guides Q3 EPS $0.07 – $0.08 vs. consensus of $0.10; guides Q3 revenue $79 – $81 million vs. $82 million consensus. Company guides FY16 EPS $0.30 – $0.36 vs. consensus of $0.39; guides FY16 revenue $320 – $323 million vs. consensus of $352 million. Previously stop hit at $22.73 on half the position (1/2). The stock is

INITIATE OR ADD TO HEALTH NET $HNT $CNC

September 29, 2015

This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. HNT is a health insurance firm. It has a buyout offer from CNC under which it will receive $28.25 in cash and 0.622 shares of CNC. Consider accumulating a total of up to 70% of the full core position size in the zone of $53 to $59.81. It does not make sense to trade HNT with a stop. Those who want to reduce may consider reducing the quantity. The plan is to tender the shares to CNC and then hold CNC. Full disclosure, there is a separate CNC position in the

UPDATE ON BANCO SANTANDER $SAN

September 29, 2015

This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. The new buy zone for SAN is $4.31 to $5.52. Our long-term target for SAN remains $16.00 to $18.00. What To Do Now? It is important not to buy all at once. Consider scaling in on down spikes. You are receiving less than 2% of the content from our paid services …TO RECEIVE REMAINING 98%, TAKE A FREE TRIAL TO PAID SERVICES. Please click here to take advantage of a FREE 30 day trial. Check out our enviable performance in both bull and bear markets.

UPDATE ON RITE AID $RAD

September 29, 2015

This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. The new buy zone for RAD is $5.20 to $6.50. Our first target zone for RAD remains $11 to $12.40. Our very long-term target is $14.00 to $16.00. What To Do Now? It is important not to buy all at once. Consider scaling in on down spikes. You are receiving less than 2% of the content from our paid services …TO RECEIVE REMAINING 98%, TAKE A FREE TRIAL TO PAID SERVICES. Please click here to take advantage of a FREE 30 day trial. Check out our enviable performance in both bull and

TAKE PROFITS ON PANDORA AND EXIT THE POSITION $P

September 25, 2015

This post was just published on ZYX Short Sell Change Alert. P is short from $28.34. As of this writing P is trading at $21.03. Per the last post, partial profits were taken around $14.42. Consider taking profits on the remaining position and exit the trade. As always, this is a reminder to cancel any GTC stop or target orders. You are receiving less than 2% of the content from our paid services …TO RECEIVE REMAINING 98%, TAKE A FREE TRIAL TO PAID SERVICES. Please click here to take advantage of a FREE 30 day trial. Check out our enviable performance in both

WEEKLY MARKET DIGEST: YELLEN CHANGES TUNE, GOOD FOR STOCKS BUT BAD FOR GOLD, OIL AND BONDS $GLD $SLV $USO $DIA $SPY $QQQ $TBF $TBT

September 25, 2015

(The Weekly Digest reproduces the morning capsules made available every morning before the market open in the Real Time Feeds to the paying subscribers. ) YELLEN CHANGES TUNE BUT STILL FAR FROM CERTAINTY September 25, 2015 Yellen, in her press conference after the FOMC meeting created a lot of confusion. The consensus take was that she was not going to raise rates for a very long time. This raised the question, “What does the Fed know that we do not know?” The uncertainty caused a global sell off in stocks, run up in gold and bonds. Last night, Yellen changed