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ELECTRONIC ARTS INSIDER SELLING SOUNDS ALARM $EA $KING $ZNGA $MSFT $SNE

May 13, 2014

Electronic Arts’ executives have been aggressively selling their stock , with COO Peter Moore having sold 100,000 shares (half of his holdings), Executive Vice President Patrick Soderlund selling 36,133 shares, which are all of his holdings, and General Counsel Stephen Bene selling 7,771 shares, which are all of his holdings of class D shares. Investors may want to consider following EA executives and selling their shares into the strength. Sophisticated investors may consider short-selling the shares. Let us start by looking at the annotated chart. Please click here for the annotated chart. As the chart shows, shares gapped open on much-better-than-expected

IS TESLA MOTORS WORTH $50 OR $500? $TSLA $NFLX $TWTR $SCTY

May 12, 2014

Wednesday, after the close, Tesla Motors reported earnings. The results were impressive by any measure, and projections were in line with our expectations. However, in the aftermarket, the stock fell as the reported numbers were below the whisper numbers. The earnings report and the conference call provided a lot of details, but these details are simply noise, both from the perspective of the long-term investor and the short-term trader. So, where does that leave us regarding price? The chart Let us start out by taking a look at the daily chart. Please click here for the annotated chart. The chart

WEEKLY MARKET DIGEST: YELLEN MAGIC AND CHINA DATA IGNITES OPTIMISM $GLD $SLV $USO $DIA $SPY $QQQ $TBF $TBT

May 9, 2014

(The Weekly Digest reproduces the morning capsules made available every morning before the market open in the Real Time Feeds to the paying subscribers. ) THE THREAT OF DEFLATION IS REAL May 9, 2014 A big task for investors is to be alert to scenarios that are not discounted in the prices. Our main focus has been to protect against inflation. However, the recent data including performance of bonds across the world shows that the threat of deflation is real. In other words, portfolios need to be protected not only against inflation but also deflation. The only way to accomplish

UPDATE ON TWITTER $TWTR

May 9, 2014

This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. TWTR is long from $26 and profits have been taken as high as $70. Only 10% is being held starting with 100% position. Is TWTR a buy after the recent plunge? The data is mixed. Investors can take a look at the following probabilities and make their own decision based on their own risk tolerance. ZONE FOR SWING LOW PERCENTAGE PROBABILITY $29 to $32 15% $26 to $29 25% $23 to $26 50% $17 to $23 10% What To Do Now? Those holding 10% may consider continuing

UPDATE ON HOME BUILDER KB HOMES $KBH $PHM $DHI $XHB $ITB

May 9, 2014

This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. One of the premise behind holding KBH has been that housing would get better in the Spring due to pent-up-demand and low mortgage interest rates. Spring is half over and housing sales data is not encouraging. The main issue is that house prices have run up disproportionate to increasing incomes. This week, the Fed Chair, Janet Yellen, expressed concern about the state of housing. It is best to set aside one’s personal opinions about the Federal Reserve and Janet Yellen; there is no denying that the Fed has more data and

WHAT THE CHART SAYS ABOUT THE FUTURE DIRECTION OF GOLD $GLD $SLV

May 5, 2014

Click here to see an enlarged chart. Analyzing charts provides useful information for both long-term precious metal investors and short-term traders. It is important to look at the charts with a neutral frame of mind without any preconceived notions or opinions to avoid a bias in analysis. The annotated day chart of GLD, which is a popular ETF and a good proxy for analyzing gold, shows that a triple bottom has formed on the chart. Click here to see an enlarged chart. Back testing shows that triple bottoms tend to hold more often than not. The line connecting the three

RF MICRO JUMPS ON EARNINGS, EYES ROCKY FUTURE $AAPL $RFMD $TQNT $SWKS

May 4, 2014

Rocky Holding will be a powerhouse supplier of radio frequency components to both Apple AAPL and Samsung when it is born. Rocky Holding is the tentative name of a new company that will result from the merger of RF Micro Devices (RFMD) and TriQuint Semiconductor (TQNT). Both companies have approved the merger and a joint proxy statement on Form S4 has been filed with the SEC. The trends are already positive for both companies. After the market close on Tuesday, RF Micro reported Q4 EPS of $0.12 vs. consensus of $0.09; revenues came at $256 million roughly in line with

3 STOCKS TO BUY THIS SUMMER $TQNT $AAPL $RFMD $WAG $HAL

May 4, 2014

There is a saying on Wall Street, “Sell in May and go away.” Most investors are better off by not selling in May and not going away, and I have three potential plays for them to make. First, let’s take a look at the believers in this saying. They produce all kinds of statistics, which can be manipulated to slant whatever result one wants. There is some truth to this saying, but nowhere near as much as some believe. In some years, investors start the year out very bullish. The exuberance leads to an overbought market by the time May