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THE SMART MONEY IS SELLING THE GOOGLE/LUXOTTICA DEAL $GOOG $LUX

March 28, 2014

Google Glass has received a lot of attention as a futuristic wearable device, but it has not caught on with the masses. Now Google GOOG is trying to correct that by signing up eyewear giant Luxottica. Consumers are likely familiar with one of the Italian company’s many brands, such as Ray-Ban, Sunglass Hut, LensCrafters and Oakley. Last month, Luxottica bought glasses.com from health insurance giant WellPoint. But does this move make Luxottica a buy right now? Luxottica LUX will be in charge of wholesale and retail sales and will also manufacture Google Glass frames. Luxottica stock has moved up on the news

APPLE INNOVATION OVERCOMES SAPPHIRE SHORTCOMINGS $AAPL $GTAT #SAPPHIRE SCREEN

March 28, 2014

Last November, Apple AAPL contracted with GT Advanced Technologies GTAT to produce sapphire on a large scale, not the naturally occurring gemstone, but a man-made version. A sapphire screen in future iPhones would be revolutionary because sapphire is a very hard substance and that will dramatically reduce incidents of broken phone screens. Sapphire screens have three short comings. Innovation at Apple seems to have overcome all of these short comings. First, sapphire is heavier than glass and the trend is to make phones lighter. Second, sapphire is more expensive than glass. Third, oil repelling coatings that are essential to reducing

WEEKLY MARKET DIGEST: TROUBLING PATTERN IN STOCKS, GOLD FALLS UNDER $1300 $GLD $SLV $USO $DIA $SPY $QQQ $TBF $TBT

March 28, 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. ) TROUBLING PATTERN IN STOCKS March 28, 2014 Lately the stock market sees a lot of buying in the morning and selling in the afternoon. This is a troubling pattern because morning buying is traditionally attributed to retail buyers and foreign buyers. The U. S. based institutions typically act in the afternoon. In our back tests, depending upon other conditions, this pattern correctly forecasts a correction 60% to 75% of the time. It is important to

UPDATE ON GOLD MINER ALLIED NEVADA GOLD $ANV $GDX $GDXJ $GLD $SLV

March 28, 2014

This post was just published on ZYX Short Change Alert. Original target on ANV was $4.25 to $4.68. Yesterday the stock traded a lot around $4.43 to $4.50. Most subscribers should be out. Those who are still holding may consider an exit on a move back into the target zone.

HIMAX GLIMPSES NEW REALITY WITH FACEBOOK, GOOGLE $HIMX $GOOG $FB $AAPL $LUX $AUO $BAC

March 26, 2014

In the world of gadgets, there have been two major developments this week. Facebook spent $2 billion buying the virtual headset maker Oculus, claiming that virtual reality will be the next big thing after mobile. Google also announced a partnership with Luxottica of Italy to make the Google Glass more fashionable. Glass has received a lot of attention as a futuristic wearable device but has not caught on with the masses. Luxottica has done a remarkable job in turning eye glasses from a utility to a fashion accessory. In the process, Luxottica has become the largest eyewear company in

TAKE PROFITS ON BALLARD POWER AND PLUG POWER AND EXIT THE POSITIONS $BLDP $PLUG

March 26, 2014

This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. Consider taking profits on PLUG and exiting the position in the zone of $7 to $7.40, the stock is at $7.18 as of this writing. Consider taking profits on BLDP and exiting the position in the zone of $4.65 to $5. The stock is at $4.75 as of this writing.

RAISE STOPS ON BALLARD POWER AND PLUG POWER $BLDP AND $PLUG

March 26, 2014

This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. Consider raising stops on BLDP and PLUG to breakeven.

UPDATE ON BALLARD POWER AND PLUG POWER $BLDP $PLUG

March 25, 2014

This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. For those who jumped on these stocks at the time of the post, there are decent gains. BLDP is at $5.25 and PLUG is at $8.30 as of this writing. The trend is for such momentum stocks to trade higher in the pre-market the next day. However, it never pays in the long run to look at a gift horse in the mouth. For this reason consider taking profits on half of the position in each stock before the close and hold rest for tomorrow.