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IS GAME STOP THE NEXT BLOCKBUSTER? $GME $NFLX $CMCSA $MSFT $AAPL $GOOG $AMZN

April 4, 2014

Game Stop is a retailer with about 6,600 stores, mostly selling physical video games. Shrink-wrapped video games are becoming obsolete; it is only a matter of time before consumers stop buying them. So why buy the stock? Looking at Game Stop GME the stock has run up 25%, as show on the chart, since it reported lousy earnings on March 27, 2014. It is being highly promoted by bullish gurus who seem to be oblivious to the history of what happens when the landscape changes. Please click here for an annotated chart of GME. In my mind, there is an

WEEKLY MARKET DIGEST: NEW PAYROLLS FALL SHORT OF WHISPER NUMBERS, GOLD BOUNCES $GLD $SLV $USO $DIA $SPY $QQQ $TBF $TBT

April 4, 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. ) NEW PAYROLLS FALL SHORT OF WHISPER NUMBERS, GOLD BOUNCES April 4, 2014 March Nonfarm Private Payroll came at 192K vs. consensus of 205K and whisper numbers of around 250K. Gold is jumping on the data, inference is that the Fed may maintain QE longer. In our analysis, the data is not going to change the Fed’s posture and the Fed will continue tapering. In response to the data interest rates are falling. Oil is higher.

DON’T GET BURNED BY HOT 3D STOCKS $DDD $ONVO $VJET $SSYS $XONE $HPQ $GE $GM $PRLB

March 31, 2014

It’s no secret that 3D printing is hot. Stocks in the space have been the favorite of momentum investors. There is no doubt that 3D printing will grow, but investors buying public stocks at exorbitant prices will get burned. The process consists of laying successive layers of material to form a solid object. Since its invention in 1980s, the industry was comparatively moribund until recent years when it caught fire due to a drop in printer prices and better software. Bubble in 3D stocks These stocks are expensive. Since many of the public 3D companies do not have meaningful earnings,

EXACT SCIENCES EXPLOITS ADVANCES IN COLON CANCER DETECTION $EXAS $HOLX

March 31, 2014

In the United States, 50,000 people die from colon cancer each year and 140,000 new cases are reported every year. As cancer goes, colon cancer is second only to lung cancer as the biggest killer in the United States. Fortunately, for the most part, colon cancer is easily preventable because it typically starts as non-cancerous polyps that sometimes develop into cancer over a prior of five to 15 years. The gold standard for early polyp detection is colonoscopy. A colonoscopy requires preparation to clean the colon for one to two days. A thin flexible tube with a video camera at

ADD OR INITIATE TO GENERAL MOTORS $GM

March 31, 2014

This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. Often when the news is bad it is time to buy the stock. With all the recalls, the news for GM could not be worse. Tomorrow its CEO will testify before Congress. Politicians will grandstand causing more negativity. Any big dip in the stock on this negativity will be a buying opportunity. The buy zone is $31.26 to $34.26. The stock is trading at $34.65 as of this writing. Aggressive traders may want to take a 10% tranche right here around $34.65. Maximum accumulation if the stock dips should not exceed

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