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CURVED SCREEN COMING IN SAMSUNG GALAXY S5 BUT NOT IN APPLE IPHONE 6 $AAPL $GTAT

December 13, 2013

Apple investors need to be alert to both positive and negative upcoming fundamental developments, one of which may give a boost to Samsung’s mobile fortunes. An upcoming negative development for Apple AAPL is the potential release of the Samsung Galaxy S5 with a curved screen, which the iPhone currently does not have. In terms of positive developments, Apple just won a patent for producing a curved screen. Here is an abstract of the patent number 8,603,574. “A method of forming a curved touch surface is disclosed. The method can include depositing and patterning a conductive thin film on a flexible substrate to

TAKE PARTIAL PROFITS ON TWITTER $TWTR #TWITTER

December 13, 2013

This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. Consider taking profits on a 5% tranche on TWTR right here around $57.30.

TAKE MORE PARTIAL PROFITS ON APPLE SHORT-TERM TRADE AND PROTECT THE REST $AAPL

December 11, 2013

This post was published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. On December 10, 2013, the following alert was posted: Depending upon the size of position held, consider taking profits on one-quarter of the original AAPL short-term trade in the zone of $562 to $568. The stock is trading at $563.50 as of this writing. Protect the remaining position by putting a stop in the zone of $542.43 to $543.38. This has no impact on the long-term AAPL position which is separate and distinct. (Note: Only those trades that are posted in real time on the blog and time stamped by Google are

DO NOT BE FOOLED INTO BUYING APPLE ON CHINA MOBILE DEAL $AAPL $CHL $VZ

December 9, 2013

China Mobile has scheduled an event on December 18 and the speculation has been that China Mobile will introduce Apple’s AAPL iPhone. The Wall Street Journal reported this morning that China Mobile will take pre-orders for iPhones starting Thursday. It is easy to see how a superficial analysis can lead one to conclude that it is a big deal. After all, China Mobile has over 700 million customers and is the last major telecommunications carrier that has held out in not carrying the iPhone. Take a look at the following and make a judgment for yourself. ARPU Average revenue per user per month or ARPU

WEEKLY MARKET DIGEST: STRONG EMPLOYMENT REPORT, GOLD SQUEEZES SHORTS $GLD $SLV $USO $DIA $SPY $QQQ $TBF $TBT

December 6, 2013

(The Weekly Digest reproduces the morning capsules made available every morning before the market open in the Real Time Feeds to the paying subscribers. ) STRONG EMPLOYMENT REPORT, GOLD SQUEEZES SHORTS December 6, 2013 The U. S. Department of Labor reported a very strong employment report for November. Nonfarm Private Payrolls came at 96K in line with consensus. However, unemployment rate fell to 7.0% vs. 7.25 consensus and 7.3% in October. October Core PCE Prices, a good indicator of future inflation, came at 0.1% vs. 0.1% consensus. The only negative in this morning’s data is that October Personal Income came at

IPADS ARE HOT BUT WILL LOSE SHARE TO MICROSOFT SURFACE $MSFT $AAPL $TGT $GOOG $CHL $WMT

December 5, 2013

Today, Apple is continuing its move higher. The trigger is a report in the Wall Street Journal that Apple has signed a deal with China Mobile. The WSJ report shows that the traders were correct in looking forward yesterday and not reacting negatively to a subsidiary of China Mobile pulling iPhones from its website. To be successful, investors need to not drive looking in the rear view mirror and also need to avoid cognitive bias. Cognitive bias as it relates to stocks is a pattern of focusing on good news and ignoring the bad news or vice versa. Since the iPad has

INITIATE OR ADD TO PANDORA $P #PANDORA #SPOTIFY

December 5, 2013

This post was just published on ZYX Short Change Alert. Consider initiating or adding a 10% tranche to Pandora (P) in the zone of $29 to $30.20. The trigger is that Spotify will start offering a free service. The plan is to add more if the stock goes higher. The stop on this tranche is $35.63 to $35.78. Target is in low teens. Consider adding 45% on a move up in the zone of $39-40.50; stops on 25% in the zone of $43.31-45.77.

WHY YOU CAN IGNORE RECENT NEGATIVES FOR THE MARKET $SPY $DIA $QQQ $IWM

December 5, 2013

The stock market has fallen on the first three consecutive days in December. Traditionally, this is a very negative pattern. Moreover, several of the market internals that we monitor are showing patterns similar to the beginning of September 2011, when the market saw a roughly 7% correction. Take a look at the annotated chart of the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average DIA linked below. The chart shows three consecutive down days. You may also notice from the chart that this phenomenon is not typical in 2013. Please click here to see the annotated chart of DIA. Among broad index-based ETFs, a similar pattern