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NEW IDEA ON AGILENT $A

September 19, 2013

This post was just published on ZYX Short Change Alert. Agilent (A) is jumping in the pre-market by about 10% on the news that it will combine its life sciences and diagnostics businesses. This move is way overdone. Consider initiating a 30% tranche, preferably in three 10% tranches in the zone of $54.90 to $56.43. The stock is trading at $55.02 as of this writing in the pre-market. This is suitable only for those who can stand draw-downs as is common under prevailing market conditions. The plan is to add more if the stock goes higher. Stop zone is $61.56 to

NEW IDEA ON THE MOSAIC COMPANY $MOS $IPI $POT

September 17, 2013

This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. Consider initiating a 15% tranche on MOS in the zone of $44 to $45.40. No stop for the time being. We will need to be flexible regarding the target. for background please see IPI trade on which profits were taken yesterday. MOS is a big competitor of IPI but the stock is cheaper based on several metrics. This is a medium-term trade.

TAKE PROFITS ON TECH DATA AND EXIT THE POSITION $TECD

September 17, 2013

This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. Most subscribers should be holding 30% of TECD from the zone of $41 to $43 with an average price of $42.25. The stock is at $50.58 as of this writing. An acquisition by a competitor has increased the risk in this stock. Therefore it is prudent to take profits now.

STRONG MOVE UP IN INTREPID POTASH, TAKE PROFITS AND EXIT THE POSITION $IPI $POT $MOS

September 16, 2013

This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. Most subscribers should have IPI from $12. to $12.75 or lower. Our long-term targets are much higher. However the short-term move up is not justifiable. Consider taking profits right here around $16.90 and exiting the position. The plan is to enter the position again if it pulls back.

WEEKLY MARKET DIGEST: MORNING CAPSULE: INFLATION UNDER CONTROL, GOLD FALLS $GLD $SLV $USO $DIA $SPY $QQQ $TBF $TBT

September 13, 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. ) INFLATION UNDER CONTROL, GOLD FALLS August 13, 2013 August Core PPI came at 0.0% vs. 0.1% consensus. This indicates inflation is less than expectations. American consumer is not in the buying mood; August Retail Sales came at 0.2% vs. 0.4% consensus. Gold and silver are falling. Oil is also falling. Interest rates had risen based on a report from Nikkei that Obama will appoint Summers as the next Fed Chairman. The reason is that

INTELLIGENCE: TWO WAYS TO BUY TWITTER AHEAD OF ITS IPO $GSVC $SVVC #TWITTER #TWITTER IPO #IPO

September 13, 2013

This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. Twitter has started the process of its IPO. GS will be the lead underwriter. At this time it is not known the names of other brokers who will be members of the syndicate. When the time comes subscribers may consider getting as much Twitter as they can in the IPO. Prior to the IPO there are two publicly traded vehicles that investors may consider — GSVC and SVVC. About 15% of GSVC NAV is in Twitter. On emotion and momentum, GSVC can easily run up to $20. As of this writing

INTELLIGENCE: 3D PRINTER STRATASYS $SSYS

September 13, 2013

This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. 3D printer SSYS has been a momentum darling. The company just did a secondary of 4.5 million shares at $93. Only recently SSYS traded as high as $113.49. The risk of loss is very high but it is worthy of consideration at this price for aggressive investors with a tight stop. For us to recommend, a stock must pass at least four of the six screens. We prefer a stock to meet all six screens. Our rigorous criteria has led to enviable performance over a long period of time. We periodically

VERIZON TRUMPS APPLE, BUT THERE ARE BETTER BUYS $VZ $AAPL $T $VOD $TMUS

September 12, 2013

Verizon just trumped Apple by orchestrating the world’s largest corporate-debt sale to date by selling $49 billion of bonds. In contrast, the previous largest corporate bond sale in the U. S. was Apple’s big bond sale in April, which, in hindsight, was a mere $17 billion. Verizon’s rush is investor’s gain Verizon VZ was in a hurry to complete the massive bond sale and, in the process, paid higher than the prevailing yields. Verizon’s hurry is investor’s gain. For example, Verizon sold 10-year bonds at 57 basis points more than the existing debt with similar maturity. The yield on other maturities is