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HOW TICK DATA FORETOLD THE APPLE NEWS $AAPL

May 19, 2013

Click here to enlarge chart. On Wednesday, the news broke that two big-time hedge-fund managers dumped their Apple stock in the first quarter of 2013. Interestingly, an analysis of the tick data foretold the news a day earlier. Analyzing tick data with computer algorithms is akin to the manual tape reading of years past. With some practice, an investor manually observing tick trading data can come close to what computer algorithms accomplish. According to an SEC filing, David Tepper, who manages $17.9 billion at Appaloosa, dumped 370,661 shares of Apple in the first quarter. At the end of the

BILL GATES HAS XBOX 720 TO THANK FOR NEW WEALTH GROWTH SPURT $MSFT $AAPL $GME $AMX $AMD $DELL

May 18, 2013

Until 2007, Bill Gates was the richest man in the world by virtue of his stake in Microsoft MSFT. Then Carlos Slim Helu, the famous Mexican investor, aided by his stake in cell phone operator American Movil, wrested the crown from Gates. According to Bloomberg , yesterday Gates became the richest man again, although Forbes, which has been tracking Gates’ wealth for the past quarter-century, says that the Microsoft co-founder has not yet regained the top spot. On the surface, the change in fortunes seems perverse; mobile phones are expanding in Mexico whereas Microsoft’s biggest weapon Windows 8 is a dud. During the earnings call Dell DELL -0.22% which

WEEKLY MARKET DIGEST: OIL SURGES AS RUSSIA FLEXES ITS MUSCLE IN SYRIA, BUT GOLD FALLS $GLD $SLV $USO $DIA $SPY $QQQ $TBF $TBT

May 17, 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.) OIL SURGES AS RUSSIA FLEXES ITS MUSCLE IN SYRIA, BUT GOLD FALLS May 17, 2013 Crude oil is surging. WTI just hit session high of $96.41. Russian war ships are patrolling waters near Syria. This is perhaps meant as a warning for the United States to stay out of Syria. Gold would have been expected to rise but is still falling. Michigan Sentiment will be released at 9:55 am and leading indicators will be released at 10:00

NEW IDEA ON GENCO SHIPPING & TRADING $GNK $EGLE

May 16, 2013

This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. GNK is a bulk cargo dry shipper. This recommendation is triggered by great earnings by a competitor EGLE. This is a speculative position, please be sure to carefully study Management Trade Guidelines for Speculative Positions. Buy zone is $1.30 to $1.62. The stock is at $1.58 as of this writing. Subscribers may consider buying in two tranches. One close to the high band and the other close to the low band if there is a dip. Stop zone is $0.83 to $0.88. Target zone is $3 to $4.

GOOGLE NOW RECOVERS APPLE’S SIRI FUMBLE $GOOG $AAPL

May 16, 2013

Click here for a larger chart. When Apple AAPL first announced iPhone 4S, there was a nice surprise in it called Siri. Siri is a virtual intelligent voice assistant. Siri caught the imagination of the masses. iPhone 4S sales took off. Analysts had to scramble to revise their iPhone 4S sales estimates upwards. The revised estimates started another leg up in Apple stock. Prior to iPhone 4S launch, there were serious concerns about Apple’s ability to continue the pace of innovation after Steve Jobs passing. As the enthusiasm built,Steve Jobs related discount vanished from the stock price giving the stock a further boost. Google GOOG had been hard at work

INITIATE OR ADD TO S&P 500 ETF $SPY

May 15, 2013

This post was recently published on ZYX Short Change Alert. Adding a 5% tranche to SPY in the zone of $165.80-166.75, preferably close to the high band. SPY is currently at $165.85. CAUTION: New subscribers, please carefully study Trade Management Guidelines before initiating this position.

PRICE ACTION SHOWS HOW MARKET HAS SOURED ON SMART PHONE STOCKS $AAPL $BBRY $NOK $GOOG $MSFT

May 15, 2013

There are days when price action in stocks provides more information than usual, all one has to do is to observe while leaving opinions at the door. Tuesday was one of those days. There were major announcements from BlackBerry as well as Nokia and Apple AAPL stock fell precipitously in the afternoon. There were several announcements at BlackBerry Live user conference being held in Orlando, Florida. BlackBerry announced a cheaper new model to be called Q5. Q5 is directed at emerging markets and will contain a classic BlackBerry QWERTY keyboard. The phone has a 3.1 inch touch screen and looks similar to the once popular BlackBerry Curve. Other announcements included a

GOOGLE TO COMPETE WITH PANDORA $P $GOOG

May 15, 2013

This post was just published on ZYX Short Change Alert. GOOG has announced a service that will compete with P. Normally on this news it would have made sense to add to P or initiate a new position. However in this market, it is best to be very cautious. What To Do Now? Those in the stock (P) who are building a position for the long-term and can withstand drawdown in the context of the overall portfolio, may continue to hold. Those in the stock (P) but are not able to withstand a drawdown in the context of the overall portfolio, may consider