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APPLE STILL INNOVATING, INTRODUCES MOVIE TICKET BUYING WITH SIRI $AAPL

January 28, 2013

There is a lot of whining these days that Apple is no longer innovating. The contention is not true. My analysis of Apple’s innovations going back ten years shows that Apple continues to innovate at about the same pace as it was doing before. The big difference is that now the competition is innovating faster than Apple. Finally a bit of good news for Apple bulls; Apple has just introduced the ability to use Siri to purchase movie tickets in the United States through Fandango. This is part of today’s release of the new version of iOS dubbed 6.1. It is worth remembering that

UPDATE ON SPY TRADE $SPY

January 28, 2013

This post was just published on ZYX Short Sell Change Alert. The market is very overbought and if history is a guide, the SPY trade should work out well. However, history does not always repeat itself. For this reason, even though only 20% of the full core position is being held and there is room to add to the position, it is best to be patient at this time. What To Do Now? Those in the position may consider continuing to hold but not add. Those not in the position may wait for a signal in the Real Time Feed.

DID SENTIMENT HELP CALL A TOP IN APPLE? $AAPL $SLV $GLD

January 28, 2013

Experienced investors know that timing a sell is a lot harder than a buy. Fortunately, there is a simple tool that has served us well. The data for the tool is readily available from MarketWatch and does not cost anything. The tool is the analysis of comments on popular stocks and commodities. This column describes how the comments data from MarketWatch can be used in conjunction with other traditional pieces of sentiment data. The chart shows how the sentiment on Apple has changed and can now be interpreted as bullish. Please click here to see the chart of Apple sentiment.

APPLE CHART PATTERN SETS TARGET AT $340 $AAPL

January 26, 2013

The Apple stock chart has traced a head-and-shoulders topping pattern. This is a well-known and well-followed reversal pattern in traditional technical analysis . The pattern sets Apple’s AAPL downside target at $340. A picture is worth a thousand words, the chart tells the story. Please click here to see the chart. The pattern The pattern consists of a left shoulder, a head, and a right shoulder. In Apple, the left shoulder was formed when the price pulled back from about $650 to about $530. Please see “ Dangerous Apple chart pattern into iPhone 5 launch .” The head was formed

APPLE MAKES PLAY FOR INDIA WITH 29-CENT ITUNES SONGS $AAPL $RIMM $MSFT $GOOG $NOK

January 25, 2013

Apple is waking up to the harsh realities of the world. Perhaps the fall in stock price has helped. There is simply more competition and Apple has to adjust to it. In a major move, Apple is offering some popular songs for just 29 cents on iTunes. This represents a 70% discount from the previous price. However, to take advantage of the 70% discount you need an Indian credit card. Apple now seems awake to the potential of over a billion Indians. To date Apple has focused on China, but largely ignored India. Low cost iTunes is the center piece of Apple’s new

WEEKLY MARKET DIGEST: THE RALLY IS LONG IN THE TOOTH $GLD $SLV $USO $DIA $SPY $QQQ $TBF $TBT $AAPL

January 25, 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.) THE RALLY IS LONG IN THE TOOTH January 25, 2013 The stock market rally is long in the tooth. Our long time subscribers know the proven success of our complex algorithms that detect buying and selling by Smart Money in real-time. These algorithms are now showing that Smart Money is now beginning to lightly sell and the buyers are less sophisticated individual investors. Here is an eye-opening statistic. In a test going back to 2000 if an

TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING THE STOP ZONE ON STJ $STJ

January 25, 2013

This post was just published on ZYX Short Sell Change Alert. The up move in STJ is mostly short covering. Therefore the stop zone is being temporarily suspended. However those not able to handle a short squeeze may want to exit here. The plan is to add more in small tranches if the stock goes higher. Please stay tuned to the RTF .

APPLE KICKS JOBS’ UPOD STRATEGY TO THE CURB IN CUPERTINO $AAPL

January 24, 2013

Steve Jobs employed a number of master strategies to make Apple the company it is today. Slowly Apple has been abandoning Jobs’ strategies that had made Apple successful. Steve Jobs was a master of a strategy known as UPOD. UPOD stands for under promise and over deliver. Now Apple has officially announced that it is abandoning UPOD. A very long time ago, I learned the hard way how Steve Jobs masterfully employed UPOD. I was listening to him on an earnings conference call. My finger was on the trigger to buy Apple or short it for a very short-term trade based on its earnings projections.