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WHAT TO DO IF THE U.S. GETS INVOLVED IN SYRIA $EEM $GLD $SLV $ABX $NEM $QQQ $SLW $SPY $TBT $TLT $USO $ZSL

August 28, 2013

Secretary of State John Kerry’s comment implies that a strike by the U. S. on Syria is imminent. The war trade is on. Gold, oil and Treasury bonds are up. Stocks are down. Here is the most pertinent part of a long Kerry speech, “At President Obama’s direction, I’ve spent many hours over the last few days on the phone with foreign ministers and other leaders. The administration is actively consulting with members of Congress, and we will continue to have these conversations in the days ahead. President Obama has also been in close touch with the leaders of our

HOW QIHOO 360 TECHNOLOGY BECAME THE INTERNET DARLING OF 2013 $QIHU $BIDU

August 26, 2013

This is the story of Qihoo 360 Technology (QIHU), a company that got a modest start in 2005 in Beijing, China. Initially the company was engaged in run-of-the-mill reselling of third party antivirus software and user generated content search. The transition point was when the company started providing its own antivirus software for free. The stock, public since 2011 and trading under the symbol QIHU on the NYSE, has taken flight. Qihoo has quickly become the top provider of Internet security software in China when measured by the user base. The company is taking share from Baidu (BIDU). On Monday, after the

WEEKLY MARKET DIGEST: FED DIVIDED OVER TAPER, ENCOURAGING DATA FROM CHINA AND EUROPE $GLD $SLV $USO $DIA $SPY $QQQ $TBF $TBT

August 23, 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. ) PAYING ATTENTION TO JACKSON HOLE August 23, 2013 A symposium by Kansas City Fed is being held in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Prominent central bankers from all over the world are in attendance. In the past, significant market moving news has emanated from Jackson Hole. This year may be different because Bernanke is not attending. However, speeches from Jackson Hole are still likely to be the proximate cause of any major market moves. Gold futures are

PANDORA STOCK PRICEY AS STREAMING RADIO COMPETITION HEATS UP $P $AAPL $GOOG $MSFT

August 23, 2013

Pandora, the popular Web radio service, reported impressive earnings after the close Thursday, recording second quarter EPS of $0.04 vs. consensus forecast for $0.02. Revenues of $157.4 million topped analysts’ consensus expectation for $156.24 million. For the third quarter, Pandora projects Q3 EPS of $0.03 to $0.06 vs. $0.08 previously expected by analysts. The company projects Q3 revenues of $174 million – $179 million while Wall Street had that number at $170.2 million. For 2014, Pandora sees EPS of $0.00 to $0.05 vs. a prior $0.04 consensus, with revenues of $640 – $655 million vs.forecasts for $633 million. The earnings report and

MEG WHITMAN IS NOT SUCCEEDING AT HEWLETT-PACKARD $HPQ $CSCO $EBAY

August 22, 2013

Meg Whitman is a star CEO. She built eBay from 30 employees to 15,000 employees. The New York Times hailed her as a potential first woman President of the United States. She ran to become Governor of California, but lost to Jerry Brown. In January 2011, Hewlett-Packard fired its CEO Leo Apotheker and brought in Meg Whitman as the new CEO to fix the company. She’s obviously had plenty of past success, but has that carried over during her tenure as head of H-P? Wednesday, after the market close, Hewlett-Packard HPQ reported earnings. As I listened to the conference call, it became

PANDORA EARNINGS AFTER THE CLOSE $P

August 22, 2013

This post was just published on ZYX Short Change Alert. P reports earnings after the close. In our 30 years in the markets, 2013 has been the worst year in terms of short squeezes and the squeezed stocks continuing to levitate even after the squeeze is over. P is one of such stocks. There have been only four similar previous years; in three out of four such instances, squeezed stocks crashed and fortunes were made. What To Do Now? Please insure that the quantity held is small enough to withstand any spike up after the earnings release without discomfort. If this

CISCO STOCK LOOKS GOOD AT LOWER PRICE WITH JUICED UP DIVIDEND $CSCO $INTC $MSFT $ORCL

August 21, 2013

Cisco (CSCO) is the largest manufacturer of networking equipment perfectly positioned to benefit from growth of the Internet. The stock dipped after it reported earnings, but here is why Cisco is an attractive opportunity for the long-term investor on any further weakness in price. Cisco is providing equipment and services that are essential to the Internet, a rapidly growing market. Cisco defines ‘Internet of everything’ as intelligent connection of people and things. Connecting things to the Internet is exploding. For the first time in 2009, the ratio of things connected to the Internet to the people using the net exceeded one.

HOW TO PROFIT FROM THE NEW APPLE IPHONE RUMORS $AAPL $GOOG

August 21, 2013

The Apple rumor mill has shifted into high gear. Historically, this is a normal pattern prior to Apple’s new-product launches. The rumors range from the names to the colors of the new iPhones. The big buzz Monday was that Apple will introduce a gold-colored phone. For the gadget lovers, the rumors are an endless source of entertainment. For the astute investors, the rumors leading to Apple product launches have historically provided significant opportunities to generate profits. Here is how to generate profits from iPhone rumors. The nature Of Apple stock The stock market does not move on absolutes, but moves