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JOBS MADE JOHNSON LOOK LIKE A GENIUS, PENNEY’S DEBACLE PROVES OTHERWISE $AAPL $JCP $TGT

April 10, 2013

There has always been a debate about who was the real genius behind Apple Stores. Was it Steve Jobs or Ron Johnson? Now the debate is settled. The debacle at J.C.Penney strongly suggests that the real genius behind Apple Stores was Jobs, not Johnson. Unlike other disciplines, to be a genius in business, one has to be a multi-faceted genius. There is no doubt that Ron Johnson has demonstrated streaks of genius in some aspects of business, but he has failed at certain essential facets that lead to success in business. At Apple, Jobs had correctly concluded that he needed his own stores to

DISAPPOINTING SALES AT FOXCONN FAIL TO BRUISE APPLE STOCK FOR NOW $AAPL $MSFT $HQP $SNE

April 10, 2013

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd., known to the stock trading world as Foxconn, is the main assembler of Apple products including iPhones and iPads. The Taiwanese company reported operating results for the first quarter of 2013 Wednesday, suggesting some softness in results may be in store when Apple reports quarterly results on April 23. Foxconn’s revenue for the three months ended March 30 was down 19% to T$808.97 billion compared to revenues of T$1 trillion in the comparable quarter of 2012 (approximately 30 Taiwan dollars equal one U. S. dollar). Sequentially, this number is also lower than the sales of T$988.34 billion in the

TAKE SMALL PROFIT AND EXIT SPWR $SPWR $FSLR

April 10, 2013

This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. Consider taking a small profit and exiting SPWR right here at $11.20 in the pre-market. The trade was based on the information provided by FSLR at its analysts day. Upon deeper study, our conclusion is that FSLR management was not realistic and their projections are removed from reality. In this overbought market there is not much sense in taking risk, since this was meant to be a very short-term trade. Those willing to take the risk may consider taking profits on half of the position right here around $11.20 in the pre-market, and raise the stop on remaining half

NEW IDEA ON SPWR $SPWR

April 9, 2013

This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. SPWR is a solar power company. This is a very short-term trade for aggressive investors only. Consider initiating a 20% tranche right here in the zone of $10.40 to $10.83. Target zone $13 to $14. Stop zone $9.48 to $9.73. The stock is at $10.68 as of this writing but is very volatile and the price may be different by the time you get this post. This trade is in sympathy with surprise upside projections from competitor FSLR.

INITIATE OR ADD TO PANDORA $P $AAPL

April 9, 2013

This post was recently published on ZYX Short Change Alert. Consider adding a 10% tranche to P in the zone of $13.40 to $14. Those not in the position may consider starting a 20% tranche. The trigger is many reports that Apple is closer to starting iRadio. This will be bad news for Pandora. Caution: This stock is prone to short squeezes and is levitating in part because of the number of shorts. Only those investors who can handle a short squeeze should enter this trade. The plan is to add more at higher prices if a short squeeze occurs therefore it

WEEKLY MARKET DIGEST: DOUBLE WHAMMY OF NUCLEAR MISSILES AND SHOCKING EMPLOYMENT DATA $GLD $SLV $USO $DIA $SPY $QQQ $TBF $TBT

April 5, 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.) DOUBLE WHAMMY OF NUCLEAR MISSILES AND SHOCKING EMPLOYMENT DATA April 5, 2013 North Korea is escalating the situation as it threatens nuclear war. Embassies in its capital Pyongyang have reportedly been asked to evacuate. Employment data this morning was shocking. Nonfarm Private Payrolls came at 95K vs. consensus of 210K. Expect the stock market to go down at least in the morning. Gold futures are at $1565, silver futures are at $27.11, and oil futures are $92.70.

APPLE’S IRADIO SIGNALS GETTING CLEARER $P $AAPL $FB $BBRY $GOOG $MSFT

April 5, 2013

Ever since Apple announced that it would offer a streaming music service, there has not been much doubt that Apple would attempt to beat Internet radio heavyweight, Pandora. The thinking is that Apple will squeeze music labels to get better terms than Pandora. Such a scenario is certainly better for Apple, but what has not been clear is how Apple would make its service superior to Pandora’s for users. In contrast to that prevailing wisdom, CNET is reporting that Apple may now be offering a sweeter deal to the music labels than Pandora. CNET is also reporting that Appleis close to signing deals with

RAISING STOPS ON FB SHORT-TERM TRADE TO PROTECT PROFITS $FB

April 5, 2013

This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. Consider raising stops on FB short-term trade to protect profits. On a 30% tranche new stop is $27.38 to $27.43; on a 20% tranche $27.15 to $27.18; and $26.83 to $26.88 on the remaining position.