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WHY APPLE DOWN, AMAZON UP MAKES SENSE $AMZN $AAPL

January 31, 2013

To the uninitiated investor, there seems nothing more insane than the contrasting behaviors of Apple and Amazon stocks. Tuesday after the close, Amazon AMZN reported weak earnings, and the stock promptly went up about 9% in the aftermarket. Not many days ago, Apple AAPL reported reasonably good earnings after the close, and the stock promptly went down about 10%. By some traditional measures, Amazon is extremely expensive and Apple is extremely inexpensive. Amazon trades at forward P/E of about 153 and the PEG ratio of negative 246. Apple trades at forward P/E of about 9 and the PEG ratio of 0.73. How

NO FILL ON STZ ON THE SHORT SIDE, THE RECOMMENDATION IS NOW CANCELLED $STZ

January 31, 2013

This post was just published on ZYX Short Sell Change Alert. There is no fill on STZ on the short side. The recommendation is now cancelled.

STZ TRADE IS NOW DONE $STZ

January 31, 2013

This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. STZ is now complete. Aggressive traders who were able to act should have had a buy around $29 and a sell around $32.80. Do not consider entering this trade again, it is worth repeating this trade is over now.

CHANGE IN THE TARGET ZONE ON STZ $STZ

January 31, 2013

This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. The new target zone is $32.80 to $34.

UPDATE ON STZ $STZ

January 31, 2013

This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. The upper zone change to $29.40.

NEW IDEA ON STZ $STZ

January 31, 2013

This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. STZ is a seller of wines. The U. S. government is moving to block purchase of Grupo Modelo buy BUD. The acquisition would have benefited STZ by importing Modelo products to the U. S. The stock is very volatile. Only aggressive traders willing to take the risk may consider grabbing 20% in the zone of $25. to $29.10. Target zone $34 to $35 in the short-term. Use small quantity to control risk. Caution: Risk of loss is high. Conservative investor should stay away from this trade.

NEW IDEA ON STZ $STZ

January 31, 2013

This post was just published on ZYX Short Sell Change Alert. STZ is a big seller of wines. It appears that the U. S. government may move to block one of its planned acquisitions. Consider short selling a 10% tranche in the zone of $38.73 to $39.40. No stop for the time being. Target zone is $32. to $33. Caution: Do not consider shorting below the lower band.

APPLE’S 128GB IPAD DEFENDS AGAINST INTEL’S HASWELL ASSAULT ON ARM $ARMH $ADSK $AAPL $GOOG $INTC $MSFT $HPQ

January 30, 2013

There is a lot more to Tuesday’s introduction of a new version of iPad with 128GB memory by Apple. The uninitiated simply dismissed the introduction of 128GB as nothing more than the evolutionary process of Apple adding more memory. Such commentators are myopic and are looking only at the consumer market as it exists today. The reality is that Apple’s introduction is a defensive move against an onslaught by Haswell in the corporate market. iPad is the leader in the corporate market but the lead is in danger of slipping away to Haswell based devices. Haswell is the code name for