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5 RULES TO HEED AHEAD OF APPLE’S REPORT

April 23, 2012

Apple /quotes/zigman/68270/quotes/nls/aapl AAPL -0.15% reports earnings on April 24 after the close. The consensus estimate is $10.05 for earnings and $36.73 billion for revenues. Of course, as usual, the breakdown of numbers by product category will drive the price of the Apple stock. Apple stock price has lately been very volatile. The gurus have advanced several explanations. Such theories include Verizon /quotes/zigman/262341/quotes/nls/vz VZ +1.52% not selling as many iPhones as some expected, details of chips from Qualcomm /quotes/zigman/77257/quotes/nls/qcom QCOM -0.50% , controversy about the number of iPads sold in the quarter, and rumors of a smaller iPad with lower gross

ANATOMY OF A QUICK PROFITABLE TRADE IN INFY

April 22, 2012

Most investors try to profit only when stocks go up. Sophisticated investors profit both as stocks go up and when stocks go down. Investors will find that a proper combination of very long term positions, long term positions, medium term positions, short term positions and very quick trades generates wealth under all market conditions. This is an example of a quick trade. One of the problems many investors face that the resources to help them to profit from stocks going down are rare. One such well-respected rare resources is ZYX Short Sell Change Alert . We have just completed a

WEEKLY MARKET DIGEST: GOLD CROWD FLOATS FRENCH DOWNGRADE RUMOR

April 21, 2012

(The Weekly Digest reproduces the morning capsules made available every morning before the market open in the Real Time Feeds to the paying subscribers.) GOLD CROWD FLOATS FRENCH DOWNGRADE RUMOR March 20, 2012 Yesterday Spanish bond auction went well. Gold traders caught on the long side tried in vain to disparage the success of the auction with arguments that the success was artificial. They speculated that most of the bonds were bought by ECB and Spanish banks. The market did not buy the argument and gold plunged to the major support at $1637 to $1641. As gold accelerated its plunge

WHY WE WERE NOT SHAKEN OUT OF GOLD POSITION ON FRENCH DOWNGRADE RUMOR

April 20, 2012

This post was published earlier on ZYX Short Sell Change Alert Yesterday gold broke a strong support at $1637 to $1641. From a fundamental perspective, it made sense because the auction is Spain had gone well. Gold would have easily fallen to $1600 if it was not for the rumor of French downgrade. The rumor caused a rapid run up from $1632 to $1654. Many investors were shaken out of a good short position. We were not shaken out for a number of reasons. We have 30 years of experience dealing with stock market rumors. The rumor did not meet

GOLD AND SILVER RUNNING ON RUMORS OF FRENCH DOWNGRADE

April 19, 2012

Gold and silver are running on rumors of French downgrade.

NEW IDEA ON HUMAN GENOME SCIENCES INC. (HGSI)

April 19, 2012

This post was published earlier on ZYX Buy Change Alert Last year Human Genome Sciences Inc. (HGSI) successfully introduced the first new treatment for Lupus in a very long time. GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), the big drug giant, is Human Genome’s partner. Human Genome has disclosed that it received an unsolicited $13.00 per share cash offer from GlaxoSmithKline. It is likely that the deal will ultimately get done at a premium to the present bid of $13.00 per share. Buy zone is $12.50 to $13.56. To control risk consider not exceeding 20% of full core position size. Stop zone is$11.48 to $11.75. Target zone is $16 to

OPPORTUNITY IN BANCO SANTANDER TO ADD OR INITIATE A NEW POSITION

April 18, 2012

This post was published earlier on ZYX Buy Change Alert. Banco Santander (STD) is one of the largest Spanish banks. Spain is clearly in trouble. What is often missed about STD is that it has significant operations outside of Spain. The company is among the top 15 financial institutions in the world. Take a look at the chart that shows lending by country. Here is a breakdown of over 100 million commercial customers by country. The map shows breakdown by region of the bank’s profits. Any time a majority of investors miss the big picture, it represents

APPLE COOKING UP SAMSUNG SETTLEMENT BENEFITS BOTH

April 18, 2012

U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh has ordered a settlement conference between Apple (AAPL) and Samsung (SSNGY). The settlement conference will be moderated by a magistrate judge. Both Apple and Samsung have agreed that their chief executives and general counsels will participate. Here is the order from Judge Koh: “The parties have indicated that they are willing to participate in a Magistrate Judge Settlement Conference (‘MJSC’). ECF No. 873. Therefore, the parties are hereby referred to an MJSC with Magistrate Judge Joseph Spero with a 90-day deadline. As the parties have indicated in their joint statement, the chief executive officer