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WAL-MART ACCUSATIONS MAY BE OPPORTUNITY

April 26, 2012

When does $1.00 equal $720? When Wal-Mart Stores Inc. /quotes/zigman/245476/quotes/nls/wmt WMT +2.69% loses $720 in market value for every $1 of alleged bribes in Mexico. But maybe the larger question is whether or not that loss provides an opening for investors. I think that it does. The bribery accusations According to the New York Times , Wal-Mart allegedly gave bribes worth $24 million to Mexican officials. In the article, top executives of Wal-Mart are accused of a cover-up. In a very short time, Wal-Mart has become one of the biggest private employers in Mexico. The company has been very successful

MASSIVE SHORT COVERING IN GOLD AND SILVER

April 25, 2012

This post was recently published on ZYX Short Sell Change Alert. After the Fed statement that gives no hint of QE3, gold and silver fell to their first support levels. When gold did not break $1625, and silver did not break $30. a massive short squeeze ensued. It is difficult to see how this short selling will be sustained in the absence of QE3. What To Do Now? Those in the position may stay short on GLD, HL, and maintain the arbitrage position between PAAS and SLW. Those not in these positions may wait for a signal on the RTF to start a position.

GOLD FALLS ON FED STATEMENT

April 25, 2012

This post was recently published on ZYX Short Sell Change Alert. Gold futures fall to $1631 on Fed statement. Silver futures fall to $30.01. Consider staying short on GLD.

SCAREMONGERS IN WAL-MART (WMT) MAKE THE OPPORTUNITY BETTER

April 24, 2012

This post was previously posted on ZYX Buy Change Alert Scaremongers are out in full force predicting dire consequences for Wal-Mart (WMT) arising out of New York Times article regarding bribery charges in Mexico. It is a great topic to gain publicity for the scaremongers. However, their predictions are not consistent with the past record of similar instances. The crux of the issue here is Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). History shows that a dip in stocks based on FCPA related news is almost always a buying opportunity. The Plan Previously we strongly recommended to not exceed 25% of the full core position. We

NEW IDEA ON WAL-MART (WMT)

April 23, 2012

This post was published earlier on ZYX Buy Change Alert Wal-Mart (WMT) is being hit hard on revelation of bribes in Mexico. As a short term trade, only aggressive traders may consider buying no more than 25% of full core position size in the zone of $58.31 to $59.36. Target $62 to $62.50. Stop zone is $57.33 to $57.63.

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