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Four Ways to Profit from the Good Fortune of Seagate

January 6, 2012

Thailand is the center of disk drive manufacturing. Recent flooding in Thailand damaged a large number of manufacturing facilities resulting in a lack of adequate supply of disk drives. Seagate [s:STX] is one of the largest manufacturers of disk drives in the world. Compared to the competitors, Thailand flooding left Seagate relatively unscathed. This gave Seagate an edge because it could steal market share from competitors. Seagate has pre-announced better than expected earnings and projections. Seagate reports preliminary Q2 revenue of $3.1-$3.2 billion compared to consensus of $2.81 billion. For Q3, Seagate projects revenue of

Lords Of Kings Hack Norton Antivirus, Are You Safe?

January 6, 2012

Symantec, (SYMC) one of the largest computer security firms in the world, seems to need urgent help with computer security. There are reports that Symantec has confirmed that hackers have stolen a portion of its popular flagship product Norton Antivirus. Are your computers and emails still safe if protected by Norton? This is the key question of the moment. The Lords of Dharmaraja, which in English means Lords of Kings Of Religion, claim to be in possession of the source code of Norton Antivirus. A member of the group was posting on Google+ under the handle YamaTough, the content now

Gold And Silver Facing Cluster Of Chart Resistance

January 6, 2012

As gold and silver continue a steady move up from recent lows they face a cluster of resistance. The cluster has been formed by the convergence of a number of popular moving averages. Most charts show jagged price movement. The jaggedness makes it difficult to get a good handle on the trend. Moving averages were developed to smooth out the jaggedness to give traders a better picture of the trend. A moving average is simply a rolling mean where the average is calculated by discarding the oldest point in the data series and adding the newest

ADDED TO GOLD (GLD)

January 6, 2012

Added to short position in GLD at $158.58. Please see ZYX Short Sell Change Alert for follow up on this position in Real Time.

NEW TRADE ON SILVER (SLV)

January 6, 2012

Initiating a 10% short tranche on silver (SLV) at $28.54. Short zone is $28.40 to $29.30, stop zone is $29.56 to $30.58, and target will come later. Most investors should focus on GLD, PSLV, and silver arbitrage trades as described in ZYX Short Sell Change Alert.

NEW TRADE ON GOLD (GLD)

January 6, 2012

Took a short position on gold (GLD) at $158.19. Please see ZYX Short Sell Change Alert for follow up on this position in Real Time.

GENERATE WEALTH IN 2012 AND BEYOND

January 4, 2012

The key to generating wealth over a long period of time is to identify when one macro cycle ends and a new macro cycle begins. In economics, a macro cycle is defined as a cycle of big picture economic performance, structure, and behavior. No bell is rung at the end of the cycle. Identifying the end of the cycle early as well as the leaders for the next cycle is the key to generating wealth. The foregoing is common sense but it is one of the most difficult tasks in the realm of successful investing. Big gains with the lowest

Gold and Silver Traders Must Adapt

January 3, 2012

There are two simple secrets to consistently making profits in goldGLD +2.62% and silver SLV +6.61% . Anyone can easily learn these secrets. First some background is in order. In my article Gold top was easy to see , I demonstrated how the adaptive allocation models at The Arora Report correctly called the top in gold for this swing at $1757 and gave a sell signal. Adaptive models are the models that automatically change themselves to make correct market calls. The same adaptive models previously also correctly called the gold top when gold was over $1900 and gave a signal