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A VERY SHORT TERM NEW IDEA ON MCDONALD’S CORP (MCD)

June 8, 2011

McDonald’s Corp (MCD) reported below expectation same store sales. McDonald’s opened lower. Now McDonald’s is undergoing a massive short squeeze. We will start scaling in shorts on the exhaustion of current upspike. Please use your technical indicators to determine the exhaustion. Suggested entry zone is $81.20 to $82.50. Stop zone $82.61 to $83.26. Obviously the higher the entry the better. Target zone is $78. to $79.26. Those not experienced in determining exhaustion of an upspike may consider attending one of our coaching seminars on the subject. There is a waiting list.

TAKING PARTIAL PROFITS ON ULTA SALON, COSMETICS (ULTA)

June 8, 2011

We are taking partial profits on Ulta Salon (ULTA) right here at $53.31.

CIENA (CIEN) MAY SOON REACH A BUY ZONE

June 8, 2011

Ciena (CIEN) reported terrible earnings. Further analysis of the earnings report shows that the optical market is deteriorating. Ciena is down over $3.00 in the premarket. At The Arora Report, we were expecting this down draft in Ciena as is evidenced by our past writings. Our analysis shows that the optical business may soon reach a trough. When all six screens of the ZYX Change Method are meet, we will be looking to buy Ciena. Any actionable signal will be provided on the Real Time Feed of the ZYX Buy Change Alert.

ACORDA THERAPEUTICS (ACOR) AND BIOGEN (BIIB) RUMOR MONGERS OUT IN FORCE

June 7, 2011

Acorda Therapeutics (ACOR) rumor spreaders are out in force. They are misleading the uninformed investors about a statement Biogen (BIIB) just made at a conference. We have taken partial profits on Acorda at $30.20. Our highest short tranche in Acorda is from $33.48. The rumor related to Biogen buying Acorda is proven false. However, we are exiting Acorda with profit at $31.16 in the interest of defensive trading. With this cover, we will exit the position completely. If there are new actionable signals on Acorda, we will provide those in real-time to subscribers. 30 day free trial

ULTA SALON, COSMETICS (ULTA) RUN UP IS UNWARRANTED

June 7, 2011

Ulta Salon, Cosmetics (ULTA) runs health and beauty retail stores. This has been a fast growing chain. After the close Ulta Salon reported earnings of $0.37 per share $0.06 more than the consensus. Revenues rose 20.5% to $386 million vs $372 million. The Ulta Salon has high short interest and thus a pop on these earnings is reasonable. Our issue is with the headlines describing Ulta Salon’s guidance. Headlines are screaming ‘upside guidance’. Ulta Salon’s guidance is $0.31 to $0.33 vs. $0.30 for the earnings. Revenue guidance is $378 – $384

TEMPLE-INLAND (TIN) BID BY INTERNATIONAL PAPER (IP) HAS ANTITRUST RISK

June 7, 2011

Temple-Inland (TIN) bid by International Paper (IP) has antitrust risk. In some segments, the combined company will have over 30% market share. Such market share will invite scrutiny of Temple-Inland and International Paper by the Department of Justice. The possibility of the Department of Justice rejecting the bid by International Paper for Temple-Inland is real. Even without the antitrust risk, if Temple-Inland decides to fight the bid by International Paper, Temple-Inland can delay any acquisition by almost a year. Those holding Temple-Inland stock may consider taking profits right here and focusing on other stocks in

TALBOTS (TLB) GETTING CLOSE TO A BUY POINT

June 7, 2011

This morning Talbots (TLB) reported lower than expected earnings. Projections from Talbots were also lower than expected. Talbots is going to close 100-200 stores. A proven way to make money is to buy when it is the darkest, but long-term fundamentals are in tact. Talbots has a new management team. The work is cut out for them and it is not going to be easy to turn Talbots around. Talbots is rapidly approaching a point where buying it makes sense for an eventual 300-400% gain. When the time is right, we will

A SECOND OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE PROFITS ON PENSON (PNSN)

June 6, 2011

Those who did not take partial profits on Penson (PNSN) on Friday have now a second opportunity to take partial profits around $4.41. We will continue to hold the core position. Those not in the Penson may consider waiting for a deep pull back. We will provide updates on Penson in real-time on the Real Time Feed of the ZYX Buy Change Alert.