The market rallies in expectation of “benign” government intervention in the economy and Dow Chemical suffers a short-term setback
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** The market rallies in expectation of “benign” government intervention in the economy and Dow Chemical suffers a short-term setback
The tape-painting rally is happening just as we predicted. And this is despite renewed tension in the Middle East.
What bothers me is that the rally is being dismissed as “just a dead cat bounce” [...]
Good things are happening with Monsanto
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** Good things are happening with Monsanto
I know I said in last week’s alert that I’d be off this week, but I wanted to dash off a quick note on St. Louis-based Monsanto (MON).
Despite lackluster (but typical) holiday trading conditions, the company has clawed its way back from the drubbing it received at [...]
Let’s Close our First Position
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** CORRECTION
Keith’s note: This alert was originally sent on Tuesday, December 23, but contained the incorrect price chart. Please find the corrected chart at the end of this alert. My apologies for any confusion. -KFG
That didn’t take long.
Goldman Sachs downgraded Monsanto (MON) from a “buy” to a “hold” yesterday morning and the stock [...]
Let's close our first trade…but only if we have to…
The Geiger IndexThursday, December 23, 2008By Keith Fitz-Gerald
Email – #2
** Let’s close our first trade…but only if we have to…
That didn’t take long.
Goldman Sachs downgraded Monsanto (MON) from a “buy” to a “hold” yesterday morning and the stock dropped $5.88 almost immediately. Never mind the fact that Monsanto’s earnings are projected to rise to $4.94~$6.10 [...]
The REAL biggest fraud in history unmasked. Santa Claus rally here we come.
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** The REAL biggest fraud in history unmasked. Santa Claus rally here we come.
Many in the press are referring to the Bernard Madoff scandal as the largest fraud in history. Are they crazy? What about the $187 Billion misspent by Argentine politicians that led to a default in that amount? Or the High-tech [...]
Something for everybody and still more profit potential with EDU
Email – #157
**Something for everybody and still more profit potential with EDU
While many people go for the “homers” because they’re what gets noticed in the news, professional baseball coaches will tell you that most of the time it’s the doubles and singles that win the game.
That’s certainly been the case with us this year – [...]
Wall Street Wilts But Our Holdings Continue to Blossom
** Wall Street Wilts But Our Holdings Continue to Blossom
Wall Street took one on the chin yesterday as news of weaker earnings, cannibalized profits and reports of retail numbers that could be the worst in 40 years cascaded through the trading floor.
But all is not lost at least not where we’re concerned anyhow.
At the risk [...]
Let’s close our first trade…but only if we have to…
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** Let’s close our first tradebut only if we have to
That didn’t take long.
Goldman Sachs downgraded Monsanto (MON) from a “buy” to a “hold” yesterday morning and the stock dropped $5.88 almost immediately. Never mind the fact that Monsanto’s earnings are projected to rise to $4.94~$6.10 per share by 2010. Or that other [...]
Happy Holidays! Three New Picks
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** Happy Holidays! Three New Picks
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah. Why? Because regardless of the presents we do or do not get, or the opportunity to be with family and friends, or the misfortune of not being able to share this time together with those apart or departed, the holiday season [...]
Quadruple options expiration and GM bailout: two negatives removed
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** Quadruple options expiration and GM bailout: two negatives removed
Today we are in quadruple options expiration, which accounts for a large proportion of the volatility we saw in the last three days. Huge trading positions vie to move certain securities in either direction to try to maximize the value of the underlying options [...]
