Jan. 31, 2007 Recap

The bulls clearly liked what the Fed had to say today but I always take the initial reaction with a grain of salt. Let’s see if the market holds on to today’s gains tomorrow to decide if this post-decision move was for real. All of the major indices are sitting near recent resistance so I’ll [...]

Watchlist for January 30, 2007

I just couldn’t bring myself to do a recap last night since it was basically a repeat of Friday. It appears that the market’s marking time ahead of the Fed non-decision tomorrow. I’m also going to mark time by not trading until Thursday. My next recap will be tomorrow night. We’ll see what the charts [...]

Watchlist for January 29, 2007

Here’s a little something to perk you up on this Monday morning. WallStrip’s ode to SNL’s “D*ck in a Box” — Jack in a Box (JBX): We’ve got a bit of weakness this morning and I’m wondering if sellers will kick it up a notch and really take out those trendlines on the S&P and [...]

Jan. 26, 2007 Recap

I’m really going to have to consider taking Friday’s off again. It seems like the vast majority of Fridays are lackluster just like last Friday. The indices just chopped around and closed near unchanged on lower volume. It is interesting to note that after a few weeks of either the S&P or Nasdaq outperforming the [...]

Watchlist for January 26, 2007

We’re getting a small bounce this morning but still well within the downtrend from yesterday. On Today’s Calendar: 10:00 — New Home Sales More Calendars: U.S. Earnings | Conf. Calls | Surprises | IPO | Economic Potential swing trades: