Stock Capitalist

Les and Simon are a couple of “Stock Capitalists” that scour thru literally hundreds of stock market related sites, newsletters, e-mails, blogs, etc… and “siphon” out great ideas, quotes, recommendations, and stock market related information. They have been trading the stock market for more than 20 years and offer some of their insight and best articles of interest.

Posts Tagged ‘Stock Trends’

How to play this short term bull market

24th March 2009 by Simon Comments Off

VERY IMPORTANT ARTICLE BY CHRIS ROWE OF THE TYCOON REPORT:
“For the last 4 or 5 months, savvy investors have been focusing on two major levels on the S&P 500: 752 and 800. And when most savvy investors are looking at the same price levels for resistance, they all get excited and more confident when those [...]

Jeff’s weekly watchlist for 09 March 09

9th March 2009 by Simon Comments Off

some interesting patterns forming here. check out the latestvideo at the options addicts website:
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Enjoy!

Gold, Silver, and an introduction to the P&F Chart

5th March 2009 by Simon 1 Comment

The P&F chart is very interesting indicator. One charting service that has P&F charts is www.stockcharts.com
On the site it’s under the category of tools, and then P&F charts.
“First off, I’m going to show you the Bullish Percent Index chart for this sector. If you’re new to Point &Figure charting, here’s a crash course:Look at the [...]

Market Condition is still Volatile Bear

5th March 2009 by Simon Comments Off

The latest newsletter from Van K. Tharp!!
“Technically, 7,470 in the DJIA (Dow Jones Industrial Average) is the 50% retracement level of the entire bull market that began in August 1982. The previous bear market bottom was on Oct 9, 2002 when the DOW was at 7,286. Weve gone below that level and at 7,100, we [...]

You need to have bearish positions in this market

3rd March 2009 by Simon Comments Off

I have been posting articles at stockcapitalist on the need for bearish exposure to the market for a year or so, and it has proven to pay off big time. Here is another great article by Chris Rowe from The Tycoon Report explaining how to do that using ETF’s.
“Don’t be afraid to take bearish positions [...]

Drug sector is out of favor… stay out for now

23rd February 2009 by Simon Comments Off

One Sector that you want to continue to avoid right now is the drug sector.
Its nowhere near a level that Sector Hunter would consider it a buy, and is breaking down from a high level….
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The Stockscores Story

21st February 2009 by Simon Comments Off

you can look at the stockscores of any company by going to www.stockscores.com and typing in the ticker.
In recent months I have devoted many of the weekly newsletters to discussion of trading psychology, risk management and trading strategies. But Stockscores was created in 1999 to simplify the market for investors. I created the Stockscores indicators [...]

Jeff’s weekly watchlist from 17 Feb 09

19th February 2009 by Simon Comments Off

youtube commentary on this one… with pattern analysis of several pics at Option Addict site.
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Check it out.

Cash in on oil’s imminent rebound?

19th February 2009 by Simon Comments Off

Here is an interesting article from our friends at www.investmentu.com. I prefer to wait for market confirmation before jumping in head first, but decide for yourself how you want to play this sector.
“Instead, business – and by extension, investing in businesses – is only about increasing profits, as Milton Friedman put it. And based on [...]

Join An IBD Meetup Group In Your Area To Learn CANSLIM

11th February 2009 by Simon Comments Off

I just attended a great Investor’s Business Daily meetup group yesterday where Tim Reazor from IBD gave a great presentation and overview, along with significant discounts on IBD products. Click on www.ibd.meetup.comand do a search for your city to see if you can find an IBD meetup near you. They are usually FREE.
For those who [...]

Pattern Charting at Financial Visualizations

6th February 2009 by Simon Comments Off

go to www.finviz.com and type in a symbol… let’s say QQQQ.
You will see that it displayes a chart of the index with any obvious chart patterns that apply.

It’s a Depression, Not a Recession!

5th February 2009 by Simon Comments Off

Great article from Bill Bonner at www.dailyreckoning.com. Don’t forget to sign upfor their FREE newsletter
“Today, dear reader, were going to let you in on a big secret.
Pssstwere in a depression, not a recession.
As we explained yesterday, economists have no sure way of separating the two. But they are profoundly different. In the few words that [...]

The P/E of the market is still too high… It may trade LOWER YET

3rd February 2009 by Simon Comments Off

A VERY IMPORTANT article by Chris at The Tycoon Report. Read this and take appropriate action. If he’s right, you can be defensive by playing BOTH sides of the market with strategic option strategies.
Excerpt:
The market will most likely break new lows and scare the daylights out of most of us once again. Today I’ll give [...]

How to understand market cycles with “The Market Quadrant”

30th January 2009 by Simon Comments Off

Here is a very interesting article written by Justice Litle, Editorial Director ofTaipan Publishing Group that explains the relationship between “credit flow” and “risk appetite” as it applies to “Booms and Busts” like I have never seen before!
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Use StockTwits to chat with other traders

30th January 2009 by Simon Comments Off

If you have a www.twitter.com account (or easily sign up for it for FREE), you can sign into
www.stocktwits.com
andcomment with other traders all over the world about different ideas… see what they are doing… etc.
Check it out!