Monthly Archives: September 2011

Invested Central Chart of the Day: CBT – Cabot Corp

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Tom Bowley

CBT is a $1.6 billion basic materials company that provides specialty chemicals and performance materials worldwide. Technically, CBT does not appear to be forming a long-term bottom. The MACD is very weak and pointing lower, so we’d expect any strength … Continue reading →

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True mixed messages

Posted on September 27, 2011 by John S. Hopkins, Jr.

Just last week, the S&P fell by 6.5%, a tough 5 day period no matter how you look at it. Now, just a weekend later, the market has rebounded sharply, leading traders to ask, have we bottomed? Now, in just … Continue reading →

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Can’t go short?

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Eva Zaleski

I do not short. Many other traders do not short. So what are our options in a market like this? Not too many, recently. My main position across my portfolios is cash. Quite awful at almost 0% interest! I have … Continue reading →

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Canadian National Rail Co – CNI

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Tom Bowley

Date Provided to Members: September 18, 2011 Service: marketJOURNAL – Diamond Entry Point (short): $69.87 Target Price: $67.25 Profit (Loss): 3.90% Days to Held: 2 Comments: Here is what we had to say on Sunday night, September 18th, as posted … Continue reading →

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Report Card – Volume 94

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Invested Central

Here is our Report Card for the week of September 18, 2011 Grade for the Week: Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this … Continue reading →

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Banks revenues in the tank

Posted on September 21, 2011 by John S. Hopkins, Jr.

I just read an article from CNBC titled, “US Banks Face Worst Revenue Decade Since Great Depression“. In this article, CSLA’s Mike Mayo explains, “This is going to be the worst revenue growth year since 1938. And in fact, this … Continue reading →

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Trading in line with the market?

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Eva Zaleski

My last week observation on the chart of UUP: how to explain technical alignment of the chart of UUP with what politicians in Europe were discussing or the progress of financial challenges in Europe? Look at the 1 year daily … Continue reading →

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marketFORWARD for September 18, 2011

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Tom Bowley

Let’s be clear about one thing. We would much rather be bullish the stock market than bearish. Since 1950, the S&P 500 has risen 53% of the trading days. Shorting the market historically puts you at a disadvantage. Remaining stubbornly … Continue reading →

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Report Card – Volume 93

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Invested Central

Here is our Report Card for the week of September 11, 2011 Grade for the Week: Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this … Continue reading →

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Stuck in neutral

Posted on September 15, 2011 by John S. Hopkins, Jr.

President Obama laid out his jobs plan last week and now the Republicans are coming back with some thoughts of their own. Right now it looks like the parties agree on extending and reducing the payroll tax component of the … Continue reading →

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