Posts from ‘March, 2009’

Investors looking for double-digit returns from their holdings are going to have to learn to live in a different world for the next several years, bond kingpin Bill Gross said…

“To the extent that investors previously thought that double-digit returns were there for the taking, were there for the having, in the forms of stocks [...]

Posted yesterday, Baltic Dry Index Reverses Yet Again. The Baltic Dry Index closed down again at 1615.
Here are some comments on the Shipping Sector from KN Research.

Shipping – tankerDown it goesSetting the stage for a weak year. After a spectacular 2008 w hich saw the Dirty Index hitting the high of 2347, it soon fell [...]

English-PM - The stock is testing the support level at 36.00 but looks lower. The RSI is already below 50 and the CCI is just above 0, a move below 0 is negative. Look for a break under 35.80 to establish shorts for price targets in the 33.50 area. Smoking is now to expensive and [...]

Wow, talk about a round-trip.

All that work last week and here we are, right back at last Monday’s close with Tuesday’s open looking like last Tuesday’s open - which was a gap up that led to a flatline of a day with a sell-off into the close. In our first alert of the day [...]

With the Roche (RHHBY.PK) acquisition of Genentech (DNA), investors are wondering if the big pharmaceutical companies are the medicine that their portfolios need. Especially if those companies have high yields. WallStreetNewsNetwork.com recently came out with its downloadable Excel database of High Yield Big Pharma stocks, more than half of which have yields over 4%. Here [...]

These stocks were up in price and up in volume by:
DTSI +572%IDCC +238%CTRN +166%SNX +123%AZN +109%APEI +100%AWR +97%AMN +81%ACN +79%NTES +74%JCOM +55%ESRX +50%GXDX +48%RNT +26%MNRP +25%NFLX +22%APOL +22%GILD +14%EBIX +3%COCO +1%SLGN +1%

Sorry - no charts today. I am going on vacation for 2 weeks starting Wednesday and I will not post again until after April 14th. I am going to Taipei, Hong Kong and Macau to see how the Chinese live, eat, and play. Short update.EURO (EUR/USD) - Should be short with a [...]

ASH,Ashland Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) BCS,Barclays Plc Adr (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) BELFB,Bel Fuse Inc Cl B (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) BRY,Berry Petroleum Co Cl A (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) BSRR,Sierra Bancorp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) CAKE,Cheesecake Factory Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) CE,Celanese (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) CEDC,Central European Dist (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) CETV,Central European Media (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) CHIC,Charlotte Russe Hldg Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) CIEN,Ciena Corporation (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) CNH,Cnh Global Nv (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) CTRN,Citi Trends Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) DB,Deutsche Bank AG (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) DIN,Dineequity Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) DK,Delek US Holdings Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) DLLR,Dollar Financial (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) DW,Drew Industries Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) HIG,Hartford Financial Services Group (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) IGK,Ing Groep N.V. (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) ISF,Ing Groep Nv (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) IX,Orix Corp Ads (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) KBH,Kb Home (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) KBW,KBW Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) LAMR,Lamar Advertising Co A (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) LEN,Lennar Corp Cl A (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) LORL,Loral Space & [...]

Bernard Madoff will now be featured in a trading card set called the “world’s biggest hoaxes, hoodwinks and bamboozles.” They will be produced by The Topps Co. Inc. The card set includes Charles Ponzi.
Bernie Madoff must be the stupidest con man who ever lived. The stock market crash last Fall would have been a [...]

Published on Business Times.

MNRB mulls RM30m provision for equity investment losses By Rupinder SinghPublished: 2009/03/31
REINSURANCE firm MNRB Holdings Bhd (6459) said it may have to set aside up to RM30 million in provisions in the current fiscal year, which ends March 31 2009, to cover losses in equity investments.President and group chief executive officer Anuar [...]