- Market Week in Review
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- How To Maintain An Optimal State
No matter what the market conditions may be, especially in weeks like this, it is very good idea to do everything you can to stick to the normal trading routine. While none of us can control what the markets do, we can control what we do everyday to be in the right place at the [...] more
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- Foreclosures: Next shoe to drop for banks?
Bank stocks have been shellacked lately as investors worry about what impact the foreclosure scandal will have on the results for the nation's largest financial institutions.
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- S&P 500: POSITIVE FOR 2011
Don't call it a comeback just yet, but investors brought holiday cheer to the stock markets pushing the S&P 500 back into positive territory for 2011 and the Dow up 6% for the year.
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Source: Business and financial news - CNNMoney.com
- Groupon (GRPN) Files For IPO As Another Tech Bubble Looms
The IPO market is really beginning to catch fire with the tech industry partying like it’s 1999. The party lights glowed and the DJ began spinning the beats before the LinkedIn (LNKD) IPO a couple weeks ago and the party will continue reaching a feverish pitch with a Groupon (GRPN) IPO. more
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- Out of the Money Calendar Spreads
This is a guest post by Derek Devore, an experienced options trader. Find out more about his OptionBoost Video Training Program at http://optionboost.com One of my favorite structures when I’m evaluating a position which is slow moving, but is on its way to reaching a particular price point, i more
Source: StockTickr Trading Journal Blog
- Banks Struggle With Euro Contingencies
As the euro-zone debt crisis intensified, at least two global banks took steps to install back-up technology systems that could handle trades in old European currencies. more
Source: WSJ.com: Markets
- Market Analysis with V, ISRG & Happy Holidays!
As usual there will be no Friday market recap so I wish everyone Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Posting will resume sometime next week, most likely on Tuesday the 27th. Original post: Market Analysis with V, ISRG & Happy Holidays! more
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- Links for 2011-09-27 [del.icio.us]
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- Market Snapshot: U.S. stocks look to keep holiday rise alive
In all but 10 of the last holiday seasons, the seven-session span around the holidays has netted big returns for equity investors.
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Source: MarketWatch.com - Top Stories
- Turbulent week for Seoul after Kim’s death
Asian stocks are higher as tensions in the eurozone debt market ease, but South Korea has turbulent week after Kim Jong-il dies more
Source: Asia Pacific Equities Market Data - FT.com
- A generation at last in ferment
The Arab youth have defied clichés and clampdowns to fracture an adamantine order, writes Roula Khalaf more
Source: Financial Times - Comment
- The week was good to Apple ([[AAPL]] 1.2%), which closed back above $400 today for the first time since Nov. 8. But the stock has gained little ground in its running battle with Exxon Mobil ([[XOM]] 1.1%) for the market cap championship, as the rise in crude prices has pushed the oil giant a similar ~6% this week. The latest market cap score: XOM $408.5B, AAPL $374.8B.
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