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Posted by btr Sat, 17 Jan 2004 01:26:00 GMT
On an option expiration day like today, the market was pretty choppy. Taking quick profits is prudent. The long tails and shooting stars on the candles caused a lot of pain.
I scaled in some 401K money into mid-cap and foreign funds today. I expect the market will be going higher a little while with recent good earnings from INTC, YHOO and GE alike.
Posted by btr Thu, 15 Jan 2004 01:08:52 GMT
ES went up to 1032 before the session close, but it dropped to 1126 after the market close based on INTC and YHOO earning announcements. Both INTC and YHOO dropped more than 3% AH. Buy The Rumors and Sell the News!
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