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Why is the market willing to pay a higher multiple for Oracle that it is willing to pay for Research in Motion when Oracle is growing slower than Research in Motion? Oracle grew its topline 29% year over year in the quarterly report they just issued last night and is
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Steady opening this morning, as the markets (rightly?) focus on Oracle and Accenture being better indicators of corporate earnings momentum than RIMM. RIMM, loses marketshare, but still grew their topline more than 30%, all because it happens to be in the fastest growing market in the history of the planet
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The market must not have read my morning note about expecting it to stay mostly flat all day today, as the steady strength in most stocks built upon itself throughout the day and we ended near the highs with tech leading the way. After hours RIMM, a 2/10 Revolution
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Google can’t scan and make every book ever published available to the world because a Judge in NY thinks that consumers would be hurt if they were to get access to such information from only one company. So instead, we’re not allowed to get access to that information
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Ciena, Cypress and a few others are really putting on some nice moves this morning. The markets are drifting higher and I’m looking at adding a couple more short names today and tomorrow. Here’s my analysis on why I’m looking to start shorting Live Nation from my
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So the markets look as though they are going to try and stabilize here around the DJIA 12,000 level. I think we’re going to need some sort of a catalyst, perhaps some good news out of the middle east and a subsequent drop in the price of oil.
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Email from a Trading with Cody subscriber: “Hey Cody! What do you think about the reverse split with Citi? Buy?? The other big banks? Buys? Thanks, Shawn.” Shawn, earlier this week, I started shorting the XLF of which Citi and its welfare-funded business is a part. Citi would be insolvent
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Its almost a welcome sight to see the markets flattish to slightly down this morning after the recent wild volatility week we’ve been having. I’m itching to buy more but discipline always trumps itches. I will not force trades. I will not force trades. Say it with me.
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Like trying to skip stones in the tiny Rio Ruidoso, where they might skip once only to wedge themselves into the muddy bank on the other side, so too act the stocks trying to make any kind of a significant move themselves today. Just a “thoomp” into the mud and
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These markets and the willingness for traders to risk paying up for higher prices in the near-term is likely to be driven by the newsflow out of Japan. Regardless of the near-term multiple/risk appetite of the market, let’s remember the lessons we discussed about why we should pretty
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The broader markets are trying to hold steady just barely down on the day after having started the day just barely up. But those indices are hiding the ugly action underneath, with lots of stocks down 3-5% and breadth stinking too. Work those buy orders slow and/or look to
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A flattish open! Stop the presses, it’s been a long, long time since we last had a flattish open. Well, it’s been a few days at least. At any rate, it feels a bit slippery out there to this trader and I expect the path of least resistance
