tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21515222710401833762026-05-03T18:07:12.391-04:00We analyze companies in terms of long-term return potential and invest in them only when their stock is trading at a discount to intrinsic value. This approach allows us to minimize transaction fees and contributes to reduce the tax impact of capital gains.Zeeshan Maqsoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01243782148464971118noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151522271040183376.post-36572293103108676292014-08-15T17:37:00.005-04:002014-08-15T17:37:57.483-04:00

BSX: EXCITING PIPELINE OF PRODUCTS, SUCCESFUL LAUNCH & EXECUTION IS KEY Initiating with a HOLD and a $13.25 price target. Boston Scientific develops, manufactures & markets medical devices for various medical specialities. Boston Scientific has advanced the practice of less-invasive medicine by providing medical professionals with alternatives to surgery & other risky procedures

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We believe that the bull market rally will continue very strongly into 2011, possibly 2012 and a slight chance for 2013 too. We are warning everyone before-hand, not to short this market, and we would not be surprised if the market overextends to S&P 1600-1900 by the end of the rally. When I studied technical analysis, a common scenario that occurs very frequently is that whenever a cyclical

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A friend of mine showed me 'Renko' bars today, and I decided to have some fun with it. If you do not what a renko bar is, follow investopedias guide. Renko Charts One example of a chart type that only uses trend-affecting moves is the Renko chart, named after the Japanese term "renga", meaning "brick". Renko charts isolate trends by taking price into account but ignoring time. Overall, Renko

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I have decided to switch things up a bit, because natural gas (commodity) is very hard to trade, I will now focus more on value investing combined with technical analysis to suggest good natural gas stocks to buy. Here is our first pick: WTI: BUY, WITH STOP AT $9.65 or buy limit at $9.80 stop at $9.20. SHORT-TERM TARGET (6-12 MONTHS, $11-13) LONG-TERM TARGET (2-5 Years, $20-$22) Website: http:

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We are looking to go long, but only on a 5%-10% dip!!

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In our day and age, when implied correlation is approaching 1 with each passing day, and when nuanced relationships are ignored, as every correlation somehow immediately becomes causation only to be invalidated, chewed out and left for dead, there is one certain and virtually guaranteed statistical relationship left, that not only persists day after day but has now become its own self-fulfilling

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Friedberg Mercantile Confirms Collapse In Traditional Market Neutral Strategies, Laments Death Of Efficient Markets We have long warned about the collapse in traditional market neutral trading strategies which for the past decade provided a major portion of the moderate market liquidity, and whose participants offset at least to an extent the disastrous influence of the HFT self-fulfilling

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July 5th Update: S&P 100? S&P 500? S&P 1000? WHERE TO NEXT? DO NOT MISS OUT ON MY FREE NEWSLETTER WHICH WILL GIVE AN OPINION OF WHERE WE THINK WE ARE HEADED. The natural gas trade is to continue to short HNU.TO and hedge by going long strong natural gas companies (we talk about this in my newsletter). It is free, email zeeshan_maq@hotmail.com if you are not subscribed.

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(Re-post from early 2010).. I've received many e-mails on tips to trade HNU.TO.. I figured a re-post of my 7 rules to follow should be helpful. Trading Rules for UNG/HNU.TO..Written by abcsofgasJanuary 2010. - My style of trading is having high-probability trades which are likely to go in my favour (buying at support, buying at channel support, looking for an exhaustion in selling, looking at

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An e-mail I received today: ''Do you have any thoughts on choosing entry points for both HNU and HND if I am looking for 20 cent profit on each trade with the goal of getting in and out as quickly as possible. I got burned with HNU when gas tanked and these vehicles decay over time as well so you lose just holding them. I think it is best to play the volatility here and not expose capital to

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If you've missed my post, I am now releasing a monthly newsletter that will be more detailed than ever. Read more by clicking below. If you are interested in receiving the free newsletter simply reply in the comments section below with your e-mail.. or e-mail me at zeeshan_maq@hotmail.com I'll still be posting the newsletters on my website but they'll be a bit delayed. June 04-2010 Natural

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WHERE TO NOW? A lot of price indicators (oscillators, momentum indicators) IMHO are lagging and do not have much forecasting ability. I have excluded them for my charts.. price action is key with a VIX of 45.. BANK BILL PASSES SENATE---Senate lawmakers on Thursday approved the most significant increase in the regulation of U.S. banks since the Great Depression, placing new restrictions on the

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FLASH CRASH. see the post here of how I knew a crash was inevitable http://abcsofgas.blogspot.com/2010/04/warning.html This was a crazy day.. I was sitting at the TV and saw the dow plunge 100 points every 1 minute for 5 minutes straight--in retrospect I shoulda bought stock-- it was pretty scary.. the traders I have talked too all said their softwares froze and were too scared to do

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5/May 2010..  Last month I published a post about sentiment being way too bearish in the markets and that a quick 500 point correction was coming --> see the post click here.. good luck guys.. Also here was my original call for a correction to 1150 back in 2009.. this chart has worked out 100% of the time. if 1150 ON THE s&p holds, the bull market will continue, otherwise watch

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Commentary/Re-Cap: There was a ton of noice for natural gas this week, which resulted in me exiting my positions and sitting on the sidelines. Natural gas has made two huge moves in the past two trading days to bring gas prices to monthly highs. The buy technicals indicators showed last week were confirmed. However, as I mentioned in last week's post, this rally will be short-lived since the

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Technicals: The short-term indicators have been pointing to positive price action in natural gas for about two weeks ago now. We have yet to see a move higher which causes me to be a skeptic even though there is $4.00 support right beneath us. If you are looking to go short, a good entry point would be $4.40. If you are long, watch the $3.95-$4.00 area and play it as a 'pivot' . I

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Hey guys, there will be no more reports until May 1st.. I leave you guys with a warning for the equity markets. Just a reminder, I predicted every wave since August 2009. Here's my wave count from Nov 2009-Oct 2010 (the chart was made over 6 months ago but I still refer to it today..) --> click here to go to the awesome chart Some of you can go back to my archive and see this chart where I

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Significant News during the Week. US Adds 162K Jobs, But Jobless Rate Steady At 9.7% Census additions were 48,000 and the weather impacts is expected to be about 100,000, thus the net organic add was just barely positive. Keep in mind the birth-death in March was +81,000 (vs. 97,000 in February) for the adjusted metric, so one wonders how much of this gain was purely adjusted on paper. If one

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News: GDP Final for Q4 = 5.6% The Commerce Department reported Friday that the economy grew at a 5.6 percent pace in the October-to-December quarter in its third and final estimate of economic activity during the period. About two-thirds of the growth in GDP in the fourth quarter was accounted for by changes in inventories, not by final sales. Businesses had been reducing their overstocks at

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1a. This report is suppose to be used for the month of March/April 2010. 1b. The blog's layout changed. We wanted a more clean cut look. We hope you like it.2. Secondly, our analysis has shifted away from the counter-trend trading. When I went long at $4.50, I was scalping for a quick bounce and got out as soon as possible on a small loss. Ideally, I should have waited 1 week

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Friday's Report #6 Here's an explanation of what contango is, if you already know what this is, skip down to the charts! Contango: The New Four-Letter Word Contrary to what some investor believe, UNG does not own pipelines and storage facilities filled with natural gas. The underlying holdings consist not of the physical commodity, but of futures contracts. As such, the returns to the fund are

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March 10th Update: Here is a natural gas chart. Watch the $4.50 level. Play it like a 'pivot'. I'm long UNG into Thursday's NGI report.. Let's hope it's bullish.. if not I'll get stopped out ! Hey, welcome to the report where I present the most significant news of the week, and developments in natural gas. Well Friday ended the session huge on the jobs report. US Feb Nonfarm Payrolls -36K;

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The Commitments of Traders (COT) reports provide a breakdown of each Tuesday’s open interest for market reports in which 20 or more traders hold positions equal to or above the reporting levels established by the CFTC. Here is the main report: Analysis: 1) [Mutual Funds/Managed Money are never right at market reversals.. they are always on the wrong side because of the nature of the

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Friday's Report #4 I will release the second part of the report on Saturday morning. Why ? Because I am now going to analyze what the smart money is doing with natural gas and I only get their holdings on Friday so I'll post it on saturday! This report is to be used for the time period March 1st-March 5th. GDP: There wasn't much significant news this week except the GDP report, released Friday

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