Stock Barometer Blog

Reasons To Be Bullish

2012-01-09T13:16:00.000-05:00

Periodically I publish my data and articles to my market timing site. Click this link to see some reasons for being bullish.

Regards,

Jay DeVincentis, President
Investment Research Group, Inc.

Update on our new blogs

2012-01-09T13:12:00.000-05:00

Good morning traders, if you haven't seen a blog post from here in a while, it's because we have several new blogs where we publish our content more freely.

Jay DeVincentis' Market Timing Blog.

Mark McMilan's ETF Trading Chat Room blog.

Jeff Neal's Stock And Option Trader Blog.

Bill West's Commodity ETF Trading site.

In addition, click this link if you want to subscribe to our free weekly market newsletter.

We also have a financial blog here.

And as always, you can visit our main website for stock market timing advice.

A little bit about Jay's services - for over 12 years, Jay DeVincentis has been a professional trader modeling the stock market and advising everyone from the retail investor to hedge funds and other financial institutions, where he works with them to review their trading strategies and develop models for positioning their trades and portfolio in various market conditions.

3 New Sites To Help You Profit Trading

2011-04-06T07:12:00.000-04:00

To learn more about my stock and option strategies, click here

Click here to learn more about my services and for our best ETF portfolios.

What is a ETF?

how to start a affiliate marketing business

2011-04-02T20:12:00.000-04:00

how to start a affiliate marketing business - I'm surprised more people don't do this. The internet is relatively easy to ues. Almost anyone can put a website together in minutes. And all you have to do is link to an affiliate product and if you can match a prospective buyer with a seller, you're all set.

easier said than done? definitely. But if you follow some basic steps - a little work now can result in a lot of money later. You'd be surprised how easy it is. If you're interested in learning more, feel free to go to this article on how to start a affiliate marketing business.

there are many ways to make money. People have simply blogged about something they really love and enjoy or shared something personal and all of a sudden, they're site is huge. It's not going to happen to you if you don't get started with affiliate marketing. Get started now!

Hedge Trading

2011-03-22T10:35:00.000-04:00

One way to Hedge Trading through diversification is if the option strategist has a neutral outlook they need to locate stocks that are currently experiencing low implied volatility with a key news event like an earnings announcement coming up in the next 2 to 6 weeks. Also, it is best if the stock or stocks have experienced high levels of volatility in the past particularly around a big news event like earnings. Once identified the strategist is ready to choose the best strategy to fit this particular market scenario like straddles, synthetic straddles or strangles.
It is important to note that there are several other combination strategies that can be employed to Hedge Trading through diversification for each market environment which is why it is so important to become familiar with the choices and know for what particular market scenario they will work best. Also, the best way to choose the most attractive strategy is to evaluate the particular risk graphs. By diversifying among option strategies that address the three environments the option strategist is reducing their overall risk and their account equity curve will be much smoother which in turn will make your trading business a much more stress free and enjoyable venture.

Stock Investment Strategy

2011-03-10T21:25:00.000-05:00

If you're going to invest in stocks, you need a stock investment strategy.

As simple as that sounds, it's not. There's an infinite amount of strategies that one can employ. But when you're first starting out, here are things you should consider:

Initial Investment Amount - investing, unlike trading, is done with periodic smaller initial investments and re-investments. In trading, you take a larger sum of money, buy, and sell when a price target is achieved. A stock investment strategy is more like a belief in a company, regardless of price.

The last thing you want to do when investing is buy your whole position all at once. If you time it incorrectly, you may never recover. To offset poor market timing, the investor will make strategic, periodic investments into a position. Similar to dollar cost averaging in a 401k plan.

Both the trader and investor tend to struggle over the decision of what to buy. And both the trader and the investor are faced with the decision when to buy. The difference between the strategies is when to sell.

Superperformance stocks: An investment strategy for the individual investor based on the 4-year political cycle

As an investor, you believe in management, you believe in the company, and you believe that they're going to be around for a long time. So the thought of selling generally doesn't impact the investor.

The trader has 2 more decisions other than what to buy and when to get in; 1) when to get out if they're right and 2) when to get out when they're wrong (money management). This is what trading is all about. If you think you're investing, and you're doing the same thing, then understand you are a trader.

So let's focus on a stock investment strategy; The next question is how many stocks do you buy?

Now you're looking at how much money you have to invest. The nice thing about investing is that it's a long term process. So don't rush it. You may feel compelled to make money now, but don't be. The objective of investing is positioning in good companies over time - not making money now and getting out - that's trading.

Next question is how many stocks to get into. These questions are tough to answer in the general format of a blog. They require professional help. See a certified financial planner. Especially if you're looking to invest in stocks and haven't thought about retirement and insurance, and other needs you may have. Best to cover all your bases before you get into the stock investing game.

With all that being said, you are probably still looking for a stock investment strategy. I've been investing and trading for over 2+ decades and have put together a stock investment strategy I call the Triangle of Wealth stock investment strategy. It's free - it's one of the free reports we give away at my financial newsletter website - http://www.stockbarometer.com/ . Just click on the free reports link and sign up there.

The strategy is very simple, but I'm sure it has some concepts in it that you haven't heard before. Simple things you can do to focus your investment dollars. And some rules to help you prevent the mistakes most people make.

Read This Before The Stock Market Crashes

2011-01-13T09:16:00.005-05:00

The markets continue their move higher and we've been loving it. Long since the beginning of December, our services have been racking up the gains. But there is one standout.

Our Stock Options Speculator (SOS) Newsletter recommended their top CALL Options Plays back on December 1. And since then, those recommendations have been soaring. Not just 100%, but many are a multiple of that!

The problem is, at $39 a month, not as many people participated in those profits as I would have liked. So what's the solution?

We are offering the service at a discount. Now, for only $9.95 a month, you can get our top options plays on a weekly basis.

Why am I doing this? I think we could be on the verge of a significant move in the market and I would like to help as many people as possible.

So, do you trade options? This service can help you. Are your options plays performing as well as they could be? If not, then this service can help you. Use the following links to sign up today - you can save another 20% if you sign up for the annual pricing!

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Our New Blog...

We've recently finished work on our new Blog. It's got some great new features and free stuff. We have also posted some recent articles from our top performing traders at this time, Bill West, Jeff Neal and myself there and will keep doing so in the short term. There is also some educational material there and I'm in the process of putting tutorials for day trading, forex trading, etc. So check back frequently (or wait for me to tell you when they're done. Here's the link:

http://investmentresearchgroup.com/Blog/

Please give it a look, sign up for some of the free contenti if you haven't already and let me know what you think.

Did you miss our Stock Trading Secrets class this weekend?

If so, not worries - we taped it. We put it in a series of 14 Videos that you can watch at your leisure. Sign up today and you'll get the over 3.5 hours of videos delivered to you in an 14 email series. I believe learning is best done in smaller chunks versus doing a data dump and this will help you process all that we teach. And you'll have the videos to watch for the rest of time. Not a bad deal. Here's the link:

Click here to sign up for Stock Trading Secrets and learn to be a better trader today!

Do You Trade Covered Calls?

I've found that some option trading strategies come and go. Just like back in 2000 when you could hardly find a newsletter that traded Gold, now they're about as common as people with the last name Smith. The Covered Call Strategy is one that hasn't gotten a lot of press of late, which suggests to me that it will become very popular in the future - as stocks reduce their movement - and investors will look to get more gains from their holdings.

So if you invest in stocks, this is a perfect service to help you get more out of your positions. In fact, if you follow a strategy like this, you can make over 100% annualized. You just have to be consistent, and that's where we come in.

On a weekly basis, we recommend the top 10 covered call options for the entire market, for the nasdaq 100, Russell 2000, S&P 500 and for index ETFs. We also show you how to profit.

And even better, we've lowered the price of this service from $24.95/month to $9.95 per month. Again, my goal is to reach out and help as many people as possible. Click the following links to sign up. I'll be issuing some new recommendations as early as tomorrow morning!

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Our New FREE Newsletter

Don't worry, this one won't cost you anything. I've taken a bunch of financial reports on the stock market and put them in an email - about 12 reports in all and you'll get them in a 12-part email series (otherwise the email would be too big to send you at once). There is some data on bear market recoveries, some ETF research that's a must read debate on trading versus investing as well as a free eBook.

Click here to take a look

That's it for today. I hope you have a great rest of your week!

Regards,

Jay DeVincentis, President
Investment Research Group, Inc.

We've got a new blog now!

2011-01-11T20:44:00.003-05:00

(Sung to the tune of New Girl Now)

http://investmentresearchgroup.com/Blog/

And it's a lot like you...

Ok, enough of the 80's tunes. Seriously, our new blog is all about you and delivering you the information you need to make money. We're constantly building edcational email series designed to make you money!

Feel free to visit, give it a look, bookmark it, send it to your friends and explore it for all the free stuff. Let me know what you think.

(For those of you who don't know, I also play lead guitar for an 80's band periodically).

So Far, So Good For The Bulls

2011-01-07T20:33:00.005-05:00

While we are not out of the woods yet, the market has responded well to the jobs. Beware the fed at 10am...

Yes, Mr. Bernanke is gracing us with his presense this morning. As you know, I'm all about timing and energy. 10am is a critical hurdle for the market intra day. We'll see how the stock market handles it. There are some developing issues over seas. I think we're setting up for a top next week.

And to think, when I was telling everyone to buy back on December 2nd, there were doubters... The question is, when I tell you to sell next week, will you listen to me?

Here's a look at the global markets:

Here's the week ahead: (It is a light week)

To help you navigate the intraday action, we have a LIVE chat room that I am in every day. We run it on PalTalk. This will allow you to hear me, and chat with others. Upgrading will also give you access to my trading screen during the day so we can go over recommendations in more detail. Here's the link to sign up:

On to the charts:

Stock Barometer Analysis

The barometer remains in Buy Mode. The market remains up, despite the bears
and over bullishness. When this happens, let price action rule your trades. We are looking for a top at the end of next week.

The Stock Barometer is my proprietary market timing system. The direction, slope and
level of the Stock Barometer determine our outlook. For example, if the barometer line is moving down, we are in Sell Mode. A Buy or Sell Signal is triggered when the indicator clearly changes direction. Trend and support can override the barometer
signals.

Money Management & Stops

To trade this system, there are a few things you need to know and address to control your risk:

This system targets intermediate term moves, of which
even in the best years, there are usually only up to 7 profitable intermediate
term moves. The rest of the year will be consolidating moves
where this system will experience small losses and gains that offset each
other.
This system will usually result in losing trades more
than 50% of the time, even in our best years. The key is
being positioned properly for longer term moves when they come.
Therefore it is vitally important that you apply some
form of money management to protect your capital.
Trading a leveraged index fund will result in more risk,
since you cannot set stops and you cannot get out intraday.

Accordingly;

Make sure you set your stops so that you can lose no
more than 2% per trade (based on the QQQQ if you’re trading leveraged funds and
options with our trading service).

Potential Cycle Reversal Dates

2011 Potential Reversal Dates: 1/15, 1/29, 2/16. We publish dates up to 2 months in advance.

Our next date for 2011 is January 15th. We expect the markets to surprise everyone and
continue higher into 1/15.

My Additional timing work is based on numerous cycles and has resulted in the above potential reversal dates. These are not to be confused with the barometer ignals or cycle times. However, due to their past accuracy I post the dates here.

2010 Potential Reversal Dates: 1/19, 1/28, 3/2, 3/23, 4/7, 5/30, 6/10, 6/28, 7/10, 8/13, 9/7, 10/2, 10/27, 11/21, 12/19.
We publish dates up to 2 months in advance. 2009 Published Reversal Dates: 1/20, 2/11, 3/7, 3/15, 4/8, 4/16,
4/27, 5/7, 6/8, 7/2, 7/17, 9/14, 10/10, 10/24, 11/12, 11/30, 12/9, 12/21, 12/29. 2008 Potential Reversal Dates:
12/31, 1/11, 2/1, 2/13, 3/6, 4/5, 4/22, 5/23, 6/6, 6/27, 7/13, 9/2, 10/3, 10/22, 11/10, 12/11. 2007 Potential Reversal
Dates: 1/10, 1/14, 1/27, 1/31, 2/3, 2/17, 3/10, 3/24, 4/21, 5/6, 6/15, 8/29, 10/19, 11/29, 12/13, 12/23, 12/31, 1/11/08.
2006 potential reversal dates: 1/16, 1/30, 2/25, 3/19, 4/8, 5/8, 5/19, 6/6(20), 7/24, 8/20, 8/29, 9/15, 10/11, 11/28. 2005 Potential
reversal dates: 12/27, 1/25, 2/16, 3/4, 3/14, 3/29, 4/5, 4/19, 5/2, 6/3, 6/10, 7/13, 7/28, 8/12, 8/30-31, 9/22, 10/4, 11/15, 11/20,
12/16.

Timing Indicators

Use the following Timing/momentum indicators to assist in your trading of the QQQQ, GLD, USD, USO and TLT. They are tuned to deliver signals in line with the Stock Barometer and we use them only in determining our overall outlook for the market and for pinpointing market reversals. The level, direction, and position to the zero line are keys in these indicators. For example, direction determines mode and a buy signal ’above zero’ is more bullish than a buy signal ’below zero’.

QQQQ Timing Indicator (NASDAQ:QQQQ)

The QQQQ Spread Indicator will yield its own buy and sell signals that may be different from the Stock Barometer. It’s meant to give us an idea of the next turn in the market.

Gold Timing Indicator (AMEX:GLD)

Want to trade Gold? Use our signals with the Gold ETF AMEX:GLD. Gold gives us a
general gage to the overall health of the US Economy and the markets.

US Dollar Index Timing Indicator (INDEX:DXY)

Want to trade the US Dollar? Use our signals with the Power Shares AMEX:UUP: US Dollar Index Bullish Fund and AMEX:UDN: US Dollar Index Bearish Fund.

Bonds Timing Indicator (AMEX:TLT)

Want to trade Bonds? Use our signals with Lehman?s 20 year ETF AMEX:TLT. The direction of bonds has an impact on the stock market. Normally, as bonds go down, stocks will go up and as bonds go up, stocks will go down.

OIL Timing Indicator (AMEX:USO)

Want to trade OIL? Use our signals with AMEX:USO, the OIL ETF. We look at the price
of oil as its level and direction has an impact on the stock market.

Secondary Stock Market Timing Indicator

We daily monitor hundreds of popular and proprietary technical indicators that break down market internals, sentiment and money flow to give us unique insight into the market. We
feature at least one here each day in support of our current outlook. As an annual subscriber to any of our services, you will get access to all our charts and research.

Daily Stock Market Outlook

We remain in Buy Mode, looking for the markets to move higher into mid January.

Our view on the markets is that we may have a breadth explosion to the upside. If this happens, markets are going to go higher then anyone can imagine at this time. What's the fuel? Bonds.

We have our stock trading secrets class this saturday, let me know if you have any questions.

Click here for Free Trading Webinars, eBooks and Special Offers.

If you're interested in attending a presentation of my Stock Trading Secrets Session, it will be held on Saturday January 8th, 2011 from 10am to 2pm. This is an online class designed for beginner to intermediate traders. I've had people take it multiple times because the theme changes along with the current market conditions. We will be holding these sessions on a monthly basis. Here's the link to sign up: (It's only $39.95 - and would make a great holiday gift too.)

click here to sign up now

For my clients who trade intra day - here are the indices pivots for today’s trade.

I publish charts of the ES and Qs with pivots in the chat room every morning. Join me in the chat room if you want to see them, and learn how to use them.

Here’s a deeper look at the S&P Futures - these levels are very important if you’re going to day trade the market.

These levels are important for both day traders and investors. How? Well, if you are going to take a stock position, it’s always best to get the most efficient entry. Understanding that there
are key pivots during the day and key levels that futures traders look for, will help you figure a better entry price (instead of just buying at the open). Combine these levels with the timing of the economic reports on the list at the top of the page, and you can really catch some nice swings in the market. More efficient trade entry increases your relative profit per trade.

If you have any questions or comments, email me at Jay@stockbarometer.com.

Regards,

Jay DeVincentis, President

Investment Research Group,
Inc.

www.stockbarometer.com

"Over 1540 Clients in 40 countries!"

click here to see our next trading class, blogs, videos, social media pages, etc...

What does Howard Stern and SIRI have to do with the stock market?

2011-01-07T08:04:00.007-05:00

Do you have Sirius Satellite Radio? Or top us traders, SIRI (that's the stock symbol)? Well, SIRI is a stock that has a storied past to us traders.

First, I'm not going to pick on Howard here. The Howard SIRI pair has been very lucrative for shahre holders (even better for us stock traders).

SIRI was a $3 stock in the 90's that shot up to about $70/share. Oh, I miss those days. But in the 2000's , it went from $0.40 to $9.40.

Which move was better? Well, in both cases, the stock rose 23.3-times. Interesting...

What's my point? Well, here we are again, the stock having bottomed around $0.05 back in early 2009 (that was a great bottom when we gave a significant buy signal on 3/10/09!). It's now trading around 1.64. That may not sound like a lot. But...

Guess what? You could have made almost 33-times your initial investment during this run. So to put things in perspective, this advance, has been better than any before for this stock and for stock investors in SIRI.

Yesterday we had a free live webinar on "should you buy stocks now?" Well, the webinar went on for about an hour, so I can't repeat exactly what was said - but my main point was about opportunities in the stock market.

If you're looking for the holy grail or a home run at this point in time, you may want to look elsewhere. Most stock traders don't have the patience it takes to make 'big money returns'.

For example, we practically give away a 4 week trial to all our services to give people a flavor for the writer's style and what to expect. But more than half will try the service, get frustrated that the performance wasn't there during that period. And unsubscribe.

And you know what? They usually unsubscribe just before a significantly profitable move in the market. Then I write an email telling everyone how great we're doing, they resubscribe and the same thing happens. It's a terrible cycle in the financial newsletter industry. But it is why most people will buy at the top, and sell at the bottom. They allow their feelings to dictate their actions.

So if you want to give our services a try, we do offer a discounted trial here (only $4.95) - just click the following link:

I want to learn to trade stocks, options and ETFs now!

If you want to sign up for our live free webinars in the future, you can find instructions here:

I want to participate in your live free stock market webinars.

And here's a stock of SIRI that we're referencing. You can click on it to make it larger.

Do NOT trade options until you read this!

2011-01-06T11:59:00.007-05:00

Diversifying Stock Option Trading Strategies. (Here is an email advisory from Jeff Neal)

Diversification is an important component to overall investment success and performance of a long-term portfolio. For example, a well-diversified portfolio should include things like stocks, gold, real estate, bonds and certificates of deposit. While most investors may indeed understand this for their portfolio when they become option traders they seemingly totally ignore this same concept when developing an option strategy trading approach to the markets.

Learn more about my Stock Options Trading strategies.

Just as it is very important for the investor to be diversified in their long-term investments it is equally as important for the stock options trader to be diversified in the stock option strategies that they employ. As stock option traders we know that a particular market can go only one of threes directions which is sideways, up or down. With that knowledge base intact the stock option trader needs to deploy stock option strategies that account for these three scenarios in order to have a diversified options strategy plan of attack.

First to account for a sideways market the stock option strategies needs to research and analyze stocks that are currently and have been exhibiting consolidation over the last two to three months. Once a stock or stocks have been identified with distinct trading ranges in place make sure they do not have any upcoming news event like earnings or any other catalysts that could cause a breakout in the underlying issue.

Once this is done the stock options trader is ready to select the best sideways strategy to put on like a butterfly or calendar spread that takes advantage of the trading range and gradually profits from time decay. When dealing with calendars any skew you can get between the front month and the back month is a plus to the position.

Next to deal with a particular directional bias the stock option trader needs to perform due diligence and choose stocks that have a strong bullish or bearish bias based on their technical and fundamental analysis. The stock option trader then needs to determine the optimum directional strategy to employ. If possessing a bullish bias the stock options trader can use straight calls, bull call spreads or bull put spreads. On the other hand if having a bearish bias then the stock options trader can implement straight puts, bear put spreads or bear call spreads.

Finally, if the stock option trader has a neutral outlook they need to locate stocks that are currently experiencing low implied volatility with a key news event like an earnings announcement coming up in the next 2 to 6 weeks. Also, it is best if the stock or stocks have experienced high levels of volatility in the past particularly around a big news event like earnings. Once identified the stock options trader is ready to choose the best strategy to fit this particular market scenario like straddles, synthetic straddles or strangles.

It is important to note that there are several other combination strategies that can be employed for each market environment which is why it is so important to become familiar with the choices and know for what particular market scenario they will work best. Also, the best way to choose the best strategy is to evaluate the particular risk graphs. This can be done quite easily by using a top line options analysis software tools. By diversifying among option strategies that address the three environments the option strategist is reducing their overall risk and their account equity curve will be much smoother which in turn will make this thing we call the trading business a much more enjoyable venture.

Again you can go here to Learn more about my Stock Options Trading strategies. For other free trading and investment informational reports go to Free Stock and Options Trading eBooks.

Happy Trading!

Jeff Neal "The" Stock Trader

Learn to trade Covered Call Options

2011-01-06T09:17:00.003-05:00

When the market is at a top, and you own stocks, this may be the best time to sell covered calls. At least this is one covered call strategy that you could consider.

Options Trading is easy!

If you don't use options, you need to ask yourself why. There are definitely some great stock options trading strategies out there. I'll get into those strategies in later blogs, but for now, let's focus on covered calls.

The reason most people don't trade options, is because they don't know where to start. It is one thing, to know what stock to buy. It is another to know what covered call writing is - and what covered call to sell.

What is a Covered Call? You own stock shares, and you sell calls at a strike greater than or equal to the stock purchase price. You profit if the stock rises or moves sideways but your upside profit is limited. You lose if the stock moves somewhere below your initial stock purchase price. The loss is offset by the sell call credit.

The basic covered call strategy is relatively simple. The owner of a security sells the right to have their security purchased at a predetermined price in the future in return for money now. If the security price does not fall over the life of the option, the call writer will keep the premium collected when the call was sold. The call writer's profit is limited in exchange for the premium.

Strategies for covered call writing depend on the objective.

• Use Covered Calls for Supplement Return

Covered call writers interested in supplementing the return of existing holding will tend to sell covered calls out of the money. The expectation is not that the security price will rise, but that it will not fall. The seller of out of the money calls often expects to continue holding the security, but hopes to reap some extra return from the proceeds of selling the call.

• Use Covered Calls to Hedge Against Loss

Covered call writers can protect against downside price movement by selling in the money calls. This is commonly done after a rise in a security that is already held, to protect some of the gains that were already made. Although less time premium is collected on the call, the risk of loss is lessened by the amount that the call is in the money.

• Speculative Covered Call Strategies

There are strategies that set objectives such as Doubling in 2 Years, or earning 10% a Month. A portfolio can be doubled in two years by successively selling covered calls that return 50% time premium for a term that last approximately 1 year. It is also possible to sell covered calls that return 10% in approximately one month. Both of these strategies require that the underlying stock price is at or above the strike price at expiration, and that this goal can be achieved repeatedly. Theoretically, a stock will lose some value 50% of the time.

That leaves one question. What Covered Call Options do you buy? Click the following link to find out:

What Covered Call Options do you buy?

Stock Market Upate & Free Live Webinar Tomorrow

2011-01-05T14:57:00.007-05:00

Good afternoon traders and investors,

Before we get into this week's stock market update, here are a couple of
events for you to consider:

Our next live webinar "Should You Buy Stocks?" Will be on Thursday, January 6th from 4pm to 5pm. Forward to a friend. The webinar is open to anyone and everyone. It is ok to send this link to any of your friends that are into making money through the stock market.

To get in, you will need a PalTalk acount. There are instructions at the
bottom of the following link. We have put the chat room up on the site at
www.stockbarometer.com/chatroom.aspx -
however, there have been a couple issues that I am still trying to
resolve. So I suggest you use the paltalk software to enter the chat room
until we work out the kinks. But please book mark this page, as we should
have it resolved soon.

Our next web-seminar, Stock Trading Secrets, is this Saturday, January 8, 2011
from 10am to 2pm eastern. If your new years resolution was to learn how to
trade stocks, then I would love to see you in the room. To sign up, click
the following link:

Learn how to buy stocks with Jay DeVincentis

I've been giving this course for several years, and recently migrated it to the
internet. It's still live. And at our last class, we had folks from around the country. The feedback was very positive.

As for the markets, I have been in "Buy Mode" since December 2, 2010. We
remain in Buy Mode looking for the markets to move higher into Mid
January. This should and has surprised most "market timers" and "swing
traders".

There are two ways you can learn how I time the market. If you want a daily
email that talks about the market, sign up to receive the Daily Stock
Barometer. You can sign up by clicking the following link:

I want to learn market timing

The page will show you a video that talks about how to use my service and there are
some performance stats there verified by independent third
parties.

If you only want an email when I issue a signal for the
qqqq, rydex and qqqq options - click here.

Ok, so I know what you're asking now. You're saying - Jay, I already know
you're looking for the market to move higher into Mid January. Why should
I sigh up? Because the market is always changing and that forecast could
change tomorrow. In addition, there are good opportunities and great
opportunities. We are going to get a great opportunity around May and
September this year. I want you to be subscribed when we get there, so I
can show you how to make real money.

I've done some work on my 2011 forecast. To see it, you can visit the following
link:

What will the stock market do in 2011?

The chart is at the bottom of the page. Scroll down to see it. I'll only
leave it up for a few days, so be sure to check it out today.

Here our are advisor services, if you're interested in trading them, please click
below

Bill West - Editor of The Fat Pitch ETF Advisory

Click here to find out what ETF to buy this week.

Jeff Neal is the editor of The Stock Alert and The Volume Blast.

He just positioned in a very popular stock and option
trade and I encourage you to click here and try his service if you want to see
what Jeff's buying now.

Lynn T is editor of the 1-2-3 Plus Alert.

Click here to see her current weighting and give it a try.

Mark McMillan, editor of the McMillan Porfolio

Click here to sign up to Mark's service as he prepares to
position for the next market move.

As for myself, I am editor of 4 financial newsletters.

Stock Options Speculator

Explosive Stock Alert

Click here to see what stock to buy now and give the service a try.

Covered Call Alert

Click here to give this service a try if you want to learn how to increase the profits of your current stock holdings with covered calls.

IRG Data/Indicator

Click here to get all Jay's stock market timing indicators and plan your own strategies.

I also offer up the following other services for your consideration to compliment
the above services:

Penny Stock Services:

Microcap Millionaires

Penny Stocks Psychic

Penny Stock Prophets

Forex Services:

GPS Forex Robot

Forex Morning Trade System

Forex BulletProof

The Forex Signals Auto Trader

Fap Turbo Expert Guide

Option Services:

Option Income System

Stock Trading Software

Stock Assault 2.0 AI Software

Other Services to consider:

How to hack the stock market

Secrets of successful traders

So what is your New Years Resolution?

I'd love to know - email it to me and I'll let you know the results next
year!

Regards,

Jay DeVincentis, President

Investment Research Group, Inc.

What was YOUR New Years Resolution?

2011-01-01T11:55:00.005-05:00

The top 2 usually have to do with weight loss and money. I can help you with both...

You might be asking how...

I have several hobbies. From being a lead guitarist that plays in a few bands, to riding my dirtbike, to having a gym in my basement and having studied 'lifting and exercize' for years, to marketing and trading the financial markets (which is what I'm known best for).

What I have found in life is Rule #1 - don't try to reinvent the wheel. You'll just spin your wheels so to speak, excuse the bad pun. Most of what you need to do has been perfected by someone else. Study from them. Learn what they did. Apply yourself in that regard and you'll take the most efficient path in achieving your goals.

Rule #2 - what you focus on grows - limit your thoughts to positive thoughts about achieving your goal. Focus on it for at least 15 minutes every day. Every little positive step you make will get you closer to your goal. There are 365 days in a year. 15 minutes a day may not sound like a lot - but that's over 91 hours focused towards education and improvement.

Compound that year over year, and you're on your way!

Rule #3 - take action! So many people think - far fewer do. I'm a big believer in the law of attraction (what you focus on grows) and that the 'action' in attraction is critical.

So applying that to your weight means simply focus on eating good healthy foods and exercizing. I'm not saying to go out and spend any money. You don't need to join a gym. You just need to take action, walk, situps, pushups, you'd be amazed at how easy it is to get in shape. It just takes time, patience, and always move forward - continuous progression.

Applying that to your finances is also important. Think about it. A friend of mine the other night said to me when I talked to them about improving their financial position - she said "I can't make any more money than I can, I'm working as many hours as I can, and I'm limited by my education as to what I can make per hour."

That is such a limiting belief. You must remove limiting beliefs from your thought process. If you tell yourself you can't - you won't.

In the world of money, there's offense and defense. Offense is what you make. Defense is what you spend. Focus on the defense first. Limit your spending, build your savings and from savings, that creates opportunity.

From savings you can increase your education. You can find other ways to produce income. So many people think a job is the only way to produce income. That's another limiting belief.

From savings, you can start investing.

After you have a sound investment portfolio, you can start trading - if it's something that interests you.

But back to my original point, don't try to reinvent the wheel. Trading hasn't changed since the beginning of time. It's all about psychology - yours and the market as a whole. Learn to understand them, and overcome them. And YOU CAN BECOME A PROFITABLE INVESTOR!

This weekend coming up, I will be teaching my Stock Trading Secrets Webinar. It's designed for newbie investors and traders to help them understand the markets, how the markets work, and also how to understand themselves. Click the following link to learn more and sign up - it's Saturday January 8th from 10am to 2pm:

Stock Trading Secrets Webinar with Jay DeVincentis

Who am I to teach you? I am a stock market timer, I am an investor, I am a professional trader, I have been advising people how to trade and invest for the past decade and have made it my goal to make people financially successful.

Give it a try. It will be your first baby step for 2011 - and a step that will help your overall financial situation for years to come.

Happy New Year!

What will the stock market do in 2011?

2010-12-31T11:13:00.004-05:00

Next year will be an up year.

There will be a significant low in the first half of the year.

This will be the time when opportunity will be significant to make substantial amounts of money.

Want to know what day we're looking for that bottom to take place?

Want to know what to buy when the bottom comes in?

click the following link too see our stock market forecast.

2011 stock barometer stock market forecast

Scroll to the bottom of the page to see our chart.

Now that's just one of several tools we use to put our forecast together. If you're interested in learning more click below:

I want to learn more how to time the stock market and pick stocks

I am doing my live Stock Trading Secrets 4-hour webinar online on January 8th from 10am to 2pm. Click the above link to learn more.

Happy New Year!

All the staff here at Investment Research Group, Inc. d/b/a stockbarometer.com

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Live Chat Room On Our WebSite

2010-12-30T10:57:00.003-05:00

Want to chat with other traders?

Want to discuss our current picks?

We now have embedded our chat room right on our website - so no need to download any software to your computer (I hate that as much as you do).

Here's the link:

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If you have trouble with that one, here's another one:

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We've also added a video page:

Click here for the video page

We'll have our 2011 forecast video published next week - so check back often.

And our next live webinar is on Saturday - January 8th, from 10am to 2pm

Click here to learn more

As always, if you are looking for more information, let me know.

Here's to hoping you and yours have a very happy (and hugely profitable) New Year!

Regards,

Jay DeVincentis, President
Investment Research Group, Inc.

Year End Stock Market Update

2010-12-28T10:45:00.005-05:00

Good morning traders and investors,

Before we get into our stock market update, let me review where our editors are with their services:

Bill West - Editor of The Fat Pitch ETF Advisory - continues to bring home
returns. He built a portfolio of 7 ETF positions several weeks ago and continues to tighten stops and bring in profits. He is also starting to reposition the portfolio for the next move in the markets.

Click here to find out the first pick he made this week.

Jeff Neal is the editor of The Stock Alert and The Volume Blast. This has been a great time to own and trade stocks so obviously Jeff is doing very well in this environment. He makes recommendations every week and I encourage you to try his service if you're not sure
what stock to buy in this market.

He just positioned in a very popular stock and I encourage you to click here and try his service if you want to see what Jeff's buying now.

Lynn T is editor of the 1-2-3 Plus Alert. Here system utilizes an algorithm to put you in the market at various stages of being invested and utilizing leverage. It's easy to follow this index/mutual fund system in any of your accounts if your goal is to outperform the stock market over time.

Click here to see her current weighting and give it a try.

Mark McMillan, editor of the McMillan Porfolio remains in Cash awaiting the next larger move to take place. His service is daily and only for the very nimble. Mark also manages our daily trading chat room - so you can talk to him and discuss trading options and see what others are trading.

Click here to sign up to Mark's service as he prepares to position for the next market move.

As for myself, I am editor of 4 financial newsletters.

In my Stock Options Speculator, we positioned in CALL OPTIONS a few weeks ago and
continue to ride those profits. However, I do expect a bearish move soon and will begin to recommend PUT OPTIONS for the move lower.

In my Explosive Stock Alert service, we recommend one stock investment/trade a
week. To me, the market is all about opportunities. Since the markets are at highs, there are plenty of stocks to trade - but this is definitely not an opportunity like March 2009 - in contrast. That being said, never underestimate a bear market and if you're looking for stocks to
trade, most of our recommendations are doing very well. It's also our most inexpensive service at $9.95/month and also gets you access to our daily chat room. (As an FYI, we've been recommending VMW for some time now - and it continues to be a top recommendation.)

Click here to give the service a try.

I also write a service called Covered Call Alert - where each week I recommend the
top 50 covered calls in the Russel 2000, Nasdaq 100, S&P 500, major Indices, and the overall market. Covered calls are an easy way to make more money with your stock holdings.

Click
here to give this service a try if you want to learn how to increase the profits of your current stock holdings.

I also have a service that not many know about. It's my IRG Data/Indicator
service where I share all my research (every indicator I have). We released it this year for no cost to anyone who subscribes to a service at the annual pricing. However, you can also subscribe to the services on it's own. In this service, you'll also find some popular indicators and
see how they perform in relation to the market. Some indicators that everyone follow - have no correlation to the markets they're supposed to predict. In addition, our 2011 forecast is in there. I also see a large move coming in the markets in 2011. It would be good for you to know when it's supposed to start, when it's supposed to end, and what direction it will be. You may be surprised...

Click
here to get all Jay's indicators and plan your own strategies.

And finally, my primary service, The Daily Stockbarometer - and this leads us to our
current market update.

The barometer remains in Buy Mode and has been in Buy Mode for the entire month of December. However, we are starting to see cracks in the market. What I expect is the market to rally into January 15th - however, there are a few things that could alter this outlook. It's a daily service. Why? Because every day gives us a new fact that we have to contemplate in the overall market puzzle. I'm a facts only guy, so if I can't prove it, I don't consider it.

CLICK HERE to join me if you want to position for the next move.

As a business owner, my goal has always been to offer a variety of services that meet your needs. However, there are some holes - for example, we do not offer any Forex services and the only Penny Stock recommendations we make are in the Explosive stock Alert service - and that's only 1x per month.

So I offer up the following other services for your consideration:

Penny Stock Services:

Microcap Millionaires

Penny Stocks Psychic

Penny Stock Prophets

Forex Services:

GPS Forex Robot

Forex Morning Trade System

Forex BulletProof

The Forex Signals Auto Trader

Fap Turbo Expert Guide

Option Services:

Option Income System

Stock Trading Software

Stock Assault 2.0 AI Software

Other Services to consider:

How to hack the stock market

Secrets of successful traders

So what is your New Years Resolution?

I'd love to know - email it to me and I'll let you know the results next year!

If it is to learn more about trading, please join me at our next live Webinar - Stock Trading
Secrets on Saturday January 8th from 10am to 2pm Eastern. What a great time to learn more about trading.

Click here to sign up and see other classes and offers.

Until next time - have a great Holiday Season from all of us, to all of you!

Regards,

Jay DeVincentis, President

Investment Research Group, Inc.

China Raises Rates

2010-12-27T08:22:00.003-05:00

This should have a significant impact on stock trading portfolios. Granted, the markets have had time to consider this move, as it has been potentially coming for about a month now, but it's here - and the stock market is over sold - so conditions are ripe for a sell off.

As an fyi, if you want a free version of Reminiscences of a Stock Operator - a must read for every trader, click here.

As for the markets, overseas markets have taken a hit, with China closing down about 2% and European markets down 1.5%. This overnight trend generally will translate into our markets as volume returns.

And how the stock, bond and dollar markets close today will be very critical to our outlook. As you know, we've been calling for a sell off, but waiting for a catalyst. And given the time of year, this catalyst may get delayed into the new year. We'll monitor the markets committment to selling as the markets open up.

If you'd like to join us in our chat room, it's free for the rest of this week. But to get there, you need a PalTalk account and some software downloaded to your computer. You can get it by clicking here.

I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and happy holiday season. As 2011 sets upon us, we're working on our forecast for the new year. I still see one large move coming in Q2, and that's about it for the year.

Regards,

Jay DeVincentis

Have a happy holiday!

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Click here to receive your free gift...

Regards,

Jay DeVincentis

Why does the market continue going higher?

2010-12-22T09:16:00.004-05:00

It's simple. Because there are underlying vehicles that are being traded as people to bet that the market is going lower. This creates fuel for the market to grind higher. And until that fuel is worked off, it's going to continue.

That may sound contrarian, but here's proof (I'm all about being able to back up my statements).

Here's a chart of the VIX Put Call Ratio - and the Open Interest. It's a rather new vehicle - and its impact on the market is just being looked at. We're way ahead of the crowd here. This energy needs to get worked off before the market will top.

Next is a comparison of the SPX and SPY put call ratios. An interesting divergence here - and another one that's adding to the fuel to lift the market higher.

To learn more about these indicators, click here and give my service a try...

Regards,

Jay DeVincentis, President

Free Trading Reports

2010-12-21T17:53:00.003-05:00

Here are some reports I've accumulated over the years that wil give you a new perspective of the markets.

Click here to sign up to receive them.

Regards,

Jay DeVincentis

Stock Market Update - IMPORTANT

2010-12-20T13:37:00.005-05:00

We are in the window of a critical key reveral day - these are predetermined dates that us market timers use to put our annual forecasts together. There is also a confluence of dates coming in now. But that being said, while we have been expecting a sell off soon, we are not
alone. And whenever I am not alone in a call on the market, I get nervous.

If the markets do continue higher into year end, there'll be some trades to take advantage of - as this will be the latter stage of a rally. Here are some newsletter advisories to consider for these moves.

How to hack the stock market

Secrets of successful traders

Penny Stock Prophets

Forex BulletProof

Penny Stock Psychic

Option Income System

Again, light volume holiday trade with the market near a top can cause some significant moves in smaller stocks, so I would definitely consider looking for some penny plays during this period.

If you want to see what our advisors are saying, click here to try any of our services.

For example, Bill West, our ETF Advisor, has 7 profitable positions that he's been holding on to and raising stops. They are all profitable in this market. What will happen next, if the market sells off, these positions will get out for significant profits. If the market keep drifting higher here, he'll continue to raise stops. The key is, in the next few weeks, he may be adding new
positions to the portfolio. You have to be patient with newsletter services, as they cannot manufacture market conditions - so you have to wait for the market to position for them to achieve maximum profits. Unfortunatley, patience is not a word that most traders understand...

Mark McMillan is positioned in CASH waiting for the next opportunity.

Jeff Neal is positioned in 4 stocks, doing very well.

Lynn T is positioned 2/3 bullish.

And myself, well, I remain in Buy Mode, but I am looking for a top very soon.

Until next time - have a great Holiday Season from all of us, to all of you!

Regards,

Jay DeVincentis, President

Investment Research Group, Inc.

I urge CAUTION in these markets

2010-12-19T09:52:00.004-05:00

We are within a period of a top in the next few days potentially as early as this Monday or Tuesday. The next move lower in the market could be a sharp one.

If you want to learn how and why I am making this call, click here.

My calls have been pretty reliable in the past...

Regards,

Jay DeVincentis

Free Trading Videos

2010-12-18T08:49:00.005-05:00

For those that are into trading and want to get into trading, here is my YouTube Trading Video Page:

Stock Trading You Tube Videos

Feel free to subscribe to my channel as I'll periodically write my articles on Video and feature some other surprises...

And if you're a mytrade subscriber, feel free to follow me - and you'll get my blog postings too!

Regards,

Jay DeVincentis, President
Investment Research Group, Inc.
http://www.investmentresearchgroup.com/

Founder - http://www.stockbarometer.com/

Professional Trader, Financial Newsletter Publisher and overall good guy trying to level the playing field for the individual investor and small business owner :)