Stock Market Risk Appetite

Vinny — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:46:53 +0000

Stock market risk appetite and moving out further on your risk curve is something everyone should do in my opinion. I will explain later in this article, but I want to apologize to all of my readers and subscribers for my hiatus over the last couple of weeks. As painful it is to write, my beloved wife, [...]

Ways to Profit from High Oil Prices

Vinny — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 22:01:54 +0000

High oil prices influence many different channels of our global economy much more than just filling up your gas tank in your car. High oil prices influence profits of any transport company. Airlines like Delta and Southwest have to pay higher and higher fuel costs which is the biggest cost that airlines have.

Is it Time to Put a Financial Stock in Your Portfolio?

Vinny — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 23:19:59 +0000

I feel now is an important time to have a financial stock in your portfolio. Many readers of mine said I was crazy when I wrote the last week of 2011 that I thought financials would be one of the outperformers in 2012. Well since that call, Goldman [...]

Investing Rules to Always Follow

Vinny — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 21:49:20 +0000

Investing rules are always difficult to follow at all times, but discipline is a must in order to be a successful investor. I have had many requests in the last week while I was away to write about something for individuals that are fairly new to the stock market. I always try to explain why [...]

Retail and Commodities Headline the Upcoming Week of Earnings

Vinny — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 23:14:13 +0000

Retail and commodities headline the upcoming week of earnings. It is another massive week of earning announcements with hundreds of companies reporting, however, retail and commodities headline the upcoming week of earnings. We want to continue to listen to these earnings and conference calls to see what the future of the market holds. The market [...]

GM Earnings Signal Time to Buy Ford Stock?

Vinny — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:02:34 +0000

General Motors reported a not great quarter today and the stock went up 9% which to me signals now could be a good time to buy Ford stock. The fact that GM went up that much on a quarter where they [...]

Q4 Earnings and Europe Still Driving Market

Vinny — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:30:32 +0000

Today was another day of volatility in this week of Q4 earnings and Europe talks that moved the market. Once again we keep bouncing back every time we get close to the 13,000 level on the DOW. Today markets opened higher above the 12,900 level but shortly there [...]

Cloud Computing Consolidation

Vinny — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:49:19 +0000

This week we had a ton of earnings be announced but something else that caught my eye was the cloud computing consolidation that is going on in the software as a service sector. On Thursday, Oracle announced that it was purchasing Taleo for $1.9 billion dollars in the chess match with [...]

Akamai Earnings Sends Stock Soaring

Vinny — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:44:30 +0000

Akamai Earnings

After the bell today Akamai earnings sent its stock price soaring in this busy earnings day on one of the busiest weeks of earning releases. The company reported beats on both the top and bottom lines well above analysts expectations. In the Akamai earnings release, the company reported revenues of $324 [...]

Coinstar Earnings Represent an Opportunity for a Netflix Short

Vinny — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:59:31 +0000

The Coinstar earnings headlined another big day of earnings today. The market opened this morning down quite a bit on European concerns but slowly recouped most of the loses. Other companies had earning reports that moved their stock prices today but Coinstar was the most impressive. Humana reported [...]

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