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IBD watchlist : SLCA headed towards PE 15 x 2.08 = $31.20

March 30, 2012 – Comments (1) | RELATED TICKERS: SLCA , DOW , DD

and even PE 15 maybe too low for this industrial silica company because PE's are based on rates of growth and this one is currently growing at a pretty good clip.

Big Economic Numbers coming next week.

March 29, 2012 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: SPY , QQQ , DIA

The economic calendar is switching to April but not before we get readings on what March was like.  [more]

US Bonds best option compared to ETNs

March 29, 2012 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: TVIX , VIIX

ETNs do not guarantee any return of principal at maturity and do not pay any interest during their term.  [more]

3 Negative down days & News reports saying VIX stocks will Double or Triple?

March 29, 2012 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: VXX , UVXY , VIIX

What a change of events in 3 days?

Did I miss the black swan event that just occurred?

Marketwatch report saying VIX stocks will Double or Triple

Robust April Earnings Guidance is almost upon us.

March 28, 2012 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: QQQ , SPY , DIA

In the past Bull Markets those who took advantage of down days in the markets are those that had much greater returns.   [more]

Silica Demand to 2015 forecast strong.

March 28, 2012 – Comments (1) | RELATED TICKERS: SLCA

You can get your own report on Silica here or you can keep checking on Alibaba for demand by re-checking Silica prices every month.  [more]

$174.4B Refund stimulus so far and more coming.

March 27, 2012 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: SPY , QQQ , TECL

Through March 10, the IRS had issued 59.2 million refund checks totaling $174.4 billion.

Beware of April because this rally has more legs left with the Refund Stimulus. 

“The market [for fracking sand] is in extremely short supply right now,”

March 27, 2012 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: CVX , XOM , SLCA

U.S. Silica Chief Executive Bryan Shinn said in an interview last month. “The U.S. shale revolution is here to stay. We’re in the early innings right now.”

Read the entire article

Techs are the leaders - Leading the Nasdaq higher.

March 27, 2012 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: AAPL , LNKD , BIDU

AAPL

CSTR

LINKD

BIDU

EPAM

DANG

HOGS

CKEC

The VIX stocks up today..time to re-enter on the sell side.

March 27, 2012 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: VIIX , UVXY , TVIX

VXX

VXZ

VIIX

UVXY

TVIX

S V V C

March 26, 2012 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: SVVC

hmm FirstHand Tech Value Fund has bought another 70,000 shares of Facebook and now has a whopping  total of 600,000 shares.

SVVC is a very thinly traded stock symbol it can jump $1/shr on just one trade.

Beware April is just 7 days away, Best Month of the Year for Equities.

March 23, 2012 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: SPY , TECL , QQQ

April the Best Month for Stocks Over the Last 11 Years  [more]

Another ETF going straight down is VIIX

March 23, 2012 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: VIIX , TVIX , UVXY

its following the paths of TVIX & UVXY

Remember at (TVIX $12+) I asked Is TVIX gonna get delisted?

March 23, 2012 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: TVIX , UVXY , VXX

Well now TVIX is down to $7.33 with no signs its gonna stop falling. Another ETF following TVIX down is UVXY its at $16.20 but was $19+ yesterday and just goes in one direction and that is down.

Putting my Tax Refund to use on STX with Lowest Forward PE

March 23, 2012 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: STX

and a $1 billion dollar buyback which was stated to be completed by June 2012.

The Buyback in itself will lower share count and increase EPS in the process.

Tech Stock STX has forward PE in the 3's

March 23, 2012 – Comments (1) | RELATED TICKERS: WDC , STX , FIO

WDC: Needham Ups to Strong Buy, $66 Target

 By Tiernan Ray  [more]

2012 : TV when you want it anywhere you want it.

March 23, 2012 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: NFLX , AMZN , SYNC

That is the biggest change coming in 2012.

The concept is called "TV Everywhere"

 http://stks.co/32hj

Market Down 3 straight days but with Extremely low Volume

March 22, 2012 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: SPY , TECL , QQQ

that tells you that no one is buying into this selloff and that this should be considered as a buying opportunity.

I believe in volume being the true indicator and as such am a big buyer in this little pullback.

SYNC IPO was suppose to be $10-12/shr but currently trading $7+

March 22, 2012 – Comments (3) | RELATED TICKERS: LNKD , P , SYNC

but as usual the bankers somehow managed to pull the rug from a fast growing small cap player once again. Instead they reward the likes of LNKD, P and Facebook with the Giant Over Priced IPO payday.  [more]

Is TVIX gonna get delisted?

March 22, 2012 – Comments (4) | RELATED TICKERS: TVIX , VXX , VXZ

why else would it be down on a day when the market is down big? It usually goes up on these days, so the question begs is it getting delisted?

Paradigm Shift on Connected TV on the Web

March 22, 2012 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: GOOG , NFLX , SYNC

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US Treasury is being Generous this Year. Just got my Refund

March 21, 2012 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: HRB , INTU

and its a lot more than I thought I was going to get. This is a first in my life.  [more]

"TV Everywhere Concept" is this the future?

March 21, 2012 – Comments (3) | RELATED TICKERS: CMCSA , NFLX , SYNC

TV on any media device you choose. That is the concept that Synacor is trying to get companies to sign up to. Charter signed up to the concept in Nov. of 2011 " Synacor, a provider of Web portal and authentication software, provided the integration to bring Netflix, Hulu and Amazon content into Charter.net's search index"   [more]

SYNC Quiet Period Ended today Wed 3/21

March 21, 2012 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: SYNC , INVN

Hopefully the quiet period ending for SYNC works as well as it did for INVN which soared after the quiet period ended as analysts were then allowed to cover the recent IPO.  [more]

Buy Today's Dip we are heading into the Best Month of the YEAR

March 20, 2012 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: SPY , QQQ , TNA

note that since 2001, April has been the best month for stocks by a wide margin, up an average of 2.7%  [more]

Roche feeling the heat from Galena breast cancer drug

March 20, 2012 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: RHHBY , GALE

What will be big pharma's next move against a tiny pharma company?

Buy today's dip in Deep Offshore Drillers, Dayrates trend says higher levels coming.

March 19, 2012 – Comments (1) | RELATED TICKERS: RIG , DO , PACD

The IHS Petrodata Day Rate Index for deepwater semisubmersible rigs worldwide rose significantly to 897 points over the last month, an increase of 86. This rise in day rates was enough to boost the index to its highest level since April 2009. Fleet utilization for this category of rig remains extremely high, averaging 98% this month, a 1% increase.

The IHS Petrodata Day Rate Indices track the movement of competitive mobile offshore drilling fleet day rates and utilization for four rig categories. Day rates are charted as an index with the average market day rate in January 1994 equal to 100. Utilization is the percentage of contracted rigs out of the total competitive fleet supply. The data is updated on the third Friday of each month by IHS. Additional information is available from the IHS Petrodata team in Houston, Aberdeen, Oslo, Dubai and Singapore.  [more]

Oil gonna re-test 2008 highs $147 this summer..

March 16, 2012 – Comments (4) | RELATED TICKERS: ROSE , CIE , RIG

Based on the economy getting better combined with Iran tensions (Fuel prices: Iran missile launches send oil to $147 a barrel record), we have a perfect storm brewing in 2012 to send oil back to re-testing $147. So what do we do to hedge against this oil increase? You buy a mixed bag of oil drillers, & Oil service & suppliers.  [more]

CAR SALES SOAR : Higher Gas Prices Good NEWS for FORD & GM..

March 15, 2012 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: F , GM , SPY

Both companies are having a great winter of car sales, best in 4 years as sales of their high gas milage vehicles soar. Consumers seeing the gas prices rise are trading in for high gas milage cars , see article:  [more]

The Tax Refund Rally has started.

March 09, 2012 – Comments (1) | RELATED TICKERS: SPY , QQQ , SPXL

The Tax Refund Rally has started.

TAX REFUND rally fast approaching.

March 06, 2012 – Comments (2) | RELATED TICKERS: SPY , QQQ , SPXL

Big Reason to buy today's opening Gap Down.   [more]