Archive for February, 2014

  • SPYing and Catching a Shark
    Posted by on February 28th, 2014 at 3:56 pm, Comments: 0

    Share on StockTwits After a tear higher in the first 30 minutes of the day the SPDR S&P 500, $SPY, seemed to flounder until 1:40pm. […]

  • In the Markets, You Will Find What You Are Looking For
    Posted by on February 28th, 2014 at 7:52 am, Comments: 0

    Share on StockTwits It is 5:02 pm Thursday as I started writing this and the lead story on the financial news channel in the background […]

  • Large Cap Long Term Pick of the Week: 3M
    Posted by on February 27th, 2014 at 4:13 pm, Comments: 0

    Share on StockTwits 3M Company, $MMM, showed up on the radar in December in Playing 3M Both Ways. It shook out traders with a move […]

  • Recent Inflation Will Abate
    Posted by on February 27th, 2014 at 7:47 am, Comments: 0

    Share on StockTwits That is what the Bond Market is saying. The chart below shows the the CRB Index (an inflation measure) with the Treasury […]

  • Eyeing a (Carbo) Ceramic Cup
    Posted by on February 26th, 2014 at 4:11 pm, Comments: 0

    Share on StockTwits Carbo Ceramics, $CRR, had a long run higher from July into the beginning of November before consolidating at 125…. for a month. […]

  • Heating Oil May Be the Next Hot Commodity
    Posted by on February 26th, 2014 at 7:47 am, Comments: 0

    Share on StockTwits With the Polar Vortex in the midwest and weekly named storms riding up the East Coast natural gas ($NG_F, $UNG) prices have […]

  • Take #2: Time to Stock Up on Overstock.com?
    Posted by on February 25th, 2014 at 3:50 pm, Comments: 0

    Share on StockTwits About a month ago I brought your attention to Overstock.com, $OSTK, in Time to Stock Up on Overstock.com?. Technically it had been […]