Among the biggest losers in Tuesday’s early trading are AuRico Gold (NYSE: AUQ) and Francesca’s Holdings (Nasdaq: FRAN). When companies have to deliver bad news, they sometimes turn to a professional group of publicists that work in investor relations (… Read More

Among the biggest winners in Wednesday’s early trading are Guidewire Software (Nasdaq: GWRE) and Orexigen Therapeutics (Nasdaq: OREX). While the 2012 IPO market will always be remembered for the busted… Read More

The recent bounce in volatility, a cost component in an option‘s price, has made premium-selling strategies more attractive. After a new five-year low in the CBOE Volatility Index… Read More

Pfizer’s (NYSE: PFE) 2004 peak approached $40 before a multi-year decline. But shares have been on a strong recovery from 2009 lows below $12 a share to nearly double that price today. The combination of the powerful trend and low volatility… Read More

Among the biggest losers in Tuesday’s early trading are Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) and Orbitz (NYSE: OWW). The bad news keeps coming for DVD-by-mail pioneer Netflix. Rival Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) has lined up an agreement with Epix, a consortium of major movie studios, to again access to many of the… Read More

Among the biggest winners in Tuesday’s early trading are Heckmann (NYSE: HEK), and Valeant Pharmaceuticals (NYSE: VRX). Heckmann looks like a perfectly-built company for the shale gas revolution. The company trucks in fresh water (and then helps handle the used water) that is used in the “fracking” process.  As… Read More

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan may be most remembered for the phrase “irrational exuberance.” In December 2006, he asked if stock prices were too high, saying, “But how do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly… Read More

Today, I want to cover a popular market ETF that is a strong buy based on a momentum indicator that most traders ignore and a… Read More

Europe is in the news again, although it seems like the continent’s financial turmoil is always in the news. European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi was quoted in The Wall Street Journal as saying, “It… Read More

Summer is just about over, and that means the lull in the markets we’ve seen over the past several weeks also is about to cease. Once traders return to work after the Labor Day holiday, there’s sure to be more action, more… Read More