Stocks, charts, risk management & coffee

A few stocks I am watching:
 

Ford is catching my attention. This is a zoom of the all time chart and captures the swing high from 1999 and the low from March 2009. The stock is trading right at the 23.6% fib line at $7.40. The stock is also trading near its 50 day SMA [...]

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§948 · November 2, 2009 · F, PENN, PZZA, TNDM · View Comments ·


This post is really for those individuals that have a bearish long term view but also desire to participate in the rally. Put another way, what is a reasonable plan for getting long the market but being the first one off the train when it goes off the tracks?
The first part of my plan was [...]

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§386 · July 26, 2009 · ADM, CBG, CGA, F, GNW, LQD, MANT, MR, SO, SPY, Sunday Night Coffee, TWGP, WFT, WYN, qqqq · View Comments ·


Tonight I’m weighing the evidence. A bull case and a bear case. I’ll let my readers be the judge.
Bullish
- SPY broke key resistance at 800
- DIA broke key resistance at $80
- QQQQ broke key resistance at $31.80
- XLI broke above $20 on good volume. It tested $20, pulled back on low volume and then [...]

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§149 · April 9, 2009 · $VIX, $spx, DIA, F, GM, qqqq · View Comments ·


GM/CHRYSLER BANKRUPTCY
In terms of headlines, I’m not focusing on North Korea. I am focusing on the potential GM bankruptcy. I won’t discuss Chrysler since it is not a public company, but I lump it into the same boat with GM.

A simple 6 month chart plotting GM against Ford shows that Ford has been outperforming GM [...]

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§142 · April 5, 2009 · $VIX, DIA, F, FXY, GLD, GM, Precious Metals, SLV, SMH, SPY, Sunday Night Coffee, UUP, XLU · View Comments ·