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General tactics and examples

Weekly Market Update
Shay Horowitz of ShogunTrading - Oct 31, 2005 - The market has been been picking up momentum lately. Moves are getting better and better for trend trading. As for this next week, we are looking to join the down trend that is developing... Read More

Pro Forma Versus GAAP Earnings
Larry Swing - Oct 30, 2005 - Pro forma earnings exclude certain gains and losses that management believes (or wants investors to believe) are not important or do not help investors and creditors to understand the true value of the business... But these items are important. + Analysis of HOLDRs... + Analysis of Individual Stocks... Read More

Weekly Market Update
Shay Horowitz of ShogunTrading - Oct 24, 2005 - The market has not done much for the past couple of days, as far as Swing Trading is concerned. Basically, after the huge move on Wednesday, the market spent Thursday and Friday just digesting it... Read More

Book to Market Improved
Larry Swing - Oct 23, 2005 - Much academic work has been done in investigating the returns of stocks with differing book to market ratios (BM). The existing evidence strongly suggests that low BM stocks outperform high BM stocks over the long run... + Analysis of HOLDRs... + Analysis of Individual Stocks... Read More

Earnings and future stock returns. Plus - a turnaround for the S&P 500
Larry Swing - Oct 16, 2005 - The authors found that stocks which had the most positive surprises substantially outperformed the stocks with the most negative surprises... + Analysis of HOLDRs... + Analysis of Individual Stocks... Read More

Look to Options when Trading Stocks
Larry Swing - Oct 9, 2005 - A recent study published in Derivatives Use, Trading & Regulation inspected the value of option interest in predicting future stock price movements... + Analysis of HOLDRs... + Analysis of Individual Stocks... Read More

Weekly Market Update
Shay Horowitz of ShogunTrading - Oct 17, 2005 - The market is now done with the first wave down. The first wave marks the beginning of the trend, it is the scout. The real forces come in the second wave, but only if the trend is confirmed... Read More

Weekly Market Update
Shay Horowitz of ShogunTrading - Oct 10, 2005 - The market is forming a wedge on the very short term charts, so we can still get a quick rally up. Remember that most people are accumulating a short position, if market rallies, they will be caught off guard and will be forced to buy to cover. Do not let your guard down and don't forget about the possibility of a quick rally up... Read More

Weekly Market Update
Shay Horowitz of ShogunTrading - Oct 3, 2005 - After starting a quick up trend, the market has slowed down right at resistance. The 1600 level has been a big level for many months now... Read More

IPO Quiet Period Expiration
Larry Swing - Oct 2, 2005 - ...a sizable run-up in the trading days prior to the expiration of the quiet period... + Analysis of HOLDRs... + Analysis of Individual Stocks... Read More

Weekly Market Update
Shay Horowitz of ShogunTrading - Sep 26, 2005 - For the next week, we will be looking for the market to digest the news and get ready for another trend. If we break the long term support of 1550, we will go short across the board. If the market does not break, we will close all shorts and get ready for the upside... Read More

Accruals, Cash Flows, Earnings, and Future Returns
Larry Swing - Sep 25, 2005 - Cash flows, earnings, accruals, and stock returns: What you need to know. + Analysis of HOLDRs... + Analysis of Individual Stocks... Read More

Daily Market Brief
Manuel Backus of PortfolioCrafter - Sep 24, 2005 - After three sessions of losses, today the market breadth was positive. On the New York Stock Exchange, winners narrowly beat losers by a 16 to 15 score as 1.51 billion shares changed hands. On the Nasdaq, advancers topped decliners by 18 to 11 as 1.63 billion shares changed hands... Read More

Do Not Trust Your Broker
Larry Swing - Sep 18, 2005 - You pay brokerage commissions and expect quality service in return... Think again. Protect yourself, now. + Analysis of HOLDRs... + Analysis of Individual Stocks... Read More

Placing Large Orders
Larry Swing - Sep 11, 2005 - Simply placing a 10,000 share limit order on an illiquid stock is asking for smaller orders to jump in front of you... + Analysis of HOLDRs... + Analysis of Individual Stocks... Read More

Head and Shoulders Top - HAYZ
Larry Swing - Sep 9, 2005 - A Head and Shoulders Top is considered a bearish signal. It indicates a possible reversal of the current uptrend to a new downtrend... Read More

Double Top - AMRI
Larry Swing - Sep 8, 2005 - A Double Top is considered a bearish signal, indicating a possible reversal of the current uptrend to a new downtrend... Read More

Inflation and Earnings
Larry Swing - Sep 4, 2005 - Investors discount the value of future earnings by an appropriate inflation value, but fail... + Analysis of HOLDRs... + Analysis of Individual Stocks... Read More

Painting the Tape
Larry Swing - Aug 28, 2005 - Mutual fund price manipulation and it's impact on market-wide returns... An analysis of Holdrs + Analysis of HOLDRs... + Analysis of Individual Stocks... Read More