American International Group (AIG) was one of several insurance stocks named in an investigation by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer. News of the investigation send the share price of AIG tumbling. The insurance industry’s irregularities which Spitzer is investigating, however, are nothing like the recent mutual fund scandal, which… Read More
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Image via Wikipedia Weekly Update 10/27/04 Make no mistake this is a traders market. Stocks remain mired in a trading range that shows no signs of ending anytime soon. Our short-term market indicators are mildly bullish here, but we don’t expect to see any real… Read More
This morning we pocketed a one-day profit of close to 15 percent on Wellcare Health Plans. Early yesterday the stock plunged when it was wrongly lumped together with other HMOs on news that New York attorney general’s investigation into bid rigging by insurance industry brokers had broadened to include health… Read More
Image via Wikipedia October 20 2004 Weekly Update Call it The Three E’s: Earnings, Energy and the Election remain the driving factors behind the stock market right now. And all three are sending mixed signals. Third-quarter earnings have been a mixed bag so far. But… Read More
The Learning Tree (LTRE, $13.60) has seemingly finally run out of steam. After staging a huge rally on extremely thin volume the stock has reversed course in recent sessions and has given back much of its advance. With only three analysts providing published earnings forecasts on the company we really… Read More
Image via Wikipedia Weekly Update What’s the bottom line? A host of companies are set to report their third-quarter numbers in coming weeks. And earnings, not oil for once, are likely to capture investors’ attention and set the tone for trading. Breaching the old 52-week… Read More
We exited two our positions recently: we closed out December 42.50 Newmont Mining call option with a profit of 25 percent in one week. Also, last Thursday we were stopped out of our margined trade in Radisys for a profit of 21 percent in just three weeks. We’ve watched The… Read More
Image via Wikipedia Weekly Update Comedian Rodney Dangerfield made a career out of claiming that he couldn’t get any respect. The truth of the matter, however, was that the man was widely respected for his comic genius. It’s hard not to think of the recently… Read More
We’ve made several moves among our holdings of late. Tuesday we closed out our positions in the October 50 Electronic Arts call options and in the Goldman Sachs iShares Semiconductor Index puts. On Monday we established a new position in the December 42.50 Newmont Mining call options.Gold prices and gold… Read More
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Weekly Update Stocks continue to run on a treadmill. Despite the daily ups and down they can’t seem to make any forward progress. And new 52-week highs, while clearly in sight, just aren’t getting any closer. The usual… Read More