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  • Yesterday was an Xmas gift-use it to lighten a little more

    SUBSCRIBER ALERT 12/31/08 Consumer confidence and stock prices: http://bespokeinvest.typepad.com/bespoke/2008/12/weak-consumer-confidence-time-to-buy.html ********************************** Yesterday’s rally pushed stock prices back to levels that...
  • CNBC Challange Update + Dow Chemical

    SUBSCRIBER ALERT 12/30/08 Some thoughts on Market direction: http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2008/12/fusioniq-sp-500-review/ More technical comments from TraderFeed: http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2008/12/head-and-shoulders-bottom-in-stock.html http://traderfeed...
  • CNBC Challenge Update-12/29

    SUBSRIBER ALERT 12/29/08 Technical update: http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2008/12/money-flow-update-for-december-28th.html Larry Summers on Obama’s recovery plan: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/26/AR2008122601299.html...
  • CNBC Challenge Update--Merry Christmas

    SUBSCRIBER ALERT 12/24/08 MERRY CHRISTMAS FYI Chart of the seasonal Santa Claus rally: http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2008/12/santa-claus-rally/ A look at corporate profits: http://econompicdata.blogspot.com/2008/12/corporate-profits-struggling.html The...
  • CNBC Challenge update

    SUBSCRIBER ALERT 12/23/08 FYI Technical indicator update from TraderFeed: http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2008/12/indicator-update-for-december-22nd.html Credit crisis indicators updated: http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2008/12/credit-crisis-indicators_22...
  • Take a little more off the table

    SUBSCRIBER ALERT 12/22/08 Despite W’s auto bail out announcement and Obama suggesting that he is willing to throw untold amounts of money at the economy, stock prices couldn’t climb back above the November to present up trend on Friday. The...
  • The Averages have broken a short term support level; sell a little

    SUBSCRIBER ALERT 12/18/08 It is clear that the averages are going to close below the November to present uptrend and by a considerable amount. As I said in this Morning’s Call, I think that a signal to lighten up. Accordingly: The Dividend Growth...
  • Update on Polymedix (10 Bagger)

    CNBC $1,000,000 Challenge At the open today, all holdings are at 90% of normal size (the percentage figures are the percentile ranking of each fund in the contest). Large Cap (67.9%): Abbott Labs (ABT), WalMart (WMT), UPS (UPS), United Technologies Small...
  • Too late to Buy

    What to do? First, assuming that stocks are in a trading range roughly defined by the 10/10-11/19 lows and the November highs, it is too late to buy. In retrospect, as soon as I heard the Fed announcement, I should have put some money to work. However...
  • Update on Canon (Dividend Growth Portfolio)

    CNBC $1,000,000 Challenge At the open today, all holdings are at 90% of normal size (the percentage figures are the percentile ranking of each fund in the contest). Large Cap (70.6%): Abbott Labs (ABT), WalMart (WMT), UPS (UPS), United Technologies Sold...
  • Update on Dividend Growth Portfolio Buy List

    CNBC $1,000,000 Challenge At the open today, all holdings are at 90% of normal size (the percentage figures are the percentile ranking of each fund in the contest). Large Cap (70.3%): Genuine Parts (GPC), WalMart (WMT), Paychex (PAYX), Illinois Tool Works...
  • Today is an amazing day, Buy a little into the close

    SUBSCRIBER ALERT 12/12/08 This Market today is amazing given the amount of bad news out there that it has had to digest. Some of the pundits that I read were saying at the opening that stocks could be down in catastrophic proportions. Yet here we are...
  • A Look at Total return

    A Look at Total Return These are stocks owned in the Dividend Growth Portfolio Stock Dividend Payout # Increases Company Yield Growth Rate Ratio Since 1998 Nucor Corp 5.2% 11% 29% 10 Illinois Tool Works 3.9 12 31 10 United Technologies 2.3 11 29 10 Boeing...
  • Our Portfolios will Buy a little on the close

    SUBSCRIBER ALERT 12/10/08 With all the confusion about the auto bail out, the Market has acted well today, remaining above the November to present uptrend. Speaking of the auto bail out, I was clearly too cynical about how tough the proposed legislation...
  • Update on SAP

    CNBC $1,000,000 Challenge At the open today, all holdings are at 90% of normal size (the percentage figures are the percentile ranking of each fund in the contest). Large Cap (70.8%): Genuine Parts (GPC), WalMart (WMT), Paychex (PAYX), Illinois Tool Works...
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