TK All-Star’s Blog posts
First Things First
I recently exchanged e-mails with a new trader who wanted to discuss his trading strategy. He has been using technical analysis to decide which stocks to buy/sell and has been losing money. ... more
8 Banks With Strong Earnings Growth and Reasonable Valuation
Alan Brochstein Looks for Banks with Attractive Characteristics. After many years of underperforming the S&P 500, Financials had a great 2012, leading the market with a return of almos... more
TradeKing Midday Market Call Recap: SPX, VIX, T
Recap for Tuesday, April 2nd by Kevin Corrigan Did you miss Tuesday’s TradeKing Midday Market Call? Here’s a quick recap. Don’t miss another session, register here today! Analysis of S&am... more
TradeKing Midday Market Call Recap: SPX, VIX, GS
Recap for Tuesday, March 26th by Kevin Corrigan Did you miss Tuesday’s TradeKing Midday Market Call? Here’s a quick recap. Don’t miss another session, register here today! Discussion o... more
Risk and Position Size
One of the major considerations for any trader is ‘risk.’ We all understand that profits do not come our way from every trade and that there is always a chance to lose money. Our obvious objecti... more
6 Retailers That May Be “Marked Down”
In early February, I ran a very simple screen in a search of "After-Christmas" specials, settling on six retailers that appeared to be on sale. Four of the six have done quite well, prompting me... more
TradeKing Midday Market Call Recap: SPX, VIX, GS
Recap for Tuesday, March 19th by Kevin Corrigan Did you miss Tuesday’s TradeKing Midday Market Call? Here’s a quick recap. Don’t miss another session, register here today! Analysis of S... more
TradeKing Midday Market Call Recap: SPX, VIX, EBAY
Recap for Tuesday, March 12th by Kevin Corrigan Did you miss Tuesday’s TradeKing Midday Market Call? Here’s a quick recap. Don’t miss another session, register here today! Analysis of S&am... more
S&P 500 Stocks Lagging the Market But Checked For Valuation and Fundamentals
It can be frustrating when you are not invested in a rallying market, which can lead to poor decisions, like overpaying for a new investment. With the market, as measured by the S&P 500, up ... more
An Indicator of Bubbles in the Housing Market
Dr. Ludwig Chincarini The housing bubble of 2008 was created by a crowd rushing into the housing market. Some have argued that there was no way to determine whether there was a bubble in housing,... more
7 Stocks Approaching $100
In early 2012, I noticed a lot of excitement over several extremely high-priced stocks performing very well, including Apple (AAPL), Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) and Priceline (PCLN) and shared a sc... more
TradeKing Midday Market Call Recap: SPX, VIX, ED
Recap for Tuesday, March 5th by Kevin Corrigan Did you miss Tuesday’s TradeKing Midday Market Call? Here’s a quick recap. Don’t miss another session, register here today! Analysis of S&... more
The So-So Returns of Losers in January 2013
Dr. Ludwig Chincarini In my last blog, I wrote about one potential investing strategy of buying the previous year's losers and selling the ones that came out ahead. Of course, choosing a strateg... more
Distributors: A Diversified Approach to Technology Investing
Alan Brochstein Looks at Technology Distributors I find one of the most challenging aspects of the Technology sector, which is the largest in the S&P 500, is that things change so rapidly t... more
TradeKing Midday Market Call Recap: SPX, VIX, MS
Recap for Tuesday, February 26th by Kevin Corrigan Did you miss Tuesday’s TradeKing Midday Market Call? Here’s a quick recap. Don’t miss another session, register here today! Analysis of S&... more
Contrarian Call: Restaurants That Might Be Appetizing
Alan Brochstein Screens Casual Dining Restaurants Last May, I mentioned that the outlook for restaurants could get brighter and profiled four stocks that looked interesting to me. One of them, R... more
A Week for Inside Bars in the Dow
Rob Smith does not currently hold any positions in the securities mentioned in this post. At the time of publication and in the preceding month, TradeKing and the third-party content provider d... more
Compatibility
Experimenting with a variety of option strategies builds experience and allows a trader to become familiar with new ideas. Even when a new strategy is discarded, the trader can emerge with an ... more
A Look at Stocks with Inside Month Patterns
Rob Smith does not currently hold any positions in the securities mentioned in this post. At the time of publication and in the preceding month, TradeKing and the third-party content provider di... more
TradeKing Midday Market Call Recap: SPX, VIX, FSLR
Recap for Tuesday, February 12th by Kevin Corrigan Did you miss Tuesday’s TradeKing Midday Market Call? Here’s a quick recap. Don’t miss another session, register here today! Analysis of S&... more
