Market Commentary

Zacks – Earnings ESP for the Coming Week

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Print Share IBM | CCBG | ZIP | KKR The second week of earnings season continues to give me mixed emotions.  On one hand you have cautious outlooks coming from about 60% of companies and yet on the other there are some strong relative numbers sending stocks mostly higher.  These conflicting messages can make trading extremely difficult. It’s not just about … Zacks – Earnings ESP for the Coming Week

Option Action Meets the Zacks Rank

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Print Share ValueClick VCLK is one of the world’s largest online marketing companies, but has definitely fallen off the radar since its heyday.   While that may be true, we might not want to ignore this stock, especially with call volume at 1000% of normal today. But let’s see what’s really going on behind the curtain. ValueClick provides … Option Action Meets the Zacks Rank

Does the Jobs Number Even Matter?

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  Friday morning at 8:30am, investors will know just how bad the employment situation in the US really is. The consensus among analysts is for 92,000 new jobs to be added to the economy; some estimates are higher than 100k, others are down around 60k. After reading countless articles, watching hours of CNBC, Fox and … Does the Jobs Number Even Matter?

When You Expect the Worst…

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Jared Levy July 03, 2012 There is no doubt that the global economy is struggling. In fact, there are parts of the world that will get much worse before they get better.   Europe’s debt and growth “solutions” are in serious doubt. China’s growth is slowing more than expected. Even the United States is experiencing … When You Expect the Worst…

A Sad Day in America

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Now, more than ever, we as Americans (and humans for that matter) should be coming together as a people to overcome tyranny, prejudice and deception by those in positions of power. But Obama, who paints himself as a unifier has done nothing but separate, divide and create angst among us. I am not a Republican … A Sad Day in America