School of Business, Investing, and Finance
Here is our SMC daily chart of Gentiva Health, Inc (GTIV $5.95). We purchased shares in this company yesterday – so this is NOT an unbiased review. We are invested in this company. If you please click on the chart, it will open in a separate tab on your browser. You can then zoom in and […]
Here are 4 simple stock investing guidelines that we call the “4-L’s” – summarizing our current view of the market – L1 = Lighten exposure to the equities market (at SMC we took our profits and raised 100% cash last week) until this European sovereign debt issue is more predictable. Be willing to engage specific stocks […]
Steve Jobs’ Influence in My Life It’s Saturday morning, October 8, 2011 and two full days have now passed since the news of Steve Jobs death hit me like a train at my home office late in the day on Wednesday. I’ve taken the news hard just as countless others are experiencing. There are 10’s […]
Special Report on the Market – On the Evening of the Key Upside Reversal Day – October 4, 2011 Dear Subscriber-Friend – Today’s market closed VERY strongly into the close and volume was high. It marks what may well be a Gap-Down, Key Upside Reversal Day, which acts as a pivot point for the entire […]
Here’s our SMC Strategy for Investing in Apple, Inc. Shares This market has been very reluctant to reward Apple its true value. On March 5, 2010, we published a multi-page report on Apple on the eve of the iPad launch and on the day that Apple closed above $215/share. The stock had finally pushed ABOVE […]
S&P Downgrade of US Debt – What it Means and What We Need to Be Watchful For on Monday Late yesterday evening, one of the top 3 ratings agencies = Standard and Poor’s, downgraded the AAA rating of American debt One Level to AA+. Here’s what we are thinking – Standard and Poor’s (S&P) is […]
Yesterday we heard the news about Steve Jobs taking immediate medical leave. Here’s Steve’s note to Apple employees – Team, At my request, the board of directors has granted me a medical leave of absence so I can focus on my health. I will continue as CEO and be involved in major strategic decisions for […]
The big money waited through the holidays to put some money to work today. They too were waiting to see who would take their profits. They too didn’t want to make purchases and find their purchases fueling another big fish’s appetite for profits AND possibly tarnish their performance numbers for 2010. For at least […]
Today’s REMARKABLE +68% surge in value of Stock Market Companion holding China Shen Zhou Mining and Resources, Inc. (Ticker: SHZ) stock has left many market participants stunned. At the Stock Market Companion we are simply glad that we were able to identify the opportunity clearly for our subscribers with our Stock Market Companion Intra-Day Alert […]
Here’s the divergence that we would like to bring to your attention today. It involves our SMC holding: the Bank of Ireland (Ticker: IRE) – For most of the day the Bank of Ireland was trading in the green = UP from Friday’s close. It finally closed flat for today on pretty strong volume […]
