Published documents by Nelson

2009

Technical analysis has been developed into the complicated science that is in the constant research and development. Started more than hundred years ago with introduction of DOW indexes now technical analysis covers indexes that track different markets, technical indicators that describe various price and volume behaviour, analysis of volatility, trading sentiment, psychology of traders,...

Stock Market Trading - Some Basics Published on 01/06/2009

Many people are unaware of the difference between stock market trading and stock investments. Stock investments are long term investments in stocks. You invest your money and leave it there for months or years. You don’t have to check on the stocks each day, nor do you get involved in trading or selling very often. Stock market trading, as opposed to long term investing, involves daily...

Capitalizing On The Infrastructure Stimulus Published on 01/06/2009

The infrastructure stocks featured in this article are URS Corp. (URS), Fluor Corp. (FLR), and MasTec, Inc. (MTZ). On Dec 8 the stock market rallied fiercely on news of President-elect Obama’s proposed infrastructure plan. The initial announcement forecasts 2.5 million new jobs over the next 3 years in a bottom-up strategy, rather than trickle down, to ease the ongoing recession. While...

Earnings Preview For Dec 15 - 19 Published on 01/06/2009

No companies are expected to top expectations. Best Buy Co., Inc. (BBY) and Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS) could miss estimates. This will be the last busy week of the year for the financial markets. Among the scheduled events are early fourth-quarter earnings reports, a Fed meeting and quadruple witching. The 49 companies scheduled to release fourth-quarter results include 15 S&P 500...

Top Performing Stocks For The Week Ended Dec 12 Published on 01/06/2009

The five best performing stocks on the Zacks #1 Rank List last week were: Powell Industries, Inc. (POWL), Infinity Property and Casualty Corporation (IPCC), Zhongpin Inc. (HOGS), ViroPharma Inc. (VPHM) and Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd. (SNDA). Powell Industries, Inc. (POWL) announced fiscal fourth quarter results last week that included new records for earnings, revenues and orders....

Investing In Shares - Why The Long Term Trend Is So Important Published on 01/06/2009

Trying to make money investing in shares is very difficult at the moment but there are still some good investment opportunities out there. Even in bear markets there will be a few companies that will do well. So how do you find these companies? Well it’s important to look for companies that are growing their earnings year on year, even in these tough economic conditions. These companies...

Some Signs Indicate Improving Stock Market Conditions Published on 01/06/2009

It all started November 21st, to be exact. But by Wednesday and Friday of the week before last the market again saw institutions starting to buy shares of beaten down stocks by way of follow-through action, and we noted some solid action among breakout stocks. Now, we’ve seen fizzled rallies before during the recent downturn, so before we break out the party favors, let’s realize that a...

Trading Options; Indian Stocks & Commodities Published on 01/06/2009

The Futures Trader is the newsletter that provides you with all the information you need in one place when you are trading options in the Indian markets. We have a range of newsletters that cover everything from intra-day moves to long term trends that will help you to get money from the markets in any environment. We have used real world experience in trading options to come up with the best...

Making A Living Off Stocks Published on 01/06/2009

Doing things the easy way is the way that everybody wants things done. It applies to everything, like doing homework the method that’ll require you to exert minimal effort would be through the effort of somebody else (getting someone to do it for you). I’m not saying that it’s the right thing to do, just making an example. Another instance that’d help you understand the basic need of...

Just What The Doctor Ordered - Utilities Published on 01/06/2009

Stocks featured in this article are: Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (HE), Laclede Group, Inc. (LG), New Jersey Resources Corp. (NJR), NSTAR (NST), and SCANA Corp. (SCG). I started running this screen back in July of 2007; just as the market started showing its first cracks. When I put this screen together, it wasn’t designed to be a trading strategy per se’. Instead, it was a screen...