The S&P 500 is down 12% this year. But some stocks are doing spectacularly well.
My newsletter, which has been picking three stocks a month for the last five and a half years, has found several of them. This year, it's up 29% so far. That increase is the rise in the average stock mentioned in the newsletter since its initial mention through the end of June. And it uses a 2% stop loss rule which automatically sells any stock that has declined by 2% and charges that decline against the returns.
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Bullish calls:
John Deere (DE):“I have to tell you, I think DE down 18 straight points is a buy, not a sell.” Williams (WMB): “I like WMB... I'll give you a two-fer... I like Willbros Group…it ain't ending with this natural gas situation.” Willbros Group (WG) Frontline (FRO): “I have been recommending and recommending and recommending it, and what happened today? 52-week high. What's the yield?... 15%.” Wal-Mart (WMT): “WMT is a buy, buy, buy. A house of pleasure, and I lov
My current focus with respect to investing for at least the next year is in companies that search for and produce natural gas. My basis for this is not only that these companies have some transparency through hedging, but in my opinion natural gas is undervalued with respect to oil. I think that natural gas is less tied to the dollar and hence, when the dollar recovers, the price of natural gas will be less affected.
The Fed's recent statement was the key. They didn't raise rates, as many on Wall Street were screaming for (probably would have been a good idea)
TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says forget calling a financial bottom -- everything you need is right in front of you.
Do you think this week will finally end the oil inventory nonsense? Do you think this week could be the breakout where oil doesn't trade on the slight build or the "heavier than expected" c...
TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says as crude goes higher, it makes more and more sense to go for other energy options.
Every day that oil goes up, there is a new set of technologies that had formerly been priced out of the market that comes back to life. Let's take wind. Wind, in itself, just seems so stupid. It needs, well, wind. Much of our country doesn't have enough wind to make this economic. There are only certain regions that can really benefit.
We are in the midst of a pullback in commodities
and their related stocks. Is this the end of the bull market in
commodities? I think not.<!--more-->
The commodity bull run is a multivariate
model. One variable was the foreign exchange factor. As the dollar
weakened, the price of commodities in dollar terms rose. This past week the
dollar strengthened after the market interpreted the most recent FOMC
statement as sending a signal that the monetary body is likely to end
its most recent cycle of interest rate cuts.
Trade Entered: 300 SWN at $39.77
Trade Setup: I entered based on the earnings-breakout-pullback setup. The stock, reacting to earnings, broke to new highs on heavy volume last Friday. The stock and it's sector have been in an uptrend with strong volume patterns. I bought on a pullback to the breakout point.
Stop: Below breakout point and today's low.
Target: Recent high around $45 is
I bought 100 shares of SKF (short financials) at $96.53.
I bought 300 shares of SWN at $39.77
I was stopped out of ANR at $47.40 for a loss.
I went short 200 shares of GRMN at $42.67
I will detail these trades later today.
Through April, the stock picks in my investment newsletter, The Cohan Letter, have risen an average of 19%. This is better than the performance of the S&P 500 which has fallen 6% since the beginning of the year.
Each month my newsletter mentions three stocks. I average the percentage changes in the stocks I mention at the end of each month. I also have a stop loss rule in which stocks that decline by 2% are sold from the theoretical portfolio and the -2% return is included in the average for the month.
The top three performing stocks through April are:
TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says it's not a strong-dollar sell -- the story here is still too good.
Why did natural gas go down last week? What was that? Inventories were down. The commodity price was up. The fuel itself is green. It is better than ethanol and it is being used to fuel an increasing numbers of cars and trucks.
The whole move down had to have been triggered by something, right? Yeah, how about the fact that the stocks were up a lo...
Southwestern Energy Company, an independent energy company, engages in the exploration for and production of natural gas in the United States. It operates in three segments: Exploration and Production, Midstream Services, and Natural Gas Distribution. The Exploration and Production segment engages in the exploration, development, and production of natural gas and oil in the United States. This segment also engages in conventional drilling programs in the Arkansas part of the Arkoma Basin; and conducts development drilling and exploration programs in the Oklahoma portion of the Arkoma Bas...
Here are six bullish stocks that head my focus list for tomorrow. Note the strong volume pattern on each of the six momentum plays.
NFLX, V, ANR, FDG, ODFL and SWN
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Through April, the stock picks in my investment newsletter, The Cohan Letter, have risen an average of 19%. This is better than the performance of the S&P 500 which has fallen 6% since the beginning of the year.
