Archive for December, 2007

Stock Blogs You Should Check Out

By: admin | Date posted: 12.17.2007 (4:51 pm)

If you like to find free stock analysis and opinions you should check out a couple of other stock websites/blogs that I found.

Stockblogs.com is a directory of stock blogs that compiles “some of the most interesting, provocative, relevant, and useful blogs for investors.” The website has tons of stock blogs categorized into different market related topics.

Investmentquest.net is a blog that provides “unparalleled stock market commentary from a value and contrarian perspective.” You should definitely check it out.

Wizetrade

By: admin | Date posted: 12.13.2007 (5:16 pm)

I haven’t done much research on Wizetrade but I am confident that it doesn’t work for the majority of investors/traders that use it and the marketing of it is unethical at best.

For those of you who have never seen an infomercial for Wizetrade it is a program that shows green boxes (indicating a buy) and red boxes (indicating a sell) as indicators of whether you should buy or sell a stock. The boxes also show a time frame for a trade. After you enter a stock you will see boxes for 1 minute, 5 minutes, 15 minutes, etc. and the boxes will be either red or green. As an example you might see a green box with 30 minutes on it which means that Wizetrade is indicating that the stock is going to go up in the next thirty minutes.

If you watch the infomercial they make it seem like all you need to do is buy a stock when the light is green and sell when it is red and you will make money. However, common sense should let most people know that investing/trading in the stock market is not that simple. (more…)

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Technical Analysis

By: admin | Date posted: 12.12.2007 (3:34 pm)

I use a little technical analysis (TA) in my investment decisions but for the most part I think technical analysis is a bunch of nonsense. However, I think becoming familiar with TA can make you a better investor.

Technical analysis is the strategy of reading price charts to evaluate whether a stock is a good investment/trade. Technical analysis is in contrast to fundamental analysis which is the strategy of studying a company’s fundamentals (revenues, earnings, etc.) to determine potential investments.

A lot of traders who hold stocks for a very short period of time (day traders, swing traders, momentum players) use TA as their primary evaluation method for buying or selling stocks. However, trying to consistently predict the price movement of a stock over a short period of time is very difficult, if not impossible. In fact I’ve read an article stating that most day traders lose all of their capital within a year. (more…)

China Automotive Systems Announces U.S. Aftermarket Deal

By: admin | Date posted: 12.10.2007 (7:11 pm)

CAAS – China Automotive Systems (Nasdaq) – (Closing Price – $8.41)

China Automotive Systems reported an almost twenty percent gain today after the company announced it signed its first aftermarket supply contract in the U.S. with aftermarket supplier Dorman Products Inc.

Financial terms were not disclosed.

This contract is obviously a positive development for China Automotive Systems and I would recommend to continue holding your shares. The stock price of China Automotive Systems has shown the ability to make strong runs in the past so I would see how it plays out over the next few days.

Disclaimer: I have no position in CAAS.

Free Stock Picks

By: admin | Date posted: 12.02.2007 (5:12 pm)

If you do a search for free stock picks in Google you will find that most of the top sites listed are not very relevant to those keywords. They just happen to have those keywords or a variation of those words on their pages.

Even though I have a tremendous amount of free stock picks and stock market advice on my website I don’t have a post that specifically mentions those words. This post is meant to fix that.

If you found this website by searching for free stock picks then you have come to the right place. My website is loaded with stock market commentary and stock recommendations.

DTLK – Buy Recommendation

By: admin | Date posted: 12.02.2007 (2:59 pm)

DTLK – Datalink (Nasdaq) (Closing price on Friday, 11/30/07 – $4.29)

Datalink has had a couple of rough quarters since my initial recommendation but the company returned to profitability last quarter and gave decent guidance for next quarter.

In Q3 of 2007 Datalink reported revenue of 45.9 million and earnings per diluted share of $0.07. Revenues were up sequentially and Datalink reported its first profit since Q4 of 2006.

For the upcoming quarter Datalink gave guidance for revenue between 47 and 52 million and EPS between $0.06 and $0.11. Datalink reported that their backlog was down to 25 million from 30 million in the previous quarter. However, the CEO stated he was “cautiously optimistic that we will see more aggressive storage spending … as many of our customers take advantage of the availability of year end budget dollars”. (more…)

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