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The Biggest Money Grab in History

Jaws must be rolling over in his watery grave. Congress is about to work out a "deal" with the Great Whites of Wall Street's Sea of Dreams - and hand our toothy marauders their biggest "rags to riches" gift ever. Just a week ago they were on the ropes, ...

From JOHN GILLULY, Seeking Alpha,  29 Sep 2008
Related Topics: J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.,  Bank of America,  U.S. Congress,  U.S. Republican Party,  Barclays

Solar Energy: Help Is on the Way

Yesterday the Senate passed an 8 year $18B extension of the 30% investment tax credit [ITC]. Sources close to the discussions in the Senate had seen a shift away from the large House of Representatives omnibus bill (now in debate) to a smaller ($) one ...

From JOHN GILLULY, Seeking Alpha,  25 Sep 2008
Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  U.S. House of Representatives,  Evergreen Solar, Inc.

Making Cents of this Bear Market

I think it’s time to put forth an investment (or rather trading) strategy that adequately copes with the “reality on the ground” in our sudden and swift markets. I think this strategy will be operable for several years too – maybe even a decade or more ...

From JOHN GILLULY, Seeking Alpha,  8 Sep 2008
Related Topics: NASDAQ,  Ford Motor Company,  Bill Clinton,  Ronald Reagan,  Alan Greenspan

Solar Cycles and Stocks: The Sun Also Rises

I first became interested in solar cycles and stocks when I learned that the legendary commodities trader, William Gann, used solar returns to anticipate his direction of commodities prices.  Solar eclipses have also had a marked circumstantial place ...

From JOHN GILLULY, Seeking Alpha,  22 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Micron Technology, Inc.,  SanDisk Corporation

Kulicke & Soffa: Lots of Upside Potential in the Coming Year

As a follow-up to my previous article, I’m offering a robust estimate of Kulicke &Soffa’s (KLIC) revenue and profit for the next four quarters. If you take the figures that Maurice Carson [CFO] laid out from VLSI (below), there’ll be about $480-500ML ...

From JOHN GILLULY, Seeking Alpha,  17 Aug 2008

Trading Chips and the Financials Dip

For those of you who are considering a high-probability trade, I would suggest taking a long look at semiconductors. There have been only 3 months in the last 10 years when  KLA-Tencor Corporation (KLAC) has traded lower than yesterday's range; and ...

From JOHN GILLULY, ETF Investor,  11 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Merrill Lynch,  FormFactor, Inc.,  Teradyne, Inc.,  Applied Materials, Inc.

Kulicke and Soffa: It Ain't Over 'Till It's Over

In the final minutes of a ball game - when it is still on the line - those players who can put their bruised feelings aside and focus on the final inning often can pull victory back from the brink. Yogi Berra had seen it so many times he never ...

From JOHN GILLULY, Seeking Alpha,  10 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Yogi Berra

When Crude Drops, AMR Will Fly

I have been watching in amazement while the price of crude strangles the world's economy at $139/bbl. There have been riots and strikes in Europe as gasoline and diesel approach $10/gal (U.S.). In the third world and developing countries, many people ...

From JOHN GILLULY, Seeking Alpha,  20 Jun 2008
Related Topics: NASDAQ,  American Airlines

Wuxi Pharma: Too Much of a Good Thing

My, how quickly times can change. Just 9 months ago the iShares FTSE/Xinhua China ETF index (FXI) had risen to 220 by October, 2007; climbing 320% in three years and peaking just as Wuxi PharmaTech (WX) went public. But since those heady October IPO ...

From JOHN GILLULY, ETF Investor,  19 Jun 2008
Related Topics: iShares,  NYSE

Kulicke and Soffa: Momentum is Picking up

Kulicke and Soffa (KLIC) hit a new trading high on rising volume over the last two days (June 16-17, 2008) - 2 1/2 times normal – after Bill Ong from Am Tech Research upgraded the shares. He cited strength in high-end handset and mobile devices units ...

From JOHN GILLULY, ETF Investor,  18 Jun 2008

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