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Have Chip Stocks Turned Around Already?

Here we see the iShares Semiconductor ETF (IGW). There are five points to observe: IGW fell almost to a major support line as drawn by the horizontal magenta line.It has now bounced strongly up from that area.The blue line shows the trend line that was ...

From TRADE RADAR OPERATOR, Seeking Alpha,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: iShares

Durable Goods Headlines Hide Weakness in Tech

The advanced report for Durable Goods for September came out Wednesday. The headline number for new orders showed a 1% month-over-month improvement after a surprisingly poor showing in August. How did things go in the tech sector? Shipments Typically, ...

From TRADE RADAR OPERATOR, Seeking Alpha,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Intel

OmniVision: Can It Reverse the Downward Trend?

OmniVision Technologies (OVTI) has seen its stock price decline roughly 40% since mid-September. Can we expect things to turn around? The company designs and manufactures CMOS image sensors (CIS) for consumer electronics products such as digital ...

From TRADE RADAR OPERATOR, Seeking Alpha,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Cisco Systems, Inc.,  OmniVision Technologies, Inc.,  Microsoft Corporation,  Apple, Inc.

Down Week for Stocks: Small Blip or the Start of Something Bigger?

Stocks actually closed with losses last week. This is something we haven't seen much of lately so every time it happens, I begin to think maybe this is finally the long awaited pullback. Certainly, price action in the stock market was not particularly ...

From TRADE RADAR OPERATOR, Seeking Alpha,  26 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Apple, Inc.,  Amazon.com

Can Stocks Keep Pushing Higher? Divergence Is a Threat

Stocks seem to have continued their winning ways last week. Or did they? Major averages turned in varied results. The Russell 2000 barely managed a 0.2% gain while, on the other end, the S&P 500 gained 1.5%. The first couple of days of the week stocks ...

From TRADE RADAR OPERATOR, ETF Investor,  19 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Google Inc.,  J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.,  Goldman Sachs,  Bank of America

What Price Safety? Time to Desert Stable Value Funds

I have written several posts on stable value funds over the last year or two. With the financial crisis easing, the topic needs revisiting. It is worth reviewing some of the issues around stable value funds a year ago and contrasting the situation with ...

From TRADE RADAR OPERATOR, ETF Investor,  9 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Federal Reserve,  Fannie Mae,  Freddie Mac,  United States Department of the Treasury

Citi Cautiously Bullish on Economic Growth

Back in June of 2008, I featured the opinions of well-known Citigroup strategist Tobias Levkovich, who at the time was declaring that it was time to buy banks. He was 9 months early in that call. What does he have to say these days? It seems that Mr. ...

From TRADE RADAR OPERATOR, Seeking Alpha,  23 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Citigroup

Chip Stocks: On the Mend?

Many observers have noted that semiconductors led the recent rally but have lately been underperforming. Are semis in a downtrend or are they on the mend? Tracking an ETF Here is a screenshot I grabbed from the TradeRadar software. It shows the SELL ...

From TRADE RADAR OPERATOR, Seeking Alpha,  4 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Intel,  iShares,  Taiwan Semiconductor,  Barclays

Q2 Growth Report, Part 2

Earnings or dividends: Which is more important? Which provides more of a clue to the outlook for this market? In the first part of this series, I presented some of the data compiled by our Alert HQ processes. The focus was on Revenue and EPS. I ...

From TRADE RADAR OPERATOR, Seeking Alpha,  3 Sep 2009

Netscout: What Caused the Breakout?

Many stocks just peek above their upper Bollinger Band. Then there are other stocks that explode above their upper Bollinger Band. We've got one of the latter kind for you. Netscout Systems (NTCT) exhibited a powerful move on Friday and showed up this ...

From TRADE RADAR OPERATOR, Seeking Alpha,  24 Aug 2009

Related Topics: Cisco Systems, Inc.

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