Among the biggest winners in Thursday’s early trading are The Men’s Wearhouse (NYSE: MW) and Merge Healthcare (Nasdaq: MRGE). Suiting up Fast on the heels of a solid quarterly report last week from men’s clothier Jos. A Bank (NYSE: JOSB) rival, The… Read More

Indicators are used by traders to forecast market moves and many have found success with these tools. I prefer simple chart reading, and one of the simplest ideas on charts is support and resistance. Support appears to keep prices from falling… Read More

Among the biggest losers in Tuesday’s early trading are AuRico Gold (NYSE: AUQ) and Francesca’s Holdings (Nasdaq: FRAN). When companies have to deliver bad news, they sometimes turn to a professional group of publicists that work in investor relations (… Read More

Among the biggest winners in Wednesday’s early trading are Guidewire Software (Nasdaq: GWRE) and Orexigen Therapeutics (Nasdaq: OREX). While the 2012 IPO market will always be remembered for the busted… Read More

The recent bounce in volatility, a cost component in an option‘s price, has made premium-selling strategies more attractive. After a new five-year low in the CBOE Volatility Index… Read More

Pfizer’s (NYSE: PFE) 2004 peak approached $40 before a multi-year decline. But shares have been on a strong recovery from 2009 lows below $12 a share to nearly double that price today. The combination of the powerful trend and low volatility… Read More

Among the biggest losers in Tuesday’s early trading are Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) and Orbitz (NYSE: OWW). The bad news keeps coming for DVD-by-mail pioneer Netflix. Rival Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) has lined up an agreement with Epix, a consortium of major movie studios, to again access to many of the… Read More

Among the biggest winners in Tuesday’s early trading are Heckmann (NYSE: HEK), and Valeant Pharmaceuticals (NYSE: VRX). Heckmann looks like a perfectly-built company for the shale gas revolution. The company trucks in fresh water (and then helps handle the used water) that is used in the “fracking” process.  As… Read More

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan may be most remembered for the phrase “irrational exuberance.” In December 2006, he asked if stock prices were too high, saying, “But how do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly… Read More

Today, I want to cover a popular market ETF that is a strong buy based on a momentum indicator that most traders ignore and a… Read More