Poll: Can the Super Bowl impact the market?

Posted on by The INO.com Team

This Sunday, millions of eyes will be glued to their television sets to watch the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers go head-to-head in the Super Bowl. Some will be watching for the game, some just to check out the commercials, but is there another side to the Super Bowl that affects us as traders?

Recently, I've read the remarks of several analysts who say that the Super Bowl could very well be a litmus test of retail sales for the year, but what do you think?

Will we see Super Bowl spending trickle down and affect the market?

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Rare Earth Update

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A few days ago we blogged about rare earth being more valuable than gold. If you missed that blog posting on January 27th, you can read it here if you wish.

The stock mentioned in this blog posting was a stock trading on the NYSE named MOLYCORP, symbol MCP. Since that posting, MOLYCORP has moved up over 8 dollars in very active trading. In fact, the stock was up over 9% yesterday and up over 18% since we mentioned it to five days ago.

Take a quick look at the chart below and you can compare what we said back on the 27th right here. Continue reading "Rare Earth Update" →

The Fall of Egypt and the Future of Gold

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Despite all the turmoil in Egypt and the Arab world, gold has stubbornly refused to rally. This probably causes great concern amongst the gold bugs and the folks who are bullish on gold.

As we have mentioned before many times on this blog, "perception is more powerful than fundamentals."

While the gold bugs argue that the market is being manipulated, I am more of a realist and respect what the market is actually doing. The big question on everyone's mind is: Why are food prices and other commodity markets soaring, while gold is dismally staying down in the $1,330 area?

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Continue reading "The Fall of Egypt and the Future of Gold" →

The Stock Repair Strategy

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Today's Guest Blogger is Dan Passarelli of Market Taker Mentoring. Dan is an options guru with more than 17 years experience in the options industry. He has worked as both a floor trader and an options instructor. Today Dan is going to share his insight on the "stock repair strategy." What are some tricks you use to leverage risk in trades? Be sure to comment below and visit Dan at Market Taker Mentoring.

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It’s been a rough ride for a lot of investors. Some investors are waiting (patiently) for the market to turn around. Some traders are buying at the new, cheaper prices. But as experienced investors know, the market can always go lower—sometimes fast and furiously. There is one more alternative that can make sense in some cases: the stock repair strategy.

Introduction to the Stock Repair Strategy: Continue reading "The Stock Repair Strategy" →

Amazon Plunges And Trade Triangles Save The Day

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Amazon shares fall 9.5% and the company's founder reduces his holdings.

Amazon.com (AMZN), which posted its quarterly earnings on Friday, disappointed many investors with slipping margins. The market reacted quite dramatically with shares of Amazon skidding downhill for a loss of 9.5%.

MarketClub members did not have to sit through this downturn as we exited Amazon on January 21st - some five days before the report. How did we know the report was going to bad? The truth is we didn't know, but our "Trade Triangle" technology recognized that something was amiss and alerted members who follow Amazon to exit pronto.

As the graph will show, we have had two trades since September 1st of last year and in both of these trades we were successful, giving us gains of $36.85 a share.

Our long-term indicator continues to be positive on Amazon, but for now intermediate-term traders should be on the sidelines counting their money and waiting for a better opportunity to re-enter this stock.

Another worrying concern is what Bank of America/Merrill Lynch said today, "Owning the stock here requires trust and patience. We have seen Amazon go through investment cycles before and believe investment in growth is the right long-term strategy for the Internet."

Not exactly a ringing endorsement in my opinion.

Well, forget trust and patience. We prefer to trust our "Trade Triangle" technology as it has consistently proven to be successful. Our "Trade Triangles" produced just 2 trades in Amazon since 9/1/10. Producing a very respectable 47% return in just five months.

If you're not already a MarketClub member, you should seriously look into our "Trade Triangle" technology. It will help get you into the markets at the right time and out before everything starts to slide.

You can learn more about MarketClub by clicking here, or you can sign up for a 30 day risk free trial right here.

All the best,
Adam Hewison

President of INO.com
Co-founder of MarketClub