Archive for November, 2009

Here are some bearish technical points on Apollo Group, Inc (Nasdaq: APOL) I thought I’d share with you.  Thoughts and questions are encouraged in the comments section.

The market continues to rip higher. Is the buying irrational? Is this upside move over extended? My answer is, it doesn’t matter.  Who cares.  The only thing that matters is the market is moving higher. The path of least resistance remains to the upside.  What’s the point of questionsing it?  What’s the point of fighting [...]

We all know the market is ripping higher almost daily.  The gains since March lows are incredible.  There are many that feel the market may be overextended a bit here, including me, but that does not change the fact that the path of least resistance is to the upside. I will continue to ride the [...]

October’s Employment Situation Data was released at 8:30 EST this morning.  Back in June I posted a blog predicting a double-digit Unemployment Rate in July’s report.  I was 3 months ahead of myself. The U-3 Unemployment Rate for October came in at 10.2% this morning.  It has not been this high since April 1983.  Here’s [...]

I’ve been building a  Starbuck’s (Nasdaq: SBUX) long position in my IRA since early June 2009. I started buying in June because I liked the strong rally off the 12.50 support level and felt it was time to start adding SBUX to my long term portfolio. As with most positions, I have purchased SBUX in [...]