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• Fed Feeds The Market To New High! SPX, Nasdaq, CLF, WLT, ACI, PCX, MEE, GOLD, NEM, AEM, SLB, DO, RIG

  In my Market Forecast (click here) this weekend, I said, " Many tech and financial leaders could use a breather. On Tuesday, we have the FOMC meeting. The market may act undecidedly ahead of the meeting. If the market slips ahead of Fed's rate... Posted Mar 16 2010, 05:32 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: RIG, DO, AEM, ACI, MEE, GOLD, SLB, CLF, WLT, NEM, PCX

• Weekly Wrap + Market Forecast + Sector Watch: SPX, Nasdaq, XLF, GLD, USO, XME

  Last weekend, in my Market Forecast , I wrote: " For the new week, the market certainly has room to rise. But, it'll have to break above SPX 1120 to go higher . The market is very "emotional" right now, and, the weekly jobless claims... Posted Mar 07 2010, 07:31 PM by HappyTrading with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: CNX, GLD, USO, GS, BAC, XLF, XME, BTU, ACI, MEE, WLT, PCX

• Miners Keep The Market Up! SPX, Nasdaq, WLT, CNX, MEE, ACI, CF, POT, MOS, AGU, TRA, MDVN

  The market started out strong today. Although it gave back some gains in the afternoon, it managed to close in the green. Gold rallied today to above $1130/ounce. Miners led the market. Besides the gold miners, coal stocks were also very strong. WLT made... Posted Mar 02 2010, 09:21 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: CNX, CF, ACI, MEE, POT, MOS, AGU, TRA, WLT, MDVN

• Market Pulls Back On Weak Consumer Data: SPX, Nasdaq, FSLR, TSL, CSIQ, YGE, BTU, CNX, MEE, ACI

  After an unexpected drop in consumer confidence, the market dropped quickely and stayed weak. Solar stocks were especially weak as FSLR was downgraded. FSLR shares stumbled 6.46%. Other solar stocks also fell, including TSL -2.96%, CSIQ -7.06%, YGE -3... Posted Feb 23 2010, 07:56 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: FSLR, YGE, CNX, TSL, BTU, ACI, MEE, CSIQ

• Coals And Steels Lead The Market Higher! SPX, Nasdaq, BBBY, CNX, BTU, ACI, MEE, X, NUE, AKS, WLT, POT, MOS, XOM, XTO

  This morning, a +7.4% jump in existing home sales gave investors something to cheer about ! All top 10 holdings of XHB (S&P Homebuilders ETF) made gains: BBBY was especially strong, adding +3.48%. Besides the homebuilders, miners were very strong... Posted Dec 22 2009, 04:28 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: CNX, X, NUE, XOM, BTU, ACI, MEE, POT, MOS, AKS, XTO, WLT, BBBY

• Market Claws Back Into the Green! SPX, Nasdaq, AAPL, RIMM, X, AMSC, CLF, MEE, CNX, BTU, ACI, GS, RIMM, IBM

  The market open on the strong side today. It sank down into the red in early afternoon, but, was able to close strongly back into the green! We had a lot of plays going in the Trading Room today. More than a month ago, I talked about AMSC and that the... Posted Dec 09 2009, 04:09 PM by HappyTrading with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: RIMM, CNX, AAPL, GS, X, BTU, ACI, MEE, CLF, AMSC

• Coal And Agriculture Stocks Rally! POT, MOS, MON, CF, MEE, CNX, BTU, ACI

  The market started out a bit weak, but, managed to came back up to close in the green. Coal stocks were strong today: MEE +5.68%, CNX +1.88%, BTU +2.37%, ACI +2.14%. I mentioned unusual options activities in MEE in last night's article . Today I bought... Posted Nov 17 2009, 07:16 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: MON, CNX, CF, BTU, ACI, MEE, POT, MOS

• Market Rises To New Heights! SPX, Nasdaq, GLD, SLV, GOLD, ABX, NEM, CNX, BTU, ACI, MEE, ZOOM, SINA

  This morning, retail sales numbers came in better than expected . Investors were seemingly encouraged by the data and proceeded to push the stocks higher. Gold, once again, made new highs, trading above $1140/ounce. Oil also went higher. Commodity sectors... Posted Nov 16 2009, 04:40 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: CNX, GLD, SLV, BTU, ACI, MEE, ABX, GOLD, SINA, NEM, ZOOM

• Market Forecast + Sector Watch: SPX, Nasdaq, GLD, XLE, XLF, XME

  Last weekend, in my Market Forecast , I said, " For the new week, we could see some major advancements in the market by the week's end. The important thing is for the market to keep above SPX 1080 and Nasdaq 2150 , while letting off some steam... Posted Oct 25 2009, 07:38 PM by HappyTrading with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: GLD, XLE, XLF, NOV, X, XOM, XME, ACI, MEE, MT, CLF, CVX, AKS

• Market Rallies Higher On Commodity Sectors! SPX, Nasdaq, POT, MOS, CF, AGU, FCX, RTP, BTU, ACI, CNX, AAPL, TXN

  The market was strong today with commodity sectors leading the rally. Yesterday, in my Sector Watch , we looked at the agriculture sector, as MOO made a solid move higher last week. Today, POT was rumored to be a buyout target for BHP , and, the sector... Posted Oct 19 2009, 04:54 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: RTP, CNX, AAPL, TXN, CF, FCX, BTU, ACI, POT, MOS, AGU

• Commodity Sectors Lead The Market Bounce: SPX, Nasdaq, BTU, MEE, CNX, ACI, WFC, BAC, COF, GS, NTRI

  The market opened with strength today, cheering the positive data from the service industry. The raising in ratings on big banks by Goldman Sachs also gave the market a boost . Commodity sectors were mostly stronger, with coal stocks leading the way:... Posted Oct 05 2009, 05:43 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: CNX, GS, BAC, WFC, BTU, ACI, MEE, COF, NTRI

• Market Forecast + Sector Watch: SPX, Nasdaq, XLF, USO, UUP, XME, MOO

  Last weekend, in my Market Forecast , I wrote: " For the new week, Monday may be a bit shaky, as the market needs to let off some more steam. But, as long as the market does not fall too far below the daily upper BB, it should stay strong. SPX 1030... Posted Sep 20 2009, 08:34 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: CNX, USO, GS, BAC, APA, JPM, XLF, NUE, UUP, XME, WFC, BTU, ACI, MEE, MOO, POT, DVN, MOS, CLF, AKS, XTO

• Market Continues To Go Higher! SPX, Nasdaq, GS, HIG, PRU, AIG, CNX, BTU, ACI, MEE, DNDN, SPPI, HGSI, PDLI, INCY

  The market opened lower today, but, closed in the green, again! As I mentioned in my Market Forecast on Sunday , "[T] he market needs to let off some more steam ." It did so in the morning. We continued to discussed the importance of the commodity... Posted Sep 14 2009, 08:23 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: CNX, GS, PRU, DNDN, BTU, ACI, MEE, INCY, HGSI, HIG, AIG, SPPI, PDLI

• SPX Turns Positive For The Year! SPX, Nasdaq, MEE, CNX, ACI, BTU, GS, BAC, WFC, JPM, STI

  After closing above SPX 875 and Nasdaq 1700 last week, the market opened strongly and rallied until the close! In our Trading Room today, a member asked about SPX 900 being a resistance: yagezilla May 4, 2009 9:03 AM Happy: Is next resistance 900 spx... Posted May 04 2009, 08:26 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: CNX, GS, BAC, JPM, WFC, STI, BTU, ACI, MEE