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• Market Marches On! SPX, Nasdaq, WLT, MEE, ANR, PCX, HIG, BLK, PNC, STI, STT, APA, APC, OXY, HES

  The market continued to push higher today, ramping up to new 2010 highs! Financials were strong today. FAS (financial bull 3x ETF) hit an intraday high of $96.84. In early February, FAS touched an intraday low of $60. That's a +61% rise from the February... Posted Mar 17 2010, 05:08 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: HES, OXY, APA, PNC, STI, BLK, MEE, STT, HIG, WLT, PCX, ANR, APC

• 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

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

  Last weekend, in my Market Forecast , I wrote: " For the new week, both SPX and Nasdaq are showing a new bullish formation in their respective daily MAs. Nasdaq is basically at the resistance set back in January, 2325. SPX's next resistance is... Posted Mar 14 2010, 04:51 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: GLD, XLF, X, UUP, XME, CF, MEE, MOO, POT, MOS, CLF, AGU, TRA, WLT

• 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

• Commodity Sectors Lead The Market Higher: SPX, Nasdaq, POT, CF, AGU, CAT, JOYG, BUCY, FCX, X, CNX, MEE

  Last night, China reported a soft CPI number, easing the fear of inflation. This morning, US jobless claims fell. In addition, favorable news regarding support for Greece's debt crisis came out of Europe , although it is still unclear what actions... Posted Feb 11 2010, 04:26 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: CNX, X, CF, CAT, FCX, MEE, POT, JOYG, AGU, BUCY

• 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

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

  Last weekend, in my Market Forecast , I wrote: " For the new week, we have to be very careful. With gold trading higher again this evening, we could get another so-called "mutual fund Monday" buying to start the week. But, unless the market... Posted Nov 29 2009, 07:25 PM by HappyTrading with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: GLD, GS, MA, XLF, XME, OIH, FCX, MEE, CLF

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

  Last weekend, in my Market Forecast , I wrote, " For the new week, a strong move to open the week should push the market above SPX 1100. If the market does close above SPX 1100, we should see a new bullish formation on SPX's daily chart. We should... Posted Nov 22 2009, 04:25 PM by HappyTrading with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: GLD, GS, BAC, PNC, XLF, X, XME, OIH, FCX, MEE, CLF, AKS

• 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 Tumbles On Weak Commodities! SPX, Nasdaq, DO, APA, NOV, WLT, CNX, MEE, BTU, AKAM, FSLR

  When the market falls, it falls fast! The dollar continued to glide higher, as investors sell off stocks in the commodity sectors. Oil fell to $77/barrel and gold dropped below $1030/ounce. Miners were extremely weak, led by coal names. Yesterday, MEE... Posted Oct 28 2009, 03:48 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: FSLR, CNX, APA, DO, NOV, AKAM, BTU, MEE, WLT

• 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