Fridays always come as a difficult day for traders to find stocks to buy. Some traders close their stocks out for the week while others jockey for positions next week. Holding stocks through the weekend can be dangerous. One headline out of China or Europe could gap stocks down on Monday. There are a lot…

I always wanted to buy Monster near its old highs. It just seemed like it would go up forever. I mean, I remember the days when monster (mnst) energy drinks used to be handed-out by the truckload free as promotionals. Now they’re everywhere. It is actually owned by Hansen natural who changed their name to…

Stepping in and adding shares to Banner Bank (BANR) on this .74% pullback at 22.00. It delivered a strong quarter in July citing strong revenue generation and improved credit quality. If you are from the southwest, you have probably never heard of Banner. But to residents in the northeastern corner of the U.S., this bank…

We are adding more shares to TECL (technolgy 3X ETF) and FWLT (Foster Wheeler Ag- that’s one of their steam boilers on the left) after we send out this alert. Fwlt is one of our favorite oversold stocks in the power generation industry. Looking to sell put options on SSO (S&P 500 X2 ETF) into…

Stocks are up today along with other major market indexes. We switched out of VMW for an 8% gain into TECL (Technology ETF X3). This triple leveraged tech ETF has a better setup and more short-term upside than VMW. In the meantime, the dollar setup in (UUP) is breaking down, and, as we know, the stock market moves inversely to the dollar…

Probably the worst time to start a financial website is in May considering the old adage “sell in May, go away”. The summers would be so violent that people would be scarred through winter and miss out on the so-called “bull market” that was taking place. Well, the excuse again this summer was that Europe would…