3-D printing stocks were real winners in 2013. My Dad got in on DDD at 49 last year and ended up selling out at 89, taking nearly a 100% gain. Not too shabby considering he sat out of the market the entire year, except for that one play. We have all heard about the capabilities…

Bought back an old favorite in Chicago Bridge & Iron. I don’t feel good about buying the market at these extended levels because the Cyprus debacle going on right now could derail the S&P 500. There is a dilemma I’m facing, however. I am in too much cash, like many investors at the moment, and need…

I bought Apple (AAPL) this afternoon since I am underweight technology in the portfolio. This is a blue-chip stock that is 40% off of its previous highs, trades at only 10 times earnings, and just closed above the 50 (significant). Blackberry, a re-emerging competitor, also happens to be struggling (it got an analyst downgrade for…

The chart is looking constructive. We already posted it’s analysis (see previous articles) if you want to refer back to that. The 3-year trend is constructive showing a series of higher highs and higher lows. It is also trading in a nice channel to the upside. This makes the risk/reward more attractive at 3 points down…

To be disciplined, I initiated a position in Chicago Bridge & Iron on the pullback today. We are treating this stock as a trade to add more leverage to the portfolio. 15% upside, 2% downside, so this risk/reward makes it easy to take our foot off the gas should the overall market continue to fall. We…

Facebook (FB) has been hated since its debut. People worried about how the social media company would actually make money. Advertising yes, on pc’s- but not on mobile devices. FB needed to address this problem and, judging by their last quarter, they did. Their revenue last year 0, this year- 1 billion. If Zuckerberg is…

Monster Beverage Corp. is a buy. We are initiating the position for three reasons: it rounds out the portfolio with exposure to the consumer non/ cyclical sector but happens to move like a growth stock, it’s at the right entry point above the 50 day moving average (green line), and the valuation is attractive- it pulled back…

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