Todd Akin’s trading plans for the day.
I like GoPro ($GPRO) and its products, believe me. Its marketing concept is brilliant- selling a lifestyle, rather than a product. While I might go buy a GoPro camera of my own, I won’t be buying the stock anytime soon. For one, I can’t commit any extra capital at the moment since I am fully…
If we get a cross of the 20 over the 50 here in Google, $GOOGL, we could really see a move higher in this thing. I would buy some here, and wait for a pullback to $500 to buy more. Plus, Google has been down for 4 straight days, so expect a bounce due to…
I want to add more shares of Lorillard $LO here on the 20 day mavg but will wait for the confirmation signal, (bounce and hold the 20) first. This tobacco (defensive) play is still yielding a 4% dividend, despite its huge run as of late from the merger talks between Reynolds $RAI and Lorillard $LO,…
Buying 30 shares of Facebook (FB) here down 1.3% (I now have a full position in FB) and trimming $LO into the strength, up 3% today. Regards, Todd Akin
The old adage is, “When the $VIX is high, it’s time to buy. If the $VIX is low, it’s time to go”. Usually, when bottoms occur in the VIX Volatility Index, an index that measures investor fear, tops coincide in the S&P 500 ($SPY). If volatility (the VIX) is low, it indicates that investors are…
Update May 21, 2014: $LO up 11% TODAY On Merger Deal By Dana Mattioli and Mike Ester, Dow Jones Reynolds American Inc. and Lorillard Inc. are in advanced talks to combine in a deal that would dramatically reshape the U.S. tobacco landscape, creating a powerful No. 2 to industry leader Altria Group Inc., according to…
As the market is expecting to slow in the 1st quarter of 2014, interest rate sensitive names and safe haven plays, like dividend stocks and REITs, have started to gain some interest from investors lately. They were due for an oversold bounce anyway, if nothing else, as the recent new activity of the Fed’s tapering…
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Is everyone seeing what I’m seeing? This dip was almost too easy to buy into. Now regretting it was only a nibble (added 5k in UPRO and rebalanced weed stocks in the portfolio after a huge run).
Markets retreated this week on concerns about slower global economic growth and on the potential for U.S. monetary policy changes after the newly released Fed minutes. Since the broader averages were up nicely year to date (before the pullback, the S&P 500 was up 6.7%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 7%, and the…
Liking Facebook’s Stock ($FB)July 12, 2014
Buying Copper & Gold Giant ($FCX)July 6, 2014
Target Nails Bullseye ($TGT)June 26, 2014
Buying Cheniere Energy ($LNG)June 4, 2014
Apple Wants Beats Audio ($AAPL)May 28, 2014
Buying Calls On 3-D Systems ($DDD)May 27, 2014Really Liking Facebook Shares ($FB)May 25, 2014
Buying A Proven Industrial ($CAT)May 25, 2014
Turning Bullish On A Fertilizer Play $POTMay 22, 2014
The Holy Grail Of Stocks: Trinity $TRNMay 7, 2014
