Archive for October, 2010

A Look At The Week Ahead

Sunday, October 10th, 2010 by ARTS Team No Comments »

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MONDAY: Blackberry suspension goes into effect in UAE; Microsoft Windows phone launch; Nobel prize in economics; NY Fed Pres Dudley Speaks

TUESDAY: NFIB small biz index; employment trends index; employment optimism index; Kansas City Fed Pres Hoenig speaks; CFTC hearing on high frequency trading and flash crash; 3-year note auction; FOMC meeting minutes; P&G shareholder meeting; Earnings from Intel and CSX

WEDNESDAY: Weekly mortgage applications; import & export prices; 10-year note auction; Richmond Fed Pres Lacker speaks; Earnings from JPMorgan

THURSDAY: International trade; PPI; weekly jobless claims; oil inventories; 30-year bond auction; Minnesota Fed Pres Kocherlakota speaks; OPEC meeting; Earnings from Google and AMD

FRIDAY: Atlanta Fed Pres Lockhart speaks; Bernanke speaks; CPI; retail sales; Empire State mfg survey; consumer sentiment; credit card default rates reported; Earnings from GE and Mattel

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Market Musings From The ARTS Team

Sunday, October 10th, 2010 by ARTS Team No Comments »

U.S. stocks surged last week, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing above 11,000 for the first time in five months.

The Dow finished the trading session at 57.90 points or up 0.5 percent on expectations the Federal Reserve will buy more debt to spur the economy after a weak jobs report.

YTD Stock Market Performance

This last time the Dow was over 11,000 was May 3rd, 2010. The benchmark index reached its highest point of the year on April 26 when it hit 11,205. The first time the Dow touched 11,000 was May 1999.

The S&P closed 1.7 percent higher for the week closing at 1,165.15. The S&P is also at its highest level since May.

The Nasdaq rose 0.8 percent on Friday to 2,401.91. The Nasdaq was up 1.3 percent for the week.

The US dollar fell against the euro and the yen while gold prices continued to rise ending the Friday session at $1,345 an ounce.

The US benchmark 10-year bond was unchanged rising slightly to yield 2.39 percent.

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Advantages Of Stock Trading Programs

Wednesday, October 6th, 2010 by ARTS Team No Comments »

If you’ve been thinking about using one of today’s high-tech stock trading programs, you should definitely go for it. These programs are based on the latest innovations in technology and the oldest mathematical wisdom out there. While not all these programs are created equal, some of them can give you some huge advantages for your stock trading.

The number one advantage of stock trading programs is that they give you a disciplined way to make decisions about your stock investments. There really are not many people in this world who can get by in the stock market by simply going with their gut feelings. Those who do are simply lucky. If you want more than luck in your stock trading, you need a system. A trading program offers you a system by which you can make all your choices, taking much of the worry out of trading in the stock market.

Another major advantage is that you can look back on the history of different trading systems to see how well they’ve performed. Just like choosing a high-performing mutual fund, you want to choose a program that has performed above the average for its users. Although the program won’t be making your investing decisions for you, it will be giving you suggestions on where to place your money. You only want to use a system whose suggestions work most of the time.

Finally, this type of system allows you to worry less about researching the stock market. Real investors who also have real lives and real jobs can be hard pressed to process all the information they need to make good choices. Stock trading programs can do the information processing for you so that you just need to use the signals they send to invest at certain times.

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Identifying The Best Market Trading Systems

Wednesday, October 6th, 2010 by ARTS Team No Comments »

Identifying the best market trading systems is essential to becoming a profitable investor. There are many ways to pick the best stocks, markets or ETFs to buy while having a keen idea of the goals and objectives for your investment portfolio. Stock market trading systems are  designed to make your investment experience strictly mechanical – eliminating the emotion from the process.

Many strategies for identifying the top stock trading system can be found on the internet today. It is essential to  make sure that you are choosing the right one. Often, successful market trading services are designed with complex algorithms designed to analyze the market trends, virtually eliminating the need for any type of market research. By applying the rules and trading instructions provided by the system, plus having an idea of good money management, you can become a successful trader.

Identifying the best market trading systems can be vital for all investors. Your gains depend on a system that works. After-all, the primary objective for using a market trading system is simple; consistently outperform the markets.

Depending on the goals that you set forth, your primary objective should be to find a reputable market trading system that is robust, technologically advanced as well as one that consistently out-performs the major market indices. More importantly, any trading system you are considered must be independently verified by a third party auditor that can authenticate all past performance data.

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A Look Ahead At The Week Of October 4, 2010

Sunday, October 3rd, 2010 by ARTS Team No Comments »

MONDAY: Pending home sales; Factory orders; Ford dealers meeting; Earnings from Mosaic

TUESDAY: ISM non-manufacturing index; Intel CEO Otellini speaks; Earnings from Yum Brands

WEDNESDAY: Weekly mortgage applications; Challenger job-cut report; ADP employment report; weekly oil inventories; CTIA Wireless; Earnings from Costco and Monsanto

THURSDAY: Monthly chain store sales; BoE announcement; ECB announcement; Kansas City Fed Pres Hoenig speaks; Consumer credit; Mosaic shareholder meeting; Earnings from PepsiCo and Alcoa

FRIDAY: Monthly non-farm payroll; Wholesale trade; NY Comic Con; IMF, World Bank annual meeting

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Market Musings From The ARTS Team

Sunday, October 3rd, 2010 by ARTS Team No Comments »

US stocks modestly for the week ending October 1st ending a previous month surge that was the best performing September since the 1930s and the best month since April 2009.

The S&P 500 was basically flat on Friday trading rising 0.44 percent to close at 1,146.24. The S&P is up 2.79 percent year-to-date.

YTD Stock Market Performance

The S&P has been edging closer to technical resistance levels which could mean a greater surge as it finds a new trading range. The index has been trading between a 1,140 and 1,150 level but has fallen from the top-end of that range in the last week.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 41.63 points, or 0.39 percent, to 10,829.68. The Dow closed lower for the week dropping 0.28 percent after four consecutive weeks of gains. The Dow is up 3.85 percent year-to-date.

The Russell 2000 Index of small companies increased 0.57 percent.

The Nasdaq is holding on to a 4.48 percent gain for the year. It rose 2.13 percent on Friday to close at 2,370.75.

On the NYSE there were 2,080 (66%) advancers for every 940 (30%) decliners. Four percent of stocks remained unchanged.

Gold prices surpassed a previous high, reaching more than $1,317 an ounce. As gold surged, the U.S. dollar weakened.

The US benchmark 10-year bond was unchanged rising a slight 0.01 percent to yield 2.53 percent.

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